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Perhaps in this connection it may be well to say a few words re- 

 garding the exhibition of wild flowers. If one is gathering them 

 regularly it is well to have a case made for this purpose,?either of 

 wood or tin, as desired, as the flowers must receive as little hand- 

 ling as possible. Wild flowers are exhibited in glass bottles, and 

 it is desirable that the common and botanical names should be 

 written on some permanent label, either cardboard or thin wood, 

 and attached to each specimen — Windoio Gardening. 



DOUBLE ICELAND POPPIES. 

 The Gardening World describes specimens of a double form of 

 the Iceland poppy recently sent to its editor who says, '-It first 

 appeared amongst a batch of the orange or safl'ron-colored variety 

 about two years ago, and has maintained its character since. The 

 flower is perfectly double, and consists of the outer or true petals, 

 which are undulated and crumpled in the usual way, and form a 

 guard to the numerous linear or lance-shaped segments occupying 

 the center of the bloom. Tliere is no question as to the origin of 

 these small petals, for although they are of a deep orange almost to 

 the base, most of them are surmounted by the yellow anther lobes. 

 Mr. Caudwell makes no statement as to whether it can be raised 

 from seeds ; but seting that the ovary is perfect, and that many of 

 the petaloid stamens bear pollen in the anther cells, there seems no 

 reason why this variety should not produce fertile seeds like other 

 double poppies. When once a double variety has been obtained, 

 we may soon expect to get double white and yellow, as well as 

 orange, and there can be little doubt that tli- public will appreciate 

 them. Double Iceland Poppies would have- u more refined appear- 

 ance, because smaller than the doubles of Papaver Rhceas and P. 

 somyiiferum." 



ITEMS PICKED UP. 

 The Orchard Committee of the Illinois Horticultural Society dis- 

 favor use of apple seed from the cider-mills, if thrifty trees are 

 wanted, and advise touching the Russian varieties "lightly." 



Over 5000 plants in pots were given to children by the churches 

 of Massachusetts on Easter Sunday. 



