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THE CELLAR FOR PLANTS. 



Mauy who have no greenhouse, and cannot afford the rootii in tlie dwelling- 

 for them, would gladly keep certain tender or half-hardy plants through the 

 winter. For such purpose a cellar answers admirably. Indeed, we know of 

 florists who have constructed cellars expressly for keeping plants through the 

 winter. It is not expected, nor is it desirable, that plants in tlie cellar should 

 grow. They are merely to be kept — put to sleep, as it were, until the return 

 of spring makes it safe to place them out again. Plants in the cellar, while 

 they should never be wet, ought not to get dust-dry, hence they must be looked' 

 to occasionally during the winter months. — Practical Farmer. 



USE OF FLOWERS. 



HOW TO MAKE A BOUQUET. 



The Garden, by one of its correspondents, tells how to make an artistic bou- 

 quet. Flowers are always more lovely when not in bouquets, but inasmuch as- 

 all would not agree with us, the directions there given are inserted in the Port- 

 folio : 



Take first a mass of white, it may be a truss of white geranium, a double 

 white stock or a clematis, or for a small bouquet a bunch of the small double 

 pyrethrum ; then scarlet, which to an artist means orange, as for instance, a 

 double scarlet geranium, Tom Thumb nasturtium, or any brilliant orange, 

 though that color is not so abundant as it ought to be ; put any of these next 

 the white on one side of it. Then take red, a bright rose, and the brighter the 

 red the nearer it should be to the white, so that other duller reds may be 

 beyond it (by red is meant all colors of crimson, but red is the true designa- 

 tion) ; place these on the other side of the white. Son^e very dark, almost 

 black, flower, may be also brought near the white, but only a very little of that 

 color, and beyond the scarlet a very little bit of blue, such as that of an Em- 

 peror William pansy or a little sprig of lobelia. Beyond the red have purple 

 and yellow brought together, and on the other side picotees, which, although 

 rich in color, are not prominent, though any flowers that have broken colors 

 will do; beyond these again bring in blue in some mass and your taller flowers, 

 as penstemons (the blue kind makes an admirable background) are always to 

 be had, dark-colored fuchsias (some flowers or leaves of a brownish hue should 

 interpose beyond the blue), and the last to introduce should be the maiden-hair 

 fern, which certainly makes ac all times a very pretty background. Make this 

 bouquet up in your hand, and avoid too much formality, as the colors will gen- 

 erally arrange themselves with suflicient effect and force, though they may 

 intermix a little. A bouquet has generally one view, in which case it should 

 slope gently upwards, then the white siiould come near the bottom. If it is to 



