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light pressure on the pipe lever makes 

 a quick, clean cut. 



A sketch is also given of their 

 method of attaching the side board to 

 a Ijench. The brace is of No. S tele- 

 graph wire fourteen inches long, with 

 lient ends. The sketch makes the ap- 

 plication quite plain. They prefer this 

 way to any other method. 



In providing for liquid manure they 

 make a dish-shaped place of suitable 

 size in the ground and line this with 

 tar roofing - paper. Scantlings and 

 boards are laid across, and on these 

 the manure is piled (out of doors). 

 After the pile has settled they allow 

 the hose to run on it a few hours every 

 day, and a pipe drain from the center 

 of the dish-shaped depression carries 

 the liquid to a tank under the floor in 

 the potting shed. Here it is diluted 

 to the proper strength and distributed 

 through a hose and steam pump. 



We expect to present in future issues 

 a number of other devices invented by 

 these ingenious florists. 



SIMPLE FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS. 



The Broken Column. 



The illustration is of a plain broken 

 column made during the hurry of Dec- 

 oration day. the piece standing about 

 three feet high. The base was of Day- 

 break carnations, with smilax showing 

 l)elow to represent the grass line, and 

 having lily-of-the-valley and white and 

 yellow marguerites loosely arranged 

 around the bottom of the column. The 

 shaft was made of jonquils and white 

 carnations, alternating in vertical 

 rows; the darker white of the jon- 

 quils being meant to represent fluting. 

 The fracture was indicated with the 

 foliage and flowers of variegated sweet 

 alyssum; and one row of white rose- 

 buds relieved with a very little green, 

 wound around the shaft from top to 

 base. 



The top of the column is sometimes 

 finished with a spreading tuft of gar- 

 nishing like a plume, which is objec- 

 tionable, as not being in keeping with 

 the design. 



This piece would have been better 

 if the shaft had tapered, or shown a 

 swell near the centre of its height; and 

 to be complete, a broken capital made 

 of the same material as the column, 

 should appear lying at its base. 



W. T. BELL. 



Franklin, Pa., June 6, 1898. 



HARDY PLANT NOTES. 



The new gardan of hardy plants at 

 Humboldt Park. Chicago, is very ex- 

 tensive, and though planted only this 

 spring, is in such fine condition that it 

 is difficult to believe the planting was 

 so recent. It contains a very great va- 

 riety of suitable subjects and will be 

 one of the most attractive features of 

 the park. Superintendent Jensen is to 

 be congratulated on his successful 

 work. 



At present the most beautiful sight 



at the park is a nursery row of twenty- 

 one plants of the Penzance hybrid 

 sweet brier roses in seven varieties. 

 They are certainly grand. Though 

 planted only a year ago, some of the 

 plants are six feet high, heavily foli- 

 aged and a mass of blooms. The flow- 

 ers are very large, semi-double, and 

 ■very pretty shades of color, from deep 

 pink to white. They came through the 

 winter in perfect condition and their 

 hardiness seems unquestioned. There 



ise a fine display in a few days. The 

 flower buds seem to be formed only on 

 the wood of the previous year. 



A group of three plants of the Daw- 

 son rose is now a striking object. The 

 long, arching canes are a mass of th.^ 

 handsome semi-double pink blossoms. 

 It is a decided acquisition. 



Rosa grandiflora is in good bloom, 

 and so is R. multiflora, but the blooms 

 of the latter are rather insignificant. 



Mr. Jensen has planted quite a num- 



Broken Column. 

 SIMPLE FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS. 



is certainly a great future for these 

 superb hybrids. The foliage resembles 

 that of the Crimson Rambler and the 

 growth is even more rapid. It should 

 be noted that the plants in the nursery 

 row have done very much better than 

 a few planted on the east side of the 

 brick building ih the park, indicating 

 that to secure the best results the 

 plants should have a fully exposed sit- 

 uation. 



Some Crimson Ramblers in the same 

 nursery row are full of buds and prom- 



ber of groups of Rosa rubrifolia for 

 foliage effect. The color of the foliage 

 is a pronounced red and the blooms are 

 very pretty, though not conspicuous 

 enough to make it desirable for the 

 flowers alone. 



A plantation of Kalmia latifolia, 

 hardy rhododendrons, and simila- 

 plants is an experiment that we trust 

 will prove successful. The Kalmias 

 are now in splendid bloom and seem to 

 feel at home. What a lovely thing this 

 mountain laurel is! 



