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one can make an admirable selection, and I have 

 been very successful in growing them. Of 

 course the selection of blooming plants is quite 

 restricted, but the lack of bloom may in some 

 measure be made up by Draca3nas and other 

 ornamental-leaved plants. I have as fine Prim- 

 roses and Cinerarias as any one, while Carna- 

 tions, Chorozema, Begonia incarnata and Yellow 

 Oxalis are unfailing; and among the less com- 

 mon plants are Cypripediuminsigne and the Fall 

 blooming Epiphyllums. The list might be ex- 

 tended, but these, with Winter blooming bulbs, 

 are the chief dependence till April brings the 

 Cactuses and Azaleas. 



FLOWERING OF FUCHSIA PROCUMBENS. 



BY W\ T. BELL, FRANKLIN, PA, 



Josiah Hoopes, in April number, states that 

 they have been unable to flower this plant. 



I have a plant of it in a four-inch pot, that is 

 now in bloom, and I must say that I am disap- 

 pointed in the flower, which is quite inconspicu- 

 ous. The tube is light greenish yellow. Sepals 

 green, shaded with brown. Corolla none. Sta- 

 mens, eight in number, with red filaments, and 

 violet-colored anthers. The calyx has a ringent 

 appearance, one limb turning back flat on the 

 tube. The flower is curious, at all events ; and 

 the plant has a very pretty habit of growth, pro- 

 pagates readily, and is easily grown. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Panicum plicatum variegatum. — It is sur- 

 prising that this, the most beautiful of all 

 variegated grasses, does not enter oftener into 

 ornamental garden work. It does well in partial 

 shade, where few things will, and is excellent 

 for vases or baskets under trees, or in piazzas for 

 Summer adornment. It bears room culture 

 verj' well nlso, and comos in well for Winter 

 window work. 



Button-hole Eoses. — The Journal of Horticul- 

 ture tells us that in England "the most favorite 

 of flowers for button-holes are tea-scented Roses, 

 and one of the best of them for this purpose is 

 Isabella Sprunt. We observed some charming 

 buds of this the other day in the gardens at 

 Wimbledon House, and we were informed by 

 Mr. Ollerhead that it is regarded as the beat of 

 all roses for button-hole bouquets. The flowers 



are small and perfectly formed, the colors 

 merging from white to creamy buflF. As grown 

 in pots at Wimbledpn, this rose blooms pro- 

 fusely. Another favorite variety in the rose 

 house at Wimbledon is Madame Trifle. It \s 

 trained up one of the rafters. It has the free- 

 growing and flowering properties of Gloire de 

 Dijon, and is considered an improvement on 

 that good old rose; no small recommendation." 



Flo^vering Cyclamens. — We like to make note 

 of good specimens of culture. It would be 

 pleasant to know that some of our readers could 

 beat the following, from the London Journal of 

 Horticulture: "Mr. Eichard Maries, nurseryman, 

 Lytham, has sent us a photograph of a plant of 

 Cyclamen persicum. The plant, which is in a 

 7-inch pot, has more than a hvmdred flowers, 

 and is similar to the plants usually exhibited at 

 the London shows. The plant has never been 

 allowed to become too dry when at rest. Mr. 

 Maries considers over-drying the cause of much 

 injury in Cyclamen culture. The variety sub- 

 mitted is pure white, and evidently belongs to a 

 good strain." 



Permanent Ivy for Bouquet Vases. — A pretty 

 fashion is coming into existence of having orna- 

 mental flower pots made like bouquet stands, 

 and planting ivy therein. In an ordinary 

 bouquet stand ivy would not grow, as there must 

 be a hole somewhere to let the water out, or the 

 'vy or any other plant will not grow; but a 

 smaller inside glass is used to hold the water for 

 the cut flowers, and around this is the earth for 

 the ivy to grow in. The effect of the growing 

 border of ivy round the cut flowers is very pretty 

 indeed. 



Plumbago rosea. — This old-fashioned warm 

 greenhouse plant is one of that kind which is 

 very hard to kill. We have noticed it to hold 

 its own for years, when men have been em- 

 ployed who should know their business, but 

 under whose hands half one's stock would dis- 

 appear in half a dozen years. Not only for this, • 

 but for a persevering, free-blooming character is 

 it desirable. As fast as one spike is out, another 

 bud pushes to take its place. A Garden corres- 

 pondent finds the following successful culture : 

 "Though much has been written against the use 

 of this plai\t for furnishing cut flowere, there can 

 be but one opinir'u amongst those who know it 

 well as to its general decorative properties at 

 this season of the year — whether associated with 

 fine-foliaged or with flowering plants — its light 



