1877.] 



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said in English papers that some of the powders 

 in use are poisonous, and that the bunches 

 should be delicately handled. 



Preserve Old Geraniums. — The old plants of 



moisture enough in the succulent stems to keep 

 them alive, unless the cellar is very dry indeed- 

 No doubt many of the hardier half succulent 

 plants might be kept in this way. Nor must 

 the cellar be too warm, or the plants will sprouts 



IXORA REGINA. 



Geraniums growing in flower beds are often left 

 out to die, young cuttings being taken for the 

 beds for next year. But old plants make very 

 fine objects. If taken up, tied in bunches with 

 a little moss in about the roots, and hung in a 

 cellar, they will live over Winter. There is 



The Ixora. — While in England, recently, the 

 writer was struck with the value set on the Ixora 

 as a pot plant. They formed specimens of great 

 beauty. Williams, of Holloway, depended largely 

 on them for show plants, and had numerous 



