1878.] 



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in cooler quarters. In this way a succession of 

 well-flowered plants is maintained from the end 

 of January until up into April. A high tempera^- 

 ture curls and weakens the foliage and therefore 

 is avoided, and green-fly, so persistent an enemy 

 to these plants, is, by frequent doses of cold 

 tobacco-smoke, denied an existence. 



Grown as above, these plants in eight and nine 

 inch pots are now (Feb. 11) perfect massive 

 specimens from two feet to three and one-fourth 

 feet tlu'ough, with large, succulent, deep green 

 leaves and wide-spread but dense heads of flower 

 buds. The more advanced are in blossom and 

 arranged in the conservatory, and another large 

 succession will yet be obtained from the warmest 

 grapery ; those in the latest grapery are not much 

 more than showing flower buds. 



[The flowers were very fine and created much 

 attention at the rooms of the Germantown Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Avhere they were exhibited. — 

 Ed. G. M.I 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Vines for a Bay Window. — Mr. W. T. Bell 

 in the Venango Spectator gives the following as 

 his choice : 



Abutilon vexillarium and A. vexillarium 

 pictum : shruljby plants, to be ti'ained as climb- 

 ers, flowering freely, and the latter having leaves 

 variegated with yellow. 



Ampelopsis Veitchii, a woody climber from 

 .Japan, somewhat similar to om- Virginia 

 Creeper. 



Cobosa scandens, a rapid grower, clinging by 

 tendrils, and having large bell-shaped flowers. 

 There is also a variegated-leaved variety of the 

 same. Ivy — English, and other woody kinds; 

 also, what is commonly known as German or 

 Parlor Ivy, a fast-growing herbaceous plant. 



Lygodium scandens, a climbing fern, of great 

 beauty, introduced from Japan. 



Myrsiphillitm^ or Smilax, one of the most 

 beautiful climbers in cultivation. While the 

 plant is in active growth the soil about its roots 

 should never be allowed to become very dry. 



Senecio macroglossum^ Cape Ivy, one of the 

 very best rapid-growing climbers, similar in 

 habit to the German Ivy, but with thick, glossy 

 leaves, and much superior to it. 



Drooping or creeping plants : 



Fuchsia procumbens^ a new and distinct species, 

 a real trailer. 



Geraniums, Ivy-leaved. 



Lobelia., flowers bright blue. 



Lycopodiums, moss-like plants, in great vari- 

 ety ; suitable for carpeting. 



Lysimachia, or Moneywort, flowers yellow. 



Othonna crassifotia, a pretty little plant, with 

 cylindrical, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers. 



Polygonum scandens. 



Saxifraga sarmentosa, a common plant, in- 

 creasing by sarments, or runners, like the straw- 

 berry. 



Tradescantia, or Wandering Jew ; several 

 varieties. 



Ft'wctt, or Periwinkle ; vines grow several feet 

 in length, some of the varieties having variega- 

 ted leaves. 



Other suitable plants : 



Abutilon, Boule de Neige, with white bell- 

 shaped flowers ; and P. Thompsonii, leaves va- 

 riegated with yellow. 



Achyranthus, plants with red foliage. 



Agave, or Century Plant. 



Azaleas, shrubby plants, flowering in early 

 Spring. 



Calla Ethioptca. 



Camellias — Carnations — Centaureas, plants 

 with downy, white foliage. 



Echeverias — Farfugium — leaves spotted with 

 yellow. 



Ferns in variety — Fuchsias, Geranivms, — Hya- 

 cinths — Jessamines — Myrtle — Oleanders, Palms, 

 of certain kinds, Pelargoniums — Chinese Prim- 

 rose — Roses — Solanums, &c. 



CoAD Oil Lamps for Small Window Cab- 

 inets. — The Journal of Horticulture says : 



" An amateur, writing to us on paraflin lamps 

 for excluding frost, states that he has employed 

 one for three years in his small greenhouse with 

 great satisfaction and he would not hesitate if 

 required to place a smaller lamp in a frame. 

 He describes the reservoir of the lamp, which is 

 of block tin, as resembling an inverted soup 

 plate. This fox-ms the base and supports a 

 moveable cylinder a little more than a foot high 

 and six inches in diameter, with an aperture at 

 the bottom for the burner to pass through, and 

 an ornamental lid at the top with apertures for 

 the escape of heat. After the heat has been 

 turned ' full on ' for a quarter of an hour the 

 cylinder becomes quite hot, and is afterwards 

 kept sufticiently so by a very small flame. If 

 he ' fires hard in severe weather ' he places a 

 shalb-w tin dish of water on the top in place of 

 the lid. No injurv whatever has resulted from 



