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last \vin(»r, thanks to tlic Mciuioiiitr .stov*-. 

 Moiv will be next wiiiler. That household 

 blessing to an outsider seems capable of little 

 iinprovenienf . ]iut tlie Yankee will improve 

 it, lor In- lias improved ever^thinfj; else he has 

 borrowed — evervthin;:;, from watelu's to steam 

 enijines. ships, and even reliLrion. In fact his 

 "betterments in the last article are said to l)e as 

 ananifold 



"As If religion were infeiided 



For iiotliii)(,'else hut to be nicncled." 



Thus Yankee cuteness may rendt'r the Russian 

 stove simpler, smaller, cheaj)er, of better mate- 

 rial, of more elegant design, of more economi- 

 cal combustion. But as now used by Nebraska 

 Mennonites, it is worth}' of all acceptation by 

 every prairie pioneer. A Hibernian hearing of 

 a stove that would save half his wood, said he 

 would buy two and save the whole. The save- 

 all that he was after, he would have found in a 

 Mennonite grass burner. 



Tka Rosks in En(.i.ani).— Of the marriaiie of 

 Lord Roseberry, in which three thousand Tea 

 Rose buds were used, it is remarked that " even 

 a Rothschild might doubt the possibility of get- 

 ting that number" in March. If our English 

 friends must have rose-buds in March at their 

 weddings, let them marry in our large Kastern 

 cities, and any llorist will get them 10,OU() on a 

 week's iiolicc*. It does look as if our llorists 

 bad •' patronage." 



PRooriEss OK Orchid Culture in thk 

 United Statk.s.— From all we can learn, the 

 j taste for Orchid-growing is increasing very much 

 among our people ; and Mr. Thomas Hogg and 

 ; Mr. Rand have been collecting in trojjical 

 America. Among a recent consignment from 

 j the former were no less than 700 fine plants of 

 j Cattleya Mossa?. Besides numerous shipments 

 1 have been made by nurserymen from Guate- 

 mala, all of which were sold at public sale in 

 I Xew York, and I)rought fair prices. 



EDITORIAL iXOTES. 



SCRAPS AND OUR RIDS. 



A Room Garden. — We were agreeably sur- 

 prised, a few days ago, by finding the Ladies^ 

 Floral Cabinet on our table. Xot being in sight 

 for so many years, it had passed out of mind. 

 The one before us has a nice illustration of the 

 room garden of Mrs. Clara R. Sweetzer, of Pea- 

 bod}', Mass., Avhich we notice particularly to 

 ■comment on the wisdom of the lady m the 

 selection of honeysuckles, ivy, and such hardy 

 plants to grow over the pretty wire frames that 

 tlank and arch over her windows. Most persons 

 fail with room flowers, because they choose ten- 

 der things that require much light or heat, or 

 otherwise great care. There are many things 

 which are nearly hardy, evergreen, and in many 

 ways interesting, that would make a room look 

 beautiful in winter; and the lady has shown ex- 

 cellent judgment in the selection, as the pic- 

 ture of her pretty room fully proves. 



Lent Lilies. — In the quotations of the Lon- 

 don cut-flower market, are fre(juent references to 

 "Lent Lilies." It appears this is tlie new fash- 

 ionable name for the Uaffbdil. As Daflbdil it is 

 only worth a few farthings a dozen, and would 

 hardly be tolerated on an exalted occasion ; but 

 as " Lent Lilies " they bring fair prices, that 

 more than cover the first cost of roots. 



Lady Washington Pelargoniums. — M. A. 

 S., Baltimore, asks : " Why are these called 

 Lady Washington Pfelargoniums? I find no ref- 

 eience to any such in Paxton's Dictionary." 



[When botanists came to calling all garden 

 (Geraniums Pelargoniums, the people had to 

 make some distinction for convenience sake. 

 The old scarlet Geraniums are now Zonale Pel- 

 argoniums, and many other "Pelargoniums" 

 — and this Pelargonium — the old Pelargonium 

 of the florists, had no distinctive name. It had 

 long been known among American market-peo- 

 ple as the "Washington Geraniums," and the 

 florists seem to have caught it up as a conveni- 

 ence. It is an American issue, and not likely 

 i to be in " Paxton ;" t)ut there is no more reason 

 ' why it is not legitimate to call them by this 

 name as for a section to be called " Regal" or 

 : any other name in England. — Ed. G. M.] 



Variegated Pelargonium.— S. F. T., 

 (Saratoga, N. Y., says: "I have a seedling 

 ! Pelargonium (Lady Washington), that is varie- 

 gated with white on the leaves. The leaves are 

 : not flat like the green kinds, but cupped and 

 I very much toothed on the edges. Has not yet 

 flowered." 



