ORNAMENT FOR DRIED FLOWERS. 



sort of brown or violet-colored gland ; the flowers spring from the summit of short, 

 axillary peduncles, and are supported by long, straight pedicles, of a beautiful 

 carmine red color, the tops of which are lost in the bases of the calycine leaflets, 

 or these leaflets, the lateral ones are oval, lanceolate, of an herbaceous (greenish) 

 color, whilst the upper one, yellow, and hood-shaped, has merely a green line in 

 the centre ; therefore, as may be seen, the Impaticns Jerdonice owes all its quali- 

 ties to one of its petals ; this portion of the flower, which is of a beautiful carmine 

 red, and shaped like a bag, terminates, inferiorly, in a kind of hook, or straight- 

 ened point, in the species under consideration, whilst, in others, it is extended to 

 a cylindrical and delicate point, which has received the name of spur. In short, 

 the original character of the flower of the Impatiens Jerdonice, and its profuse 

 crop of flowers, make it desirable, and class it in our greenhouses with the Impa- 

 tiens platypetala, Hookeriana, etc. Like the latter, and the Imp. glandidigera, 

 Roijhana, fidva, etc., which so greatly contribute to the beauty of groups planted 

 in the shade, it requires the same care in cultivation. J. Decaisne. 



ORNAMENT FOR DRIED FLOWERS. 



The accompanying drawings, made for us by an accomplished lady, represent 



a pasteboard hanging vase, 

 covered with moss, and at- 

 tached to an oak branch, 

 for a parlor ornament. From 

 the material employed, it is 

 better suited for dried flow- 

 ers than those which require 

 water. 



The smaller basket repre- 

 sents the mode in which the 

 pasteboard is united after 

 being shaped, and the larger 

 exhibits the same covered 

 with moss. Every lady of the 

 least taste can make these 

 baskets, and ornament her 

 boudoir, parlor, or sitting- 

 room with her own handi- 

 work, which she will enjoy 

 more than expensive pur- 

 chased objects. 



The oak-leaves may be re- 

 presented in winter in leath 



