PLANTS FOR HANGING VASES 



16. Jasminum revnhitum. — In rich, sandy soil will trail and hang over the sides 

 of whatever it may be suspended in, forming one of the handsomest of yellow flow- 

 ering ornaments we can have in the spring of the year. 



17. 3Ia]ier7iia odorata. — Another very handsome yellow early flowering plant of 

 the easiest culture. 



18. Passijlora cerulea. — A rather loose and straggling plant, but by a little 

 pruning and training, would make a very pretty object. 



19. Tradescantia zebrina. — An admirable plant for this mode of culture. Its 

 flowers are very diminutive, but the beauty of the foliage makes up for this de- 

 ficiency. It thrives well in the shade. 



20. Lycopodium Ccesium Arhoreum. — Though not a flowering plant, always com- 

 mands attention, by the steel-blue tinge of its foliage. They will only thrive in a 

 warm, moist, and shady situation. 



21. Tropcelum tricolorum, crimson, and T. azureum, blue, with care in cultiva- 

 tion, would make good subjects for suspending. They require a sandy, vegetable 

 soil, with little water, till very strongly in growth ; and after they are done flowering, 

 must be put away in a diy place, preserved from moisture till the growing season 

 returns. 



22. Jloi/a carnosa. — The ''Wax plant," so called from its thick, wax-like leaves. 

 It is of very easy culture, but must not have a very low temperature in winter. 



In cultivating plants in suspended baskets or vases, the fact must be constantly 

 borne in mind that they will require more water than the same plants grown under 

 ordinary circumstances. Every precaution, therefore, must be taken to render the 

 soil porous, by employing it of a coarse, turfy texture ; and the baskets should, be- 

 sides, be well drained. The frequency of the waterings would otherwise render the 

 soil sour, which is the great obstacle in the way of growing basket-plants. 



The Garden. — No land pays a higher rate of interest than the humble, despised gar- 

 den. — The quantity of vegetables which it can be made to produce, almost exceeds belief; 

 and farmers may well open their eyes, when told that under good management two acres 

 of a garden will be more profitable than twenty acres of a farm, as it is usually conduct- 

 ed. In the vicinity of cities and large towns, the raising of vegetables for market is con- 

 ducted on a large scale, and is very lucrative, and even the poor man can, by his own 

 labors at odd times secure an abundance of food for his family, which is as good as money 

 savedi as well as earned. 



Verbena in Yellow Fever. — The use of an infusion of verbena, both as a drink and 

 injection, has been tried in the South — especially in Cuba — for yellow fever and 

 vomit, with great success. 



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