Floral l^Totes. 



Fintiigiition. for J'lonts. 



Mr. J. C. Niven, of the Hull Botanical (larden, recommends tobacco fumigation (in 

 London Garden) for cleaning green flies from certain house plants infested by them. 

 His plan is to luy the plant on its side in a washtub, throw over it a damp towel, or 

 better, " a bit of glazed calico lining," and then, through an opening at the bottom, 

 have "your husband" insert the end of a pipe, and through it let him blow tobacco 

 smoke until the plant gets a good fumigation. The flies will be found at the bottom 

 of the tub when the operation is finished. The plants should be perfectly dry when 

 the operation is performed, but if a towel is used it should be freshly washed and 

 wrung out before using, and be without holes. The pipe stem should reach to the 

 bottom of the tub. As to the husband, if the owner of the plants hasn't got one, a 

 substitute will answer — the point being to effect the fumigation thoroughly. 



JPuneritl t'loivcrs, tn New Tork. 



In all our larger cities flowers form a large source of revenue to florists who make 

 bouquets, etc., a specialty. In New York, the aggregate sum spent yearly on flow- 

 ers is immense. Upon funeral flowers, especially, large sums are expended. The 

 following will show the prices paid for leading sorts in winter: The price of a hand- 

 some basket is from five to fifty dollars. Bouquets can be made at from three to 

 twenty-five dollars. Single rosebuds cost twenty-five cents, and carnations twenty 

 cents. Smilax is sold at one dollar a yard, and violets by the dozen at twelve cents. 

 One spray of lilies of the valley costs twenty-five cents. 



I'erhenas. 



It may not be generally known to flower growers that this charming flower can be 

 grown so as to produce flowers from seed the first year, but such is the case. Pro- 

 cure of a reliable seedsman seed saved from the choicest tlowers, and sow them any 

 time during March, either in a well prepared hot-bed, or in a box of rich, fine soil, 

 to be kept in the house nights, and cold days ; water with warm water as often as dry, 

 and transplant into the garden early in June. If the plants should grow rapidly, 

 they should be transplanted, at least once in the hot-bed or boxes, so as to make them 

 grow stronger, and keep the roots more compact. Plants properly grown in this way 

 will produce larger, and healthier flowers than those propagated in the greenhouse, 

 from cuttings, although they will not be of any particular variety. — Am. Rural Home. 



Cure of Cnlla Tjilieti. 



A friend, whose lilies are the wonder and admiration of the village, writes The 

 Laws of Life as follows : 



" I keep my lilies growing all summer, set out on the ground near my dining-room 

 door, in somewhat shady places, because I think them such fine plants to look at. 1 



