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amount of glass well it takes two hot water 

 boilers, doable amount of pipe ; besides, hot 

 water pipe is four inch, where steam pipes are 

 only one inch, except main pipe which is two 

 inch, from this the one inch pipe gets its supply. 

 The price for steam heating is, boiler $200; pipes 

 and fittings, $400; or everything complete in 

 working order for $600; and if put up last year 

 when iron was lower in price, perhaps it would 

 not have cost $500. For hot water it would have 

 •cost me at least $1,500 or more, with less satis- 

 faction. It takes less time to tend to fire, and 

 less fuel. Mostly all florists here will use steam 

 after this; they all see it is a success, and all are 

 wondering why it was not used before this date 

 for structures of this kind. Five or six florists 

 here put in steam last summer, and others that 

 possibly can will put it in next year. 



CCELOCYNE CRISTATA. 



BY WALTER GRAY, COLLEGE HILL, CINCINNATI, O. 



Kindly allow me a few words on the cultiva- 

 tion of the above in reply to " G. C," p. 369 

 This plant will thrive well in any warm green- 

 house, in pots, in a compost of rough peat and 

 moss. The pots should be well drained, so as to 

 let the water pass quickly through the compost. 

 If it should require potting, it is best done when 

 the plant begins to grow. It requires abundance 

 of water in its growing season ; in fact, should 

 never be allowed to get dry. I have grown this 

 plant beautifully upon blocks of wood ; also, in 

 baskets suspended from the roof near the glass. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



RoGiERA GRATisiMA. — A plant about two feet 

 high, and about two feet thick, with scores of 

 bunches of fragrant whitish flowers was ex- 

 hibited by Alex. Young, gardener to Mr. R. S. 

 Mason, at the January exhibition of the German- 

 town Horticultural Society, showing it to be an 

 admirable kind for conservatory decoration at 

 that season of the year. 



Steam Heating. — There is little doubt that 

 where there are large ranges of plant houses to 

 be heated, steam is destined to play a much 

 more important part in American gardening 

 than it has yet done. There is no reason why 

 it may not be employed in connection with the 

 electric light and the warming of whole blocks 



of houses by one steam-heating company in each 

 block, and we pay for the steam we use as we 

 pay for gas. This will be a great boon to the 

 florist who may be near such a public steam 

 company. Only think of the enjoyment of going 

 to bed at nights without worrying over fires ; no 

 coal bills to pay, no dirt, no dust, no smoke, no 

 trouble but to grow flowers or fruit, and turn 

 these to pleasure and profit ! Will it not be 

 glorious ? 



LiBORNiA Penrhoseana. — A plant of this about 

 two feet over, with I'terally thousands of flowers, 

 was one of the gayest of the many pretty things 

 exhibited at the January meeting of the German- 

 town Horticultural Society. It came from Mr. 

 Gallagher, gardener to Amos R. Lyttle, Esq. 



Cut Flowers in Paris.— The chief flowers 

 forced for cutting in winter, are Hydrangea 

 paniculata, White Lilacs, Lantanas, Violets, 

 Stockgillies, ''Anthemis"— which our growers 

 would perhaps translate to "Daisies" — Roses, 

 Azaleas, New Holland Acacias, Epiphyllums, 

 Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissus, Chinese Primroses, 

 Ericas, or Heaths, and " Muquets " or Lilies of 

 the Valley. It seems strange that so very useful 

 a plant as the Myrsiphyllum, or " Smilax," 

 should not be known there in connection with 

 cut flower work. 



Stephanotis floribunda. — This waxy white, 

 and sweet flower, would be extremely profitable 

 to that florist who could discover how to get it 

 in bloom cheaply and profusely all winter. It 

 seldom flowers, however, before the winter and 

 season for expensive flowers is almost over. 



AcALYPHA marginata. — These, so numerous 

 as the species are, afford little of interest to the 

 cultivator ; but Acalypha marginata, as shown 

 by Mr. Kinnier, at the January meeting of the 

 Germantown Horticultural Society, shows this 

 one to be as beautiful as the choicest coleus 

 which the prettily-margined leaves very much 

 suggested. 



Buttonhole Bouquets -These are not as popu- 

 lar in our country for everyday use as they are 

 in Europe, on account of the dryness of the at- 

 mosphere causing the flowers to wither very 

 soon. But there are many flowers which might 

 be selected of more enduring character. The 

 double white Bouvardia seems one of this 

 character. 



Chrysanthemums. — Referring to Mr. Walter 

 Coles' article on the Chrysanthemum, it should 



