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one end and a half of the top of a frame twelve 

 feet by sixty, and seven feet high, erected as a 

 half shade for such plants as in our climate re- 

 quire to be protected from our scorchinjj sum- 

 mer suns — has been blooming at intervals prettv 

 nearly all summer, and now, while still present- 

 ing a few open flowers, is literally filled with 

 young flower buds in all stages of growth. I 

 send you a sprig of the vine that you may see 

 for yourself. I am satisfied in my own mind, 

 from present indications, that it will continue to 

 bloom until checked by a freeze, and that under 

 protection would continue still to bloom during 

 the whole winter. This will greatly increase its 

 value to florists and others who need flowers of 

 its color (a beautiful canary) for their winter 

 work. I am sorry that I did not know this 

 earlier that I might by this time have had a 

 strong plant of it under glass. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The Government Grounds in Ottawa. — When 

 in Montreal the editor found it impossible to go 

 with the party who were invited by the Domin- 

 ion Government to visit Ottawa; but some 

 friends of his, who went on the trip, reported 

 that among the many interesting things which 

 they saw there, the beautiful government gar- 

 dens were by no means the least. Mr. Robert- 

 son, the superintendent of these grounds, re- 

 ceived much praise for his good work. 



We have on hand a very interesting sketch of 

 these pretty grounds, which we hope to give in 

 an early number. 



Rose Gigantesque.— This is regarded in Eng- 

 land as one of the best of the Tea Roses for 

 winter flowering. It is rose-pink in color. 



Cedar of Lebanon in New England. — Colonel 

 M. P. Wilder has a Cedar of Lebanon on his 

 grounds at Dorchester, near Boston, which is 

 probably the only living specimen in New Eng- 

 land. 



Dwarf Tuberose Diamond. — M. Jean Sisley 

 says in the Revue Horticole, that this variety, 

 which was withdrawn from the trade last year, 

 as our readers will remember, in order to test its 

 reported relationship with Pearl, is to be 

 brought out in France the approaching season. 



Double Dwarf German Scabious. — Only a 

 Scabious!— a common flower that at one time, 



not far distant, was scarcely tolerated in gardens, 

 and which is now welcomed as beautiful and 

 useful alike. Thanks to the German florists , 

 they have not only given us a dwarf, but a very 

 double, handsome and varied race of dwarf 

 Scabious. Before us, as we write, lies a group 

 of flowers picked from a collection of dwarf 

 Scabious grown by Mr. J. Roberts, of Gunners- 

 bury Park. We make out nine distinct varie- 

 ties, viz., dark maroon, crimson, rose, purple- 

 rose, mauve, lilac-pink, salmon, blush and white. 

 It would not be difficult to name others, but 

 these are all as distinct as they are large and 

 full in the flowers. If any one will look at a 

 well-developed bloom they will perceive there is 

 an exterior circle of large four-petalled flowers, 

 and within this a dense mass of much smaller 

 flowers of the same shape, quite filling up the 

 surfoce. They remind one of double Pyreth- 

 rums, but are not so large or high centred; they 

 are wonderfully free of bloom, and those wh© 

 grow them find them extremely useful for cut- 

 ting purposes. It is the custom of the German 

 seed growers to make up collections of these 

 dwarf Scabious in six or nine colors, and on the 

 whole they come pretty true from seed; but the 

 tendency to sport, which is characteristic of so 

 many flowers, is certain to display itself in the 

 case of the Scabious, and does so, but not to a 

 great extent. — Gardener s Chronicle. 



Callicarpa Purpurea. — Again we may call 

 our readers' attention to this dwarf shrub — quite 

 unique in the autumn by its numerous violet 

 berries. Besides, it is a pretty bush and the 

 July flowers, though small, are attractive. 



Cultivating Daffodils in China. — Mr. Maries 

 says in the Garden: "Narcissi are slit down the 

 sides in three or four places, are grown in 

 saucers of gravel and water, and I have never 

 seen finer flowers. The Chinaman calls it the 

 'New Year Flower;' the more spikes on a sin- 

 gle bulb the better his chance of success during 

 the year, or, as he says, ' plenty flower, plenty 

 pigen.'" 



American Banner Rose. — This is a striped 

 rose, raised as a sport from another, and like all 

 sports of this character is liable to become self- 

 colored at times. This tendency to reversion is 

 an objection ; but where it continues to maintain 

 its character it is much prized. When in the 

 bud it is very beautiful. 



Improved Fox Gloves are among the latest .)f 

 European floral popularities. 



