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GARDENING. 



Mar. '5 



Leon Walduck, deep pink; Pres. Leon 

 Simon, carmine; Mme. Thibaut, deep 

 pink; Ernest Lautli, carmine. 

 SINGLE varieties; 

 Marie Hoste, crimson with white cen- 

 ter; Ralph, pure red; Jean Sisley, bright 

 scarlet, Clemence Boutard, white; W. 

 Holmes, scarlet; Mastodon, scarlet; Queen 

 of the West, scarlet; Rev. A. At inson, 

 brilliant crim.son, is still used a good deal 

 as a bedder and on account of its low 

 creeping habit and charming color, be- 

 sides being very free flowering was un- 

 doubtedly one of our best bedders, but of 

 late years it has got the bad habit of 

 taking a rest during the hottest part of 

 the summer and should therefore be dis- 

 carded . 



VARIEGATED VARIETIES. 



Mountain of Snow, silver edged; Mme. 

 Salleroi, small lea%'es with white edges, a 

 beautiful border plant; Bronze Vicdal, 

 golden bronze, dark zone with scarlet 

 flowers; Happy Thought, large yellow 

 blotches in the center of the leaves, rich 

 rose flowers; Mrs. Pollock, brorze zone, 

 gold edge. Jas. Jense.n. 



Humboldt Park, Chicago, 111. 



Cannas.— A reader asks for a few 

 good cannas. Try Alphonse Bouvier, 

 Charles Henderson and Flamingo in the 

 way of crimsons; Eldorado as a yellow; 

 Florence Vaughan, spotted yellow; Egan- 

 dale for vivid effect at a distance; 

 Madame Crozy, yellow edged, and Queen 

 Charlotte as a deeply golden-banded 

 variety. All of the above are compara 

 tively inexpensive. But if you want a 

 gem in the way of Queen Charlotte, try 

 Souvenir d'Antoine Crozy; it is expensive 

 yet, though; probably a dollar a plant. 

 Of course, if one can afford it, he should 

 also try the new Italia, but it costs $5. 



The Egyptian Luffa, or vegetable 

 sponge. — I send you some seeds of this 

 interesting member of the cucumber fam- 

 ily. They were obtained from plants 

 grown in a warm greenhouse by Mr. 

 James C. Sage at Tarrytown. He got 

 the seeds from a traveler from Egypt. 

 The fruits are cyUndrical, fibrous, and 

 contain many seeds; the dried fruit 

 divested of the seeds becomes like a fine 

 sponge and as such appears in commerce. 



New York. J. I. Donlan. 



Gardening grows better with every 

 issue, it is almost a snare to me, it is so 

 delightful. R. A. 



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