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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



REVIVING WILTED 

 BLOSSOMS. 



Many lovers of wild flowers 

 have doubtless been annoyed 

 by the apparent -impossibility 

 of getting certaih beautifiil 

 species home in good condi- 

 tion. Among the flowers of 

 the eastern States which wilt 

 almost while one is pkicking 

 them, the dainty little Sprmg 

 Beauty and the gorgeous but 

 bashful Cardinal flower come 

 to mind. 



If one but knows how, one 

 may freely gather these and 

 others like them, and take 

 them home in the thoroughly 

 disreputable condition which 

 they at once effect, with calm 

 certainty of being able to re- 

 store them to their natural 

 beauty. It is merely necessary 

 to conquer the inevitable in- 

 stinct to place them in cold 

 water, and instead use the fluid 

 piping hot, with more or less 

 alcohol added, according to 

 condition of the flowers and 

 experience with the various 

 species. 



This method of restoration 

 applies equally well to culti- 

 vated blossoms as to wild flow- 

 ers. — Scientific American. 



THE MOCCASIN 

 FLOWER. 



Most people who have 

 roamed through the rocky hills 

 of the Northern States during 

 May or early June are familiar 

 with the Pink Lady's Slipper 

 or Moccasin Flower. These 

 strange-looking plants are 

 orchids, and this particular 

 kind inhabits moss-covered 

 sand overlying rocks at con- 

 siderable elevation above the 

 surrounding country; also it 

 may be said that they keep 

 away from civilization as far 

 as possible. Hogs destroy 

 them and mice will eat tlic 

 roots, which together with 

 picking liy people, probably ac- 

 counts for their aloofness. 

 Ordinary soil would not do at 

 all, and they seem in their way 

 as exacting as the hothouse 

 orchids. The Pink Lady's 

 Slipper (Cyprifcdium acaule) 

 is the State flower of Minne- 

 sota, adopted back in 1893, and 

 the first State flower of the 

 first State to take such action. 

 The flowers are borne singly 

 on stalks 8 to 12 inches high. 

 The plant prefers partial shade, 

 that of the pine usually. The 

 flowers are pink and are strik- 

 ing in appearance, resembling _ 

 a huge spider. The leaves are very distinct 

 also and even without the flower are at- 

 tractive and interesting.— W. E. D., in Rural 

 New Yorker. 



OF GENERAL INTEREST 



On January 29, 1920, in the Museum 

 Building of the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den an Iris Society will be organized. The 

 organizers are Lee R. Bonnewilz, James 

 Boyd, W. F. Christman, H. A. Gleason, 

 Mrs. Francis King, B. Y. Morrison, Miss 

 Grace Sturtevant and John C. Wister. 



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