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of good C|ual'.ty the better plan is to propagate a certain number 

 of plants from cuttings every season after they have done bloom- 

 ing, and I venture to say that one obtains a more prolilic display 

 from younger plants tlian from huge masses undisturbed year after 

 year. — Gardening lllustralcd. 



THE TWO-FLOWERED EVERLASTING PEA (LATHY- 

 RUS GRANDIFLORUS).— Remarkably handsome at the present 

 time is this large-iiowered species, which revels in almost any 

 position. A few plants put in at the foot of a pergola have grown 

 into quite a colony, and, scrambling up the battens and among 

 the single white Roses of the pergola, the profusion of flowers 

 is unusual and very beautiful. The wiry growths are 6 feet or 

 more in height, and sprays of them have fallen into the inside 

 of the pergola, which is liuilt upon a retaining wall, and these 

 hang down the wall in a picturesque way. The rosy-purple 

 flowers are the largest of any of the Everlasting Peas, and the 

 plant is among the hardiest. The flowers are always borne in 

 pairs. All the attention this beautiful plant requires is the removal 

 of its old growth in Autumn and a little top-dressing if extra 

 vigorous growth is desirable. If planted near a trellis or similar 

 support It will aflix itself in a charming manner, without the 

 necessity of either tying or training. Rough branches also form 

 excellent supports. All the perennial Peas are well worth a place 

 in the garden for, in addition to their unusual beauty and charm 

 when used to grace trelliswork and other rough supports, they give 

 us delightful pictures when planted on grassy, sunny slopes, with 

 their flowery growths spreading out in all directions. — Gardening 

 IlhisI rated. 



DIGIT.ALIS. — Wild Foxgloves seldom differ in color, but culti- 

 vated ones assume a variety of colors, including w^hite, cream, rose, 

 red, deep red, and other shades. The charm of these varieties, 

 however, lies in their pretty throat markings — spots and blotchings 

 of deep purple and maroon, which make large flowers resemble 

 those of a Gloxinia ; hence the name gloxini.-eflora is applied to 

 some finely-spotted kinds. The garden plants make grand border 

 flowers ; they are more robust than the wild plant, and have stouter 

 stems and larger blooms. If associated with other tall plants they 

 look well as a background to mixed borders ; and the 

 improved varieties have a fine effect in the wild garden 

 if planted or sown in bold masses. They are good, too, 

 among Rhododendrons, where these bushes are not too thick, and 

 they charmingly break the masses of foliage. The seed is small, 

 and is best sown in pans or boxes, under glass, early in May. 

 When the young plants are well up they should be placed out of 

 doors to get thoroughly hardened before being finally planted out. 

 In shrubbery borders varied clumps of several plants produce a 

 finer effect than when set singly. The Foxglove frequently 

 blooms two years in succession, but it is always well to sow a 

 little seed annually, and if there be any to spare it may be 

 scattered in woods or copses where it is desired to establish the 

 plants. Those who do not require seed should cut out the centre 

 spike as soon as it gets shabby, and the side shoots will be con- 

 siderably benefited, especially if a good supply of w'ater be given 

 in dry weather. In a good variety a side shoot will supply an 

 abundance of seed. — Gardening Illustrated. 



PLANTING HARDY BULBS.— The bulb season has returned, 

 and with it the usual catalogs, with their tempting oft'ers of 

 choice varieties of Narcissi, Tulips, Hyacinths, Crocuses, and 

 many other scarcely less attractive subjects. 



The purcliasing of bulbs is frequently delayed, to the disappoint- 

 ment of the purchaser. The bulbs that ripen first come earliest to 

 the market, and are usually of better quality than those that ripen 

 later. Further, deterioration in store, although not rapid in the 

 earlier part of the season, is nevertheless, a factor, and it in- 

 creases as the season advances. The growth which actually takes 

 place in Crocus, Hyacinth, and Tulip bulbs while they are in the 

 store affords sulficient proof that the store-room is not the place 

 for them to pass the Autumn in, however well they may have passed 

 the time there in the later Summer months since they were 

 harvested. The best advice that can be given to those who 

 would have a creditable display of bulbous flowers next Spring 

 is to buy early and plant early. 



Hardy, Spring-flowering bulbs are amongst the cheapest of 

 garden plants ; they produce a floral display of surpassing splendor 

 if cultivated with reasonable skill, and the planter may indulge in 

 the greatest variety without incurring an extravagant outlay. 



Where geometric arrangements of beds are to be planted with 

 bulbs, a few sorts will be preferable to many, but in borders a 

 wider range of varieties may be employed. The choice of varieties 

 is largely a matter of individual taste, but for a small formal 

 garden a combination of yellow and scarlet flowers produces a 

 brilliant effect. 



One of the greatest recommendations of early bulbs for furnish- 

 ing the formal garden is that their growth is completed before the 

 season of Summer bedding, and by the end of May the bulbs are 

 so far ripe or ripening that lifting does not seriously harrn them. 



Apart from bedding schemes carried out with flowering bulbs, 



every garden offers great scope for the use of these plants in a 

 variety of w-ays. Planted in quantity and variety in grass and in 

 the more open spaces fringing the shrubbery, they are beautiful 

 and attractive and a source of much pleasure. — Gardeners' 

 Chronicle (British). 



SCENTED LLTPINS. — Sheer amazement is the only feeling of 

 which one can be conscious when standing before an exhibit at a 

 flower show of the modern Lupin in its full glory, a sensation that 

 is only intensified when memory begins to work and recollection 

 cf the varieties of but a few years back comes vividly before the 

 mind. Who could or would have supposed that so much latent 

 possibility lay behind the modest spikes of white, blue and purple, 

 with which we were all so familiar? It was a beautiful flower 

 then (when it did not disappoint by shedding a good third of its 

 buds imopened), but today w'Ords absolutely fail to convey any 

 adequate picture of the marvellous range and beauty of the colors 

 displayed. This, however, is not all. Nature, when she is 

 encouraged by the hand of the hybridist, is apt to overflow with 

 bounty and in the case of the Lupin she has, as her latest and 

 best development, given us a series of perfumed forms. This is 

 not a faint washy odor, but a delicious and unmistakable perfume 

 that fills the air all round where they are growing. The color 

 range is not restricted in this remarkable break, for every shade 

 of white, blue, mauve, purple, crimson, pink and yellow is repre- 

 sented and one is only left wondering what surprise this remark- 

 able plant can now have "up its sleeve" for us. — The Garden. 



Brief Horticultural Jottings 



We are accustomed to think of all the big fruit orchards of our 

 country as being on the Pacific side of the continent and it may 

 come as a surprise to a good many to know that little Vermont 

 lays claim to the biggest orchard in the world. It is the property 

 of Edward H. Everett and since plantings were begun in 191! no 

 less than 50,000 apples and IS.OfX) other fruits consisting of pears, 

 quinces, cherries and phmis have been planted. The ultimate goal 

 is 100.000 trees, which will occupy over 3,600 acres of land. Many 

 of the rows are a mile in length. Each row is given a letter and 

 each cross row a number, so that each tree can have its specific 

 identification. This great orchard in the Green Mountain State is 

 in Bennington and is managed in a thoroughly up-to-date and 

 scientific manner. — W. N. C. 



St. Dorothy, patroness of gardeners, was a virgin martvr of 

 Caesarea, Cappadocia, martyred under Diocletian about A. D. 303. 

 February 6 is the usual day dedicated to her, but at Aries the date 

 is March 28. According to the legend, she was asked by a lawyer, 

 Theophilus, to give a sign while undergoing torture ; upon her 

 prayer an angel appeared bearing three apples and three red Roses. 

 She was then beheaded, and after her death the angel returned to 

 Theophilus bringing the fruit and flowers as a gift from St. 

 Dorothy, whereupon he was converted and martyred also. In art 

 she is depicted holding a sword, with the .'Vpples and Roses at her 

 side or in her hand. — Florists' E.vcliangc. 



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We leani from the Joiinwl of the Royal Societv of Arts that a 

 company in the Philippines has recently begun the manufacture of 

 paper from the husks of coconuts, of which it is estimated that 

 350.000 to 400,000 tons are waited annually. The present cost of 

 production is high, and it will be necessary to convert the husks 

 mto pulp near the mill from which they are a by-product, in order 

 to save expense in transportation. Even then it is questionable 

 if the pulp can be produced at a fi.gure that will allow it to compete 

 with wood pulp, or other kinds of pulp now used for paper mak- 

 ing. Other uses to which the coir fibre is put are rope makino- 

 filling mattresses, etc., and the making of corkv pulp for insulation 

 purposes.— (7(7rrfi';i('r.v' Chronicle (British ). 



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In a field in Madison county, Iowa, stands a monument which 

 was recently dedicated to an apple tree. This tree is the parent 

 tree of the now famous Delicious apple. After a life of fifty years 

 the tree still stands and bears abundantly. The offspring, in 'trees 

 distributed and planted, number more than 7,500.000, accordino- to 

 the lowest estimates by experts, and fully one-third of the baby 

 trees have survived and grown to a producing age. The estimated 

 value of the annual crop of apples brought to the market from 

 these trees is $12,000,000. Therefore, the 50-vcar-old tree, near 

 which has been placed the memorial, a granite boulder suitably 

 inscribed, may call itself the $12,000,000 apple tree.— Florists' 

 Rn'iezi'. 



