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hanced. Short trellises are placed close to 

 the ends of this frame, upon which are grow- 

 ing climbing vines. The structure is made 

 entirely of wood, ornamented at the top with 

 curved wire rods and bells, like the Chinese 

 garden, house or temple. The climbing vines 

 most suitable for planting here are Aristo- 

 lochia, Trumpet Creeper, and Morning Glory. 

 Best annual flower to plant at base in front is 

 the Salvia splendens. 



Eticnlyptii.s. 



The foreign journals are still discussing the 

 miraculous eflFeets of eucalyptus — at first as a 

 cure for the phylloxera, and now some genius 

 finds it capital in cure of fever. But you 

 must use the right kind — not the latifolius, 

 but the longifolms. 



A Gnrdfn School, 



At Weimar, Germany, there is a garden 

 industrial school, the object of which is to in- 

 struct school children, from their eighth to 

 their fourteenth year, in their hours out of 

 school, in gardening and in kindred industry ; 

 and also to fit young men who have left school, 

 for practical gardening, an employment which 

 is in great demand in that country. This 

 school was established in 1853, partly from 

 the proceeds of charitable meetings and partly 

 from church offerings. A piece of land was 

 purchased near the city, and devoted to this 

 purpose, under the charge of a board of ad- 

 ministration, with a director at the head. 

 Three members of the board control the de- 

 partments of trees, vegetables and flowers ; 

 another member has charge of the accounts 

 and the funds, and one has supervision of the 

 property and of the sale of the productions. 

 The director and the committee serve without 

 salary, and with no returns except for actual 

 expenses. At the head of the practical work- 

 ing of the institution there is a superintendent, 

 who is both skilled in all garden industry and 

 in the art of teaching. He has a salary, a 

 house free, and a share of the profits of the 

 garden. Under him there are three master 

 gardeners, or overseers, who have severally 

 charge of the nurseries, the vegetable garden 

 and the winter work. The last of these is an 

 experienced carpenter, who has care of the 



planing and carving benches, the repair of the 

 garden tools, and the oversight of the chamber 

 furniture. Additional help is given by pupils 

 who have been trained in the institution, and 

 who, after their confirmation, learn gardening 

 as their future occupation. These have to go 

 through a three years' course in the institution 

 without paying any fees. After a certain time 

 of probation they receive a compensation, 

 which increases according to the capacity 

 shown, in the second and third years. The 

 oldest boys have charge of the flowers, the 

 watering and the pot plants, and from four to 

 eight boys are in this department, while the 

 younger boys have their regular and appropri- 

 ate tasks. Every day the superintendent sets 

 for them and the overseers the work which is 

 required by the season of the year. 



Their winter work is of various kinds, from 

 basket making to straw braiding and envelope 

 folding, and they sing a merry song as they 

 work, or a story is told, or one of the older 

 boys reads from a pleasant book. This school 

 is supported by free gifts, and by the proceeds 

 of the sale of the produce. One source of in- 

 come is from the sale of nosegays, which are 

 delivered every week, and paid for at a 

 monthly rate. Such an institution has never 

 found existence in America. Who can pre- 

 dict its success if it were tried ? 



Keejihiy Grupfx. 



A successful European method is to cut 

 them with plenty of wood for stem, and insert 

 this in a bottle full of water ; the bottle may 

 be set in a sloping direction upon a shelf, and 

 the bunch hanging over the neck touches 

 nothing. Kept in this way in a cool room, 

 where the temperature never rises above 45 

 degrees, they have been known to last at least 

 two months. The loss of berries is very small. 



^ Novel Horticultural Soriety, 



A floral, gardening and horticultural society 

 was formed the last year at Friends Acad- 

 emy, Union Springs, N. Y., and at the first 

 meeting twenty-four persons, mainly students, 

 enrolled their names as members. The small 

 entrance fee goes to the purchase of seeds, 

 bulbs and plants. A leading object is orna- 

 menting and polishing the grounds of the in- 



