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ing ; so that this silvery green and gold 

 foliage at once attracts and fixes attention. 

 Standing in front of a group of darker and 

 larger evergreens, the effect is remarkable. 



Eucalyptus Globulus, 



The Agricultural Department at Washing- 

 ington has distributed plants of this tree 

 for the purpose of encouraging its culture, 

 more especially in the Southern States. 



May Seetles and Rose Chafer — How to Get Mid 

 of Them. 



Prof. Cook, of the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, says they can be shaken from the 

 vines quite readily ; and if no better way is 

 discovered, collect them in sheets and scald 

 them. 



Dr. Le Baron, entomologist, recommends 

 tobacco water and v/hale oil soap solution. 



J'ines for the Seaside, 



A horticulturist (we cannot credit to 

 proper source) states that he has found no 

 trees that succeed so well by the seaside as 

 Pinus Insignis and the Corsiean Pine. He 

 has plants of the latter growing and flour- 

 ishing where the sycamore and beach, 

 twenty years planted, never could even get 

 into respectable bushes. The pines named 

 also have the advantage that hares and rab- 

 bits will not touch them, and the wood of 

 the Corsiean pine is very valuable, while 

 that of the Austrian, another great tree for 

 the seaside, is worth but little. He has 

 also succeeded in growing the Aleppo Pine 

 ( Pinus Hahpensis) from seeds brought from 

 the Isle of St. Marguerite, opposite Cannes, 

 where this pine grows with its roots down to 

 the salt water, and where it withstands the 

 most terrific sea gales, without seeming a bit 

 the worse for them. 



JPacking Plants for the Mails. 



Prof. Thurber, in discussing the topic of 

 sending plants through the mails, calls atten- 

 tion to the fact that there is greater danger 

 arising from the presence of too much moisture 

 than too little. The best packing material is 

 sphagnum or bog moss, and this should be 

 just so damp only as to be elastic to the 



touch. Plants packed in this, if not too 

 damp, will remain for weeks uninjured ; 

 that is, if the plants are at rest. Another 

 thing is, to pack close. If sending by mail, 

 take a piece of strong brown paper ; lay the 

 just damp, not wet, moss upon it ; put the 

 plants upon the moss, and more moss over 

 the plants; then begin at one end of the 

 paper and roll up hard, secure with a string, 

 and then put another paper over for direc- 

 tion. So in packing in boxes ; use the 

 moss just damp, and have the box full and 

 crammed down hard, so that there can be 

 no possibility of moving or shaking in tran- 

 sit. 



Nexv and Double Geraniums. 



The following new varieties are brought out 

 this spring, and are the property of M. Alge- 

 taire of Mont Plairie, Lyons, France : 



Aline Sislcy (Jean Sisley) — Dwarf and 

 compact growth ; foliage small, zoned, deep 

 green ; flowers pure white, double, and of 

 medium size. (Style of the single variety, 

 Mme. Vaucher.) Price, VI francs. 



Alba FlcBiia (Smith) — Flowers double 

 white. Price, 10 francs. 



A$a Gray (Jean Sisley) — Dwarf and ro- 

 bust grower, flowers large, double, chamois 

 color, shaded with a lighter tint. This 

 much desired color, approaching to that of 

 the single variety, Gloire de Corbeny, cre- 

 ated a sensation at the Universal Exhibition 

 at Lyon. 



Charles Lyell (Jean Sisley) — Dwarf 

 habit; flowers double, of medium size ; deep 

 apricot color, edged white ; an admirable 

 variety. 



Jeanne Alegatiere (Alegatiere) — Vigorous 

 grower ; foliage large, zoned ; flowers large, 

 full and well shaped ; lilac rose, extra. 



Exposition de Lyon (Alegatiere) — Vigor- 

 ous habit ; foliage medium size ; flowers 

 full, well shaped ; magenta cherry, very 

 brilliant. 



A. Profitable Fatuity Garden. 



Mr. Samuel Modara, of Harrisonville, near 

 Philadelphia, has demonstrated the capacities 

 of a good family garden. From a piece of 

 ground measuring one and one-fourth of an 



