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The Horticulturist and Journal 



Dotible I'oinsett'm, 



OF the new Pojnsettia, which has made its 

 appearance in our American greenhouses, _ 

 Mr. Robert Buist thus writes the Garden- j 

 er's Chronicle: " I call your attention to a | 

 new Double Poinsettia. It is a towering 

 bunch of crescent-formed bracts, at least ten 

 inches high, and as many wide, which will, i 

 no doubt, when in the hands of expert culti- 

 vators, be grown to eighteen inches high, 

 and as much in diameter. Such crowns, 

 upon well-grown plants, will surpass every- , 

 thing now known for table ornament, con- j 

 servatory decoration, or the manipulations i 

 of the bouquet maker. On a recent tour i 

 through the grounds of Mr. Isaac Buchanan, 

 the millionaire florist of New York, he drew 

 me towards two plants of familiar outline, j 

 but on inspection I discovered a plant en- 

 tirely new to me. " Is this the Double 

 Poinsettia?"' I asked, "It is, and I paid 

 SI, 000 in cash for it," was the reply. The j 

 saddle-like foliage has a more graceful out- \ 

 line than the present Poinsettia ; the newer, 

 of deeper purple ; the petiole (foot stalk) 

 has two erect stipules of about a quarter of 

 an inch high, surmounted by two glands. 



Centitureii A iiiericaHit UaUiim 



Florets of a deep Magenta purple ; the 

 flower heads are very large, measuring when 

 expanded, fully four inches across. In light 

 soil the plant grows from 2| to 3 feet high. 

 Leaves, or the flowering branches, are ovate- 

 lanceolate, sessile, and comparatively small 

 while the color of the flower-heads is very 

 rich before full expansion takes place. Has 

 just been introduced into England, by W. 

 Thompson, of Ipswich. Originated in Texas, 

 and is considered by English florists not 

 only first class, but much superior to the 

 type. 



J'laiit.s in Garden I'n.sen. 



An Agave, or a Yucca planted in a garden 

 vase is always suitable, and requires no 

 special care or management. Harper's Bazar 



recommends that the space between it and 

 the vines be filled in with Echeverias, Se- 

 dums, stone crops, or fig Marigolds ; another 

 vase may be planted entirely with scarlet 

 geraniums ; a third with the Amaranthus 

 salidfolius in the center, surrounded with 

 coleus; a fourth may have a Fuchsia in the 

 center, surrounded with a medley of Petunias, 

 Begonias, Phlox Drummondii, Perilla, Cent- 

 aureas and similar plants. Some may have 

 the outer edge planted with drooping plants, 

 such as Moneywort, or Ivy, overhanging 

 the vine. " In fact the wh(ile class of what 

 are known as bedding out plants, are admi- 

 rably adapted for this purpose, and elegant 

 combinations of colors and contrasts of 

 foliage can be so arranged as to display the 

 taste of the owner. 



If planted in the autumn with Crocuses 

 and Hyacinths, early spring flowers can be 

 had before the season arrives for planting 

 them with the more tender bedding out 

 plants, so that a continuous display of floral 

 beauty can be had from April until October 

 or November ; all that is required is ttiat 

 the vase should be filled with good rich 

 garden soil, to within an inch or two of the 

 top and the plant then inserted ; all that 

 they will then require, will be to have the 

 inch or so of space filled up with water every 

 evening during the hot summer weather, 

 but never round up the center of the soil, as 

 it then sheds the water and the center plants 

 are liable to parish from drought." 



Drncwnn l^'onnosu. 



This is remarkable for its fine spreading 

 habit and gracefully curving leaves. It 

 comes from the Feejee Islands. The leaves 

 are numerous, narrowish oblong, or linear- 

 liguiate, much elongated, about one and a 

 half feet long and two inches broad, spread- 

 ing widely, so that young plants are broader 

 than high ; they are tapered ofi" at the apex, 

 and narrowed into a channeled stalk-like 

 base four and five inches long. The older 

 leaves are of a bronzy purple color, but the 

 younger central leaves in well-established 

 plants are margined, and more or less freely 



