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the kitchen garden, there is nothing to equal 

 or compare with the double-curled Parsley, 

 and as this can be procured cheaply and with 

 so little trouble, as well as being of service 

 in the kitchen, we advise all who care for 

 trimness and neatness in their garden walks 

 to give this a trial the present season. 



To Destroy Rose Slugs — The question 

 how to get rid of these pests, is satisfactorily 

 settled by a correspondent of The Country 

 Gentleman, who writes as follows : An old 

 lady, whose roses were better than the aver- 

 age of the season, said the only way was to 

 pick the slugs off and burn them ; that she 

 spent all the mornings in attending to them, 

 and had that season burned bushels of leaves 

 that were covered on the under si'/e with the 

 growing slugs. I excused myself from the 

 task, and tried hellebore, Paris green and 

 various things with indifferent success ; but 

 have found nothing that will so thoroughly 

 destroy rose slugs, as wood ashes. The ashes 

 must be sifted on early in the morning, while 

 the leaves are damp, the branches being 

 turned over carefully, so that the under sides 

 of the leaves, to which the young slugs cling, 

 may get their share of the siftings. If the 

 night has been dewless, in order to make the 

 work thorough, first sprinkle the bushes, and 

 the ashes will then cling to the slugs, to their 

 utter destruction. This may be repeated 

 without injury to the roses as often as the 

 pests make their appearance. 



Clematis fTavkniautiii. — This has found 

 its way into the grounds of a Georgia gar- 

 dener, who describes it when in full bloom. 

 The vine is so densely covered with violet 

 purple flowers, that its dark green leaves can 

 scarcely be seen. 



Clianthus niaffniftcus. — Those of our 

 readers who have seen the singularly beauti- 

 ful flowers of the Glory Pea, Clianthus Dam- 

 pieri, will be very desirous to possess this 

 newer variety, which seems to be of a more 

 hardy character, and less liable to be infested 

 with the red spider and other insect pests. 

 It is described in The Garde?ier as being a 



truly magnificent, and really charming variety. 

 The flowers are large, of a deep, rich scarlet 

 color, but without the black boss which makes 

 the blooms of the C. dampieri so attractive. 

 They are produced in immense pendulous 

 bunches, and continue in perfection a long 

 time. The plant is of easy culture and 

 rapid growth, requiring abundance of root 

 room, but by no means particular as to soil, 

 thriving in such a compost as is used for 

 Pelargoniums or Fuchsias. A plant, cover- 

 ing a large part of the back wall of a lean-to 

 greenhouse, has been densely covered for the 

 last three weeks, with hundreds of bunches of 

 its large, rich, and singular flowers. 



Color Arraiif/enieiit. — A few simple 

 rules in the arrangement of flower beds will 

 materially enhance the effect produced. 

 Among these are : — 



1. Avoid placing rose-colored next to 

 scarlet, orange, or violet. 



2. Do not place orange next to yellow, or 

 blue next to violet. 



3. White relieves any color, but do not 

 place it next to yellow. 



4. Orange goes well with blue, and yellow 

 with violet, 



5. Rose color and purple always go well 

 together. 



Hardy Herbaceous Annuals. — The 

 Agriculturist remarks that those of this class, 

 with variegated foliage, are rare. None that 

 we have seen equals the variegated Comfrey, 

 SytnphytJim peregrinum. It is bright and 

 pleasing from early spring until late autumn, 

 and never shows any signs of deterioration. 



Ornamental Gourds. — Two of the very 

 best are thus recommended by The Rural 

 New Yorker: '■'■ Momardica halsamina and 

 Byronopsis erythrocarpa. The latter is cer- 

 tainly the most delicate and aristocratic little 

 gourd in existence." 



Supj)orts for Climbers We have 



standing in flower beds on our lawn, two rus- 

 tic supports for flowering vines, roses and the 

 like, that are so pretty, cheap, easily made, 

 and efiicient, that I thought some of your 

 many readers might, perhaps, like to make 

 something of the kind for themselves. Ours 



