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GARDENING. 



Aug. 75, 



grudge. One more Indian Shot, so as to 

 make another Indian turnip his toes to 

 the Daisies causes but few Indian- 

 mourners." "Holy Hoke! old man; you 

 are getting crazv; do you suppose there 

 is no Indian-heart." 



"Begonia fooli>h fellow," replied Old 

 Age. "dost thou see Onion hill that 

 Maid-ol'the-Meadow Plantain Lilies. 

 You Live-in-idleness and are at Logger- 

 heads with Industry. Your Maudlin 

 tongue will do you Little good. Have a 

 care Are you Ware that she desires to 

 Mate. You should Over-look her Modesty 

 and Rush towards her; you will never 

 Rue it. She is a Spring Beauty and has a 

 Mint of money. She is inclined to Matri- 

 mony and you may Marigold. Any Dog- 

 wood like to do that. Drive Careaway 

 and Gladden her heart. Declare your 

 Boy's-love, meet her at the Garden Gate 

 and exclaim J ump-up-and-kiss me. You're 

 Aram lellow if you don't." 



' Can't do it Poppy; she would think 

 me a Medlar Let her Pine away. No 

 maiden's heart can ever Brake. Let her 

 join the Nuns. Your talk is Bombast. I 

 could never Stick-tight to her. My love 

 Wood-Waxen cold. Such a Yoke-Wood 

 not be Paradise. I would rather Poke 

 along as I am." 



Jut then a succession of Earth-quakes 

 swallowed up Youth and Old Age and 

 finished the story. 



TAB NEW YORK GARDENERS' SOCIETY. 



A special meeting of the New York gar- 

 deners' Society was held in their rooms 

 on Saturday, July 2-t, for the purpose of 

 distributing the prizes won at their exhi- 

 bition in the city hall in June. The presi- 

 dent, Mr. John Shore, in handing the 

 winners the several valuable cups and 

 money prizes, accompanied them with 

 suitable remarks which were responded 

 to by the recipients. 



A discussion followed on the advisabil- 

 ity of holding a canna show next month, 

 and it was finally resolved that an exhi- 

 bition of cannas and other flowers be 

 given in connection with the societj-'s 

 first annual dinner which will be held on 

 the second Saturday in September, and 

 to which the presidents of all neighboring 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Clubs will be 

 invited. It was also decided to hold a 

 chrysanthemum show in November, and 

 a committee was appointed to make 

 arrangements accordingly. 



On the exhibition table weie s~>me very- 

 fine seedling cannas raised by Mr. A. L. 

 Marshall, of Pawling, N. Y., one of which, 

 a large deep crimson flower named John 

 B. Duteher, which is an improvement on 

 Chas. Henderson, was awarded the soci- 

 ety's certificate. Messrs. John M. Hunter 

 and A. Welsing also made displays of new 

 and standard varieties of cannas. The 

 latter showed a vase of asters which 

 were much admired. A certificate of 

 merit was awarded Mr. Ferdinand Man- 

 gold for a new cypripedium 



The next meeting of the society' will be 

 held on the occasion of the dinner, Sep 

 tember 11th, which will be a great event 

 amongst the gardeners of this section. 

 Jas. I. Donlan. 



FEAT MOSS. 



In the interest of all lovers of horticul- 

 ture I would like some of your distin- 

 guished correspondents to make a few 

 experiments with peat moss and give 

 your readers the result. Last year I cov- 

 ered my cold grapery vines with it and 

 thej' came out as clean and iresh in the 

 spring as if out of a bath, and they are 

 now loaded with large clusters of fruit, 

 [continued page 366.] 



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