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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



tlie same position as that occupied 

 by the marking stake. 



Glory of the Snow. 



We are so pleased with the beauty 

 of this flower, just now (March 5th), 

 in full bloom in one of our windows, 

 that we desire to draw the attention 

 of our readers to it. Its technical 

 name is Ch'wnodoxa LucU'uv, and its 



Fig. 31. 



general appearance is well shown in 

 the engraving. The flower stalk 

 with its racemose flowers, grows 

 about nine inches high, and the 

 flowers, five in number on our plants, 

 are sky-blue on the apex of the 

 petals, gradually shading off into 

 pure white toward the base, while 

 the yellow anthers are curiously 

 attached to white strap-shaped 

 filaments. 



It is claimed for this plant that it 

 is quite hardy, and will grow in any 



ordinary border where the soil is not 

 too wet or too heavy. It blooms 

 very early in the season, with the 

 Crocus and the Snowdrop, whence 

 it derives its common name ; and 

 truly a bed of gold and silver crocuses, 

 white snowdrops and blue glories 

 would be a most attractive feature 

 upon a lawn so soon after old Winter 

 has released his icy grip upon us. 



That this flower is little known as 

 yet is explained by the fact that it is 

 only about twelve years since its first 

 introduction. 



Vegetables for the Kitchen. 



Mr. Wm. F.\lconer, of Queen's, 

 L. I., recommends the following 

 vegetables as the best of their kinds: 

 — Beans : Snap, Mohawk and Valen- 

 tine ; Pole, red-flowering scarlet run- 

 ners for their blossoms. Lima, for 

 shelled beans, variety Dreer's Im- 

 proved. Beets : Eclipse and long 

 smooth Blood. Cabbage : Early 

 Jersey Wakefield, Early Summer 

 and Drumhead Savoy. Cauliflower: 

 the various strains of Expert. Car- 

 rots : Early Scarlet Horn, Half Long 

 stump-rooted. Celery : White Plume, 

 Golden Heart, London Red. Cucidh- 

 ber : Nichols, and Tailby's. Corn : 

 Cory, Concord, Stowell. Egg Flant : 

 New York Improved. Lettuce : Bos- 

 ton Market, Salamander. Mush- 

 rooms : English Gray. Onions : 

 Yellow Danvers, Large Red Weath- 

 ersfield,and Southport White Globe. 

 I'eas : Improved Danield O'Rourke, 

 Alpha, Champion of England, Bliss 

 Abundance. Radishes : French 

 Breakfast, Scarlet Turnip, and of the 

 long-rooted. Wood's Early Frame. 

 Rhubarb: Monarch, Victoria. Squash: 



