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THE CANADIAN HORTIOULTtJBlST. 



colored Bhodanthe, with their lovely 

 bell-shaped flowers. It is necessary to 

 cut these before they are fully open, so 

 that they may not lose their pretty 

 bell-like form. Sow the seed of these 

 also in a hot bed, if you have one ; if 

 not, in a pot or box. Next to these is 

 Helipterum Sanfordi, a gem of beauty, 

 with rich, yellow, star-like flowers, 

 '.which will retain their beauty for many 

 years. It grows about a foot high, is 

 i easily -cultivated, and bears an abun- 

 dance of flowers. The clusters should 

 be cut just as the flower-buds are open- 

 ing, tied in bunches, and hung in the 

 shade; the flowers will expand while 

 drying and retain their bright color. 

 Those little flowers at the right, which 

 look so like little button daisies, are 

 grown extensively in France, where 

 they are dyed all colors, or bleached 

 white, and shipped all over the world. 

 At the left hand, near the base,: is a 

 spray of the Hartford Fern (Lygodium 

 Palmatum), a most elegant plant, the 

 leaves of which will retain their form 

 and color for years, if kept from the 

 dust. Intermingled with these are those 

 beautiful grasses, at the left the little 

 Briza Minor, above it the Brizoeform 

 Biomus, at the top the Nebulous Agros- 

 tis, and near the bottom, on the right, 

 the well-known quaking grass, Briza 

 Maxima. Just below the yellow He- 

 lipterum is that airy, graceful, little 

 Gypsophila, and below it a frond of the 

 native Holly Fern. 



Thus have we endeavoured to sejb 

 V forth the various flowers and plants of 

 ^ which this pretty bouquet is formed, 

 ..that our friends may know how to make 



preparation in time and lay in a sup- 

 ply for another season. Then when the 

 winter winds are howling and the gar- 

 den is bleak and bare, you can bring 

 forth your store of everlastings, grasses 

 and ferns, and with a few evergreen 

 sprays, deck your Christmas tables in 

 spite of Jack Frost. To dry these 

 nicely, the flowers should be tied in 

 small bunches by the stems, and hung 

 up with the heads down in the shade 

 until dry, when they can be carefully 

 stowed away in a drawer, or on the 

 shelves of a dark closet, until wanted. 

 There is another grass that deserves 

 to be men tioned here, which the writer 

 has found most useful, and most beau- 

 tiful too, for winter decoration. It is 

 the striped Eulalia, which seems to be 

 perfectly hardy, and whose graceful 

 plumes, so like the Prince of Wales 

 feather, lend such a charm to any at- 

 tempt at winter decoration. It is a 

 perennial, whose leaves, striped with 

 white and bending in graceful curves, 

 give so much beauty to the garden in 

 summer, and its autumn plumes to the 

 house in winter. 



REPORT ON FRUITS, 



The Grimes Golden Apples, also the 

 Pomme Grise, have done very well 

 with me. The Flemish Beauty Pear 

 has done very well also. The Clapp's 

 Favorite appears healthy, grows well, 

 and blooms profusely, but has produced 

 no fruit. Glass' Plum has done well, 

 but I am, I fear, going to lose it with 

 black-knot. Salem Grape did very 

 well, but the Eumelan does not stand 

 the winter's frosts. 



B. GOWANLOCK. 

 Maple Hifl, /*». 2, 1882. 



