GlfAPHALIUM ORIENTAL .. (Asterr-ceaa. ) ;>4$19 Plants 

 of immortelle from Toulon, France, asented by i!r. 



sfiold, consular agent. "In growing immortelles the 

 choice of soil is very important. Rocky or sandy soils 

 wit i. exposure, are best adapted for thie purpose. 

 In rich, doep, cold soils, the immortelle is killed by the 

 first frosts. After the soil has been broken and well 

 prepared, the ground is laid out in rows 16 to 20 inches 

 apart; in these rove the young plants arc set ut at a 

 distance of 12 to 14 inches from each ot x :. Care ehould 

 be taken to heap up the eoil shout the ro ts. ese early 

 plants ehould be watered by means of a sprinkler. If it 

 should rain eft or the pi noting, sprinkling would be un- 

 necessar It Trould be advisable during the first four or 

 five days to protect these young plants from the hot rays 

 of the sun. on they have begun to grow, they should be 

 exposed t: the fnll r of the sun, and durinsr the winter 

 protected from the cold, for the immortelle is very sensi- 

 tive to frost. It is for thir reason thet the immortelle 

 is cultivated at Ollioules and Bendol only in soils well 

 exposed to the sun and upon the southern slopes. Culti- 

 vation of the immortelle is exceedingly simple. It con- 

 sists in spading lightly the ground about the plant and 

 applying a suitable fertiliz The ground should be 

 spaded whenever weeds spring up around the olants. 3 for 

 fertilizer, it consists of oil-cakes and stable manure, 

 whioh is placed about the roots of t 1 a young plants when 

 they h^ve attained a certain development. i fertilizer 

 should be renewed in this region every year in October or 

 November. The immortelle conmenoes to yield after the 

 second year, and continues to bloon ev--n more than twenty 

 years. In this region the flower is gathered in June or 

 July. At thf? moment the flowers commence to open and show 

 a small red point in the center and s,re of a beautiful 

 golden yellow, they should be gathered. the flowers 

 have arrived at this degree of maturity, they should be 

 immediately gathered, f:>r they open ver~ rapidly and lose 

 their commercial value. After flowers have been /gathered, 

 they are exnosed to the snn for drying, fhen dry, they 

 are made into bououets and hunpr uj in dry rooms, out of 

 reach of mice." O&ansf ield. ) For distribution later. 



GH3VILL3A BAWCSII. (Proteaceae, ) 34872. Seeds from 

 Australia. Presented by Mr. James i-ink, Wellington Point, 

 near Brisbane. ueensland. "One of the most beautiful 

 shrubs of Australia, evergreen, with red flowers and 

 reaching a height of from 12 to 20 feet." ink.) For 

 distribution lator. 



