i8o Notes and Gleatiings. 



Shading by whitening the Glass. — The details are probably these: 

 We have found no mode more simple than skim-milk, with a little pow- 

 dered whitening mixed with it (say as much whitening as the size of a walnut), 

 reduced to a fine powder, and thoroughly mixed with two or three quarts of milk. 

 We would advise those trying the scheme to do a piece of glass first. Let it 

 dry, and add to the milk or whitening as they require less or more shading. If 

 it be put on quickly and thinly by one man with a brush, and another follow 

 with a dry duster-brush, merely daubing it quickly with the points of the dry 

 brush, the shading will have the appearance of shaded ground glass, and look 

 neat. 



W. F. Radclyffe, one of the best English authorities on roses, recommends 

 the following thirteen roses for pegging down on a lawn. They are very free 

 bloomers. For this purpose, they must be plants with pliable wood. Stitf, erect 

 growers are not so suitable. Pink^ — Jules Margottin ; Maroon, — Camille Ber- 

 nardin ; Verinilion, — Maurice Bernardin ; IVIiite^ — Baronne de Maynard, most 

 beautiful; Yellow, — Celine Forestier; it must not be cut much, and requires 

 great room ; Rose-color, — Comte de Nanteuil ; Red, — Sanateur Vaisse ; Scar- 

 let-Crimson, — Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild (not Baron), beautiful ; Purple 

 Crimson, dark shaded, — Due de Cazes ; Purplish or Brilliant Crimson, — Mare- 

 chal Vaillant ; Waxy Flesh, — Mrs. Bosanquet ; Blush, — Marguerite de St. 

 Amand ; Rosy Crimson, — Lady Sufiield. From these thirteen roses, selection 

 is safe. 



Plants to flower in a Greenhouse from October to May. — In 

 October, chrysanthemums will be coming on, and they are well supplemented by 

 primulas ; in addition to which, bulbs, such as hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, and 

 crocuses, will tend to make the house gay. In March and April, cinerarias will 

 be in fine bloom, followed by calceolarias in May, and then by pelargoniums. 

 These are indispensable for greenhouse decoration. You should also have a 

 plant or two of Deutzia gracilis and Dielytra spectabilis, which, though hardy, 

 are very handsome. Of greenhouse-plants proper, we may name Camellia alba 

 plena and fimbriata, both white ; Mrs. Abbey Wilder, white, striped carmine ; La 

 Pace, white, striped and shaded scarlet ; Storyi, rosy pink ; and Perfection, red. 

 Azaleas, — fitoile deGand, light salmon, white margin ; Flower of the Day, white, 

 striped rose ; Gem, crimson scarlet ; Mars, orange scarlet ; Extranei, violet 

 rose ; and Gledstanesi formosa, white, striped, and blotched with scarlet. Epa- 

 crises the Bride, white ; and Hyacinthiflora, rosy scarlet. Also Correa Brilliant, 

 scarlet ; Acacia Drummondi, A. armata, A. oleifolia elegans, and A. longiflora 

 ■magnifica, all yellow ; Boronia Drummondi, pink ; Chorozema cordatum splen- 

 dens, orange and brown; Cyclamen persicum, white, rose, and red varieties; 

 ■'Cypripedium insigne, green, tipped with white; Cytisus racemosus, yell6w ; 

 Eriostemon intermedium, lilac ; Imantophyllum miniatum, orange scarlet ; 

 Leschcnaultia formosa, orange scarlet ; Luculia gratissima, lilac ; Monochstum 

 ensiferum, rosy purple ; Rhododendron jasminiflorum, waxy white ; and Vallota 

 purpurea, scarlet. 



