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6t)oagh to aet out ia the open garden, and by midsnmmer will be fine 

 bnahes covered with bloasoma. 



FaclMias_Fuch6iaa, after being exhausted with bloomhig, should have 

 the terminal shoots all cbpped off, and be repotted in a soil composed of leaf 

 mold. In a few weeks new shoots full of flower buds wiU start all over, 

 growing rapidlv. 



Rostic Flower Stand. — A verv simple and graceful arrangement for 

 flowers requiring no more space than Uie tiny violet or crocus, or some 



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bright blossoming dwarf plant. A box frame, with four " posts " to sup- 

 port the roof, ia all the fonndatum required. The rest is made of neatly 

 «ut pieces of 8*raw, braided with three rows of red-stained willow or 

 eane. The pretty flower paviUon is omam<'nted with wheat sheafs and 

 grasses. Bright colored autumn leaves, pressied and varnished, would look 

 charming mingled with grasses. Thev can be fastened about the frame 

 with wire 



The Verbena.— Tlie verbena is one of our most jwpular bedding plants, 

 and is also used by m.any pw^rsona as a window pl.iut, though for this pur- 

 poee it ia not generally recommended, as it does not do well in aa ataoe* 



