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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTCRIST. 



OLD AGE'S GARLAND. 



While resting in my easy chair, 

 With [fldsed eyes. I hear him tliere, 

 Oowau, with the golden hair — 

 Goklen hair and starry eyes, 

 ]51ue as liis lovely western skies, 

 Whispering softly, " Grandma, rise !" 



Here's Frankie, Jack, and Geo. and Chris., 

 And Susie, too, our little sis, 

 Waiting t<i give Grandma a kiss ; 

 For this was Grandma's natal day, 

 A'ld they had twined a garland gay 

 To make old Grandmamma a Fay ! 



So to the bower I had to go. 



Quite pleased to think tliey loved me so. 



How could I say the darlings, no? 



And full of glee tliey marched along, 



A little regiment twenty strong, 



A laughing, happy, merry throng. 



And there a wreath awaited me 

 As lovely as a wreath could be. 

 Of Oasies, Ja.sniine, and .Sweet Pea; 

 They placed it gently on my hair, 

 Then hip, hurrali ! rose in the air. 

 But, oh, niy heart it felt sae sair. 



I wcjit and laughed, and laughed and wept, 

 A sad, sad anguish o'er me crept. 

 My slender thread of life nigh nipp'd. 

 A tower of memories on me piled, 

 1 thought I was again a cliild 

 Hoamiug 'mang the heather wild, 



Laviug in my n itive linns. 

 Gathering bloom frae off the whins 

 And rashes, where the burnie rins. 

 A monicut, and the spell wa-s o'er. 

 Old Grandma was their Fay once more. 

 The blithest of the piginy corps. 



With crown of flowers up m her brow 

 Her staff was turned to Sijptre now, 

 And tlien was held a grand pow-wow. 

 I wished to see them all rejoice. 

 But, oil, the wild discordant noise 

 That came from those wee drum;ner boys ! 



Enough to throw their Fay In fits. 

 Rosy, rollicking, darling pets. 

 Splendid five-year-old cadets ! 

 Montreal. Graxdma Gowax. 



Amaryllis Hallii. — The newAmarylUa 

 Hailii is hardy and very beautiful : it 

 makes its foliage early in spring, and after 

 maturing it dies down. Late in the sum- 

 mer the liower stalks spring up almost 

 like magic, so rapid is their groAvth, and 



produce a number of pink blossoms, un- 

 like any other amarj-Uis or lily. It is a 

 great acquisition to the list of hardy bulbs. 



A New Shrub. — Lespedeza bicolor is a 

 charming lawn shrub from China and 

 Japan, perfectly hardy, with fine acacia- 

 like foliage and abundant long spraj's of 

 rosy purple pea-shaped flowers, which 

 show to advantage when contrasted with 

 its dark green foliage. This is an excel- 

 lent shrub for small places, as it seldom 

 exceeds five feet in height. — Philadclpliia 

 Press. 



To Keep Rose-bushes Free from In- 

 sects. — J. H Woodford said that he keeps 

 insects from his roses by dredging the 

 bushes with hellebore early in the morn- 

 ing, before the buds form, which kills the 

 first insects that come ; then again before 

 they blooui, and again after blooming. 

 These three applications are sufficient. — 

 Proceediiijs Massachassetts Horticulturcd 

 Society. 



Southern Cultivator.— The advent of 

 of June brings to our table that old and 

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 has seemed in the past not possible to im- 

 prove it, the varied and valuable table of 

 contents of the present number is conclu- 

 sive evidence of its improvement. Its 

 readers can but approve of its present get 

 up and make up. They will find valu- 

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 '•Thoughts for the Month." It is not 

 possible, in the limits of a newspaper 

 article, to enumerate the large number 

 of articles of marked interest and de- 

 cided importance. Every department is 

 fidl, while the editorial department shows 

 a freshness and vigor that commend it to 

 the thoughtful and progressive reader. 

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