that he be laid in imperial catafalque of Russian 

 czar, is a sentiment relatives would do well to 

 consider at the obsequies of those they may be 

 called upon to mourn. The final tributes at the 

 grave, above all, should express the floral prefer- 

 ences of the departed the old custom of the 

 Indians, clothed in a softer, lovelier garb. 



In-door flowers at this season atone, in a 

 measure, for those unobtainable out of doors 

 always providing one can afford to pay a dollar 

 apiece as the price of a new rose, and shut one's 

 olfactories to the taint of tobacco-smoke and 

 the villainous-smelling stuff shot at the red spi- 

 der that frequently adheres to the glass-grown 

 queen of flowers. Marie Louise violets and lilies 

 of the valley lose none of their sweetness by 

 being grown out of season. The violet ! how 

 pure its wave of fragrance ! And the potfuls of 

 "grand soleil d'or" and "grand primo " taz- 

 zettas ! surely here is spring incense enough 

 to fill a cathedral at Easter-tide. Is there any 

 odor more delectable than the mingled essence 

 of pineapple, orange, and banana, which this 

 form of the poet's flower exhales ? To many, 

 the odor of paper-white (Narcissus papyra- 

 ceus) and the Campernelle jonquil (N. odorus} 

 is almost overpowering ; they should be used 

 sparingly, therefore a single spathe will suffice 



