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they never overstep the limits, and do not at- 

 tempt to mix up crimsons with yellows. The 

 orange verging to red, and the gradual shadings 

 from buff to yellow and salmon of the rays, are 

 a study and a joy in color. They last so long 

 and withstand the frost so bravely, that the 

 rear garden and the center-table would seem 

 lonely without them, and we may freely forgive 

 their somewhat acrid odor. I found a large 

 bunch of them upon the table to-day, in a low, 

 blue doisonnt vase, the slanting afternoon sun 

 streaming full upon them an October sunset in 

 the room. There should be a shelf of vases to 

 choose from for arranging flowers tall, flat, 

 large, and small ; the floral picture, too, calls for 

 its appropriate frame. 



Helianthus tuberosus, the Jerusalem arti- 

 choke, shows a fine mass of yellow far above 

 one's head, an erect, vigorous grower, with 

 large, dark-green leaves and lively flowers. In 

 its habit, and the size and brilliancy of its blos- 

 soms, it surpasses H. giganteus. It comes late 

 into blossom, and defies the frost. This, with 

 many of the taller species, as has been stated 

 before, looks best in the distance naturalized in 

 large masses. They are admirably suited to 

 low situations, where they can be looked down 

 upon from an elevation. The tubers of H. 



