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CUT-FLOWERS Ox\ GRAVES. 



The trough form of flower-holders, designed for use on graves, is not yet so 



well-known as it deserves to be. These flower-holders can be filled so that they 



will look very pretty, by the use of a moderate quantity of foliage and flowers, as 



shown in the engraving (Fig. 49) of the cross annexed, for there is no special 



incentive to crowd the flowers. Flowers 



placed loosely in water keep much fresher 



than if they are crowded. By placing a little 



sphagnum moss in the bottom of the troughs, 



and then filling them with water, the foliage 



^" '"' and flowers may be kept fresh nearly as 



Fig. 49. — Trough Flower-Holdek. 



long as the water lasts. The holders 



may be made of zinc or tin, the first 



being preferable, on the score of 



durability. The forms most in use 



are shown in the engravings (Figs. 



49 and 50). They can be made 



by any tinsmith at small cost. 



The metal should be painted green 



on the outside, so as to be incon- 



picuous when the designs lie on 



the sod. — American Garden. 



Fig. 50. — Trough Flower- Holder. 



A New Use for Tile. — Common drain tile can be put to a very pretty 

 use. Paint a light color, w-ith the new enamel or metallic paints, and when drv 

 arrano-e pretty colored scraps on the surface. Stand the tile on end, place a pot 

 of ferns or flower on top, and set it wherever it will be effective, in the hall, on 

 top of staircase, or on the lawn. — American Garden. 



Petunias for Pails and Tubs. — If you want a pretty lawn ornament, 

 paint a tobacco-pail a delicate lavender-gray, bore several holes in the bottom, 

 put in two quarts of coarse charcoal, over, this a layer of moss, and fill the pail 

 with very light rich earth. In the middle, plant a thrifty young double-fringed 

 petunia, preferably pink, set the pail in a sunny situation, give the plant plenty 

 of water every day and you will be richly rewarded with beautiful blossoms. A 

 large candy pail similarly treated, holding three plants, is prettier ; and an old 

 tub or half-barrel, containing five, is prettiest. The plants may be all alike, or 

 each one diff"erent : suit your own fancy about this, you will be plensed in any 

 case. — American Garden. 



