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and shall make them in less than half the time, 

 if we change dryers twice a day. "With some 

 deUcate plants this is essential, in order to pre- 

 serve the colors of the flowers. 



It will be remarked that this process involves 

 a considerable amount of labor. True, it does ; 

 but it will pay. No person can become an accu- 

 rate practical Botanist without an Herbarium ; 

 for well prepared specimens may be kept any 

 length of time, and are always ready for ex- 

 amination and comparison. Besides, a good 

 Herbarium is a source of pleasure. What is more 

 suitable for a place on the parlor table than a 

 good Herbarium, even though it contain only a 

 score or two of plants? How much enjoyment 

 and pleasure may be derived fi'om such a collec- 

 tion? The Ferns and Mosses especially make 

 beautiful specimens, well worthy a place in every 

 lady's cabinet of curiosities. 



THE COMMON VIRGIN'S BOWER, 



(Clematis Virginiana, L.) 



This Is a perennial climbing vine, which might 

 be introduced into our gardens with good effect. 

 Its flowers are not as showy as those of some 

 foreign species, but its greatest novelty consists 

 in its copious clusters of feathery tailed fruit, 

 which hang on the vine late in the season and 

 are conspicuous objects of attention even when 

 seen in a wild state. The Atragene {Clematis 

 verticellaris, D. C.) is a smaller species, with 

 rather large and showy single flowers, succeeded 

 by single heads of tailed fruit. It is a rare spe- 

 cies, occasionally found in rocky woods, and 

 would be a pleasing addition to our cultivated 

 list. 



In every part of our country there are native 

 plants that are as worthy of cultivation as the 

 foreign ones which are commonly found in gar- 

 dens. Every large district of country has some 

 species which are peculiar to itself, and this fact 

 furnishes an opportunity for exchange between 

 the cultivators of different sections. Only a 

 small number of our native plants have been 

 introduced into our gardens. We have an im- 

 mense variety to select from, and a little care in 

 their management would improve their size and 

 beauty, and probably in some cases produce 

 that condition which is generally sought for by 

 florists, namely, the tendency to produce double 

 flowers. 



EiiUATA. — Page 183, column 2, line 21 from 

 bottom, ftfr "Fig. 113" read "Fig. 115." Page 

 188, column 1, line 16, for " Cersis" read " Ceras." 



Americiin Pulsatilla or EaBter Flower. {Anemone palens, L., 

 var. Nuttalliana, Gr.) 



The genus Anemone is pretty well known, in 

 some of its species, all over our coiintry. The 

 name is derived from a Greek word signifying 

 wind — given, as some think, because many of 

 them bloom in the vnndy days of spring. The 

 genus has representatives in all the principal 

 divisions of the globe. In the Northern States 

 we have eight species, including Pulsatilla, which 

 until recently has been considered a distinct 

 genus. It dift'ers chiefly from other species of 

 Anemone in haraig long feathery, or tailed seeds, 

 as in Clematis, while in Anemone x^roper the 

 seeds are short, and without the tailed append- 

 ages. 



We present a flgure of our American Pulsatilla 

 (Fig. 136), which is a variety differing little from 



