DecemBer 28, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
761 
SPRING 
CATALOGUE ror в, 
corti d np Illvstrated with Three Coloured Plates (illus- 
trating Flowers), vus hundreds si geri Also con- 
taining complete Cultural Instructions, List of Novelties, 
8. y ke; 
NOW READY, POST FREE, is., 
which may be deducted off c Orders. 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
— FRUIT TREES. 
To pecu and E GROWERS. 
We bold an Extensive Stock of all kinds of the above, in 
first- ra ч quality. and at reasonable prices. 
Intending Planters would do well to send for Descriptive 
CATALOGUE, free on . 
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INDIAN ORCHIDS, BULBS, SEEDS, &c 
pon PRACTICAL INSTITUTION 
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OR RCHIDS, — Dendrobioms, Van 
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and mer BULBS, &c., can be had in Jarge qua 
E LIST post-free on application to the ыкмадан 
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‘FEDS 
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ll GENERAL CATALOGUE, 
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es in variety. Packing and | 
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VEITCH'S 
GENUINE 
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eeper blue; very sturdy and free flowering. 
Per packet, 1s. 6d. 
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ery beautiful and enira 
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The flowers "n from 
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For ful! descriptions of the aboue and other choice Seeds 
see Catalogus for 1896, р оне кур, post-free on application, 
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|| Gardeners Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895, 
PRESERVED FLOWERS, GRASSES 
AND LEAVES FOR WINTER. 
UT few flowers are preserved, beoa 
few present that thickness of petal which 
enables them to undergo the process of drying 
iv 
their dried grasses a decorative value, albeit 
unnatural, бшу supplies the great bulk of 
the dried flowers e come into the London 
markets in autum 
Acroclinium LOS but a small bulk; 
the petals lack fibre; they are thus an 
evanescent character. The same app to 
lies 
Rhodanthe. The most valued is the pretty 
Helichrysum vestitum from the Cape, known as 
the Cape flower. Some say it is not a Helichry- 
um, i The 
Cape flower comes over in very large bulk, very 
largely undyed, though a few appear in striking 
colours; they have proved especially valuable 
for church decorations. Fairy flowers are made 
from the silken down taken from some Ascle- 
piad, and reversed by tying closely together the 
upper portions of the silken hairs, they then form 
a perfect ball. ‘These are collected by children in 
certain districts, largely in von northern parts of 
С. 2 are known milk-flower balls. 
They, too, are much 7" іп church десо- 
ration, ii for the better-class bouquet work. 
they are bleached and then gaudily dyed, but 
few retaining the natural tint of ivory white- 
ness. A few years ago чит. were our only dyed 
flower. Attempts have preserve 
other дате but most of ibam have proved too 
fragile to be 
of permanent service, 
Grasses are largely employed, and some of the 
finer examples of recent introdaction are really 
n Many of the most popular grasses come 
m Germany. Some take the dye without the 
— of bleaching; some have to be 
bleached. Many are undyed, retaining their 
peculiar tints. Agrostis is one but now very 
The Oat genus supplies many ; the 
3 
imported. types appear the most useful ; a big- 
f Italy, 
and when fully expanded, the husk comes away, 
