THE EVERLASTING 

 ELOWER. 



ment. \ on s; 

 granted tliat if th 



ILcliclirn^i'iii itioiisl rtjsum. 



\ rjlLASTINGS ;u-u oi: muuy 

 kinds, Ijnt they are mostly 

 memLers uf the "■reat 



o 



* family of eompcisiteSj and 



their " everlasting " charac- 

 ter is the conse(|uenee of 

 the dry, ehaffy texture of 

 the tlowers. These are 

 Cape ^slants, natives of 

 the sunny, sandy plains, 

 easily cultivated, and pe- 

 culiarly useful for winter 

 liouquets and for house- 

 hold deeorutioiis ; but, t" 

 do justice to them, a few 

 points of management must 

 have attention. 



A dry, sunny summer is 

 ' ^ ^ rec|uisite to the production 



of a good head of flowers, 

 and this the cultivator 

 must obtain by manage- 

 that is impossilile. Well, it must be 

 summer is sunless aud ramy your 



