THE OLEANDER. 



Krr'nm iilvni'lcr. 



OT many of our " line old- 

 fiisliioned plants " can equal 

 tlie oleander in Lcauty and 

 usefulness, and whatever 

 goes to make up the quality 

 called "intrinsic value." 

 Not only is it always worth 

 keeping as a true houselidld 

 plant — a sort of patrician 

 laiu'el — but it improves with 

 age, and can scarcely be too 

 large for the enjoyment of 

 its buxom beauty, provided 

 it does not grow, as the 

 Vicar's family picture did, to 

 tluiK nsions in excess of the pjlace it is 

 to ocLU])y. Occasionally, but at rare 

 intervals, we meet with family oleanders 

 that are creditable to their owners, and one such we remem- 

 ber in an especial manner, having met with it several years 

 in succession at the Peterborough summer flower show^ 

 where we have manifested our approval of it by the award 

 of a special prize, and perhaps a commendation in addition. 

 This fine plant — if we may trust our memory — m:y be 



