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BUDS, BLOSSOMS, FRUITS. 



black, while the disease spreads more or less rapidly at 

 the outer edges, where a border of the translucent tissue 

 is found. The fruit borne by diseased plants also ap- 

 pears to be more irregular than that upon normal plants." 



Fine Effects with Vines and Shrubs. — The engrav- 

 ing given below is taken from a beautiful bit of made 

 landscape on the grounds of Ellwanger cS: Barry, Ro- 

 chester, N. Y. How simple the whole matter is. There 

 is a fine stretch of green lawn, skirted by ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, with vines festooning the only building 

 visible. The same effect might be produced with com- 

 mon kinds of trees and shrubs, although we invariably 

 ecommend a good variety of growths, for the reason 



her much more. But who buys all these bulbs from 

 the florists, I should like to know. The bulbs are hardy 

 here and are left in the ground year after year. They 

 increase very rapidly and are often in bloom the last of 

 February. The rich crimson flowers of this amaryllis 

 are quite showy, and if bulbs are dug in the fall and 

 dried off, by planting them at intervals, we can have 

 flowers for weeks in succession. There seems also to be 

 quite a rage for crinums, white spider-lilies, etc. Pancra- 

 tium rotatiim grows wild here in ponds and flat, wet 

 places, and is collected and sent to florists. The pan- 

 cratiums are all very satisfactory plants, with flowers 

 delicate and fragrant, and bulbs sure to bloom ; but I 



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THE Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N.Y 



that a garden or landscape becomes at once more attrac- 

 tive in detail by their use, while the general effect may 

 not be improved thereby. 



On page 360 is given another pleasing garden view of 

 some rose-beds on a subscriber's lawn. How much bet- 

 ter the verdure and bloom of the roses appear, when 

 seen amidst the grass, than when placed in the midst of 

 a cultivated tract of considerable area, as is usual. 



Demand for Southern Bulbs. — What has caused 

 the call for so many "Amaryllis Johnsoiiii" bulbs? I 

 know of one lady here who has "raided" the town and 

 a large portion of the surrounding parishes for them. 

 She has collected and shipped to florists several barrels 

 of the bulbs, and is still calling for more. She buys 

 them in lots, paying cash, and of course the florists pay 



hope the collectors will leave us a few of these lovely 

 flowers. — Margaret Campbell, Loitisiana . 



Blessings of Outdoor Life. — We would all like to 

 live to be one hundred years old, at least if our mental and 

 bodily powers could be kept in decent working order, and 

 the " outdoorites " come near to solving the problem 

 of how to do It. Of a family in a New England town, the 

 father and mother died with consumption, but the oldest 

 daughter is now 105, her sister 90, and the brother 87. 

 They were telling me the other day that being outdoors 

 did it. "When we sit down, instead of staying in a close 

 room we take our rocking-chairs to the back stoop. Sum- 

 mer and winter the windows in our sleeping-rooms are 

 open, and nine months in a year we all find plenty of 

 garden or outside work to do every day." It is astonish- 



