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surrounding soil, and in a fortnight or so after layering 

 the plants and turf become firmly attached. I never 

 knew plants layered in this cheap and simple way to fail 

 to do well either in the open ground or in pots for forcing. 

 They grow freely from the first and never seem to get 

 root-bound, as is the case when layered in small pots — 

 Garde}iii2 g /I In sl>-a U-d. 



Marketing Ungraded Fruit. — " I brought three 

 bushels of Bartlett pears to town to-day, and I could not 

 get more than 40 cents a bushel. That price doesn't pay, 

 but I had to let them go. " This is what a farmer said to 

 us one day. We turned to look at the fruit. He had 

 been paid all 

 it was worth. 

 The fruit was 

 brought in large 

 baskets holding 

 bushels, and 

 was evidently 

 just as it came 

 from the tree — a 

 most unattractive 

 looking lot of 

 fruit. Had this 

 man picked out 

 only two bushels 

 of the finest fruit, 

 rejecting every 

 irregular - shaped 

 and all small and 

 worm - eaten 

 specimens, he 

 would have had 

 no difficulty in 

 getting $1 a 

 bushel and would 

 thus have re- 

 ceived 80 cents 

 more for two 

 bushels than he 

 got for three, and 

 had a bushel of 

 inferior pears 

 left. These 

 again assorted 

 would have pro- 

 duced a half 



bushel of fair pears ; the remainder he should ha 

 to the pigs, or used for drying. — Oi-angi' Coiiiily Farmer. 



Campanulas for Windows. — These are pretty and 

 succeed admirably in pots as window-plants. There are 

 many beautiful varieties, such as C. Barrclierii, a droops 

 ing kind with a profusion of star-like bright blue blos- 

 soms, its shoots hanging down for about a foot, rendering 

 it very suitable for suspended pots or baskets, and C. Car- 

 pathica, blue and white. C. ( Platycodon ) grandijlora , 

 another drooping kind, having far larger and more sub- 

 stantial flowers than C. Barrclicrii , droops sometimes two 

 feet, and is grand for hanging-pots or baskets. C. iso- 



Campanulas 



: given 



fhyila and its white variety are delightful trailing pot- 

 plants for a window, inside or out, and do well also if 

 grouped on a stage in front of a window or in a green- 

 house (see illustration). Campanulas delight in light, 

 rich soil ; equal parts of loam, peat and leaf-mold, with 

 plenty of sand added, suit them well. Do not pot them 

 very firmly, and give plenty of water when in growth and 

 in flower. Keep rather dry at the root during winter, and 

 divide and repot in the spring as soon as growth com- 

 mences. The drooping kinds do best in slight shade. A 

 ■ 5-inch pot is large enough for each plant of the drooping 

 kinds. The pots should be suspended by means of wires 

 and the shoots 

 allowed to droop 

 over regularly all 

 round . — The 

 Garden. 



A New Water- 

 Lily. — Ny m - 

 phcea Laydekeri 

 rosea i s a new 

 hybrid lily intro- 

 duced this year 

 by Monsieur 

 Marliac, who has 

 previously added 

 /V. chroma lella 

 and numerous 

 less known nym- 

 phasas to our col- 

 lections. As this 

 variety was sent 

 out in the late 

 spring, the plants 

 have not had 

 time to become 

 thoroughly estab- 

 lished and show 

 their best form 

 but they flow- 

 ered as early as 

 established 

 plants. The flow- 

 ers are rosy pink 

 of a deep tint, 

 deepening to- 

 ward the base of 



petals. They are single, and in form very much resemble 

 those ot .\'. pygmira alba. The deep orange stamens 

 also resemble that variety in their arrangement. The 

 leaves are small, broadly sagittate, smooth, very slightly 

 undulated, a vivid green above and of a reddish hue un- 

 derneith. The flowers were about twice the size of those 

 of X. pygmcva alba, and opened about ten o'clock a. m., 

 closing late in the afternoon. It is evidently a thrifty, 

 quick-growing variety, is said to flower continuously till 

 October and will prove a welcome addition to our col- 

 lections, though probably not a variety of first rank in 

 size of flower. — Garden a>id f-'oresl. 



