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CURRENT GARDEN LORE. 



the water, and there are six rows of 4-inch pipes all 

 around the sides of the house. The nymphasas are 

 grown in large pots, except N'. Zayizibareyisis, which is 

 planted in a circular brick bed in the center of the tank. 

 The water is kept at a temperature of about 70° Fahr. 

 throughout the summer. In very bright weather, in the 

 middle of the day, the house is shaded with thin canvas 

 blinds. These 

 are, roughly, 

 t h e essential 

 conditions 

 which produce 

 this really de- 

 lightful display 

 of moisture- 

 loving tropical 

 vegetation. — 

 C a r d c n cr' s 

 Chronicle. 



The Wild 

 Carrot.— This 

 pest of our 

 meadows and 

 fields is a bi- 

 ennial from 2 

 to 4 feet high, 

 and resembles 

 a carrot in 

 many respects. 

 Our common 

 carrot i s this 

 plant natural- 

 ized ; but the 

 wild species has 

 become a great 

 nuisance. 

 Hand - pulling 

 and destroying the weed as fast as it produces flowers 

 will be effective. Cutting out the roots well below the 

 surface should also be successful. — Fai-mer" s Advocate . 



Annual Roses. — It now appears that the rose has 

 been added to the list of plants which may be treated as 

 annuals. Seeds of a variety, under the name remontant 

 Rosa polyantha, received from a French seedsman early 

 in the year, were sown January 10. They germinated 

 rapidly in greenhouse warmth, and, after being picked 

 out, were grown in a pan on a shelf in the coolhouse. 

 They are now small plants from 2 to 3 inches high, and 

 every shoot is apparently carrying a bud. The first 

 flowers opened April 9, just three months after the seeds 

 were sown. The flowers are coming in considerable 

 variety, white and pink mostly, single and semi-double, 

 an inch or more in diameter. At present they are charm- 

 ing little plants, with small stems and light-green foliage. 

 With their prolific flowering habit and rapid growth they 

 can scarcely fail to prove useful and attractive garden 

 plants. The rose having developed a precocious habit, 

 we may, perhaps, be favored with even finer forms than 

 this remontant polyantha. It would seem that flowers 



Wild Carrot (Dau 



are being inoculated with some of the rapidity of the age, 

 — J. N. Gerard, iji Garden and Forest. 



The Cultivated Mulleins. — The mulleins in cultiva- 

 tion are, for the most part, of only biennial duration. 

 They are somewhat unsatisfactory plants to deal with on 

 account of this, and also on account of their extreme 

 susceptibility to cross-fertilization. It is almost impos- 

 sible to keep them true to name when a collection is 

 grown ; indeed, the only way to do this is to grow one or 

 two species only in a garden, and these far away from 

 each other. A great many of the species and varieties 

 are enhanced by crossing, and groups of a mixed lot of 



VeRBASCUM PHOENICEUM. 



these hybrids are at once interesting and beautiful. The 

 stately flower-stems and large, showy, yellow blooms of 

 the species allied to thapsus mark them as wild-garden 



