CURRENT GARDEN LORE. 



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A Hole for Rubbish. — "There is a deal of satisfac- 

 tion in a rubbish-hole," said an old lady whose premises 

 were neat as wax. "I never throw such house-wastes 



Tradescantia Regina. 

 as old shoes, tins, feathers, broken crockery, etc., in my 

 back yard, nor allow them to be dumped in the streets, 

 but bury them out of sight forever. And this is the way 

 I manage: A hole is dug in an out-of-the-way corner, 

 about 2 feet deep, 2 wide and 3 long; this lasts my 

 family of five for six months. When apparently full it is 

 well tramped down and leveled up with soil from a new 

 hole. A tree or shrub growing near one of these de- 

 posits soon shows by its vigor that it has found hidden 

 treasure." — N. Y. Tribunf. 



Substitute for Canada Ashes. — The carbonates and 

 phosphates of potash, magnesia and lime constitute the 

 entire agricultural value of ashes. Can we, then, pro" 

 vide 110 pounds of potash, 39 of phosphoric acid and 

 1,220 of carbonate of lime in fine condition in some 

 other form cheaper than ashes ? An application in the 

 late fall of 20 bushels of burned oyster-shell lime (40 

 pounds to the bushel), at 12 cents a bushel, would sup- 

 ply as much lime as a ton of ashes at a cost of $2.40 ; 

 500 pounds of cotton-hull ashes in addition would cost 

 I8.75, and supply as much or more potash than a ton of 

 Canada ashes, and very considerably more phosphoric 

 acid. The weight of these two things would be 1,300 

 pounds, as against 2,000 pounds of Canada ashes, which 

 involves a saving in cartage ; the cost, $11.15, a little less 

 than Canada ashes cost on the average. The compari- 

 son is here made with ashes of excellent quality. With 

 ashes of lower grade, which are more common in our 

 markets to-day, the showing for the substitute would be 

 much more favorable. — Bulletin of CotDu-clicul I'.xp. 

 Station. 



A New Tradescantia. — A new tradescantia made 

 its first appearance in England at Temple Show last 



season. The leaves are lanceolate, arranged in two 

 ranks upon stiffish ascending or arching branches, and 

 vary in length from six inches upward. The central 

 portion of each leaf is dark olive 

 green, more or less marked with 

 grey spots and lines, and while 

 quite young this portion is shaded 

 with purple and rose. On each 

 side of this is a broad, irregular 

 silver-grey band, and along the 

 margin is another olive-green band 

 variously marked and striated 

 transversely with grey. The na- 

 ti\'e home of the plant is in cen- 

 tral Peru, from whence it was in- 

 troduced is 1890 by the Messrs. 

 Linden. It thrives well under 

 stove-treatment, but whether it 

 will succeed in a greenhouse re- 

 mains to be proved ; the probabili- 

 ties are against it. The habit of 

 the plant is very neat, quite differ- 

 ent from that of the common and 

 well-known trailing species, and it 

 is well adapted for pot-culture. — 

 Ca>-dcni7i'r World. 

 Large-Flowering Schubertia. — The accompanying 

 Uustration shows the character of the blossoms of this 



climber from the Argentine Republic. The blooms are 

 funnel-shaped, more of an ivory-white than pure-white, 



