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The variety attains a height of two feet, is stout and 

 free-branching in growth, and immensely productive — the 

 haulm being literally covered with the pods. These are 

 about three and a half inches in length, slightly curved, 

 and tightly packed with large peas, the average number 

 in each pod being eight. Both pods and peas are of a 

 dark green hue, and the latter are of high quality and 

 good appearance when upon the table. It should prove 



of much value 

 both in market 

 and private gar- 

 dens. — Gardeners' 

 Magazine . 



In a Paris 

 Park. — O n e ex- 

 ample which the 

 people of Paris set 

 to the rest of the 

 world is the habit 

 of enjoying every- 

 thing together. 

 Rich or poor, you 

 see the entire fam- 

 ily in company. On Sundays and holidays they go into 

 the parks, the woods, the streets, out upon the gay boule" 

 vards or the quiet country places, in the myriad small 

 steamboats that glide like water-flies up and down the 

 Seine, to the forests of Fontainebleu or the gardens of 

 the Luxembourg or Tuileries, but all together. The big 

 brothers and sisters, the little brothers and sisters, the 

 father and mother, the baby, even the old, old people, 

 smile and chat and sit in the grass, and eat their homely 

 lunch in such happy and hearty fashion that it is a joy 

 to watch them. Perhaps of all the reasons which could 

 be gathered together from this to Christmas, there is 

 none stronger than this happy, healthy union of family 

 interests and amusements, to prove that Paris may well 

 be called the Paradise of Children. — A/ary Elizabeth 

 Blake, in You/k's Companion. 



Suspended Blooms. — I made a trellis with a bracket 

 on each post and two wires on top, and seven feet high, 

 and planted the vines against the trellis ; and when they 

 got to the top they drooped over from the wires strung 

 across the brackets, and you ought to see them ! Cobua 

 scandens, maurandias. Clematis Jackinantii , C. coccinea, 

 Solamm Jasminoides, etc., have more than double the 

 amount of bloom that other vines of the same sorts, and 

 trained straight up as far as they will climb, have. It 

 is about on the same principle as taking a wistaria vine 

 and training it to a pole, allowing the side branches to 

 hang down again ; these suspending branches will bloom 

 far more fully than those kept straight up. — American 

 Florist. 



Chrysanthemums in September. — It is pretty well 

 known amongst a section of cultivators that the flower- 

 ing of late varieties as early as September is simply the 

 result of a certain mode of treatment. Beginners, es- 

 pecially amateurs, who take for granted that the chrys- 

 anthemum will flower early in September under condi- 



tions similar to those accorded to the November flower- 

 ing sorts, are liable to be disappointed should they 

 undertake their culture from that point of view. The 

 cutting-back system is adopted early in summer, and 

 the first bud that appears is encouraged to develop by 

 the disbudding or pinching out of the side shoots. Of 

 course, there are kinds that would turn out very poor, 

 even if they responded to this treatment at all ; but by 

 a judicious selection of the most suitable, a considerable 

 number might be had in bloom by the second week in 

 September. A fact of more importance is, that a large 

 importation of new sorts, chiefly Japanese, from the con- 

 tinent, as well as English-raised seedlings, now finding 

 their way into the hands of leading growers, indicate 

 what may be done in the near future, as early as next 

 season if chrysanthemum societies feel so inclined ; 

 namely, to hold exhibitions about the middle or end of 

 September, so as to encourage the cultivation of early- 

 flowering Japanese varieties of the various types. It is 

 too early as yet to predict to what perfection and size 



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the early-flowering kinds may be brought ; but one thing 

 is certain, that large numbersof the flower-loving public 

 consider that the blooms as they have been already 

 shown, are generally large enough for ordinary dec- 

 orative purposes. Prizes offered at exhibitions would 

 soon show what these new Japanese varieties were cap- 

 able of doing in the hands of able cultivators. A new 



