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Iowa, February 20th, from pneumonia following in- 

 fluenza. Dr. Parry was born in England in 1823. His 

 first explorations were made in 1849, as one of David 

 Dale Owen's survey of Wisconsin. The next year he 

 jqiued the Mexican boundary survey, and from that 

 time until his death his labors in exploration have been 

 unceasing. He discovered hundreds of new species, 

 and his name is indelibly associated with the botanical 

 names of many plants. 



A Good Transplanter. — A very cheap and good 

 transplanter for removing plants from one place to 

 another can be made as follows : Let the tin-smith 

 take a sheet of " two-cross " tin 14x20, cut in two pieces 

 lengthwise, making one piece 63/( in., the other 7 '4^ in., 

 both being 20 in. long. Pass through the rollers and 

 turn them up like pieces of stove pipe. Then wire one 

 end of each with good heavy wire. Solder the narrow 

 piece with a good lap seam, and fasten a handle on 

 each side of the wired end, similar to the handles of a 

 milk pan. Then solder the other piece with a lap seam, 

 just small enough to go into the piece with the handles, 

 and slide easily. Then turn in the edge of it that is not 

 wired ^ in. at right angles to the sides. 



To use, take the outside cylinder, press it down in the 

 place where you wish to remove the plant ; give it a 

 twist or turn to break the soil loose at the bottom, draw 

 up the dirt and cylinder and shake out. Then put the 

 cylinder together, and place over the plant to be re- 

 moved. Press down the outside cylinder to the same 

 depth as the other hole made ; that will leave the inside 

 cylinder resting on top of the ground, and above the 

 outside cylinder. Then twist or turn the outside to 

 break the soil at the bottom. Place the fingers in the 

 handles, and the thumbs on top of inside cylinder, hold 

 it to its place and draw up the outside cylinder : the 

 inside cylinder prevents the soil from coming up with 

 it. Remove your cylinder from the plant, and give the 

 ground a slight watering. — S. B. Conover. 



Tropical Plants for Summer Bedding. — The beau- 

 tiful arrangements of coleus and other foliage plants are 

 still popular everywhere ; yet it is remarkable that so 

 little is done towards varying such beauty. I saw, last 

 season, our well known greenhouse plant. Begonia oJo- 

 rala, used in one large bed with a border of coleus around 

 it. The effect was very beautiful. The locality was 

 somewhat shaded and not over dry, which, no doubt, 

 helped the plant to look so well. It flowers from spring 

 till fall. Another very pretty plant that I hardly expected 

 to do well in a mass for bedding, was the well known blue 

 Achimenes. The effect was extremely pretty. A larger 

 number of the plants of warmer regions would do for 

 summer bedding with us than are now employed, if peo- 

 ple would only think of trying them. In these parts the 

 common banana is used to great advantage in summer 

 bedding. Being dwarfer than Miisa Kust't,', it comes in 

 well when the latter would be out of place. — T, M,, Pa. 



A Novel Greenhouse. — I have just completed a 

 greenhouse unlike anything I have ever seen and I sub- 

 mit a drawing of a cross-section. The side walls are 



built of brick, 4 feet high. The ends are solid brick 

 clear to the roof. Upright frames (6) run through the 

 center, 7 feet apart ; girters or stringers (4, 2) are nailed 

 to the framing and connect them from end to end of the 

 house, one at the top of framing (6), the other 5 inches 

 below, leaving an opening (3) for ventilation. The ven- 

 tilator is opened and closed similar to a railroad couch 

 ventilator. On the side walls is a wood plate 2 inches 

 thick, to which the rafter is nailed. The rafter (5) reach- 

 es to the lowest stringer (4), The rafters are 12 '4 inches 

 apart at the bottom or foot of each rafter. A piece of 

 sheet zinc as wide as the rafter is thick is tacked in the 

 center and turned back to form a loop to hold the glass 



from slipping ; 10 x 1 2 double strength A glass is used. 

 These are laid on top of the rafter after painting, leaving 

 '4 inch between the glass. This space is filled with 

 putty and an oval strip '4 inch thick is screwed down 

 over the glass, the screws passing down through the 

 putty into the rafter. The panes are placed edge to edge 

 and are not lapped, — W, H. Capell, Tt-iuiessi-,-. 



Insect Remedy for Slugs and Snails. — Turn 

 over stones, old boards, etc., and capture all the "sow 

 bugs" you can : let them "go as they please" in the 

 hot-house and cold frames and they will devour every- 

 thing of the nature of slugs and snails, and some kinds 

 of fungous growth. They will do no injury to any of 

 the plants. Snails, etc., do great damage to lettuce, 

 ferns and the young growth of many things, and growers 

 ha\ e use for this remedy. — L. Stevens, Rliode Island 



Some Cookery Crinkles. — Various winter vege- 

 tables with cream or milk dressing form a very agree- 

 able addition to the cold-weather bill-of-fare. Cabbage 

 prepared in the following way resembles cauliflower in 

 flavor. A small, firm head should be selected and 

 sliced thin ; boil in salted water until tender and then 

 drain. When free from water, put it again into the 

 sauce-pan with a pint of sweet milk and let it remain 

 over the fire until the milk almost boils. Remove the 

 cabbage and thicken the milk with one tablespoonful of 

 flour ; add a tablespoonful of butter and serve as sauce. 

 Turnips sliced into a bowl, covered with milk and nicely 

 seasoned and baked for two hours, are an acceptable in- 

 novation. Onions steamed and then covered with sea- 

 soned cream are delicious. Parsnips will be found very 

 nice if boiled until tender in salted water, carefully 

 drained and then covered with sweet cream. 



