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Other house-plants to<j:ethcr. After midsuninicr I placed 
it out of doors. It cn(hire(l nuieh ne.irlect with dry and 
windv weatlier but kept on i)roduein,u leaves all summer. 
It was placed in the cellar over winter ai;d when taken 
out this spring be-an to -row as thriftily as ever. 
The i)itcher i)iants are ainon-- the most remarkable 
plants that our country produces. There' seems to be n() 
the stud'y of plant life. ' 
Kooskia. Idaho. 
A VISITING TEMPLAR. 
BY DR. WILLIAM \VH1TM.\N BAILEY. 
1RP:E Hew in at niy window laden with the sweets o{ 
summer. liis costume was elegant and of a mediit- 
val stvle. He wore a black velvet (loublet. slashed with 
vellow, and altogether was a dignified traveller. He 
seemed bewildered in my apartment. After a while, be- 
coming more familiar, he began an exploring tour. He 
looked into the vases and the water jars, he Inimped his 
he read the title of my books, and narrowly escaped 
drowning in the wash-basin. When he came too near my 
head I remonstrated, and. like Khoecus. drcne him off. 
He carried consternation to the heart of the liies which 
were wheeling in the centre of the room. It Wcis like the 
When quite fatigued with his journeys, he wmiiIsI settle 
down in a remote corner and buzz like a hunly-gurdy. 
He can tell a curious tale when hetlits back to the woods. 
I should like to know where he last came from, and 
how he happened in the depth of the City. Here vre have 
no clover tops for him to dip into, no columbines upon 
which lie can swing. A melancholy fuchsia in the window 
or a stru<i-:^ling geranium devoid of hone^-, is all that we 
give our visitor. From his costume, he is a Knight 
