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cause the bulbs are small, and is disappoint- 
ed in the bloom. If he would put five of 
these small bulbs in a five-inch pot he would 
be delighted with the result. He should 
know, also, that the same bulb will often 
produce two or three spikes of bloom in 
succession under such circumstances, pro- 
vided, of course, the bulbs are good ones. 
Some of the Epiphyllums that have done 
blooming may need repotting. Large plants 
that are grow in rooms need not be repotted 
except at long intervals, as very large plants 
in rooms become troublesome in many ways. 
Instead of repotting, feed them from time 
to t>me with liquid manure. Young plants, 
however, should be shifted as soon as 
the pots become well filled with roots; and 
a good time to do this is at the beginning of 
new growth. The time will vary according 
tothe temperature in which the plants have 
b^en grown. Almost any light, sandy soil 
will suit them. It is better to put a little 
dramage in the pots. The number and qual- 
ity of the flowers next winter will depend a 
good deal upon the quantity of sunshine the 
plants receive while making their new 
growth. 
The so-called Chinese Sacred or Water 
Lily has been 
grown so abun- 
dantly this win- 
ter that a defi- 
nite opinion 
may be formed 
of its value. Of 
the two (if not 
three) forms, the 
single is by far 
the best. They 
all seem to be- 
long to theTazet 
ta type. The sin- 
gle is not only 
sweeter, but much prettier and more abun- 
dant in bloom. The scape of the double 
form bears only two, rarely three flowers, 
while that of the single bears a great cluster 
from eight to twelve on well-grown bulbs. 
This should be remembered by both grow- 
ers and importers. The single form being 
so much the better, there is no reason why 
the double should be imported at all. 
How to Grow Pansies from Seed. 
The seeds of Pansies may be sown in the 
sitting-room, greenhouse or hot-bed where 
the temperature will run from 65 to 75 de- 
grees, any time from middle of January to 
middle of April, but the earlier in the sea- 
son they are sown, the stronger the plants 
will be The best way to start Pansies, or 
in fact, any kind oj flower seeds, is in shallow 
boxes rather than in pots. To make it as clear 
as possible, we show three different stages 
of the operation. Fig. 1 shows a box two 
inches deep, nine wide and twelve long, 
wherein a packet of Pansy seeds has just 
been sown in ordinary, rich soil, such as is 
used for almost any kind of house plant. The 
surface is made perfectly smooth and level 
before the seeds are sown, then the seed is 
pressed gently down with a smooth board , 
so as to merely sink it into the soil; over the 
seed is sifted through a mosquito netting, 
just enough soil to hide the seed, say about 
1-16 part of an inch in depth; again press 
gently down with a smooth board and the 
sowing is complete. Now, place your box 
in the light, water gently with tepid water, 
so as not to disturb the soil, and in about 
three weeks, if kept in an average tempera- 
ture of 65 degrees, you will have a ’’braird” 
No. 1 
Shows Pansy seed as sown. 
No. 2 
Shows the seedling Pansies 3 or 
4 weeds after sowing. 
The new Abutilon Eclipse, in addition 
to its very handsome foliage, has the ad- 
ditional merit of blooming freely and hold- 
ing its flowers well. The flowers resem- 
ble those of A . Thompsoni. The leaves re- 
semble those of A . vexillarium , but are 
much larger, and the variegation is dis- 
tinct and beautiful. It is an excellent 
room plant where it can have a few hours 
of sunshine daily, and will doubtless be- 
come popular. Toison d' Or produces buds 
abundantly, but the* drop badly. Gold- 
en Bells bears large, shapely, golden yel- 
low flowers freely, and is one of the best 
of its class yet introduced. — P. B. Mead. 
Beecham’s Piles act like magic on a weak stomach. 
of young seedling Pansies, as shown in Fig. 
2, which is a box of exactly the same kind 
as the seeds were sown in. In three weeks 
more, or about five or six weeks from the 
time of sowing, you must transplant the 
seedlings into box No. 3, which in three 
weeks more will give the appearance as 
shown in the cut. The plants from box No. 
3 wall soon begin to crowd one another, when 
they may be placed in flower pots, or boxes, 
to be grown inside or in the open ground, 
as desired. 
When it is not convenient to give Pansies 
the house culture just described, the seeds 
can be sown in the open ground as soon as it 
is dry enough to work in spring. They should 
be sown exactly as described — in boxes — 
pressing down the seeds, then slightly cov- 
ering up, and pressing down again, but they 
had better always be sown in rows, and when 
they come up and are about an inch or so in 
height, they can be transplanted at a distance 
of one foot apart, and if the soil is rich and 
the season at all favorable, you may expect 
continuous bloom throughout the entire 
season.— Peter Henderson. 
The Coming Hedge Plant. 
We have no doubt that the hedge plant 
of all others for all parts of this country has 
at last been found, and its adoption can 
only be a question of time enough for the 
seed to become plentiful and cheap enough 
for the purpose. This plant is a true orange. 
Don’t start and say nonsense and that no 
orange can be hardy enough for this pur- 
pose, for this question has been settled. 
The plant I refer to is the Citrus Trifoliata 
called by some Limonia Trifoliata. At any 
rate it bears small sized oranges, which 
though too bitterish to eat out rf hand 
make excellent marmalade. 
The writer planted thirteen of these trees 
in the hills of Northern Maryland in the 
Spring of 1880 in a locality nearly 800 feet 
above tide water, but in a valley where 
frosts lay heavily. The following winter 
these little plants, which were seedlings out 
of four inch pots, were exposed to a tem- 
perature of 18° below zero and 4° below at 
noon with a bright sunshine. They were en- 
tirely unprotected during the whole of this 
spell, the coldest I ever knew, but were 
not injured in the least. These trees have • 
never been protected and are now in full 
bearing. 
I have repeat- 
edly called at- 
tention to the 
great value of 
this orange as a 
hedge plant but 
am continually 
met by incred- 
ulity as to its 
hardi ness. I 
\ learn by Garden 
| and Forest that 
it is doing well 
in Central Park, 
New York. Its 
advantages as a hedge plant are its natural 
dense habit of growth and the abundance 
of its sharp thorns. It is naturally a dwarf 
tree and will need but little trimming to 
keep it within bounds. It will never be- 
come a nuisance, like the so-called Osage 
Orange or Maclura, by sprouting from the 
roots. It is deciduous, but every twig and 
branch is of a bright, glossy green and in 
summer and winter it will make the most 
ornamental of hedges. The seed can doubt- 
less be obtained in quantity from Japan if 
there arises a demand for the plants and it 
will not be many years before there will be 
quantities raised in this country, for the 
trees are wonderfully productive when once 
started into bearing. 
We hail it as the most promising plant 
yet found to take the place of the miserable 
Osage Orange and give us a real defensive 
liedge without plashing or tying to “patent- 
ed” wires, and at the same time a most or- 
namental fruit producing hedge. They 
are propagated from seed and all of ours 
came from the Agricultural Department. 
— W. F. Massey. 
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No. 3 
Shows the Pansy Plants 
transplanted. 
