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The Flower Garden. 
(Continued from pane 219.) 
Plants are sometimes grown in rooms 
where there is no fire, (warmth from an 
adjoining room being depended upon,) and 
on occasions there is danger that the plants 
may be frozen before morning. In such 
cases recourse is usually had to newspapers, 
sheets, blankets, etc., and these answer the 
purpose more or less perfectly. Better than 
these, however, and much more convenient, 
is the heavy grade of “plant protecting 
cloth." Plant tables usually have a narrow 
band or ledge nailed to the top. In this put 
a brass screw eye at each corner and one in 
the middle on the sides. Prepare sticks of 
suitable length to put in the eyes, and make 
a cover of the plant cloth of sufficient width 
and length to cover the plants and hang 
down at the sides at least a foot below the 
top of the table. The sticks can be re- 
moved when not wanted. The cloth being 
only three feet wide, it will be necessary to 
sew two widths together to get a cover suf- 
ficiently wide. A cover of this kind will 
often be useful out of doors for protecting 
plants from frost. We have found it very 
useful in many ways. When frost is feared 
the cover should be put on at sundown and 
not at bedtime. Covering early retains the 
warmth surrounding the plants before it 
has been dissipated by the lowering tem- 
perature of the room. 
Erythronium grandiflorum is the largest 
flowered of the Dog’s Tooth Violets, and is 
not common. Its light yellow, lily-like 
flowers are very handsome, and are easily 
brought out in winter with a little heat. 
E. Americanum has spotted leaves and yel- 
low flowers. E. albidum bears only one 
flower, which is large, white, and very 
beautiful. E. Bens-canis may be had in 
mixed colors. The species are mostly na- 
tive, and quite hardy. Being early spring 
flowers, they are eas.ly forced under glass, 
and are pretty plants for room culture. 
When grown in pots there should be from 
three to five bulbs in each pot. Out of 
doors the bulbs naturally grow' rather deep. 
They are small and not costly. 
The Chrysanthemum, we are glad to 
learn, has been put to a useful purpose in a 
way to be commended. A gentleman at 
Flatlands, L. I., has a large and fine collec- 
tion of these and other plants. Arranging 
them so that they might be seen to the best 
advantage, he threw open his grounds to 
the public at a small admission, and gave 
the proceeds to a neighboring hospital. 
Some enterprising and benevolent ladies of 
Raleigh, N. C , secured the free use of a 
hall, did some missionary work in obtaining 
contributions of plants and cut flowers of 
Chrysanthemums as well as refreshments, 
had a good exhibition, and the ieceipts 
were turned over to the Hospital for 
Women. Again, a similar exhibition was 
held in Newark, N. J., was well attend* d, 
and the receipts given to a hospital. There 
may have been others of which we have 
not heard. It is a good work well begun, 
and should be continued and enlarged, now 
that it is known that the Queen of Autumn 
can, in this delightful way, be made to 
contribute largely to the amelioration of 
the sufferings of the sick and the needy. 
The Society Chrysanthemum exhibitions 
have as yet lost none of their attractions. 
They are still increasing in number outside 
of the large citi> s. Boston, New r York, and 
Philadelphia are still emulating each other 
as to “the biggest and best show," while 
Orange, N. J., in a quiet w r ay, holds a met- 
ropolitan show without being a metropolis, 
which could not be otherwise while she 
numbers among her exhibitors such enter- 
prising growers as the Barrs, Spauldings, 
Pitchers, Browns, Lords, and others. This 
is why one always sees at Orange such 
admirable examples of skillful training. 
Going still farther away from the great 
metropolitan centers, we find the Hampden 
County (Mass.) Horticultural Society tak- 
ing a front place. The Crysantheraum is 
popular all over the county, and there are 
many growers, large and small. The so- 
ciety numbers among its members some 
skillful men who know how to grow Chrys- 
anthemums and prepare them for exhibition ; 
and the committee in charge know how to 
arrange the plants on the floor of the hall 
with a degree of good taste seldom seen. 
President Taylor, who is an amateur, made 
a very large and fine exhibit of both pot 
plants and cut flowers. Mr. Dennison came 
next in number among the amateurs, his ex- 
hibit being chiefly pot plants. There were 
other exhibits too numerous to mention 
here; but one professional, Mr. Meillez, 
must not be overlooked. He had the largest 
exhibit in the hall, and such a large collec- 
tion of plants and cut flowers so unifoimlv 
guoct is very seldom made by one man. The 
Gale Co., besides Roses, Carnations Violets, 
etc., exhibited flowers of Roman Hyacinths 
and Lily of the Valley in fine condition, 
showing liow completely the seasons can be 
controlled with the aid of ice and coal. 
There were other exhibits of Roses, Carna- 
tions, Pansies, etc. Mr. Spaulding of Or- 
ange, N. J., was awarded a certificate of 
merit for seedling Chrysanthemums, and 
one also went to Peter Henderson & Co., for 
their new crimson “Ostrich plume” Chrys- 
anthemum, which is like Mrs. Alplieus 
Hardy except in color. — P. B. Mead. 
A New Carnation — Isabel. 
In our immediate neighborhood resides 
Mr. John Moore, florist, of Little Silver, N. 
J. He has succeeded in raising a carnation 
of such promise as to be well worthy of 
brief mention here. Flowers are large, 
very double and full, and on long stems, 
finely fringed; color, a deep rose pink, or 
light carmine, being much finer in color than 
Grace Wilder and nearly or quite equaling 
the grand La Purite in depth and richness. 
The plant is a strong healthy grower, of 
dwarf bushy habit, and from present ap- 
pearances, is a free flowering sort. 
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