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The Waitzias are also pretty Everlast¬ 
ings, producing their flowers in clusters. 
W. grandiflora , yellow, and W. corymbosa , 
red, are the two best kinds. The flowers 
should be gathered early, as the center soon 
becomes discolored. 
The Xeranthemums are remarkably free- 
flowering Everlastings, of neat, compact 
habit, growing about one foot in height, 
with silvery white leaves, and producing 
their flowers on long stalks. X. album , 
white, and coeruleum, blue, are the two 
most distinct sorts. 
XERANTHEMUM. 
The seeds of the Gomphrenas do not ger¬ 
minate freely unless sown in heat, and the 
cottony coating with which they are sur¬ 
rounded removed. These, the Helichrvsums 
and the Ammobiums, should be sown thin¬ 
ly in a shallow box of light soil and cov¬ 
ered lightly. As soon as the plants are 
strong enough to handle they should be 
transplanted into other boxes and kept close 
until well established. The seeds of Aero- 
clinium, Xeranthemum, Rhodanthe, Wait- 
zia and Heliptemm can also be sown in a 
similar manner; they all require a treatment 
similar to that advised for Gomphrenas as 
regards transplanting, etc. When they have 
become well established after being trans¬ 
planted, they should be removed to a cold 
frame and gradually exposed to the open air 
and planted out in the flower-border when 
all danger of frost is over. 
The seeds can also be sown in a cold frame 
in April, or in the open ground on a well- 
prepared border in a sheltered situation 
after the tenth of May, and the plants re¬ 
moved to the flower-border when strong 
enough. When sown into a cold frame they 
require to be transplanted into boxes or oth¬ 
er frames before they are removed to the 
open air. 
The Gomphrenas form an exception to 
this rule; they require heat, and should be 
sown as directed above.— Chas E. Parnell, 
in The A merican Garden. 
Brooklyn Bridge Statistics. 
First talked of by ( Col. Julius W. Adams, about 
a quarter of a century ago. 
Act of incorporation passed April, 1866. 
Survey begun by John A. Roebling, 1869. 
Construction begun January 2,1870. 
First rope thrown across the river Aug. 14, 1876. 
Master-Mechanic Farrington crossed in a boat¬ 
swain’s chair August 25, 1876. 
Depth of the New York foundation below high- 
water mark, 78 feet 6 inches. 
Depth of the Brooklyn foundation below high- 
water mark, 45 feet. 
The New York tower contains 49,945 cubic yards 
of masonry; The Brooklyn tower, 38,079. 
Weight of the Brooklyn tower, about 93, 214 tons. 
Weight of the New York tower, about one-third 
more. 
Size of the towers at high-water line, 150x59 feet; 
at roof course 136x53 feet. 
Height of the towtrs above high-water mark, 276 
feet 6 inches. 
Height of roadway in the clear in the middle of 
the East River, 135 feet. 
Grade of the roadway, 3 feet 3 inches to 100 feet. 
Width of promenade in center of bridge, 15 feet 
7 inches. 
Width for railway en one side of the promenade 
12 feet 10 inches. 
Width of carriage-way on the other side of the 
promenade, 18 feet 9 inches. 
Length of main span, 1,595 feet 6 inches. 
Length of each end span, 930 feet. 
Length of Brooklyn approach, 971 feet. 
Length of New York approach, 1,560. 
Length of each of the four great cables, 3,578 feet 
6 inches; diameter, 15% inches; number of steel 
galvanized wii es in each cable, 5,434; weight of each 
cable, about 800 tons. 
Weight of steel in the suspended superstructure 
10,000 tons. 
