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H~ HiilVnlo hit., Roelienler, 
( $3.00 I'ER YEAR, 
t Single No.. Eight Cents 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 3,1870 
| Entered according to Act of Congress. In the year 1870. by I). I). T. M OORE. In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.) 
the plants have three or 
four leaves; pot them in¬ 
to two - inch pots, anil 
place them under glass a 
few days. When the roots 
begin to fill the pots, they 
can then he put into four- 
inch or flowering pots. 
For the last potting, add 
one-eighth charcoal dust to 
the soil. W. Davison. 
Brooklyu, N. Y. 
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LILIUM GIGANTEUM 
A PLANT FLY-TRAP 
A writer in London 
Society says: — “A very 
curious fly-catching plant, 
flowered in my garden 
this summer, and a most 
curious inflorescence it is. 
The (Joroican arum, Ar¬ 
um ennitwn , or mnsei- 
vorum, called hy French 
gardeners Clouet cherela 
and AUrape-mcntche,{not A. 
Dracunmdm and Halicum ) 
produces a flower like the 
common arum of the 
hedges, only much larger, 
and with the upper part 
bent, downward, as if it 
were an accidental distor¬ 
tion. Roth the central 
spadix and the spathe are 
thickly covered with dull, 
purple bristles, (whence its 
names crimhnn and chc- 
vela.) The spathe contracts 
towards the base, like an 
hour-glass, and there is¬ 
sues from it a faint, ca¬ 
daverous smell. This at¬ 
tracts bhnv-flies, blue and 
green. They come ac¬ 
cordingly, not in swarms, 
hut one by one, leisurely 
and taking it easy; and 
there are no outward ami 
visible signs of their being 
caught. You skeptically 
ask yourself why the plant 
is named mumwum or 
attrape-uiouche. By -a 1 id - 
by, perhaps, when the 
spatlm is shriveled, you 
tear it open to see whether 
you have any chance of 
obtaining seed, and the 
secret is revealed. At the 
bottom you find dead flies 
by scores, beguiled into a 
sort of vegetable Block 
Hole of Calcutta. Like 
the animals that entered 
the lion’s den, all their 
footsteps pointed inward; 
none came out; the bristles 
prevented them.” 
ROSES FOR WINTER. 
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Roses designed for win¬ 
ter blooming, out in the 
borders, must he carefully 
supplied with water dur¬ 
ing these hot days. If al¬ 
lowed to wilt, the white 
working roots are dried 
up and new ones must he 
formed before the plant 
will recover its impaired 
vigor. Henderson says: 
“ We find that when we 
dig up a rose plant in No¬ 
vember and pot it, we 
cannot get it to retain its 
vigor unless it is kept at 
low temperature, so as to 
secure an abundance of 
active roots. 
HOCttSTfcttt' 
CHINESE PRIMULA, 
y No plants surpass in beauty and durability 
of flowering for winter the varieties of 
ii Chinese Primula. The colors are distinct 
rk Red, White, Crimson, Purple and Pink. 
V* When placed on a shelf or stand near the 
A. glass, in a window with a southern aspect, 
they will soon convince you they are at 
