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roots, they would develope stronger and 
more rapid growth when worked on robust 
growers. In no other way could they dis¬ 
play their beautifully - tinted foliage more 
has a most gorgeous effect in the sunlight, 
and when set on a groundwork of green 
lawn may be distinctly seen live hundred 
yards distant. 
eight sorts might not be worked on the side 
shoots of one big plant.— Garden. 
EVERLASTING FLOWERS. 
The immortelle of the east (Heliehrysum 
orientate), a native of Asia, has been known 
in Europe since 1639, but was only first cul¬ 
tivated in gardens about 1815. Its flowers, 
the symbols of friendship, or tribute to talent 
and genius, serve to tnakB the garlands of 
immortelles which ornament tho tombs of 
the dead in Roman Catholic countries. It is 
cultivated in France, in the communes of 
Lower Provence, where the soil slopes to¬ 
wards the Mediterranean. It succeeds very 
well on tho slopes of Bandols and Clota, 
which are exposed to the south and enclosed 
by walls of Htone. It blossoms about the 
month of June, It suffers from heavy and 
continuous rains and strong dews, and only 
vegetates well on light, stony, and per¬ 
meable soils. It is propagated by offsets, 
which are separated from the old Stocks. 
The gathering of the flowers is made in the 
lirst days of June, before the bursting of the 
buds. \n [the flowers which are sufficiently 
formed or too full blown arc rejected by the 
trade, it is important not to cut either too 
soon or too late. The collection is mude by 
women, who tie them in small bundles, which 
are ordinarily dried on the walls of tho en¬ 
closure. Finally, young girls are employed 
to remove the down which covers the rami- 
foreign grounds the “ ribbon system ” of ar¬ 
ranging flowers alluded to. Can you tell me 
about it, so that I con get a clear idea of 
what it means 1 If so, you will greatly grat¬ 
ify my curiosity.— Mbh. C. G. Simms. 
Certainly. Fifteen or twenty years ago 
this system of planting flowers in “ ribbon 
lines” or in masses of a single color to a bed, 
was adopted in England; now the plan is so 
universally in use in Europe that flower 
beds of indiaori rninately mixed colors are 
rarely used in either public or private gar¬ 
dens of any pretensions. Those who have 
not seen a green lawn stglided over with 
separate masses of blue, orange, scarlet, 
crimson, yellow, or rose color, of size suffi¬ 
cient to clearly define the outline, can form 
no idea of the gorgeous effect produced 
This system has been introduced 
in some 
of the parks and private grounds in this 
country. On private grounds in Hoboken 
we have seen beautiful effects produced by- 
grouping ornamental leaved and flowering 
plants in the way we herewith Illustrate. 
For example, the figures 1, 3 and 8 represent 
masses of flow era and plants, hereinafter de¬ 
scribed, upon one side of the walk leading to 
the house, corresponding group*, both in 
form and color, being located on the oppo¬ 
site side, all set in the beautiful green of a 
well kept law-i. These groups look like en¬ 
larged flowers at a little distance. 
Figure 1 represents a circle of nine feet in 
diameter, the outer line (1) of which is plant¬ 
ed with Centaurea gymnacarpn , a plant 
with whitish gray, feru-Uke foliage, growing 
about one foot in hight; the next line (21 
Zonal Geranium, with scarlet flowers, grow¬ 
ing eighteen inches in hight; the next, the 
third line (3), with golden-leaved Coleus (0. 
laeiniatus) and the center (4] with the well 
known crimson-leaved Coleus (C. versehu- 
felclti). 1 bus we have seen massed together 
3—Showing Grouping oe Plants. 
charmingly than as standards, tho shoots 
being allowed to grow in a drooping form, 
and with that peculiar gracefulness that 
should always characterise a good Fuchsia. 
Mr. Spinks employs the wedge-form of 
grafting the purt of the stock worked, the 
cion being as equal as possible to the stock. 
The stock should be cut short off about an 
inch above a leaf joint, and then split with a 
sharp knife down the middle to the joint be¬ 
yond which the split will not pass, unless ad¬ 
ditional force be applied. The graft should 
consist of nice young, green wood, and when 
inserted should bo carefully bound with a 
line piece of hast matting, and also kept 
moist by means of a piece of moss tied over 
the junction. The plants worked should 
then be placed in a gentle heat, and should 
be shaded, and under these conditions a per¬ 
fect union between graft and3tock 
GRAFTING FUCHSIAS 
— is secured. 
Where a dark-colored kind is worked on the 
top of a light one, or vice versa, to form a 
pyramid, a moderate growing kind should 
be selected for the graft, as the top of a 
plant is sure to receive the largest portion 
of sap. There is also no reason why, with 
care in the selection of kinds, some six or 
Fig. 5. 
fications. A kilogramme (2>£ lbs.), by 
weight of these plants contains about 400 
stems, each containing about 20 flowers. 
Each growing tuft of immortelles produces 
60 or 70 stems. A hectare (2)4 acres) will 
contain 40,000 tufts, producing annuallv 
2,400,000 to 2,800,000 stems, yielding 16 000 
to 20,000 bundles, or 5)4 to 6)4 tons tn°weight 
of Immortelles.— Gustave Henae 
FLORICULTURAL N0TE8. 
Aeic lea Hose—Madame h'rancois Janin. 
The Florist and Pomologist says this new 
rose has been freely exhibited tho past sea¬ 
son, and promises to be exceedingly popular 
for cutting. The bud is described as beauti¬ 
ful, and deep yellow in color. 
New Rose —General von Moltke.— This 
new hybrid perpetual rose is advertised in 
England as the only real scarlet yet known. 
Fig. 4. —a “Turk’s Turban.” 
