THE COMING FLOWER. 
There can be little doubt that the new race 
of Tuberose Begonias is destined to play an impor¬ 
tant part in the decorative gardening of the future. 
The Begonia is, so to speak, the coming flower. 
There are two particular lines along which we may 
expect to see the Tuberose Begonias extending 
themselves—namely, as green-house summer decor¬ 
ative plants, and as bedding-out or rock plants. In 
each of these they have already distinguished them¬ 
selves. As indoor decorative plants they come at a 
season when they are especially useful—at a time 
when green-house flowering plants are becoming 
scanty, and when for the most part recourse must be 
had to the tender annuals. For the decorative use 
Rustic Terrace Yase. 
their free branching habit, and the abundance of 
flowers they produce while still of moderate size, 
eminently adapt them. Their usually rich and now 
varied colors particularly recommend them for this 
use.— Gardener's Citronicle. 
Ornamental Plants. —Among our common vege¬ 
tables are varieties of distinct aspect and characters 
of growth which might well find use in our orna¬ 
mental grounds. Thus, the rhubarb affords certain¬ 
ly two varieties—the Ulteum palmatuvi and JSheum 
emodi the former with broad, deeply-jagged leaves, 
the latter with rough-looking, red-tinted foliage. The 
blood-red flowers and fruit of Rheum, emodi, hanging- 
round its tall, upright stem, are very striking. Then 
there is the variegated kale, with its tall stem and 
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FUCHSIAS. 
cuspid-edged leaves; the orach, also, with its tower¬ 
ing stem and ample leaves. Do not let us overlook 
corn, of which we have variegated-leaved varieties ; 
nor hemp, which is a tall, branching plant of much 
elegance and grace. 
Oblong Rustic Vase. 
ARBUTUS BLOSSOMS. 
i. 
We sought the moorland far and wide, 
The winds blew fresh and free. 
Where can ye be, we faintly sighed, 
Sweet blossoms of the lea? 
ii. 
Fair, pale, waxen-lined, yet flushed 
With faintest tint of rose, 
As if a maiden softly blushed 
At what love might disclose. 
hi. 
An ivy-bough we glanced below, 
When lo ! they were beneath, 
Scattered like pearls, and pure as snow 
When first it touched the heath. 
IV. 
’Eureka!—found our treasure-trove ! 
What fragrance! What delight! 
No longer mourn, no farther rove, 
Nor wish for fairer sight. 
v. 
Goodness, power, and love divine 
Hath formed this tiny flower; 
May faith, and hope, and love be mine, 
Increasing from this hour. 
Moreno. 
Asparagus as Decorative Plants.— As a deco¬ 
rative plant some species of asparagus hold a high 
rank. Asparagus Broussonetic is remarkable for its 
great vigor and rapidity of growth, quickly gaining a 
height of ten feet in spring, and with a dense and 
glossy foliage, and is recommended in France as a 
covering for bowers, as well>as to make pyramids of 
in a diversified garden of plants. 
Racemose.— This must be a very rare plant, as I 
have never seen it described in the Cabinet, neither 
in any floral catalogue. This plant has a spreading 
habit, when old throwing up numerous suckers from 
the root, and thus forming large clumps from one to 
two feet high. 
The flowers, which are of a bright scarlet, are clus¬ 
tered at the top of the stem in a raceme, and are 
very narrow in proportion to their length, the length 
being near four inches. I have counted on my plant 
over forty of these long, tubular blossoms and buds in 
one cluster. It has a very large, beautiful leaf and is 
quite a free bloomer. 
It is easily wintered in a frost-proof cellar. Every 
lover of flowers should have one of these beautiful 
plants in their collection. 
Indiana. Mrs. S. A. H. 
More about Bouquets. —At the same exhibi¬ 
tion I was awarded a prize for the best bou¬ 
quets. They were composed mostly of Moss Roses 
and buds, Rose Geranium leaves, and Candytuft. 
Rustic Garden Vase. 
Flowers can be arranged very nicely, and will keep 
well if the stems are inserted in mud ; they can be 
made in any form desired. Pyramids are the most 
common form, when made in this way. In the latter 
part of the season a star of the brightest kind of 
Gladiolus, or, better still, of different shades of Asters, 
on a green foundation are very nice. If of Asters, 
the bright colors should be in the centre, decreasing 
in intensity towards the points of the star. A hand¬ 
some anchor made of Moss Rose buds and Geranium 
leaves, with a Daisy chain falling from the ring, is 
very handsome. 
Wire-Worms in Pots.— To kill wire-worms in 
pots use salt, sprinkled over the soil, or a diluted 
solution, not strong. 
