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; stock before niid-wiuter. Tbeu bring- to the living 
I room such as you desire to bloom at onee, reserving 
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some for a succession of flowers. This kind of gar- 
PLANTS POE. SUCCESSFUL j dening has great advantages. You give place to 
WINDOW-GARDENS. i the plants only while the growth is very rapid and 
- 1 the bloom abundant. Then they may be taken to 
In choosing plants for window-gardens the great- ! the cellar with impunity, to await the spring plant- 
est success often comes from having an eye to beau- j ing. Any of our shrubs that form their buds in 
tiful foliage rather than flowers. Of this subject the j autumn might be taken and thus forced, if they were 
American Garden says: 
“ Amateurs are always too anxious for flowering 
not too large for window-gardening. I have seen 
branches of white lilac placed in water producing 
very good bloom. 
NEW AND CHOICE FUCHSIAS. 
plants, not seeming fully to appreciate handsome 
foliage. If the Culla does not bloom, the Calla is of 
no account. Now, this is an elegant plant and well 
worth growing if it never bloomed. In the whole 
catalogue of ornamental foliaged plants scarcely any- ’ The following new varieties have been tested this 
thing is comparable to the silver-margined, golden | year by George W. Park, of Mount Vernon, 0., 
tricolor, and bronze-leaved Geraniums, and those and his report is as follows: 
should never be allowed to bloom, that the opportu- j Charming .—This Fuchsia is well named, as it is 
nity for leafage be unimpaired. Begonia rex and ■ one of the finest we have ever seen. It is a free 
some of its varieties are worth a score of ordinary j grower, with thrifty green foliage and red stems and 
blooming plants. There are many choice exotics | petioles. The flowers are very large, rather slender 
that may be made available. For decorative vines in form. Corolla violet, sepals crimson, about half 
I know of nothing equal to English Ivy, Madeira reflexed; they are borne profusely. This Fuchsia 
Vine, and Smilax. The Ivy Geranium (peltatum 
cleg am), grown on a trellis, makes a very fine dis¬ 
play in winter. So also do some of the Coleus and 
other foliage plants. The selection will ever remain 
a matter of taste. One likes what another dislikes, 
was imported last spring by Mr. John Dick, of Phi¬ 
ladelphia, who favored us with the beautiful plant 
now in our possession. We would place it at the 
head of the list of choice Fuchsias. 
Lord Bcaconsfield .—This is a superb variety, very 
and this is another of the reasons why we are so , thrifty in growth, with massive foliage and flowers 
often disappointed in our purchases. | of immense size, often three inches or more in length; 
Holland Bulbs.—Nothing meets the want for color, deep pink corolla, with like tube and sepals, 
flowers in the winter so fully as the Holland Bulbs. ; The flowers are of great substance, and eonsequent- 
Our windows may be made gorgeous with them the ; ly not as graceful in form as those of some other va- 
latter part of the season. Not sweet like hyacinths,! rieties. 
that are indispensable, but far more strong, are the : Gem.—' This is one of the finest, a good grower, 
early Tulips, the Due Van Thols. Plant several in ; with very large double flowers. Corolla very full, 
one pot in autumn and fill many pots. Set them : royal purple ; sepals broad, about half recurved, and 
away to grow roots, according to the florist’s direc- of a bright crimson color. 
tions. Then in mid-winter bring them into bloom Lucy Finis. —A very slow grower, delicate, and, so 
in your sitting-room. I have had the best flowers, far as our experience goes, could not be reoommend- 
especially from Hyacinths, by planting three, five, or ; ed for general cultivation. Perhaps some of our 
nine bulbs in a box just large enough to hold them, ; readers have a better opinion of it; if so, they can 
and plunging the box in autumn into a warm border ! report. 
or somewhat sheltered place. In the winter, in a Polyhymnia. —This, too, is rather delicate in 
February thaw, I dug up the box or boxes, and growth, and the foliage will not endure the hot sun 
when they were sufficiently drained gave them light: very well. The flowers are of ordinary size, with 
and moderate heat, and the finest spikes of flowers j pink corolla and light-colored sepals, 
made their appearance immediately. Pots would be ; Lord Byron .— This promises to be a desirable 
broken by freezing; hence boxes must be used. | Fuchsia. It is a slow grower, with stubby branches, 
And if they are unsightly in the window, cover them i dark, reddish foliage, and medium-sized flowers, 
with Lichens, Cup-moss, and Baby-cones, an abund- | which are borne upright on the stem. The corolla 
ance of which may be gathered in the autumn j is purple, sepals deep red. 
rambles. Golden Eagle. —A beautiful variety with golden 
Plants for Forcing. — A long list of good garden foliage, and quite thrifty. Flowers a trifle larger 
plants for forcing has been given us, and I cat) speak titan those of Lord Byron, with purple corolla find 
with confidence of a few that I have tried, among ^ bright red sepals, well recurved, 
which are Dicentra spectabilis, Deutzia gracilis,: Meteor. —This is a rare variety, but one of the 
Spirea aruncus, Liliunt longiflorum, not forgetting finest for a trellis. The growth is vigorous, and the 
Sedutn spectabile, already mentioned. Of herba- foliage of a bright red color and very showy. The 
ceous Spireas, Dicentra, etc., crowd the pot full of flowers are double, corolla reddish purple, sepals 
roots. The more shoots .the more bloom. Give the : crimson. But a plant with such showy and beauti- 
potted plants entire repose and no water, or only a fill foliage does not need to bloom to make it attrac- 
trifle, after they are placed in the cellar—which may tive or desirable. We have often wondered why 
be done any time before the ground freezes. I this variety is not more popular, 
never think it worth while to disturb this kind of j fjjtynray.— This is also a fancy foliage variety. 
l'h.' colors, yellow, red, and green, are nicely blend¬ 
ed, making the plant attractive as well as beautiful. 
Flowers rather small, with sepals well recurved, 
colors purple and pink. If this Fuchsia was of more 
rapid growth it would be quite popular. 
Joan de Arc .—A fine Fuchsia, free grower and 
bloomer, flowers medium, corolla white, sepals red. 
One of the best of the white varieties. 
AMABYLLIS FROM SEED. 
Shortly after blooming this summer a white 
Amaryllis gave indications of seed-pods; curious to 
know if the plant would perfect seed, they were al¬ 
lowed to grow and soon became so large that the 
stalk was unable to support their weight. One after 
another w'as taken off until but one pod remained. 
This continued to grow until it was as large as a 
pear and about the same shape. The stalk was 
carefully staked up, that it might not break under 
the weight, and every one waited with interest, to see 
what would come of this curious grow th. One morn¬ 
ing after a heavy rain the pod was found to be broken 
open and two seeds lay upon the ground and several 
others remained in their places. The following’ day 
all had fallen, greatly to the disappointment of the 
owner. 
The seeds were as large as a horse-chestnut and 
of the same shape. In color they were of a pale 
green, which faded to a grayish tint. Supposing the 
pod to have been broken by the storm before the 
seeds had ripened, they w ere taken into the house as 
curiosities and laid away ; for several days they re¬ 
mained unnoticed, when one morning one of the 
seeds was discovered to have sprouted, greatly to the 
surprise of my friend, who immediately conceived 
hopes of the rest. She distributed the seeds at once 
among her friends, and two of them were given to 
me. 
When I received them one had a sprout two 
inches long, while the other one was beginning to 
swell. 
I planted them at once in rich soil, leaving the 
seed about half exposed to the sun. That was tw o 
weeks ago, and there is a tiny green leaf about an 
inch long growing from each seed. 
The bulb which produced these seeds threw up a 
flower-stalk with seven buds. The blossoms were 
very large and pure white, with a line of pink upon 
each one. 
Buckwheat as a Window-Plant.—A win¬ 
dow-gardener has tried the experiment of using 
Buckwheat Plants in his window-boxes. Growing 
two and a half feet high, it produces a handsome 
and odd appearance amid the other window-plants, 
of Coleus, Geraniums, and Cannas. 
Cure for the Mealy-Bug on Plants.—An 
English gardener desiring to preserve his plants and 
destroy the mealy-bug, thought of a trial of a dose 
of strong Scotch whiskey. Applying it, he fount 
; it to be most effectual. He worked it in among the 
I leaves, fruits, and flowers with a brush made of a 
| few feathers. It killed the vermin at once. 
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