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DESIGN POR BIRD-HOUSE. 
Our artist is a great lover of birds as well as of 
flowers, and he has happily combined the two ideas. 
Here is a bird-cage, neat, simple, full of the beautiful 
warblers within. Upon the outer edge of the stand 
are little flower-pots full of choice plants, and here and 
there some pretty climber attempts to work its way 
towards the top; on the ground, underneath, is col¬ 
lected a few more flower-pots of larger size, with 
plants of ornamental foliage, and in the distance, just 
on the outer edge of the grassy lawn, are the forms of 
evergreens and shrubs, which bring out the whole 
picture into still more charming relief. 
AN ORNAMENTAL SUMMER-HOUSE. 
We introduce here a sketch of another pretty garden 
structure, similar to the one published in January No. 
This is constructed of stout six-inch cedar posts, sup¬ 
porting a thatched roof. The little building is placed' 
near a group of young trees, which partially shade it, 
and these help to render it a cool retreat. At the side 
of the arbor are growing some of our best and most 
brilliant annual flowers, such as Amaranthus, Coleus, 
Achyranthus, Salvia, and Spiraeas, which form a 
beautiful background when in bloom in the spring. 
The climbing vine in the front of the garden house is 
the Aristolochia, a very vigorous grower, with leaves of 
a most astonishing size, almost as big as the top of a gal¬ 
lon kettle. The inside of the arbor is beautifully fitted 
with dressed and polished native woods, the preference 
we would give to the cherry and maple. Seats around 
the sides, and a little table for games or books, com¬ 
plete one of the cosiest of garden retreats. Besides the 
Aristolochia, there is an abundance of other choice climb¬ 
ing vines, and we could recommend the Trumpet Creep¬ 
er, the Wistaria, the Morning Glory, and Honeysuckle. 
THE TRUMPET CREEPER. 
This hardy, wild, and handsome climber inhabits most 
of our American woods. It is a great climber, some¬ 
times running to the tops of the tallest pines, and cling¬ 
ing to the bark with a tenacity that is 
astonishing. Like the Ivy, it emits little 
roots wdiich adhere to any exposed surface, 
wood, stone, or brick. They bloom during 
July and August, very often lingering into 
September; it sends out long, slender, airy 
branches, the tips of which are crowded 
with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flow¬ 
ers, seemingly too heavy for the slender 
branches, and which contrast prettily 
against the dark green foliage. The flow¬ 
ers are succeeded by long curious green 
seed-pods; these ripen late in the fall and 
scatter the seeds in every direction. The 
botanical name is Begonia Radicans. An¬ 
other variety here (B. Coccnea) has splendid 
scarlet flowers. The common names are 
Trumpet Flower and Virginia Creeper; here 
it is called Creeping Jinny and Blister Vine. 
In vain have I tri ed to convince them it is not 
poison; very few can be induced to touch or handle it. 
It is a splendid, showy vine, desirable for many situa¬ 
tions ; nurserymen sell it • for fifty cents a root; here it 
is a nuisance. I never saw an easier vine to transplant. 
Take up in the spring, before the buds begin to show 
much, or in the fall, after the leaves have fallen off. 
In the following way it makes a handsome ornament, 
for the lawn or garden: Take an old cedar tree and 
t rim it up well; plant firmly in any desired position; 
plant a Trumpet or two at the foot, only giving it a 
start; after it has reached the top, prune out, then let 
it run and clamber all it pleases; it grows rapidly and 
will soon cover the tree; put one at each side of the 
gate and you have as pretty an entrance as one could 
wish. Wistarias, Honeysuckles, and new Roses can 
be treated in the same way and become objects of 
beauty and fragrance. It is a vine that will live to a 
great age, sometimes growing as large around as small 
trees. S. C. 
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Design for a Bird-House. 
ROSE CUTTINGS. 
European horticulturists have lately adopted a mode 
of making Rose cuttings root with more certainty, by 
bending the shoot and inserting both ends into the 
ground, leaving a single bud uncovered at the middle 
and on the surface of the ground. The cuttings are 
about ten inches long and are bent over a stick laid 
An Ornamental Summer-House. 
flat on the ground, holes being dug on each side of the 
stick for the reception of the ends of the shoot. The 
roots form only at the lower end of the shoot, but the 
other end, being buried, prevents evaporation and 
drying up. A correspondent of the London Garden 
states, that he has tried this along with the old mode, 
and that while the weaker cuttings of the latter have 
shown symptoms of dying and failure, all the former 
have grown vigorously. Miss J. A. M. 
GOSSIP WITH CORRESPONDENTS. 
Marshal Neil Rose. —Some lady wished to know 
last summer if the Marshal Neil Rose was a humbug, 
as she had always failed in getting it. I have one, 
and I think it the sweetest rose I have. Some do not 
fancy its color, but all go into exstacies over its fra¬ 
grance. The color, instead of being a canary yellow 
is a delicate cream color, deepening toward the centre. 
The bloom is large and very full to the centre. The 
catalogues describe it as deliciously fragrant, and deli¬ 
cately tea-scented, which is just so. It is a very free 
bloomer. During the hottest weather each blossom 
would remain on the stem from three to four days, and 
when the weather got cool they would hang on for 
more than a week. The Pink Daily is a very nice 
rose, but not as large as the Marshal Neil, nor as 
fragrant. 
Ploralia, of North Hyde Park, Vt., desires the 
address of M. J. S., wishing to communicate something 
of advantage. 
Onion Lily. —In answer to Mrs. S. Hart’s question 
in the October No., about the Onion Lily, I will tell her 
about mine. It was taken from the parent bulb two 
years last September; the bulb was then about as large 
as a marrowfat bean, it is now 11} inches in circum¬ 
ference. It has twelve leaves, the longest one is 49 
inches long and 21, inches wide. It is now budded to 
blossom; the bud stock is 28 inches long from the bulb 
to the buds, the buds are not yet half grown. It blos¬ 
soms in a spike; between each bud is a green beard, 
something like wheat beard. About eighteen months 
ago, I set it in a paint-keg, 7^ inches deep and 6 inches 
in diameter; in the bottom I put two inches of broken 
earthenware and filled up with black muck, set the roots 
in the dirt and left the bulb entirely out. I have not dis¬ 
turbed it since, only watering it and washing the leaves 
when necessary. I roll up the leaves, beginning at the 
ends, and tie with hits of bright ribbon; it keeps them 
out of the way, and gives the plant the appearance of 
being in blossom. The lady that gave it to me says 
they do not usually blossom until they are three years 
old. So much for one grown in a keg with one 
bottom. Isabel Bethel. 
Exchanging Plants.— The editor desires to say 
that where amateurs desire an honest 
exchange of plants or seeds, he has no 
objection to their mention of it in then- cor¬ 
respondence for the Cabinet, but when he 
suspects it is done to help bring some florist's 
business before new customers, it will be 
resolutely forbidden, and such correspond¬ 
ence thrown into the waste-basket. Al¬ 
ready we have had applications to put in 
our reading columns matter that is admiss- 
able only in our advertising department. 
Address of Correspondents.— Occa¬ 
sionally a reader asks why we do not print 
the full address of contributors. I answer, 
1. The contributor gives this to us in con¬ 
fidence, and we never print it except when 
proper. 2. We do not wish to see florists 
or dealers copy names from our paper in 
order to send them catalogues and try 
to drive a trade behind our back. In 
general, we believe our correspondents do not wish 
their locality fully printed. 
Reliable Seedsmen. —A Springfield, Ohio, corre¬ 
spondent asks us for the most reliable seedsmen. We 
answer, none but reliable seedsmen are permitted to 
advertise in the Floral Cabinet. Look in our ad¬ 
vertising pages and see the well-known names ot 
Bliss, Yick, Henderson, Dreer, Briggs, &c., all per¬ 
fectly reliable. 
