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THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET. 
Group of Asters. 
i. Improved Victoria. 2. Pseony-flowered Perfection. 3. Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered. 4. Victoria Quilled. 5. Improved Prize Quilled. 
mens of liliums lancijolimn, album and roseum. These are 
or were mistakes. We overlooked a box of bulbs when 
we made our final planting in May, and did not find them 
until June, when they presented a forlorn appearance; 
however, we planted the dry and shriveled bulbs, and 
now we not only have some beautiful lilies, but we have 
an experience of considerable value. We shall in future 
set aside a number of bulbs expressly for autumn flowers ; 
it will well repay the trouble, even if we lose some of the 
bulbs. 
The Chinese delphiniums are among the beautiful things 
that were, but we shall not soon forget the pleasures they 
gave us, when in arranging a bunch of loose flowers we 
had a spray of delicate blue to mingle with the pink and 
white, and without which a vase of flowers lacks an im¬ 
portant element. While not much blue is needed in 
the vase, a little is absolutely required by way of contrast. 
The same may be said of yellow—too much spoils the 
effect, but a little is required to give effect. For any ar¬ 
rangement of loose flowers we have no yellow more use¬ 
ful than the Calliopsis lanceolata , a hardy herbaceous 
perennial, which may, however, be treated as an annual, 
as it flowers freely from seed the first season. We do not 
know of a yellow flower that will compare with this for 
display, or for use as a cut-flower. 
The connecting links between autumn and. spring are 
the helichrysum and acroclinium, two everlastings that 
are exceedingly ornamental in the garden, but doubly 
valuable for their flowers for winter bouquets. These are 
found in a variety of colors, white, rosy pink, crimson and 
yellow. For winter’s use pick just as the flowers begin 
to open, and dry in the shade. While they cannot fill the 
place of fresh flowers in winter, they can do much toward 
making home cheerful, particularly where plants cannot 
be successfully grown. We do not know of any annual 
plants that we prize more highly than we do these. 
As we inventory the garden, we find the Eulalia Ja- 
ponica one of its most valuable assets; it is one of the 
most ornamental plants for a large lawn, it is valuable 
for a mixed border, and it has no equal as a hedge plant 
