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is the use when hybrid perpetuals are better ? He said 
he grows Roses for pleasure, and to give away, and for 
profit. 
In the house, plants must be kept clean and specially 
free from insects. Washing with soap suds will kill 
them and do the plants good, but it is a great deal of 
work. Smoking is the best way in the greenhouse; 
not merely a few whiffs of a cigar, but a good quantity 
of cheap tobacco, so that the whole interior will be blue. 
Look out that the tobacco is damp enough not to blaze, 
which would create an injurious gas. Burning sulphur 
is very destructive to plants as well as insects. Red 
spiders are difficult to get rid of in a dwelling-house : 
the smoking is as bad as the disease. In a greenhouse 
the steam pipes may be whitewashed with lime and sul¬ 
phur ; but do not put the sulphur on a smoke flue where 
it will burn. Rose-bugs should be picked off, and white 
worms in the earth can be got rid of by re-potting. 
Water thoroughly, but not too often. More plants are 
injured by too frequent watering than by over-drying. 
Knock against the side of a pot, and a little experience 
will enable one to judge by the sound if a pot is too dry. 
To pot a plant successfully it is better to have some 
coarse soil, and nothing is better than half-rotten grass 
sods. In the bottom of the pot, one sixth of its depth 
of broken crockery should be put iu for drainage, and 
the sods next. Dirt from hollow trees is poor stuff. 
Very fine Chrysanthemums can be produced by care¬ 
ful culture. From this time till the first of April take 
cuttings from the new shoots of a strong plant that has 
blossomed and been cut down, put them in'2)<j-inch 
pots, later into six-inch, so that the roots will not be 
pot-bound. The latter part of May the plants can go 
into the ground, and about the first of September, when 
it is so dry the dirt will fall off the roots, they should be 
re-potted. With both Chrysanthemums and Fuchsias, 
great care should be taken that they do not become pot- 
bound. Their growth must be constant. 
NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The first regular monthly meeting of the Society, held 
in then- new rooms on the 6th of February, was one of 
the most successful and interesting ever held by the 
Society. The hall was completely filled, in fact, packed 
with members and visitor's, so that it was difficult to in-j 
spect the flowers and plants which filled the tables, 
about fifty feet long each. Our attention was first 
called to a large and well-arranged collection from the 
nurseries of William Bennett, Esq., Flatbusli, L. I., of 
Palms, Dracaenas, Crotons, Azaleas and Orchids. Among 
the latter was a fine specimen of Cypripedium Insigne, 
fully three feet in diameter, with more than fifty perfect 
flowers. Mr. Bennett also exhibited a number of pots 
of Lycopodium KrausianaAureum, a charming novelty. 
John Henderson, Esq., of Flushing, N. Y., anticipated 
Spring with sixteen pots of Persian Lilacs. The plants 
were about twenty inches high, well formed, and were a 
complete mass of bloom, not a leaf to be seen. He also 
exhibited a large collection of Roses, twenty varieties, 
including all the novelties of the season, as well as the 
better known standard sorts. 
J. Rollers, Esq., of Jersey City, showed a rare collec¬ 
tion of Hybrid Rhododendrons, which was exceedingly 
fine and greatly admired. 
Ernest Asmus, of West Hoboken, N. J., contributed 
to the interest of the exhibition Lilacs and Hybrid Per¬ 
petual Roses; among the latter were perfect flowers of 
General Jacqueminot, Glory de Paris, Captain Christy, 
and others. 
As usual, the collection of Orchids and Ferns shown 
by Mr. Clements, gardener to Mrs. M. J. Morgan, was 
an attractive feature of the exhibition. A plant of 
Angroecum sesquipedale (see illustration) with ten 
flowers, six to eight inches in diameter, was sufficient 
£ The world is full of resurrections. Every night that 
folds us up in darkness is a death; and those of you that 
have been out early, and have seen the first of the dawn, 
will know it—the day rises out of the night like a being 
evidence of Mr. Clements’ skill as an Orchid grower 
We were pleased to notice a fine collection of Orchid 
blooms,Cypripediums,Vandas, Cattleyas, etc., etc., from 
the well known grower, George Such, Esq., of South 
Amboy, N. J., who also exhibited a collection of Camel¬ 
lias, twelve varieties, also a fine plant of Dendrobium 
Wardianum, one of the finest Orchids, with several 
spikes of from three to six flowers, each three inches in 
diameter. 
Hallock, Son & Thorpe, of Queens, N. Y., showed a 
collection of forty varieties of Carnations, all seedlings, 
and mostly shown for the first time. The great variety, 
size, form and color of these flowers only proves what 
well directed effort in any direction will accomplish. 
The Bermuda Lily—the Lily with so many aliases —was 
shown by J. R. Pierson, Esq., of Tarry town, N. Y. We 
cannot yet see the advantage this Lily has over the 
ordinary L. Longiflorum. Two elegant plants of the 
Bougainvillea Spectdbilis, four feet high and a diameter 
of three feet, a solid mass of bloom, were conspicuous 
objects ; these were from the establishment of the late 
James Haggerty, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
To W. C. Wilson, Esq., of Astoria, N. Y., the exhibi¬ 
tion was indebted for Lily of the Valley in pots, re¬ 
markably well grown; also Roman Hyacinths and 
Chinese Primulas iu pots, together with a collection of 
cut flowers. James Taplin, Esq., of Maywood, N. J., 
showed some fine spikes of Laleas in variety. New 
York’s oldest florist, Isaac Buchanan, Esq., exhibited 
some fine Tulips and Snowdrops, well grown, also a 
small but choice collection of Orchids. 
Our space will not permit our mentioning more of the 
exhibits, whioh we regret, as there were very many 
other entries that deserved special notice. 
that has burst its tomb and escaped into life .—George 
MacDonald. 
When man dies, men inquire what he has left behind; 
angels inquire what he has sent before him.— Mahomet. 
