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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
I find that Geraniums and Fuchsias ^vill flower better to 
four or five-inch pots during the Winter; Eoses, Helio¬ 
tropes, Begonias and Bouvardias, however, like larger 
quarters. Small pots are better also for window-gardens, 
as they can be more easily handled, and more of them 
can be kept. 
If (^raniums, Boses and Fuchsias are too large for 
eight-inch pots, they will bloom more abundantly if 
they are taken out when nearly past floweiing, and a 
large part of their branches is cut off, and the root 
growth somewhat curtailed. Then give the best potting 
soil you can procure at the florist’s, or from the compost 
heap, and add enough sand to make it friable, and plant 
tightly. Keep the plants well •moistened and in the 
shade for a few days, and they will soon renew their 
beauty. 
Foi’merly, the hole at bottom of the pot was stopped 
up with a bit of a pot or shell, but now it is left open, 
and the moistiu-e drains through the bits of charcoal 
and keeps the plants sweet a^d fresh. And always be 
sm-d to leave enough room at the top of the pot for 
wateiing, so that it will not run out as it is turned in. 
Fancy pots add much to the appearance of plant- 
stands and window-gardens; but if the common pottery 
is merely painted wth Chinese vermihon, and edged 
with a black stripe, it is much prettier than the color of 
burnt clay. Recently, I have had a hundred pots so 
painted, and they prove much more decorative than the 
old ones. There is no occupation which pays so well 
as the culture of flowere, and none that is more refining 
and elevating to the soul; while those who love flowei-s 
seem always more ready to offer deeds of kindness, and 
cheering words to theii* friends and neighboi's, and to 
make theii- oivn liomes stepping-places to Heaven. 
While preparing our winter supplies, therefore, let no 
one omit to cherish a stand of plants and bulbs, which 
will enliven the dreariest snow-storm, and keep the 
heart fresh and gi'een wliile nature is brown and sere. 
Daisy Eyebright. 
THE NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
September 
The regular monthly meetings of the above society 
for the coming season were resumed yesterday, after 
the imual vacation dui-ing the Summer months. The 
meeting was well attended, and the display of flowers 
and fnuts, though not large, was very interesting, be¬ 
cause of some rare specimens on exhibition. 
The most interesting of the plants and flowers were 
remarkable Water-lilies contributed by E. D. Stui-tevant, 
of Bordentoivn, N. J. Tlie famous Victoria Hegia was 
• represented by a perfect flower and a specimen leaf six 
feet in diameter. The leaf lay on a table, bottom up¬ 
ward, to show its venation and structure. The skeleton 
is braced and stiffened by walls which connect the ribs 
with the leaf proper, making compartments tinee inches 
deep near the centi-e, and the pai-titions are ai-med with 
shOTp spines which guard the leaf from fish and aquaUc 
animals. Tliis immense plant was grown from a seed 
as large as a pea, which gei-minated only four months 
ago. Several of the fragrant rosy pink blooms of the 
true Lotus of the Nile (Nelumbium Speciosum) were also 
show. When fli-st open, they look like giant Tulips 
and finally expand into flowers a foot in diameter. It is 
and has remained out for tlu-ee -winters with the white 
Water-lilies in Bordento-wn. Next in interest were two 
varieties of Nymphsea—belonging to the same family as 
the common white Water-lily—one of which (Deroni- 
enses) was nearly as large as the Lotus and of a brilliant 
red, while the other (Scantifolia) from Good Hope was a 
deep blue. The Englmh Nymphsea, which is pure white 
together with a neat little variety (Pygmcea) from China* 
co;mpleted the collection.” ’ 
The exhibition of Orchids consisted of a few speci¬ 
mens of Cypripedums in variety. 
Meeting. 
HaUeck, Son & Thorpe and C. E. Parnell, both from 
Queens, N. Y., made a good exliibit of Cut flowers, re¬ 
ceiving the first and second premhuns. Mr. Parnell’s 
collection was remarkable for a beautiful specimen of 
the Stenooarpus Cunninghami, a flower from a noble 
tree, a native of New South Wales and tropical Aus- 
ti-alia. The flowers are of a dark orange yellow, pro¬ 
duced in axillary or terminal umbels. 
Jolm Egan, Esq., carried off the first premium for the 
best twelve Roses, a premium well deserved. 
The display of Dahlias was meager, owing to the very 
unfavorable season. Halleck & Thorpe were the only 
exhibitoi-s, carrying off the several prizes. The same 
firm took the tot prize for the best display of Gladiolus; 
+ 1 ,' V, second. The premium for 
tte best seedlmg Gladiolus was awarded to C. L. Allen 
& Co. for one named “Emma Thursby,” grown from 
seed sown last season. This is a mag^cent variety 
‘ p"-*™ <»■ 
■‘“to*™ of r.- 
were ah,.^ T , 
half inches in diameter^a 
and tomatoes, and’j RoMbJt^’ peaches 
bit of native gr^Jes “^‘^® ® ®^- 
True worth is in being, not seeming— 
In doing each day that goes by 
Some little good, not in dreaming 
Of great things to do by-and-by; 
