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DAISIES m THE CITY. 
Away from tlio soil tlint bore tlicni, 
Away from the waviag gross, 
Away from the winds tliat lusscd thoni, 
Down in the meadow pass, 
Away from the sun tliat gave them 
Theii’ hearts of yellowest gold, 
Away from the tears of heaven, 
And the love they nightly told. 
A UEdE PANSY. 
Our illustration shows ™ flower 
.1 ...r .me. It, 
of about sixteen feet each at«^ 
hundred feet. Galvanized pipe 
twice as much as the plain iron 
the pipe from, rusting, a heavy coat f S 
was applied to the outside; but • 
coal-tar, applied boiling hot, will b 
and more durable than paint. ** 
shape 
according 
perfection, hut its size we 
have never, seen 
Now, instead of burying the pin ■ 
gi-ound, I laid it on the surface an^ *'* 
the lengths together, thus forming ! 
pipe from a faucet in the kitehen h. 
equaled. flower pipe from a faucet in the kitchen tnti.'” - 
With the exceptmn ome^Bos^, 
Away from the song of the boboliult, 
Away from the song of the rain, 
Away from the song of the reaper’s scythe, 
As it sweeps through the golden grain, 
Away from the song of the whirring bee, 
As it seeks the purple Clover, 
Away from the song of the fanner’s lass, 
As she sings of her farmer-lover. 
Away from the smile of the summer sky,— 
Sweet recollections bringing; 
For in the shadow of these Nvalls, 
I hear the throstle singing; 
I SCO the face of nature glow 
With all her brilliant treasures. 
And I haunt the scenes of early years, 
And pursue my childhood’s idcasurcs. 
is so universally admired, and there 
good reason why a Pansy-bed should not be 
in every garden. To have beautiful Pansies 
next spring, the seed should he sown this 
month, and in September for early summei 
blooming. For those who really love Pansies, 
and will give them loving care, there is not 
the least difficulty in raising them. A partly 
shaded situation, but not under the cb-ip of 
is best for their full development. 
■ich loam, mixed with 
As soon as the 
trees. 
They require a deep, r 
a small portiou of sand 
And luy eyes are lilled with tears. 
When in ray easeraciit spjing, 
These raessengors from scented fields, 
And many hearts with sighing; 
And some, pcrluips, as I have caught 
From out their fragi^ance spreading. 
The incense, which the fairer flowers, 
In heavenly fields, are shedding. 
Hotv.um N. Folleu. 
SEASONABLE HTHTS. 
Mignonette .— This “Little Darling” 
—which is the meaning of its name — 
may be had in bloom the year round, 
and tvith comparatively little trouble. 
Seeds sown now in a bed of rich, deep 
and finely pulverized, rather sandy 
soil, will come up quickly and produce 
an abundance of deliciously fragrant 
flowers during the autumn months 
and, in sheltered situation.?, long after 
frosts have killed all tender vegeta¬ 
tion. The seeds should be covered 
lightly but packed very firmly. To 
grow Mignonette to perfection it is 
absolutely necessary to allow each 
sufficient room for development in 
direction. If sown broadcast, the . plants 
should be thinned out so as to stand at least 
SIX inches apart each way; if in drills these 
should be twelveinches apart, the seed sown 
very thinly, and the plants thinned out to six 
inches as least. 
ISienniah, plants that do not generally 
flower the first year, should be sown as soon 
as the seed is ripe, or the latter part of 
plant 
each 
August and in September, so that the plants 
- A-tiio pjants 
getstrongenough before the sotting in of win 
tor. Many of them may bo raised in the open 
^ound.like hardy annuals, and transplanted 
but choice kinds should be sown in pots or 
seed-pans. As they do not blossom the first 
year, they maybe thinned out or removed 
from the seed-beds as soon as they arc well 
rooted, and planted either into different parts 
of the garden or into a nursery bod, i„ rowa 
a foot or more apart; keep thorn clear of 
weeds by hoeing and stirring the earth or 
casionally, which will greatly promote theL' 
growth, and prepare them for transnlaui i. 
in the autumn or following springr ^ ^ 
A LARGE PANSY. 
(.VcUiiral size.) 
young plants aro large enough to bo han- 
llcd they Simula bo tr.au.splautod, ten or 
twelve inches apart each way, in a frame or 
•some sheltered position whoro they can bo 
slightly protectod during winter 
WATEEING SMALL GAEDENS. 
rubber hose is generally tho most avail 
able means for walevinr. . "■''ail- 
of modemte means”,r?'r"" 
fvely. AsasuBstitute;: 
have employed half-ind, iron . • f 
satlsfaelory results. From 
'•lie wator-iiijm 
. ,, - .. From 
111 tho street to the rear n,„i r 
the dislaucc is over throe ? 
bast year timro w,I«' ! , \ biet. 
entire growing season, when'7’ 
''lie garden needed water- hnt'‘n‘’”'’^'“" 
previous wo had no rain L ^ 
jveeks. During sueh dry ,d"’lM 
the gardon noedod water aim V 
, As a substitute for Im JT' <l-y. 
is a T-coupling, provided with a short’ • " 
of pipe, say six inches long, the ends of wf" 
are closed by an iron cap screwed on th 
of each short piece where there is a T* 
opening the faucet in the kitchen, water 
"ush in a minute to the farther’endof ft" 
garden. Now wo attach a hose, ten 
long, to any part of the pipe where there is 
J, and with thatanabundantsnpplyof 
can be directed to any part of the ground*' 
As soon as one part of the garden has been 
watered sufficiently, unscrew the short 
hose from tho T> screw on the iron 
cap, and caiTy the hose to tho next T 
remove the cap and screw on the hose’ 
and throw water fifty feet or more on 
both sides of the line of iron pipe. At 
tho close of the growing season, un¬ 
screw the lengths of iron pipe and 
store them under the floor of a ve¬ 
randa or in the garret until wanted 
another season. 
Iron pipe, couplings, Ls, joints, 
connections, Ts, and caps can be 
found in almost any city, and sub¬ 
serve just as satisfactory purpose as 
rubber hose, which would cost four 
times as much. More than this, rub¬ 
ber hose several hundred feet long is 
very inconvenient to handle; it will 
become bent, kinked, and often dam¬ 
aged in a short time, so that it will 
leak like a basket. But iron pipe can 
be unscrewed, placed in different 
directions, and may be allowed to 
remain where it is laid for several 
months without being damaged by 
tile weather. 
S. E. T. 
A PRETTY CARPETING PLANT. 
Tiaretla cordifolia. 
Ill rich, rocky woods from Maine to Wi 
cousin, northward, and southward along 
mountains, grows tliis pretty plant, whk' 
though perhaps unknown to all hut a vci 
tow of our readers, is thus praised hy t 
Oardnn of London: 
This elegant little plant used to pass iot 
curiosity gonorally, and wo did not tlui 
niiicli of it till wo happened to see a spsf' 
ling bunch of it in tho gai’dous of Munstea 
I’horo tho offoct of its little, graceful, striug 
shoots and woll-foriiiod leaves was cxccHe" 
as it grow on a broken, reeky hauk. ^ B®'' 
an good in form, so froo in its spih®® ' 
liloom, and so easily grown and inoreii®® 
I'horo is soniothing in tho plant like'y 
assist, in more ways than one, tasteful ( 
lienors wlio aro Booking intorosting aud P'"® 
plants for qniot coniors and for “oai’P® 
II is oasy to iinagino various clrouiustaD 
in which its dulioato growth would he''* 
weleoino, eithor alone or bouoath a 
l.'Older growth. 
