1885. 
Ti¬ 
er saucer is bettor than anjr clbcpor roconta 
ole. Fill it up with sand,-not sea simd' 
Imt, ooniinon yellow sand, and wet it sop! 
ping wet, then press in tlie cuttings witli 
l,iie fingers, planting tliein very tiglitly, mui 
keep it very wet all tlio time, Ijeeause. 
if allowed to dry up at iill, tlieir gi'owtli will 
be eheoked, if not destroyed. Wlion tlie old 
loaves Inivo dropped oil'and new ones sliow 
tlicinselves, root growth lias coinineneed, 
and in two or three days tlie plants can lie 
transplanted into pots filled with liglit, 
sandy loam. After sliading a day or two 
they can have all the sunsliine tliat is ob¬ 
tainable, and suflielcnt water to lieep them 
moist must be given. Tins is so simple a pro¬ 
cess of starting cuttings tliat 
a child of eight years can grow 
them witliout ditliculty. 
Tliere is, liowevcr, some 
skill in selecting cuttings, as 
tliey mil always strike root 
better if taken from the fresh 
growth of a plant ratlier tlian 
from hardened wood. If a 
branch of a Gerauinm, Fever¬ 
few or Verbena will break ol! 
readily, it is in a right state 
to grow rapidly, and it is 
better to break it off tlian to 
cut it, because it leaves .an 
irregul.ar surface from whicli 
the roots will put fortli more 
quickly. Other cuttings, 1 ike 
those of Boses, Heliotropes, 
etc., will grow better if taken 
at the junction of the old and 
new wood, and they should 
be cut off just below a joint 
or bud, as the roots start 
from that iioint, and if a bud 
is not left near or close to tlie 
base, the cutting is liable to 
decay in the soil. 
Many of the hard-wooded 
shnibs and plants are most 
easily xiropagated in tlie 
garden. Cut oft'young shoots 
with a little old wood at¬ 
tached, and iil.ant them ivitli 
some .sand at then- base, and 
you can raise AVigelias, Duet- 
y-ias, and all kinds of Boses in 
quantities. But the more 
tender Fuchsias, Verbenas, 
Heliotropes, Carnations, Cal¬ 
ceolarias, and Geraniums,, 
must be raised under glass, 
or in sand, in-doors, if you 
would possess a good supply 
of bedding-out xilants wherewitli to decorate 
your parteiTe in the coining summer. 
Daisy-Eykbright, 
GARDBN; 
i s^b iT'!’earth is 
ost suitable, but it may. also be grmvii in 
r 11""'’’,“:"’,'"""'"" '« 
.11 .iiiiUiol 
OSS, Wliicli retains moisture iiettcr tliau 
any otlior material. 
'I'lie plants may also be kept in pots in a 
■aiiie, which is generally tlie most snccess- 
lu inode of culture, in either case they do 
not like to be disturbed mucli, and sliouid 
tlieretore not be transplanted otteiier than 
oecoines absolutely necessary. When re¬ 
moving tliein from tlieir native locality. 
85 
THE AD0HI8. 
An annual that deserves more attention 
tlian it gets, is the Adonis. I do not under¬ 
stand wliy it is not more frequently used, 
for it is sure to lie admired when grown 
Yvell. It is a iilant of very easy cultivation. 
It does best in a ratlier sandy soil, well en¬ 
riched witli old manure. 
There are but two distinct varieties in gen¬ 
eral cultivation. One of tlie.se, aisUvalis, is a 
summer bloomer, of a bright scarlet. The 
other variety, rnUumnalis, is, as its specifle 
name indicates, a fall-bloonier, and is of a 
rich blood-red color. It has broader jictals 
than the sumnier-lilooming variety, and is 
one of our best plants, at least among annu¬ 
als, for use in the garden 
during the latter part of the 
season. The foliage of both 
varieties is very fine and 
feathery, and allbrds a pleas¬ 
ing background against w-hich 
the brilliant flowers are eflect- 
ivel.v displayed. The plants 
Yvill bloom well in shade. 
To obtain the best sati.s- 
factlon from the Adonis, it 
should be used in masses, 
as, when gi-own in that way, 
if the plants are set about a 
foot apart, it eompletelj' 
covers the ground, and one 
sees a compact body of rich 
foliage, starred oi’^er ivith 
brilliant flowers. E- E. E. 
CYPRIPEDIUM SPECTABILE. 
THE SHOWY LADY SLIPPEK. 
Cypripi'dium spectabile. 
Prominent among our most beautiful na¬ 
tive herbaceous xilants are the Lady Slippei s. 
All the species, six of which, are indigenous 
to the Northern States, are interesting, closely 
teseinbling in their flowers the g.audy epipliY" 
•ic forms of ■ the tropics ; but Cypripedium 
^PKtabile with its large, purc-Yvhite floweis 
tinged ivith iiuiqile in fi-ont is the most showy. 
■I’lie stem is thick, leafy, about two feet 
and bears two or three floYvers. It is 
eund in peat bogs and swamps, fi’om New 
w-hich is best done when the plants are in 
bloom, as large a ball of eartli as practica¬ 
ble sliould be talceu up w-ith tlie roots. For 
forcing in winter they are ivell adapted, and 
clumps of flowering plants may be seen in 
our florists’ windoivs at tins season.^ 
[For tlie accompanying illustration from 
Heiiry Baldw-in’s charming' work on the 
Orchids of New England, we are indebted 
to the publishei-s, Messrs. John Wiley & 
Sons, Neiv York.] 
Among the best plants for edging c.arpet 
beds are: Altermanthera, ^ 
meri.a,Pyi-cthnmi, Eclieveria, bedum, Oxa 
Its Deppii- 
OTJE FLOWEE BASKET. 
Most Lilies thrive best 
.among clumps of Ehododen- 
drons, and in the borders of 
shrubberies. 
The Clematis is not onlj- 
among our ver j- best climbers, 
but is also .admir.ablj- adapted 
for bedding puriioses. 
Violet plants should be 
started early in spruig, so 
that they m.ay be w-ell estab¬ 
lished before tlie summer 
drouths commence. 
Ill the arrangement of cut 
flowers it is well to bear in 
mind th.at “ green gli-es char¬ 
acter, white gives brilliance.” 
A hea'vy mulch of Tobacco 
stems on Bose beds is not only .an almost in¬ 
fallible preventive of blight, but serves .also 
as a most excellent fertili/.er. 
All the Iniiuiiierable forms and v.ariations 
in Pansy flOYvers may be arranged into six 
distinct classes, says Albert Benz, viz.: 1, 
Self Colors; 2, Sluaded; 3, Three-spotted, or 
Face; 4, Five-spotted, or Odier; 5, Edged or 
Bordered; 6, Fancy Pansies. 
Honeysuckles .and most shrubby plants 
can readily be propag.ated by bending dow-ii 
a branch iu spring and covering a portion of 
it with soil. In autumn it Yvill be rooted, 
and may be separated from the p.arent pl.ant, 
and transplanted. 
