1886 . 
iH'c |)laiil;s 
'S, iiiul l'^•oln 
leaves and 
many a day ol' nirc 
.S2 long, greets niy eyes with hopotulness 
1. nay won feel exultant over n.y year’s 
work, working with this In mynilnd'- “ Wh.H 
t.hy hand llndoth to do, dolt with thy nd.rht’’ 
Much enjoy,nent was derived Cm,« Uw col¬ 
lecting ot so many mnv and 
which I hope to enjoy next spi-ln 
watching tlie unl’oldlng ot theh 
blossoms 1 antieipati 
pleasure. In my yeai-’s woi-k ai-e garnei-ed 
up many pleasant memories ot ti'lcnds and 
llowors besides pi'cparing joys and occupa¬ 
tion in tending my pot-plants in my new 
greenhouse. My year has been a busy one, 
and not pioiitless, but tull ot intense enjoy¬ 
ment of this my favorite woi'k, cultivating, 
collecting and caring to,' God’s boautitul 
flowers. I began the year with impaii’cd 
health and weakened nerves; its close linds 
me with mucii improved healtli, with nerves 
stronger and witii 
renewed interest in 
life and its duties. 
Outside of every¬ 
thing else floricul¬ 
ture rewai'ds us in 
this, if in no othe,' 
wa 3 % witli bettei' 
health and clearer 
minds for other 
duties of life. Try 
it, my sisters, and 
see for j'ourselves. 
Mus. Thomson. 
South Carolina. 
GARDEN. 
NIOOTIANA AFTINIS. 
Most poi-sons wlio have tried this recent 
inti'odnction, have done so with some mis¬ 
givings. Being a species of Tobacco it was 
hardly tl,ought to lie a fit occupant of the 
llowci- boi'der; yet it has proved to bo a val¬ 
uable acfinisil,ion. Itsllowei'Sarcpiu'e white, 
of dclicioHS fi-agi'auce, pi-oduccd in gi-eat 
abundance, and continue—well, toiever we 
ai'c almost tempted to say. The plant was 
inti'odnced as an annual, and may be ti-e.atcd 
as such, but from what we liave seen of it, it 
behaves veiy much like a iiei-ennial, and the 
experience of some of 
297 
the Siiine direction. 
our I'caders points ii 
1 am jnizzled about the natui e of the JWco- 
luma ujjlnii, wj'ites N. T. Lackner. Plants 
tliiit have bloomed for five niontlis, and were 
jilantcd out in the gai'den, have made new 
slioots and flowered all summer. A lai-ffe 
CHRISTMAS ROSE. 
Helleborus niger. 
There was a time 
when real Roses at 
Christmas were a 
raritj"^, and when the 
Christmas Bose, 
from the peculiai- 
habit of the plant 
to bloom in wintei- 
or verj' early .spring, 
was held in high 
esteem. But now 
the florists' art has, 
in some measure, 
annihilated seasons 
and the habits of 
•plants, so that Roses 
are about as .abund¬ 
ant at Christmas as 
in June. Yet the 
Christinas Rose is a 
vervpretty and interesting plant,n ell n oi tl y 
herv It belongs to the matural oidei Banwi 
“broken,” or . g varying in size 
number of named vai purple, garden, 
and many shades from ,vlU 
The plant is a low-growioo P 
should be grown in deep, i covered 
shady and sheltered a fr.ame 
with leaves in wmtei. n M„„ifv in mak¬ 
er in pots there will be no i oj^.^gtinas, 
ing It Woom .me to 
Otherwise it might cause is 
It is a native of Soutoern 
easily propagated by. division 
the'christmas rose. _ 
plant in a ten-inch pot. by being well fed, is 
‘acting the s.ame way in the greenhouse. It 
has never stopped blooming since January, 
and was a mass of flowers all winter. Othe 
plants sown June 26th of last year, wintered 
in small pots, and planted out 
produced an abundance of fragrant Aoneis 
oil summer It grows, I believe, under anj 
foodWoos, and i. «o.*y »» > P'“« 
Our Sweet Peas came up 
the planes bv far the 
« fnAt-. and more apart bore uy a* 
to Sweet Peas. 
PEOTEOTIira ROSES. 
However h.ardy a Rose may be, in the cli¬ 
mate north of Hew York it will be benefited 
by a light covering in winter. The half- 
hardy kinds, as Teas, Bengals, and most 
Bourbons have to be well protected if we 
would winter them safely out-doors, but 
with the hardier kinds a very light shelter 
will be suflicient. In either case the plants 
should not be covered before winter sets in 
in earnest, generally not before the first 
week in December. 
The easiest and most eflicient way is to 
peg down the plants, and strew dry leaves 
between them, so as to cover them entirely, 
then place over them evergreen branches, 
or brush, or poles to prevent the wind from 
blowing them away. Hilling up with soil is 
also practiced by many gi-o wers, or the plants 
may l)e taken up entirely, placed in a trench 
in a dry position and 
covered with soil. 
As the hardiest 
Roses, H. B. Ell- 
wanger named : 
Abel Grand, Anne 
de Diesbaeh, Baron 
de Bonstetten, Bar- 
onne Prevost, Bar¬ 
ones s Rothschild, 
Boieldieu, Caroline 
de Sansal, Charles 
Margottln, Countess 
of Serenj’C, Edward 
Morreu, Francois 
Michelon, General 
Jacqueminot, Jules 
M a r g 0 11 i n, La 
Reine, Mabel Mor¬ 
rison, Madame Boll, 
Madame Jolly, 
Marchioness of Ex¬ 
eter, Marguerite de 
St. Amande, Mar¬ 
quise de Castellan, 
Mamiee Bernardin, 
Rev. J. B. Camm. 
As the most hardy 
Monthly Roses: 
Appoline, Edward 
Desfosses, Her- 
mosa, Louise Odier, 
Aimee Vibert, Car- 
oline Marniesse, 
Glou-e de Dijon, 
Reine Marie Hen- 
rlette, Bougere, Ge¬ 
rard Desbois, Ho¬ 
mer, M.adame de A'atry, M<arie Ducher, 
Sombreuil. And a very good list it is. 
ODE FLOWER BASEET. 
Colocasia esculcnta^ Tanyah, bulbs have to 
be kept warm .and very dry, else they will 
siu-ely rot. 
We do not know anything mice are more 
fond of than Tigridia bulbs. After the bulbs 
.are well dried, .the safest place to keep them 
is in a tin box. They must be kept warm. 
Chrysanthemums, although generally 
hardy, suffered severely last winter, even in 
cases where they were covered with manure. 
To be perfectly safe, the clumps should-be 
taken up and placed in a cold-frame over 
winter. 
