. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. they are popu-lar, for there cannot ijossibly be prettier orna-ments for decorating a window or verandahthan one of these, well-arranged and well-caredfor. To have one or more baskets is worth somelittle time and trouble The greatest need isgood soil for the large bulk of plants grown in asmall compass, an abundance of water, theeasiest way to supply which is to dip the basketbodily into a pailful of water, and letting it soaked, once a week. Geraniums inmany kinds, Cole
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. they are popu-lar, for there cannot ijossibly be prettier orna-ments for decorating a window or verandahthan one of these, well-arranged and well-caredfor. To have one or more baskets is worth somelittle time and trouble The greatest need isgood soil for the large bulk of plants grown in asmall compass, an abundance of water, theeasiest way to supply which is to dip the basketbodily into a pailful of water, and letting it soaked, once a week. Geraniums inmany kinds, Coleus, Fuchsias, Oxalis, WanderingJew, German Ivy, Kenil worth Ivy, Vincas andgreenhouse Saxifragas are some of the plantssuitable for this purpose. Meehans Monthly. All lovers of our nativeflowers and plants will rejoice to learn that thepublication of the able work known as TheFlowers and Ferns of the United States by which was stopped some years ago is tobe resumed by the author himself. The work isto^e issued as an octavo monthly of 16 pages witha colored plate consisting of some native wild. Portable Oarden Pump. flower uniform with the former series, and bythe same artists, L. Prang & Co., Boston. Therewill be a chapter on wild flowers each monthtogether with some matter on general gardening,and containing numerous woodcuts. oe assisted by his sous, in its price will be $ per year. Two Fine Volumes. From Trelease,Director of the Missouri Botanical Gardens atSt. Louis, we have received a copy of the lastannual report of this garden, besides a volumedevoted to the origin and history of the TowerGrove Park of the same city. The former con-tains a fine portrait and biographical sketch of t39i POPULAR GARDENING. 155 the lamented Henry Shaw, to whose munificencethe world is indebted for the famous gardenswith which his memory is so intimately asso-ciated. The reports in this volume of theSchool of Botany, of the board of direc
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