Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . raw, or evergreenboughs, or leaves. fhen there is that industrious climber,the Morning-glory, that would be properlyappreciated if it was a costly exotic. As itis, there is no more popular plant than this;its seed germinate readily, anywhere; andits growth is so rapid that it will cover anarbor or trellis in a short time. Furnishsupports early, either cord, wire, or brush. The Browallia is an excellent free-flower-ing, half-hardy annual. The flowers areboth beautiful and delicate. The seedgrow freely, and the plants give an abund-ance of bloom. The plants s
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . raw, or evergreenboughs, or leaves. fhen there is that industrious climber,the Morning-glory, that would be properlyappreciated if it was a costly exotic. As itis, there is no more popular plant than this;its seed germinate readily, anywhere; andits growth is so rapid that it will cover anarbor or trellis in a short time. Furnishsupports early, either cord, wire, or brush. The Browallia is an excellent free-flower-ing, half-hardy annual. The flowers areboth beautiful and delicate. The seedgrow freely, and the plants give an abund-ance of bloom. The plants should be seta foot apart; they will reach eighteen inchesin height. During the growing and blooming seasonof many of the best bedding plants andannuals the flowers can be cut freely andused; and the oftener they are removed thegreater will be the amount of plants are allowed to perfect seed,they cease to produce flowers, as the wholestrength of the plant is necessary to maturethe seed. Mrs. Delille. FIVE-OCLOCK TEA NASTURTIUM. 11 t i a&s s XQUISITE five-oclocktea covers are made ofcream-white linen, finish-ed in drawn work andsprays of arbutus. Thematerial is two yards inlength and one in width,before shrinking. Thiss done by allowing it to remain in hot, butnot boiling suds, for an hour or so, then itis rubbed as in ordinary washing, put overthe fire in cool water, without any soap;and after the water becomes hot, taken offthe fire. When cool it is rubbed again,then rinsed well and dried in the sun. Fringeboth sides and ends to the depth of threeinches. Draw the threads for a herring-boneborder three-fourths of an inch wide, and farenough from the edges to form a border ofplain linen one and a half inches in the herring-bone, when doing the secondrow, catch up the alternate threads of the firstrow; that is, instead of taking the four or sixthreads on the first side done, take half thethreads on each cluster to form the new clus-ter on the second sid
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