. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 202 The Canadian SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $ per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon the address label. Water Lilies on the Lawn.— Orchard and Garden suggests a very pretty plan for growing Nyiuphcea odorata. Several tubs, coal oil ba
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 202 The Canadian SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $ per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual Report, and a share in its annual distribution of plants and trees. REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon the address label. Water Lilies on the Lawn.— Orchard and Garden suggests a very pretty plan for growing Nyiuphcea odorata. Several tubs, coal oil barrels cut in two will answer, ma}' be sunk in the ground quite close to each other in a group, the spaces between them being filled with Calla lilies, tuberous-rooted Begonias, Caladiums Ferns, Grasses, etc. In planting, fill the tubs about half full of a mix- ture of good loam and thoroughly rolled cow manure in equal parts, in which imbed the roots, and cover the soil with about half an inch of clear sand. Fill the tubs slowly with rain-water, and replace the loss by evaporation. Nymphcca Dcvonicusis is commend- ed as the queen of all water lilies, surpassing in brilliancy of flower if not in size of leaf, the famous Vic- toria regia. It is a night bloomer, each flower opening from 8 to lo for three nights in succes- sion. Under favorable circumstances a single plant of this variety will, in one season, cover a circle of twenty feet across, with leaves twenty-five inches in diameter, and flowers twelve inches from tip to tip of petals. The flowers are rosy red with bright scarlet stamens. Carelessness in handling Paris green and London purple is likely to follow the wholesale use of them. The dry powder rises almost imper- ceptibly. Breathing this will intro- duce arsenical poison into the system through the lungs. In case of acci- dental poisoning occurring, the best antidote to administer is the h}-drated sesqui-oxide of iron, which should be taken at once. Bene
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