American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . rather poor soil,as they are liable to revert to their green stateif fed on too rich food. If any branch showsmarkings better defined or different from therest of the plant, it should be propagated. Violets AMD Primroses.—A lady who was aninvalid last winter wrote to us of the pleasure shederived, during her long imprisonment in thehouse, from sundry pots of Violets and ChinesePrimroses. Wc intended to earlier call atten-tion to the value of these as window plants,but they may now be had already potted of AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [Jan
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . rather poor soil,as they are liable to revert to their green stateif fed on too rich food. If any branch showsmarkings better defined or different from therest of the plant, it should be propagated. Violets AMD Primroses.—A lady who was aninvalid last winter wrote to us of the pleasure shederived, during her long imprisonment in thehouse, from sundry pots of Violets and ChinesePrimroses. Wc intended to earlier call atten-tion to the value of these as window plants,but they may now be had already potted of AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [January , most florists. The best violet for the purpose isprobably the Neapolitan ; it is double and veryfragrant. It needs a rather cool room andshould not be over-watered. The ChinesePrimrose is valuable for the long time it remainsin flower. It is now to be had in great variety,both double and single flowers, of pink of va-rious shades, and pure white. They are easilyraised from the seed, sown in May, but nowplants just ready to bloom must be Fig. 1.—SECTION OF APPLE FLOWER. An Apple and How it is Described. Those not familiar with pomology have inseveral instances asked us to explaiu the termsused by writers in their descriptions of best way to make the matter understoodis to give a general idea of the structure of theapple—and as there are probably many whohave been familiar with apples all their liveswho have never thought about their structure,we think the subject of sufficient interest toillustrate it. If we examine an apple blossom,the five petals, the most conspicuous parts, firstattract the attention. On turning the blossomover, we see the five green points of the calyx,and below these a small green knob, to whichthe calyx points are joined, or rather with whichthey seem to be continuous, which is the calyxtube. The calyx is regarded as being composedof five parts, which are united part way up toform a sort of tube or deep cup, and the rest
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