Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . uch better than in white Jasmine-like flowers fill the roomcompletely with exquisite fragrance, and aieproduce<l very freely throughout the spring andearly summer months. The flowers are hand-some and are especially desirable for bouquets,the perfume being agreeable to all. There aretwo vai-ieties,viz.: , plain greenfoliage, and R. jrmrninuides i-arierjaln, withlovely leaves. This plant succeeds with a nighttemperature of only 40 to .50°, with propor-tionately h


Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . uch better than in white Jasmine-like flowers fill the roomcompletely with exquisite fragrance, and aieproduce<l very freely throughout the spring andearly summer months. The flowers are hand-some and are especially desirable for bouquets,the perfume being agreeable to all. There aretwo vai-ieties,viz.: , plain greenfoliage, and R. jrmrninuides i-arierjaln, withlovely leaves. This plant succeeds with a nighttemperature of only 40 to .50°, with propor-tionately higher day temperature,—W. F. L. The Wallflower. Mrs. Geo. W. Bane, ofKent Co., Delaware, offers on a postal card,first the query why these old flowers are notmore often seen, and then follows with thiswelcome statement concerning hers: I have a quantity at present in bloom, and a smallbunch of the bloom is enough to perfume awhole house with a scent scarcely inferior tothat of Violets. My varieties are the singleclear yellow and the blood-red. For springflowers I sow in February, as they need to grow. BLOOMS OF IMPROVED CYCLAMENS. a year before blooming; for autumn flowers,as soon as the seeds are ripe. In summer Igrow them on the cool side of the house, wherethe moisture from a well-watered lawn seemsto suit them perfectly. I winter the plants un-der a cold-frame that opens into the cellar. Ifind the plants among the easiest I can Belmont. This new Strawberrj, of whichwe give an engraving, is attracting so muchfavorable notice in the East that we think Itworthy of introduction to our readers. Forseveral years it has received marked attentionat the shows of the Massachusetts Horticultu-ral Society. In 1883 the special prize of tendollars, offered by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder,for the best four quarts of the vaiiety of finestform, color and quality, was awarded toBelmont. It also took the first prize for bestfour quaits, and first piize for best two quarts,at Boston, Ju


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