. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. ts against the wall, is per-forated for that purpose. The Ferns beingplanted in them, a periodical watering, as cir-cumstances require, is pretty much all the carenecessary for them. Better Gardens. Never in a similar period hasthere been so much advance made in the gardensof the people, both in countrj- and in town, asduring the past five years. All nurserymen tellof the increased demand, not only for gardenfruit trees and plants, but especially for orna-mental stock. People in humble
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. ts against the wall, is per-forated for that purpose. The Ferns beingplanted in them, a periodical watering, as cir-cumstances require, is pretty much all the carenecessary for them. Better Gardens. Never in a similar period hasthere been so much advance made in the gardensof the people, both in countrj- and in town, asduring the past five years. All nurserymen tellof the increased demand, not only for gardenfruit trees and plants, but especially for orna-mental stock. People in humble circumstances,and those of wealth, are more and more appre-ciating how much joy and comfort and goodliving may come from the garden. That thisjournal as an advocate of popular gardening,has been in no slight part instrumental in effect-ing this improved state of things, is the expressedbelief of thousands of readers. That it has a fargreater work to perform, is equally certain. Name your Home- Is it not worth naming ?The editor thinks more of his own home forhaving given it the appropriate name of Wood-. Wall Tile for Ferns. banks. He traveled in Europe in and wasimpressed by the beautiful custom so much invogue in England of naming the home howeversmall it may be. I^sually the names he metwere engi-aved on the gates or gate posts. Hereare some pleasing ones jolted down in his note-book at the time. Hope Cottage, Lynewood, Gipsy Lodge, Oak Craft, Ettrick Cottage, Napier Villa, The ()aks, Caledon Villa, Clifton Lodge, Felixstowe House, Lands-downe, Darleydale, Glanywerre, Her-mits Lodge, Newton House, ThornhillHouse, Hastings Lodge, Larksheath. 1890. POPULAR GARDENING. 53 Celestial Pepper. The Celestial Pepper hasdone wonderfully well this dry suairaer whereseveral other varieties failed, the plant was per-fectly loaded with the beautiful Peppers. Ithink this sort ought to be grown if for nothingelse than for a decorative plant. It ought to becalled Multicolor for such it
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