Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-05-20
The FLOWER GARDEN.
VASES FOR THE LAWN.

VASES FOR THE Lawn.
On terraced lawn, vases are espe.
cially handsome, but are always in
keeping with trim, well-kept grounds.
They should be placed near the house
and always upon a pedestal or firm
base which caves an air of permanence
and stability.
Vases of real stone, granite or mar
BILE, are elegant but too costly for gen.
eral use. Inventive genius, however,
supplies us with graceful and desirable
forms in fine lottery, cast-iron or arti-
fetal stone at Foderate prices.
Yuccas and american aloes are stately
plants well suited for vase culture and
are finest when grown alone.
Cannas, eupherbiers, salvias and
crinums are also good. Palms are very
suitable for this purpose, areca lutes-
Gems being one of the best.
The most usual way OF planting is
with a tall plant of ornamental foliage
In the centre, with a few of over
growth around and dropping vines at
the border. High growing plants fine
for centres are vIcinus, sansiviera
zealanica and a number of the cacti.
Cereus giganteus and phillocactus lati-
irons are good specimens Another
odd and desirable plant is Nerophillum
Asphodeloides, n hardy perennial with
tropical-loOking evergreen foliage bear
ing large clusters of white flowers from
to 10 inches long, growing on high
stalks. Concerning this plant the
LondOn Garden says: At the Royal
Botanical Show in London, Lord
Walsinghsm exhibited two splendid
masses of these snowy plants which
were the prettiest things there among
hardy flowers.
Lower growingplants to plant around
these tall centres will be tound in the
ornamental leaved geranIums and
grasses, cineraria and ferns, and some
of the new varieties of asparagus with
flmy, lace-like foliage. A tenuissimus
is a climbing sort, valuable and pretty
for the border with its airy, delicate
leaves.
Cypress vine and thunbergia and
bryonia are also recommended. Care
should be taken to plant together
plants requiring the same treatment, as
one requiring moisture and shady eX-
posure will not thrive if given the dry
and sunny treatment demandtd d by
others.
Vases or baskets of rustic work are
pleasing substitutes for pottery and
may be made by the amateur handy
with saw and Ratchet. \ tripod of
gnarled branches forms the ped, stal,
while a wooden box On round cheese
box is good serves as the body of the
vase. Covered with split pieces, with
the bark left on, they are very pic
turesque and may be given more or less
establishment, according to tie taste
and ingenuity of the maker.
AS many of the plants and tints given
are somewhat expensive and beyond
the reach of limited purses, perhaps
the following suggestions from IA writer
in the NdHfotoer may prove of value to
some of our readers:
L think L will tell you about my Vase
% for the yard, which | made and
which has been "A delight nearly all
Simmer.
L wanted vase and couldn't afford
one that cost anything, so / set my
Yankee wits mt work to devise one.
We. had dead plum tree some six
inches through, which | had sawed off
three or less feet from the ground; on
il i fastened substantially large
NOOhth 'i'il'lub bbNi luihb'A iS1h
color, which n month before | had pre-
pared by placing IN the bottom plenty
of sticks and stones for drainage; filing
with light, rich soil. In 1t L set IN the
middle a red and white Fuchsa and n
shabby green and cream color foliage
plant of which / do not know the name.
and which will live in the cellar
through the Winter, surrounding them
with the following plants two wide
Solleroi Geraniums on each side of
bowl, two plants of Farfuguion Grande,
one golden leaf Gernnium, Musk plant
and Oxalis, filling in around the edge
with Othonna and variegated Trades
cantia, at the foot of the tree | set
root of Madeira vine, which | trained
up the trunk, and verify that plum
tree though not bearing fruit a been
wealth of beauty, and i have been
we'll satisfied with my vase. tarfu-
guion is indeed grand, and all who do
not have 1t ought to, especially those
who have shady places Gt likes the sun
In the house in the Winter, its beauti-
full spotted leaves droop over the edge
and mingle with the green and white
of Geranium Solleroi, and over all the
Fuchsias droop, and | only wish lived
where it never would freeze, but soon.
ah soon, the frost king will be here and
all not sheltered will be laid low.
/ wonder if beautiful things fade so
quickly here to remind us that there is
q land of never fading flowers?