New-York tribune., 1891-05-03

are a warm travelling dress OF some wool materia ana
one OF India silk for warm days black silk' shghty
trimmed with Jet. is useful dress also ior occasions
requiring little fuller toilet travelling ulster OF
soft warm cloth and light shoulder-wrap are all the
wraps necessary though an extaheavy winter ulster
is useful on shpboard. good steamer rug IS neces
sary, and so are warm flannel wrapper 10 wear over
the nlghtgown and a pair Of bedside slippers. Two
pair Of travelling boots with silk or cotton anu c@s
mere stockings should be provided.
The most convenient dressing case Tor uaVeihhe
is flexible one that can be rolled up and screened
in some convenient place in the stateroom' IL s"ouu
contain sponges brushes, combs and soap leaves. Inc
use OF soap leaves does away with the necessity Oh
packing up a wet piece Of toilet soap, single IeaI
being just sufficient for at q time. eueh IeaVes
can be obtained at any large druggists In nice quahes
OF toilet SOAP and may be kept In the case III
little chamois book made at home and decorated as
fancifully and daintly as you please small supply
of candles and matches will be found very con
venient A dressing saeque Of flannel and one OF
japanese towelling any suitable material compete
this outfit. This may seem meagre array OF cloInhg
for a long tour, but 1t is certainly all that Is
strictly essential, and after little experience WIN
railroad and hotel porters in Europe sensible woman
is quite content to get along with the essentials wheh
she is contemplating a tour merely for the pleasure
OF travel Experienced travellers do not need
courier but such Parsonage is necessary where
those composing the party are not acquainted witn
European customs and requirements Unfortunately
good many couriers vertable rascals, therefore
Ii is always best to have such parsonage selectcd
by some one who knows him to be trustworthy and
experienced Pages could be filed with the woes and
amusing experiences of parties who have been carried
about Europe by couriers who took them where they
did not want to go and refused to take them where
they did and in all cases swinded them ourageously.
II is advisable for any travelling in Europe to
take a passport though this is not always done and
do Of Isl.
however a credental and identification that Will be
OF positive value In of possible disturbances
Good wholesome living as is generally Known Is
cheaper in Germany than in France. The pleassntes'
way for a person making prolonged stay In England
Is TO take lodgings and hire the cooking DONE IL
is difficult to get board Tor a short time at a
pension on the Continent, though it is much cheaper
than at a hotel, and If you are making prolonged
stay it is much better TO do SO.
ANY one owning the tinicst plot OF ground may have
two delightful possessions at minimum of cost we
have always recommended and described the progress
i've bulb garden where year after year crocuses hya
cinths and tulips up in delicious rotation Our
next suggestion is that prepare this spring violet
frame where next winter from January TO March you
can gather every day few flowers. which Will give
the atmosphere OF your chief living room that most
delicate of all perfumes which can only be obtained
from freshly picked vlolets very few OF them
gathered directly from the bed and placed in water
are sufficient to fill the room with odor. Wherein lies
the supreme attraction of this otherwise unnooeabe
flower il is not difficult to say, and that 1t Is the favor
ite par excellence among the floral beauties is an es
tabshed fact although in sweetness other flowers
may excel IT, and certainly in beauty 1t cannot vie
with a host Of Others Success In violet Towering In
the winter entirely depends upon the attention which
Is given during the growing season. sweet Single
vioets have greatly into favor OF late years. ana
also white double ones, as well as the well-Rhowh
Parma and Russian varieties, which are respectively
light and dark but both large. double specimens ana
very sweet There is very free Towering white
violet which has been great favorte this winter Any
florist doubtless could give the name Choose short
runners with crown Of leaves. 1t is very good
plan to go into the nurSeryman's garden and choosa
your own plants OF the first thing to do Is TO
prepare your bed, where the nurslngs may grow and
prosper until it is time to remove them to their winter
quarters. This should be we'll dug and prepared with
leaf mould and rich garden soil that has already
been used and well fertillzed. The situa-
ton should be moist and cool. Set the
young plants in foot apart, one-hah foot from
each other As soon they begin to grow freely they
must be kept perfectly clear Of weeds and have plenty
of water.
About August runners" will appear and must be
at once nipped off. the plants will become too ex-
hausteG to produce flowers later One or two run
may however be allowed to each plant for future
stock; these should be pegged down and by autumn
they will have grown into sturdy little plants. In
September prepare your frames These are filed with
manure or leaves to give gentle bottom heat on
which a layer Of soil IS placed the whole being deep
enough to bring the plants within few Inches OF the
glass The clumps are then lifted, with little dis
trbance of the roots possible, and planted close
together in the frame allowing room for the rooted
runners which make the new plantation for the sue
ceedng season.