Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-03-09
FLOWER NOTES.

| Here are a heap OF catalogues, every
one a gem ofart, as wei as a cyclopedia
of plant-love:
I Chllds, and Wick and Burpee, Maule,
Pierson, May, Pike and Ellsworth, Ell
wanger and Barry, with others whose
worth has long been tried by thou
sands of customers all over the land,
send us long lists of seeds and plants,
all so finely pictured and minutely
described, that the newest amateur can
scare ly make mistake, if the plain
directions are followed.
Keep the window plants from
draughts this blustery weather and do
not make the mistake of watering too
much on cloudy days; remember that
the earth does not dry out SO much as
hen the sun shines upon it.
A pretty way to train elm bers is to
have a low, broad trellis and at the top
two wires strung across, foot or less
apart. When the vines reach the top,
let them rest upon and hang over the
wires. They will blossom more pro-
fusely than in the old, high running
way and the dropping sprays of bloom
are very graceful.
Nothing is more satisfactory than a
pot planted with a half-dozen lily of
the valley bulbs, to keep on the library
table. Their beauty and fragrance
will be real inspiration.
A new species of lily from the CEN
trail Himslayas was exhibited in Lon
don before the Royal Horticultur al
Society this season. 1t is known as
the Nepsl lily, and grows some three
or four feet high. The flowers have a
greenish outside, and the inner parts
are an intense crimson red with light
green base. 1t requires greenhouse
culture and is said to be remarkably
beautiful.
pretty custom prevailing among
the Swiss requires each new-married
couple to plant trees soon after their
marriage. The pine and willow COM
memorate the wedding days, and the
suggestive birch is selected for plant
ing on birthday.
THE WINDOW GARDEN MISSION.
A branch of Flower Mission work
which has done much toward brighten
ing some of the dingiest neighborhoods
of London and Liverpool, SAYS Vtck's
Magazine, is accomplished by an as
sociation for the encouragement of
window gardening among the poor.
One of their methods for interesting the
inhabitants of the tenement house DIS
tricts, and inducing a friendly rivalry
among them in cultivating their tiny
glrden plots, is the annual flower
show to which they send the fruits, or
rather the flowers, of their labors, to
compete for the prizes which are of
fered for different classes of plants
ard flowers. 1t is an attractive and
lovely charity, and could be initiated
almost anywhere.
Although there is no lack of oppor-
tunity for the kindly offices of a win
dow gar den charity in any city or large
town, yet so many of our poorer
homes have little plo.s of ground
round about them which afford ampler
space than window-box for bit of
bright coloring and breath of flower
fragrance, that the encouragement of
gardening among the masses need not
be limited to their window sills. One
wishes TINT the example might be con-
tagious, so that little yards everywhere
crowded with greenery and blossoms,
instead of standing out in the general
desolation like oases, might induce the
whole desert to blossom like the rose.
KSIPHoFIA NoRTHIE
The accompanying illustration of
this interesting member of the Iris
family, as given in the Gardeners
Chronicle, gives a good idea of the
fine appearance of its handsome foliage.
1t is, however, only valuable, from a
horticultural point of view, for its
foliage; its flowers are unfortunately
of no beauty whate yer. having, when