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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
Hanna Treats" Newspaper Men.

New York. Nov. 9.-Mark A. Hanna
gave a dinner Saturday night 10 the
newspaper men who had regularly
covered" national headquarters. either
In New York or Chicago during the cam
paign. A little gold and silver ship was
provided for each person present as a
souvenir. There was also presented 10
each OF the guests a gold medal, the size
OF 20-dollar piece. with the name of the
recipient. ana the fact that il was pre-
sented by the national committee in
scribed on 1t. and also the words: NC
kinley and Hobart. SOUND Money and
Protection"
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aTHE "HoSOR DEMOCRATS"
Not Likely 20 Be soon Forgotten For
Services They Rendered

Not Likely 20 Be soon Forgotten For
Services They Rendered.
New York. Nov. s.-Mark Hanna has
understood 20 be Preside mt elect McKin-
ley's general policy:
II have had but comparatively brief
conversations with Major Mckinley since
his election. Next week expect to meet
HIM at Cleveland, and, as he has had time
TO think over matters. presume he will
have more details than am at present
aware of. But this much know, ne feels
that he owes much TO the patriotic Dem
dtrats, who prefer principle to strict
party ties. Indiana. for instance, was
unquestionably carried against fusion by
Democratic votes. He recognizes the
very great service performed by Dem
ocrats and independent newspapers dur
Ing the campaign.
Major Mckinley will endeavor TO see
collected n great national party that will
give prosperity to the country. He ex-
poets and hopes that men of all shades OF
former political belief will be united to
this end. have talked with some OF the
most influential of the old Democratic
leaders, and am glad to say they are i'm
a'toIu Win nluJOI MChlniey > hopes.
The first movement he will make Will
be to obtain sufficient revenue to conduct
the government Further issues of bonds
would be altogether too dangerous Busi.
ness prosperity and stability demand
that as soon as possible the government
should be on paying basis. To this end
an extra session OF congress win be neces-
sary. and President Mckinley will un-
doubtedly call one soon after his inau-
guration.
Legislation will be required 10 secure
the desired revenue, and Mr.. Mckinley
will do everything in his power % secure
It. as we'll as the legal establishment OF a
policy which will tend to put everybody
atwork. In all this he hopes, md expects
that he will be backed by patriotic men.
regardless Of party lines AS for myself.
j am not after any office. and will en-
deavor to attend to private business af-
fairs. which need my personal super
vision"
Mr.. Hanna was asked what Democrats
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
INDIANA's GRETNA GREEN.
Eighty-fve Eloping Couples Married In
One Month.

No city in America has made quite such
good record I'm the number of knots tied
for elopers as our own Jeffersonville, Ind,
the year past Last month there wero SO
such marriages Located on the Ohio
river, the town draws from two states and
has special attractions for the romantic
Kentuckians. The squires and ministers
are winning a reputation for the way In
which they dispatch the nervous lovelorn
who come to their doors A couple total
strangers in the city, will step from q
train or "a buggy or bicycles, and ask for
certain squire. They have read of him
In connection with his accommodations to
eloping couples So well, however, have
the magistrates arranged things that no
couple can manage to reach the city with
out having first been spotted by some OF
the numerous runners, who kindly volun-
teer TO escort them to the office of a magis-
trate. For this kindness the runner al
ways receives fee from the officiating
justice.
The justice having the widest reputa-
ton Is Squire John Hause, who occupies
neat Office just at the head of the ferry
landing, made conspicuous by the inviting
Sign, Matrimonial Parlefs, and other
placards showing 10 the public the nature
OF the business transacted by the justice.
During the last month at least 90 OF the
couples were united in the tie that binds
by this dignitary. The emoluments result
ing from this channel are from 81 TO f5,
and sometimes $40 each. A handsome In
como of from 800 TO 5000 per month 10
almost always assured him.
Many are the queer requests which ac-
company tho applications for the marriage
ceremonies. Recently one of the couples
wanted To be married while on their bi-
cycles, and the request was complied WITH
The scene was strange. The bridal couple
seated on wheels supported by friends,
with clasped hands, wero made one. An
other couple were married, by request.
standing under the approach of the Big
-Four bridge, which spans the Ohio at this
point Recently Squire Hause married
young lady who was the fifth and last
daughter In a family Of five girls and four
boys. all Of the girls having eloped and
been married, three Of them by Squire
Hause. indianapolis Journal
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Red Mon Celebrnted

Pender, Neb.. n Z. 9.-The Winnebago
Indians in Thurston county have grown
enthusiastic over the election returns,
and revelled in gorgeous feast and In
dian dance on the reservation Saturday
night. Many were In Pender. buying
Mckinley and Hobart buttons to cele-
brate with. Colored banners, bearing
the inscription Mckinley and Sound
Money" were exhibited during the sew
eral dances 10 the tune of the tom-tom.
in the hands fthe dusky maidens. The
feast and dance continued until the break
OF day
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No Faith In Pullman Town

Paris. Nov. AT meeting of the
Association OF Civil Engineers OF France
AZ address was delivered by Ernest
Hecht on the Town OF Pullman and the
condition OF the working classes i'm the
United States" Mr.. Hecht declared that
the results of his inquiry. on the behalf
OF the government. show that the town
OF Pullman. H.. must. from the working
mans point OF view. be declared "a fail
ure" Judging from the discussion
which followed. this opinion was shared
by many OF the French engineers pres
ent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
OmcIai Canvass Necessary.

Yankton. s. D., Nov. 9.-With the state
complete. except Hamlin and Mcpherson
counties, and unorganized counties in
the Sioux reservation Bryan has plu-
rality in South Dakata of 45. Hamlin and
Mcpherson counties will give Mckinley
pluralities, while the reservation counties
arc expected TO go for Bryan. 1t Will
take the official canvass to settle South
pakota's electoral vote.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
THE NEW ENGLAND R. R co

Passenger Train Service, Week Days
Corrected to Oct. II, 1896.
Trains leave PROVIDENCE a. follows;
For Boston-5:5O. IL 'S5 a. NJ; hErU6S n01p. m;
b;27 p. m
wALPoLE-5:s5, ii.55 a. m.
FRANKLIN-5:56, ii .55 a m IS 80 0. m
NILFoRD-5:55 IL sbs a. m; $3.50 p. m
ARLINGToN-Fl2.0 .06. 6:4S. $3.50 u. m
WEST ARLINGToN-Fl2;o5. 5,s6. F5:so .. m
KNIGHrsVILLE-- -Fi2 o., 6;l5, $50, sslI,lo D. m.
MEsHANTIcUr-F $40. Fs,oo a m; i2:oA
42i 6fj. $780, t7;i5, cell 10 p. m.
NATIcK. RIVER POINT. cENTREvrLLH
WAsHINGToN-6:4o, 800 q nj l:;0A 4;2s 5.4A
/ $3.50, '7;i5, "li:l0 p. IN.
CRANsToN, oAKLAwN-s.4o. $500 a m; i..oS
4;2a 6;46, $3.50, 7:i5. ''il;io p. m.
PONTIAC, ARorIC-ts;4o g. m; ia'os. l;25. s:4s.
$3.50. II 7:la "iislop. m.
oUIDNIcK-e:ic a nj l2:0s 6:A, $50, F7a.
ANTHoNY-sao. 800 a m; i2;c5. 4:2s 5.D s;sa
7:lS 's1i;iO p. m.
COVENTRY. srERLING-ea. $500 q m; l:24
7;i5p. m.
SUMMIT, GREENE. oNEco, MoosUp. PLAIN.
FlkLD-bip $500, a. m; 4;25. 7;i5 p. m.
. JEWETT CITY, CANTERBURY. SCOTLAND
VERSAILLES. BALTIC. SOUTH wINpHAM.
$50, $500 a. m; 4;25, 7:is p m.
wlLLlMANrlC-6'io, $500 a. M; 4:2o, 7:i5 p. u.
HARTIoRD-6;4o 300 a. m; 4s25, 7sl5 p IN
FIsHKILL& & NEWBURG-s;oO a. m.
NoRWICH-es4o, $500 a M; 4;25, 7:l5 D. m
WATERBURY, DANBURY-ss00 a. m
CHICAGO AID THE WEST VIA NEwBURo
AND ERIE R'Y-9:Oo A. m
PAsCoAG AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS
6;s5. $3.50 a. m; ssiO. 6:35, and ssll.l6 D. m
Returning leave Pascoag at 5s25. 7:2s a. M,
12:s0 D 10 and "s p. m
All trains leave from west end OF Union Depot
Providence.
"saturdays only s,ops on notice
W.k. BABCoCK. a. PA
in. KING. supt
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Absolutely pure, perfectly harmless,
and IN vsrisbly reliable are The qualities
Of One Minute Cough Cure II ever fails
In colds. croupano lung troubles. Child
rem like IL recsuse II il pleasant to take
and IL helps them.
Joseph !. Johnston's Pharmacy, sg3
Westminster street; Metzgers Pharmscy.
go Nortn Main street; Alfreds Pbsrmscy,
oil Eddy street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
N.bras,,a.s cabinet Cand,da,.

Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. s.-The livestock
men of Omaha and Kansas City, and the
west generally, have inaugurated a cam
paign 10 secure for Farmer" Samuel
Allerton the position Of secretary of agri-
culture In Mr.. McKinley's cabinet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09

OF note he had talked with on the subject
OF the future. Il do not wish TO name
them all" he said, but may mention
Messrs, w. c. Whitney and Abram S.
Hewitt, as examples"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
Looks Like Mckinley.

Cheyenne. Wyo., Nov. 9.--It is esti-
mated that returns from 1900 voters are
TO be received from the Big Horn coun-
try. AS this section is exclusively de-
voted to sheep raising. II is claimed by
the Republicans that it's returns will give
the state TO Mckinley, without a doubt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
WORCESTER DIVISION.

Trainsleave Providence as followsfor.
WORCESrER-6;35 texpl 1850 tacom, say
(accom.) I:3o a IN. faccom-); loo lsxy,,
4s2o texp. to Woonsocket). bas uoo sxpI
MILLyILLE si4a $50 II 80 q M; l;o0. 3s51
ti2o. 6;t5 s;bp. m.
sundays-6;5U. q. m; 6:6S. p. m.
BLACKSTONE JUNCTION-7;so, s:ls. s,io ioal
ii;so m: iioosa;So. s;SS. ssao. b;ia S;SA
sundsyss:s a M, A. is:o,. noon $50. b.sa s,oa.
xooSsocKEr-s.n. 7ru s.G. s.io. io:p.
i.s, q. m. l:oo iiso z;sa s:aa. l;2o. b;ia 6;la
Sundays s:su. q m. i2ioj noon. l:so sssa ysoa
ESQ., .. m.
WARREN AND BRISTOL BRANCH.
Leave PROVIDENCE india Street stationl for
FALL RIvEh- 7;so $780, 1850 a M; !: Q
2:jl AIS. $3.50. $780, p. sundays-9:00
a m. IA. $3.50 and $500 y. a.
NEWPoRT-7:D. $50, II: 0la. M; 80. $:l5. $50,
t;5o p m. lsundays-i2op INLAND E. $3.50
Warren and way stations T:Q s;W. and 1l:30
q NJ and i;so. a;bS, AIS. $3.50. s;so. 7iso. ana
Sundays at 800. a m. lao. $50 and $500 p m
BRIsTOL-I:30. $3.50 i1iso q m; l;so. 2;o5 4;i6
$3.50. t:3J. 7:s0, and IL $50 p M. sundays
s;l0 a. m. l:10. $3.50, s:Oo y. m
Electric cars leave Exchange Place: Providence.
at 7:l6 sub. Has q. m; i:i6. $50, 4;oL
6:l5. 6;1b. 7;l5. and ii;W p. m.
Leave Market Square AZ iitco pi m.
Sundays at s:+6 a m. 1:05, 6;15 and s:45 .. m
Returning connect with all trains
Sleeping cars only: coaches and sleeping
cars; all parlor cars; via Walpole Line.
River
Pss'r Trsfio Manager. Gen'i Pass'I Agent
Il. q. ALLEN. Gen'i supt
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ssnluekes $50 a m.
sTONINGToN DIVISION.

Trains leave PROVIDENCE as follows for
hkW YoRK-al:12 bl s2s a NJ tdailyl SEES fIoesA
Exp lO:go fexp.A ;0l tiimitedl ll,os q m-g
xUa t;ot, (daly). 500 p IN daily.
NEW fORh via stonington Line-7o3 and
o:li y. m. daily exec ut sunday
PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE and WASHING.
daily
NEW HAVEN sisi7. bi;73 A. m texp. daily, s,ol
uoc.exp.p l0;t5 texp.). ell 0i lipited, II :09 O. N
texp.L s;ys texp.J f:oi tExp dailyl e:of (exn
daily. e:l7 fexp. dai;y) p m.
NEW LONDoA--at:i2 bI:2s q m daily ex2. e:u
accom-. o:O5tloc exp.l 1000 fExpress) J. 10 10
local exp.L oli:oi iiimitedp. II .os - IN. texp.b
go accom- 2:os lexp.l. t;os tsxpress
aailJl slb accom- t:0i v m texp daily.
s:lT p. M lexp. dsilyJ $500 a. m. taocom-
Sundays only, $40 .. N uecom Sundays
only.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
TRAIN SERVICE FROM PROVIDENCE.
PROVIDENCE DIVISION.


"
BOSION sSi ,' isos @ a 'u4 % No. i
9 z;oi zVt Siss t;o2. t;Os. ss2i ss2a f.ss
slo' s;bs. io.e p. n. Sundays = b6;p s:sj
$40. a. m: 12;io os,4a, 4iie. sii0 I:Jo s:Ss
?. M hkIURNINe--Lsave BOSTON pon Park
hauare Station bi3.o1 6ifa $50 500 cip 9l
lo;oa l0iia a m.i I2.sS. los. 2:si s:0a s;ss
go. e;ge 5;ts. I;oo ssis. HAS y m sua-
days 6i2;.s, ds.lc. s:is nj i9iis s,0a asa
ATfLEBoRogs.1o. $50. s,ls, rOz s.ca $40. so,
1904 ilii0. o. m. i2s04. u.so. 2sel $50 ts0l
$40. Gs0a o;i0 7:l0 sii0. 1870. IislO %. m
sundays-5;4o. s:to. 6:5Q s;ia q. N. AZ no. 5:<A
$40. s;i9 eil0. 1a -. IN.
NOhph AFTLEBOk0 and PLAINYILLE--.s,f0 40.
sit@ h:sg n m; ssi0 s:o. il:ia p. IA
q ndRys--S:s6 y. m.
wAMPuM. wRENTHAM. NORWOOD CENTRAL.
NORWOOD ana DEDHAM-s:<. tro lisli
a, a m. $3.50, p. NJ; Sundays. 3i4s, o. m
MANsFlELD = ob:s0 Q. So. 7Sol ssol s;ol 1850.
a m E:o2 2s0t. 4;02 6e2. 7sI0. $40, 1910 n. Ia
sIndays-b5 $3.50. sslo. a MT 1870 tsiD.
fitahburG and way sistions $3.50 a. m, i2na aud
f:Oz y. m.
Lowell aud way stations. $3.50 "a m is:os. i:o2 Pm
taunton and New Bedford. $50. $40. a IN;
Hii0i s'so. Aio. e40 i0:l9 p m sundays
$3.50 a. m and $780, "a 40 .. IN Tau nton only,
hiodleoero t;fo. $40 N; l;tU 3,sa 4si0 Aso
49, m. Sundays 7;40 p. IN.
aymouth. b:fO, a m; i2.i0, 4;lo D. m
fosts ON Cape cod. ESQ a. m. n.io s.D
Cottage city. Gl,, io:o2, a. m.
Ekntucket $40 q m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09

NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.

Time tables giving full Information
as 10 local and through train serylc,
may DO obtained at Providence sia-
tion and stations below.
TDAIu cpnurcp rnn.. nnnu,r,x.,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09
HOUSES To LET.

TO LET-UPPER TENEMENT, 8 ROOMS and
bathroom; rent low TO right party, 2si Atwell's
avenue. now 76t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-Tailoress. 81 weybosset sire
room ID. +. Smith. n4-6
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pearance and good address TO travel with manas or
I ose having experience selling soods preferred !
reference ekpe cted. t1 Eddy street Room 10 nj 60
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WANTED-situatIon by competent woman as
sick nurse, in ment cases; best Of refer
ence. Nurse, so Dartmouth Avo.i mss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Solicitor at once. W. J
Keith's Amusement Agency. NI Mey ybosset street
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WANTED Position by drug clerk; several
years good experien nee; at present emp Dyed. Ad-
dress Druggist No. 1917 Hy att Street. Chester. Pa
nB Ct
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TO LrT-P Pleasant Furnished Room. two win-
aows large closet. gas, bath; 81 90 per week %
Bradford street. ne-st
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WANTED-Men and boys 10 collect names Of
residents for National Directory; $40 per 100
paid. National Directory, Camden, Nj. MOTT
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SITUATION WANTED.

WANTED-Position by strong, active young
man To learn a trade; plumbing preferred. Ad-
dress Mr.. L. s. Bradford, No. i7s orms street
Providence II l. nov7-6t
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TO LET-Small tenement 246 Eddy ST. So a
month. Call at 80 Elm Sc, Robert Muir. nj Ct
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.wANTED-Bables to board $3.50 a week. Apply
NJ X. M. SO Ashmont st n4tt
WANTED-An Idea. Who can think or some
simple thing to pstentS Protect your ideas;
they may bring you wealth. Write John
wedderburn a. Co., patent attorneys, Wash
list of 200 inventions wanted. s24 II
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WANTED-Capabie man 10 manage branch
once for reliable firm; salary Sl. 200 yeari 5000
ference fur nished; position permanent, address
Post once Box 3l2. Philadelphia. Pa. n66t
-First-cass. all-round electrician.
Apply Boston Electric Co.. s33 Westminster ST
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-09

TO LET-rwo large roomsi furnished or IN
right be l. nj l2t
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-26

spring, with their snowy sweetness next
year.
Crinums, pancratiums, hymeno Calls,
lycoris (and others of the Amaryllis fam
ily) here take the place of those belong.
ing to the Lilium family; IS, it is said,
the latter decline to flourish with the
exception of one or two) in Florida soil
and climate l have tried none of them
In open ground myself, and do not miss
them; there are so many plants to
brighten our homes hue, we can afford
to forego the pleasure derived from a
few tulips and lilies.
A bed of violets, if made in a shady
corner, or under the spreading branches
of tree will be a Ching of beauty" for
a long time. The blue ones are won
drously large and lovely, and the tiny
white ones spread fast
Crotolaria retusa, (now catalogued as
West India Rattle-box, known locally
as yellow Sweet Pea) should have a
place. 1t requires no care whatever
and produces it's spikes of golden, vel
vety flowers until frost or after.
NJ. G. MILLS.
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-26
FOE THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
The Flower Garden.

No doubt my ideas of flower garden
are somewhat old-fashioned; as are, l
admit, my notions upon a good many
subjects. l met with remark this
morning in an old and well-worn book,
(My School Botany. with which 1 agree.
GA writer on the culture of flowers OBJ
serves that florist may consider him
self fortunate, if, in the course of his
life, he should be able to raise six supe.
rior carnations; but the hope that such
success may crown his labors, he thinks
a sufficient stimulant to exertion. Such
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Tobacco as an Insecticlde.

"For some years. l have been using
and recommending tobacco dust as an
all round insect destroyer, says Joseph
Meehan, in the Practical Farmer. 81
use it in the greenhouse for lice (aphis)
in the open ground for the cucumber
beetle, plant lice, and for worms of ali
kinds, and sometimes In the henhouse
for lice, etc. 1t is surely one of the
swiftest of all insecticides we can apply.
l have usually applied it with the bare
hand, scattering it rather freely over
bushes and plants and around cucum-
Der, and squash vines, and even an inch
deep on the ground"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-26
The Fern Industry.

We learn from Massachusetts, paper
that about eight years ago a gentleman
in that state thought that it would be
profitable to have picked and placed on
the market some of the ferns which grow
in abundance in his neigh5orhood, and
from this modest beginning the business
has grown to such proportions that last
year he disposed of 7, 900, 900 ferns. Pre-
vious to 1886 the gathering of ferns in
their natural state was almost an I'M
heard-of industry. The few ferns put
on the market were raised in hot houses,
though few florists sent their men after
wild ferns. But now The Massachusetts,
ferns are shipped to every state and al
most every large city in the country.
and, strange as it may seem, there has
been no falling off in the trade during
the business depression, the demand con-
stanty exceeding the supply.
There are two varieties of marketable
ferns which always find a ready sale
the delicate leafed Clancy" and the
coarser dagger" fern. The season for
gathering and shipping the ferns is from
October to May1. Although now some
200 persons are engaged in fern picking,
only about sixty do 1T constantly. Good
pickers can earn from 81 to Sc day,
while the pay of others not so skilful
in finding the natural treasures amounts
to only So.
The ferns are brought in by the pick
ers, tied in bundles of twenty-five each,
and 40 cents thousand is paid for them
An average of 81 day is paid the pick
ers. The ferns not needed for immedi-
ate shipment are packed in low rooms,
containing each about 100000 ferns.
There are eight buildings containing
these rooms. The ferns are placed in
beds of 10000 each, dry moss is placed
between the layers, and the whole bed
is covered with wet moss. The greatest
care and daily watchfulness are needed
to keep the ferns from becoming heated,
and thus bleached or covered with white
spots. The ferns are invaluable to the
florist as they form a really essential
groundwork for designs, and they are
also available for general decoration
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
-
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Two Beautiful Flowers.
ITO BE CONTINUED.)

b. O. Orpet in paper read before the
Mississippi Horticultural Society: 1t
would seem as if lilies are not appre-
ciated as they deserve in our outdoor
effects. At Kew Gardens last summer
| was Impressed with the.freedom with
which they were planted, not only in
their natural orders, but among beds of
shrubs of low growth and evergreens,
especially rhododendrons, and the effect
was very beautiful, and would endure
for the greater part of the summer, as
the various species came into bloom.
These can be grown here with equal or
greater success. They are impatient of
dry soil in summer, or of one in which
moisture is excessive in winter, but in
ordinary garden soil they will thrive
with the greatest success.
No garden seems to be complete in the
early spring without selection of mar
cissuses. and taking the best, there are
no more reliable bulbs for garden use.
Many new kinds have been lately in
troduced, among which those of Span
ish origin, after Towering oEce, dwindle
away and rarely succeed in gardens.
But among those of hybrid or garden
origin there are few that will not sue
coed in American gardens, and these
hybrids and garden varieties are ty far
the best kinds.
There is phase of narcissus cultiva-
tion that is too rarely seen here; that is
their naturalization among grass in
wild or shady places. The Poets mar
cissus and those allied to it, and the
Incomparabilis section, and, in fact, all
those of starlike forms. are most eligible
for this purpose. For cutting for in
door decoration there are few to excel
Empress, Horsfeldii, Michael Foster
and William Wilks, all of which are BIZ
colors, and bloom IN succession. Count
ess Of Annesley, Emperor. Sir Watkin
and Princeps all belong to the larger
yellow Powered section, and to these
may be added the Incomparabilis and
Barrii sections, which are we'll adapted
to our climate.
1t is preferable not to plant these in
mixed or herbaceous border, but to keep
them in a separate border, which in
summer is planted with ANIMALS that
shade the soil from the burning sun.
The narcissuses are planted in rows,
sixteen inches apart, and the ANIMALS, |
such as stocks, asters, mignonettes, etc.,
are set between. When the ANIMALS are
cleared off in the fall, top-dressing is
given over all the beds, and this is all
the fertilizer they seem to require.
They should be lifted and replanted
every three years. 1t is quite in keep
ing with a herbaceous border to have
clumps of narcissus mixed here and
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are grown this is perhaps the best way,
but if the number of varieties is large
it is better to have them where labels
will not be disturbed, and where each
kind is near the other for comparison
Exchange.