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Show JFlorfcuIturc From time to time we shall give illustrations of flowers and plants tint ?ill b.e beneficial in adorning and beautifying the horaea of lovers of the .-sweet scented and frngrant flowers, ' and such items and descriptions as will be useful to the novice, in their cultures ' Ariiavanthus. The Araaran-thus Araaran-thus embraces a large class of plants,- mainly valuable for their ornamental "'.. foliage, the leaves of most varieties i beinsr highly colored, while in some , the form as well as color is desirable. I ..-... The present popular ity of ornamental i eaveu plants lor beading out, renders I '..ibis class more than usually interest I ing. Our cuts show the most valua- I ble sorts. The drooping; flower, (cu m ; shows A. caudatus, sometimes! J called Love Lies Bleeding, with ra- II ;UVoemes of flowers often 2 or 3 feet in I length. Cut 2 represents Bicolor, -Tricolor and Melancholicus ruber, ;( I- differing only in olor. Out 3 shows . n!;part of a branch of the beautiful t'-. Sunrise, in our opinion, far more "or- V, namental than any other variety, II -V . ' The Tropaioliim majus, or' Nftslur-j t ! ' tinms, are among our very cleanest j and prettiest and best Climbers. They require but little care, for seed sown J -cinthe spring of the ye-r in any fair 'I I...- garden soil will produce plants ten or j c " twelve feet in height before utumn. v.'i They do not require een a rich soil. V They bear hot and dry weather very I 1' Well, and we believe are not troubled . bv any insect, for the steins and le ves .. .contain a pungent juice they do not "I i:- like. In some places young shoots H 1 are used as a salad, and the seed pods H are considered a ver.y good substitute H t . . for Cress. There are several yarietes, I ' differing as well in. the color of the I foliage tfs in the floyvi r. The leaves - 0f some are very light transparent green, while in others they are very d:irk,almost,)purplisb. The flowers ae of almost 'all 'shades ofnyellow, Hearlet, striped and! spotted. The climbing Tropyeolum is an excellent plant for baskets, vases, &c, and can even be used f.r beddi"p by pegging down the bronchos occasionallv. Our engraving shows the flower of Tro pseolum majus nearly natural size. . A-. vtefc i i . . i . |