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Show THE CHINESE NATIONAi." FLOWER. lit the year 187S there were many allusions made in the papers, ntout ji wonderful flower-from Ghina. l,overs deflowers were getting' excited, and were'Very nhx'ious'to procure a plant TheYir-g'inia TheYir-g'inia City (Nev.) JLerritorial Enterprise speaks thd"s, in an article about the flower : '.'The Chinese plant them in-season to have tlietn bloom on their Ne;w Year. The bulbs ate . all brought from China. The Chinese sayvtlnit there is but one place in China where they grow wild and naturally. natural-ly. The Chinese not only love the flower themselves them-selves but arefalso pleased to see it growing1 in the hoi(ses of their .employers.. They say it will j only grow and blossom well for the good, and have many superstitious npt:ona.in. regard' to it. The Chinese laundrymen frequently present these plants to their customers, and at every visit after, they have seen tlieni properly planted stop to trim Itlu-m and give them some, little .attention To for-bi"(f'the for-bi"(f'the importation of these bulbs would probably drive all the Chinamen o,ut of the country." When the American Botanists saw this beautiful beauti-ful flower, they knew it to belong to the Narcissus Narcis-sus family. Our, cut exhibits one of these flowers. POLYANTHUS NAKCISSUS. Mr. James Vick, (from whom we obtained the cut,) in his FdwEri and Vegetable Gakden, says of this 'flower : 'The Polyanthus Narcissus is not qiiite hardy in this climate, unless planted in a sandy'sdil, arid 'well covered before , winter,-and winter,-and then Often Tails; farthet South it it does well. For flowering in pots i'n the house the Polyanthus, Narcissus is unsurpassed, and nothing can .be more satisfactory for tfns purpose. It will also fldwe'r well in glasses of water, like the Hyacinth, and i t is desirable to grow a few in this way, yet nothing looks so'" natural and nice, as a good healthy plant-in a'Tieat pot of earth, and. no other method leaves the bulb in a sound, 'healthy condition condi-tion for the'hext season.'" M. ' - - ' |