Show TREES AND FLOWERS MEN cutting ice at buxton boston me found a half balf blown water lily im bedded hi one af of pf the cakes it was thawed out pir pat in in a sunny window and soon bloomed out as handsomely as any lily of july tim THE douglas fir in british america is celebrated for its strength and straightness frequently en growing over three hundred feet high this is being largely I 1 exported to california where it is used ed in place oi of oregon go i n pine pie SOME boxe seeds men of new york have been selling bulbous plants just ready to bloom at about the price which the bulbs brought last autumn when purchasers hid them away in dark cellars from six to nine weeks in order to obtain a sudden splendor of blossoms in I 1 midwinter tim THE life 0 of trees is determined very largely by climate actual experiment has shown that the english oak for instance matures and consequently dies sooner in the united states than in in england the life 1 of one of these trees across the water is estimated to be a thousand and years and in america but I 1 tareq hundred A AN experimenter has discovered that nasturtiums will live and flourish but bloom sparingly in a sunny apartment where the temperature at night falls sometimes to or below the freezing point it has been found however that those neutral tinted nasturtium i a comparatively recent triumph of floriculture not only need more water than the ordinary nasturtium but also are much more sensitive to cold |