Show I 1 ir are ard ai x favat am r 7 ec na 40 4 3 ak vo ja 1 al 1 1 I 1 1 1 A it 4 44 A ifal r A unique arrangement of flower flowers and shel shalla MAKING SHELLS DECORATE there arc are so many places I 1 in n this country whore here shells arc are a part of the generous contribution of nature to the pleasure of mankind that it ought not to be difficult to take the bint hint that Is given la in a recent deer ration and use the shells in with flowers flo Ners to make a very eff effective ettive decorative effect in the picture a mere handful of simple flowers are made wonderfully onder fully attractive by the use of a fw faw shells to aid old the display such an arrangement Is 8 easily possible for a table decoration tho the shells can be used as often as you please the arrangement can be varied and the flower flowers changed for different affairs the idea Is one tant holds much opportunity for a clever woman of the house HYBRID WATER LILIES by L M bennington there are two distinct divisions of water lilies the groups are the diurnal flowering representatives of the subgroup subgroups and and nd the nocturnal flowering which are more ore commonly called night bloomers they are the representatives of the two lotus groups hen the bright augut days come the flowers of the day bloomers will open between seven in ho morning and seven in the evening if the weather Is dull and cloudy the pretty flowers floers infuse to open they stay in their covering 1 waiting malting for the but un to bid them go on parade before the world the night bloomers ore are not so sulky they begin opening tit t sunset and stay open until ten the following day and it the veather be cloudy and their day fellows are loafing on the job they take up the burden of ornamentation me and refuse reft ise to so go to bed led at ahr usual hour they will stay open the entire day when the eun sun Is not in tit evidence macy lovers of flowers flon ers consider that the night blooming lilies 1 are far sit to the day species the present day planta have resulted largely from insect pollinations and a number of experiments peri ments ts have been conducted nt at the missouri botanical gardens with a it 16 view to improving the day species pc clee the c and it its kin dred commonly found in gardens lacks a great deal of being the typical species the are crosses between the blue and the rose which have come largely from froin insect pollination they possibly also represent a trace of tho the Egypt egyptian lau cac cae rulea ruten the colors col ire of which range from deep blue to the tl darkest pink by ly examining tho the underside of the young leases leaves one may tell the colon of hue to be planted out the color shown under the young leaves generally gives some idea of the ululate color of the flowers the work at the missouri botanical garden has resulted in producing tw two 0 new varieties ono one Is the a pink flowered hybrid which has a large cup shaped flower well ell and said to be much the superior of anything of its type its flowers measure eight inches in diameter and som sometimes eUmes as many as halt half a doze dozea flowers are to be found at one time the sirs mrs edward whit aker in size shape and length of blooming period Is said to be superior to the old day bloomers in august the flowers measure as L uch as ten inches in diameter they are light blue and vell well the individual flowers last from four to six days and oil on the third day bleach to almost a pure white SOME PASSING NOTES thoroughly slaked lima lime may he be tried as a top dressing on the lawn hi in the fall and winter inter dose doses with one poud to each tilty square feet of law vive the best moultie ts promise to make up one ono of the most interesting cops or of year they bring 15 cents a pound in maine tho the farmers overage average bushels of potatoes to the tte TV while la in new york the production Is only 88 83 bushels to the ncr acra cisine tenths of the roadsides in the state of new york have no trees A western new york nursery nurseryman inan says that he has a group of tulipa that hae bloomed from the same clump of bulbs for 32 year yeam R A ft ZA Z A rl R l rr 11 M 44 14 AC P 1 1 0 W V 4 geraniums ma a fine showing in a long straight bed their varied walte pink and RJ blossoms and beautiful foliage are adapted to park beauty |