Bedding Clematis

A Canadian correspondent says : "Those who have tried the clematis as a bedding plant, trained on the ground, will oblige me and many others if they will report their success through the medium of your Gardeners' Monthly, stating the position where they have done so and what varieties they prefer for this purpose. If they will succeed in this way they will make a fine display, and be very valuable in bedding, if they only make half the display they do when trained upright."

Flowers In Chicago

During the week before and after Christmas, Mr. Edgar Sanders estimated the following "cuttings" of flowers grown for market by the florists of Chicago :

"Roses, 77,000; Carnations, 82,000; Hyacinths, 32,000; Lily of the Valley, 10,000; Violets, 15,000; and Smilax, 12,000 strings; with eighty of the smaller fry to hear from."

One florist, J. C. Vaughn, reported as his October sales, 61,000 carnations, 10,000 roses, 6,000 tube roses, and 1,100 strings of smilax.

The "Smilax," - Myrsiphyllum Aspara-Goides

We note by the English papers, that the English florists begin to believe that possibly the American taste which makes use of such large quantities of this plant is perhaps not at fault, and that it possibly might be worth while for English florists to go and plant some.

Rose Caroline Goodrich

This, we suppose, tea rose, was raised by Mr. T. Walsh, gardener to F. Goodrich, Esq., Riverdale, New York. The flowers are of a deep red color, remarkably fragrant, and about two and a half inches in diameter when fully expanded. Mr. Henderson says it is unsurpassed in fragrance, the only deficiency being in the form of the expanded flower.

The Double White Bouvardia In Europe

The Journal of Horticulture says: "The Double White Bouvardia Alfred Neuner is becoming a great favorite with the florists and bouquetists in Covent Garden, and the flowers are now quite abundant in the windows there. It appears to be greatly appreciated for button-holes, and for this purpose the flowers are admirably adapted either associated with rose buds, violets, the single scarlet and pink bouvardias, and similar flowers. SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Curcuma Roscoeana

" B. T.," Reading, Pa., asks: "Will some one who knows, of your many subscribers, give the treatment of Curcuma Roscoeana? I have been growing it for the last four years, and have not been able to bring out its beautiful bracts which are so highly spoken of. I have grown it in a warm greenhouse, and outside in the hot sun. The growth has been large but the bracts would not come."