ARER WEED

_Ruralia Suburbae_

OWN-YOUR-OWN-HOME Family

In appearance this plant is a sort of combination between the Hayseedia
and the Storeclothesia. A quick growing running vine. Trains everywhere.
To be found all along the railroads. Very plentiful about New York.
Seems to flourish wonderfully in little hot houses.

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ENGAGEMENTS

_The poor little flowers looked so dry
He watered them well on the first of_ JY

HEARTICULTURE

July

The Falling-Star Flowers and the Rocket Climbers, two well-known
varieties of the Firewort family, make a beautiful show this month; the
latter especially, which rapidly attains a great height. The Firewort
family are all night bloomers, and related to the _Patriotica
Americana_. Great care must be taken in their raising and plenty of room
allowed for their expansion; for if checked at the time of blooming,
they are very dangerous and sometimes even fatal in their effect.
Children especially should never be allowed to handle them.

The Evening Chaperon is fashionable and useful, but like the Wallflower
should be planted in out-of-the-way places, such as the other side of
the wall or gate.

Perhaps there is no more familiar or popular summer annual than the
common or Garden Hammock plant or _Swingia_ (_Embracia Pendulosa_). It
is seen at its best in the evening, often blooming late; sometimes it is
called the Night-Blooming Serious. Though a composite flower, when at
the full the two heads are often so close as to be mistaken for a single
one.

Another night-blooming plant is the Serenade vine (_Mandolina
Nightbawlia_),--a climber encouraged by some, but regarded by others as
a nuisance. Unlike other vines, it cannot stand wet weather. A sudden
rain, the spray of a hose, even a pitcher of water, will choke it off
altogether.

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THE HAMMOCK VINE

_Sitclosia Pendulosa_

MOONBEAMIA Family.

For best results should not be planted very close together.

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THE PITCHER PLANT

_Mittifolia Curvia_

This must not be mistaken for the

ICE PITCHER PLANT

_Magnicranium_

A morning glory.

[Illustration: NOTES _on_ EXPERIMENTAL WORK]

_With a knife made out of a beetle's claw
He trimmed his plants on the first of_ AU

HEARTICULTURE

August

There is little work for the Hearticulturist in August. If the Gossip
Weed and Scandalwood have been kept in check, the young Heart Gardener
will have ample