the most inclement weather and in the most Uninviting Places, is often seen during this month. By fastidious gardeners it is considered an undesirable visitor, and though impossible to exclude it altogether, if kept well in check during the winter it will be less troublesome in the summer months. The Push Vine is the toughest of all the Aspiration Vines, and under favorable circumstances attains a great height.

THE VALENTINE FLOWER

Lovelornia Desperatia

Epistolaria Family.

Blooms only one day in the year, but if the blossoms are tenderly kept they will retain their sweetness for a long time.

THE ASPIRA POETICA

This plant speaks for itself.

From seeds he'd stored in an acorn jar
He selected with care on the first of MAR

HEARTICULTURE

March

It is still too cold to set out the young Hope Plants. Hope poles for their support should be out in readiness and stuck in the ground at proper intervals. For this purpose the best poles are Spruce, or Heart of Oak, or if the Hope Plants live till midsummer, the Sea Beach. Weeping Willow, and Pine, of course, should be avoided.

Weeding must now begin in earnest, though it is as yet too early for the Gossip Weed and the poisonous Scandalwood.

Antipathy, another noxious weed, in its early stages often resembles Reciprocation, the very sweetest of all the early spring flowers. Even the Seeds of these two plants are so alike that one sometimes sows Antipathy when he thinks he is sowing Reciprocation.

Another pretty flower that blows chiefly in March is the Lingerie Plant (Frillia Fluffylacea), which makes a pretty display at exposed corners during the month. The snowy petals, with their lacelike edges, closely resemble those of the white carnation.

In Formal Gardens, the Frillia is not encouraged. There is, however, a variety known as the Washia, or Monday Plant (Laundria Familiensis), a weekly bloomer, common in Kitchen and Roof gardens. It is best started in tubs; but when ready to put out requires strong poles, supported by which it makes a brave show; but unlike the Hope Vine, it lasts only for a day or two before drying up.

THE WIND FLOWER

Brezia Varia

Amoria Family.

THE OVERDUE BILLBERRY PLANT

Creditoria Hauntia

Epistolaria Family

A persistent and knoxious weed which should be stamped out as soon as it makes its appearance. Thrives in the