78 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



odour, when drawn througli the hand, and its power of purifying the 

 atmosphere is said to consist in its draining the ground thoroughly 

 by the action of the roots, and in giving off this camphorous odour 

 freely. It would take too much space to speak of all the virtues 

 attributed to it, and I will proceed to show how it may be grown by 

 those who are desirous of having a few plants. 



The most simple and the clieapest way of obtaining a stock will 

 be to procure a packet of seed, costing a shilling, and sow in pots 

 filled with a light sandy mixture. The pots can be placed in a frame 

 or greenhouse, and in a comparatively short space of time the seed 

 will germinate, and as soon as the plants are a few inches in height 

 they can be put separately in pots of a small size. In a few days 

 they will be well established in the pots, and may then be placed 

 amongst the ordinary occupants of the greenhouse, or be removed 

 to the frames and put with the bedders. 



The Eucalyptus may be grown in pots for the windows or the 

 conservatory ; or it can be planted out in the flower beds or shrub- 

 bery borders, according to individual wish. If the plants are to be 

 grown in pots, they will require shifting, when well established, into 

 six or eight-inch pots, according as tliey may be required for the 

 window, or the conservatory. Use good turfy loam, leaf-mould, and 

 a small proportion of sand. Those intended to be planted-out will 

 require no shift, as they can be put out towards the end of May. 

 In the autumn they can be potted-up for the conservatory or left in 

 the border to take their chance. G. G. 



NEW AMEEICAN POTATOES. 



IREVIOUS to the planting season of 1873, Messrs. 

 B. K. Bliss and Sons, the well-known seedsmen, of 

 New York, offered prizes of 100, 75, and 50 dollars 

 re^^pectively for the produce of 1 lb. of seed of Comp- 

 ton's Surprise and E.cfra Early Vermo7it, two new 

 potatoes of which they hold the stock. The official report of the 

 committee has been recently published in the New York Tribune, 

 and is a most interesting document. The committee, which con- 

 sisted of Professor George Thurber, president of the Torrey Bota- 

 nical Club, Dr. F. M. Hexamer, and Mr. P. T. Quinn, appeared to 

 have had a rather difficult task ; and it is satisfactory to find that it 

 was dii-charged with so much ability. The committee report that, 

 owing to irregularity in making up the returns, or in not complying 

 with the regulations formed for the guidance of the competitors, 

 they were not able to notice several very heavy and remarkably fine 

 crops. After rejecting the returns that were irregular, or not pro- 

 perly authenticated, they made the awards as follows : — 



For the largest qimntity of Extra Early Vermont from 1 lb. of 

 Seed.— First prize to J. I. Salter, St. Cloud, Minn., 607 lbs., 100 

 dollars ; second prize to H. C.Pearson, Pitcairn, N.Y., 437 lbs., 



