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biatae. A native of rocky hills in New Sonth "Wales. A glabrous shrub, three to 

 four feet high, with linear leaves and pretty blush white flowers. 



Ci^sTRUM ELEGANS, Purple Rabrothamnus {Bot. Mag., t. 5659). — Solanaceae. 

 This fine Mexican slirub is equally to be valued for its brilliant rosy carmine tubular 

 flowers, and its grape-like clusters of deep purple berries. It is one of the best 

 plants known for a mixed collection. 



Agave xylonacantha, Wood y-thorned Agave {Bot. Mag., t. 5660). — Amaryl- 

 lidese. This is a native of Real del Monte, Mexico. It is steraless, the leaves spread 

 all round. They are two or three feet long and three to five inches broad, tliick, suc- 

 culent, but neither keeled, striated, nor ribbed ; glaucous green, margin beset with 

 flat-lobed spinous processes. Scape nine to ten feet high, flowers in a dense raceme 

 three to four feet long, clustered in twos and threes, perianth and ovary green, fila- 

 ments and anthers yellow. 



GARDEN GUIDE FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Kitchen Garden. — In very early and well-favoured districts, turnips may be 

 sown on land lately cleaned and in good heart, but it is useless to sow in cold 

 climates, or where the land lies low and damp. Collards must be planted out rather 

 thick, they will be of great service when the Brussels sprouts and other late autumn 

 vegetables are over. Ti,ose who sowed runners late will now have abundant sup- 

 plies, which will continue till frost makes an end of them. Keep all plantations 

 clear of weeds, and thin winter spinach where the plants touch, but otherwise leave 

 it rather thick, on the speculation that winter will thin it. Plant out a few rows of 

 lettuce and broccoli under a warm wall. 



Floioer Garden. — Evergreens of all kinds may now be planted, and if the work 

 is well done, the plants will scarcely feel the check, as they will make plenty of new 

 roots before winter. Plant hardy herbaceous plants of all kinds, look after ripe 

 seeds of choice things in good time, and secure stock of bedding plants, if the 

 quantities required for next season are not yet made. 



Fruit Garden. — In gathering fruit it should be remembered that fruit full ripe 

 does not keep long. Yet it must not be gathered until the ripening process has 

 commenced, or it will be inferior in flavour, and equally quick iu perishing. This 

 is a good time to plant strawberries. Bush fruit required to hang late should be 

 netted, to protect it from the birds. 



Greenhouse and Stove. — Cinerarias, primulas, and many other subjects now 

 coming on for winter flowers, will require to be shifted on. It is the worst possible 

 practice to keep such things a long time starving m small pots. Get all the houses 

 and pits cleaned, glazed, painted, or whatever else requires to be done to make 

 them right for the winter. Lessen the supplies of water to all hard-wooded plants 

 that have been turned out of doors, but take care that none of them suffer. 



*** Past issues of the Floral World contain copious calendars of operations, 

 and the Gakden Oracle has a complete and concise calendar, adapted for reference. 

 For these reasons, the " Garden Guide" will be on a contracted scale this year. _^ 



NEWS OF THE MONTH. 



The ExHTBiTiONS or the Past Month have been quite equal to the average, 

 and in many instances provincial societies have manifested mote than ordinary life 

 and spirit in the conduct of their exhibitions. At Peterborough we were grati- 

 fied to see stove and greenhouse plants, roses, pelargoniums, and ferns in great 

 plenty and vaiiety ; and a spirited competition by ladies in a class for dinner-table 

 decorations. JJr. Porter and the Rev. G. W. Thomas were particularly energetic, 

 and they contributed beautiful groups of achimenes, gloxinias, balsams, orchard- 

 house trees and ferns. The judges, Messrs. Pearson, F. Smith, and S. Hibberd, 

 selected from amongst a great number of bouquets one contributed by Mrs. 



