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The Gold- veined Honeysuckle. — This, known 

 to the Englisti catalogues under the terrible 

 name of Lonicera (caprifolium) brachybotrya 

 aurea reticulata ! is one of the most useful 

 plants we have. It is well-known now, and is 

 common in nurseries. It is not only a beautiful 

 climber for delicate lattice work, but good use 

 can be made of its color for bedding combina- 

 tions. It makes a capital bordering for bed 

 work. For vases and trellis work it is also ad- 

 mirable. 



General Washington Rose. — Mr. H. B. Ell- 

 wanger, of Rochester, regards this as one of the 

 best Hybrid Perpetual Roses for that region. 



An Early Flowering Catalpa. — Mr. Suel Fos- 

 ter says there is a catalj^a from Richmond, Indi- 

 ana, perhaps the Teas' variety alluded to in our 

 columns, heretofore, which is much hardier in 

 Iowa than the common variety, and blooms ten 

 to fourteen days before the other one. 



Gaillardia Ambly'odon — Nat. Ord Compositse 

 — Linn., Syngenesia Frustranea. — Flowers crim- 

 son. "A very handsome October-flowering an- 

 nual, a native of sandy plains in Texas and New 

 Mexico, where it blossoms from the beginning of 

 Summer until the Winter's frost cuts it off. The 

 genus to which it belongs inhabits both temper- 

 ate North America and extra-tropical South 

 America, and consists of about eight species. 

 The present species was discovered by Berlan- 

 dier in 1827, and collected subsequently by Lind- 

 heimer in 1844, and by Drummond in 1845." 



La France Rose — Last year we noted the fact, 

 that the leading English Rose-growers regarded 

 La France as their best Hybrid Perpetual Rose. 

 Another year has passed, and new ones have made 

 their assault on the old favorite which, however, 

 still " holds the fort." 



Tritomas.— These beautiful half-hardy herba- 

 ceous plants — botanically perhaps more correct 

 as Kniphofias — have had many new species 

 added to the cultivated list, the past few years, 

 but the oldest, T. uvaria, is still one of the most 

 useful. It is planted in the Spring, but flowers 

 from early Summer till frost. 



The Common Silk Weed— Asclepias Cornuti. 

 — In old times we used to know this as Asclepias 

 syriaca, but we believe they are regarded now as 

 distinct. They are alike enough however to 

 make what is said of one concern the other, and 

 this is what the Journal of Horticulture says : 



"Asclepias syriaca appears to have been im- 

 ported in 1629, but has not found much favor 



amongst us. In its native home it is said to be 

 very odoriferous, charming the traveler when 

 passing through the. woods at eventide; it is also 

 said that it is eaten as a vegetable by the inhabi- 

 tants. The pods afford cotton, which the na- 

 tives collect to till their beds with. Parkinson 

 says, on account of the silkiness of this cotton it 

 bgars the name of Virginian silk. Asclepias 

 tuberosa is the most frequently met with in cul- 

 tivation, but it is by no means a common plant. 

 There are other kinds enumerated, and which 

 are worthy of being added to collections of ' old 

 and rare ' plants." 



We all recognize our old friend of our fields 

 and fences by the above, but there is one point 

 to Americans not noted in the above. To them 

 the creeping roots in the Middle and Southern 

 States are a worse nuisance than the Canada 

 thistle in the North. 



Ivy. — In the garden, Ivy is more extensively 

 used than formerly — the green free-growing kinds 

 as edgings to walks ; the closer growing kinds as 

 coverings for banks, rockeries, and rooteries ; 

 and the choicer sorts for staircase, hall, corridor, 

 and even conservatory decoration. For all these 

 purposes Iv^' is particularly worthy of being em- 

 ployed, while for covering low walls in almost 

 all sorts of positions and with all aspects, a col- 

 lection of the choice variegated kinds are ex- 

 treniely ornamental. 



As pot plants for associating with groups of 

 flowering plants, well-trained specimens of Ivy 

 are not only amongst the finest, but are the most 

 easily preserved and permanent of plants. How 

 effective are pyramids of Ivy was strikingly ex- 

 emplified at the great Show at South Kensing- 

 ton last year, when the nurserymen made the 

 grand and spontaneous offering of the best of 

 their collections, producing an exhibition which 

 has not been equalled in London for many yeai's. 

 Fine as were all the collections then exhibited — 

 rich, valuable, and rare as were many of the 

 plants composing the groups — yet no bank was 

 more strikingly ornamental and won higher en- 

 comiums of praise than the group of specimen 

 Ivies associated with Lilium auratum from Mr. 

 Turner of Slough. 



Ivies in a small state are also admirable for the 

 furnishing of window boxes, balconies, hanging 

 baskets for indoors and out, and the variegated 

 kinds for lively edgings of flower beds in Winter. 

 The uses of this plant in its several varieties are 

 so manifold that there is no wonder that the de- 

 mand for plants is increasing year by year, and 



