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new Weigelas, zonaled and chenayed on big leaves 

 through every shade of green nnd bronze, of 

 white or golden tinge. Why not? If not in our 

 time, still it is coming soon. That taste for flow- 

 ers, that thirst, so readily supplied but never 

 quenched, by the facilities of the mail ; that joy 

 in floral home adornment and the gardenesque, 

 80 indexed by our rich and well thumbed cata- 

 logues, by paths richly stored with floral wealth 

 — a joy becoming every day so spoken in a 

 thousand ways, over the advent of new blooms 

 and plants of mark — tells me that sure welcome 

 will beget the coveted advance. 



One thing let every lover of the Weigela note. 

 The bloom of this plant is so profuse, that it 

 thirsts when in flower for abundant water. Not 

 only the richness, but the lasting of its bloom, 

 is wonderfully aided bj"^ a perfect deluge. Not a 

 pail or two dashed around, but if possible, where 

 you cannot call on the public water, a barrel full 

 on end, slowly yielding its supply, and again and 

 again renewed, will well repay all your trouble. 

 Around that Desboisi, when in bloom, I soak the 

 ground wide out from the spread of its limbs. 

 This is partly the cause of its lasting and brilli- 

 ant show. Most flowers love abundant moisture, 

 but the Weigela is a perfect glutton in drink. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII. 



BY. J. M. 



It is only a few days ago that a friend said to 

 me, that he did not think this Ampelopsis was 

 hardy, as his plants appeared to have been 

 injured by the Winter. I have found it to 

 be perfectly hardy. I have one planted in the 

 worst possible place for a tender vine — the 

 Southern side of my house. It has been out 

 two Winters now. Examining it to-day, I find 

 it uninjured by the late severe Winter, and it is 

 pushing from the extreme end of its branches; 

 and this, too, although the sun has been shining 

 on it every clear day during the Winter. This 

 seems to prove its hardiness. I am glad this is 

 80, for it is certainly one of the best vines we 

 have. It clings to the wall so closely and so 

 tenaciously that the fiercest winds do not dis- 

 lodge it, nor can it be pulled down without 

 breaking it. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Evergreens at St. Louis. — The various kinds 

 of arborvitses had much of their foliage injured 



by the severity of the last Winter. Retinospora 

 obtusa and pisifera stood remarkably well. 



LiLiUM CATESP.iEi. — This pretty little Southern 

 lily, Messrs. Krelage say, does not endure out- 

 door culture in Holland, but is a choice bit for 

 greenhouse culture. This hint may serve North- 

 ern gardeners who have mostly failed with it in 

 the open air. 



German Asters. — Queen Margarets, the French 

 and Germans call them, still undergo improve- 

 ments. One of the latest is a race which, under 

 each flower, has the leaves arranged as if they 

 were the edgings to a bouquet. The whole plant 

 in blossom looks like an artificially arranged bou- 

 quet of asters, with the green leaves arranged 

 through the head. They are called " Bouquet 

 Asters." 



Abies Engelmanni. — We have recently exam- 

 ined growing plants of Abies Menziesii, from 

 Colorado, and plants from seed from the Pacific 

 coast, and there seems to be a diff"erence. We 

 have also compared a plant of Abies Engelmanni 

 from a graft cut and worked on the Norway 

 Spruce, with the " Rocky Mountain Abies Men- 

 ziesii " of our gardens, and see no difference, 

 though the one is a small plant and the other 

 large, and that may be something to be con- 

 sidered. The Abies Engelmanni we thought 

 we saw in Boston has been pronounced " to be 

 Colorado Menziesii " by Dr. C. C. Parry, we un- 

 derstand — and no one should know better than the 

 one who first discovered the Engelmann Spruce 

 — but from the facts we have given, we fear there 

 must be a mistake somewhere. We will not 

 say there is, but as there is already so much con- 

 fusion in coniferous nomenclature, we may at 

 least invite a " suspension of opinion " for a 

 little while yet. 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



LiLiuM HuMBOi.DTii. — This beautiful Califor- 

 nian Lily has already produced numerous varie- 

 ties in the hands of the Dutch culturists. Messrs. 

 Krelage already announce seven named and dis- 

 tinct varieties. 



Leucophyta Brownii.— ^ Neiv Silver Bedding 

 Plant— Mr. W. C. Barry gives the following to the 

 American Agriculturist : — 



" Ribbon gardening and carpet bedding have 



