1877.] 



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The plant from which the flowers were taken 

 is planted out in a prepared bed in a rose house, 

 where it is a mass of healthy foliage, flowers 

 and buds. I have estimated there are upwards 

 of two thousand flowers and buds, in various 

 stages of development, on it at the present time. 

 It is about three feet high, and two and a half 

 feet through ; of compact growth, making a 

 handsome show. 



By the casual observer it is generally taken 

 for a Gardenia, but it differs from that well- 

 known genus in its producing its flowers in 

 cymes. As a flowering shrub it is more useful 

 than strikingly ornamental, for the flowers are 

 generally found nestled amongst the foliage ; 

 this is owing to the plant throwing out two 

 shoots — one on each side of the cyme — before 

 any of the flowers have expanded. It answers 

 very well to the description given to T. caiiiassa 

 in the Monthly for June. If the new comer 

 proves superior, in any one particular, to the 

 subject of this sketch, there is no doubt about 

 its being a very valuable acquisition. 



WINTERING EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. 



BY WM. FALCONER, CAMBRIDGE BOT. GARDEN. 



Last year we planted out a six-foot high plant 

 of the Bkie Gum tree, and lifted it an eleven-foot 

 specimen. Having been previously grown in a 

 pot it lifted with a ball, and we tied up its 

 branches loosely, and planted, or rather " heeled 

 in," the tree, in a sloping position, in a six feet 

 deep cold frame, which was ventilated on every 

 favorable occasion, throughout the Winter. It 

 wintered first-rate, without the loss of a leaf, 

 and now again it is out, a big and thrifty tree. 



A NEW USE FOR THE LADY BUG. 



BY C. J. H., CHAMPAIGN, ILL. 



While we have been looking for some safe, 

 sure and cheap remedy for the green fly as it 

 attacks our plants in the dwelling house where 

 tobacco smoke cannot be easily used, lo! a 

 panacea, in the shape of our lady bugs, is at 

 hand, and answers the purpose precisely. A 

 gentleman of our city, having a vine which was 

 covered with the pests (green flies), took up a 

 handful of the lady bugs, and placed them on 

 the plant one evening. The next mornmg not 

 a green fly was to be seen. All were devoured, 

 and so perfect was the work done that not one 

 has been seen since. Cannot we make still more 

 use of them ? 



REMEDY FOR SLUGS. 



BY MR. J. M. JORDAN, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Permit me to say to florists, who are troubled 

 with slugs destroying plants, that they can be 

 easily caught by spreading leaves of lettuce on 

 the benches, or among the plants. They eat 

 it in preference to any other plant, and it seems 

 to stupify them so that they can be caught in 

 the morning. 



NOTE ON THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS. 



BY' J. J. N. 



The Night-blooming Cereus isn't always "night 

 blooming," in the common acceptation of the 

 term. A variety (most probable the eredus) 

 blossomed this year on June 5th, and at nine 

 o'clock the next morning they were fully ex- 

 panded, though they withered soon after. It 

 gave a second course of blooms June 30th, and 

 they were open at seven o'clock p. m., and re- 

 mained till eight A. M. the next day. Was it not 

 due to the low temperature of the house, it not 

 being more than 60°? 



REINWARDTIA TRIGYNA. 



BY F. 



One of the brightest and best of winter-bloom- 

 ing plants, a native of the mountains of India. 

 It will thrive in our coolest greenhouses, but to 

 enhance its merit and secure its worth, warmer 

 Winter quarters is desirable. Its flowers are 

 bright yellow, fully an inch and a half across, 

 and are profusely borne on old plants, and even 

 three months' cuttings bloom freely. Now is 

 the time to prepare for Winter. A stubby 

 growth in Summer, and a 50° to 55° in Winter 

 suits them admirably, and, as they finish bloom- 

 ing, they may be transmitted to a colder place. 

 A succession may be had by timely introducing 

 from a cooler temperature to a higher. They 

 are not particular as to soil, but frequent syring- 

 ings are beneficial. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Plumbago Larpent.ti:. — We are pleased to ob- 

 serve that this herbaceous perennial is receiving 

 extended attention. The intense blueness of its 

 flowers can hardly be surpassed, and then it 

 blooms so freely in late Summer and Fall after 



