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[ October, 



covered with white lilac buslies, and all in full 

 bloom, and you will have something of an idea 

 of what we saw and enjoyed one day, when to 

 relieve the tired and over-burdened horses, we 

 climbed four miles of mountain road. Dr. 

 Kellogg writes us of this beautiful plant: "The 

 young twigs have the odor and flavor of the 

 8])icy black Birch of the Eastern States. One 

 acre of upland well stocked with the Birch is 

 sought after bj' shrewd dairymen as equal to 

 three of common lowland for the cattle to 

 browse on when the low pasture dries up. 

 Though it does not increase the quantity of 

 milk, it adds 10 to 16 per cent, to the butter- 

 most invaluable for stock when a very dry sea- 

 son occurs, or during severe Winters. The bark 

 of the root is becoming celebrated for various 

 diseases, chronic derangement of tlie liver from 

 miasma, obstinate diarrhiva, etc. The Mountain 

 Birch abounds in the Yosemite and many or most 

 parts of the middle Sierra Nevada Mountains." 

 — James Vick. 



LiLiuM Thunbergi.\num v.vx Houttei.— The 

 most brilliant of all the dark colored varieties of 

 Thunbergianum. This very new variety, intro- 

 duced from Japan last Spring for the first time, 

 belongs to the finest of this class and is undoul)t- 

 edly the pearl of the dark colored sorts. In 

 every respect it is worthy of the name of the 

 celebrated horticulturist, whose death is mourned 

 by the whole horticultural world. The flowers 

 are very large and of good form, bright dark 

 browMi, the veins still darker shaded, and with 

 blackish dots. It is fully surpassing the much- 

 esteemed Atrosanguineum grandiflorum and 

 Atrosanguineum maculatum.by its better shaped 

 flowers of brighter color and its more vigorous 



growth. The plant reaches 0,3 meter in height 

 and bears two or three flowers. ProVjably it 

 will flower more abiuidantly when it become* 

 acclimated in these regions. Without being 

 injured by it the flowers endure the strongest 

 sunbeams. We may with full confidence recom- 

 mend this magnificent Lily to every amateur of 

 flowers. — Krelage. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Hardy Yellow Rose. — " Hardy Rose," De- 

 troit, Mich., asks : — "Is there such a thing as a 

 perfectly hardy Yellow Rose? I am told that in 

 some Eastern gardens there is such a plant. 

 Would it be hardy here? You see my doubt is 

 as to a Yellow Rose hardy enough for our cold 

 Winters." [This, no doubt, refers to the Yellow 

 Briar. It is a golden yellow, with leaves some- 

 what of the form of the Sweet Briar. It is per- 

 fectly hardy, and is one of the most desirable of 

 flowering shrubs- — Ed. G. M.] 



Propagating Tree PyEONYS. — A. F. B.,Tarboro, 

 Mass. These are grafted on the roots of the 

 herbaceous ones. Half ripe wood of the tree 

 Pseony is used, and after grafting on the roots, 

 are put into a slight bottom heat. If the wood 

 is not too mature, they unite readily. 



Silver Thorx. — This (Elscagnus parvifolius) 

 has been tried extensively as a hedge plant by a 

 correspondent who dates from Hagerstown, and 

 who writes enthusiastically of the results of his 

 experiment. 



pREEN Souse and Mouse Gardening. 



SEASONABLE HINTS. 



We hope that those who want window plants 

 that will grow easily, will not forget what we 

 recently said about Amaryllis. As we are 

 writing this, a lady sends us a plant for name 

 that "blooms in her Avindow, without any 

 trouble, every year," and it proves to be the 



Vallota purpurea, which is the next thing to an 

 Amaryllis. Then for Spring there is the 

 Amaryllis formosissima, which can be had 

 easily at any bulb store, and should be planted 

 now. See cut on page 295. 



Lily bulbs are generally planted in the open 

 ground, but bulbs for flowering in pots should 

 be placed at once. Four or five-inch pots are 

 suitable. One Hyacinth and about three Tulips 



