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According to authors it varies very much in 

 different districts as our grape vines do here, and 

 hence there are many synonyms, authors hav- 

 ing supposed they had distinct species. In such 

 cases the rule is to take the oldest name, and 

 drop the rest. It is being advertised in England 

 as Vitis humulifolia; but as Thunberg's name 

 of V. heterophylla, is the oldest, it is the one we 

 must adopt. It so happens that the name of 

 heterophylla or various leaved, is quite appro- 

 priate, as our native-leaved Vitis indivisa is 

 nearly allied to it, and never has variously 

 divided, but always entire leaves. 



Our Autumns. — In England, a frost on the 

 24th of August, destroyed Dahlias and similar 

 things. Here, as we write on the 5th of Novem- 

 ber, we have Dahlias, Honeysuckles, Scarlet 

 Sage, Geraniums, in full bloom, and bright- 

 leaved Coleuses, and other things still giving a 

 charm to the garden. There are many beautiful 

 features in English gardening which make an 

 American's heart pine with envy, and our object 

 in making this comparison is to show that we 

 have some good things also. There are few 

 more enjoyable things in the world than an 

 Anierican garden in Autumn. 



Fall Colored Bedding. — One of the most 

 beautiful plants I' >r massing for Fall colors is the 

 common Dogwood, cut down and kept j)inched 

 low. It has a far more beautiful color than 

 when it grows up in the natural way. The deli- 

 cate wine color is quite equal to the dark blood- 

 colored Japan Maple. We are writing of the 

 Cornus florida. 



BioAUTY BY Moonlight. — The Gardener'' s 

 Chronicle says that one of the most beautiful 

 eights among trees, is a fine specimen of our va- 

 riegated Box Elder (Negundo), seen by moon- 

 light. 



Anemone japonica. — On the grounds of Mr. 

 Sam'l Chew, of Germantown, the*'e is a bed of 

 Khododendrons, and among them is planted the 

 rose colored Anemone japonica From the public 

 road the effect is just as if the Rhododendrons 

 w^ere in bloom. On the grounds of Miller & 

 Hayes there is a white variety also in bloom. It 

 is one of our best October flowers. 



The Crimson Boursault Rose. — We have oc- 

 casionally noted how well this variety is adapted 

 to the American climate. There is no more 

 beautiful sight than a wall of Boursault Roses in 

 June. Of course it is not an e > er-blooming rose. 



or it would not flower so abundantly when in 

 bloom. But it is entirely hardy in these parts, 

 and besides its vigorous growth has a fine green 

 foliage. 



Growing the Victoria Lily in the Open 

 Air. — Mr. E. D. Sturtevant of Bordentown, N. J., 

 grew a plant of this celebrity in the open air this 

 season, in a tank of brick 20x30 feet. He had 

 leaves over three feet in diameter. He proposes 

 to try to winter it without an expensive house for 

 the purpose. The experiment will be watched 

 with much interest, and its success earnestly 

 hoped for. 



. Wistaria Sinensis. — A correspondent of the 

 Gardener's Chronicle, says the Chinese Wistaria is 

 really indigenous to Japan, and not introduced 

 there as formerly supposed. It seeds freely in a 

 wild state. 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Mentha Gibraltica. — This is the newest 

 " massing " plant of the season in England. It 

 is a pale green, and has some resemblance in 

 odor to oin- native " Pennyroyal." 



New Weeping Oak. — A new weeping variety 

 of the Turkey Oak is -recorded as" one of the 

 latest valuable novelties among trees in the Eng- 

 lish gardens. 



Golden Tulip Tree. — The Golden Tulip tree 

 of Van Houtte has green leaves, but margined 

 with golden yellow. 



Pachystima myrsinites. — The writer of this 

 found the above-named plant growing luxuri- 

 antly in the mountains of Utah, but doubted 

 whether it would prove adapted to culture in the 

 Eastern States, and so made no special effort to 

 introduce it ; but we see that it extends far up into 

 British America, and so should do well with us. 

 It is a pretty dwarf evergreen, of the Celastracese, 

 of which our Euonymus or Burning Bush is a 

 familiar representative. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



The Ivy.— J. J. S. writes : — " Incidentally, 

 Mr. Editor, I notice it is generally conceded that 

 the Ivy proper is not exactly hardy in our Phil- 

 adelphia latitude. Permit me to say that my 



