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by M. <'li:ul.> Hiibt-r in Auirust. Ih7'». The 

 plant forms a soft-woodi-d, vitv vij^orons nhnjl), 

 often <:ro\vinLr to the heiiilit <>f .'< ft., or men 

 more. Th*- llowors are cxtrcnu'ly iUtun<l:iiit •, 

 they are covered all over with lijrht down, and 

 are sli<i;htly <jibbo»is. or slipper-shajied. From 

 its vi<;or, the abnndance of its bloom, and the 

 len<jtb of time it keeps in tlower, the Cuphea 

 Roezli will be much sonixht after for the orna- 

 mentation of eold cjreenhonses in th«r elimate of 

 Paris, and for gardens in the open air in the 

 south of France. If grown properly, there is 

 no doubt that this plant will soon be common in 

 our markets. Planted in good time in the open 

 air, in a well sheltered and sunny position, the 

 Cuphea Roezli, which a very free flowering plant, 

 will begin to bloom in the course of the Sum- 

 mer, and continue to do so without interruption 

 right into the Winter. The plants, however, 

 must be well protected from frost. This species 

 of Cuphea may, according to circumstances, be 

 cultivated as a biennial by leaving the plants in 

 the open air, as is already done in the case of 

 ^eve^al greenhouse plants, such as Pelargoni- 

 ums, or it may be looked on as a greenhouse 

 plant proper, and re-potted and pruned in the 

 spring according to the purposes for which we 

 intend it. — Garden. 



Xeav Geraniums. —New varieties are out in 

 force. Besides those offered by W. K. Hams in 

 our last month's advertisements, there are two 

 in the West of some promise. Fanny, a bronze 

 zonale, tlower salmon color, and Ralph, with 

 crimson flowers. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Hyacinth Blooming.— R., New York City, 

 asks : "What has been on an average the re- 

 sult of Hyacinth forcing this year ; do they 

 all remain behind the general run, or is it 

 more so in those regions of our country where 

 the winter has been wet and the skies over- 

 cast? I have taken a short trip over the 

 West last month, and found the Dutch Hyacinths 

 very backward. Around here I have hardly yet 

 seen what to call a j^»e blooming specimen. The 

 same report I read in the last number of the 

 London Gardener's Chronicle. lean only ascrilie 

 it to the blight which damaged the foliage of the 

 Dutch Hyacinth last May, before the bull) had 

 time to fully develop and mature. The Dutch- 

 men themselves did not seem to know what to 

 make of it. when I saw them last June, as tbev 



said the oldc^ growers <lid not recollect such an 

 event. They certainly apj)eared very much <'ast 

 down about tht-ir ])rosi)e(ls to raise a large cro])' 

 for this season : and so far I hear it corroborated, 

 (hat fewer Hyacintli bulbs have been phuited in 

 Holland last fall, for the season of IHTS, than has 

 been done in otbir years. Other bulbs 1 saw. 

 were doing wtdl on an average. *" 



[No flowers have Idoomed as well generally 

 this winter as usual, j>erhaps owing to the 

 absence of snow. The more light the more 

 flowers; the more snow generally the more light.. 

 We merely offer this as a guess. — Ed. G. M.] 



Flowers in Milwaukee. — T.(i. A., Milwau- 

 kee, AVis., writes : " Camellias, Azaleas and 

 Oranges; this class of plants do not appear to do 

 well here. Florists and others get them in a 

 very good condition from the East, but a few 

 years generally uses them up. I have got some 

 from Mr. Buist, and others have some from Mr. 

 Dick and other florists, all of which came in toler- 

 able good condition, but they are now in thi'ec 

 jears nearly worthless. In fact, I have seen none 

 in Wisconsin in a good, healthy condition. The 

 same maybe said of the Rhododendron. Is the 

 cause attributable to atmosphere, or soil ? I 

 believe it would be of great service to many 

 gardeners here, to get some light on the matter 

 through the Gardener's Monthly. 



[Years gone by, the Editor has seen excellent 

 Camellias at Milwaukee. No doubt it is but 

 some temporary and local cause that those you 

 refer to do not do Avell. It is probably no per- 

 manent cause. — Ei). (t. M.] 



Butterfly Flowers. — While our coriopon- 

 dents are teaching us how to grow Butterfly 

 Orchids, Mr. Rolker, of New York, sends us 

 sam})les of paper butterflies, looking so nnich 

 like real living things, that even one "in the flesh"' 

 might take them for brother '"flies." They 

 are used to give life to boquets and floral work. 

 and must have the full effect desired. 



Double White Oleander. — Mrs. W., Woi- 

 cester, Mass., kindly writes : " In your num- 

 ber for September, I noticed ' E.' intjuires 

 under scraps and queries, page. 2(iS, if there 

 is realh^ a double white Oleander. In reply,. 

 I will say, I have a double white Oleander- 

 which bloomed fully for the second time, last 

 summer ; it was a slip three years since. There 

 arc now five stalks, from one to two and a half 

 feet deep, each with a branch of buds. A friend 

 from whom this sliji came, has a plant equally 

 vigorous." 



