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TIIF. GARDENER'S MONTH L Y 



\.Mciy, 



melancholy than the nofjlcctod jjravc yards one 

 sees so commonly in t ravelin'.' throui,'h the 

 country. " Honor tliy father and tliy mother," 

 ■was surely not intended to eease with their lives. 

 Of course, this care for the memory of the dead 

 often degenerates to vulgiirity ; hut all things 

 have their extremes. 



TiiK ExoLTSTi Daisy.— From time to time 

 the beautiful little English Daisy is taken in 



hand by the improvers, with new styles or at 



They are very beautiful spring flowers, but in 

 our country somewhat diHieult to keep over sum- 

 mer. They retjuire a cool soil and situation,, 

 such as a sunk pit , for instance. Though so many 

 Americans have heard of the Dai.sy, few have 

 seen it. The accompanying illustration will; 

 give them an idea of it. 



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NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



The Thick-leaved Elm. — The American 

 Agriculturist has a good word for the Ulnms 

 crassifolia. It was gathered by the Agriculturist 

 twenty-five years ago near San Antonio, and 

 was previously figured in Nuttall's addition to 

 Michaux' Sylva and named Ulmusopaca, though 

 in the Flora of Arkansas, he had already de- 

 scribed it as U. crassifolia. It seems likely to 

 be hardy enough to stand where the Maclurai 

 does, which is a native of the same State. 

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SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



The Baktram Oak. — Tliis rare form, named 

 by Michaux, Quercus heterophylla, is very much 

 desired by Mr. Eli K. Price, one of the Honora- 

 ble Commissioners of'Fau'mount Park, to help 



least, some new feature. In taking up Messrs. complete the Michaux Oak grove. If any one 

 Yilmorin's (the celebrated Paris seedmen,) cat- has a specimen that is transplantable, Mr. Price 

 alogue, we notice a fresh illustration of this fact, i would like to secure it. 



Green House and House Gardening.. 



COMMUNICA TIONS. 



AMONG THE ORCHIDS. 



BY MR. WM. FALCONER, CAMBRIDGE BOTANICAL 

 GAJIDEN, MASS. 



The following notes, written from memory, 

 are the result of a flying visit during the first 

 fortnight of December. 



There is no greater sign of the advancement of 

 horticultirre in the East than the increasing de- 

 mand for, and high appreciation of, Orchidete. 

 Anything and everything is not indiscriminately 

 grown, but the finest species and varieties, and 



the largest specimens are the most in demand". 

 Big specimens sell at a profit, but little plants 

 can hardly be got rid of at a sacrifice. Europe 

 and America are scoured for the treasures, and 

 direct importations from Mexico and South 

 America are often met with. In the interest of 

 some of our prominent orchid owners, J. S. 

 Rand, Jr., late of Dedham, Mass., is now on a 

 collecting tour to Brazil. The cultivation of 

 most of the tropical species is easier here than 

 in England, but when it comes fo Masdevallias 

 and some Odontoglossoms, we have either a deal 

 to learn or contend with, as regards growing 

 them compared with results in Europe. 



On entering the greenhouses at Menand's nur- 



