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num. He also received a special reciuest to col- 

 lect for II. K. II., (lie Grand Diuliess of Hesse, 

 a bouquet of Krica tftralix and Erica i-iiierca to 

 take away with her on leaving Eastbourne. He 

 packed it for her, also the Drosera for the Royal 

 children, and the wild tlower.s to take to Ger- 

 many, with the tickets attached, with English 

 and Latin names, as mementos of tlie visit to 

 Eastbourne. Their Royal Highu^jsses were so 

 much pleased with the Drosera that Mr. Coss- 

 tick has promised to send a packet of seed to 

 their residence in Germany. The Grand Duchess 

 presented him with a group portrait of the Royal 

 family of Hesse."" 



"Winter Greeneries at Home. — By Rev 



Dr. Johnson,— Xew York, published by the 

 Orange Judd Company. — We learn by the pre- 

 face that Rose and Lih- Richmond, Mary Miner, 

 Jenny "Weeks, Daisy Bm-ritt, and Miss Flora 

 united in asking Uncle Edw^ard to write an ac- 

 count of his successful window gardening, and 

 that this work is the response. "We were rather 

 surprised that Pitttburg ladies should have to ask 

 a man how to grow window flowers, for here in 

 Philadelphia the women beat the men at this 

 pleasant work, and there are not a few good 

 gardeners who often feel a little envious that 

 with all their skill, the women in their windows, 

 have better plants than they, with all their 

 greenhouses and conveniences can produce. 

 However, it seems there are men who can, for 

 all, teach the ladies a little more than they know 

 about these things, and Dr. Johnson is certainly 

 one of them. "Window gardening just now, 

 especially, is attracting marked attention, and 

 this beautifully printed and pleasantly chatty 

 book is just timely and very welcome. 



The title "greeneries" strikes the ear 

 strangely at first, and one is half disposed to re- 

 sent it; but after all, "greenhouse" must 

 have sounded just as odd when originally intro- 

 duced •, and it is about as appropriate as window 

 garden, or any other term in use. And then it 

 conveys a ])etter idea of Avhat we can do wuth a 

 window; for we can have "window green" when 

 we may not have " window flowers," and Ave 

 have often expressed our wonder in these pages 

 that more attention was not given simply to 

 green leaves and half-hardy things. To us, it is 

 not among the least of the many merits of this 

 little work, that it shows how very much may 

 be made of foliage alone. Perhaps some of the 

 practical directions might bear comment. For 



instance, where we are told that it is only neces- 

 sary to transfer the J^ily of (he Valley from (he 

 garden to pots, to get them (o flower well in (he 

 "Winter time. Roots of (he Lily of the Valley, 

 matured in other countries, flower thus ea.sily; 

 but we have known of many attempts to flower 

 American roots this way, and they have never 

 succeeded that we know of. The usual practice 

 is to grow them in pots or boxes one year first. 

 Again we were surprised to read that " in the 

 case of red spider, drowning will be more 

 convenient. Keep the stems submerged for an 

 hour." Some years ago the writer of this imag- 

 ined they could be; tkowned, and put half a dozen 

 of Gardenias covered with both red spider and 

 mealy bug in a barrel of water, under a spring, 

 for forty-eight hours, but of neither insect could 

 a single dead one be found. Again the " con- 

 stantly moist atmosphere" recommended to 

 keep down red spider on room plants, is not 

 very easily secured. But practical experience 

 always differs. People will not want to criticise 

 this pretty book from this stand point. It is 

 full of very useful hints that every window gar- 

 dener may profit by. 



The Hog. — The Varieties to Raise, Gen- 

 eral Management and Diseases— By Dr. 



Thomas Pollard, Commissioner of Agriculture 

 of Virginia. — "We have received under this name, 

 what seems to be a comprehensive treatment 

 of the subject. In 77 pp., pamphlet form. 



Preliminary Studies on the North 

 American PYRALiDiE — By A. R. Grote, from 

 the author. — This is a part of the report of 

 a commission that has been of immense service 

 to American science. In this, Mr. Grote gives a 

 full account of t^e new Zimmerman Pine Pest, 

 Pinipestis Zimmermanii, a very destructive 

 insect to the red and white Pines. Besides 

 these natives, it attacks the Scotch and 

 Austrian imported Pines. " The wounds occur 

 on its main stem, usually below the inser- 

 tion of a branch. On cutting into the bark 

 beneath the exuding pitch, the larva may be 

 found, which measures about eighteen milli- 

 metres when full grown. The head is shining 

 Chestnut brown, with black mandibles. The 

 bod}' is livid or blackish green, marked with 

 series of black dots, each giving rise to a single 

 bristle. The prothoraic shield is blackish. Thef 

 larva has three pair of thoracic or true-jointed 

 feet, and four abdominal or false feet, besides 



