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windows, and one can see when anything goes 

 wrong. Palms delight in being planted out in 

 the open ground in summer in a warm and not 

 too dry a place. 



The Monthly belongs to its readers and its 

 contributoi-s. The editor is their servant, and 

 takes pleasure in doing all he can for their 

 pleasure and information. — Ed. G. M.] 



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Fish Hook Cactus. — A lady from Virginia 

 writes ; " Will some of the readers of the Gar- 

 dener's Monthly tell me how to treat a young 



Fish Hook ^Cactus? I received it a few days 

 since by mail from Arizona. I have alwaj's con- 

 sidered that class of plants as curiously beautiful, 



