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not quite hardy. Pinus oricntnlis looks much like a young spriico. Chironia rjlutinoxa, so 

 covered with bloom that it ought to uiake a good hudder in juat to couie in after the Scarlet 

 Crassulas. 



"Now to tlie Camellia and Azdlin ground. They ^itaml the Canullias in beds, with tlio 

 liighest plants in the middle row, and then fall down both ways as tlie roof of a house. 

 The whole look like ridge-and-furrow, and comprise 7,000 plants, from ono to four feet, all 

 best kinds, and at from 21s. to 60s. per dozen. Three thousjand Chinese Azaleas next to 

 them, and the next all the Pomponcs and C/irysanthcinumx. 



"A Wcepiiii/ Birch, iliQ first of them in England, used to be crowded with 'stocks' of 

 cojnmon Birch to inarch on ; but that practice is giveu up now, and one great branch of the 

 tree is trained down to near the ground, and the young wood is layered, and thus Weejting 

 Birches on their own roots are obtained at less bother, and far better for the planter. The 

 original appeared first in the collection of M. Soulange Baudin, of Paris, and the tree is 

 about as great an ornament as any one could find in an Arboretum." 



WixDOW Plaxts. — The cactus tribe are well adapted for window plants ; among their ad- 

 vantages over other house plants, they require but little atteution while out of flower, make 

 no litter or leaves, and are not very apt to be infested with insects. Some of them afford 

 a magnificent display of blossoms, and, when properly treated, will amply repay the slight 

 attention they demand. The injury most frequently inflicted on them is imjiroper attention 

 in watering them. In the tropical regions, where they are indigenous, they are often with- 

 out a drop of water for a length of time, whereas, uninformed window gardeners too often 

 make it a practice to supply them once a week the year round. 



The Cactus Jlagellifonnis, with long, tail-like shoots, of a pale green, covered with short 

 spines, produces a number of pretty, star-foimed, pink flowers, and is one of the best win- 

 dow plants. It maybe suspended about the middle of the window, in a pot laid on a board, 

 and provided with a saucer, or trained to a light trellis. The Cactus truncatum and C. 

 truncatum violaceum, trained on a trellis, form charming plants when in full bloom. 



Besides the above, several othere do well in windows, such as C. speriosa and speciosissimn, 

 Epijpliillum Ackermauii, and many hybrid varieties of Mammillaria, Aloe verrucosa, and the 

 Partridge-breasted Aloe. Mesembryanthemums are also a servicable class, more especially 

 coccineum, aureum, muricatum, tigrinum, and dilatatum. Crassula coccinea will show abundance 

 of its rich scarlet blossoms, almost too dazzling to look upon. Water must be withheld 

 until near their natural time of blooming, when it may bo given about once in ten days or 

 a fortnight, until they cease flowering. 



At Dr. Edmonson's, near Baltimore, we saw lately a conceit that forms a pleasing variety. 

 Pots with cactus roots were hung about the greenhouses with other cactus plants grafted 

 through the opening in the bottom of the pot, from whence they hung down in fantastic 

 foiTus ! 



Gardens for Children. — Children's gardens are now the fashion in Germany, and have 

 been successfully introduced into London. A practical guide to the English Kintergarten, 

 has been issued by the "Council of Education," and a monthly journal was commenced in 

 May last by Mr. and Mrs. Ronge, who have established an institution for the training of 

 teachers, young ladies, and nurses ; their form of education is introduced into the wealthy 

 families in aristocratic quarters. Nothing could promise better both for youth and age. 



California is determined to exceed every other section of the Union in the size of its 

 fruits, &c. At the last annual exhibition, they record. a Duchesse Pear, weighing two 

 three-quarter pounds, a beet, weighing one hundred and three pounds, and a cabbage, 



