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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[October, 



correspondents' opinions, or even our own. Mr. 

 W. F. Bassett was sensible enough to see the 

 point, and sent a good bundle to the Illinois 

 Industrial University. We have the fullowing 

 letter before us : 



Champaign, III., Aug. 7, 1882. 

 My Dear Sir : — I just notice that a communi- 

 cation addressed to you last March, about Kal- 

 rnia leaves, was not mailed. A chemical analy- 

 sis was made of the leaves you kindly sent in 

 February, but no poisonous substance was found. 

 Regretting the delay, I am 



Very truly yours, 



T. J. BURRILL. 



We must, therefore, still express the opinion i 

 that we have no more evidence that the Kalmia 

 is poisonous now, than had " T. M." a quarter of | 

 a century ago. — Ed. G. M.] ! 



Cicada septendecim. — " C." says : " In the last j 

 number of the Gardener's Monthly, Prof. Riley j 

 takes you to task for erring in the orthography j 

 Septem-decim. He says you should have writ- | 

 ten it Septen decim. I wonder you did not 

 think to say that he himself uses the same or- i 

 thography he charges you as in error with. At 



page 479, 1881, American Naturalist, is a cljapter 

 presumably from his pen, at least under his 

 editorial supervision, in which Septem-decim 

 occurs five times, and Septen-decim not once." 



[The Gardener's Monthly did not overlook 

 the paragraph referred to in the Naturalist, for 

 indeed the one criticised by Prof. Riley was 

 made from the chapter referred to. But we 

 believe in being generous to correspondents, and 

 were perfectly willing to let Prof Riley's criti- 

 cisms go without comment so long as they com- 

 municated valuable information, which was the 

 case in the article he kindly furnished us. — 

 Ed. G. M.] 



Pater Mulberry. — According to the following 

 note from Mr. J. B. Garber, it seems the paper 

 mulberry has, to some extent, become natural- 

 ized in some places in the South : 



'' I was under the impression that the paper 

 mulberry was a native of Texas, as my friend at 

 New Orleans found the tree growing wild in the 

 forest, and not knowing what kind of a tree it 

 was, called it " fig mulberry," supposing it to be 

 a cross of the mulberry on the fig." 



Literature, Travels I Personal Notes, 



RESIDENCE OF W. B. DINSMORE, KINGS- 

 TON, N, Y. 



BY valentine BOURGEVIN. 

 (Concluded from page 281.) 

 From here I went into a long range of 

 houses in the rear of the tropicals to admire the 

 large rose plantations, which showed thrifty, 

 healthy bushes and buds enough to supply a 

 city. Numerous large carnations full of flowers, 

 bouvardias, violets, and a large number of 

 echeverias, everything in perfect condition. On 

 account of the heat we wandered in a lovely 

 path along the bank of the river, all shaded, in- 

 viting seats in temples, from where we admired \ 

 these charming panoramas spread so gloriously I 

 before the eye. These temples are located 

 where views are most interesting. At the end 

 of this walk is a grand opening, where nothing 

 obstructs the vision over a beautiful lawn from 



the residence to the river, presenting a magnifi- 

 cent picture; and from the river the mansion 

 shows itself in its full splendor. The river is 

 ornamented with a substantial wall on the coping 

 of which, for about five hundred feet in length, 

 a large collection of aged century plants, in 

 painted tubs, are placed at short distances, and 

 give the place a royal appearance. Passing down 

 through steps in the wall, we took great pleasure 

 in walking along the beautiful beach in front. 

 Passing a little further on, we came to a landing 

 in front of which lay a magnificent yacht, ap- 

 propriately named the Locust, ready for pleasure 

 trips. At this point an engine house, bathing 

 houses, sail boats and small boats are ornaments 

 of this property. While returning by the same 

 route and enjoying this lovely walk we were 

 fanned by a delighful breeze from the river, and 

 splendidly entertained by Mr. Emerson, who 

 gave us interesting recitations on " Mark Twain.'"'' 



