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The Horticulturist and Journal 



there was much more foliage than flowers, so 

 it would be well not to occupy any prominent 

 position with these plants. 



Agaves and other succulents have been 

 quite at home in the dry weather ; we saw 

 them used quite extensively for flower garden 

 decorations in the hot, dry climate of St. 

 Louis, which proves that we do not plant 

 them nearly so extensively as we ought in 

 this country generally ; neither wind or sun 

 trouble these plants in the least ; in fact the 

 more sun the better, and if planted out will 

 not require watering for the season, and not 

 every day if used for vases. The plants re- 

 (juire but little attention in the winter if kept 

 dry and free from frost. 



Dahlias, Good Varieties. — The follow- 

 ing are deemed best of a list of 200, exhibited 

 at Rochester,N.Y.: — Aristides, Autumn Glow, 

 Constance, Commander, Coconian, Copper- 

 head, Flamingo, Fancy Boy, Flora Myatt, 

 Firefly, Galatea, Gem of the Dwarfs, Glory 

 of Summer, Golden Eagle, High Sheriff", 

 Incomparable, Immortal, John Neville, Lady 

 Paxton, Leah, Lady Popham, Little Firefly, 

 Mrs. Miller, Oxonian, lieine de Prusse, 

 Tabby Cat and Vice-President. 



Hijhrid Peritetiials Hoses, Select List. 



— The following were exhibited by Ellwauger 

 & Barry, at the New York State Fair, and 

 are considered best out of a full list of over 

 100: Twelve Dissimilar Blossums {Hybrid 

 Perpetuals.) — Anne de Diesbach, Baronne 

 de Maynard, Dr. Arnal, Geant des Batailles, 

 General Washington, Joasine Hanet, John 

 Hopper, La Heine, Maurice Bernardin, Pius 

 IXth, Sydonie, Victor Verdier. 



Twenty-four Dissimilar Blossoms [Hybrid 

 Perpetuals.) — Anne de Diesbach, Auguste 

 Mie, Baronne de Maynard, Dr. Arnal, 

 Duchesse de Cambaceres, Geant des Batailles, 

 General Jacqueminot, General Washington, 

 Joasine Hanet, John Hopper, La Heine, 

 L'Enfant du Mt. Carmel, Madame Louis 

 Carique, Madame Alfred de Rougemont, 

 Maurice Bernardin, Pius IXth, Portland 

 Blanche, Sou. de la Heine des Beiges^ Sy- 



donie, Victor Verdier, Prince Albert. Tea : 

 Marechal Niel. Perpetual 3Ioss : Delille, 

 Salet. 



Dahlias. — A correspondent of the Rural 

 Nexv Yorker, says that if limited to three 

 named sorts, she would take La Phare, bright 

 scarlet ; Emily, blush, with lilac tints ; 

 Pu?'ity, white. They make a bouquet in 

 themselves, and are remarkably thrifty and 

 free flowering. 



Liliuni Auratum, Prolific. — The same 

 correspondent states that she has an Auratum 

 bulb, which bore the second spring after 

 planting thirty-seven blossoms. Who can 

 beat it. 



Ma<jnoUas.— The Tribune says, that to 

 avoid failure in transplanting, set them out 

 late in the spring ; dig carefully ; place the 

 roots naturally, and use only fine, partially 

 dry, sandy soil. 



Geo. EUwanger, in a letter to the TJtica 

 Herald, respecting the hardiness of the Mag- 

 nolias, says, that with the exception of the 

 Evergreen species, all succeed well as far 

 north as Rochester, and are annually covered 

 with bloom. In Mr. EUwanger 's grounds 

 they have been grown for more than a quarter 

 of a century, and have proved as reliable as 

 our native Oaks and Maples. 



New Double Fuchsia — CJi-arnpion of 



the World.— This is by far the largest fuch- 

 sia we possess. The foot stalks are of unu- 

 sual length and strength, so that the flowers 

 stand out boldly. The tube is short, the 

 sepals are very broad and of great substance, 

 well reflexed and of a most beautiful coral 

 red. The corolla is of immense size, and as 

 it expands forms two-thirds of a perfect ball, 

 its color being of the most intensely bright, 

 though dark purple. The plant is of fine 

 growth, tall, and blooms abundantly, so that 

 for conservatory decoration it is one of the 

 most valuable fuchsias yet sent out. — Gar- 

 dener''s Monthly. 



The beautiful scarlet geranium is the last 

 novelty in the hothouse. It blossoms in 

 bunches of four or five flowers which are like 

 full carnations. 



