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implies, is a perfect "snowball." No 

 collection should be without it, or 

 " Darwini," which is also a free bloomer. 



These plants are very easily cultivated, 

 and increase readily from slips of half- 

 ripened wood, or from seed. Thoy flower 

 best when pot bound, when they should 

 be well watered with liquid manure 



Plants will bloom winter and summer. 

 If you want a large specimen for winter 

 blooming, plant it in the open ground, 

 and lift it carefully in the fall, potting 

 in goop rich soil. They require plenuy 

 of water, and will thrive in any situa- 

 tion, in farm and garden. 



BOOK NOTICES. 

 The Massachusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society has issued its schedule of 

 prizes for 1883. We notice that it 

 oifers prizes to the originators of new 

 fruits, flowers and vegetables, origin- 

 ated since 1875, and which after satis- 

 factory trial shall be deemed superior 

 in quality, or some other characteristic, 

 to any now extant, and worthy of gen- 

 eral cultivation. Prizes of $25 each 

 are ofiered for the best essay upon : — 

 1st. The merits of hardy shrubs and 

 perennial plants as compared with bed- 

 ding-plants in the embellishment of 

 small places, and the conditions most 

 favorable to the use of either class. 

 2nd. The best method of constructing 

 and heating a green house for amateur 

 use, taking economy and efficiency into 

 account. 3rd. Are live hedges to be 

 recommended, either for utility or orna- 

 ment, and, if they are, what plants are 

 most suitable % In offering these prizes 

 the Society desires to elicit new facts, 

 and preference will be given to an essay 

 which adds to our knowledge over a 

 compendium of what is already known. 

 Essays to be sent to Mr. Robert Man- 

 ning, Secretary, Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, Mass., so as to be received by 

 the 1st of November next. Competi- 

 tion open to all. 



W. E. Bowditch's Catalogue, illus- 

 trated, descriptive and priced, of Gar- 

 den, Elower and Agricultural Seeds, 

 1883, No. ^\:^ Warren Street, Boston, 

 Mass., is most profusely illustrated and 

 full of the needful information regard- 

 ing the qualities and cultivation of the 

 different plants. The printer of this 

 catalogue cannot be commended for the 

 style of execution ; it might have been 

 thought well done a century ago, but it 

 will not compare with most others of its 

 class upon our table to-day. 



The Southern Cultivator and 

 Dixie Farmer is almost a folio of 

 thirty-two pages, published monthly by 

 James P. Harrison & Co., Atlanta, 

 Georgia, at $1.50 a year. It gives the 

 reader an intelligent view of the condi- 

 tion and progress of agriculture in that 

 southern clime, and numbers among its 

 contributors the best writers of the 

 South. We notice in the January 

 number interesting articles on the 

 Sugar-Cane Question, Fish Culture, &c. 

 Wine and Fruit Grower, and 

 Fancy Grocers' Guide, is a monthly 

 journal devoted to vineculture, pomol- 

 ogy and the kindred industries. It is 

 published by B. F. Clayton, 20 Yesey 

 Street, New York, at $2 a year, and 

 enters upon its fifth volume improved 

 in appearance and full of interesting 

 articles upon the subjects to which it is 

 devoted. 



The Good Farmer, a quarto of eight 

 pages, of which Mr. D. S. Marvin is the 

 editor, devoted to Agriculture and Hor- 

 ticulture. Mr. Marvin's well-known 

 ability as an horticulturist and \Vriter 

 is a guarantee that the new venture in 

 Northern New York will be ably con- 

 ducted. It is published at Watertown, 

 N. Y., quarterly, at 25 cents per year. 

 Nellis' Wholesale Price-List of 

 Seeds, from the Mohawk Valley Seed 

 Gardens, A. C. Nellis, Canajoharie, N. 

 Y. Illustrated with wood- cuts and a 



