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R. C. T., Nauvoo, 111. — You will find difficulty in wintering palms in a cellar, 

 unless it is warm, dry, and light. You can, however, grow them very well in 

 the parlor, where many species grow well, and are very ornamental. 



The following species are among the hardiest and most easily grown : Latania 

 borbonica, very cheap, and a magnificent plant when well grown. Latania rubra, 

 rather more tender, but most beautiful. Ckaj/icsrops Fortunei, Jiujiiilis^ and to- 

 jiientosa, all very hardy. Arecasapida, the cabbage palm. CorypJia aiistralis, a 

 fine fan palm. Thrinax parvijlora, a very beautiful plant. Phoenix dactylife- 

 ra, reclinata, and sylvestris, are all fine. Livisiona olivczfonnis, a splendid 

 fan palm, but somewhat tender. Cocos nucifera, the cocoanut palm, may be easi- 

 ly raised from the nut, but is impatient of cold. The date palm is Phcenix dac- 

 tylifcra. CJianicerops Palinctto is a native of the Southern States. CliaincErops 

 huniilis is the hardiest of all, and is the only palm indigenous to Europe. 



Mrs. M. S. B. C, Northampton. — The only sure cure for green fly is smoking 

 the infested plants with tobacco. The simplest way, where there are only a few 

 plants, is to put some live coals on an old plate, throw some damp tobacco on 

 the coals (be careful it does not blaze), and covering the plants and the plate of 

 tobacco with a flour barrel, let them remain in the smoke for ten minutes, then syr- 

 inge or shower the plants thoroughly. Moisture is the preventive of red spider, and 

 if your plants are frec^uently showered, say twice a week, you will not be troubled 

 with this pest. Of course, in a parlor you cannot shower them ; but lay the pots 

 on their sides in the kitchen sink, and you will have no trouble. 



Idem. — You can procure the new Coleus from Peter Henderson, New York, 

 and seeds of the new Primulas and Golden Feverfew (which is PyretJirmn par- 

 thenifolium aureum) from B. K. Bliss, of New York, or of seedsmen generally. 



Sow the Feverfew about April i, and the plants will be in good condition to 

 plant out by the middle of May. The new Coleus will be expensive this year ; 

 but the seed of the Primula and Feverfew cost only twenty-five cents a packet. 



C. F. H., Waterville, Me. — The best method of glazing sashes for garden use 

 is to bed the glass in putty, afterwards removing the superfluous putty beneath, 

 and all that above. The sash above should be thoroughly painted, and kept so. 

 It seems hardly necessary to say, as every glazier knows, that the sashes should 

 receive a thin coat of paint before glazing, as otherwise the wood will absorb the 

 oil from the putty, which will not then set firmly. To one who has never seen 

 sashes glazed as above described it looks insecure, but the method has been 

 thoroughly tried, and is now generally adopted. 



We do not know that rubber is used in any form, and think that if it is, it must 

 be only by amateurs on a small scale. 



J. C, Lawrence, Kansas. — The Royal Ascot grape is advertised in the Jour- 

 nal, by Mr. George Such, of South Amboy, N. J. 



