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G. P., Champaigne City. — Deutzia scabra, Philadelphus Gordoni, Cydonia 

 japonica, Viburmim plicaiiitn. Benzoin odoriferum, any or all of them, would do 

 well. If evergreens are wanted, try Rhododendron Everestianum, R. album 

 elegans or Kabnia latifolia. 



G. W. T., New Brunswick, N. J. — Azalea pontica and its varieties can be 

 grafted on wild azalea. 



A. calendiilacea, crocea, eximia, coccinea,Jlammea, Fajna, Afarie Verschaffelt, 

 ignescens, Jlameola iticarnata, pranitans, are very fine. 



Heroine, Ophirie, narcissijlora are fine double-flowered varieties. In fact all 

 the so-called " Hardy Azaleas " would prove hardy, and do well with you, if prop- 

 erly treated. 



Miss M., Schenectady, N. Y. — Mr. Rand's new book, " Seventy-five Flow- 

 ers," will be published about the first of April. 



Also a very complete treatise on Strawberry culture by Mr. Merrick, which will 

 be sure to meet a great want. 



T. P., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. — Names of Plants. No. i. Azalea phcenecia. 

 No. 2. MyrtJis communis, small-leaved variety. No. 3. We cannot name a 

 "shrub" from a fragment of a leaf. No. 4. Fabiana imbricata. 



E. A. L., Williamsville, N. Y. — Your everlasting flower is Statice Bondiielli, 

 2l perennial, native of North Africa, a pretty, free-blooming plant, but requires 

 winter protection. You can probably obtain seeds from any of our seedsmen. 



Tyro, Harrisburg, Pa. — Do not think of pruning a pyrus hedge in the spring ; 

 you would ruin it. Cut it in well in August ; then the check will cause it to set 

 flower buds, and it will bloom finely the next spring. 



A. P. Bennett, "Oaklands." — The Prickly Pear {Opuntia vulgaris) is 

 hardy in Massachusetts ; will stand the winter, and when in flower is very 

 pretty. 



Its northern limit is, we believe, the Island of Nantucket, where it grows plen- 

 tifully. The fruit is worthless. 



At present this is our only hardy " cactus," but we have no doubt that some 

 of the north-western species will stand our winters. 



" Old Fogy in the Garden." — We agree with you in liking " four- 

 o'clocks," and we always plant them. Try the variegated leaved variety, whicli 

 is very pretty. 



