554 Domestic Notices. 



Beuwans, and M. Duerinck. Some of these seedlings were very hand- 

 some, and will, no doubt, prove great acquisitions ; but others were to ap- 

 pearance the exact counterpart of some already in cultivation. — ( Corres- 

 pondent of Gard. Chron., pp. 670, 702, 718, 1847.) 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 



Sesbania. vesicaria. — The Fall Senna proves to be Glottidium florid^num 

 of Torrey and Gray, Sesbanta vesicaria of Elliott. I like to have a few 

 plants of it in my grounds. Some this year stand sturdily alone, like a 

 sunflower, full twelve feet high. Its large pinnate leaves of twenty or 

 more pairs go regularly to sleep every evening like the Mimosa. — Yours, 

 M. A. W. 



New Grasses. — I should like to know whether any of the grass seeds 

 grew which I sent to you, and what they are. The spikes of some of them 

 are exquisitely beautiful, but perhaps too delicate for " grass bouquets" 

 which I see noticed in your exhibitions. A single spike of the one marked 

 [4. No. 1,] presents a system of carpentry scarcely to be equalled in the 

 castle in the air of a fairy. We have some other grasses, especially in 

 swampy places, which I think would prove useful in the hands of your lady 

 grass bouquet builders. They are, however, some miles from me ; but I 

 will try to procure some seeds for you, if you wish it. — Yours, M. A. W., 

 Athens, Ga., Nov. 1847. 



[We did try several of them and found them very handsome, but all have 

 not yet flowered, they were planted so late. The Means grass grew six 

 feet. If they stand our winter we shall have a better opportunity to see 

 them next year. We shall be glad to have the seeds. — Ed.] 



Weather in Georgia. — New Dahlias. — We had our first hard frost this 

 morning, 34° ; two weeks ago we had some slight hoars, therm. 40°, just 

 enough to blacken the mere edges of dahlia leaves ; but they have since 

 ripened off and are now mostly dry ; the roots must be in fine order for 

 next year. Our unusually rainy summer has been very favorable to them, 

 and they have been in full flower from June to October, and finer than I 

 ever saw them before. The new kinds. Sir Ed. Antrobus, Orlando, Ithu- 

 riel. Antagonist, &c., were fine, but not much better than some old sorts, 

 especially Grandis, Smith's Napoleon, Mrs. Rushton, and Rosa Superba. 

 But by far the richest dahlia which I ever saw anywhere is Widnall's 

 Rainbow, as it appeared in my ground this year. I have grown it for sev- 

 eral years, but never saw it in such perfection as this year. Mr. Waddel 

 has raised some seedlings which are "better" than most of the late im- 

 ported ones. I have myself this year two seedlings, which I value highly. 

 It seems to me that in favorable seasons, that is, in wet and cloudy ones, 

 we of the South can far outstrip you in this Mexican plant. — Yours, M. 

 A. W., Athens, Ga., Nov. 1847. 



