256 Editors' Letter- Box. 



L. I. T., Worcester, Mass. — You will find Stttartia and Andromeda arborea 

 in Parsons & Co.'s Catalogue. Messrs. Parsons introduced the Stuartia to 

 cultivation, and certainly should have it for sale. We have many inquiries for 

 it. Will any nursery-man having a stock inform us ? 



Our plants came from Parsons. The double hepatica you must import from 

 England : we know of no one having it for sale in this country. Try, however, 

 for all these, L. Menand, Albany, N.Y., and Eugene Baumann, Rahway, N.J. : 

 they have a choice stock of nice things. 



H. A. B., Middlebury, Schoharie County, N.Y. — The blisters on the peach- 

 leaf sent are caused by the puncture^ of minute plant-lice {Aphis Persicce). 

 It rather disfigures than injures the trees. Remedy : syringe with a weak solu- 

 tion of whale-oil soap as soon as the leaves begin to curl. The pear-leaf has 

 also been punctured by an aphis : the remedy is the same. 



The slug attacking the pear-leaves is Selandria cerasi (Harris). Ashes or 

 quicklime sprinkled over the leaves, or a syringing of whale-oil soap, will effectu- 

 ally prevent his ravages. 



Your plants are Latnium ri/gosum, purple flowered variety. 



Your plant not in bloom is Polemoniiiin reptans. 



Beginner, Sandusky, O. — What is the best autumn-blooming perennial .'' — 

 Undoubtedly Atietnone Honor ine youbert. 



Cambridge. — We have been troubled this year for the first time with a 

 slug or worm that has completely destroyed the foliage of our pear-trees, so that 

 they appear as if fire had been over them. Only the woody, skeleton part of 

 the leaf remains. Can you inform us if others are troubled in the same way ? 

 What is it .'' and what the remedy, or preventive ? — We have noticed quite a 

 number of orchards and nurseries that have been visited by this new enemy, 

 and have heard of several others. We have never seen the '' critter " that has 

 done the mischief, nor do we know any thing of its habits, and cannot, of course, 

 prescribe a remedy. We have been somewhat alarmed at the appearance of this 

 new obstacle in the way of successful fruit-growing. We have been congratulat- 

 ing ourselves, that, while the apple-orchards were being nearly destroyed by the 

 canker-worm, the pear had no formidable enemy ; but, if all accounts are true, we 

 have reckoned too strongly in this direction. We hope some of our observing 

 readers have been paying proper attention to this leaf-destroyer, and will in due 

 lime cive us the result of their observations. 



