Notes and Gleanings. i8i 



throughout, except that a wavy or scalloped belt of clear deep rose-color ex- 

 tends from the base to the apex, a little within the margin ; and that the cos.j. ,j 

 conspicuously deep rose-colored throughout. The petiole and back of the Jcaf 

 are of a deep-reddish purple or wine-color. These Marantas all come fium 

 Tropical America. The exact habitat of M. Veitcheaiia is not stated ; but that 

 of the others is the country bordering on the Upper Amazon. The plants are 

 figured M. Veitcheana in "The Botanical Magazine," t. 5535; M. illustris in 

 " Flore des Serres," t. 1691-2 ; andil/. roseo-picta in the latter work, t. 1675-6. — 

 Florist. 



Violets in Pots. — The runners should be taken off in May or early June, 

 and potted in small pots in a compost or turfy loam and leaf-mould, with a free 

 admixture of sand. The old plants may be divided, potted in small pots, and 

 placed with the runners in a cold frame, a gentle watering being given. Sprinkle 

 the plants overhead morning and evening, and keep them close and shaded until 

 they are growing freely ; then admit air, and diminish the amount of shading ; 

 dispensing with it altogether in a few days, or as soon as they will bear sun. 

 In July, shift them into 4j-inch pots ; and the most promising may, early in Sep- 

 tember, have 6-inch pots. They should be well watered, but not excessively, and 

 have a good watering overhead on the evenings of hot days. The lights should 

 be drawn down after the plants become established. They are better off in 

 a rather shady place from May to September. Winter in a cold frame, the pots 

 being plunged in coal-ashes, with air during mild weather, and the protection of 

 mats over the lights during severe frosty weather. 



Cutting down Stephanotis. — It is not desirable to cut back the shoots 

 of this plant, as they flower very freely from moderately-strong shoots. It is 

 generally sufficient to thin out the old, weak, and useless shoots, and to train the 

 young in their places. This should be done annually. If the plant is bare at 

 bottom, cut it in to within a few inches of the soil, the shoots having dormant 

 buds or eyes below where headed ; but it will not flower next year. If cut back 

 one-half, it is likely it will be as bare of shoots at the bottom as ever. It should 

 be plunged in the pit for some time to secure the breaking of the buds and a 

 good growth. The latter cannot be too well ripened. 



A letter from Moorefield, West Va., says that the wheat-crop in that valley 

 will be the largest and probably the best in the last ten years. Corn, though a 

 little backward, bids fair to be a full average crop : rye, oats, potatoes, grass, &c., 

 are all satisfactory, and vegetables of every kind are in abundance. 



The Annual Exhibition of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society will be 

 held this year at Madison, Sept. 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 ; Horticultural Conven- 

 tion, 24th. 



Peaches. — The peach-growers of Kent County, N.J., have contracted to 

 send into market eight hundred thousand baskets of peaches this season. 



