202 Auciiba Japonica. 



The plants are generally in pots, resting upon an inch of broken char- 

 coal ; the spaces between being filled half way up with charcoal and crocks. 

 The surface soil is composed of one-third loam, one-third sand, and one- 

 third leaf-mould. I water copiously when the plants are first introduced 

 in the fall, and perhaps twice again during the winter ; while I sprinkle 

 moderately eveiy two or three weeks. With a little care and judgment, 

 the Case may be kept in excellent order all through the winter. My Case 

 is in my dining-room, where the temperature ranges constantly from 60° to 

 70° Fahrenheit. 



Slugs occasionally do considerable damage, and must be watched for 

 and exterminated. Some things they are partial to, and these may be used 

 as traps. A bit of eitphorhia has succeeded well with me in attracting 

 these pests. The green fly sometimes appears, and may easily be put to 

 rout by the use of tobacco-smoke. I resorted to this remedy once this 

 winter with great success, and without the slightest inconvenience. Place 

 the bowl of an empty pipe over one filled with burning tobacco, the stems 

 being in opposite directions ; introduce one stem into the top of the Case, 

 and, by blowing in the other, the Case will be soon filled with smoke.* 



George B. Waj-ren, yun. 



Troy, N.Y. 



(To be continued.) 



AucuBA Japonica. — We long since noticed the introduction from 

 Japan of a male plant of the Aucuba Japonica, and the consequent pro- 

 duction of plants bearing fruit in this country. Previously we had only 

 plants bearing female blossoms. Mr. Standish, promptly taking advan- 

 tage of the production of fruit, has raised seedlings, and with more than 

 expected success: for one of them exhibited at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society produced hermaphrodite flowers ; that is, each flower had stamens 

 and pistil. Many naturalists consider that when either set of organs is 

 not developed in a flower, yet the rudiments of that set exist, and only 

 require some particular mode of cultivation for their development. — Cottage 

 Gardener. 



•* I introduce plants into my Case about the ist of November, and remove them about the ist of May. 

 I then put the Case away, and consign the plants to a florist's greenhouse until the next fall. 



