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The Rosy Pampas Grass. — The rosy-flowered Pampas and the variegated- 

 leaved Pampas were, in their days of extreme newness, introduced to our readers 

 with the same promptness and discretion as we have always observed in our 

 notices of new plants. The reader need not trouble to send a general vote of 

 thanks ; we will take that as granted. As to the Rosy Pampas, however, we 

 were not particularly sanguine, and said the least possible, in order that we might 

 not favor the sale of a plant which might prove to be less desirable than the 

 cheaper and commoner one already in cultivation. It is high time to record that 

 the Rosy Pampas is a glorious thing ; in growth and contour, of course, it agrees 

 with the Silvery Pampas ; but the plumes are of a bright purplish rose color, 

 which shows up well above the great fountain of green leaves, and in the sun- 

 shine gleams with a quite metallic lustre. These remarks apply, however, to the 

 best form of the Rosy Pampas ; for there are several, the result simply of the 

 plants having been raised from seed. Now, those who would plant the Rosy 

 Pampas would do well to proceed in this wise : In the first place, make up your 

 mind to pay a good price for large, mature plants, instead of obtaining mere mites 

 in pots. In the second place, go to a nursery and choose your plants while tliey 

 are in flower, and have them carefully lifted and sent home, and of course plant 

 them where they are to remain in the most careful manner. A good bed of sub- 

 stantial loam on a well-drained foundation, with all the light and air of the free 

 heaven, are the only conditions of success in the cultivation of the Pampas Grass. 

 Not alone, however, should the Rosy Pampas be purchased, now, but the Sil- 

 very Pampas also ; for at this time you can choose between males and females, 

 and find amongst them some that are more striking and stately in characters 

 than others. Gardener's Magazine. 



Mushrooms in Houses Maggoty in Summer. — This is a very common 

 occurrence, in hot summers, where coolness cannot be sufficiently secured. Airi- 

 ness without draught, and coolness, are next to indispensable to good mushrooms 

 in summer. Hence the advantage of cellars for summer growth. We have been 

 frequently troubled with maggots, though some summers we have escaped alto- 

 gether. Much may be done with double or thick walls and a double roof; or, if 

 not, thatch, whitening it after May to keep the heat out. Much also may be done 

 by syringing walls and floors ; but it is difficult to grow good mushrooms in houses 

 easily heated by the sun. We prefer an open shed, or the open air under the 

 shade of trees ; but a place underground is best. 



English Journal of Horticulture. 



Flowering of Victoria Regia in the Open Air in England. — Mr. 

 Mason, the superintendent of Princess Park, Liverpool, informs us that a speci- 

 men of this fine lily has flowered superbly, without any protection whatever, in 

 the garden of Meyers, Esq., Bebbington, Cheshire, during the present au- 

 tumn. When he saw it in September, it was in the most luxuriant health, the 

 leaves being from five to six feet in diameter. Nyinphcea devoniettsis, N. blanda, 

 N. ccerulea, N. rubra, and N. stellata were also growing freely and flowering 

 abundantly in the open air. The water in the tank was heated to the usual tem- 

 perature by means of a service of hot-water pipes. Floral World. 



