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plenty of light, sun, and water. When growth is perfected, give less water; 

 for, during the latter part of summer and the autumn, the plants will be at 

 rest. Frequent repotting is not required, and the plants should only be 

 shifted when they outgrow the pots, or when the soil becomes too close or 

 sodden. 



Plants may be obtained at any florist's, at prices varying from seventy- 

 five cents to fifteen dollars, according to the size. 



The old Jerusalem Cherry [Solanmn PseiidO'Capsicum) is of easy growth 

 in the window. The flowers are small, white, and insignificant ; but the 

 bright orange-red berries are very ornamental. 



No plant is more easily raised ; for seeds vegetate freely, and one berry 

 will give fifty plants. The folinge is dark green, neat and pretty, and the 

 growth of the plant is symmetrical. 



The best way to obtain a stock is to sow the seed in early spring, and 

 plant out the seedlings in the border during the summer. Before the first 

 frost, pot them, and grow them in the window during the winter ; the next 

 spring they will flower, and by autumn be loaded with berries which will 

 remain on all winter. The plants sometimes produce berries the first year. 

 This plant is very subject to red spider, and requires some attention to 

 shape its growth. 



Solanum capsicastrum is a mere dwarf species, very ornamental when in 

 fruit ; and there is also a pretty variety with variegated foliage. 



Both of these may be easily raised as above directed. All thrive in 

 common garden soil. 



Glen Ridge, April, 1869. 



(To be continued^ 



YORKSHIRE HERO PEA. 



This is one of the finest of the newer peas, rich, sweet, and of a pleasant 

 flavor. Planted in moderately strong soil, it did not grow this season above 

 two feet high, and bore a very good crop, fit for the table three or four days 

 after the Champion of England, planted alongside it at the same time. 



y. M. M., Jun. 



