The Tallow Tree op China, which gives rise 

 to a vast trade in the northern parts of that empire, 

 has been introduced into India. It grows with great 

 hixuriance in the Dho( ns and in the Kohistan of the 

 North-Western Provinces and the Punjab, and there 

 are now tens of thousands of trees in the govern- 

 ment plantations of Kowlaghir, Hawul Baugh, and 

 Ayar Tolie, from which tons of seeds are available 

 for distribution. Dr. Jameson prepared from the 

 seeds 100 pounds of tallow, and forwarded 50 pounds 

 to the Punjab railway, in order to have its proper- 

 ties as a lubricator for railway machinery tested. 

 For burning the tallow is excellent ; it gives a clear, 

 bright, inodorous flame, and is without smoke. 

 The tree fruits abundantly both in the Dhoons and 

 plains, and grows with great rapidity, many trees 

 raised from seeds introduced eight years ago being 

 now six feet in circumference arid three feet from 

 the ground. The timber is white and close grained, 

 and well-fitted for printing-blocks. The leaves too 

 are valuable as a dye. — Exchange. 



Triteleja. — A genus of three-piece lilies, from 

 America, the best of which is T. um'fiora^ which 

 presents a most graceful and pi asing picture when 

 in flower. It is of small growth, and should be 

 planted in clumps of not less than a dozen bulbs 

 ench near the edge of a dry sandy bed or border. 

 The flowers are about as large as a filbert nut, deli- 

 cate blue and white, emitting a pleasant odor 

 (though the leaves have the odor of garlic when 

 bruised), and the plant is so nearly hardy that in or- 

 dinary winters it will not need protection. There are 

 several other species with yellow, white, and dark 

 blue fiowers, but I only wish to press upon the at- 

 tention of the reader the one named above, as that 

 is good beyond dispute, and should be found in 

 every private garden where spring flowers are valued. 

 — GardfMers' Weekly. 



Hybrid Palms. — Not the least singular among 

 the hitherto ascertained results of crossing, using 

 the term here in its widest sense, are the antipathies 

 and sympathies, as Mr. Henry terms them, which 

 plants manifest. Of the one, the case of the hybrid 

 Palm obtained between Chameerops humilis arbor- 

 scens and Phoenix dactylifera is one of the most re- 

 markable on record. — Gard. Chronicle. 



Best Bedding Geraniums.— Many English wri- 

 ters seem to believe none of the newer Geraniums 

 beat Cybister as a first-class variety for bedtung 

 purposes. 



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Honors TO Science. — Mr. Baker the great Nile 

 explorer, has been titled by the Queen for his 

 scientific services. He is now Sir Samuel Baker 



Glazing without Top Putty. — It will interest 

 our readers to notice by the following from the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle the progress of American \ 

 ideas in Eng and. ''When lately with Mr. Barnes, 1 

 in his nursery in Southampton Street, Camberwell, 

 I had an opportunity of examining some of his 

 houses that are glazed without any top putty, so to 

 speak, and felt convinced of the soundness of the 

 practice. Instead of putting any putty over the 

 glass, the pane is simply pressed down into the un- \ 

 derbed of the putty ; that squeezes up, is cleaned off" ! 

 quite level with the pane, none being left in the 

 angle, of course. The woodwork is well painted, I 

 and the brush allowed to pass over the putty at the 

 side of the pane, and a little on to the edge of the 

 glass; and thus done, the water shoots down it 

 without obstruction from the mass of cracked putty 

 at the side, and finally, there is no washing down 

 of old putty, always a nuisance to the gardener. I 

 have no doubt the general structure of the roof will 

 last ail the longer from being exempt from the erra- 

 tic slippings in of water between open cracks. At 

 all events, the sashes have been done four years, 

 have given our great Azalea producer much satis- 

 faction, and are worthy of a trial by gardeners 

 generally. — S." 



Begonias for Winter Flowering. — I will 

 state here that the object of this article is to assist 

 those who have not the accommodation of a stove 

 on which they can depend to secure a display of 

 flowers. With such favorable appliances as a stove 

 and an orchidhouse, well stocked, the task is not 

 so difficult; but there arc hundreds who have not 

 these conveniences, and to them these remarks are 

 more particularly applicable, and I hope they will 

 be useful. With this brief observation, I will off"er 

 a few words on Begonias. 



This is a desirable class of plants, and as there 

 are many that can be successfully grown in a warm 

 vinery, or any other like structure, they are by no 

 means difficult to manage ; and they ofi'er such an 

 agreeable change for so many diff"erent purposes for 

 decoration, that no collection of plan s can be said 

 to be complete without them. The points that re- 

 quire more particular attention in growing them 

 are as follows : First, a perfect drainage ; this is 

 better secured by very careful packing of the pot- 

 sherds used, and then, over these a layer of char- 

 coal. Secondly, soil; this should consist of peat, 



