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thought that if the glowing colors of the C. specio- 

 sissimus could be imparted to it, a decided advan- 

 tage would be gained for the present subject ; the 

 idea has been acted upon, and this splendid hybrid 

 is the result. In its mode of growth and flowering 

 the plant is like C. crenatus, but has the color of 

 C. speciosissimus ; the stems are broad, flat and 

 spineless, the flower tubes 7 to 8 inches long and 5 

 inches across the mouth, and of a rich glowing 

 crimson, producing, when in flower, a most gorgeous 

 eff"ect. 



New Bedding Peiargonium, Artemus Ward. 

 — A very eff"ective variety for bedding ; raised at 

 the Tooting nursery. In some respects it resembles 

 Luna, so much used at Battersea Park, but is far 

 superior to it. The flowers are of a bright crimson, 

 but as the plant is chiefly desirable for its conspicu- 

 ous foliage, these are of secondary importance. — 

 The leaves are broadly zoned with bright reddish 

 brown and deep chocolate, and within the zone 

 flaked with yellow and green, the outer margin be- 

 ing similarly colored. It produces a striking effect 

 when looked upon in a mass, and is also equally 

 well adapted for edgings ; it also bears the sun well, 

 and the more it is exposed the more intense the 

 color. 



CattleyaWarcewiczit — A beautiful cool-house 

 Orchid, remarkable for the variety of color presen- 

 ted by different plants, and especially valuable as a 

 winter-blooming species. The colors vary from 

 pure white to deep rosy blush, and lip is richly 

 stained with deep rosy-purple, finely contrasted 

 with an orange colored blotch, and generally having 

 a well-defined pale margin. Native of New Gre- 

 nada, and now widely distributed amongst growers. 

 — Florist and Pomol. 



CoRDYLiNE Australis.— This is the Yucca-like 

 narrow-leaved greenhouse shrub which was formerly 

 called in garden C. indivisa, a name belonging to a 

 broader-leaved yellow-vined plant. It grows from 

 12 to 20 feet high, has narrow ensiform leaves 2 to 

 3 feet long, and bears an erect and very much 

 branched panicle of white blossoms, forming a dense 

 head just emerging from among the leaves. Native 

 of New Zealand. Flowered at Kew. — Bot. Mag. 



Ettcodonia n^gelioides.— (Oesneraceffi.) A 

 charming stove perennial herb, raised between Eu- 

 codonia Ehrenbergii and Nssgelia zebrina splendens, 

 to which the new and inadmissable name of -Euco- 

 donopsis has been given. It is a lovely plant, with 

 broad ovate and hairy leaves, and large G-loxinia- 



like flowers of a fine rose, the under side of the tube 

 being yellow, spotted with crimson, and the face of 

 the limb marked with bars of deeper crimson. A 

 Belgian hybrid, raised by M. Van Houtte. — L' Hort. 



France. 



^ompsfir InMligrarp. 



Agricultural Papers in the West are flourish- 

 ing. A recent No. Farmer s Advertiser ^Siy^^ 

 Near the beginning of the j^ear 186G, in order to 

 afford a more ready means of answering numerous 

 inquiries, it was determined to issue a monthly 

 sheet, and it wa'^ called the Fanner s Advertiser , 

 Before the end of the year 1866, this publication 

 had attained such a circulation, and received such 

 a degree of favor, that, in order to meet an evident- 

 ly growing want of the times, it was determined to 

 enlarge and convert it into a first class Agricultural 

 paper. Dr. L. D. Morse was engaged to take 

 editoral charge, and since the beginning o^ the pre- 

 sent year it h ts been issued semi-monthly in its 

 present sixteen page form, and has so far gained the 

 good will and esteem of a vast portion of our coun- 

 try, as to place it upon sure foundation. Plans for 

 its further improvraent next year will be made pub- 

 lic at an early date. 



Timber and Fruits of Alabama. — Timber of 

 great variety is abundant in the country ; that in 

 the river bottoms consists of the difl"erent kinds of 

 oak, hickory, beach, ash, poplar and gum, with 

 those kinds used by cabinet makers, such as walnut, 

 cherry, birch and maple ; on the uplands, oak, 

 hickory and short leaf pine. From the custom of 

 the Indians of burning the woods, annually, an 

 undergrowth was prevented from springing up, but 

 since civilization has taken the place of the Indians, 

 a dense forest has appeared and regions before bar- 

 ren even of firewood is now abundantly supplied 

 not only with this, but timber sufficient for farming 

 purposes. 



The peach, plum and fig are the only cultivated 

 fruits that have the rich flavor of those of more 

 northern latitudes. Apples, pears and cherries are 

 not uncommon, though they do not grow to such 

 perfection as the other fruits mentioned. G-rapes, 

 strawberries and raspberries, by proper cultivation, 

 flourish in gardens. The black mulberry, in the 

 first j^ettlement of the county, was confined to the 

 bottom lands of the creeks and rivers, but since the 

 woods have been protected from the annual ravages 

 of the fire, it is found in every forest. There are 

 several varieties of cherry and plum, that grow 



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