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temperature of 65'^ or 70*^ by day can be given. The rest may follo-w suc- 
cessively ; and it is worthy of remark that they do not open well except in 
tolerably bright light ; they, therefore, do best placed on a shelf near the 
glass. For soil take equal parts of loam, sandy peat, and vegetable mould, 
mixed with a good sprinkling of powdered charcoal. — G-ard. Qliron. 
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. 
Mr. A. M. Spangler, who formerly conducted the Pennsylvania Farm 
Journal, when that excellent paper was located at Lancaster, and under the 
editorial charge of our friend and contributor, Prof. Haldeman, has com- 
menced the publication in this city, of a quarto monthly, under the above 
title. Two numbers have already appeared, which in appearance are fully 
equal to any paper of the kind published in this country. The contributions 
so far are excellent, and we know that it will, in this department, receive 
the support of some of the best known wi'iters in this city and its neigh- 
borhood. 
The price at which it is published is very low, being but 25 cents a year 
for eight quarto pages of excellent reading matter. Persons wishing to 
subscribe, and we hope there are many of our readers who will, will address 
A. M. Spangler, N. E. corner of Seventh and Market streets, Philadelphia. 
Mr. John Sherwood brought us for inspection a flower of his seedling 
Camellia, " Ellen Morris," which was exhibited last year at the Pennsyl- 
vania Horticultural Society. The flower is very large, imbricate, expand- 
ing well, color clear white, with pink stripes on some of the petals. It is 
a worthy addition to the already numerous Philadelphia flowers. 
Any cause whether natural or artificial which retards flowering is attended 
with results of a similar kind more or less marked. When fruit trees have 
been in a non-flowering condition, they sometimes suddenly produce abund- 
ance of blossoms. A season in which blossoming has been scanty is often 
succeeded by one in which is profuse. When the flower-buds are taken 
