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“jacquiniflora,” though of very different habit, do well 
in parts of southern California. One or two of the 
succulent stemmed plants, used as hedge plants in the 
West Indies are met with at Key West and other parts 
EUPHORBIA MARGINATA. E. CYPARISSIAS. 
of extreme South Florida. In Central Africa some of 
the succulents become candelabriform trees of forty 
feet high. At the north a few of the perennial and 
annual herbs are used in gardens. 
Sarcocca Hookeriana is a Himalayan shrub, hardy 
in the south of England. James MacPherson. 
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS, 
— Styrax Obassia will be in every collection of 
trees as soon as nurserymen can supply them. Its very 
large leaves, beautiful growdh and racemes of white 
flowers are its recommendations. 
— Seeds of shrubs and trees are beginning to ripen. 
Save what are wanted for sowing, keeping them till 
autumn in some cool place in slightly damp soil. 
— Chinquapin chestnut is a pretty shrub. It fruits 
when but two feet high. Its black, shining nuts are 
not only ornamental, but edible as well. 
— Pterostyrax hispidum, from Japan, is one of the 
grandest of flowering trees. Hardly any one seems 
to possess this hardy and lovely tree. Botanically, it 
is close to Halesia, but the general observer would see 
no indication of it. 
— Blue Hydrangea Hortensia cannot well be made. 
The plant will keep its pink color or lose it as it pleases, 
it seems. But a natural blue one exists in one which 
is listed on nursery catalogues as Hydrangea Thun- 
bergii, and it is hardier than Hortensia. 
— English gardening papers are noting the death 
of birch trees in England, so it would seem that in- 
stead of the loss being confined to this country it is 
partly world-wide. The papers mentioned ascribe the 
loss to a fungus. Betula alba and its varieties and B. 
populi folia are the only ones recorded as suffering. 
— Rhododendron maximum, one of our natives, is 
not only desirable as flowering in July, but the flowers, 
though classed as white, are in some cases of a good 
pink, and when in bud the most of them are. 
— Cedrela Sinensis, which has much of the good 
points of the Ailanthus without the bad one of having 
smelling flowers, is one of the coming trees. It re- 
sembles Ailanthus in foliage, but not in manner of 
flowering. In growth the tree is much more round 
headed than the Ailanthus. 
— Nephrolepis tuberosa is one of the best of ferns 
for out doors. It has not the dislike to sunlight that 
characterizes almost every known kind. It grows fast, 
and has beautiful fronds. 
— Nurserymen who have been propagating “double 
red horsechestnut” for some years have concluded that 
such a thing does not exist. In all cases, now that 
flowering has taken place, it proves to be the double 
white. A double ruhicunda, which is the single red, 
would he very nice. 
— News is now rife that oaks are being bored as 
well as maple and other trees. The oak twig borer 
is by no means new, but one attacking the bark has 
been unknown here. Wire netting about the trunks 
of trees would keep out many insects. 
— The variety ofMagnolia grandiflora with the deep 
cinnamon underleaf is said to be somewhat hardier 
than the others, though blooming not so early. There 
is great variety in the leaves of this magnolia. 
— Eor late summer flowering the various hypericums 
are most valuable. The species aureum is very fine ; 
so is prolificum, both being more of a shrub nature 
than the Moserianum, which also bears very large 
yellow flowers. 
— The complaints sometimes heard that “my Colo- 
rado blue spruce is not blue” simply means that one 
of the green leaved sorts has been obtained. The 
species varies greatly. To have the real blue one, 
many nurseymen graft the true blue, using Norway 
spruce for the stock. 
— Among showy perennials, the double Hermero- 
callis fulva should not be overlooked. Besides that 
double flowers are more lasting, the golden orange 
yellow of this one makes it most conspicuous. 
— The Allegheny hollyhock is indeed a very beauti- 
ful strain. The difference between it and the old one 
lies in its fringed petals ; and there are c|uite a variety 
of color in this strain now. 
— The hardy orange Lemonia trifoliata is worthy of 
its name about Philadelphia, standing all the winters 
of the past fifteen years. The oranges are small, but 
very ornamental. Unfortunately they are too bitter to 
be eaten. 
— Rubus odoratus is a good one for massing, as it 
suckers freely. The rosy red flowers are produced in 
June and July, not numerously, but enough to give it 
value. Joseph Meehan. 
