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CHCENOSTOMA POLYANTHA. 
intended. If desired for the greenhouse they are again potted, 
so as to have them strong; otherwise they remain until wanted 
in the flower garden, where most of them are generally moved 
by the end of May, to fill the beds in which early bulbs have been 
grown, and where they soon become a mass of flowers. They 
require very little attention, either as respects soil or watering, 
and are always neat in appearance, from their naturally dwarf 
character. Imagine a small bed containing scarcely three square 
feet, filled with this plant, not exceeding eight or ten inches in 
height, and in which were placed a dozen individuals, the flowers 
produced at one time on these were so numerous as to entirely 
preclude the possibility of counting them. Their colour, too, is 
of that pleasing subdued tint (a delicate rosy lilac) as to be 
agreeable to every one. 
In the autumn I intend to try a number of plants, both pre¬ 
served from the summer’s stock and others obtained from seed, 
for winter flowering, and have no doubt, from my past expe¬ 
rience with it, to succeed in keeping a display of its flowers 
throughout the entire year. The only difficulty likely to occur 
will originate in the dense habit of the plant, rendering it liable 
to attacks from mildew ; but this I think may be remedied by 
keeping the plants in an airy situation, and being careful in re¬ 
gulating the supply of water. 
A single plant raised in January, and kept in the greenhouse, 
has now fully expanded 142 flowers; and of course, as it 
grows larger, will have a much greater number unfolded upon it. 
A more truly useful and chastely beautiful plant, capable of being 
made conducive to the decoration of our houses and gardens, to the 
same extent, was perhaps never before introduced. Every flower 
gardener, and those who wish to make the most of a little space, 
should possess a stock of Choenostoma polyantha . 
J. Aldred. 
THE POTATO DISEASE. 
In the entire history of gardening never previously arose a 
question of so much importance in all its bearings, or attended 
with such anxious solicitude, as the one before us,—its import¬ 
ance arising out of the fact that the staple food of so large a 
proportion of our fellow men in this and the sister kingdoms being 
