J 
may  be  obtained  of  any  jlorit4  op  to  the  Ist  .July 
or  later.  Ti-itfHifoUcmn,  Thnnhergias,  Balloon 
Vines,  (CnnUfiopt'nnum  kalirarattum,)  Cloma- 
lisf‘s,  are  all  well  adapted  to  our  piii-jwsc.  Among 
hardy  vines  for  tho  same  purpose  we  may  men* 
tion  the  Honey.sucklea  (osqjocially  J/ynkvra  Rel- 
gicnand  L.  nnrea  retmdnla).  Wishn  ias,  the  bluo 
I'assion  Vine,  (Pngnijlora  iHjendea),  wliich.  how¬ 
ever,  is  noC  hardy — and  I’t/i's  /u’/r’foph'/Uu  vntdt^ 
ynia,  one  of  the  finest  ornamental  vines  in  cul¬ 
tivation.  The  voi-iogation  of  its  leaf — white, 
rose,  groen— is  heautv  enough,  and  its  light-blue 
waxen  bern'ea  that  mature  in  tho  fall  are  a  rare 
and  additional  charm.  Tho  vines  are  more  or 
loss  killed  by  severe  cold  but  tho  rmits  wo  have 
never  had  iujimod— and  its  spring  growth  is  so 
rapid  that  the  winter  dostrnction  of  the  top  need 
not  be  oojisidored  agamst  it.  Wo  do  not  know 
of  a  prettier  hardy  vino  or  ono  that  thrives  bet¬ 
ter  in  rockeries  whether  i)lanteit  at  the  base  or 
among  tljo  rocks  thoniselvos. 
Such  h.ardy  vines  as  ArintoMda^  Akchin,  To- 
(»»««,  Penplom,  Cdasirm,  oto.,  etc.,  aro  not 
selected  bocaiiso  they  seldom  make  much  growth 
EOCKERIES, 
—  uusfavia  gracillima. —Mr.  Wm. 
•Bru.  of  England  has  Kueeecded  in  flowering  this 
^Mperb  plant  ol  which  a  sketch  is  given  in  the 
hardeners’  Chronicle,  May  fi.  It  is  a  stove  flow¬ 
ering  plant—  leaves  IS  or  18  inclre.s  in  lejigth  by 
«^tlis  or  one  inch  in  diameter.  The  flowers,  ro- 
m.arkable  for  their  botanical  structiu'o  as  for 
tlieir  great  beauty,  are  four  inches  in  diameter 
and  of  a  rose-red  color. 
ITave  any  of  our  readers  over  tried  to  cultivate 
the  charming  little  flower  Pob/gnla  pnneifolia  ? 
as  BO  iu<lioronsly  spurious  as  an  attempt  to  ren¬ 
der  objects  shapely  and  beautiful,  that  in  nature 
we  behold  only  among  tho  rudest,  most  rugged 
scenes.  A  rockery  is  ti.erofore  never  ornamental 
—nay,  it  is  never  anything  but  a  monnmont  of 
untutored  Uste,  unless  unstnidied  clumps  of 
vines,  shrubs — or  natural  brealis  or  hills _ the 
banks  of  streamlets  or  of  lakes  miggest  at  least 
the  piossibllity  of  tho  i-fwks  in  wliolo  or  hi  peirt 
having  existed  there  in  ji  state  of  nature. 
For  those,  however,  who  do  not  agree  ivith  ns 
in  these  \iews— and  that  there  are  those  wlio  d-> 
not  is  shown  from  the  many  Ingnbrions  inoumls 
and  circles  of  rocks  to  bt»  seen  in  the  front  gar¬ 
dens  of  cities,  villages  .aiul  country  dwellings  - 
we  desire  to  name  a  few  plants  which  we  know  to 
be  well  adapted  to  rockeries,  as  well  as  to  sug¬ 
gest  a  imsle  of  constructing  them  that  shall  al>- 
sorb  the  rain  an<l  in  a  measure  retain  it  for  future 
use  instead  of  throwing  it  off,  forming  cavities 
md  ruts  lictwecii  the  rocks,  washing  away  tho 
surface  soil  and  exposing  the  roots  of  the  jtlaiits 
while,  except  in  long  sfonns,  tho  moisture  pen¬ 
etrates  to  an  mcon.siderable  dnnth  ntiH 
MUSK-MELONS— NOVELTIES 
Miilons  thrive  on  hiH-sidos  and  in  sandy  soils. 
If  the  l>e8t  results  be  sought,  ij  small  quantity 
of  guano  mixed  wilh  a  sliovelfnl  or  so  of  old 
maum-e  and  covered  with  soil  in  tho  hills,  should 
he  used.  As  soon  as  tho  ricod-leaves  aro  well  do- 
vclopod,  plaster  is  generally  used  to  prot.s't  them 
ficim  the  mclou  bootle ;  and  this  is  thought  to  act 
as  a  Htimnlaut  to  the  plants  as,  from  tiiuo  to 
time,  it  IS  washed  by  rains  into  the  ground  and 
alwut  the  filirons  roots.  Mixing  a  little  llmu'  of 
sulphur  with  tho  gypsum  is  a  more  ctroctnal  pro¬ 
tection  against  tho  molou  bocthis-or,  indeed 
sulphur  may  bo  used  alone.  In  tiw  tlrst  instance 
a  mncli  smaller  (inantity  snfUces,  and  in  tho  lat¬ 
ter,  a  pinch  wiU  go  as  far  as  a  teaspoon ful  of 
plaster.  In  tho  same  v 
tohai'co  ashes  or  aloes. 
The  following  novel 
melons  are  olfercd  tliis 
I  season  accompanied  by 
the  usual  high-sounding  plirasos.  Hutton’s  Tom 
Ihumb  is  descrilaid  .as  the  smallest  yet  hand¬ 
somest  melon  incnltivation— marked  with  stripes 
of  orange  and  claret-  flesh  green,  juicy  and  de¬ 
licious. 
tinsin  Climbing.  Tliis  melon  requires  a  ti-ollls. 
Fnrthor,  “deponent  saitb  not.’’ 
Comfiusito  is  a  favorite  Paris  melon,  netted 
and  deeply-ribbed— orange-scarlet  flesh,  “  sweet 
and  hri.sk.” 
I’rosoott  Cantaloupe.  Also  popular  among 
I’aris  gardoners-large— thick  llo.sh,  fragrant. 
Craiigo  CantaloiqM).  Medium  size;  productive. 
Tours  Hngai-.  Light  green  flesh,  netted,  sweet! 
Algiers  C'n^Uloupo.  Unr'ly  and  firodnctivo. 
VV«  have  procured  the  above  among  a  goodly 
assortment  of  vegetable  novolties-planted  them 
with  the  consideration  duo  to  distinguished  for¬ 
eigners  and  will  give  onr  readers  next  Fall  an 
iiiajiartia)  account  of  tlie  respect  to  which  they 
are  entitled.  ‘  i 
mind  drouths,  Huoli  jilauts,  however,  ai'e  gen¬ 
erally  those  of  low  stature  and  of  aoonfinerl  leaf¬ 
age  that  are  late  in  clotliing  tho  rooks  witJi  a 
mass  of  verdm-o  uiMin  which  in  all  rook-works 
their  attract! vonosa  chiefly  depends. 
As  to  construction — let  ns  select  Hat  or  flultisli 
stones  as  large  as  aro  available.  These  answer 
every  luirpoao  of  round  or  thick  stones  and  allow 
of  greater  contents.  Besides,  they  arc  more 
easily  handJod  and  fewer  go  further.  Mark  out 
upon  the  surface  of  the  ground  the  outline  de- 
su'ed  and  set  the  stones  perpendicularly,  or  with 
the  tops  incluiing  inwards,  on  tlio  broadest  edges 
HO  that  tho  most  nento  angle  sJiall  point  npwanls. 
Let  oacli  one  ovei  l.qi  the  prectKlhig  a  little.  Tlieso 
may  be  held  in  place  by  stieka  tlriveii  inside  for 
them  to  rest  against.  When  we  have  thus  com¬ 
pleted  the  lirst  Uer  of  stones  (lot  ns  snjiposo 
them  to  average  two  foot  iuhight)  fill  iri  over  tho 
apertures  and  cruoks  between  tho  stones  or  lap- 
pings  with  matted  grass,  mo.sa,  old  carpct.i  or  oil¬ 
cloths,  and  then  throw  in  the  soil  (muck  is  ex¬ 
cellent),  making  it  most  com|iact  against  the 
moss  or  otliar  lining  and  loosest  toward  the  mid¬ 
dle.  'VVlmn  wo  have  filled  in  to  the  bight  of  18 
niches,  place  the  second  tier  of  stones  fhalf  tlio 
size  of  the  first)  so  far  within  as  to  allow  a  suf¬ 
ficient 
DRAINING  THE  GARDEN 
1  lUVK  two  gardens  one  with  eastern  exisism-e. 
soil  rattier  clayey ;  the  ntlier  nearly  level  soii 
coarse,  sandy,  rattier  damp  -land  .‘iriginally  in 
inno-Bubsoil  of  both  stiff  clay.  In  wot  weather 
soil  IS  soggy-  very  cold  and  vegetation  always 
backward.  UaHO  of  the  seution  granite,  somo 
Hint  rock  and  miioh  silica.  Both  have  been 
highly  inannred  with  barn-yard  material  ashes 
luno,  cotton-seed,  guano,  eUr.,  yet  the  laud  ro- 
inaiiis  unproductive.  In  early  spring  and  all 
summer  a  little  white  worm  (like  a  maggot)  is 
abundant  in  tho  soil  and  sucks  the  sap  of  nil 
vcgotablos  as  turnips,  cabbages,  hoets,  l  adishos 
potatoes,  etc.;  grass  grows  niuJi,  corn,  cotton 
and  o  u-a  do  tolerably  well.  Would  like  to  know 
what  I  ren  tment  «-ould  be  hi  ijoflcial  and  t.-?|.e.ciiillv 
how  to  get  rid  of  the  worm.  Hun.,  Ace  6'o.,  Akt 
i'otni  garden  evidontly  needs  nndordniiniini. 
I’lit  in  tlio  drains  at  ! 
about  thirty  feet  ujiart 
Arrange  the  drains  so 
that  there  will  ho  a  free  outlet  into  one  pipe  or 
open  dikih,  and  wo  think  there  will  bo  a  decided 
improvement  observed  the  first  soa«on.  Tho 
small  white  maggots  aro  doubtless  tJie  larvae  of 
some  small  insect,  but  what  kind  of  ootu-se  we 
cannot  say.  If  yon  cannot  get  tile  near  liy, 
stone  or  oven  board  ilraiu  will  answer  for  a  few 
years,  but  the  first  am  the  l>est  and  will  be  the 
cheapest  in  the  end.  Hometiines  trenching  such 
land  as  you  describe  will  prove  highly  beneficial, 
but  considerable  maum-a  is  required  to  make  the 
surface  soil  rich  if  tho  land  is  inverted  to  tho 
dejith  of  eighteesi  inches  to  two  feet. 
A  eoKiiiSHPONj.KNT  of  tliO  JomTiai  of  Ifortionl- 
turo  gives  the  following  directions  for  killing  the 
Bed  Spider  either  in  greenliouso  or  hot-heds : 
Ono  of  the  boBt  moans  of  eradicating  this  pest, 
and  one  whicli  I  havo  auccessfully  practised  for 
many  years,  is  by  creating  fumes  of  sulphur 
with  the  aut  of  heated  furnace  shovels.  If  the 
operation  is  performed  with  duo  care  evei-y 
spider  will  be  killed,  and  not  a  leaf  of  either 
vines  or  cucumbers  will  bo  injured.  If,  how¬ 
ever.  the  wi)rk  is  loosely  or  carolossJy  done  injury 
will  inevitably  be  committed.  But  of  tliis  there 
IS  no  real  danger,  for  a  safety  valve  is  always 
present,  whicli  if  regarded  wUl  lead  to  satisfac¬ 
tory  rosuUs.  My  mode  is  us  follows  : 
On  tho  evening  of  a  still  day,  and  after  tho 
house  contahihig  tixe  Bjiider  has  been  closed.  I 
aecuie  the  aid  of  two  assistants.  One  heats  a 
margin  for  the  first  tier  of  plants.  Pro 
coed  with  tlie  second  and  third  as  with  the  IksI 
—not  forgetting  the  lining— until  the  last  and 
highest  Hiirface  has  become  so  narrowed  as  not 
0  ailmit  of  another  tier,  and  the  rockery  is  ready 
lor  the  plants. 
It  WiU  ho  observed  that,  constnicted  m  this 
mamier,  tho  rain  will  freely  make  its  way  through 
the  more  porous  middle  soil  instead  of  running 
ff ,  that  it  will  ho  hold  somewhat  by  the  rubbish 
mmg  wJiiph  further  acts  as  a  non-conductor  to 
the  heat  from  without,  and  that  a  degree  of 
moisture  may  hi  thi.s  way  bo  provided  wliich  re- 
foremost  objecUons  to 
ese,  at  best,  objecUonablc  structures  that,  viz. 
^^th  occasional  watering,  they  need  never  dry 
rockeries  before  they  are 
honeier  constructed,  are  extremely  unsightly! 
e  know  of  one  instance,  nevortbeloss,  in  which 
hy  th7u  mitigated 
manner 
drab  imi  Hurface  was  given  a  coat  of 
and  before  drying,  was  splashed,  veined 
and  moaeulated  ivith  black  and  many  colors. 
the  cari  'vuather  so  bedims 
a  naS  as  to  impart 
did  von  "®  ^^''®  ^“«‘^ed),  “  tVhore 
rocks  in 
y  places  will  endime  for  many  years, 
the  earth  dose  u,  the  base  of 
(tb.  tator.  01 
fresh  criJr.  ^1^  ®^®'*  obtained, )  whose 
IdossomT  S  ^'aWt  and  sweet 
most  priJed'nf  ovorywJiere  the 
CobaL  vm,  /  '^mes.  Nest  the  plain 
of  flowers  and  t1  '77^'  loaf,  affluence 
as  we  are  ,  grow'th  is  not-so  far 
as  n e  are  aware-eimaied.  Vm.,. _ _ _ _ 
MISCELLANEA, 
For  six  new  plants  not  in  commerce,  says  the 
Gardeners’  Ghvoniele,  Mr.  Bull  of  Chelsea  was 
placed  Ist.  Mr.  Bull’s  plants  were  Prikhardia 
grandis,  from  tho  Solomon  Isles,  a  boautifnl 
brightgroon  Palm  with  roundish,  concave,  plaited 
leaves,  havmg  a  donbly-toothod  edge  and  fiat, 
spiny  leaf  stalks  ;  Bieffenbachia  ShiittleworUii! 
fiom  Columbia,  a  small  habited  species,  with 
spreading,  lanceolate-oblong  leaves  nine  inches 
long,  of  a  satiny  green,  with  a  silvery  central  bar 
an  inch  wide ;  Croton  olegantissimus,  from  the 
New  Hebrides,  a  finely  colored  plant  with  yeUow 
and  rod  stems,  long,  dark  green,  drooping  leavos 
half  an  inch  wide,  the  basal  portion  of  wliich  on 
the  eo.sta  is  of  a  deop  golden  yellow  ;  Bieffen- 
bacliia  Chelsoni,  witli  ovate,  yellow,  blotched 
leaves ;  Aralia  fiplendi.ssima,  from  New  Caledo¬ 
nia.  a  densely  leafy  plant  j  the  leaves  pimmto, 
Iji'foot  long,  with  about  11  iiairs  of  opiiosite 
lobed  leaflets ;  and  -ilocasia  .Johnaoni,  from  Now 
Gumea,  a  siiedes  having  purple,  mottled  stalks, 
furnished  with  short  prickles  arranged  in  gronns 
anu  1  omoiogical  Association  wo  find  the  foUow- 
mg  good  advice  to  Bouthern  growers  of  fruits 
and  vogetablos  which  is  alike  applicalilo  to  culti¬ 
vators  m  other  localities : 
Lot  ns  commeno'.'  at  homo  to  make  inquiry. 
Are  onr  fruit  and  vegetables  of  the  very  best 
varieties,  and  such  as  are  best  adapted  to  onr 
soii  and  climate  ?  Have  wo  properly  cultivated 
them,  and  was  tho  season  such  as  to  bring  them 
to  the  greatest  perfeokon  'i  Did  we  select  only 
the  best,  (such  as  we  would  bo  willing  to  pay  top 
prices  for,)  and  carefnily  pack  and  ship  them 
without  delay,  so  they  might  reach  nmiket  frosh 
and  iiorfect  ^  If  all  this  has  been  done,  and  re¬ 
sults  wore  not  satisfactory,  then  we  must  loolc 
olsowhero  for  the  cause,  feeling  satisfied  that  it 
is  not  with  the  producer.  But,  rest  assured, 
that  just  in  pro)iortiou  as  yon  connot  answer  the 
above  questions,  afflrmativoly,  to  yourself,  Just 
ill  tho  sumo  proiiortion  tho  fault  is  yom-  own, 
and  the  remedy  should  begin  at  home. 
TRAINING  CUCUMBERS  ON  TRELLISES. 
Wk  fully  agree  with  the  New  England  Home¬ 
stead  m  tho  following,  and  would  odd  train  tho 
tomatoes  on  trellises  also: — Cucumbers  aro 
generally  pcrmilted,  or  ooinpclled  rather,  to 
pviw  flatnpou  thu  ground,  but  vinos  have  been 
trained  uiion  ti'ollisos  wilii  the  very  ha])pie.st 
results.  Indoetl  nature  never  hitended  the  cu¬ 
cumber  for  a  mere  surface  ninner,  else  it  would 
not  have  been  provided  will)  grasping  tendrils 
A  low'  trellis,  keej>ing  both  vine  and  fruit  off  tho 
ground,  add  largely  to  Hie  yield  and  the  ipiaUtv 
When  space  is  «n  object,  a  great  saving  of 
ground  may  bo  aoconipUshcd  by  training  finon 
)n»^h  fivilliwnu  °  1. 
