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can be budded from fruitful trees. The blossoms of the Lemon aresmallci 
than those of the Oi-angc, and they are not as purely white, the under side ot 
the petals being tinged with purple. 
Oranges are over a year in ripening, and often remain for two years on the tree. 
Lemons ripen irregularly, and fall off when ripe. Every six or seven years 
both orange and lemon trees should be pruned closel3^ Shorten in the shoots 
several inches, and they will throw out an abundance of fresh green leaves. 
If they flouiish well, they will not need repotting oftener than once in five or 
six 3'ears. Then the mouldy roots, and smallest fibres should be cut back, and 
the ball of earth well shaken off. Pot in soil of light loam, leaf manure, and 
two years' old cow manure, equal parts, with a good sprinkling of charcoal dust. 
Keep in the shade for two or tliree weeks, and water less frequently than when 
in flower. It loves the light, but not the hot sun until the fruit is ripening. 
The Sweet Verbena. 
The Sweet Verbena or Aloysa citriodora, is much cultivated for its lemon 
scented foliage. Any soil will suit it, but in rich loam it makes a more vigorous 
growth. 
It is of a deciduous habit, will lose its leaves, and its admirers grieve when 
they fall, but like the elm and the maple, it buds out afresh in March or April, 
and from the old wood, cuttings will strike as easily as currant cuttings. 
When its leaves have fallen, it can stand in any dark, cool place wliere the 
frost will not touch it, and where the roots can be kept rather dry 
It makes an ornamental standard plant, if trained to a single stem to a height 
of three feet, and then allowed to branch out in a graceful form. 
The young shoots will strike root in May or June, if planted under glass, and 
well shaded for awhile. The flowers are borne in large spikes and are very 
minute, white, but not much esteemed, as the foliage is the most desired part 
of the plant. Its generally neat appearance always gains much admiration. 
Trim old plants and repot them in the spring. Root the trimmings in wet 
sand, under a glass; then give those young plants a soil of garden earth, vegeta- 
ble mould and gravel in equal proportions. Set the pots in a garden-bed, plunged 
10 their rims, till September^ then stir the soil often with an old table-fork, 
water sparingly, giving liquid manure once a week ; take them to the parlor in 
October, let them have the sun six hours every day, keep the atmosphere 
oioist, and not above 65° by day or 45^ by night, and they will flourish wonder- 
.ully. 
Eupatoriums and Stevias. 
By reason of the contrast of their delicate blossoms and graceful foliage, with 
those of the Geranium, the Eupatorium and Stedas deserves high rank, as 
popular favorites. The eupatorium gets its name from Eupater, king of Pont us, 
who first used the plant in medicine. We have many species growing in their 
native beauty in the lovely mountain passes and vallej's of the North, as well as 
