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THE COTTAGE GARDENER.. 
torcovadensis, Cycas revolula, Snbal Adansonii, Posoqncria 
longijtoru, Pondanus util is, and X out hoc hymns tinctorins. \ 
The principal contributors here, with those already men¬ 
tioned, are Messrs. Verdier, M. Ohantiu, Messrs. Thebaut 
and Keleleere, M. Ryfkogel, of Paris, and M. Dalliere, of 
Gand; the latter has sliown a good example of Aspic- ; 
ilium nidus avis, about four feet in diameter. 
The Aquarium was somewhat late in being finished, and 
as yet contains nothing worthy of note. 1 may observe, 
however, that the house is neatly constructed, as are also ; 
the other three structures in glass, which are filled with 
Pelargoniums, Azaleas, Calceolarias, and similar kinds. 
The plants are placed on the iloor, slightly raised with 
earth, in which the pots are partly embedded, and, as might 
be expected, after remaining a few days, they become much 
drawn. There are several tents in the form of Chinese 
pagodas filled with similar kinds. I have not yet seen a i 
single Heath. Some clumps of the old varieties of llho- 
dodendron have been the principal attraction out of-doors, 
together with some very pretty beds of Roses and Annuals j 
arranged in circles like a bouquet. This style of flower- j 
bed has an excellent effect, and it admits of being carried . 
to a great length. The general form of the bed may be 
round or oval, but the ground is much raised towards' the j 
centre, where a large and striking plant is placed; this is j 
immediately surrounded with other plants large enough to i 
cover the pot and stem; the circles are then continued j 
towards the circumference, which is formed by a sloping 
band of turf about two feet wide. On a large scale, a i 
fountain in the centre, and a back ground of foliage, this j 
circular style of bed cannot fail to be the gem of a flower- | 
garden.—P. F. Kelr. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Cere us Lemairii (Lanaire’s C'crcus), 
This is a native, probably, of Antigua. It is night- j 
blooming and fragrant. Flower very large, being oire foot j 
long and nine inches across. The petals are white, and I 
calyx yellow. It requires a stove, and blooms in June. | 
(Botanical Magazine, t. 4814.) j 
Ceanothus papillose's (Pimpled Ccanotlius). 
A hardy shrub from California, where it was discovered by | 
that martyr of Science, Mr. Douglas, but introduced into our 
gardens by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter and Chelsea Nurseries, 
who received it from Mr. W. Lobb. It produces, in July, 
very numerous blue-petaled heads of flowers. It is a 
very desirable garden plant. (Ibid. 4815.) 
Kniphoeia uvaiiia (Saw-edged-kavecl Kniphojia), 
Long but erroneously known as Tritoma itvaria; but it i 
has had many other names, such as 'Tritomanthe , Aloe, j 
Aletris, and VcUheimia. It is of the natural order of ! 
Asphodels. The leaves thin and three feet long, grow in 1 
thick tufts; the flower-stems are about the same length, 
each crowned with a dense, branched, drooping spike of 
bright red flowers gradually becoming yellow. “Although 
a native of the Cape of Good Hope, no plant can be more 
hardy, nor more easily cultivated, and, assuredly, none more 
worthy of a place in every garden.” It blooms in August. 
(Ibid. 4810.) 
IIypoxis latieolia (Broad-leaved Ilypoxis). 
Introduced, in 1854, by Captain Garden of the 40th 
Regiment, from Natal. It has a bulb-shaped tuber, about 
the size and colour of a small greened Turnip. The leaves, 
about six inches long, rise from it like those of a Leek, and 
from their axils come the flower-stalks terminating in 
bunches of yellow flowers. It will probably prove hardy. 
(Ibid. 4817.) 
Beearia .estuans (Glowing Befaria). 
This has been also called Acuna ob/onga. It is a native 
of the Andes Mountains in South America, where it was 
iound by Mr. W. Lobb at about 8000 feet above the sea. It 
is a hardy greenhouse shrub. The name of the genus is also 
spelt Bejaria , under which it will be found in The Cottage 
Gardeners’ Dictionary. {Ibid. 4818). 
THE CATAWBA GRAPE. 
The Catawba Grape was first discovered near Asheville, 
in Buncombe county. North Carolina; in the south-western 
corner of the State, near the head waters of the Catawba 
liver. It was found by a Mr. Murray, about Lbe year 1801; 
the Grapes were growing wild in the woods, in the greatest 
profusion. Gen. Davy, a senator in congress, living at 
Rocky Mount, on the Catawba river, transplanted some of 
these Grapes to bis residence, and from thence took a few 
plants with him to Washington, during the period of his 
senatorsliip—some time prior to 181(5. From, or through 
him, the distinguished Major Adlum obtained some of the 
plants, and was the first person who made wine from them 
—about 18:22. In 1823 lie sent some of the plants, with 
specimens of this wine, to Mr. Longworth, of Cincinnati, to 
whom we are thus indebted for its first introduction in the 
West. 
There are several other varieties of native Grapes from 
which small quantities of wine are made, but they are 
generally inferior in many respects to the Catawba; from 
the wine of this Grape, which has undergone simple 
fermentation, is made the celebrated “ sparkling wine ” first 
introduced to tbo world at Cincinnati, in which vicinity 
there is at the present time near fifteen hundred acres in 
cultivation, producing an average yield of three hundred 
gallons to the acre ; during the past season some have 
realised as high as live hundred, seven hundred, eight 
hundred, and eight-hundred and-filty gallons to the acre. 
Our success in producing wine from this Grape is in some 
measure to be attributed to the greater length of our 
seasons and the character of our soil in this vicinity; it 
being absolutely necessary to make wine from this or any 
other Grape, that it should reach the degree of ripeness or 
maturity which furnishes the requisite amount of sugar or 
saccharine matter to preserve the wine by its conversion 
into alcohol in the process of fermentation. Grapes may 
be considered ripe enough for eating which would not do for 
wine making.— Cincinnati Paper. 
MITRARIA COCC1NEA CULTURE. 
Having seen an article in one of your former numbers 
respecting the flowering of the Mitraria coccinea, 1 beg to 
forward you the mode I have adopted with its culture, which 
has been successful; as tbe plant in question lias been 
completely loaded with its tine scarlet flowers. The way I 
treated it was this: after blooming it last year, 1 turned it 
out of the pot, and found the roots very healthy ; I shook 
off part of the old soil, and gave it a pot two sizes larger 
than the one it was in. The compost I used was equal 
parts of rough fibrous peat, leaf-mould, and loam, well 
mixed up together; with this treatment it has flowered most 
abundantly. Tbe plant is supposed to be hardy, but it does 
not stand so well here out-of-doors in winter; they do well 
in a cold greenhouse. It is a plant entitled to be in every 
collection of greenhouse plants, however small. 
If you think the above worthy of insertion in your valuable 
Cottage Gardener you are at liberty to do so.— IV. Rush- 
EORTH, Mr. Kearslcy's Nurseries, Leeds. 
ORANGE WINE. 
Take 10 gallons of water, 28 lbs. lump-sugar, 5 doz. Seville 
oranges, the whites of (i eggs, 1 oz. isinglass, joz. cochineal, 
and 2 qts. of brandy. Reel the oranges as thinly as possible, 
carefully preserving the peel. Divide them and squeeze out 
the juice. Put the squeezed pulps into a tub, and on them 
pour tbo 10 gallons of water. Let them remain in soak for 
one night, then strain it, and if you find that you have lost 
any of it in the soaking, then make up the deficiency by 
adding more water. Having lbe sugar broken in small 
pieces, add it to the water, taking care that it be well dis¬ 
solved before putting tbe liquor on the lire. Take the whites 
of the eggs, and beat them into a froth, and put them in 
the sw'eetened liquor. Boil one hour, stirring frequently, 
