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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, July 6, 1858. 
FOUNTAIN. 
A small fountain forms a very ornamental addition to the 
rectangular aquarium. But the difficulties attendant on the 
ordinary arrangement, which necessitates a high-level cistern, 
and involves expense in laying on pipes, to be afforded only 
by a few, lead us to prefer a more simple arrangement, 
whereby all splashes, which often prove so injurious to 
window curtains and dresses, are avoided. 
The fountain engraved herewith, is on the principle of the 
syphon, and by its means a jet of water is obtainable above 
the level of the supply, which is direct from the tank. 
In a model lately constructed, with a gutta perclia quarter 
of an inch waste pipe, four feet in length, a one-sixteenth of 
an inch jet, from a quarter of an inch pipe, remained playing 
steadily, at the height of twenty inches above the surface of 
; the supply. 
The annexed diagram represents the syphon fountain, as 
available in the case of an ordinary aquarium. 
s. Is an ordinary glass-shade, affixed air-tight to a slab of metal, or 
prepared wood. 
n. The fountain nozzle, joining to 
f. The flow-pipe. 
v. The supply reservoir, or aquarium. 
w. The waste-pipe, discharging into 
r. A concealed pail, or other vessel. 
To start the water, draw the air from lower end of w. 
Supposing the length of the waste, namely, the height of the tank 
from the floor, to he four feet, a good jet is obtainable with pail on the 
floor level. 
When the hot weather has set in, we seem to value the 
sight of a stream of running water; and this same principle 
is equally adaptable to a table fountain. 
Let us take heed that, while enjoying the rippling of natural 
waters, we do not forget ‘‘ the fountain opened for sin, and for 
uncleanness.”—E. A. Copland. 
FAILURE OF ROSE CUTTINGS. 
In the second week in Juno I put some Rose cuttings 
into four large flower-pot saucers, filled with sand and leaf 
mould (three parts sand and one part mould), and then 
| plunged them into a hotbed, in which there was a gentle heat. 
I have kept them well watered, and have closed the 
frame altogether at night—only giving air during the day. I 
am now afraid that I have treated them improperly, as they 
are almost all without leaves, although the stems look green 
and healthy. Is this right? Will you, also, tell me how 
I am to know when they have struck root? and how I 
am to treat them after they have done so ? You will, T hope, 
excuse my troubling you, as it is my first attempt to strike 
Eose cuttings ; and 1 am going to put in some more as soon 
as I hear from you whether I have managed the first batch 
properly. I ought, perhaps, to mention, that the cuttings 
were taken from perpetuals,—such as La Marque , Souvenir 
de la Malmaison , Giant des Bat allies, &c.— Amateuk. 
[Your Eose cuttings were too young for a first attempt by 
a beginner; and the heat was too much, in the absence of 
sound practical knowledge of the subject. Still, La Marque 
and the Malmaison Eoses ought to root most freely. The 
Noisettes and time Bourbons being the easiest of all Eoses to 
come from cuttings. Begin afresh. Make a light sandy com¬ 
post, and put it three inches thick on some shaded border, 
but not too much shaded; take common handglasses, instead 
of frames $ and, for bottom heat, trust entirely to the heat of 
the earth. Make short cuttings of half-ripened side-shoots, 
plant them very firmly, water them, and shade the glasses 
from the sun , but not from the light, for the first three weeks ; 
and, after rooting, they will have taught you more about 
Eose cuttings than all your reading up to that day. Then it 
will be time enough for you to think of hotbeds for Rose 
cuttings.] 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
Dendrobium Falconeri ; var. Sepalis petalisque obtu- 
sioribus {Dr. Falconer's Dendrobium ; with blunter 
sepals and petals). 
Sent from Assam by Mr. Simons, and bloomed in March, 
1858, at the nursery of Messrs. Jackson, Kingston. Flowers 
white, tipped with purple, and centre deep yellow.— {Botanical 
Magazine , t. 5058.) 
Ilex cornuta {Horned-leaved Holly). 
Found by Mr. Fortune near Shanghai. Introduced by 
Messrs. Standish and Co., Bagshot Nursery. Very handsome 
leaved.— {Lbid. t. 5059.) 
Rhododendron virgatum {Twiggy Rhododendron). 
Found by Dr. Hooker, at elevations of from 8000 to 9000 
feet, in the Sikkim Himalaya. Flowers pink, produced in 
April, in a cool frame, by Mr, Lowe, of the Clapton Nursery, 
— {Ibid. t. 5060.) 
Polygonatum punctatum {Spotted-stalled Solomon's Seal). 
Native of Nepaul and Sikkim Himalaya, at elevations of , 
from 7000 to 11,000 feet. Bloomed in the open ground, 
during April, 1858, by Mr. Nuttall, in his garden at Nutgrove, I 
Rainliill, Lancashire,— {Ibid. t. 5061.) 
Thyrsacanthus Indicus {Indian Thyrsacanthus). 
Native of Assam. Flowers creamy white ; first bloomed by 
Mr. Nuttall, during April, 1858, in a warm stove, — {Ibid, 
t. 5062.) 
Indigoeera decora {Comely Indigo plant). 
“ A most lovely and ornamental greenhouse plant.” Flowers j 
in long, upright, pink racemes, and leaves like those of the j 
Laburnum,but more freshly green. Introduced from Shanghai, 
by Mr. Fortune.— {Ibid. t. 5063.) 
Interesting Discovery. —At the last meeting of the 
Linnsean Society, Dr. Joseph Hooker read an extract from a 
letter, mentioning the discovery, near the banks of the river 
Amazon, of large Equisetums, the plant which abounds 
fossilised in coal formations. These plants were twenty feet 
high, and the stem was the thickness of a man’s wrist. The 
writer of the letter stated that his surprise on the discovery of 
these plants, which were believed to have been extinct, could 
scarcely have been exceeded had he seen the saurians of former 
worlds revived, and rushing through the swamp, 
