Price 12 Cents, 
NEW YORK, JULY, 1877, 
By Henry T. Williams, 
in a common sitting-room. I have one which measures 
four feet and five inches from top of soil; the largest 
leaves are four and one-fourth by three and three- 
eighths inches. Another measures thirty-eight inches, 
and has been loaded with buds and blossoms since the 
first of March. I don’t know as they are anything 
unusual, but I never chanced to see as fine specimens 
Triton fountain, which stands in a shady and secluded 
spot. The arrangement of the water jets and of the 
bronze and marble sculpture is exceedingly artistic 
and effective. Broad double avenues of elms traverse 
the park, leading to the centre; and the walks are 
lined with box and laurel hedges. The purple buds 
of the cactus and aloe stand out against the green of 
FOUNTAINS IN A SPANISH PARK. 
About thirty miles to the south of Madrid, the capi¬ 
tal of Spain, lies a princely domain surrounding a 
magnificent country mansion. This is Aranjuez, the 
summer residence of the King. It was designed and 
constructed under the directions of Philip the Second, 
Fountain in the Park of the Kino of Spain. 
and is reached by a well-constructed road connecting 
it with the capital, as well as by the Madrid and Ali¬ 
cante railway. The palace of Aranjuez contains many 
noble works of art; but the chief attraction to natives 
as well as visitors is the park, with its ornamental 
gardens and fountains. Our engraving represents the 
the rare shrubs; and the air is filled with the fra 
grance of the orange blossom. 
grown in one winter in a common room. I have a 
Begonia that grows finely and looks thrifty, but some 
of the leaves when about half grown begin to dry at 
the ends and finally drop Can you till me the cause f 
It has good drainage. It is want of root room ? 
A Subscriber. 
FUCHSIA. 
I want to tell the readers of the Cabinet about my 
Fuchsias, which surpass anything I ever saw grown 
