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especially appropriate to the Christmas season, the new 
volume promises to open with unusual attractions. 
Harper's Bazar spreads weekly before its readers a 
feast of stories, poems, art illustrations and a constant 
variety of beautifully engraved fashion plates. The 
articles exclusively devoted to fashions contain a fund of 
practical suggestions, and consisting as they do chiefly 
of information furnished by the best known dry-goods 
houses can be depended upon for accuracy. With such 
aids as are here furnished and the pattern-sheets accom¬ 
panying the Bazar , dressmaking at home is not a difficult 
matter. 
“The Canadian Foresters’ Illustrated Guide.” By J. 
Chapais, of the Department of Agriculture, Quebec, Can¬ 
ada. This publication is gotten up in the interest of 
forestry, and treats the subject in a masterly manner. 
The book is divided into four separate parts under the 
following heads : The Preservation of our Forests; The 
Restoration of our Forests ; The Creation of new Forests, 
and Special Subjects connected with Forestry. It would 
be difficult to get more information in the same space 
than is to be found in this volume of 170 pages, while the 
illustrations are excellent. 
Parker & Wood, 49 North Market street, Boston, Mass. 
—Descriptive catalogue of Dutch and American bulbs 
and roots for fall planting. Fully illustrated and com¬ 
plete in cultural instructions. 
“Lovitt’s Guide to Fru ; t Culture.” J. T. Lovitt, Little 
Silver, N. J. This is a complete catalogue of all that per¬ 
tains to the orchard and garden. 
“Landreth’s Rural Register for 1885.” A complete 
catalogue of vegetable and farm seeds. Sent free to all 
applicants by D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. 
John S. Collins, Moorestown, N. J.—Wholesale price¬ 
list of plants, vines and trees grown at the Pleasant Val¬ 
ley Nurseries. 
Hooper & Co., Covent Garden, London.—Annual illus¬ 
trated bulb catalogue for the fall of 1885. A complete 
list of bulbs and plants for the open border and the 
greenhouse. 
William H. Moon’s priced quotations of fruit and orna¬ 
mental trees, shrubs, small fruits, grape-vines, &c., culti¬ 
vated and for sale at the Glen wood Nurseries, Morris- 
ville, Bucks County, Pa. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Plant for Name. — J. W. Briggs.—Artemisia Abro- 
tanum, commonly known as “ Southern-wood ” or “ old 
man.” It is a hardy, low growing shrub. Its leaves, 
when held up against a strong light, appear full of 
transparent dots. These are the vesicles containing the 
fragrant oil that gives out the scent, and when these are 
broken by rubbing the leaves, it causes them to give out 
a more powerful odor. 
Bermuda Lily.— Old Subscriber .—The growth and 
flowering of this lily is almost continuous; after flowering, 
give a partial rest by gradually withholding water. In a 
short time it will throw up new stems, when it should be 
grown on rapidly. A peculiarity of this lily is, that its 
bulbs mature while its flowers are developing. 
Asparagus tenuissimus. — Same. —This plant is rapidly 
increased from cuttings, and should have ordinary green¬ 
house temperature. When fully grown it makes a splendid 
plant for the window-garden. Young plants do splendidly 
in tubs or vases out of doors, in a partially shaded situ¬ 
ation. _ 
Pachyphytum. — Subscriber. —These are stout-growing 
succulent plants allied to echeverias. They are commonly 
used for bedding-out in summer, usually in geometrical 
beds. The leaves are thick and fleshy, and form rosettes, 
and the whole plant has a whitened tone which gives it 
a distinct and ornamental character. They are readily 
propagated by pulling off the leaves and placing them in 
pans or pots of clean sand and keeping them in a warm 
situation. The plants will keep well during the winter in 
a dry, warm cellar, or in the living-room. They should 
be watered only sparingly. 
Cotyledon. — Same. — This is a plant of similar habit 
as the above and should be treated in the same manner. 
They are plants of no great beauty, but interesting from 
the'manner in which they are supposed to feed; the 
surface of the leaves is covered with myriads of pores 
or mouths, through which they are supposed to take 
their nourishment, the roots, seemingly, are only re¬ 
quired to hold them in position. The ornamental species 
are all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Zephyranthes Candida. — Emily. —This is not, as you 
suppose, a native of the United States, as is Z. Ireatea 
and Atamasco. It is a native of Peru, and is popularly 
known as the Peruvian swamp lily. It is one of the 
most beautiful flowering bulbs we have for the border. 
The flowers are pure white and bear a strong resem¬ 
blance to the crocus; it is a persistent bloomer and not 
injured by a few degrees of frost. 
Crab Cactus. — Miss Kate Adams , Louisiana. —The 
crab cactus, Epiphyllum truncation, delights in a rich, 
well-drained, sandy soil, and should have plenty of air, 
water and sunlight when in a growing condition, and 
kept nearly dry when at rest. It is likely you gave yours 
too much water when dormant. You can have no better 
guide for its cultivation than to follow the example of that 
unskilled hand that succeeded so well with it. 
Plant for Name.— Same. —The slip you sent is not a 
cactus, but a Stapelia, commonly known as the starfish 
flower, a plant belonging to the milkweed family. It 
grows readily from cuttings, and makes a very interesting 
^ouse plant. 
