in a moist heat, it will quickly push forth young shoots, which strike freely under glass, the pots being plunged into any kind of bottom-heat. As they commence to grow, after being potted, they will soon assume a loose growth if not checked by frequent dropping of the shoots. They should not be allowed to make more than three or four joints before you pinch off their tops; and if you are desirous of having large plants, then shift them into pots a size larger as fast as their pots become filled with roots, and train them accordingly. They require to be potted rather firmly in a rich, loamy soil, and afforded plenty of light and air, as weather may permit. As the shoots are very brittle, they must be staked, or otherwise fastened, to prevent them snapping as they grow. My esteemed friend Mr. J. Burly of the Albert Nursery, Pembridge Place, Bayswater, who cultivates large quantities of exotic specimens, as well as other kinds of plants, for furnishing the conservatories of the nobility and gentry on festival occasions, informs me that he finds the double petunia as a flowering-plant very useful during the summer and autumn months; and that, by shortening those shoots that have produced flower, he is thus enabled to maintain a succession of blooms throughout their flowering-season. As their individual flowers are very large, they are excellent to cut from for decorating épergnes and other table ornaments; and they retain their freshness much longer than many other flowers that are employed for that purpose: and as their colors are various, including pure white, magenta, crimson, and purple, with their many shades and blotches, this makes their flowers the more desirable for the above purpose.

We must now say something respecting the means to be used so that you may preserve your stock of old plants throughout the winter months, either for growing them into large specimens in the following year, or for supplying cuttings for a renewed stock. My method is to place them all together in a warm but dry part of the greenhouse; not cutting back any of their wood, except such shoots as may appear unsightly, only giving them sufficient water to keep them in health. In the spring, the shoots are pruned down to three or more eyes in length. Many of the sorts will have previously begun to push forth a number of shoots from the lower portion of their stem; and to the growth of these every encouragement should be given. The plants may then be repotted by reducing the earth around their roots, and replacing them into pots as small as will conveniently admit the roots, and afterwards to be reshifted into larger pots as before advised. The following list contains a few of the best, both as regards size of flower and color:

COMPOST FOR FUCHSIAS AND PELARGONIUMS. A compost of two-thirds loam from rotted turfs, and one-third oid cow-dung and leaf-mould in equal quantities, with a free admixture of sharp sand, will grow them well. Plants in small pots should be potted as soon as they reach the sides of the pots, and before they become closely matted. The pelargoniums should be repotted up to December, and then shifted into their blooming-pots if for an early bloom; but, if intended for flowering in June, the final shift may be given in February. The shoots should be stopped and tied out, so as to produce good specimens. The fuchsias should be potted and kept slowly growing over the winter, and be stopped frequently as required to secure good habit.

Select Fuchsias.

Queen of Whites, Diadem, Laurient, Palmaerts, Hercules, Sunshine, War-Eagle, Elegantissima, Rose of Denmark, Enoch Arden, Banks's Beauty, Catharine Parr, Conquest, and Blanchette.

Select Pelargoniums: Show Varieties. - Belle of the Ball, Charles Turner, William Hoyle, Selina, Mary Hoyle, Elegans, Lady of Quality, Marian, Lord Canning, Conqueror, Beauty of Reading, and Golden Hue Fancy. - Clytie, Eleanor, Silver Mantle, Undine, Lady Towers, Eulalie, Godfrey Turner, Roi des Fantaisies, the Rover, Mrs. Turner, First Favorite, and Delicatum. French and English Spotted.-Calypso, Egarie, Gustave Malet, Rubens, Margaret, Madame Charles Keteleer, Victorine Pinguard, Numa, Général Fleury, Céline Malet, Duchesse de Morny, and Bérénice. — Cottage Gardener.

ALLAMANDA WARDLEANA.

This newly-imported plant from Guiana, which, from its growth and aspect, is supposed to be A. Hendersonii, is in reality totally distinct from that variety, and so much superior to that or to any other member of this beautiful family, that I think it deserves the name that has been applied to it, and which will prevent it from being confused with A. Hendersonii. It is a true evergreen, and will not only bear its leaves through the winter, but can be had to flower at Christmas. Its leaves are produced in whorls of from four to eight, and are short, thick, leathery glaucous, inclining to a reddish brown on the margin. These leaves never die off. The plant refuses to break from the nude wood. It will set flower immediately upon being excited, even in mid-winter; and in no case will it make two joints without flower. This is even the case with young plants a few inches high, and cuttings in the cutting-pot. The flowers are produced in corymbs, with frequently twenty to thirty expanded at one time; and from these corymbs rises a growth which at the second joint again sets flower, and continues thus the whole year round. The flowers are a deep goldenyellow, often measuring ten or twelve inches across (?), with a richly striped throat, which midway is inflated and ornamented with chocolate and maroon stripes; and the back of the sepals is heavily margined with brown. The buds are of a beautiful brownish maroon color before expansion; and the whole plant, instead of being a trailer (?) or climber, as the other members of this family are, is a rigid, upright grower, and must be trained similar to an erica or other hardwooded plant. Such a plant as this proves to be is indeed a gem: it will become the finest exhibition-plant of the day, and be invaluable for the decoration of the dinner-table. — William Wardle, in Gardener's Magazine.

THE CANNAS, which were introduced to our summer flower-gardens for the sake of their foliage, are now asserting their claims to be admitted also as flowering-plants. Though bright-colored and of very singular structure, their blossoms, bearing a very small proportion to the mass of foliage, were formerly chiefly interesting as objects of botanical curiosity. Now the size of their flowers has been so much increased, and the plants have been rendered so remarkably free-flowering, by those innovators who are said to do their best to upset botanical distinctions, — those progressive-development men, the industrious cultivators, who turn selection to good account by improving the beauty of our ornamental plants, and enhancing the good qualities of our useful ones, that they have become really attractive as floral objects; some of them being indeed almost as gay as the gladioli, and much more prolific and continuous in regard to their yield of blossoms.

Two of these are particularly deserving of this prominent mention and recommendation; namely, those called C. Bihorelli and C. grandiflora floribunda. These are both dwarfish sorts, scarcely exceeding three feet in height. The first named is a dark-leaved variety, the leaves being of moderate size, and the flower-stems branched freely so as to give a very floriferous habit; while the flowers themselves are broad-petaled, nearly twice the ordinary size, and of a bright, showy red color. The other variety mentioned above is of similar size and habit, but has green leaves and bright orange-colored flowers. These two may be regarded as admirable flower-garden plants, altogether independent of the sub-tropical movement; and they are sufficiently alike in habit to be used in similar situations.

A somewhat taller variety, named Canna Rendatleri, is equally worthy of commendation on account of the profusion and size of its distinctly-colored blossoms. It has leaves of the narrow, elongate form met with in some of these Indian-shots; while the flowers are of large size, and of a coppery yellow or orange tint, which renders them very distinct-looking and effective.

We may further approvingly mention two of the taller kinds, which attain some eight feet in height. One of these, C. Van Houttie, is a dark-colored, narrow-leaved sort, which produces its very fine red flowers freely enough to put on quite an attractive appearance. The other, called C. Premice de Nice, is remarkable for its broad-petaled clear yellow flowers. The individual blossoms of these several varieties are wonderful advances on the older kinds, such as indica, which used to be met with in plant-stoves; but the palm is borne off by Canna Bihorelli and C. grandiflɔra flɔribuntı, which, presuming the situation and season to be at all favorable to plants of this character, are worth a place in any summer-garden of flowers. — Gardener's Chronicle.

DESTROYING WORMS IN POTS. - The worms in the pots may be destroyed by stopping up the boles in the pots with corks, and watering with lime-water until it stands on the surface. The lime-water may remain for an hour; then, on removing the cork, it will pass off. The lime-water may be made by pouring thirty gallons of water over ten pounds of fresh lime. Stir well up, and allow the whole to stand two or three days; then employ the clear liquor.

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A. M. C., Philadelphia, Penn. - Propagating Echeveria metallica.

be propagated by eyes, or a leaf taken off with a kind of heel as you describe. These, inserted in sandy soil in spring, and plunged in a hot-bed. will soon root if covered with a glass and kept moist and shaded. No doubt, the best of all modes of propagation is by seed; but this is not very plentiful: therefore we should prefer propagation by eyes, or division of the plant. The latter is a

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safe mode of increase, but can only be practised with large plants. You may grow it well in a compost of equal parts of turfy light loam and sandy peat, and a third part of charcoal in pieces from the size of a pea up to that of a hazel-nut, with pieces of grit or sandstone of like size (or crocks will do), and silver sand, the whole well mixed. Let the drainage be good. Manure is of no advantage; though a little old dry cow-dung will give increased vigor.

M. P., Concord, Mass.-You will probably get fruit from the hornet-raspberry canes next year; but our experience with the variety has not been such as to lead us to recommend it. From hundreds of plants we get but little fruit. Many thanks for the seeds of fringed gentians sent.

INQUIRER, Boston. - The European strawberry called "President Wilder," in honor of Mr. Wilder's visit to Europe in 1867, is of Continental origin, and is very different from and much inferior to the berry which we advertise as President Wilder.

The American variety is a seedling raised by Mr. Wilder, and named for him by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

In order that our readers may see the difference between the two berries, we subjoin wood-cuts of both. The superiority of the American seedling is very evident.

THE PRESIDENT WILDER (European).

J. C., Havana, Ill. Grow the laurustinus in a greenhouse, in good soil, with good drainage, and place it out of doors in the pot in summer. There is no difficulty in its cultivation.

The justicias are all properly stove-plants, and, if grown in a greenhouse, need the warmest part. Propagate by cuttings. Soil, rich loam and leaf-mould. Pinch in the plants freely to keep them in shape.

The habrothamnus is a greenhouse-shrub. To be seen to advantage, it should be planted out in the border, and trained to a pillar. If well grown, it blooms all the year. Soil, - loam and peat. Easily increased by cuttings.

The mahernias are greenhouse-shrubs. Raise them from cuttings, and grow in a soil of loam, peat, leaf-mould, and sand, with good drainage.