make fine plants. The speediest mode is by cuttings, which may be rooted in light sandy soil, in a little bottom heat, and afterwards potted off into small pots, in the compost in which they are to grow.

GENERAL MANAGEMENT.

Supposing the young plants to have been raised as just directed, they should be potted off into four inch pots; when the pots are filled with roots, they should have a shift into the next size, and, if exceedingly vigorous, they may have a third shift the first year; but if not, omit it till the second year, when the same treatment should be continued; shifting into a larger size as soon as the pots are filled with roots. Early in the spring of the third year, they may be placed in large pots or tubs, in which they may remain to fruit, for four or five years, having occasional top dressings. Pots or tubs, holding a half-bushel of soil, are of ample size, as the plants bear more abundantly to have the roots somewhat confined. The compost should be about two thirds good rich loamy soil, and one third well decomposed manure, with a very small quantity of sand. Water liberally, when the plants are in full growth, and occasionally with liquid manure: syringe the foliage freely during the summer.

The plants may remain in the greenhouse during the summer and the higher temperature will give a richer flavor to the fruit. Where there is the convenience of the hothouse, the late crop may be ripened off in all the perfection of the early one. But even in the greenhouse they ripen sufficiently, to acquire the peculiar flavor for which the Guava is so celebrated. After the fruit is gathered, the plants may be allowed to rest: placing them in a cool part of the house, and watering rather sparingly, until the season when they show signs of growing again. They should then be removed to a warm and sunny situation, and have more liberal supplies of water; when the fruit is well set, syringe freely at all times, and pursue the same routine of treatment as in the previous year.

A plant of such easy management, producing such luscious fruit, and, at the same time, so highly ornamental, should be found in every good collection.

ART. VII. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and Beautiful Plants figured in Foreign Periodicals; with Descriptions of those recently introduced to, or originated in, American Gardens.

In our annual summary of the progress of horticulture for the past year, in a preceding page, we have given the names of some of the most important plants of recent introduction. We now continue our notices of plants figured in the foreign periodicals, with a brief account of those more particularly worthy of being added to our collections.

Our object has always been to make our Magazine a complete record of every new flower, as well as every new fruit, tree, or vegetable, of the least interest whatever. We have had complaints that our Floricultural Notices have been of but little value only to the botanist. We cannot agree with those who view them in this light. If our pages are looked over for the last fourteen years, it will be seen that every beautiful or desirable plant which our collections contain, has been described or noticed in the Magazine; and every lover of flowers, (and we know we have many such among our readers,) would deeply feel the loss of these notices, which contain information only to be procured at great cost by the purchase of the elegant works in which they are figured. It will, therefore, be our object to continue our Floricultural Notices as we have heretofore done.

93. ESCHYNANTHUS STAMI'NEA Blum. Long-stamened Eschynanthus. (Gesneràccæ.) Java.

A stove plant; growing a foot high; with crimson flowers; appearing in summer; increased by cuttings; grown in heath soil and leaf mould. Flore des Serres, pl. 358. 1848

Another of the very splendid Eschynanthuses from Java, where it was found by Mr. Lobb, the indefatigable collector. It is fully equal to any of the species heretofore introduced, having ample foliage, and axillary groups of the richest velvety crimson flowers, with very long projecting stamens, from whence its specific name. Mr. Lobb found it in the humid forests of the mountains of Java. It will be a fine acquisition to our stove plants. (Flore des Serres, June.)

94. FU'CHSIA SPECTA'BILIS Hook. Elegant Fuchsia. (Eno

A greenhouse plant; growing four feet high; with rosy crimson flowers; appearing all summer; increased by cuttings; grown in rich light soil. Flore des Serres, pl. 359. 1848.

In our last volume, (XIV. p. 311,) we noticed the introduction of this magnificent species into English collections. We now have before us a most finished representation of the flowers, fully characterizing it as the "most beautiful of all the fuchsias yet known." Mr. Lobb, in a letter to Mr. Vetch, describes it as the "loveliest of the lovely." The plant has a strong and vigorous habit, with large and superb foliage, and the flowers, which are of a brilliant rosy crimson, open flat, and are greatly heightened by a prominent white stigIt is one of the greatest acquisitions that has ever been made to this fine tribe, and must become a great favorite. We hope it will speedily be introduced. (Flore des Serres, June.)

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95. CASSE LIA INTEGRIFO`LIA Nees.

Entire-leaved Casselia,

(Verbenacea.) Brazil.

A stove plant; growing two feet high; with lilac flowers; appearing in spring: increased by cuttings: grown in heath soil, and leaf mould. Flore des Serres, pl. 361, 1848.

A pretty little plant, from the forests of Brazil, with an abundance of small lilac flowers, elegantly striped with purple. The foliage is handsome, and it is abundantly supplied with flowers, which appear in terminal clusters. (Flore des Serres, June.)

96. RO`SA BROWNII Spring. Mr. Brown's Rose. (Rosacea.) Nepaul.

A half hardy plant; growing ten feet high; with white flowers; appearing In summer; increaed by cuttings; grown in rich soil. Flore des Serres, pl. 366, 1848.

This species was introduced long since, but is very little known in European collections. It has immensely large clusters of single white flowers, of an agreeable odor. Mr. Van Houtte states that it braves the rigors of a Belgian winter, and, with the ordinary protection, it would undoubtedly be hardy in our climate. Its growth is similar to the Lady Banks, making very long slender shoots, and suitable for covering an arbor or trellis. It comes from the Nepaul mountains. (Flore des Serres, July.)

97.

CASTILLE JA LITHOSPERMOIDES H. B. Lithospermum-like
Castilleja. (Schrophulariacea.) Mexico.

A greenhouse plant; growing eighteen inches high; with scarlet flowers; appearing in summer; increased by seeds; grown in light rich soil. Flore des Serres, pl. 371, 1848.

A very pretty greenhouse plant, suitable for bedding out, like the antirrhinums, and others of the same natural family. This Castilleja has an erect stem, terminated with a spike of beautiful orange scarlet flowers. The plants are easily raised from the seeds, which are abundantly produced. (Flore des Serres, July.)

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE.

ART. I. General Notices.

Pelargoniums. During the past week, I received a box of pelargoniums from that indefatigable raiser of new varieties, Mr. Beck, of Isleworth, and was highly gratified at the masterly way in which they were packed up. Although the plants had been a whole day incarcerated in very narrow limits, when I released them from bondage every leaf assumed its natural attitude, and looked as fresh as if the box had never taken the place of the greenhouse. By means of little wicker baskets, made in the neighborhood of Isleworth, the plants travel without the least injury, and the mode of conveyance should be adopted by nurserymen. The extra expense and trouble will be more than compensated for by the satisfaction given to the purchaser.

Having set this little collection of flowers at liberty, I looked at them with great interest, and began to inquire in what way I could best keep them in health during the winter. They had evidently enjoyed every advantage, and exhibited robust health; the fresh green of the foliage, and its freedom from spots indicating the former possession of proper light and temperature. Not possessing a greenhouse myself, I knew that the change would be felt by my newly acquired plants, unless I considered their wants, and employed a little petting, to accustom them to their more humble home. Two plans suggested themselves; one, to keep them in a pit out of doors, the other, to place them in the window of the sitting-room. A pit is a most eligible place for pelargoniums, if properly defended from frosts. I have kept a large number in health during a long winter in a garden frame, protected as described in former papers. In long frosts, no air must be admitted, except in the middle of the day, if the atmosphere is not lower than the freezing point but, on all occasions, when there is no danger of frosts attacking the plants, air and light must be plentifully supplied.

But this little collection of Beck's pelargoniums I intend to attend to myself in-doors, and several particulars will require to be observed. First, no more water must ever be given than is requisite to keep them in health, and, in cold weather, a very small portion indeed will fulfil that condition. Secondly, they must be kept as close to the glass as possible, and be turned round frequently to preserve uniformity of growth. Thirdly, as the atmosphere of a sitting-room is dry, and unlike that of the open air or a well. regulated greenhouse, the window must be opened frequently. Fourthly, to prevent the dust which is unavoidable in window-gardening from stopping up the pores of the leaves, the plants should be put out of doors in genial and mild rains. By observing these rules, I hope to find my plants in good order when the spring comes round, when I shall put them into blooming pots, and bring them on in a frame. Perhaps this relation of my own intended mode of procedure may be useful to some amateurs who are now in possession of young pelargoniums, in circumstances similar to my

own.

The intrinsic beauties of this favorite plant, both as to its leaves and flowers, will prevent it ever being thrown aside, and the kindliness with which it yields new varieties to the art of the florist will continue to invest it with fresh charms. Amateurs who practise hybridizing should study deeply the principles of the process, that every defect may be gradually obliterated, and the excellent qualities scattered among various kinds be collected to gether in one. The masterpieces of Grecian sculpture are said to be not fac-similes, or the representation of any figure in rerum naturâ, but a combination of all the graces which the artist could conceive of. It results from this, that forms as beautiful as came from those ancient chisels can never be found among men. But what human nature cannot yield, Flora grants to her votaries. We may imagine perfection of form and color in a flower, and, by patient skill, may at last produce one which shall quite equal the beau-ideal.—(Gard. Chron., 1848, p. 732.)

ART. II. Domestic Notices.

Notes on Pears.-At page 6, of your Magazine for 1848, you gave us an interesting list of the newly introduced pears, that had fruited around Boston, in 1847, and proved desirable; and also a list of some, that further experience had confirmed their previous high character. The past has been a great pear season, and I hope, in the next number, you will give a list of all the new ones that have proved valuable, and also a confirmatory list of those that have proved worthy of cultivation on further trial. The Rostiezer pear, which you figure so prettily in your Fruits of America, has borne here the past four years, and has proved fine every year; it grows fast, and unites well on the quince for two years certain; and also Dear