Alonsoa—A pretty and free-blooming half-hardy annual, which produces fine spikes of orange-scarlet flowers in June It is multiplied by cuttings or seeds Height, 1 ft to 1-1/2 ft.

Pleroma Elegans—A beautiful evergreen shrub for a greenhouse Pot in equal parts of loam, peat, and sand It flowers in July Cuttings may be struck in peat in a rather warm temperature Height, 4 ft.

Magnolia Grandiflora—A handsome, hardy evergreen, with large shining, Laurel-shaped leaves, and highly-scented, Tulip-shaped white flowers A noble plant for a spacious frontage, but in most places requires to be grown on a wall It flourishes in any damp soil, and is increased by layers Flowers in August Height, 20 ft.

Lutea (Sternbergia) flowers in autumn Plant 4 in deep from October to December.


Beans, Broad—A deep, strong loam is most suitable, but good crops can be obtained from any garden soil The first sowing should be made in February or March, and in succession to May A sowing of Beck's Green Gem or Dwarf Fan may even be made in November in rows 2 ft apart Other varieties should be planted in rows 3 ft apart, sowing the seed 3 in deep and at intervals of 6 in When the plants have done flowering pinch off the tops, to ensure a better crop; and if the black fly has attacked them, take off the tops low enough down to remove the pests, and burn them at once Seville Longpod and Aquadulce may be recommended for an early crop, and Johnson's Wonderful and Harlington Windsor for a main one.

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