Rural Cemetries, No.3. Conclusion

"Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompons in the grave, solemnising nativities and deaths with equal lustre, not omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature." - Sir Thomas Browne.

THE great difficulty experienced by planters of indi-vidual cemetery lots, is in their want of knowledge as to plants that will succeed in particular situations. Many lots are in shade either totally or partially; to place roses in such spots, would be sure to be attended with disappointment, while, with a proper selection of shrubbery, success would be insured. Our list, as in the former number, is not complete, but will prove suggestive to lot-holders in cemeteries as well as for private gardens.

Rural Hours

We have already spoken of Miss Cooper's charming hand-book of nature and the seasons, published last winter under this title. But lest any of our readers, and especially our fair readers, who would study nature, now in her freshest and most winning garb, should not yet have made its acquaintance, we must be allowed to allude to it again. The way to enjoy the "Rural Hours," is to take the book in hand daily, and read it as the season unfolds itself - for it is a diary of nature, telling us of every bird, and flower, and rural incident that makes part of the out-door life of country people. Make its acquaintance, study it in this way, and you will feel as if the author were a personal friend, who knows nature's sweetest secrets, and lets you into all her confidences. _

The Rural Messenger

This is a new agricultural and rural paper, published weekly at Petersburg, Va., at $2 per annum. It is printed in excellent taste, edited with better care than most Southern papers, and the handsomest of any of its kind south of this city.

The Rural New-Yorker

Brother Moore is a decided wag; he sometimes does a good thing. His last consists in trying to make the people believe that they don't know that he publishes one of the best weeklies in the world. The fact is, they know that better than he does himself; if they don't, they are living in greater ignorance than we supposed; and the best thing they can do is to send on $2 at once, and get the Rural. They will never regret it.

The Rural World

A specimen number of the Rural World will be issued about the first of December. Of this number 30,000 copies will be published, to which the attention of advertisers is requested. Its price will be one dollar a year. Address the publisher of the Horticulturist.

Russell's Seedling Strawberry

We are indebted to Mr. Clapp, of Auburn, N. Y., for plants of this new Strawberry, which we hope to give a good account of next season.

Russellia Juncea

One of the most interesting and beautiful of weeping plants, for the hot or greenhouse. It will hang down from three to 6ix feet below the pot, which should be placed in a hanging basket, or upon a pedestal, for which it is best adapted. Its bright scarlet flowers, which arc not unlike the trumpet honeysuckle, are produced in great abundance all over the stems, and when in flower, placed upon a pedestal, with its stems hanging down like a weeping willow, is a most beautiful ornament.