Following up the efforts of The American Garden to straighten out the confusion arising from the want of authority as to which common name should be selected for general adoption when a number of species are known by the same name, I have thought it would be as well occasionally to note such cases, and to suggest which one is the oldest and should be retained. "Coral-flower" has long been applied to Erylhrina Crista-gaili. More recently Cuphea platy-tentra has become coral-flower. In some sections in still more recent times Russelia juncea is coral-flower. Should a florist receive an order for coral-flower with no means of distinguishing which of the three his customer required, I suppose he would be justified in sending the erythrina. By the way, what a glorious ornament to the garden, as a tub-plant, the erythrina makes. I have seen old specimens ten feet high and as much broad, a perfect blaze of beauty in August and September. They transplant so easily that some set in the open ground every spring and keep in a cellar during winter. - Thomas Meehan.