Eupatorium Probum

This plant, which has for some time been grown in one or two places under various names was described and named as above by Mr. N. E. Brown. It is a welcome addition to the eupatorj-ums at present cultivated, being of dwarfer, compact habit and very pretty. The flower-heads are white, and arranged in clusters. It blossoms in spring, and like its allies requires the simplest culture. Each year it should be grown on into 7 or 8-inch pots from cuttings, permitting no check.

Euphorbia Balsamifera (Euphorbiaceae)

In the Canary Islands, this species is called Tabayba dulce and the juice is sweet and harmless, as Humboldt says. The juice is said to be similar to sweet milk, and thickens into a jelly to be used as a delicacy. It is doubtful whether from this scant mention this species should be included among cow-trees.

Experiment Orchard, And Small Fruits

By Wm. B. Alwood. Pp. 16. Mr. Alwood is evidently inaugurating a vigorous campaign in Virginia. The bulletin in hand is but a list of varieties of fruits already set and an explanation to his constituents, but it indicates a good start. While the station is ready and anxious to test all new varieties of fruits, it ' does not undertake to test long lists of seedlings to determine their value, but desires only those which are thought to have merit." This is an example which all stations should follow.

Export Of Narcissus From The Island Of Scilly

On Tuesday, the 1st of April, 2,500 packages of flowers were sent to the various markets in England and Scotland ; in this consignment were included upwards of 100,000 bunches of N. ornatus; 30,000 alone were sent from the Abby Gardens, Narcissus Farm, Tresco.- The Gardeners Chronicle.

Exports From Japan

The exportation of plants, trees and shrubs for the month of January, amounted to 5,708 yen. One yen is equal to 3 s. 6 d. - Journal of Japanese Horticultural Society.

Expositions

A horticultural exposition will be held at Meaux, from the 13th to the 15th of September.

A horticultural exposition, and the arts and industries which are connected with it, will take place at Lucon, France, on the 20th and 21st of September 1890.

The horticultural society of Lyons will hold an expo" sition at that place, from the nth to 16th of September, inclusive. The exhibition will be divided into five classes; Garden culture, Arboriculture. Viticulture, Floriculture and Industry.

Fall And Winter Treatment Of Asparagus

We extract the following from a personal letter from Hon. C. W. Garfield, of Michigan: "I have to-day (Nov. 19) cut a barrow of tops from my asparagus field, had it plowed over and perfectly smoothed with a planer. As soon as the ground freezes I shall draw on a medium coating of long manure direct from the stables. I will let the snows and rains wash its goodness into the soil and utilize the coarse portions in protecting the shoots from our frosts that surely occur during early May when we are cutting for market. By having this close at hand between the rows, it can be hauled over the shoots just coming through the ground at a cost of 25 cents per acre and save a cutting worth $25".