Mr. Wiesener, of Fanterroy-aux-Roses, last year exhibited a magnolia which he obtained from a Japanese horticulturist. E. A. Carriere names it M. Wieseneri. It is of undoubted Japanese origin. The flowers appear about the end of May, and possess an agreeable penetrating odor. The stamens have white filaments and are very numerous. The corolla consists of eight petals, the calyx of three sepals, all pure white. The leaves are oval-oblong, entire, quite thick, deciduous, and are borne upon a strong cylindrical petiole. The larger ones are about seven inches long and four wide. It is not known if the tree is hardy. - Adapted from Revue Horticole.

Autumn walking softly through the land, Gave the fields her radiant smiles for sunshine. Dropped the golden-rod on every hand.

Far against the woods Us gold is shining. Tipped with diamonds in the early morn;

Back against the blue-gray mists we see it, Mingled in the fields of rustling corn.

Summer, doubtless, is a clever painter, Spring hath many a stroke at her command ;

But which one can match the varied splendor, When the brush of Autumn paints the land ?

- Elinor Baldwin.

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