One of our prettiest bedding plants is the double white petunia; for an oval bed four feet in length, five well-rooted petunias will be sufficient. Have them well scattered over the bed, so that the ground may be evenly covered. As fast as the plants grow, peg them down to the soil with common wire hair-pins, for they are not so easily displaced by storms. Nip off the points of all branches, thus causing them to spread out more. In a very short time the bed will be covered and a constant succession of white flowers will appear until autumn. Another most desirable plant is the thunbergia, for although it is a vine, it is admirable for bedding purposes, especially 7hun-bergia aurantatica. It is best to procure the plants, though the seed will come on rapidly if the soil is in good condition, warm and mellow. The stems should be pegged down at the joints. Lay them over the bed as evenly as possible, and the latter will soon be a mass of bloom. The dark green of the foliage and the clear, orange blossoms with dark eyes form a beautiful and striking contrast. - Mrs. A. D. Brown, Bellevue, Penn.

Eugenia Myrtifolia, a very beautiful low shrub with evergreen myrtle-like leaves and fragrant, white, funnel-formed flowers, has been in bloom for the past two months in my garden. The pale green and reddish sepals or bracts are ornamental after the corolla falls off. the branchlets drooping gracefully. I never saw this plant culti. vated in the eastern states ; I suppose it would not stand heavy frosts, and I think this number of The American Garden gives the first drawing of it. It is a dainty plant, probably from japan. - K. P. S. Boyd, San Francisco.