Gynura Aurantiaca - a hardy plant of such ornamental character as to allow of one's saying that it is not surpassed by any other plant of the same class. The stem and leaves are clothed their entire length with a thick covering of hairs, soft to the touch, and of a beautiful deep violet color which gives an appearance of the richest velvet to the plant, and when combined with the brilliant orange of the flowers, the aspect of the plant is truly superb. Considered the finest of bedding plants.

" C. E. P.," Queens, N. Y., asks : " Will some of the readers of the Monthly be so good as to tell me of what country Gynura aurantiaca is a native, and when and by whom introduced?"

[Native of Java. - Ed. G. M.]