Mrs. E. Bonner, Xenia, O., says: " In the Gardeners' Monthly for August, you refer to the death of a florist friend, Mr. John Feast, of Baltimore.

"Among the plants mentioned as having originated at the Feast greenhouses, and bearing the name, is Begonia Feastii. We have had for some years a Begonia that we catalogued under that name, but we have never felt sure that we were right. Will send a plant to know if we have the true Feastii. It is an old plant, and very easy of cultivation, yet we rank it among the best in our collection. It certainly is very beautiful, with its shining, olive green leaves, " veined nearly white," under side crimson. It is a profuse bloomer in the latter part of winter and early spring; flowers, a very delicate pink color. I hope we are correct in the name, for we love the Begonia, and the history you have given of it will enhance its value.

"If we are mistaken in the name of the plant we have, I should like the correct one, and if you will inform me where I can get the true Feastii, will be much obliged. Will also send a seedling Begonia of ours, which we have named Hybrida Kichard-sonii. You will perceive that is a hybrid between Richardsonii and parvifolia, bearing marked characteristics of both its parents, and still a great improvement on both. We find it the best blooming Begonia, for all purposes, we have in our collection".

[It is correctly named, Begonia Feastii, and, as our correspondent remarks, one of the most beautiful yet. One of its parents was an old species, B. hydrocotyleefolia. But we do not remember that we ever knew the other parent. - Ed. G. M].