We have already noted the government honor conferred on this distinguished French horticulturist; some additional notes concerning him are given by a correspondent of the Garden :

"Those who are acquainted with the able chief editor of the Revue Horticole, or with his works will be pleased to learn that the French Government has conferred upon him the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Probably no horticulturist living better deserves this compliment than M. Carrière, who has ever been noted for remarkable activity, great practical knowledge, and the art of imparting the same in clear and concise language. For many years in charge of the outdoor department of the Paris Botanical Gardens, he possesses an intimate knowledge of hardy plants of all kinds, their capabilities and propagation. Besides constantly contributing valuable articles to the French gardening papers, M. Carrière has written a number of works, some of which are highly esteemed. The most important are the ' Propagator's Guide,' illustrated, which is considered the best work of that kind in the French language; a ' General Treatise on Conifers,' ' Encyclopaedia of Gardening" ('Encyclopedia Horticole'), and 'Obtaining and Fixing Varieties of Vegetables.' M. Carriere's last work just issued is called 'Ornamental Fruit trees,' and is a small illustrated volume of 175 pages, containing all necessary information concerning those small fruited apples which are only useful from an ornamental point of view.

In France these ornamental apples are more planted than with us".

Tewin - not " Lucien," is the name of the Hertfordshire town noted by Mr. Wooding in our last.

Knowledge of Every-day Things - Nothing is more common than to find people of remarkable education, utterly helpless in the every-day affairs of life. They are really the most ignorant of human beings. We can therefore sympathize with the author of the following lines; simply premising that from our experience of human life, some female lampooner could hit the male sinner a great deal harder, only for the charity which they, good creatures, throw around the failings of men :

" She had views on co-education And the principal needs of the nation;

And her glasses were blue, and the numbers she knew Of the stars in each high constellation. And she wrote in a hand-writing clerky, And she talked with an emphasis jerky; And she painted on tiles, in the sweetest of styles, But she didn't know chicken from turkey".