I have occasionally seen, in country districts, Mimuluses grown by cottagers as window plants, and with astonishing success. I have also met with good plants of them at cottagers' shows thoroughly well grown and flowered. Mimuluses have been much improved of late. The introduction of the coppercolored M. cupreus, some years ago, placed in the hands of cultivators an admirable subject with which to cross other kinds, and it has been successfully and well used for that purpose. We are now familiar with strains having large and handsomely-marked flowers, but they are, nevertheless, not so generally grown as one could desire. The fact is, a little special treatment is needed. The plants require a cool, shaded, airy position, and they should not be allowed to suffer from want of water. A cool north house suits them best, and here a fine display can be had all through the summer and autumn by keeping up a succession of plants. The seed is so small that a mere pinch will produce many plants, and if a little be sown in a pan or pot in some gritty soil in September, by January the young seedlings will be quite strong enough to pot off singly into 3-in. pots, and finally shifted into 5-in. pots to flower; or, if larger specimens be wanted, into 8-in. pots.

The Mimulus is quite hardy; no heat is required, but by keeping the plants in a greenhouse all the winter they make certain progress. A little more seed can be sown in the end of February, and the produce of these two sowings will yield quite enough plants to keep up a good supply through the season.

Mimuluses succeed best in a north house where the floor can be sprinkled with water and the plants occasionally syringed. In a house where the temperature is high green fly is apt to attack them, but where they are kept cool and growing vigorously in a moist atmosphere this pest rarely troubles them, and, if it does, a good fumigation with tobacco smoke soon kills them. If there be a few exceptionally good varieties, a selection may be made for seeding from and for propagating by division of the roots. If the plants be cut down after they have done flowering and put into a cold frame they will throw up a number of shoots from the roots, and if these be divided and potted into good soil, they in course of time make excellent plants. But the cultivator should always make a point of raising a few seedlings; it is so pleasant to watch the expanding flowers, and even if some prove of an inferior character, some will certainly be satisfactory. A good strain of seed cannot fail to yield a good supply of plants.

There is no reason why Mimuluses should not be grown in the open border, but heavy rains and rough winds injure the plants severely, and soon rob them of their beauty. If planted out, the plants should be supported by stakes so as to lessen the chances of danger from wind, and if dwarfer growing plants can be put about them, they will not only act as a screen against wind, but will help to keep the soil moist and cool. A pleasing effect could be secured by a bed of Mimuluses somewhat widely planted with mixed Verbenas as a base. This combination would be sure to give satisfaction; and the carpet of Verbenas would supply the coolness and moisture at the roots above recommended. Phlox Drummondi or Petunias kept pegged down and dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered Asters would also serve for a base; and, in fact, many combinations of this character might be worked out. Above all, a few plants should be well-grown in pots, for it is in this way that Mimuluses are seen to best advantage. - Garden.