"F. G. R.," New Orleans, says: "A writer in the last number of The Garden (No. 783, Article "A Northern Garden") recommends in strongest terms Acaena microphylla as a foliage border plant for winter use. Willyou be kind enough in the next issue of the GAR-deners' Monthly to inform your readers whether this new candidate for winter decoration is raised from seed or propagated by cuttings, and where it may be obtained, as it does not appear in any of the nurserymen's catalogues".

[We do not know Acaena microphylla, but most plants of this genus are herbaceous plants, having their home chiefly in Chili and Peru, a few progressing northwardly to the boundaries of the United States. They would probably succeed in Louisiana or where there is not much frost. The general aspect of the foliage of these plants is much as in the Agrimony of our woods - or a Potentilla or Geum may give some impression of its character. It belongs to the same natural order and is a near relative of these plants, and can no doubt be raised from seed. Possibly our Large Seed Firms Could Get Seeds From Their French Or German Correspondents- Ed. G. M.J