(T. T. S.). Cornus is derived from Cornu, a horn, from the wood being thought to be as hard and durable as horn. The Cornus sanguinea grows in the shade and drip of trees, and is very ornamental in winter, from the red color of its bark, thus forming a valuable plant for thickening shrubberies and strips of plantation that have become naked below. The contrast of color with evergreens has a fine effect.

(A Correspondent). Capillaire is so called, from being prepared from a plant, Adiantum Capillus veneris which is considered to be undoubtedly pectoral and slightly astringent, though its decoction, if strong, is believed to be a certain emetic. The stem of many species of the ferns to which this is allied, is both bitter and astringent, and is employed in various diseases; one species is used for tea, another is eaten by natives of different countries. The Tasmannian fern-root is eaten voraciously by pigs; the aborigines roast it in the ashes, peel off its black skin with their teeth, and eat it with their roasted kangaroos in the same manner as Europeans eat bread. The root of the Tara fern possesses mnch nutritive matter. Many of the ferns are fragrant; one smells of myrrh, and another of benzoin, and a third of roast beef. You will find mnch pleasure in studying these plants.

June 11. Wishing to add (in the fell) to my small collection some perfectly hardy, profuse flowering plants that will thrive in a very severe climate, I have made a selection, and would like the sanction of an authority upon which I have long relied.

Respectfully yours, A Subscribes.

Which of the junipers unites the greatest beauty and tenacity, or is there any other evergreen that does not attain a very large size, possessing these qualities in an equal degree?

Is the European Larch hardy f Aralia japonica, only mentioned in Buist's Catalogue.

Buddlea Lindleyana; Chionanthus virginica; Clethra alnifolia; Crataegus punicia pleno; Fagus purpurea glabra; Robinia Bessoniana; Viburnum lantanoides; Virgilia lutea; Stuartia virginica.

[All are quite hardy, except Buddlea Lindleyana, which generally gets killed to the ground in Philadelphia. The Aralia alluded to, is probably A. spinosa, and quite hardy. Both species are spiny. The Tree-Box and Red Cedar, are both small growing evergreens, as hardy as the Juniper, and, we think, quite as beautiful. - Ed].