Among the peculiarities of well known plants which we do not remember to have seen noticed in any of the books, are the following:

The flowers of the Bignonia capreolala, (buff or tawny flowered trumpet vine of the south - a handsome climbing shrub, very distinct from the common trumpet creeper which has bloomed finely in our garden, in the open border trained to a pole,) have precisely the odor of liquorice.

The flowers of the Umbrella Magnolia, (M. tri elata,) open regularly about four o'clock in the afternoon. This tree should be planted on the lawn, so that the effect of the flowers and foliage can be seen at a distance of fifty or 100 feet. Near by the flowers look coarse - but seen at a distance, each blossom set in its terminal tuft of broad foliage, they suggest water lilies in ther peculiar way. This tropical-looking magnolia will grow as far north as the Isabella grape ripens, and it needs only a rich loamy soil to thrive well; it deserves to be more extensively planted than it is at present.