An Orange-Colored Globe Amaranthus

Messrs. Hovey & Co., of Boston, advertise seeds of a new orange-colored Globe Amaranthus, the heads of which they describe as being "one-half larger than the common, and of a deep, rich, glowing orange." It must be quite an acquisition among annuals.

Orchard Ground

(J. P., Neersville, Virginia.)

Before replanting your old orchard ground, we would advise you to manure it well with stable manure, and seed it with clover and plow this down green. This will put it in good condition in as short a time as it is possible for it to be done well In breaking it up you should use the subsoil plow.

Orchard Houses

Experienced fruit growers recommend that plants in orchard houses should not be too frequently repotted; once in three or four years is said to be sufficient. Another writer says of his grapes, in an orchard house: "I have to-day gathered a bunch of grapes from one of my bush vines in my orchard house, which weighs one and a half pounds, less half an ounce; there are still two bunches on the vine, each of which weighs upwards of one pound; the berries are very large. This vine is three years old, and is in an eleven-inch pot; its roots have struck through into the border, which is deep and rich. Several other vines in the same house have borne excellent crops and produced large bunches".

Orchard Profits

It was stated at a late meeting of the fruitgrowers of Western New York, that an orchard of Baldwin apple trees, 140 in number, yielded, last year, 1,000 barrels. As the ground covered was about two acres, the net profits were $800 per acre. The orchard had been planted fifteen years, and the average yield during all this time was over fifty dollars per acre per year. Another orchard, which was planted thicker, yielded an average for each year, from the time of planting, of $270.

Orchid Culture

Mr. Rand said that there had been a great deal of needless mystery about orchid culture, owing perhaps to their singular growth and the weird grotesque forms of the flowers. The secret is perfect drainage, keeping the plants clean, never letting the thermometer fell below 60° for East Indian kinds, and 45° for "cool orchids" - keeping free from insects, shade, and a good season of rest. These rules are, however, general, and must be somewhat varied for special cases. Mr. Hovey added that there should be four inches of drainage and plenty of water.

Orchids, Duration Of Bloom

It is stated that, in an exhibition in England not long since, a spike of flower of Phalanopis Schilleriana was shown, which, though still fresh and quite presentable, was expended more than five months previous. This feature of long endurance of bloom is a great recommendation in favor of the culture of orchids.

Orchis Spcctabilis, (Gay Orchis.)

In woods a little later we may find this species, one of the most delicate of the family, producing spikes of pink flowers about six inches high.

Organic Analysis

The only organic analysis I have at hand, I take from the " PWf-standtge Bibliothek oder Heal Lexicon, Leipsic, 1836." It represents the strawberry fruit to be organically composed of citric and malic acids, and a large proportion of mu-cut sugar, (" schlimzucker," glucose or grape sugar, I presume.) No allusion is here made to tannic acid; and I am not aware that there is any authority for sustaining the idea that these three acids, and grape sugar, may be substituted for each other; or that they have even the advantage of isomorphous bodies, admitting the questionable conjecture to be correct, that isomorphic bodies may erect a specific dynamic influence, as unerring in effect as their crystallization is uniform.