Very fine varieties of this useful flowering shrub are now in bloom at Gras-mere, and amongst them I would single out Isa-belle Van Houtte, the flowers of which are very large, of a deep cream color, the upper petal being strongly marked with yellow, or, more properly speaking, bright maize. It is a singularly attractive and beautiful kind, and should be in every collection. Every garden should possess some plants of Azalea mollis; they are so effective when in bloom, and not all fastidious as to soil. Loam or rich peat is often considered indispensable, but Mr. Stevens grows them in his ordinary garden soil, which is very light, approaching sand indeed, and they seem to be doing very well in it. Another very fine kind is Beali major, flower salmon-pink, upper petals strongly marked with bright orange - a most telling kind. - J. C. B., in the Garden.