Is Gynura aurantiaca really a hardy plant? I had supposed it to be something like the Coleus, in this respect. What a wonderful effect these violet hairs produce. The stem and leaves remind me strongly of the common Fireweed, Erecthites hieracifolia, yet these hairs give it a peculiar changeable color which is very beautiful. In like manner, the old Coleus Verschaffeltii always reminds me of the common catnip, and its beauty is due to its colors alone.

In the article on "Yellow Flowers for July," should not Rudbeckia trifolia read R. triloba? In my collection of native flowers I have several yellow ones that bloom in August and September, which are really beautiful.

Helianthus giganteus has a very leafy stem, five to six feet high branching freely at top, and produces great numbers of flowers of a delicate light yellow, with center of yellowish green. Helianthus angustifolius is not so tall, growing three to four feet and loosely branched from the ground up. Its flowers are much deeper yellow with black centers, and where several plants grow near each other make a blaze of "sunshine."

Helenium autumnale is quite interesting from its winged stems, even when not in bloom, and the notches in its light yellow petals give the flowers a fringe-like appearance. This grows from two to three feet.

Among the Solidagos we have some fine yellow flowers. Solidago virgata growing from two to four feet with its wand-like stem and brush of flowers, not unlike some of the herbaceous Spireas in form, and the individual blooms quite large, is a very elegant species and quite showy.

There is another very showy late blooming yellow flower, which I have never tried to transplant, and as it is classed as a root-parasite, perhaps it cannot be done successfully, but probably it might be grown from seed among trees. I allude to Gerardia quercifolia. It is a very large species, growing from four to six feet, and in addition to its flowers, possesses another element of beauty, in its stems and foliage, which are finely shaded with purple.

[Gynura aurantiaca, being native of Java, cannot, of course, be "hardy," in the sense of enduring frost, but we took Mrs. Wellcome's expression to mean that it had a free, vigorous growth in the open air. "Hardy" is an elastic phrase in Horticulture. Trifolia was an error of our correspondent, and over-looked by the sub-Editor. It is R. triloba. - Ed. G. M.]