Sweet Briars

Roses with scented leaves are still largely planted, though we do not find many novelties pressing for popular applause among them. The Garden says that one of the best of this class is a variety known there as Hebe's Lip. We do not think this has been introduced to America.

Hollyhocks

This beautiful flower, once as popular as the Dahlia, but which came near extermination through the ravages of a minute fungus, seems inclined to be healthy again; and cultivators here and there, are venturing to try them again.

Variegated Umbrella Pine

A variety of Sciadopitys verticillata with yellow striped leaves, has been introduced into France from Japan.

Cut-Leaved Red Berried Elder

Vick's Magazine says a plant of this elder, found by Mr. E. Waring, near Tyrone, Pa., has been introduced into culture. "The young shoots look like purple-black hearse plumes," it says - but we suppose it will not be difficult to find a more cheerful simile for its appearance.

Lonicera Standishii

We suppose this must be one of Mr. Fortune's introductions from China. It proves perfectly hardy in American gardens, and blooms before any of the other upright Honeysuckles; even before the Lilac is out it is in blossom. It is white with a slight tinge of pink, sweet-scented, and with foliage something like the Weigela. L. Philomelae is a very pretty rose-colored one, also flowering early.

Winter Carnation: Carl Lackner

It is not often that Regel's Garten Flora figures florists' flowers, unless they possess special merit. The number of 15th of April gives a colored plate of this variety. It is a'very pale straw, with shading of white through it. It is spoken of as one that will make a permanent reputation with florists.

A Fine Bougainvillea, Spectibilis

In the greenhouse of Mrs. M. B. Conard, at Sharon Hill, near Philadelphia, a beautiful specimen of this plant was profusely covered with its flower-like bracts during April, and was a sight well worth seeing. It flowered from almost every shoot. It is a Peruvian plant, long known to cultivators, but as it generally flowers only with age, few cultivators of flowers know how well worth waiting for is the great beauty it possesses.

New Greenhouses

Among the houses in course of erection is a range for Palms and Orchids by Henry Graves, Esq., of Orange, N. J.; and Alfred C. Harrison, Esq., of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, is erecting a handsome range of graperies. These are under the supervision of Mr. J. Plenty.