Perfect Roses

Peter Henderson (in the Agriculturist), in allusion to the fact that all the good qualities of fragrance, beauty, hardiness, and constant blooming, are not to be found in one rose, quotes the words of a German neighbor, who came to him in great irritation, and said, "I have so much drouble wid de ladies when dey comes to buy mine rose; dey wants him hardy, dey wants him doubles, dey wants him mondly, dey wants him fragrand, dey wants him nice gouler, dey wants him eberydings in one rose. I have sometimes say to dat ladies: Madan, I never often sees dat ladies dat was beautiful, dat was rich, dat was good tember, dat was youngst, dat was clever, dat was berfection in one ladies. I sees her much not."

The Perfume Crop

The London Garden quotes Br. Schoniburgh's report on the Botanic Garden at Adelaide, Australia, for the statement that 150,000 gallons of handkerchief perfume are consumed yearly.by Europe and India, and the revenue from imported perfumes in England is estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. The immense material used for these scents are jasmine, mignonnette, verbena, rose, heliotrope, rosemary peppermint, violets, orange, etc. One acre of jasmine has produced over a thousand dollars; violets, eight hundred dollars; and other plants largely, but less in amount.

Peristeria Elata, Or Holy Ghost Flower

Mr. Hovey had been unsuccessful in flowering it until an English gardener told him the bulb must be almost dried up, and by withholding water for two months, and keeping in the hot sun, it was induced to flower freely. Mr. Barker says the only secret is to give it a good rest.

Liquid Manure - Temperature for Orchid Houses - Mr. Rand had found the Bletias and Zygopetalums benefited by liquid manure; a temperature of 60° at night was the maximum for East Indian Orchids, while 50° was sufficient for the Mexican species.

Peristrophe Angustifolea Acrea

A new plant from Japan, exhibited by W. C. Strong & Co. It is a fine growing, compact plant, well suited for •decorative purposes.

The Periwinkle

A correspondent of The Prairie Farmer writes: - You would hardly have believed, I think, that the beautiful Madagascar Periwinkle, planted in the house or hot-bed at the same time with my balsams, and receiving similar treatment in all respects, would come into blossom at the same time, making a far more beautiful and available plant. Their heavy and finely-veined foliage is enough of itself to show their royal lineage, and my beds of them have been a delight since they first went into the garden.

Perkins Grape

This is a variety belonging strictly to the native fox grape; its bunches are large, and so of its berries, and it colors and ripens up early, and furnishes, according to the best information we can get, a large quantity of juice to the pound of grapes, which juice is rich in sugar, but a little too strong in aroma for a good wine, although one of our correspondents writes us that he regards it as among the most promising wine grapes recently introduced.