Alexander Grogan, West Rutherford, has just received by mail from his brother in Mirzapore, in the northwestern part of India, a plant about a foot long. It is now withered and apparently dead. It belongs to a species indigenous to the torrid plant of Hindustan, and a few months ago it was regarded with awe and reverence, not unmingled, perhaps, with disgust, by the natives. It is an electrical plant, and has, when in full bloom, a current of electricity passing through it so powerful that a strong man touching it is staggered by the shock. Birds com-ing in contact with it are killed at once, - but they usually give it a wide berth. Insects are slain by thousands on its leaves, and four-footed creatures rarely go near it. It is electrified only when the sun is high. Its power wanes with the closing day, and at night the force of its current is not perceptible. During the rainy season, too, it is almost inert. Dr. Grogan will try to revive it, but he has not much hope of success. - N. Y.

Tribune.

Don't get in a Hurry to make garden when the first warm days come. Take time. Time is lost by putting plants out too early. It is only onions and peas that ordinarily endure much bad weather in spring.