By fames DePass, and Entomologist's Report, by James C. Neal. Pp. 16. The article upon peach growing is not the result of experiment station work, but is given in lieu of other matter, as the teaching of an " experience of over twenty years in cultivating the peach." The article is a condensed statement of what, where and how to plant. The varieties recommended are largely the products or supposed products of the Honey and Peen-to peaches, which succeed far better than the varieties planted in the middle and northern states. A complete and careful study of these varieties is much needed, yet they are sufficiently understood to make it possible for peach culture in Florida to become a commercial success. The borer, cur-culio and root-knot are the greatest hindrances to peach culture in the state, but it is only the last which low causes alarm. Mr. De Pass considers deep planting a preventive of injury from root-knot. Planting eight to ten inches deep in high and dry soils is advised. Anything which adds great vigor to the tree is also useful in this connection. "I advise those whose trees are suffering to dig holes by the side of them, fertilize them, and after several weeks, transplant in these holes, cutting them back freely." L. H. B.

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Oar hardy phloxes, which early in the season began to show signs of color variation. In the morning the flowers were of a clear blue, remaining of this color until nearly noon, when they gradually changed to a delicate pink and by evening were of a beautiful deep rose. This was repeated every day while the plant was in bloom. The variety is Monsieur Maille, and is the only one having this freak in a collection of twenty. It is set close against the west side of the dwelling in rather a clayey soil which becomes dry and hard. It is quite large and blooms profusely for a long period. I can hardly think the freak is in the variety, as another plant of the same kind, in better soil, did not change but remained of one color, deep rose. Then, again, other varieties of rose shades in the same clayey soil and position did not vary in color. The plant has been blooming for three seasons and the past one is the first that it has alternated the blue and rose colors. Can anyone explain ? Had the wet season anything to do with it? - John F. Rupp. Pa.