W. L. M.," Des Moines, la., writes : " Please tell me if you can if there is more than one kind of Farfugium, and to what class or family of plants it belongs ? Peter H. makes no mention of it in his II. B. of Plants that I can find.

" In 1882 I had a night-blooming Cereus grandiflora which had seven flowers on it but no fragrance that could be noticed at all. In 1883 the same plant had twenty-two blooms but still no fragrance. 1 had a lot of night-blooming Jasmine in bloom the first time the Cereus was in bloom and most of the visitors thought it was the Cereus that was so fragrant. But I was not so lucky the second time. I should like to hear an explanation from some one, unless I am mistaken in thinking it should have been fragrant".

[Farfugium grande is the only one noteworthy by flower growers. There are many Cactuses under cultivation named by "anybody" night-blooming Cereus, because they happen to bloom at night. The original night-blooming Cereus is C. grandiflorus, which is as sweet as sweet can be. It is such lessons as these which teach us that though botanical names are hard to learn we cannot do without them. - Ed. G. M].