Border Flowers

"C. B.," Hartford, Conn., says: " Nowadays we are getting ready to start seeds for the ' border,' a little early perhaps, but we can at least lay out, on paper, some kind of a working plan. Will not some of the readers of the Monthly give a pleasing design for a border which will take in a good variety of plants?"

Flowering Of Cunninghamia Sinensis

Mr. James Stewart, of Memphis, Tenn., notes that a fine specimen of this, some 25 feet high, at Memphis, Tennessee, is showing female flower buds freely. We do not know that this lovely coniferous tree has as yet produced cones in American gardens. It is quite hardy in Philadelphia, where planted in spots secure from cutting, frosty winds. And it is a matter of surprise that there is not more inquiry for it from ornamental planters.

The New Style Of Dahlia

A correspondent asks: " Do you know the name of the new German Dahlia referred to on page 7, January number, as mentioned by the Revue Horticole? What is the name of the firm responsible for it, and can it be bought in the United States?"

[We only know what has already appeared. If any of our French correspondents can further enlighten us, the favor would be very acceptable. - Ed. G. M].

Fuchsia, Frau Emma Topfer

Mr. Pills-bury says that this beautiful double white Fuchsia is often grown under the name of Storm King.

Heliotrope, Queen Of The Violets

This is a deep violet purple, with a white eye, and not only rather new, but distinct.

The Violet Fungus

A Long Island correspondent asks: "Have any readers of the Monthly been successful in procuring any remedy for what is known as the violet disease? I am informed that it is impossible to grow violets in many places on account of it, and as my plants are commencing to be affected, I wish to know if anything can be applied as a prevention or remedy".

Fruit In Indiana

The money loss in a bad fruit year, such as 1879 for instance, according to Professor Throop, of Lafayette, was $100,000.

French Breakfast Radishes

These seem to be a very early and excellent variety. Mr. W. W. Ransom had some on exhibition at the meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, on the 8th of January, which speaks largely in their favor.

The Danvers Yellow Onion

This onion, introduced to American growers in 1849 or 185o, is just coming to be appreciated in European gardens.

Fine Crops Of Sweet Potatoes

A correspondent tells the American Garden that from four hundred to six hundred bushels per acre is the good crop of sweet potatoes in some parts of Kentucky.