It is no doubt a gratification to most people to see their names in public print, and after seeing mine in the present month's issue of the Gardeners' Monthly, in connection with the Bougain-villea spectabilis, which has been described by proxy, I have felt how much greater would have been my gratification, had the Editor seen with his own eyes the beautiful Bougainvillea mentioned, rather than take my word for it. It, the plant, really a young one, not being yet planted three years, must have covered 10 to 12 feet in length, and from 2 to 4 in width, every end of branch, indeed all the upper part trained upon the rafter and partition, being densely covered with its rosy bracts. It was a small plant three years ago this coming fall, bought of Charles H. Miller, and was probably one-third of an inch in diameter at the base of stem; was planted near a pillar in north end of greenhouse, which place did not seem desirable, so it was transplanted to its present position, that winter of '85, when it immediately bloomed and though still small was a mass of flowers.

It continued to grow vigorously, but did not bloom the second spring; and this past spring, thinking we would make it bloom, finally cut the roots and lifted it bodily from its place in the border, removed some of the soil, filled in pieces of broken pots, stones, shells and rubbish, and dropped the ball into its place again - when almost as soon as it regained its freshness - commenced to show its little green leaves, which grew into rosy bracts. The plant has now over an inch in diameter in stem, but lost many of its leaves while blooming. It has a south-western exposure. Thinking this experience might be of benefit to others who have an unruly plant, I have written thus. Sharon Hill, Delaware Co. Pa.