The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . will beapt to cause the buds on which the next seasons crop depends to push thissummer, to the great injury, if not tlie total loss, of the crop. The laterals shouldhave at least one joint left ; and perhaps it would be better not to stop them atall, as they are intimately connected with the organization of the buds at theirbase. American vines will not bear the close summer-pruning given to thegrape in Europe. Notes and Gleanings. 363 New Plants.—We copy from The Floral World the following noticesof new plants : — *?Eucalyptus glo
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . will beapt to cause the buds on which the next seasons crop depends to push thissummer, to the great injury, if not tlie total loss, of the crop. The laterals shouldhave at least one joint left ; and perhaps it would be better not to stop them atall, as they are intimately connected with the organization of the buds at theirbase. American vines will not bear the close summer-pruning given to thegrape in Europe. Notes and Gleanings. 363 New Plants.—We copy from The Floral World the following noticesof new plants : — *?Eucalyptus globulus. — This beautiful species of Australian gum-tree hasbeen in cultivation in this country half a century, but has been known only iua few botanic gardens as a curiosity. But it is so elegant in appearance, andso well adapted to the embellishment of English gardens, that it merits to be-come a favorite wherever such as are called sub-tropical plants are many other such things, this is 7to( a sub-tropical plant, as it thrives in the. EUCALYHTUS RUJDULUS. coldest parts of Tasmania, where grapes and olives never ripen. It is a tree ofrapid and gigantic growth, requiring the shelter of a cool conservatory in winter,and well adapted for a conspicuous position on the lawn during summer. Weare indebted to Messrs. Hooper & Co. of Covent Garden, who offer plants andseeds of this Eucalyptus, for the opportunity of figuring it. ? Ophrys insectifera, van aranlfcra, Spider Ophrys (Bot. Mag., t. 5712).—Orchidaceae. A pretty terrestrial orchid from Mentone, and the one which Lin-naeus regarded as the typical form of that group of Ophrys which includes thelesser and common spider, the bee, and the drone, amongst British orchids. 364 Notes and Gleanings. Hypericum patulum, Spreading St. Johns-Wort (Bot. Mag., t. 5693). — Hy-pericineae. A handsome hardy perennial, native of Japan, flowering in autumn,and forming a very valuable addition to the list of available borde
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