. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. nd early in No-vember, they mustbe sown in March,in order to securegood get the seedup succes sfullymarket growersadopt the followingplan:—They sow inboxes instead of inpans, as is usuallydone, as it is foundthat the seed hard-ly ever comes upround the edgesof the pans. Thereason is simplythis, the pan ab-sorbs the moisturefrom the soil, andconsequently theseed gets dry, andif once it getsthoroughly dryafter it has beensoaked through, itneve r v egetatesafterwards—a re-sult which has beennoticed over
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. nd early in No-vember, they mustbe sown in March,in order to securegood get the seedup succes sfullymarket growersadopt the followingplan:—They sow inboxes instead of inpans, as is usuallydone, as it is foundthat the seed hard-ly ever comes upround the edgesof the pans. Thereason is simplythis, the pan ab-sorbs the moisturefrom the soil, andconsequently theseed gets dry, andif once it getsthoroughly dryafter it has beensoaked through, itneve r v egetatesafterwards—a re-sult which has beennoticed over andover again. Pri-vate growers, whohave i n generalonly a small quan-tity of seed, are aptto sow it in a smallpan, the result ofwhich is, in manycases, failure inraising the sown in a boxone does not runso much risk, asthe box does notabsorb moisture soreadily as sow on veryold rotten manure,at least three orfour years old,moist e ning itbefore sown a little silver sand is sprinkled over it—barelyenough to cover it. ^ ,: .- ^ J. PRITCHAEDIA FILIPEEA. This Palm, of which the annexed ia a representation, is one of themost beautiful of the handsome family to which it belongs. All whosaw it at the International Exhibitions of Vienna, Florence, GhentLouvaine, &c., will remember its remarkably fine appearance and 470 THE GARDEN. [May 20, 1876. the admiration which it excited. It grows farther north than anyother of the Pam tribe, it3 native habitat being the banks ot theColorado, in the province of Arizona, in New Mexico, where it bearsthe winter frosts without injury. It is excessively graceful in appear,ance long white filaments falling from its palmate leaves, givingthem the appearance of being furnished with plumes. This varietyought to occupy a conspicuous position, not only in private collectionsbut also in those of public gardens. It will be found to form a goodsubstitute for Latanias, Phconixes, and similar Palms, of whichamateur
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