always produce seed, and it is scarcely worth while looking after it, because they can be more advantageously raised from cuttings. These should be taken when the growth of the young shoots is nearly completed, and just before they begin to harden. Dibble them into a bed of sandy earth, give them a sprinkle of water, put a bell-glass or handlight over, and-forget them. In about two months you may remove the bell-glass, for they will be all rooted. It will be well to leave them undisturbed until the month of April following, when they may be planted out to grow into specimens. Border-plants that are somewhat straggling in form may be improved by judicious pruning, and by pegging a few shoots into places that are vacant. We have had the rock candytuft on a highly-dressed border, and we kept all the plants in shape by annual clipping, the result being that they were as round and convex as watchglasses. We do not advise any general adoption of this procedure, but where everything should be formal and precise it is at least admissible.