Peter Henderson writes Hearth and Home that the Smilax seems almost entirely uncultivated among florists around London. Many readers will be surprised to learn the extent to which it is cultivated in this country. "There are in New York and Boston, probably twenty greenhouses, having an area of 20,000 feet, used exclusively for the growing of Smilax. Besides this, thousands are grown as window plants by private individuals. No plant is better fitted for house culture, as it grows in any temperature, from 50° to 75°, and does well in comparative shade. Some of the English florists were surprised to hear how a plant they so much neglected, was valued here. They may probably wake up to its value, but it will take time. It took three years for the New York florists to find out that their contemporaries in Boston were far ahead of them in the cultivation of Smilax and Rosebuds; and even to-day, ' Boston rosebuds' bring ten per cent. more in New York than home grown, for no other reason than that they come from Boston. It is probable that $40,000 have been expended the past season, in the vicinity of New York, in erecting greenhouses for the growing of these two articles alone.