MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. The Lawn, Garden and Green-House. The soil upon which all the plants grown mentioned in the following account is light gravelly, or sandy loam. Although naturally rolling, it is all thoroughly tile-drained, subsoil-plowed and manured. THE LAWN looks well, all of it. A part was made of sods carefully selected, but it does not do as well as that where seeds were sown The seeds which thrive best are Kentucky blue grass or June grass (Poa pratensis,) white clover, David grass, (Lolium perenne, and sweet-scented vernal grass (Anthoaanthum adoratum) mentioned in the order of their importance. In Autumn it is allowed to grow taller to protect the roots. Top dressing will be used here after. THE SHRUBBERY has not demanded very much attention, though there is quite an extensive variety about the grounds. There is a good deal of heavy native timber in the neighborhood. The college is in latitude about 40 degrees, 48 minutes, and nearly 900 feet above the sea level. It may be interesting to know how certain plants endure the winter in open air. Hercules' Club, large hardy and in blossom. Kentucky coffee bean tree natural along streams. Lonicera aurea reticulata stands winter well. Peach trees apt to kill except in a few favored places. Deciduous or bald cypress, twelve feet high, kills partly every winter. Ailanthus kills some, but grows very rank. It ought to kill clear down dead. Magnolia glauca (white Bay) and M. Grandiflora (Big Laurel) have killed several times to the ground. The unique Ginkgo tree from Japan (Salisburia adiantifolia) is thrifty, and for all the time it has been out, 16 years or more, perfectly hardy. The principal trees and shrubs are soon to be labeled with scientific and common names and the country where they grow. THE FLOWER GARDEN is ornamental, but its chief value consists in the greatest number of standard new varieties, which it is intended to keep here from year to year for the purpose of comparing any new variety or any old variety which may come up under a new name. This feature of the garden is of great importance to the students and to visitors, as it enables them to pick out the best kinds-the hardiest, the most ornamental. For this purpose they have over sixty varieties of the Pelargonium, commonly called Geranium. Twenty-five or thirty pinks, several asters, twenty-five varieties of Petunias, red, white, blue and striped, twenty of Stock (Matthiola), seventy to eighty Verbenas, all conspicuously labeled. The plants of the entire garden and green house are remarkably strong and healthy. The verbenas just mentioned are the finest I ever saw and are indeed splendid. To a great extent, this is owing to rich, well tilled soil, and to a weekly or semi-weekly watering with liquid manure. One verbena deserves notice, as it originated here. College Number One is a vigorous grower, holds in flower for a long time; truss large, pit large, color dark cherry, lighter towards the center, but no eye; larger than the Atlanta. Of Gladiolus they have over fifty varieties, of which it is too early to speak except that the plants are healthy. In passing, Prof. Tracy remarked that Perilla Nankinensis was worthy of more attention as it is easily managed and has such dark chorolate with metallic lustre. He called attention also to the Crimson Flax, (Linum grandiflorum rubrum) as desirable. He had confirmed the common belief that old seeds of balsam will produce flowers almost double. These should not be sown on too rich ground. Thumburgia he grows, running over the ground like a melon vine instead of tying to trellis or stakes. THE GREEN HOUSE is in first rate order. The glass are shaded with muslin. Among the plants here noticeable, are Clerodendrum fragrans floropleno (double flower) white and waxy-some like a Tuberose. In answer to how he managed to have everything 80 thrifty and healthy, the Professor remarked that in winter he kept plants dryer than common, giving all a season of rest, even so the Fuchsias lost every leaf, and in spring how he managed to have everything 80 thrifty and healthy, the Professor remarked that in winter he kept plants dryer than common, giving all a season of rest, even so the Fuchsias lost every leaf, and in spring he gave them plenty of water. In spring Fuchsias are potted in light soil till they start, then taken out, roots shaken, and put in pots of very rich compost. They have now fifty-five varieties and species, in size from Microphylla, with flowers about a quarter inch long to fulgens three inches long. Perhaps one of the best for general culture, easily managed, is the Rose of Castile. There are fifteen Pegonias, to which others will be added and all kept for comparison. One of the grandest things in the green house is a plant in flower called Colocasia esculenta, originally from Central America. It is a little like the Calla in appearance; the flowers yellowish, not handsome, the leaves magnificent. One leaf I measured was forty- seven inches (over three feet and a half) long, and twenty-five and a half inches in width. Mother Eve could have covered herself with a few of these without much sewing. The leaves are pointed and hang down. In the point are one or two minute holes, which are continuous into the main rib and into a thickened strip along each side. In the evening or when the air is full of moisture, water constantly drips from the leaf points, coming out of the little holes mentioned. The little drops are apparently thrown out with considerable force, like the jets of blood from a small artery. So the water beats rapidly like the human pulse, or more slowly, keeping the floor moistened by its accumulation. I intend to try some experiments and make some examination with the microscope upon the structure of this curious and interesting Colocasia. For information on these points and answers to many more Yankee like questions, I am indebted to the kindness and patience of Professor Will W. Tracy, who is a graduate of the college, and now the efficient instructor in Horticulture, and Superintendent of the Gardens. W. J. B.