THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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cat St. I/aureut, Black Hamburgh, Golden Ham- 

 burgh, Chas^selas Vibert. 



Gkapes, Forciiip. — Chnsselas Musqu(^, AVhite 

 "Frontiguan, Tieiit'ham Black, Bowood Muscat, 

 Lady Downe's, Barb:irossa. 



CnERBiES, Shnidards. — Knight's Early, Jlay- 

 duke, Hogg's Red Gean, Kentish, Late Duke. 



CnERRiKS, E/iaUers or bushes. — Belie d'Or- 

 leaus, AVerder's Early Black, Royal Duke, Bipar- 

 reau, Black Eagle, Elton, Coe's Carnation. The 

 Morello will do on a north wall, better on a west 

 wall, and makes a pretty bush worked on the 

 Mahaleb. 



STEAwnKRiiiEs. — Black Prince, Elton Pine, 

 Carolina aiiperba. Keen's seedling, Oscar, Cuthill's 

 Princess Royal, British Queen. The last should 

 be planted on a raised border, dressed with burnt 

 clay and charred rubbish, with, of course, a suf- 

 ficiency of manure. 



R.vsPBEKRiEs. — Carter's Prolific, Antwerp Red, 

 Antwerp Yellow, Fastolf, October Yellow, Cut- 

 bush's Prince of Wales. 



Catalogues Received. — " Descriptive Catalogue 

 of Selected Ro?es, and Ornamental Trees and 

 Shrubs, Fruit Trees, etc., grown by Edward 

 Cooling, Mile Ash Nurseries, Derby." Nicely 

 printed and arranged, so that the reader may 

 find in a moment any class of subjects in which 

 he may be'interested. All the new roses are en- 

 tered at reasonable prices. — " Carey Tyso's De- 

 scriptive Catalogtie of Ranunculuses, Anf mones, 

 and other hardy roots and bulbs. AVallingCorci, 

 Berkshire." As usual, this eminent breeder of 

 ranunculuses oflTers a select lot of new seedlings, 

 and all the best old varieties, at reasonable 

 prices. Those who have not forsworn these 

 beautiful flowers cannot do better than obtain 

 Mr. Tyso's catalogue, and prepare themselves 

 for the coming season. 

 Esse.nce op Celert. — B. A. T. — One ounce of 

 celery seed in half a pint of vinegar; a few drops 

 of this gives a fine flavour to soup, or sauce for 

 fowls. — Stewkd Celert. — Cut clean plump 

 stems into four inch lengths ; tie them in bun- 

 dles, and stew till quite tender. Use i^lenty of 

 salt, and keep them boiling fast. Serve with 

 melted butter. By many this dish is jireferred 

 to asparagus. 

 Fruit-Tiu:e3 for a North Wall. — S. — Morello 

 Cherries, Late Duke and Black Eagle Cherries ; 

 Marie Louise, Jargonelle, A'erulamand Thomp- 

 son's Pears ; Orleans Plum. Beurrc Diel and 

 Crossane Althorp Pears will do on the north- 

 west. 

 Laying Out a Garden. — Frame. — We cannot 

 undertake to propose plans for gardens. It 

 would be downright quackery. In the early 

 chapters on "Profitable Gardening," in the 

 first volume, you will find some general advices 

 that may be useful. As to the proportions for 

 fruits, flowers, and vegetables, we cannot guess 

 at your wants, and therefore must give no 

 counsel. To make a boundary fence there is 

 nothing prettier than Cotoneaster miorophylla 

 trained to wooden stakes ; sempervirens roses 

 make beautiful fences on strained wires, and 

 they are cheap, and soon make an eiFect. Then 

 you have choice of yew, Chmese privet, holly, 

 and Bcrberis fascicularis hybrida. In such a 

 small space you had better plant only espalier 

 or bush fruit-trees; standards will swallow up 

 too much room. Tlie best book on general 

 garden practice is Thompson's "Gardener's 

 Assistant," published Ijy Blaekie and Son. 

 Rhododendron Soil. — )^.A. — The soil for Ame- 

 rican plants must be of a proper mechanical tex- 

 ture, because of the hair-like roots which they 

 form. Turfy peat is the best. There arc some 

 silky loams in 'which they grow well, and mix. 



tnres ofthoroughlj'-decayed leaves, rotten wood 

 and sharp sand will do where peat is not to he 

 obtained. Anmial manures are not needed as a 

 rule, and if the peat is good, the addition of 

 dung is more likely to .spoil it than to improve 

 it ; but old American beds may be refn shed 

 with top-dressinps of quite rotten cow-dung. 

 Chalk, lime, and clay are materials they dislike! 

 They may be planted at any time, even when in 

 full flower, but the best seasons are Sejitember 

 and October, and February and March. We 

 advise you not to proceed with your bed for ano- 

 ther month. As to gas-heating, von will sec 

 what a correspondent has to say on'the .subject. 

 AVe have seen several houses lately that are 

 heated by means of aflame burning in a box, 

 but we must see them again and again, and oij- 

 serve how the plants stand it ere we can venture 

 to recommend a flame inside the house. 



Polmaise, Geeenhoi'se Shiubs, etc.— <?. JI. 



The principle of Polmaise is very simple, 

 though a great deal may be said about its ap' 

 pheations. One leading feature is the main- 

 taining of a continual circulation of the whole 

 air of the bouse, and this renders it eminently 

 suitable lor geraniums. New Holland and Cape 

 plants, greenhouse bulbs, and crchard-houses. 

 It will do well for your lean-to, 90 by 18, divided 

 into three compartments, and we WDuld advise 

 the substitution of a good fire-lump for the iron 

 plate, which is commonly used for the beatinrr 

 medmm, together with a judicious arrangement 

 of the cold air drains. Mr. Kendall, the well- 

 known market-grower, of Queen Elizabeth's 

 AValk, Stoke Newington, has bad it in operation 

 to beat a range of houses for several years, and 

 he would have no objection to your viewin<' the 

 apparatus, and the splendid show which he has 

 at almost any season of the year. Phile.Ma 

 buxifolia is generally dealt with as a tender 

 plant, whereas it is very nearly, if not quite 

 hardy. The soil for it should be peat and loam! 

 equal proportions. It mu>t have plenty of water, 

 and be pruned m rather smart immediately after 

 flowering. If yours does not bloom this next 

 summer, prune it in June as if it had, and with 

 plenty of air and water all summer, we think 

 you will the next season obtain from it all you 

 want. If you let us know how vou have hitherto 

 dealt with it, we will endeavotir to point out in 

 what particulars you are right or wrong. Des- 

 fontania spinosa is a charming evergreen shrub 

 ■with which but little has been done yet. The' 

 best plan to get up specimens is to let it grow as it 

 likes, except the removal or shortening of any ill- 

 placed shoots. The .soil should be turfy peat 

 and old cow-dung ; the plant rarely to see the 

 sunshine, and to be kept as airy as ericas, and 

 have as little taste of fire as possible. Cypri- 

 pedium insigne will succeed to perfection in or- 

 dinary greenhouse temperature. Dcndrobmms 

 will live m the same temperature, but never 

 come to any good. Indigofera decora, a beau- 

 tiful greenhouse shrub, producing a profusion of 

 large bundles of rosy pink flowers, and blooming 

 when quite in a small state, is easily managed. 

 Pot in equal parts turfy loam and' peat, with 

 one-sixth of silver-sand. Give liberal shifts, 

 and push the growth, and flowers are sure to 

 come. 

 Cyktoceeas eeflesum, Corew/ry.— This requires 

 a brisk heat top and bottom all winter and 

 spring ; to be saturated with moisture, and fre- 

 quently syringed overhead. Keep in the stove 

 till the blooms begin to expand, then place in an 

 airy greenhouse, and the thing is done. Your 

 failure is probably owing to insufficient drainage ; 

 if so, turn it out, clean the pot, half fll it with 

 crocks: lay on them a handful of the toughest 

 fibre out of your peat; place the plant on that, 

 and fill up with equal parts of thoroughly good 



