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THE FLORAL AVORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



frost comes on very sharp and sudden, the 

 tiffany, by impeding circulation, delays the 

 lowering of the inner temperature, but not 

 more than a few hours ; let tlie frost con- 

 tinue through a night, and in the morning I 

 find the two thermometers standing within 

 one degree of each other. 



Of course it is not pleasant to own one- 



self gulled, but I publish ray own disappoint- 

 ment and loss that others may have the ad- 

 vantage of my bought experience, and 

 eschew tiffany as a hoax. I mean to glaze 

 my house, which fortunately I had regu- 

 larly framed, and not made of larch poles. 

 P. H. GossE. 

 Torc[iiay, January 22, 1861. 



BEST OLD DAHLIAS. 



White. — Queen of Whites, Fanny Dodds, 

 White Standard. 



Light Shaded and Tipped. — Lady Pop- 

 ham, Annie Salter, Rachel Rawlings, Miss 

 Pressley, Village Gem. 



Yellow. — Yellow Beauty, King of Yel- 

 lows, George Glenny, Goldfinder, Peerless. 



Orange and Buff. — Robert Bruce, Orange 

 Perfection, Cherub, Lady Franklin. 



Crimson. — Lord Palmerston, Lord Bath, 

 Sir F. Bathurst, SirR. Whittington, Due de 

 Malakhoff, Triomphe de Pecq, King, Captain 

 Ingram (dwarf). Ablet's Incomparable. 



Scarlet. — Sir James Watts, Sir C. Napier, 

 Scarlet King, Royal Scarlet, Sir R. Peel. 



Eose — Colonel Windham, Princess, Mrs. 

 Edwards, Rosea elegans, Elizabeth. 



Yellow and Orange Tipped. — Beauty or 

 the Grove, Fanny Keynes, Mrs. Church, 

 Dr. Gully, Constancy, Mrs. Legge. 



Dark. — Midnight, Eclipse, Standard 

 Bearer, Lord Bath, Lord Fielding, Mer- 

 veille. Grand Sultan, Commander, Richard 

 Cobden. 



Striped. — Butterfly, Enchanter, Souter 

 Johnny, Le Defi, Marc Antony, Mrs. Sea- 

 cole, Charles Perry, Vasco de Gama. 



Tipped or Edged. — Baron Alderson 

 Jupiter (fine, but uncertain). Attraction, 

 Countess of Bective, Empereur de Maroc 

 (uncertain), Imperatrice Eugenie, Elizabeth, 

 Rosy Morn, Lady Paxton, Miracle. 



Curious. — Carnation, Oliver Twist, Raw- 

 lings' King, Egeria, Lollipop. 



QUINCE MAEMALADE. 



Lex the fruit hang on the tree till one falls 

 to the ground ; then gather the crop. 

 Pare, quarter, and core them ; but scru- 

 pulously save every pip. The pips of 

 quinces abound in mucilage, as may be 

 perceived by taking one into the mouth 

 and chevving it, when it will make the lips 

 stick together as a piece of gum arable 

 would. Put the quinces with the pips 

 into a stew-pan, with a sufficiency of lump 

 sugar, and just enough water at the bottom 

 to keep them from burning. As the sugar 

 dissolves and the liquor boils, continue 

 stirring the whole mass. When the fruit 

 becomes tender, break and mash it well 

 with a spoon. In about an hour from the 

 commencement of the operation, it will be 

 enough. It may then be turned out into 

 preserve jars; a portion should be put into 

 shapes, to be vised at dessert in the same 

 way as bullace and damson cheese. The 

 next morning it ought to be perfectly stiff 

 and gelatinous, from the strong mucilage 

 of the pips having been thoroughly incorpo- 

 rated with the whole mass. The quantity 

 of sugar used may be rather less than is 

 necessary for other preserves. If tied down 

 the usual way it will keep good for a long 



time. The medicinal qualities of this pre- 

 paration are applicable to those cases in 

 which mucilage is administered internally ; 

 and a pot of Quince marmalade would be 

 as agreeable a prescription to a dysuretic 

 patient as a dish of roasted onions or a dose 

 of linseed jelly. Everybody whose garden 

 or orchard is above the very smallest size 

 ought to have at least one quince-tree, 

 particularly if it contain any low moist 

 corner. To such a situation they may be 

 removed at a considerable size; their cost 

 at the nursery is trifling, and many a use- 

 less shrub, such as the snowberry or the 

 privet, might advantageously be uprooted 

 to make way for them. Few low-growing 

 standards are more ornamental. In a small 

 space they exhibit all the members and 

 proportions of a full sized tree ; something 

 like the Chinese Koo-shoo, or artificially 

 dwarfed oaks, hornbeams, etc., that are 

 grown in pots : there is the old-looking 

 trunk, the pendant and grotesquely con- 

 torted branches; there is the scattered 

 foliage, like the natural day, dark one half 

 and light the other; in the spring there are 

 large, delicate blossom, and in the autumn 

 drooping fruit. 



