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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



tlie stocks of the common wliite jasmine. 

 They lire usually imported from the Con- 

 tinent, alonj? with oranf^e-trees, etc., Genoa 

 supplying a very great quantity. Thi^y 

 may be grown in pots, and are very suit- 

 al)le plants for window-culture, as they may 

 be turned out of doors when not blooming, 

 and do not require much protection during 

 winter. The soil for these should be agood 

 sound, turfy loam ; they require large pots 

 and a good drainage. Care should be taken 

 to remove all shoots that may arise before 

 the union of the graft. They also succeed 

 admirably planted against a warm wall ; 

 the flowers here are larger and more nu- 

 merous than when grown in pots. Wlien 

 planted, a good-sized hole should be made 

 and a stratum of rough stones luid in to 

 drain the soil, which sliould be loam from a 

 common or pasture, with some old leaf- 

 mould or potted dung. The plant m:iy be 

 praned back pretty cinse when planted, 

 and watered whenever the weather is dry 

 during the first summer. They must be 

 covered witli mats as soon as tlie winter 

 approaches, giving them air on fine days. 

 They shoot again in the following April, 



and, if in a favourable situation, bloom pro- 

 fusely the second summer after planting. 

 J. revolutum is another very handsome 

 species, witli yellow flowers ; it, like the 

 last-mentioned; may be grown in pots, or 

 pisnted out. The only difference of treat- 

 ment of any moment is that the shoots must 

 not he shortened, as the flowers are pro- 

 duced on the extremity of the new wood. 

 These may be propaj^ated by layers : treated 

 similar to layers of carnations, they strike 

 very readil}-. J. odoratissimum and J. 

 gracilis are both very delicately beautiful 

 species. They succeed best planted in the 

 bed of a greenhouse or conservatory, and 

 should be allowed a warm situation, and 

 frequently syringed during summer, or they 

 are very liable to the attaclcs of the red 

 spider. The soil most suitable for them is 

 a mixture of loam and leaf-mould, and 

 they should not be pruned more than can 

 be avoided. J. fruticans and J. humile are 

 old inhabitants of our gardens, being hardy 

 evergreen shrubs, witii yellow flowers, 

 Tiiere are several other species, besides a 

 few varieties, but from those mentioned a 

 selection might be made. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS OF 1861, 



Ix our reports of the Chrysanthemum ex- 

 hibitions, we made note of a few seedlings 

 of great promise, which were described at 

 the time, and of these we awarded the 

 highest praise to Clark's Lady Harding, a 

 rather imperft-ct specimen of which was 

 exiiibited by Mr. Salter at the Crystal 

 Palace show. Garibaldi, shown by Mr. 

 Bird at Stoke Newmnton, Albion Hall, 

 and Crystal Palace, also took our attention 

 as a pleasing intermediate flower, nicely 

 modelled to a convex outline, regularly 

 incurved, and of good substance and sturdy 

 habit; for it was shown as gathered, and 

 with foliage attached — theonly trustworthy 

 wayofexli bitingseedlings. Golden Trilby, 

 a beautiful sport of Tnlby, shown by Mr. 

 Forsvth, was also specified in our reports 

 as of the highest merit, and certain to 

 become a favouiite. We are glad to find 

 these, with others of equal excellence, and 

 a few r specting whicli we would not now 

 offer a d",cisive opin'on, entered in the naw 

 catalogue of Mr. Silter, of Versailhs 

 Nursery, Hammersmith, so that gardeners 

 ■will not iiave to send their orders to half a 

 dozen different places in order t-) obtain all 

 the best new flowers of the season. We 

 subjoin, accorditig to custom, desciiptions 

 of all tlie new flowers offered; and as Mr. 

 palter never yet sent puc a bad one, those 



who pvirchase from the list at random, 

 and from the written descriptions only, 

 will have flowers of real merit and un- 

 questionable novelty, and a large proportion 

 of real gems. But as there are few who 

 will care to speculate at random on some 

 forty high priced varieties, and many of our 

 readers live in remote places, out of the 

 reach of ordinary facilities for obtaining 

 information as to the bona fides of new 

 flowers, we here enumerate those which we 

 can recommend, not only with confidence, 

 but in assurance that the recommendation 

 will bring us credit, as all our recommenda- 

 tions have ever done ; for in these matters 

 we exercise the utmost caution, and would 

 prefer that a good thing should escape 

 mention than that a bad thing should be 

 thrust into prominence, to the injury of the 

 interests of floriculture. Our own choice 

 of the new lot would be, first, Mrs. Harding, 

 the best chrysanthemum of the season. 

 This will rank with the Queen, Mrs. W. 

 Ilolborn, and the best of the old favourites, 

 for stands of twelves and twenty-fours. 

 Rifleman we should place next, for the sake 

 of its colour, which is one we want, to break 

 up the sameness of stands, consisting mainly 

 of such as Themis, Novelty, Queen, etc., 

 which, though distinct, are too much alike 

 for effective contrast. Little Barry 8houl4 



