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Mr. Standish himself, who described in detail his mode of constructing 

 these cheap houses. Mr. "Way mouth. has favoured us with a communica- 

 tion headed '' Tiffany not a failure." He says, Mr. Standish continues 

 to use tiffany, which is a sufficient guarantee of its power of repelling 

 frost to the extent previously stated. Wc all know, or should know, 

 tliat Mr. Standish stands at the head of his profession, that his name 

 has been before the public for years as an originator of methods as 

 well as a producer of thousands of the most valuable garden hybrids, 

 and that he is about the last man either to make or to propagate a mis- 

 take in sucli matter. Then we can have the testimony of Mr. Elvers, 

 who stronglj- recommends tiffany for cheap orchard-houses. Mr. Fleming 

 has been down to Bagshot, and has gone home intending to make a 

 feature of it in the grounds of the Duke of Sutherland, under his charge. 

 Mr. Veritas also hurries to the defence of tiffany, which he was once 

 prejudiced against as moonshine, and the first cause of his change of 

 opinion was finding it in extensive use at the Cheshunt I^ursery of Messrs. 

 Gr. Paul and Sons, where they have managed to save roses in as fresh and 

 lively a condition as if there had been no winter at all, while in the open 

 grounds there the same kinds have perished by thousands. Mr. Yeritas 

 now says — " I can justify all that has been said in favour of these cheap 

 houses, and am sure they must increasingly become necessary adjuncts to 

 every establishment where plants are largely grown." We may add to 

 this that Mr. Yeritas is one of the most experienced nurserymen living on 

 the north side of London. As the name is not sufficient for identification, 

 we must refer those who wish for further evidence to Messrs. Paul them- 

 selves, who will very gladly admit any number of visitors desirous of 

 information. There is no hole-and-corner notion in the recommendation 

 of tiffany. The nurseries named are as public as the pages of the Times 

 newspaper. !Mr. Gosse has plainly stated matters within his own know- 

 ledge, with the best of objects in view, namely, to guard the unwary from 

 being deceived. But Mr. Gosse is wrong ; and tiffany is now fairly 

 out of the region of mere experiment, and established as an appliance ad- 

 mirably suited to certain iises, and eminently a boon to gardeners of 

 limited means. 



KOTES OF THE MONTH. 



Exhibition of Hyacinths. — Messrs. Catbush's Nursery has been visited 

 by thousands of persons since the oj^ening of the show of hyacinths, which 

 we are happy to say was as good a show as any held in former years, not- 

 withstanding the generally inferior condition of bulbs this season. The 

 exhibition was held in a lean-to house, the pots plunged in moss and the 

 plants so grouped as to form effective masses of harmonizing colours. 

 Edgings of crocuses and primulas gave the whole a finish, and proved the 

 Messrs. Cutbush to be masters of taste as well as of culture. Among the 

 varieties most conspicuous for their fine spikes and bold colours, were most 

 of those which have been recommended in the Floeal World (Yol. i. p. 

 233 ; ii. pp. 205, 234, 239, 286 ; iii. pp. 43, 266). Others of special excellence 

 were the following : — Solfaterre, orange scarlet, veiy novel and brilliant in 

 colour, and beautifully formed ; IS'oble par Merite, flesh pink, striped with 

 crimson, a fine fancy flower for culture imder glass ; Miss Burdett Coutts, a 

 very grand white ; Snowball, also pure white, but a smaller spike than the 



