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6. The agapanthus can hardly have too much 

 water while growing and bloomin?; it will flower 

 lieavitifully in the open air. Azaleas should be 

 jiropagMted from youu? shoots, dibbled into 

 filver-sand, and "covered with brll-glasses. 

 Common siiriu-e will suit your triangular piece, 

 unless you would prefer (as we would) a selec- 

 tion of hardy C0!:if(rs. Remove the ivy at 

 once from the .>-tems of the Portugal laurels. 

 August is the best month for cuttinsa of com- 

 mon laurel. — S. G. — The ro-e with a monstrous 

 centre is not an uncommon thing. Good culture 

 is ihe only preventive. — J. It. — Festuca ovina, 

 see Floeai. Would, Vol. i. p. (33. Your request 

 cannot be complied with. 



TBOPiEOLVMS. — No s'ljnature. — You do not say 

 what kinds of tropa?olum you refer to. If the 

 bulbous kinds, pot them early in .«pring and 

 plunge in a hot-bed till they break; then 

 give good greenhouse culture. Cinerarias and 

 calceolarias have been trealed again and again 

 in former volumes; we cannot now make room 

 for a full reply to your general question. 



Sea Sand. — A. B. ,S'. — Sea-kale and asparagus 

 will derive most benefit from it amon^ kitchen 

 crops, and hardy spring flowering bulbs among 

 flowers. In a heavy soil it may be used to 

 every kind of plant, in a liijht soil very little or 

 not at all. 



Leeds Exhibition. — The schedule of the tenth 

 grand horticultural fete came to hand too late 

 for notice in the usual place. The dates fixed 

 are July 16, 17, and 18 ; the prizes amount to 

 400?., in addition special prizes are offered for 

 amateurs and cottagers. We trust the flori- 

 cultural public of Leeds and vicinity will libe- 

 rally .support this spirited undertaking. 



Catalogies Keceivkd. — "List of Silect Plants 

 eultivatert and sold by F. &. A. Smith, Park 

 Koad, Dulwich." A good catalogue of green- 

 house, bedding, and exhibition plants. We know 

 Messr.5. Smith's stock to be extensive and vari- 

 ous, and the list proves that it is selected rather 

 for general usefulness than to suit the whims of 

 merely occasional purchasers of varieties. It 

 includes some new azaleas, cinerarias, and 

 fuchsias. 



RosKs Wintered at East Shkkn. — ^^ ill you re- 

 cord in your next number that I saved through 

 last winter, fully exposed, some having a few 

 feru sprays about them however, tender roses, 

 standards and dwarf, now blooming : Vicomtesse 

 de Gazes (st.), Elise Sauvage (A.), Isabella 

 Grey, Princesse Marie, Madame AVillermoz, 

 Narcisse (st.), Le Pactole, Ophirie (st.), Jean 

 D'Arc (St.), Saffrano (st.), Souvenir d'un 

 Ami (st.), Jaune Desprcz, and almost all 

 Bourbons. — C.E. 



TiFPANTf Houses.— Cankbbed FBriT Trees. — 

 C. jB., East Sheen. — You may proceed to the 

 erection of a tiffany house with perfect confi- 

 dence, and the larger you make it the more 

 secure will it be against frost. Koses, azaleas, 

 caraelhas, and all nearly hardy fruit trees, such 

 as the choicer kinds of pears, peaches, etc., do 

 admirably in these houses, but they are quite 

 unfit for soft wooded grer-uhouse plants during 

 w inter. We advise you to build the house in a 

 substantial manner, in order that it may be 

 proof against storms, and to use the stoutest 

 make of Shaw's tiffany. Y'our soil is evidcntlv 

 not adapted for strong growing apples and 

 pears, and as you are situated on a "pan" in 

 ■which the water collects, you would do better to 

 plant them on mounds. As clay is plentiful 

 near you, it would be well to cart in a supply to 

 chop over with your hot stony soil, which is 

 too poor for such forts as Cox's Orange, Norfolk 

 Beefing, and Ribston Pippin. We would use at 

 least half cliiy in every station where a tree was 

 planted. We have quite recovered some very 



decrepit trees that stood in a pan, and were 

 literally rotting away through the wetness of 

 the subsoil. There was no outlet for the water, 

 and the first season we cut deep trenchei to 

 draw the water away from the trees, and then 

 sunk three deep wells to take the water from 

 the drain pipes. Cannot yuu help your trres in 

 a similar manner ? Bush trees to be lifted 

 every other year will pay you far better than 

 standards, and you can (;ive them a little fresh 

 soil at ei.ch liftinc-. 'The following will suit 

 your soil :— 12 Good Appleg : Ashmeail's Kernel, 

 Red Astrachan, Cox's Pomona, Court pendu 

 Plat, Golden Pippin, Lord SufBeld, Sturmer 

 Pippin, Baddow Pippin, Large Yellow Bough, 

 Margil, Forge. We advise them to be all 

 bushes or pyramids on Paradise stocks, and to 

 be lifted annually or biennially, aceirding to the 

 growth they make. 12 Good Fcan : Prince 

 Albert, Urbaniste, Yat, Passe Colinar, Winter 

 Keli*, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Josephine de 

 Malines, Jargonelle, Doyenn^ d'Etd, Forelle, 

 Beurre Diel, Bon Chretien. These to be pyra- 

 mids or bushes on quince i-tocks. 



HuMEA Ei.EOANS. — A. B. — This is a biennial to be 

 raised from seed sown from April to June, and 

 grown quick in a mixture of rotten dung and 

 peaty loam. Next spring to be turned out into 

 a rich bed or border and well supplied with 

 water. The grub is the larva of the common 

 May bug, of no harm whatever in the garden. 

 The grubs that are commonly met with in dung 

 are generally more useful than hurtful to the 

 gardener. 



Clianthus Daupieri. — TV. E, D., Stone-y Strat- 

 ford. — This should he kept growing freely, any 

 check is hurtiul to it, and likely to produce red 

 spider. It will be a heavy job to turn them out 

 of pots larger than those they are in already 

 (six to the cast). You may overcome that dif- 

 ficulty by sinking the pots into the holes which 

 the plants are to occupy, and then breaking the 

 pots away. They will remain very will over 

 winter in the pots as they are, and to keep them 

 going give plenty of water, and once a week a 

 spoonful of Peruvian guano to each .spread over 

 the surface of the soil in the pot, and washed in 

 with ordinary watering. One might be tried 

 out of doors in a warm place. The finest plant 

 of C. puniceus we ever saw was one we had 

 against a south wall all winter, with bundles of 

 sticks set against it in frosty weather. But the 

 winter was a mild one. We fully believe Dam- 

 pieri is as hardy as the older kind, aa it comes 

 from a climate that bears some resemblance to 

 our own. 



Town Garden Plan. — C. — The idea of raised 

 terraces is good. If carried out you would re- 

 quire twelve trees, four on each elevation. 

 Nothing would look better, or do better than 

 Juniperus Phcenicia, Juniperus sinensis, or Juni- 

 perus Virgineana var. erecta. They are massive 

 yet graceful. All the trees employed in this 

 part of the work must be of one sort. Chinese 

 arbor-vita or Irish yew would be a trifle 

 cheaper, and accord with the plan, but we re- 

 commend either of the firi^t named. Birch 

 would be most desirable for the bottom line. 

 As to clipping, almost any tree will submit lo it 

 if properly done, even spruce will make a good 

 clipped hedge. You had better not use edging 

 box for the surfacing under the trees; notliing 

 better than Savin, and Juniperus tamariscifoha, 

 which is unequalled for clo.'^eness and beauty. 



Plant Housk. — Poor Gentleman. — Nothing can 

 be better than a flue for your Tiurpose. Hot 

 water is unquestionably preferable but will be 

 too expensive. It would be hard to devise for 

 you a bitter scheme than that figured and de- 

 scribed in the Floral World, Vol ii., p. 9; 

 see also p. 101 of the same volume. 



