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and, to niy disappointment, found, not 

 merely that many weeds had come up, but 

 that, not knowing exactly what an infant 

 Solanum should resemble, I could not be 

 sure which was which ! At length, I de- 

 tected one with the husk of the orange- 

 seed adhering, and, guided by this, selected 

 some four or five tiny plants, which I trans- 

 planted ; but they grow very slowly, and I 

 am not yet sure of their being the genuine 

 seedlings. 



My verandah is supported by trellis 



mass of bloom, of which each branch con- 

 stituted a picture, sprays heavily burdened 

 with every stage of flower and bud, and 

 the plants in vigorous foliage and growth. 

 Approaching the shrubs, one perceived 

 tiny " rose-trees in full bearing " on all 

 sides. These were the future shrubs, 

 being layered down, and the following 

 year separated from the parent stem, and 

 transplanted. The second year they would 

 be sufficiently grown to appear in the 

 flower-garden, for the stocks I have been 



work, and I covered it with climbers. These [describing have a nursery to themselves. 

 I got from Messrs. Lane, at Great Berk- I have not seen this method mentioned in 

 hampstead, with a few more plants — a the Floral World. My friend tells me he 

 Kalmia latifolia, a Daphne odorata,Nerium j has succeeded in many interesting experi- 

 splendens, Clianthus puniceus, Berberis ments with roses, growing them as pillars, 

 Darwinii, Ceanothus azureus, Bouvardia climbers, etc. I fear to trust my memory 

 triphylla, and a Phygelius capensis. Nearly as to naming many, but two I especially 

 all these the Editor of the Floral World recall as singularly lovely — - " Williams' 

 will recognize as having a place in his Evergreen," a delicate white, with shaded 

 pages. The climbers are — Maurandya foliage, green to warm brown, growing 

 Barclayana, Lophospermum scandeus, luxuriantly over an arched trellis, and the 

 Aristolochia sipho ; and to these I have I " Queen," a sweet little damask, with 

 since added a plant of Eccremocarpus sea- petals softly shaded in rich purple, which 

 bra. Of these the first two are in bloom, will grow " any way." I saw it as a mas- 

 while of the plants above-named the Kal- | sive " pillar." The same gentleman told 

 niia flowered luxuriantly (in June), but j me that, having failed to grow tea-scented 

 very briefly ; the Berberis was covered ! roses here, he was much surprised when 

 with bloom for some weeks, April and j visiting in Fifeshire, to see, late in the 

 May. None of the others show any signs j summer, magnificent specimens on the 

 of buds. drawing-room table, which his hosts as- 



My stand is occupied by tiny flowering I sured him were grown in the open air. 

 plants, as geraniums, fuchsias, and bal- He sallied forth into the garden to inves- 

 sams ; and for the last six weeks it has j tigate the mystery (the climate being so 

 been gay, unexpectedly to me (as I only I much keener than at Leamington), and 

 knew it as a winter-flower), by Chinese found that the shrub had been accidentally 

 primula, both white and lilac, in very luxu- ! left planted at the back of a stove for exo- 



riant bloom, especially the latter. But, 

 whether the others will flower this year, 

 or, if so, at what season, I am ignorant; 

 and any information the Editor will kiudly 



tics. On informing his friends that the 

 heat to the roots preserved the rose, they 

 followed his advice in planting a row 

 along this house, and the experiment has 



give as to this, as well as hints for the i resulted in complete success. He thinks 

 winter management of the plants men- | much might be done both for delicate 

 tioned, will be very gratefully welcomed. '. plants and for forcing vegetables by mak- 



I should mention that my Dracaena was | ing use of underground flues, 

 put out with the other plants, and looks j Since I wrote, Bouvardia triphylla has 

 healthy and strong, though I saw the a blossom (in the Floral World the time 

 plant the other day in a nurseryman's I of flowering is specified to be April to 

 greenhouse, so that I presume it is really i November) ; the white Primula sinensis 



exotic. Has it any flowery or is it merely 

 dependent on its lovely crimson leaves for 

 its share of attention? 



A friend, soma years resident here, 

 is celebrated for his success in floriculture. 

 He attributes the superiority of his bloom 

 of roses to the method he adopts, to a 

 greater extent than usual, of having plants 

 on their own roots. As I might fail in 

 reporting his own more accurate descrip- 

 tion ot the process, I must give the ac- 

 count of what I saw. The roses were a 



continues in full bloom. I have six myrtle 

 cuttings striking in sand under a bell- 

 glass, and a prettily grown seedling dwarf 

 orange marigold, with abundant flowers, 

 raised by the friend whose roses I have 

 described. Lansdowtje. 



[To know that we have thus been the 

 means of alleviating the monotony and 

 sufferings of an invalid, makes us question 

 whether you or ourselves have most reason 

 to be thankful. How true it is that flowers 

 are witnesses of the unchangeable love of 



