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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Choice Tulips, grown and sold by W. II. Law- 

 rence, brother and successor of the late R. J. 

 Lawrence, Hampton, Middlesex." Growers of 

 show tulips must consider this essential in im- 

 proving their collections, and in setting out new 

 beds. The name of* Lawrence is identified with 

 the history of the tulip during a long period 

 of increasing improvement and popularity. — ■ 

 List of New and Beautiful Plants, offered by 

 Messrs. James Veitch and Son, Exotic Nur- 

 series^ Exeter and Chelsea, contains the new 

 Athyrium f. f. multieeps, Calceolaria flexuosa, 

 new Begonias, Cattleyas, Clerodendrons, Epa- 

 cris, and other recent valuable importations.— 

 " Catalogue of Plants cultivated for sale by 

 Thomas Jackson and Son, Kingston, Surrey, 

 S.W., and Royal Gardens, Hampton Court"." 

 A most interesting list of stove and greenhouse 

 subjects, to which are added lists of new and 

 rare hardy ornamental plants. — " New Eoses 

 for 18G0, grown for sale by Charles Noble, the 

 Nurseries, Bagshot." In addition to many new 

 roses already noticed in the Floral World, 

 there is Gloire de Santenay, which we believe 

 will prove superior to General Jacqueminot. 

 Whether it does so or not, it is certainly a most 

 valuable addition to the high-coloured class of 

 perpetuals. We are in the habit of getting 

 very miserable examples of plants when ordering 

 new roses, and we will do Mr. Noble the justice 

 of saying that those received from him this 

 season were fine plants, the pots full of roots, 

 and the foliage robust and healthy. If new- 

 roses were always sent out so, there woidd be 

 a hundred times the number of buyers for them 

 than there are at present. Charles Noble's 

 "Catalogue of new plants" contains some curious 

 and interesting subjects, and among them Spira'a 

 nobliana, which Dr. Liudley has lately named 

 as a most beautiful addition to this interesting 

 class of flowering shrubs. We believe both the 

 Doctor and Mr. Noble are mistaken as to its 

 botanical history ; but that has nothing to do with 

 its claim to favourable reception as a new and 

 useful ornamental plant. — " Catalogue of some of 

 the Principal Plants sold by] John Standish, 

 Royal Nursery, Bagshot." As usual, particu- 

 larly interesting in lists of gladioli and rhododen- 

 drons, besides many new and beautiful hardy 

 trees and shrubs. — " Descriptive List of Pelar- 

 goniums, Fuchsias, Pansies, etc., grown and 

 sold by John Dobson and Son, Woodland's Nur- 

 sery, Isleworth, W." A truly valuable list of 

 azaleas, cinerarias, fuchsias, new and old pelar- 

 goniums, pansies, verbenas, etc. 

 Grkkniduse Bulbs and Greenhouse Orchids. 

 — A. B. 8., Torquay. — You will do quite right 

 to select Lilium excelsum, eximium, japonicum, 

 speciosum, and Thomsonianum ; Aletris capeu- 

 sis, all the Babianas, Brodirea congesta, and 

 Calliprora flava, Coburghia incurvata, Cory- 

 dalis nobilis and tuberosa. Ixias in variety, 

 Lachenalia the same, or it only one, have quad- 

 ricolor, Ornithogalum aureum, Sparaxis in 

 variety, Vallota purpurea, Tritoma uvaria, and 

 Hookeri, Tritonia aurea and miniata. Respect- 

 ing Amaryllis, Agapanthus, Scillas, and Alstroe- 

 merias, we presume you are not iu need of in- 

 formation here. We strongly recommend a 

 most beautiful and scarce bulb, Cyclobothra alba, 

 to all who can get it, as a charming subject 

 for pot culture. The following are also good 

 greenhouse and stove bulbs : — Amorphophallus 

 bulbiferum, Crinum amabile, Cucuma rubri- 

 cate, Hymenocallis expansa, Pancratium ca- 

 rabse. The following are twelve useful orchids 

 for culture in cool houses :— Catlleya Skiuneri, 

 Cypripedium insigne, Dendrobium densiflorum, 

 Laslia acuminata, Oucidium sphacelatum, Cym- 

 bidium sinensis, Epidendrum aurantiacum, 

 Maxillaria Maclaii, Odontoglossum grande, Ly. 



caste] Skinneri, Lycaste crucata, and Pogouia 

 ophioglossoides. 



Bulbs for Windows. — Lansdou-ne. — You cannot 

 do better than get a supply of hyacinths, cro- 

 cuses, snowdrops, jonquils, and early tulip3 for 

 your window, and follow the directions given in 

 the Floral World for their culture in pots and 

 glasses. The only greenhouse bulb we should 

 recommend to you is L ichenalia quadricolor, to 

 be potted in fresh sandy peat, about a djzen 

 bulbs in a five-inch pot. Correas are beautiful 

 evergreen greenhouse shrubs, but hardly suit- 

 able to your range of practice. 



Grkenhouse Removal and Heating.— C. J. F. 

 — You certainly have no right to remove auy 

 part of the house. Your plan of heating is one 

 we cannot approve. If you use gas, have a 

 boiler in an adjoining shed or apartment, and 

 carry a pipe from it round the house. If you 

 object to the expense of this, be content with a 

 flue. Of course you are aware that gas costs 

 five times as much as coke for greenhouse heat- 

 ing. Roses on their own roots are as easily ob- 

 tained as roses in any other shape. The worked 

 roses sent you may be very good, but if you or- 

 dered them on their own roots, your wishes 

 ought to have been complied with : in future, 

 insist upon having what you want. Your plant 

 that makes such thin roots is in need of more 

 nourishment, or if a worked dwarf, perhaps the 

 work is above iustead of below the surface of 

 the soil. If planted deep enough, worked dwarfs 

 make roots above the work in the course of 

 time, and thus become independent of the 

 stock. 



Names of Plants. — C. S. £., Ireland. — Poly- 

 stichium acrostochoides, Polypodium alpestre. 

 — P. M. K. — Your specimen of leaf with flowers 

 laid on it is Lantana aculeata, which ought to 

 have stove treatment. It would answer as a 

 bedder only in warm seasons. — A. B. — The 

 coarse-looking weed is a Scutellaria, but we 

 cannot say which ; the other is Dracocephalum 

 nutans. We received Chrysanthemum segetum 

 from several correspondents last month, but 

 not from you. — R. C, Morpeth. — The shrub is 

 Veronica Andersoni. The strawberry leaf we 

 cannot name, nor can we name any species or 

 variety from a leaf only. — R. O., Gretton. — 

 No. 1 is Lobelia erinus ; No. 2, Sedum deuti- 

 culatura. We found no insects in the box with 

 the leaves ; but the leaves themselves inform us 

 that your only remedy is to be found in band- 

 picking. 



Rose Fence. — Kate. — For so low a fence moss 

 roses would be charming, but would not gratify 

 you a sufficient length of time. We should 

 recommend China's if you want continuous 

 bloom ; but they have little scent. Souvenir de 

 Malmaison would be charming, but perhaps not 

 continuous enough. Geaut des Batailles and 

 General Jacqueminot would give far more colour 

 than other roses of the same degree of exube- 

 rance, and would train in well. Mrs. Elliott 

 makes a nice fence, but alter the first bloom she 

 is very shy. Madame Laflay, a cheerful colour 

 and a fine rose, would also be suitable. Russian 

 violets, planted now, ought to bloom well next 

 season. Use rich soil and plenty of charred 

 material mixed with it. 



Various. — C. J. — Any of the roses named as good 

 for towns will do in pots, except General Jacque- 

 minot, which does not bloom as it ought to in 

 pots, though one of the best of town roses. — 

 R. R. R. — If the Panicum has not flowered, it 

 will keep green and fresh all winter, with cool 

 greenhouse or window treatment. You need 

 not be alraid to keep it moderately supplied with 

 water. It will flower next year at about two feet 

 high, and after flowering will ripen seeds and - 

 perish. 



