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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



city of London? The door has a north 

 aspect, and therefore does not obtain 

 much sun. [Plant a strong specimen of 

 Lonicera brachypoda aureo-reticulata ; 

 this -will grow very fast, and will develop 

 its beautiful foliage to perfection in 

 snch a situation. Plant also a strong 

 plant of Clematis Sieboldii, and one of 

 C. lanuginosa — the first a beautiful 

 double white, the second a beautiful 

 blue ; both rapid growers and abundant 

 bloomers ; and being perfectly hardy, 

 there will be no danger of losing them 

 in a time of hard frost. Let each of tlie 

 foregoing be provided with a large bulk 

 of well-prepared soil, in which their 

 roots may ramble without restraint, and 

 they will not fail to yield abundant gra- 

 tification. These may be trained sepa- 

 rately, or be allowed to intertwine ; 

 they ought to be planted at least two 

 feet apart.] 

 Vabiotjs. — Mrs. Gillespie. — What you 

 "send looks like the seed of some Hoya. 

 We cannot say if it would be of any use 

 in manufactures. — L. M.— Chrysanthe- 

 mums may be struck from November to 

 June ; for you, perhaps the best time 

 will be March or April. As you want 

 eight large flowering varieties for bor- 

 ders, take Christine, Alma, Mr. Murray, 

 Chevalier Domage, Progne, Madame 

 Commerson, Plutus, and Madame Le- 

 bois. By referring back, you will find 

 abundance of information on chrysan- 

 themum culture. Order in the plants 

 you want in March, let them remain in 

 their pots as you receive them for a fort- 

 night, then plant them on stations 

 deeply dug and well manured, do not 

 cut or stop them at all, keep them 

 securely staked, and you will have a 

 grand bloom in the autumn. — Farring- 



don. — It is impossible to name varieties 

 of florists' flowers. Your chrysanthe- 

 mums were quite dried up when they 

 came to hand. Lilium pomponium is a 

 good hardy border flower; it flowers in 

 May; height two feet.— Honor.— It is 

 only by a regular system of shortening 

 back the growth of the year that 

 peaches and all other trained trees can 

 be kept well furnished at bottom. Yeu 

 look forward too far in your speculations 

 on pruning ; you forget that when trees- 

 begin to bear fruit their habit of grow- 

 ing is altered, so that if we do not get 

 them well furnished at the first start, it 

 is likely they will never be furnished at 

 all. Follow the nurseryman's advice, 

 and cut back the peach-trees to half 

 their present height. This will cause 

 them to make furniture at the base. To 

 keep that will not be difficult ; the 

 fruit-branches of the peach only bear 

 once, and they can be continually re- 

 newed by cutting back the shoots out of 

 which they proceed. If the shoots are 

 not cut back, the top bud pushes on, 

 forms one or two bearing shoots, with 

 fruit buds at the end, and the buds near 

 the base, which ought to be encouraged 

 to push, wither away. There is no tree 

 which so provokingly goes forward as 

 the peach ; judicious pruning can alone 

 restrain it, and keep the lower parts of 

 the tree in a well-furnished and fruitful 

 condition — E. W. P. — There are lists 

 of 132 and 50 of the best dahlias in the 

 " Garden Oracle ;" also lists of roses by 

 the 100, 50, and 25. It is impossible to 

 err by following those lists ; they are 

 the result of constant observation and 

 comparison. If you want roses cheap, 

 you had best let the nurseryman select 

 for you ; if you select, you must pay more. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Old City and its Highways and and events, and perhaps more original in 

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 particulars of civic scenes, and personages, 



all who venerate an old ruin, who seek 

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