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ins^ the lights back, or tilting them up; maintain the plants in a 

 growing state by watering as often as they require it, going over 

 them for tliis purpose every day. Plants that have several shoots 

 should be tied into shape, placing the centre-branch upright in 

 the middle, find the remainder at equal distances all round it ; but 

 the plant must be shaped according to the number of shoots : three 

 leading branches are sufficient if cut blooms only are required. Ano- 

 ther advantage is, that the same plants, from the succession of bloom 

 they produce, will answer the double purpose of exhibiting in pots or 

 stands of cut flowers. 



After the potting as above recommended has taken place, take 

 the earliest opportunity at which the ground is in a fit state, to plant 

 out any stock not required to bloom under glass, or plants that have 

 been wintered in stores, &c., which will bloom through May and 

 June, and produce a stock of good healthy cuttings. By following 

 the simple and inexpensive treatment which we have just recom- 

 mended, we are sure that those who take the little trouble that it 

 entails will not fail to be gratified by a fine display of rich velvety 

 faces, which, from their long continuance, will become as familiar as 

 " household words." 



REVIEW. 



British Pomology. By R. Hogg. Groombridge and Sons. 



Since we noticed the early numbers of this excellent work, we have 

 received the first volume complete ; and the result proves that our 

 expectations in regard to its value, even high as they were, are more 

 than realised. It is certainly one of the best books on the subject 

 which has yet issued from the press, and cannot fail, not only to 

 correct pomological nomenclature, but also to create and diffuse a 

 greater taste for fruits and their cultivation. 



The first division— that now before us — consists of the' Apple, and 

 forms a handsome octavo volume. The second division we under- 

 stand will embrace the Pear ; and the third, which wull complete the 

 series, will contain all the Stone Fruits, together with the Goose- 

 berries, Currants, Grapes, Figs, Strawberries, Raspberries, and other 

 minor fruits; the whole forming a most elaborate and interesting 

 work. 



The following extracts, respecting two of our most popular Ap- 

 ples, will serve to shew the manner in which the descriptions are 

 treated. For the sake of brevity we have been obliged, however, to 

 omit the "identifications," " synonymes" and references to " figures." 



GOLDEN PIPPIN.— Evelyn. 

 '* Fruit small ; roundish, inclining to oblong, regularlj^ and hand- 

 somely shaped, without inequalities or angles on the sides. Skin 

 rich yellow, assuming a deep golden tinge when perfectly ripe, with 

 a deeper tinge where it has been exposed to the sun ; the whole 



