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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



niore than sustained the character we gave I had to be supported, to prevent the branches 

 It in the description which appeared in the j brealiing with their weiglit of fruit. — [Price : 

 "Floral World" in September last. The i Bergamot, 10s. Gd. each; Victoria, os. to 

 original tree has borne so heavily, that it | 7s. 6d. each.] 



STAMFORD PIPPIN. 



Mr. Joseph Laxtons seedling apple, the 

 "Stamford Pippin," was figured at paize 84 

 of our volume for last year. This apple is 

 rising in the esteem of judges of fruits, as a 

 most valuable addition to the useful class to 

 which it belongs, having all the excellencies 

 of the Ribston, with a stronger habit ; the 

 Ribston being so liable to canker, readers it 



unfit for many soil?, in which it is expected 

 the Stamfi.rd will succeed. It is peculiarly 

 adapted for pyramids, and the fruit will Iveep 

 till Marcli and April. Messrs. Wood and 

 Ingram, of Huntingilon, are now sending out 

 plants for the first time. — [Price 5s., 6s., 

 and 7s.J 



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THE GARDENER'S RECEIPT BOOK.* 



This is the third edition of one of the most 

 useful books ever published. Every gar- 

 dener, whether amateur, or otherwise, ought 

 to possess a copy, so as to refer, on the 

 occasion of any difficulty or disaster, to the 

 best mode of remedying it, as well as fur 

 short practical advices on gardening opera- 

 tions, tlie construction of garden embellish- 

 ments, the preservation of botanical and 

 entomological specimens, &c., &c. The work 

 has lately been revised and enlarged, and is 

 the only one of its kind on which, in the 

 present day, any reliance can be placed, for 

 safe and simple directions. It contains about 

 a hundred and twenty receipts, of which we 

 give the following, as examples : — 



Gi'ub in Onions. — Make some strong lime- 

 water, and add to it as much soot as will 

 make it into a thin paint, and with this 

 water the crop the moment maggot appears. 

 This soot mixture is so stimulating a manure, 

 that it should always be used to increase the 

 weight of the crop. House-slops mixed with 

 lime and soot, would he still more powerful, 

 both to destroy maggot and improve the 

 plant ; but unless rain followed immediately, 

 it would be advisable to drench the ground 

 with pure water the day after application. 



Cucumbers, to keep. — When the cucumbers 

 are at their best they shcild be cut, and 

 laid in a box made for the purpose, just to 

 fit them, and then bury the box in some drj' 

 sand, covering it over to the depth of a 

 foot. Tnere should not be any hay or moss 

 put with them in Jiie box, as it will cause 

 them to turn yellow. If laid in the box 

 without hay or moss, their colour and bloom 

 may be preserved for a fortnight to look as 

 fresh as the day they were cut. Melons 

 may also be kept in the same waj'. 



A cheap Green Paint. — Take 4 lbs. of 

 Roman vitriol, and pour on it boiling water; 

 when dissolved, add 2 lbs of pearl ish, and 

 stir the mixture well with a stick nntil the 

 effrvesceiice ceases ; then add a quarter of a 

 pound of pulverized yellow arsenic, and stir 

 the whole together. This paint will cost 

 less than one-fourth of oil colour, and the 

 beauty is far superior. 



Hmo to remove Mildew from Roses, cjc. — - 

 Mildew has been successfully removed from 

 roses and pelargoniums, by dissolving at 

 the rate of one ounce of nitre to one gallon 

 of water, and water the plant with it 

 occasionally : another way is to wash the 

 diseased parts with a decoction of elder 

 leaves. But the most effectual remedy is 

 flower of sulphur dusted over the foliage, by 

 means of the Boite a Houppe, sold by Bur- 

 gess and Key, London. 



Hoio to remove American Blight. — Take 

 half a peck of quicklime, half a pound of 

 flowers of sulphur, and a quarter of a pound 

 of lampblack. Mix with boiling water, 

 enough to form a thick paint. With this, in 

 the winter, when the leaves are off, paint 

 the branches, having first removed all loose 

 bark. In doing this, be sure to remove the 

 soil from the bottom of the stem to the main 

 roots, and paint all the underground part. 

 February is a good time for this. If one 

 application is not sufficient, repeat. Use the 

 paint warm. When this has become dry, 

 the trees should be looked over, and all 

 cracks and holes stopped with well-worked 

 clay, and after frost, the clay-stoppings 

 should be dressed again, to close any cracks 

 tliat may occur. Spirits of tar, ammoniacal 

 liquor from the gas-works, strong tobacco- 

 water, soap-suds, or ui-ine, two months old, 



* "The Gardener's Receipt Book.' 

 and Sons, 5, Paternoster-row. 



By ■William Jones. Third Edition. London; Groombtidge 



