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a few varieties of Pinks that should be wintered in small pots and 

 planted out in March, as some of them are delicate growers, and there 

 are others which, by adopting this treatment, produce much smoother 

 flowers. The varieties that succeed best treated in this manner are 

 Criterion, Colchester Cardinal, INIrs. Norman, Optima, Sappho, Great 

 Britain, Napoleon, Peter Young, Brunette, Narboro' Buck, Adonis, and 

 James Hogg. In the month of October these should be potted into 

 three-inch pots, a pair in each, or one plant only if a smaller pot is 

 used, and wintered in a cold frame the same way as Carnations. In the 

 beginning of March, if the weather is favourable, they should be planted 

 out into a bed that has had some good rotten manure well mixed in 

 during the winter. In planting them out great care should be taken 

 not to disturb the roots by breaking the ball. In choosing plants for 

 potting or for planting into the blooming beds, medium sized plants are 

 better than large ones, as they winter and bloom better. 



Slough. • J. S. Ball. 



BRITISH POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A SPECIAL meeting of this Society was held on the 17th ult., chiefly 

 for the purpose of testing the merits of some of the newer kinds of 

 Strawberries. Mr. Turner, of Slough, in the chair. ]\Ir. Kitley, of 

 Bath, furnished specimens of his new Strawberry Carolina superba, 

 which was sent out in the autumn of 1854. It is a cross between the 

 Old Pine, or Carolina, and the British Queen. The fruit is large and 

 handsome, frequently measuring five inches in circumference ; in colour 

 it is a pale red, even to the point of the fruit ; the seeds are small and 

 deeply indented, which gives the surface a rather smooth appearance. 

 The flesh is clear white, very firm in texture, like the Old Pine, and 

 has the fine aroma and excellent flavour which characterise both its 

 parents, while in addition to these qualities it is far more productive 

 than the Old Pine, and hardier than the British Queen. A plant taken 

 from the open ground and placed in a pot was exhibited, and was 

 literally covered with fruit. This variety was highly commended by 

 all present, and there is no doubt that it is a very first-rate and valuable 

 accession to our list of Strawberries. Mr. Underbill, of Birmingham, 

 exhibited his Sir Harry. It is a noble- looking Strawberry, and partakes 

 more of the furrowed cockscomb shape than of heart shape. Its colour 

 is dark red, and, when highly ripened, of a very deep blood red, 

 approaching black. Unfortunately the merits of this fruit could not be 

 discussed, as it had been packed in moss, the flavour of which had been 

 communicated to the fruit, and spoiled its flavour. Mr. Underbill, 

 however, intends sending another supply to the next meeting. Sir 

 Harry was raised between British Queen and Trollope's Victoria. It 

 ripens at the same time as Keens' Seedling, and bears abundantly. 

 Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl de Grey, produced specimens of Myatfs 

 Admiral Dundas Strawberry. It is of a pale reddish-orange colour, 



