90 THE FLOBIST AND POMOLOGIST. [April, 



copiously streaked with, dark crimson streaks. The eye is very large and open, 

 set in a deep, round, and even basin, and with short, depauperated segments. 

 Stalk short, deeply inserted. Flesh yellowish, tender, very juicy, with a sweet 

 and sprightly flavour, and pleasant aroma. It is a valuable culinary Apple, and 

 not unworthy of the dessert." — T. M. 



MAY TREES FOR THE CONSERVATORY. 



PAUL'S Scarlet Thorn was my first pot and pet May-tree. I was anxious to 

 see it flower, and the representations of its beauty were so vivid, that I 

 resolved to anticipate time, and help it out by gentle forcing. It exceeded 

 my utmost expectations. And then the question occurred. If this grand, 

 brilliant, double Thorn is so beautiful, why not try others, single and double ? 

 Since then Mays in pots have become part of our regular means of furnishing 

 flowers of interest and beauty all the year round. And they fill a niche of time 

 so admirably that probably they would be voted equal to Roses, Lilacs, Deutzia, 

 Spiraea (Astilbe), or any other indispensable flower. Our plants are mostly 

 pyramidal, but any form will do. I find, however, that form is almost naturally 

 acquired by Thorns, and gives a maximum of bloom in a limited space. The 

 plants mix well with Azaleas, Camellias, and other plants in the conservatory. 

 Standard tree Mays would also be admirable for rooms, landings, stairs, in halls, 

 &c. The form, however, is matter of taste. By keeping the Mays somewhat 

 under-potted, and plunging them up to the rim in a sunny spot for the summer, 

 they will be almost all flower. They bear moderate forcing well, a temperature 

 of from 45° to 55° being the most suitable, and the atmosphere of a dewy May 

 morning giving them a freshness and a beauty exceeding that of out-door 

 plants. Yes, it is a fact that forced May is more exquisitely fresh, beautiful, 

 and sweet than unforced ! The flowers are larger, the leaves finer, cleaner, 

 fresher, and the perfume is struck off in a finer key, with a more enthralling 

 touch of delicate fragrance. What more need be said to set all your readers at 

 Maying in pots ! Only this, that no flowers are more admirable in bouquets 

 and vases than those of forced Mays. — D. T. Fish, Buri/ St. EdmuncVs. 



DEARDS' AMATEURS' HEATING APPARATUS. 



AM pleased to see a favourable notice of this apparatus at p. 69. Having 

 been one of the judges in the late Boiler contest at Birmingham, at which 

 this stove came under my notice, and was awarded a Bronze Medal by 

 myself and colleagues, I feel flattered by your favourable allusion to it. 

 There is one now at work at the Rectory, Hatfield, and the Hon. and Rev. W. 

 C. C. Talbot considers it a little wonder. I fully believe it to be the very best 

 and cheapest portable stove for heating hot-water pipes that has ever been 

 invented. This stove can be removed from house to house if required. The 

 apparatus requires no fixing, the stove being simply placed on a stand of bricks, 

 while the joints of the pipes being made with India-rubber rings, they can 



