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is followed up by the Old Double White and LcicIt/ Hume's Blush, and these 

 again by Pomponia and Pcconijlora. By the middle of February, Wellsiana and 

 Triumphans begin to come in, succeeded by Elegans early in March, while by the 

 end of March we have Reticulata in fine bloom, and Eximia and Welbankiana just 

 coming on. The latter I consider one of the most useful late Camellias for cut 

 flowers that we possess. These are all grown under precisely the same con- 

 ditions, and have no more fire-heat than is necessary to keep out frost. The 

 borders are surface-dressed once a year, and during the growing season well- 

 established trees will require liberal applications of liquid manure and abund- 

 ance of water, with copious syringings when the bloom is past. — John Cox, 

 lledkaf. 



CAMPANULA ANDREWSII alias LACINIATA. 



HIS is a very interesting and beautiful plant, and one of the most distinct 

 of the well-known and extensive family of Bellworts. It was discovered 

 by Tournefort in 1700, and was introduced to this country in 1788 by 

 Andrews, who named it Campanula laciniata, but as it was not the 

 plant so called by Linnaeus, this name lapsed, and De CandoUe substituted that 

 of Campamda Andrewsii. The plant was subsequently lost to cultivation, and 

 has only recently been reintroduced from Greece by, I think, M. Orphanides, 



Being a native of the warm shores of the Mediterranean, it is not hardy in 

 this country except in favourable situations ; but in such places it forms one of 

 the most charming perennials in cultivation. It has stood out here, in the open 

 ground, for the past two winters, yet as I have seen plants in cold, damj) situations 

 killed by the frost, I think it cannot be called strictly hardy. This plant is 

 certainly one of the prettiest of the CamjKiuulcts. It grows about two feet in 

 height, throwing up a thick stem, branching from the base. The radical leaves 

 arc about eight inches in length, and from two to two and a half inches in width, 

 deeply laciniated, and not unlike those of the common Jacobsea. They are of 

 bright glossy green colour, and the numerous white veins give them a prettily 

 reticulated appearance. When in blossom it forms an elegant pyramidal bush, covered 

 with large blue flowers. It is a plant of very simple cultivation, and one I would 

 recommend everyone to try who appreciates choice border flowers. — A. I. Peeey, 

 Tottenham. 



RAISING SEEDLING GOOSEBERRIES. 



SOME four or five years ago I found an immense quantity of small seedling- 

 Gooseberries growing on some asparagus beds. I was indebted for sowing 

 V^ the seeds to my winged enemies, the blackbirds and thrushes, for on 

 <^ being disturbed in their raids on the fruit, they generally made these beds 

 their sheltering-places. Having selected about 1,000 of the strongest plants for 

 growing in rows till they fruited, I was able in the past year to select a few 

 varieties which I believe will be acquisitions for flavour, even to the best collec- 

 tions of the older sorts. When better grown than in the seedling rows, they will 



