23G THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [ OCTOBEH, 



aud well llavoured when cooked. The dry seed is red, and sliglitly speckled, resembling that 

 of the Negro in size. It grows to a height of 5 ft., and bears profusely froia close to the ground 

 to the top. 



Amongst the New Tomatos^ that called Hatliaways Excelsior seems 



likely to be one of the most acceptable for general cultivation, as it is moderate in 

 growth, flowers early, and fruits so freely as to be the better for a little thinning. 



The fruit is of good average size, of a rich colour, and extremely handsome when ripe, 

 probably the handsomest of all the Tomatos, being plump, quite round, and devoid of all 

 sutures. It will no doubt make a good pot kind. It has lately received a First-class 



Certificate at Chiswick. 



iJBlE- TiLLERY writes that he has grown Oshont's Forciiuj French Bean 



this year in the forcing-houses, and found it excellent for the purpose of forcing, 

 being very dwarf and prolific. The greatest cropper, however, with him has been 

 the Canadian Wonder, and a wonderful variety it is, he says, for size of pods, and the long time it 

 ke.jps in when bearing them. Its strong habit is rather against it where the shelves or spaces 

 in which it is forced are circumscribed ; but whei-e room can be found, it will be found to be the 

 mjst productive sort grown. It is as good a bearer out of doors as when forced. 



■ Samples of a very beautiful Seedling Earhi Apple have been sent u^ 



by Mr. G. Cooling, nurseryman, Bath. It is of handsome form, and beautifully 

 mottled all over with red, but is very acid, and deficient in flavour, and therefore 

 only worth growing for its ornamental character. It is reported to be a sure and 

 heavy cropper, not having failed during the past five years. 



^s the SemjJervivtims are coming into fashion in modern flower- 

 gardening, it may be v^^ell to note that the pretty species now so generally grown 

 in o-ardens under the name of S. caliform'cwn, and which is a native of the 

 Alps of Dauphiuy, should more properly be called S. calcareinn. The pretty cobwebbed S. 

 aracJinoideuin does not succoed well in all places ; and if grown in the shade or in a damp 

 spot, is apt to lose its cobwebby threads. Of these webbed Sentpervivunis, that known as 

 6'. Laqgeri is probably the bjst. 



©HE Pi/raniidal Training of Currants anil the Espalier Training f 



Gooseberries are both to be recommended. At Madresfield Court the former plan 

 is highly spoken of ; while the latter has been tried in the gardens at Ashridge, 

 with very satisfactory results. 



^R. TiLLERY reports that the George F. Wilson Pea has with hiai 



turned out one of the greatest acquisitions he has ever grown, being most prolific 

 and of first-rate flavour ; it was preceded with no flourish of trumpets, although 

 certificated by the Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, to whose judgment it does 

 great credit. It grows about the height of the old favourite Veitch's Perfection, but is an 

 improvement on that good variety in having larger pods, and in being a better cropper. 



^T the Vienna Universal Exhibition., under the group Agriculture^ 



Horticulture., and Forestry^ Messrs. Dick Radclyffe and Co. have received a medal 

 of Merit for their exhibition of garden and farm seeds, tools, &c. ; Messrs. 

 Carter and Co. and Messrs. Sutton and Sons have received the medal for Progress; Mr. J. 

 Caven Fox and Mr. E. Lloyd have obtained the medal of Merit ; and Messrs. G. aud T. 

 Fowler honourable mention. 



SSEhat is called Bath Asparagus consists of the young flower-scapes 



of Ornithogahini pi/renaicum. It is so little known, that we borrow from the 

 Gardeners Chronicle the following woodcut and memorandum concerning it : — 

 " Passin'.' through the streets at dusk one i!venin::r [early iu June], we ■■■avv what we took, at 



