198 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [ Sbptbmbbe 



It should be planted about 3 ft. from the margin of the pool or pond, in 

 order to give room in front of it for some of the smaller sorts of Aquatics, suoh 

 as the Villarsia nymphosoides^ Menyanthes trifoliata^ Hottonia palustns, and others 

 of similar habit. It is also well adapted for growing in tanks in the conservatory 

 or greenhouse. 



At the Cape it grows in ponds and swampy places by thousands ; and the 

 thick fleshy rhizomes are there used by the colonists for feeding swine, for which 

 purpose they are well adapted. When cut through, they very much resemble 

 potato tubers, and are of the purest white ; and the swine are said to devour 

 them ravenously, and to thrive upon them. 



Calla jid-h^siris is a North -American subject, w^hich abounds in sphagnous 

 swamps in Canada and Pennsylvania, therefore no questions need be asked as to its 

 hardiness. It was introduced to this country in 1768. The fleshy stems are creep- 

 ing, somewhat less than an inch in diameter, and from these the leaves, which 

 are broadly cordate, are produced alternately ; they are very glossy, and about 

 4 in. across. The spathe is white, about one-fourth of the size of that of the C. 

 (et/iiopica ; the spadix is also much shorter, and of a pale greenish white. Being 

 of prostrate habit, this plant is best adapted for the margins of ponds where 

 some of the stems can rest on the bank, and as they emit abundance of roots, 

 they will soon become fixed. It has a particularly neat appearance, and well 

 deserves a place in the most select collections. — W. Buckley, Tooting. 



THE CRANBERRY. 



C^f HEEE is a plentiful supply in our Manchester market of this beautiful 

 y^^ native fruit to-day, being the 20th August. I notice the date particularly, 

 V/s) as it is always important to the grower to have an approximate estimate 

 ^^ of the time he may look for a supply. They are retailed here at 8d. per 

 quart, and come from Shropshire ; and as there is but one hill — the Wrekin — 

 in the county, they ought to hail from thence. 



The Cranberry is the Oxijcoccus i)alu.stris, better known as Vaccinium Oxi/coccus, 

 and we find it growing in turfy bogs along with Sphagnum and other moisture-loving 

 plants. Its beautiful red berries give it a charm to every boy who has once 

 " trod the wild " in search of it ; but the person encumbered with shoes and 

 stockings pursuing this trade had better put them on his back, for it is on " wet- 

 foot common " that the treasure is to be found. The American Cranberry, 

 Oxycoccus macrocarpus^ bears a much larger berry than our native Cranberry, but 

 is a larger and coarser plant, being at least tln-ee times the height of the British 

 species. The culture of both in the garden is, howevei-, for all practical purposes 

 the same. The late Mr. Fox, of the nursery, Wetley Rocks, near Leek, in Stafford- 

 shire, excelled in the culture of Cranberries, and that with little effort, beyond 

 an extra supply of water to the bed they grew in. His greatest difficulty 

 seemed to be to keep the blackbirds, &c., from carrying them off, for when he 

 showed them to visitors, he had to take off the garden nets that covered them ; 



