25 G THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [ November, 



satisfaction, I had, about tlie beginning of October, a quantity of 8-in. pots 

 properly drained, and filled witli leaf-mould and sand, sifted fine, and -well mixed 

 together ; these -were filled with cuttings, a good watering was given through a 

 fine rose, and they were placed behind a north wall, where they stood until it 

 was getting unsafe to leave them out longer. Before being taken in, they had, 

 however, stood several degrees of frost, though when the weather was clear and 

 doubtful a mat had been thrown over them. When taken under cover, there was 

 no coddling, but they were placed where they got plenty of air and light, and 

 frost merely kept out of the house. By February most of them were found 

 to be rooted, and by the middle of March a nice batch of cuttings was got off 

 them. After this they should be allowed to break a little, and then be potted off 

 singly or into boxes, the latter being the most economical, as more plants can be 

 got into a given space. A little close warm moist heat would benefit them at 

 this stage, but only for about a fortnight, when they should be transferred to a 

 cold frame, about the beginning of April, keeping them close and shaded for a 

 few days if bright, and if very cold covering the frame for a few nights, so as not 

 to let them have too sudden a check. 



"We have again this autumn put a quantity into boxes, which have stood 

 behind a north wall, and although all our flower beds have to be cleared, owing 

 to the plants being cut by frost, these cuttings, only newly put in, are quite 

 fresh, never having had any covering. We have filled an old wooden frame with 

 cuttings, to see if we can keep them over winter, as we think this is one of those 

 plants that might stand hardier treatment than it generally receives. — T. H. A. 



LA GEOSSE SUCEEE STRAWBERRY. 



'HIS excellent variety is, I find, but little known. I am therefore induced 

 to bring it under public notice, feeling assured, after careful observation, 

 that it will merit a place in every collection. 



I received it some years ago, with many other French and Belgian 

 varieties, from M, Ferdinand Gloede, the celebrated French Strawberry-grower, 

 then of Sablons ; but whether or not it is a seedling of that gentleman's raising, 

 I cannot say. [Messrs. Vilmorin attribute it to M. De Jonghe.] My object is 

 principally to recommend it as a forcing variety. As an early forcer it is certain 

 to throw up good strong flower-spikes, and it sets its fruit freely in a higher 

 temperature than is usually given to forced Strawberries at that stage of their 

 growth. Few plants will be found to go hlind — it may be, one or two in a 

 hundred — and this is a great point in early forcing. Again, there is a peculiarity 

 in this kind that renders one set of plants equal to two of any other kind, for 

 when the first crop of fruit is nearly matured^, the plant throws up a second 

 batch of flower-spikes, equally strong, and capable of producing a crop as good 

 as the first, and so it will continue on through the forcing season. Last year we 

 gathered fine fruit in May, from the same plants that were gathered from in the 

 beginning of April. 



