THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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" VARIETIES FOR EXHIBITION. 



Mr. Broome enumerates the following 

 Pompones as the best for exhibiton in 

 eight-inch pots : — 



"Adonis, Aurore Boreale, Apollon, 

 Bijou de l'Horticulture, Bob, Brilliant, 

 Cedo Nulli, Dr. Bois Duval, Drin 

 Drin, Durufflet, Giralda, Helene, La 

 Vogue, Madame Foule, Modele, Mus- 

 tapha, President Deeaine, Riquiqui, 

 Sainte Thais, Vicomte de Caumont, 

 Zebra, Polycarp, Croesus, Donna Alba, 

 Ida, Ascanie, Alexandre Pele, Trophee. 



" Large specimens for show in 11 -inch 

 pots may be grown on one stem, the 

 same as the Pompones, except the peg- 

 ging down; this, of course, must be 

 dispensed with, and the plant sup- 

 ported with sticks put in the ground 

 on the outside of the pot. When the 

 buds shew themselves, you must thin 

 out to one or two blooms on a branch ; 

 in all other respects treat as the Pom- 

 pones, by stopping early to get a large 

 head with a good foliage, watering and 

 keeping the outside of the pot moist, 

 and protecting in autumn from the 

 frost, cold winds, and rain. 



The sorts best calculated for this 

 purpose at present are : — 



Alfred Salter, Auguste Mie, Cardinal, 

 Christine, Christophe Coloinb, Golden- 

 clustered Yellow, Hermine, Lucidum, 

 Lothario, Madame Comerson, Mount 



Etna, Phidias, Pilot, Princess Marie, 

 Plutus, Queen of England, Ruth, 

 Trilby, Vesta, Zephyr, Eugenie, 

 Madame Domage, Augustine, Progne 

 (extra fine), Madame Leo, Aimee Fer- 

 iere, Louise Constaiitine, General 

 Havelock. 



" CUT BLOOMS FOR EXHIBITION. 



" The best incurved flowers for cut 

 blooms for exhibitions, to grow in nots 

 or open borders against walls, &c.:— 



" Large varieties. — Alfred Salter, 

 Anaxo, Annie Salter, Arigena, Auguste 

 Mie, Beauty, Campistroni, Cassy, 

 Christophe Colomb, Delight, Dupont de 

 l'Eure, Elizabeth, Etoile Polaire (extra 

 fine), Hermine, King, Leon Leguay, 

 L'Emir, Lothario, Madame Miellez, 

 Marquis de Molleville, Nonpareil, 

 Pio Nono, Phidias, Queen of Eng- 

 land, Rolla, Rosa mystica, Stellaris 

 globosa, Themis, Two-coloured In- 

 curved, Trilby, Vesta, Zephyr, 

 Aimee Feriere, Madame Leo, Ad- 

 mirable, Golden Queen of England,* 

 Baron Scalebert, Louisa, Pius VII., 

 Aristee, Madame Andre, Plutus, Clus- 

 tered Yellow. " 



The work contains copious classified 

 lists in which all the best varieties are ar- 

 ranged according to colours ; other lists 

 in which they are arranged according 

 to relative heights ; and a full alpha- 

 betical list of the varieties growing in 

 the Temple Gardens. 



IIAYTHORN'S HEXAGON GARDEN NETS. 



The old plan of sheltering wall trees by 

 means of spruce be-aghs, is one that finds 

 favour with few modern gardeners, for 

 though such a protection is very effectual 

 against spring frosts, it keeps the youDg 

 growth so dark and coddled, as to be almost 

 as hurtful in another way. It is astonishing 

 how frail a medium will suffice to keep off 

 those sharp night frosts that commit such 

 vast havoc with our tender early blooming 

 fruits. A light net of even a quarter- 

 inch mesh we have found to effectually pro- 

 tect the bloom on peach walls during spring 

 frosts that have been severe enough to cut 

 off the greater part of those not protected, 

 and it is now well known that the falling of 

 fruit, even after it has begun to swell, is, in 

 the majority of cases, attributable to a chill 

 endured by the trees when in bloom, or, 



perhaps, eveu before the bloom had opened. 

 At this season of the year, the value of 

 netting can scarcely be over-estimated, and 

 we commend to the immediate consideration 

 of all who are looking forward for a good 

 crop of fruit, the best of all protectors, 

 Haythorn's Hexagon Garden Net. This 

 material not only excludes frost, but admits 

 as much light as glass; there is none of 

 that roughness of character which most 

 other protecting materials have, and which 

 often prove destructive by snapping off fruit- 

 spurs, and otherwise injuring the trees in 

 being put up or removed, and the closeness 

 of the mesh renders it protective against 

 storms of wind, hail, and rain as well as 

 against frost. When done with for the 

 walls, it will be found useful as a shading 

 for pines, and for greenhouse plants, and 



Golden Queea of England will not be let out till next season.— Ed. F. W. 



