330 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Solantjm. — The showy S. capsicastrum is very beautiful when 

 well grown, but it is decidedly interior to the beautiful &. hylridum 

 compactum, introduced by Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise 

 Nursery, Upper Holloway. The latter requires no training, and is 

 much more effective when upon the table ; indeed, it is one of the 

 finest subjects for conservatory decoration during the winter months 

 we have. To secure good specimens, well furnished with berries, by 

 the autumn, the seed must be sown very early in the spring, and 

 the seed-pots placed in a brisk temperature, such as that of a 

 cucumber or melon pit. Pot off singly into three-inch pots, and 

 when these are well filled with roots, shift them into pots one or 

 two sizes larger ; gradually harden off, and early in June plunge 

 them in an open border, with the rim of the pots just below the 

 level. Plants so managed will not become infested with red-spider, 

 green-fly, or any other of the many pests which prey upon them 

 when they are kept under glass all the summer ; indeed they will 

 not require more than one-tenth the labour and attention to keep 

 them in good health as would otherwise be necessary. Moreover, 

 they will keep dwarf and bushy, and by the autumn will be loaded 

 with their bright orange-red berries. 



Standard specimens are produced by training up a single stem, 

 and then stopping it when about fifteen inches in height. The 

 laterals also require stopping when about three inches in length, to 

 insure bushy heads. In the spring they will require pruning into 

 shape, and as soon as the young growth is about half an inch in 

 length they should be taken out of the pots, the ball of soil reduced 

 slightly, and be repotted in the same-sized pots again. Dwarf 

 specimens of an extra size for conservatory decoration may be had 

 by pruning the plants which have done duty during the previous 

 winter, and repotting them as here directed, and growing them on 

 the second season in the same manner as advised for the first. 

 Fully-developed standards require two years for their production, 

 and the berries should therefore be removed as soon as set during 

 the first season. 



SOUCHET'S NEW GLADIOLI FOR 1871-2. 



BT EUGENE VERDIER, EILS AINE, 



3, Rue Dunois, Gare d'lvry, Paris. 



11E are happy to learn that the French industries are rapidly 

 recovering from the effects of the late war, and that we 

 shall this season receive our usual supplies of new roses, 

 gladioli, etc., from France. From our correspondents 

 in that country we learn that some of the new flowers 

 are of great promise, and well worth the attention of growers on 

 this side of the Channel. For the descriptive list of M. Souchet's 

 new Gladioli we are indebted to M. Eugene Verdier, fils aine, in 

 whose hands we understand they are placed for distribution. 



