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safely recommended as surpassing in appenrance, quality, and keeping properties, 

 all the old varieties. 



Peas. — First early : Sutton's Rin^-leader, gangster's No. 1, Early Emperor. 

 Second early : Eley's Essex Rival, Dickson's Early Favourite, Princess Royal. 

 Main crop: Champion of England, Paradise Marrow, Veitch's Perfection, M'Lean's 

 Wonderful. Late: Ne Plus Ultra, Knight's Dwarf Green, British Queen. Best 

 four varieties : Early Emperor, Princess Royal, Veitch's Perfection, British Queen, 

 Six good kinds, all dwarf growers : Sutton's Ringleader, two and a-half feet ; 

 Bishop's Long -podded, two feet ; Princess Royal, two and a-half feet ; Gilson's 

 Glory, three feet; Yorkshire Hero, two and a-half feet; Knight's Dwarf Green 

 Marrow, three feet. 



Potatoes. — Sutton's Eai-ly Racehorse, Myatt's Ashlcaf, Daintree's Early, Milky 

 White, Queen of Flukes, Pink-eyed Fluke. These six sorts cannot be surpassed for 

 productiveness, quality, and keeping. The following six are also firsl-rate: Rivers's 

 Ashleaf, Early Shaw, ]?rince of Wales Kidnej', York Regent, Fluke, Webb's Imperial. 



Turnip. — Sutton's Early Short-top, Mousetail White Globe, Red-top Mousetail, 

 Orange Jellv. 



THE GARDEN GUIDE FOR MARCH. 



Floweks of the Month. — Greenhouse : A great many hard wooded plants are 

 now coming into bloom, such as Chorozema flava, scandens, vgria, and spectabilis ; 

 Acacia armata, spectabilis, rotundifolia, dealbata ; Boronia pinnata, latifolia ; Hovea 

 purpurea ; Callistemou risidum, speciosum, semperflorens ; Bossisea ovata, tenui- 

 caulis, cordifolia ; double-flowering Plum, Peach, and Cherry ; Camellias, Azaleas, 

 Hibbertia flexuosa, Cytisixs of various kinds ; also Primulas, Cinerarias, Cyclamens, 

 Echeveria secunda, and Pelargoniums Gauntlet, Crimson King, etc. — Garden: 

 Aubrietia deltoidea, and others ; Sysirinchium grandillorum, Hepatica angulosa, 

 Saxifraga cordifjlia, Adonis vernalis, Pulmonaria rosea, Draba azoides, Viola 

 odorata, Viola colllna, Fumaria cava. Ranunculus ficaria, jPotenlilla fragaria, Ane- 

 mone Pulsatilla, Snowdrops, Crocuses, various ; Narcissus nanus. — Frame : Dielytra 

 spectabilis. Cyclamen Europeum, Cyclamen coum, Bulbocodium vernum, Erica her- 

 bacea and codonodes, Russian and Neapolitan Violets, Leucojum vernum, Erythro- 

 nium dens canis ; various Narciss, Jonquil, and other bulbs. — Ericas : Aristata 

 major, aristata vittata, acuta, humeana, pomifera, viscaria, persoluta alba, mandula, 

 vernalis, acuminata, fragraus, atrorubens, Blandifordiana, cerinthoides, Bonplan- 

 diana, purpurea, nigrita, vestita, lacticolor, propendens. — Orchids : Dendrobium 

 nobile, D. macrophyllum gigauteum, D. pulchellum purpureum, D. densifiorum, D. 

 Pierardii, D. aggregatum majus, D. Cambridgeanum, Phnjus Wallichii, Trichopilia 

 suavis, Bletia patula, Lycaste cruenta, Cattleya amethystoglossa, C. Mossife, C. 

 Mossia3 auruntiaca, C. Mossis superba, Chysis aurea, Cycnoches pentadactylon, 

 Phala3nopsis amabilis, P. grandiflora, P. rosea, Cymbidiura eburneum, Cypripedium 

 biflora, C. caudatum, C. caudatum roseum, C. hirsutissimum, Vanda cristata, Epi- 

 dendrum crassifolium, E. aurantiacum, E. Hanburyanum, Aganisia pulchella, Bol- 

 hophyllum saltatorium. 



Feuits in Season. — Apples : Alfriston, K ; Ashmead's Kernel, D ; Barcelona 

 Pearmain, D ; BeachamweLl, D ; Bedfordshire Foundling, K ; Bess Pool, K ; Bors- 

 dorffer, D ; Boston Russet, D ; Erabant Bellelleur, K D ; Braddick's Nonpareil, D ; 

 Bringewood Pippin, D ; Brownlee's Russet, K D ; White Calville, K ; Claygate Pear- 

 main, D ; Cockle Pippin, D ; Coe's Golden Drop, D ; Cornish Gillillower, D ; Court 

 Penduplat, D ; Dumelow's Seedling, K ; Dutch Mignonne,K D ; Federal Pearmain, 

 D ; Forman's Crow, D ; French Crab, K D ; Gooseberry Pippin, K ; Hambledon 

 deux ans, KD ; Hanwell Souring, K ; Holbert's Victoria, D ; Hubbard's Pearmain, 

 D ; Lamb Abbey Pearmain, D ; Lemon Pippin, K D ; Mannington's Pearmain, D ; 

 Margil, D ; Minchall Crab, K ; Minier's Dumpling, K ; Morris's Nonpareil Russet, 

 D ; Newton Pippin, D ; Nonpareil, D ; Norfolk Beefing, K ; Northern Greening, 

 K ; Northern Spy, D ; Ord's D ; Pearson's Piute, D ; Pennington's, D ; Pile's 

 Russet, D ; Pinner Seedling, D ; Reinette Blanche d'Espagne, K D ; Reinette du 

 Canada, K D einette Grise, D ; Reinette Van Mons, D ; Rhode Island Greening, 



