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selection to him, you will thus obtain good sorts at from 30s. to 40s. per dozen, 

 and of course he will send you such as he can propafrate most readily. The high 

 prices of some of the sorts are consequent upon the difficulty of multiplying them. 

 — J^. W. Maekie. — All the mysteries of multiplying roses by grafts, buds, cuttings, 

 nay, even by leaves, will be found explained in the fullest and simplest manner in 

 the " Rose Book." It would be unreasonable to go over the matter again in the 

 Floral World, yet we endeavour to keep our readers informed on the progress of 

 the rose and rose-crowing. — W. W. W. — Crinum capense is quite hardy. The 

 best way to grow it is to put it into a large pot, loam, with a good proportion of 

 manure added, and keep it in a cool house from October to May, and from the 1st 

 of May to the end of September plunge the pot one inch deep in water out of doors. 

 Phormiura tenax might be grown in the same way. 



Heatixg with a Flue. — A letter in the February number of Floral "World, 

 entitled " Caught Napping," made me congratulate myself on having no greenhouse, 

 but only a couple of pits to attend to ; which pits protected my bedding plants 

 through the severe frosts of January, without any attention after the first (very care- 

 ful) covering up. Certainly, I should think twice before making up my mind to 

 erect a structure requiringfire-heat, if in such a frost as that which set in shortly after 

 Christmas— though no doubt the severest we have had since the great frost of 1860 — 

 the heating apparatus were to require "constant attention the whole of the night." 

 I conclude that the houses R. T. G. had in his mind, contained collections of stove 

 plants. In this neighbourhood the thermometer did not, as far as I know, descend 

 to zero. One on an earth wall in my garden marked 6". On Christmas Eve, 1860, 

 one on the grass, or rather on the snow, marked 1". On the 8th instant I saw a 

 greenhouse, heated by a flue, where, on the two nights last January, when there 

 were here 26 degrees of frost, or probably 29 in a more open situation, the fire bad 

 been carefully banked up at 10 p.m., and then left till morning. The plants, mostly 

 bedding plants, were all saved, and certainly looked most flourishing when I saw 

 them. No covering of any kind had been put over the glass. That flue, it must be 

 allowed, did its work pretty well.— A.N. 



Catalogues Received. — Mr. Charles Turner, Moyal Nurseries, Slough, 

 "General Spring Catalogue, 1867," contains full lists of pelargoniums, azaleas, 

 auriculas, fuchsias, dahlias, picotees, etc., etc. One of the best cat:^logues extant. 

 — Mr. John Morse, Durslei/, Gloucestershire, " Catalogue of Cuttings." Mr, 

 Morse continues to offer cuttings of all kinds at a price which places within the 

 reach of the amateur who possesses a little practical skill, the means of obtaining 

 many rare plants and many novelties at a quite nominal price. The catalogue 

 embraces all classes of subjects for stove, greenhouse, and garden. — F. and A. Smith, 

 Park Road, Buhoich, London, S., "Catalogue of Plants for 1867." Comprises 

 descriptions of Messrs. Smith's new geraniums, primulas, azaleas, fancy pansies, 

 and petunias, besides enumerating the general nursery stock. — A. Verschaffelt, 

 Ghent, "Price Current for Spring, 1867." An important catalogue for large buyers 

 of camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons, tree pseonies, and orchids ; useful also to the 

 thorough amateur who is on the look-out for choice things. — T. Sampson, Yeovil, 

 Somerset, " Catalogue of Bedding Plants and Roses, 1867." Copious, admirably 

 arranged, and well adapted to suggest to pnrcliasers the best varieties for their 

 several purposes. — Mr. T. S. Ware, Sale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, London^ 

 N.E., "Catalogue of Evergreens, Deciduous Trees, Fruits, Roses, Herbaceous, and 

 Alpine Plants." A very nice catalogue, well adapted for consultation by lovers of 

 good things. We were astonished lately, when making a visit to this nursery, to 

 find about twenty acres of choice herbaceous plants, and the whole collection kept 

 in the most orderly manner, true to name, and the plants admirably grown. No 

 one taking a first look at the place would expect to find much good in it, for it is 

 most uninviting, having never been designed to attract public attention. But 

 beyond the little show garden, which is by no means showy, there is a perfect El 

 Dorado of choice plants, thousands and thousands of the best Delphiniums, Dianthus, 

 Spirea, Saxifraga, Polyanthus, Primula, Campanula, Aster, Daisy, etc., etc. It is 

 not a place for loungers or sight-seers ; but for people who are in earnest about 

 buying good things, and have some idea of what they want, it is one of the best 

 nurseries in the kingdom. 



