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and chiefly, I believe, on account of their hardy constitution, and for the reason 

 that they throw up abundance of leaves to shelter the bloom. 



I have gathered a few very fine dishes of Dr. Hogg, but the crop is very 

 partial, and nearly close to the crown. Mr. Eadclyffe is almost a failure, as are 

 other fine sorts of a similar stamp. I like the way in which Dr. Hogg develops 

 itself in our soil ; but I fear Mr. Radclyffe will prove rather tender, with too 

 much of the constitution of the Queen. Our soil is strong, with a cool bottom, 

 and in favourable seasons we have very large crops. I plant a bed every season, 

 and destroy one of an equal size, so that I never have any plants over three 

 years old. The plants are all layered in 3-in. pots as early as possible, and 

 when planted in deeply trenched, well-prepared soil, generally produce a very 

 fair crop of fine fruit the first season. 



Hedleaf. John Cox. 



THE OLD MULE PINK. 



|0W seldom this good old plant is to be met with now-a-days in perfection 

 and quantity ! It is scarcely possible to conceive a more glorious object 

 than a compact tuft of it. It is admirably adapted for all bouquet purposes, 

 and lasts in bloom a tolerable length of time. It strikes freely under a 

 hand-glass, in a shady position, from pipings, taken off as soon as it has clone 

 blooming. We grow a striped kind, which is really very pretty. 



Wrotham Park. John Edlington. 



PLANT HOUSES. 



\ HERE are many forms of hothouse which may be employed successfully for 

 the growth of stove plants, such as span-roofs, half-spans, and lean-to 

 houses, but for the growth of specimen plants the span-roofed house is 

 undoubtedly the best, as it affords the plants more light and air, at the 

 same time that it may be made to form an ornament in a garden where no other 

 style of house could be tolerated. So says Mr. Williams in his new work* on 

 the cultivation of Stove and Greenhouse plants, and we quite agree with him. 

 He has in this work given a plan and section of a well-contrived stove and green- 

 house, such as may be fully recommended to those about to erect either kind of 

 structure, and which we here reproduce by his permission, accompanied by a 

 portion of the descriptive remarks, which will serve as a specimen of the practical 

 character of the book. 



We give here, continues Mr. Williams, a ground plan and end section of a 

 span -roofed house [fig. 1], suitable for the cultivation of specimen stove plants. 



* Choice Stove and Greenhouse Flowering Plants, comprising Descriptions of upwards of One Thousand 

 Species and Varieties, accompanied by Instructions for their Cultivation. By Benjamin S. Williams, F.R.H.S. 

 Published by the Author. A much needed practical treatise on the management of the most important 

 Stove and Greenhouse Flowering Plants, and one which may bo recommended as a trustworthy guide to the 

 cultivator. 



