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quality in these respects. In point of constitution, also, the plants lose nothing 

 in comparison with the older types of flowers. It is noticeable that, as in the 

 case of Mr. Paul's pure white type, all flaked flowers are produced on plants 

 having red leaf-stalks and flower-stalks, though white may be regarded as the 

 ground colour of the flowers, and that the flower-stalks are taller than usual. 



In the production of double flowers Messrs. Windebank and Kingsbury have 

 been especially successful. All their double flowers are raised from seed saved 

 from single flowers, subjected to a method of impregnation which they keep to 

 themselves as a kind of trade secret. To two of these double novelties first-class 

 certificates were awarded, viz., Miss Kingsbury, white, flaked with bright rose, 

 a novel and beautiful variety ; and Snowflake, with pure white flowers, large 

 and double, that become suffused with blush as they age. R. D. 



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Qjf HE Thames Embankment has been planted with a line of trees on th e 



^\i£j) northern side, and thus at length our much abused metropolis bids fair to 



6AQ) have a promenade worthy of the name. The tree selected is the so-called 



^ Western Plane, the same as that grown in the streets of Paris. The trees 



have all been obtained from the Continent, and are planted at distances of 40 ft. apart, "with 

 smaller trees intervening. Mr. McKenzie at one time intended to plant Planes and Black 

 Italian Poplars alternately ; but, owing to the difficulty in getting trees of a uniform size, this 

 arrangement was abandoned. The permanent trees are placed in pits 9 ft. square and 6 ft. 

 deep, filled with 1 ft. 6 in. of brick rubbish, the remainder, in equal proportions, of good 

 garden soil — soil from the pit when suitable, and turfy loam from Barking Creek. 



'2£he collection of Phaleenopsis in Mi*. E. Warner's garden at Broom- 

 field affords just now a display which is probably unequalled in Europe, some of 

 the specimens being of very fine growth. They are arranged to form a floral 



avenue nearly 100 feet long, extending the whole length of the East Indian house. There 

 are upwards of 1,100 open flowers, consisting of P. Schilleriana in variety, some of them being 

 very superior forms ; P. grandifiora, and its splendid variety, aurea ; P. amabilis, of which 

 there are also several varieties ; and the rare P. intermedia Portei. 



She following case will be reassuring to those who fear their Aucubas 



will not bear fruit without artificial aid : — A gentleman living near Kensington 

 Gardens has some very large Aucubas. During his tour in the autumn of 1867 

 he purchased a male plant, and plunged the pot in the border near to his large plants. In the 

 flowering season tho bushes were almost covered with bluebottle flies, of which no particular 

 notice was taken, nor was any idea formed as to what they were doing ; but one day he was 

 agreeably surprised to find his large bushes covered with berries, fast turning red, thus proving 

 that artificial impregnation had not been necessary. 



2$Y far the most important plant (writes Mr. Forsyth) for Planting 



Game Preserves on dry poor land, infested with rabbits, is the common Bracken 

 or Fern (Pteris aquilina), which, carrying its rhizomes underground, maintains its 

 hold against all comers, and if not evergreen, is always there, either green or brown, ready 

 to hide and shelter the Game. A quantity of ripe Brackens taken into the preserves in 

 autumn, and there allowed to rot, will not fail to secure eventually a crop of stalwart Fern to 

 fill up all vacancies. The spores will be thus supplied in thousands, and if the land is not 

 disturbed they will establish themselves, and, after a time, become masters of the situation. 



