44 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [February, 



colour runs through the petals of its flowers, the rind of its fruit, and the 

 pulp in which its seeds are imbedded ; while the rich, thin juice expressed 

 from it is also of a lively red colour. In its botanical character, this fruit stands 

 alone, with nothing very nearly resembling it in the natural order ; its legion of 

 stamens, and its sack full of seeds walled up in cells or partitions, will not allow 

 it to fraternize with the odorous myrtle, for it has no oil bottles in the skin of 

 its fruit and its leaves like that fragrant family, and it may therefore be said 

 with truth of the Pomegranate that it may be long before we see its like again. 

 Salford. Ales. Foksyth. 



EARLY PANCALIER JOULIN SAVOY. 



[fPnAST year, Messrs. Veitch and Sons sent out a vegetable under the above 

 'MA. name, which, after a season's trial, has proved itself so very worthy of 

 cultivation, that I do not hesitate to recommend it to all those who may 

 require a first-rate early summer Savoy. In appearance it is not unlike 

 the Early Ulm, usually grown for summer use; but when well grown, it is 

 superior to that variety in every respect. It is earlier by a week, much more 

 robust-growing, though it does not exceed 8in. in height, of a darker green 

 than the Ulm, and much more fleshy in the leaf, very tender, and with 

 regard to flavour, I consider it superior to any other variety in cultivation. 

 For the benefit of those who may need the information, I would advise that a 

 sowing be made the first week in March, and another at intervals of three weeks 

 up to the middle of June. Cabbages may then be cut from July up to 

 Christmas. From its dwarf habit of growth, it is admirably adapted for those 

 who have small gardens, or for the cropping of fruit-tree borders, it not being 

 necessary to plant wider than a foot apart each way. They must have what 

 our forefathers called a good, holding, fat soil to grow in. 



From the same source I obtained a very desirable variety of Cabbage for 

 early spring use, called Atkins' Matchless (Veitch's Improved). This sort, being 

 very short in the stem, is not so liable as others to injury from frost. It is very 

 earl}', tender, and delicious, and not liable to run to seed. My seed appears to 

 have come from a very true stock. 



Lillesden, Hawkhurst. Thomas Recobd. 



PASSIFLORA CINCINNATA. 



yN a recent visit to Dropmore, we saw this charming new Passion-flower 

 blooming freely in one of the greenhouses there. It had been raised 

 from South American seeds, and seemed to be new ; and such indeed it 

 proved, for our confrere, Dr. Masters, who accompanied us, and who has 

 plunged over head and ears in the study of this difficult but beautiful genus, 

 finds nothing like it amongst described species. Specimens of the same plant, 

 gathered by Gardner, in Brazil, are, however, met with in herbaria. The annexed 



