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inch in thickness, of a fine buttery texture, but -without any remarkable flavour, though not 

 unpleasant. Mr. Carr deserves great credit for producing so fine an example of a fruit 

 which has hitherto baffled our cultivators, though the tree is sufficiently free in growth. 



Amongst the new Continental Phloxes are some very desirable acquisi- 

 tions, inasmuch as they are of fine form, and the colour in some cases approaches 

 to scarlet. Of this brilliant group the following are especially fine : — M. Paulmier, 



rich salmon-rose ; Gloire de Neuilly, deep rosy scarlet with crimson centre, very fine ; Roi 

 des Roses, rose suffused with salmon, afterwards becoming more rosy ; Aurantiaca superba, 

 rich orange-red, with fine crimson centre, a fine flower ; L'Avenir, fine bright crimson, of good 

 form ; M. de Launay, brilliant rosy red ; Professor Koch, brilliant rose suffused with salmon 

 and Dr. Parnot, pale orange-rose. Amongst the whites occur : — Czarina, dwarf and good 

 Boulo de Neige, taller ; Madame la Comtesse de Turenne, very clear, with pale violet eye 

 Madame Domage, splendid white, with large violet-crimson eye ; and Comtesse de Malart, 

 suffused white with large rich crimson centre, first-rate — all first-class kinds. M. Malet, a 

 delicate lilac, is quite distinct, blooms freely, and is very dwarf, not growing much more than 

 12 in. in height. Of rosy tints, Madame Lemort, bright rose with large crimson centre ; 

 Madame Godefrey, rosy purple, very fine ; Souvenir de M. Pirole, brilliant reddish crimson, very 

 distinct ; Soulouque, purplish lilac ; and Comte de Lambertye, rich glowing crimson, are all 

 very fine flowers, bloom freely, and are quite distinct. 



$[n excellent mode of applying Sewage Manure has been for some time 



in operation in the nursery of Mr. Masters, of Canterbury. Remembering how 

 the Chinese utilized their faecal matters, this veteran horticulturist caused a large 

 tank to be constructed, into which is conveyed through pipes, the manure from the adjacent 

 barrack-yards. This is rendered available for use by filtering the watery particles through a 

 filtering screen, and returning the semi-fluid to the mass in the tank. Preparations of zinc 

 and charcoal were at one time applied as deodorants, but latterly weeds and refuse burnt with 

 the clayey soil in large heaps, have been employed, the dry earth and vegetable ash acting as 

 deodorants, while assisting to form the manure. The tanks are emptied into an area of 2 ft. 

 depth ; the surface is covered with thi3 burnt earth, which destroys bad odours, and the whole 

 is in time incorporated into a compost, which proves invaluable for garden purposes. The 

 plan may not be applicable in the case of large towns, and even for smaller ones the first cost 

 of getting a series of such tanks into working order would be considerable, but it would pay. 



Shree New Crapes sent from the Crimea by the Due de Malakoff, to 



bis friend M. Eudler, are being sent out by M. Miiller, of Strasbourg. One 

 named Eibier du Maroc, has large roundish black berries, not unlike a Hamburgh, 



and is said to be good. Another, called Malakoff usum, which has large clusters and remark- 

 ably long and large rose-coloured berries, must, at least, bo a very handsome Grape, with 

 something the colour of the Ahbee, but of a deeper tint. The third, called the Tschaousch 

 sofra usum, is a large oblong yellowish white sort, described as being of very good quality, and 

 from its appearance may possibly be the Chaouch or Chavoush already known amongst us. 



$ft. Armand has lately announced to the French Academy of Sciences 



the discovery of an Antidote to the noxious principle of Tobacco. A liquor 



obtained by an infusion of water-cresses, when used for steeping the tobacco leaves, 



destroys the baleful effects of the nicotine, without altering the aroma of the tobacco, while 

 a draught of the liquor is a sure antidote to nicotine poisoning. M. Armand recommends 

 that the paper used for cigarettes should be soaked in this liquor, to render them innocuous. 



£t is something new to treat the Ixora as an annual. Nevertheless, 



Mr. Fraser gets seedlings to bloom freely at about one year old, the plants yield- 

 ing many new tints of colour, no two coming exactly alike. This method of 

 growing dwarf bushy free-flowering examples of the Ixora is worthy of adoption in establish- 

 ments where plants of this kind are in demand for decorative or for market purposes. 



®he Bouquet which won the first prize at the Royal Horticultural 



Show at Manchester, was so remarkable for its simple beauty as to call forth 



