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roof one — and trained them to a trellis near the glass. I have had 

 some fruit again this year ; but they have not done so well with me 

 this season as they did last, which I think may be accounted for by 

 the fact, that it will not ripen under glass, in such a dull season as 

 this has been, without the assistance of much fire-heat. I used a little 

 fire-heat, in the dull days of autumn, again this season, as I had done 

 the previous year ; but with this in its favour, the Stanwick never 

 ripened with me this season : all the fruit half decayed and dropped 

 off not ripe. I gathered good ripe Elruge Nectarines from the same 

 house, and under similar circumstances, full five or six weeks before 

 the Stanwicks dropped off unripe; and allow me to say, that the 

 Stanwick had the advantage of the sunny side of the house. All the 

 rest of my crop of Peaches and Nectarines, from this house, were 

 cleared off well ripened fully three weeks before the Stanwicks 

 dropped off not ripe. 



As far as my experience goes with this Nectarine, it will not 

 ripen under glass, in such a dull season as this has been, without a 

 good deal of fire-heat, and unless the cracking, which it seems pecu- 

 liarly liable to, can be got rid of. Whether it is worth growing at 

 all or not is a matter to be considered ; it certainly will never be 

 worth trying against a wall out of doors. I had one so planted, but 

 I have taken it out again, as well as one in the peach-house ; I have 

 potted them, and intend trying them next season in an earlier peach- 

 house, which is forced. I think probably it may do better under 

 this treatment ; at any rate, I do not wish to throw it away with- 

 out thoroughly proving it. 



At the present time (November 15th) a tree of it in my peach- 

 house retains its foliage as green as possible, while all the rest of the 

 trees in this house have not got a leaf on them. H. C. 



NEW PLUMS. 



The three varieties of new Plums — Angelina Burdett, Standard of 

 England, and Black Gage — figured in this Number, were raised 

 from seed about ten years ago by Mr. H. Dowling, Woolston Lawn, 

 Southampton. These plums have been in a fruiting state for several 

 years past, and have been submitted and approved of by the most 

 competent authorities. We were also favoured with specimens of 

 them during the first week of September last ; and, notwithstanding 

 the unfavourable season for out- door fruit, they were of a very ex- 

 cellent flavour. We can only present our readers with their por- 

 traits, which are executed with Mr. Andrews' usual fidelity. Mr. 

 Dowling informs us that they are good growers and prolific bearers. 



