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THE FLOKAL WOELD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



list of the very best varieties, botli new 

 and old, embracing a wide variety of 

 colours and fantastic irinrkiiigs.— " John 

 Salter, F.R.II.S., William Street, Ham- 

 mersmith Turnpike, near London, De- 

 scriptive Catalogue of English and 

 Foreign Novelties." A closely-printed 

 catalogue of thiity-five pages, contain- 

 ing an immense number of varieties 

 of chrysanthemums, dahlias, pceonits, 

 phlox, fuchsias, iris, hai-dy variegated 

 plants, etc. — "Alexander Shanks and 

 Son, Dens Iran Works, Arbroath, and 

 27, Leadenball Street, E.G., Prospectus 

 of Patent Lawn Mowe s." The ma- 

 chines produced by Messrs. Shanks and 

 Son are noted the wliole world over lor 

 their substantial qualities and extreme 

 simplicity of construction. — " Wheeler 

 and Sons, Gloucester, Little Book, or 

 Select Seed List." A small quarto of 

 fifty pages, with descriptive notes of 

 every kind of grads in cultivation, and 

 some useful remarks upon the diseases of 

 turnips. — "Sutton and Sons, Eoyal 

 Berkshire Seed Establislmient, Reading, 

 Farm i'eed List for 1863." A first-rate 

 list, with valuable hints on the cultiva- 

 tion of furze and lupins, and excellent 

 directions for laying down land to per- 

 manent pastuie. — " Jose; h Courcha, 

 Esmond Road, Grove Road, Victoria 

 Park, Descriptive Cq,talogue of Dahlias, 

 etc.," being a very full list of the best 

 varieties of every description of florists' 

 flowers and bedding and miscellaneous 

 plants.-— " William ' Paul, F.R.H.S., 

 Nurseries and Seed Warehouse, Wal- 

 tham Cross, N., Spring Catalogue 

 of New Roses, Hollyliocks, Gladioli, 

 Pelargoniums, Phloxes, etc." Mr. Paul 

 has long stood at the head of the rose- 

 growing profession, and seems likely to 

 maintain that honourable position. Tne 

 list is very rich in new kinds, which are 

 accurately described. 

 Clianthus. — Musgeave's Stove. — Is 

 there any means of getting rid of red 

 spider on the clianthus ? tobacco smoke 

 has no effect. I have tried one of Mus- 

 grave's slow combustion stoves, and 

 find it perfect as far as regulating the 

 heat is concerned, but I would advise 

 the makers to have moi-e openings for 

 the escape of the steam, for in the stove 

 I have it is merely nominal ; and when 

 the weather is cold enough to require 

 much heat from the stove, it is too dic- 

 ing and scorching lor the plants. I 

 must try if I can have some more open- 

 ings made before next winter, or else 

 contrive some vessels of \?ater to stand 

 on the edge of the stove. — S.H. [Quick 



growth is the veiy way to keep red 

 spider away from clianthus ; if you can- 

 not grow tlie plant quick it will be 

 eaten up. We have heard so many 

 good accounts of Musgrave's stove that 

 \ we feel it our duty to give the above as 

 we received it. The house in which we 

 tried one of these stoves is naturally 

 damp, so we never noticed any drying 

 effect. But a large seed pan filled with 

 water and placed on the stove would be 

 a certain remedy.] 

 Ro.srs. — E. IJ. W. — You have evidently 

 been but a short time a reader of the 

 Floral Wokld. All these points about 

 standard roses have been treated in the 

 most ample manner. It is certainly too 

 late to plaut standards in the ordinary 

 way, but if extra care is taken they 

 may be planted any time tliis month, 

 and the earlier the better. It is not long 

 since we told how standards were planted 

 in July, and never " missed the move." 

 If you plant now let them be hard 

 primed, and keep liberally watered 

 all the summer. The following are 

 twelve of the most useful and cheap 

 kinds ;— Jules ar gottin, Geant des 

 Batailles, Madame Vidot, Mrs. Elliott, 

 General Jacqueminot, Caroline Sansal, 

 Lord Raglan, Opliirie, Prince Leon, 

 Devoniensis, Madame Domage, Aimee 

 Yibert. 

 Various. — A. F. il. is advised to read the 

 papers on Rose culture in the Floral 

 WoBiD of 1861—62. The whole sub- 

 ject of rose culture has had special at- 

 tention in these pages, and it is rather 

 trving to us to have inquiries arrive at 

 the end of March as to the proper time 

 of year to transplant roses. "Sou had 

 best leave them alone now, and lift 

 them next November. Wallflowers must 

 not be pruned at all, because you would 

 prune the bloom away. Seedling gera- 

 niums may now be cut back to the 

 third bud irom the root, so as to allow 

 three shoots to rise to form the head of 

 the plant. The crange leaf has no 

 doubt been injured by the paint. It is 

 well, however, that we should advise 

 you to see that the roots are properly 

 drained. — General Arbuclcle is advised 

 to use salt as a top-dressing, in the 

 proportion of five bush.ls to the rood. 

 Salt benefits all root crops, especially 

 carrots, parsnips, and potatoes. — Julia 

 Roincke. — Your shrub is Jasminum nu- 

 diflorum, one of the most beautiful 

 hardy shrubs we possess for early bloom- 

 ing. It will thrive in any soil and any 

 situation. — A. F. — See article on the 

 subject. 



