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linum, Epidendrum aurantiacum, bicor- 

 iiutum, crassifolium, Hanburyanum, ma- 

 crocliiluni, and macrochilutn rosenm ; 

 Leptotes serrulata ; Lycaste cruenta, and 

 Deppii ; Odontoglossum Pescatorei ; 



Oncidium ampliatum mnjus, sarcodes, 

 sessile, sphacelaturn majus ; Phajus 

 Wallichii ; Saccolibium miniatuin ; 

 Tricopilia suavis ; Vanda cristata, and 

 Lowii. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



A Tiffany Failure. — I fear I am ano- 

 ther victim to " Tiffany ;" I liave lately 

 erectedatiffany house, infuU faithin what 

 writers in your periodical have stated 

 as to its powers of resistance to frost, 

 and I have been deceived. I used Shaw's 

 No. 4 (treble strength) tiifany, and on two 

 nights during the recent frosts the ther- 

 mometer suspended inside the house has 

 registered 4^ of frost. I have indeed 

 carefully compared the temperature of 

 the inside with that of the outside, 

 and the' result is that I find that tiffany 

 ■will resist only 2" of frost. This re- 

 sult is so much at variance with what 

 S.W. states in Floral World (Vol. iii. 

 p. 80), that I should be exceedingly 

 obliged to that gentleman if he would 

 let me into his secret. If his experience 

 is correct, tiffany answers fully ; but if 

 mine, it is useless for the purpose of 

 protecting from frost. My house is con- 

 structed after Mr. Standish's plan, as 

 described in Floral World, Vol. iii., 

 p. 98. — Victim. [This correspondent 

 sends real name and address. We know 



' of about sixty tiffany-houses, and they 

 all give satisfaction ; but they are in 

 every case used for subjects that require 

 very little shelter, such as bush fruits, 

 roses, tulips, etc., and it is the protec- 



. tion from sudden changes, bleak winds, 

 sleet, and rain, at this time of year, 

 •which is most needed by such plants ; 

 a little dry frost does not hurt them. 

 Foreseeing that more would be expected 

 of tiffany than it was capable of per- 

 forming, we several times warned our 

 readers never to trust soft- wooded green- 

 house plants to the protection of tif- 

 fany. Reference to Mr. Standish's de- 

 scription will show that he only recom- 

 mends it for hardy trees and shrubs 

 which it is desirable to shelter during 

 early spring, when a very slight shelter, 

 say to keep out 2" of frost, may make 

 all the difference between a good crop 

 of fruit and no crop at all. The bare 

 measurement of difference in degrees of 

 temperature is not a sufficient evidence 

 of the value of tiffany, of which we 

 ourselves Lave as high an opinion as 



ever. But people expect too much of 

 it.] 

 Catalogues Received. — " W. T. Gidney, 

 East Dereham, Norfolk, Catalogue of 

 Horticultural Tools and Implements." 

 A full illustrated and descriptive list of 

 many useful tools, embracing every re- 

 quisite for the garden and greenhouse. 

 — " J. R. Bates, North Street, Brighton, 

 Catalogue of Flower Seeds." A very 

 useful selection, printed on a large 

 sheet, which is of a size not suitable 

 for preservation. — " Francis and Aithur 

 Dickson, and Sons, Upton Nurseries, and 

 106, Eastgate Street, Chester, Catalogue 

 of Vegetable and Flower Seeds." A 

 very excellent selection of seeds, and 

 has also a good variety of ornamental 

 pottery, garden implements, etc. — " A. 

 Stansfield and Sons, Vale Nurseries, 

 Todinorden, Catalogue of Stove, Green- 

 house, Hardy Exotic, andBritish Ferns." 

 Embraces all the good known sorts, 

 besides a number of novelties with ex- 

 cellent descriptions. — " William Bull, 

 King's Road, Chelsea, List of New, 

 Beautiful, and Rare Plants for 1863." 

 A short summary of the novelties Mr. 

 Bull is prepared to send out this season, 

 consisting chiefly of florists' flowers and 

 bedding plants. " T. Green, Smithfield 

 Works, Leeds, and at 2, Victoria Street, 

 Holborn Hill, Prospectus of Patent 

 Garden Rollers and Silent Mowing 

 Machines." Mr. Green still keeps the 

 leading place so ably won. — "John 

 Morse, Nurseries, Dursley, Gloucester- 

 shire, Catalogue of Cuttings for Spring, 

 1863." Mr. Morse supplies cuttings, 

 grafts, leaves, etc., through the post, at 

 a cheap rate, to enable amateurs to stock 

 their gardens and greenhouses at a 

 great saving on the cost of plant?, and 

 give them amusing practice at the same 

 time. — ^"W. H. Treen, Victoria Nursery, 

 Rugby, Listsof Verbenas and Fuchsias," 

 wliicli include all the newest of each, 

 and are all carefully described. It is a 

 most valuable list, and very seasonable. 

 — " William Dean, Bradford Nursery, 

 Shipley, Yorkshire, Catalogue of En- 

 glish and Fancy Pansies." A copious 



