THE FLORAL WORLD A:N'D GARDEN GUIDE. 



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La ly Jane, Sir CiHii Campbell, Rev. J. 

 Dix, Maiy Limb, Mrs. Djvuie, Liiy 

 Machesoii, Seraph, Dachess of Ilauilcon, 

 Mr. J. Wiitj, Perfection, Cn'iis, Mrs. 

 Laird, Alex. \LSah, Gem, Fair Maid. 

 Throw out all tiie others. You can 

 easily correct the spelling of the names 

 in your own li^t by obtaining the cata- 

 logue of Messrs. Dowaie and L lird, 

 Forest Hill, or some other growers of 

 pansies. We cannot afford space for 

 such corrections, which would be of no 

 use tj anv bat yourself. 



TiFFAxr House. — Alpha. — The plants for 

 a tiffany-house should be of kinds 

 usually CO isidered hardy, but wiiich are 

 worth shelter from tne horrible east 

 winds wiiich usually prevail in this 

 country in spring. Roses, Escallouias, 

 Myrtles, Eu^jenias, Aspidistra lurida 

 var., Farfug:ura grande, Hydrangeas, 

 shrubby Veronicas, Azalea amcena, and 

 a few others that require a little shelter. 

 Silckim Rhododendrons, perhaps, Des- 

 fontainea spinosa, perhaps, Metrosideros, 

 Statice Fortune!. The hardiest climbers 

 to train up the rafters, and to intercept 

 very little light, are, Passiflora cerulea, 

 Calampelis scabra, Hibbertia volubilis, 

 Lonieera Japonica, Rhyncospermum 

 jasminoldes. We wish you to boar in 

 mind that we have frequently warned 

 our readers not to trust to tiffany to 

 protect any tender, soft-wooded plants 

 during severe frost. If you want a 

 gay garden under canvas keep to things 

 that are nearly hardy, and to make a 



' few festoons overhead, trust rather to 

 quick-growing climbers, such as cobeas, 

 convolvuluses, lophospermum, etc., etc. 



Fer.v Cases. — M. S. — AH the ferns you 

 name are suitable to grow in a glass case. 

 The foUowmg among those you name 

 are the most tender :— Phlebodium spo- 

 rodocarpum, Hymenolepis spicata, Anei- 

 mia coUina, Cheilanthes farinosa, but 

 easy to manage if you keep the bottom- 

 heat steady by regularly supplying the 

 tank, and plant them all at the hottest 

 end. The following are a few degrees 

 hardier : — Asplenium polymorphum, 

 Lomaria attenuata, Pteris cretica, Todea 

 pellucida, Doodia caudata, Adiantum 

 assimile, Asplenium septentrionale, Sco- 

 lopendrium vulgare multifidum, Allo- 

 sorus crispus. You have made a very 

 interesting selection. You had better 

 wait till the end of March before order- 

 ing the first four, or they may miss the 

 move from the nursery stove in the 

 event of cold weather. Give Plumbago 

 capensis a shift in April, use good 

 fuchsia compost. la June place it out 



of doors, and if it has plenty of water it 

 will fljvver abundantly. * 



Por.YPODiUM CAMBRicuM. — "Mr. Hibberd 

 has pronounced P. ca nbricum as not 

 fertile. I send a fern whic:i I suppose 

 to be cambricum. It was found near 

 Dublin ; it is a fertile .soeoimen, and 

 there are many sucli in the same spot, 

 whlcli is nearwater.'' — Dublin Sabscriber. 

 [L'lie fern sent is P. Hibei-aicum. It is 

 no easy matter to uiaintai i a negative 

 proposition, but as we have never seen a 

 fertile specimen of cambricum, andhavo 

 never heard of the finding of one, we 

 must still consider barrenness one of its 

 cliaracteristics.] 



Pkuning Roses. — B.H. 3f. — Your neigh- 

 bour, who is a successful rose-grower, and 

 wlio never prunes till April, is the pro- 

 per example for you t) follow. The 

 Flokal World has alw.iys advised late 

 pruning of all the autumnal bloomers of 

 high merit, because it is so dangerous in 

 tills climate to have the lower buds 

 pushing befoi-e the spring frosts are 

 pretty well over. Cabbage and moss, 

 and most other summer roses may be 

 pruned earlier than the perpetuals ; we 

 always prune the cabbnge and common 

 moss during winter, at the same time as 

 bush fruits, but being exposed to the 

 north, we rarely prune perpetuals till 

 April, or near it. But it depends very 

 much upon what part of England you 

 write from; we cannot discover bv your 

 letter. If you date from the south-west 

 you may prune directly ; if farther 

 north than Derby, wait tilt the second 

 week in March ; if farther north than 

 York, wait till the second week in 

 April. The following are good to plant, 

 under trees, in a good soil and southern 

 exposure; Anna Alexieflf, Madame Vidot, 

 La Reine, Baronne I'revost, General 

 Jacqueminot, Lord Raglan, Jules Mar- 

 gottin, Queen of Bourbons, Geant des 

 Batailles, and any of the perpetual 

 Chinas. These are all we can name 

 among the few roses to grow well in the 

 partial shade of trees, and these we have 

 proved to be suitable ; one part of our 

 rosery being very much snaded. In the 

 worst parts of a shaded rosery you must 

 be content with maiden's blush, common 

 cabbage, and common ciiina, which 

 grow well and bloom anywhere. 



Bank to be Turfed.—^. F. M. — Sper- 

 gulapilifera and Spergula saginoides are 

 admirable for turfing banks, but we could 

 not recommend them to be used under 

 the shade of trees. They are both so 

 hardy that the matter of climate is of 

 no consequence. Probably Sagina pro- 



