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Catalogues Received. — " A Catalogue of 

 Stove, Gieenliouse, Hardy, Exotic, and 

 Britisli Ferns. A. Stansfield and Sons, 

 Vale Nurseries, Todmorden." — "W.Wood 

 and Hon's Catalogue of Seeds, with an 

 Appendix comprising Eoses, Fruit-trees, 

 etc., Woodlands Nursery, Maresfield, 

 near Uckfield, Sussex." — " Sutton and 

 Sons, Royal Berkshire Seed Establish- 

 ment, Reading. Spring Catalogue and 

 Amateur's Guide for 1863." It comprises 

 lists of kitchen and garden seeds and 

 roots, flower-seeds, and plants, and agri- 

 cultural seeds. It is one of the hest 

 known of tlie trade catalogues, and one 

 of the first in which cultural directions 

 were combined with prices and descrip- 

 tions. — " Barr and Sugden, King Street, 

 Covent Garden, Guide to the Kitchen 

 Garden," a compact, explicit, and trust- 

 worthy guide to the culture of edible 

 crops. — "B. S. W^illiams, Paradise Nur- 

 sery, Seven Sisters Road, HoUoway." A 

 bulky list, comprising eighty pages of 

 close print, containing a good list of 

 novelties, and a list of bulbs for spring 

 planting. — " Butler and M'Culloch, Co- 

 vent Garden, London, W.C., Spring 

 Catalogue, 1863, of Choice Flower, 

 Shrub, Tree, and Vegetable Seeds." A 

 well-arranged list, extending to a hun- 

 dred pages, and is in every detail satis- 

 factory. — " W. Thompson, Tavern Street, 

 Ipswich, Descriptive Catalogue of An- 

 nual, Biennial, and Perennial Flower 

 Seeds from Continental and English 

 Growers." Mr. Thompson is well known 

 as the author of the '■ Gardening Book 

 of Annuals," and one of the best authori- 

 ties on herbaceous plants. — " Plymouth 

 Seed, Agricultural Implement, and Ma- 

 nure Company, Price Current of 

 Kitchen Garden, Flower, and Farm 

 Seeds." A good list of all the useful 

 subjects required this sea.son. — "W. Cut- 

 bush and Son, Nurseries, Highgate, 

 London, N., Catalogue of Vegetable, 

 Flower, and Farm Seeds." It is a cata- 

 logue of more than average merit, and 

 the varieties enumerated show that 

 Messrs. Cutbush have laboured hard to 

 include all proved advancements in the 

 several classes. — "T. Illman, Strood, 

 Kent, Catalogue of Stove, Greenhouse, 

 Hardy Exotic and British Ferns," being 

 a priced list of 872 species and varieties, 

 and a good list of Selagiuellas. 



Quince Stocks. — IF. il/.— Cuttings of 

 ripe shoots of the thickness of a common 

 lead pencil and four inches long, make the 

 best plants for stocks. They may be put 

 in now in precisely the same way as 

 currant stocks. We have had them 

 root v/ell when put in as late as April, 

 but of course the earlier the better. 



Various. — Yoimg Waltoyiian. — See p. 248 

 of the volume for 1861. — Constant Sub- 

 scriber may move the Portugal laurels 

 in April ; the woi-k must be done with 

 care and plenty of hands, so that there 

 need be no harm done for lack of lifting 

 power. If constantly wetted overhead 

 all the summer, they will recover in a 

 year, hut are sure to look poor for at 

 least one season. We had the golden 

 balm from Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of 

 St. John's Wood. We know that Mr. 

 Salter, of Hammersmith, has it. — Cor- 

 rection, Jan. No., p. 11, second column, 

 lines 5 and 6, read, " beautiful kinds 

 lose character." — yl. F.3I. — Along the 

 front a stone shelf, 2 ft. 6 in. high at 

 back, a rising stage, with shelves of inch 

 deal, bottom shelf to be level with the 

 front shelf. At back you might h:;ve a 

 brick pit of ten feet to contain tan, or 

 any other fermenting material. Your 

 letter came too late, or would have bad a 

 fuller reply. 



Selection of Passies. — A. H. Turner. — 

 The following are 48 superb varieties, 

 which, when well grown, cannot be 

 beaten. Se(fs : Charles Watson, Alex. 

 M'Nab, Admiral Dundas, A. M'Keith, 

 Black Prince, Eclat, General Vernon, 

 Imperial Prince, Ladyburn Beauty, Maid 

 of Bath, Miss Carnegie, Mr. J. Graham, 

 Mr. J. White, Nepaulese Chief, Othello, 

 Rev. H. Dombrain, Rev. J. Dix, Royal 

 Purple, Titan. Yellow Grounds: Blink- 

 bonny, Count Cavour, Dr. Stewart, 

 Duchess of Wellington, Duke of Cam- 

 bridge, Francis Low, General Young, 

 Hugh Miller, Isa Craig, Lord Clyde, 

 Lord Cardigan, Mrs. Downie, Jlrs Hope, 

 President, Prince of Wales, Richard 

 Headl}^. While Grounds: Countess of 

 Rosslyn, Duchess of Hamilton, Duchess 

 of Kent, Fair Maid, Great Northern, 

 Mary Lamb, Jlrs. Baston, Mrs. Laird, 

 Nymph, Royal Standard, Seraph, Una. 

 Tlje best in your list are, Miss Talbot, 

 Blinkbonny, Dr. Fleming, Purple King, 

 Duchess of Wellington, James Peddie, 



