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forcing, and the beneficial efiect that 1 

 way of the splendid weather we have 1 

 had this spriag. Mr. W. Paul put 

 up a row of twelve nice plants, very 

 various in size and shape, but as the 

 large plants were in the centre, and the 

 smaller at either end, graduating; from 

 the centre each way, this group had a 

 very complete appearance, and was 

 one of the best in the show. 



A fine cineraria called the E-ev. 

 S. H. Widdrington, was exhibited by 

 Messrs. S. Perkins, of Coventry ; it 

 is a rich purple with a narrow white 

 ring. The same firm also exhibited 

 their new Verbena Lord Leigh, in 

 fine condition ; this is unquestionably 

 a grand scarlet, and will probably run 

 a close race with Foxhunter this 

 season ; every grower of verbenas 

 must have it. There was a basket of 

 Zonale Geraniums from Mr. Bull, 

 and among them many fine trusses of 

 scarlet, white, rose, cerise, flesh, aud 

 crimson. Messrs. E. G-. Henderson 

 and Son, St. John's Wood, sent some 

 of the best of the tricolor-leaved 

 geraniums, the best of which were 

 the Countess, Sunset, Little Beauty 

 (quite a gem), Mrs. Pollock, and Sir 

 W. Wallace. Hyacinths were shown 

 in plenty, and were generally good, 

 the principal exhibitors being Messrs. 



Cutbush, Highgate ; Mr. Noble, gar- 

 dener to J. L. Latham, Esq. ; Mr. G. 

 Fox, gardener to il. Gibbs, Esq. ; Mr. 

 A. Carr, gardener to B. Noakes, Esq. ; 

 and Mr. Taylor, gardener to C. A. 

 Hanbury, Esq. Messrs. A. Hender- 

 son and Co. seat a new epacris called 

 Viscountess HiU, the flowers in large 

 spikes, and the colour a peculiar shade 

 of salmon crimson, quite a novelty. 

 There were a few good new rhodo- 

 dendrons. Messrs. E. G. Henderson 

 had Rhododendron Veitchii, a charm- 

 insf flower like a Lilium. Mr. Parker, 

 of Tootina:, sent Countess of Hadding- 

 ton, blush white, the flowers trumpet- 

 shaped, aud resembling in form those 

 of Datura Wrightii. M r. Bull taught 

 the practicals a new lesson in the use 

 of Bourgainvillea spectabilis, by send- 

 ing three plants in forty-eight sized 

 pots, the plants trained round their 

 willow wands, brought to a point at 

 the top and moderately well covered 

 with blossoms. There were cut ca- 

 mellias from Messrs. J. and C. Lee 

 and Messrs. A. Henderson. We 

 must not omit to mention a set of 

 double Alpine primulas, and a set of 

 British ferns from Messrs. Ivery, of 

 Dorking, and a very charming lot of 

 the latter from Miss Clarkson. 



PROTECTION OF WALL TREES. 



As the frosts of this spring are 

 likely to do more than their usual 

 amount of damage in consequence of 

 the forward state of vegetation, I wish 

 to recommend to those among your 

 readers whose walls are not coped, and 

 who cannot a3"ord to glaze them, a 

 method of protecting their fruit trees, 

 which is very simple and economical, 

 and I find perfectly efficacious. 



Take narrow strips of wood about 

 an inch wide and two feet long ; nail 

 one end of the strip j(?r7wZy to the top 

 of the wall, as in the figure, at about 

 one yard interval ; then cut old car- 

 peting or matting into strips, and lay 

 it upon the strips of wood, securing 

 it well to them, here and there, to 

 keep it out of the way of the tree. A 

 narrow stair carpet answers perfectly, 

 or if too wide it can be cut in half, and 

 there are such things to be found in 



most houses. I have seenthe same thing 



done with branches of 



fir-tree by a clever 



Scotch gardener ; but 



in some houses old 



stair carpets may be 



more accessible than 



fir-branches. Of 



course, the narroioer 



it is the better, so '■•'^^* 



that it answers the purpose, in order 



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that the fruit tree may not be too 

 much shaded. 



March 21, O. M. H. 



