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THE FLOEAL WORLD AXD GAKDEX GUIDE. 



" Barr and SujrJcn, King Street, Covent 

 Garden, Ulu-itrated Guide to the Flower 

 Garden." A first-rate catalogue of 112 

 pages, admirably arranged, containing 

 excellent descriptions and good illustra- 

 tions of many of the plants, with the 

 quantity of each name, that the reader 

 may know 



"What's lonqr, what's sliort, each accent 

 where to place." 



This will h'i Cound of no small service. — 

 " William Wood and Sons, WoodlandsNur- 

 sery, Maresfield, near Uckiield, Surrey, 

 (Jatalogue of Roses." A very useful and 

 large list, with good cultural notes and 

 descriptions.— '• F. and A. Dickson and 

 Sons, Chester, Catalogue of Vegetable 

 and Flower Seeds." A full, well-ar- 

 ranged, and interesting list. — " A. 

 St.inafield and Sons, Vale A'^urseries, 

 Todraorden. Catalogue, No. 6, of Stove, 

 Greenhouse, and Hardy Fems." The 

 numbers extend to 830, and include a 

 i'iw interesting novelties. — " Downie, 

 Laird, and Lang, Stanstead Park, Forest 



, Hill. Catalogue of Florists' Flowers, 

 including Pansies, Dahlias, Hollyhocks, 

 Carnations, Antirrhinums, Fuchsias, 

 Chrysanthemums, etc., new and old." — 

 " Smith, and Simons, Argyle Arcade, 



', Glasgow, Cultural Guide and Descrip- 

 tive Seed Catalogue." Very well got 

 up, with valuable hints upon the culti- 

 vation of kitchen garden crops, prepara- 

 tion of the soil, management of hotbeds, 

 etc. — " Pridham and Sanders, College 

 Ground^, Nortli 'End, and Sion Nursery, 

 AVhite Horse Road, Croydon. A small, 

 but compact list of the best sorts, in- 

 valuable to the amateur and cottage 

 gardener. 



Quince Stocks. — W. M. — Your note did 

 not reach us in time for reply last month, 

 although you appear by the date of it to 

 have written in good time. We have 

 always found the propagation of the 

 quince such an easy matter, that it 

 has never occurred to us to offer remarks 

 upon it. The simplest way is to treat 

 them much the same as currant-trees. 

 In November prepare cuttings of young 

 ripe wood about six joints to each, the 

 two lowest buds to be removed, and in- 

 sert these in rows in good garden 

 mould, the rows to be eighteen inches 

 apart, and the cuttings six inches apart. 

 Keep the ground clean all the next sum- 

 mer, and in the November following take 

 them up and transplant them into rows 

 two feet apart, and the plants one foot 

 apart, and the following spring they can 

 be grafted. Last year we put in a lot 

 of quince cuttings on the shady side of 



a wall in April, and all but a few of the 

 weakest rooted ; so late planting is not 

 fatal to success, tliough it is not ad- 

 vised. Seedling stocks liave more vigour 

 than tiiose from cuttings; sow in antumn 

 at tlie same distances as cuttings are 

 planted. They will come up freely the 

 following spring, and a few may show 

 in their leaves the promise of a good 

 habit of fruiting. 



Antenxaria maegaiutacea. — Several 

 correspondents have written to inquire 

 where to obtain this plant. We are un- 

 able to reply. We have referred to 

 several trade catalogues for it, but in 

 vain. As we have a large stock of it, 

 we shall be glad to do as we have done 

 on fonner occasions, wlien plants have 

 beeu recommended, which were not ob- 

 tainable through the usual channels, 

 that is, we will give a kvr roots to any 

 who apply for them. Correspondents 

 wishing for plants are requested to send 

 real names and addresses, with six 

 postage stamps, with every application. 

 We will have a quantity taken up and 

 packed in chip boxes. Twelve stamps will 

 frank enough for any one to get up a 

 stock of five or six yards this season. 

 This notice will probably clear off om- 

 stock in a few weeks. 



Arkangement of Grkenhouse. — A'o 

 Name. — We do not know what you 

 propose growing in your greenhouse, 

 but we presume ordinary greenhouse 

 plants, and vines on the roof. Your 



house having so sharp a pitch, is first- 

 rate for the ripening of grapes. Along 

 the entire length of the front erect a 

 shelf of wood, slate, or stone— stone is 

 preferable to any otiier material, as 

 there is always a very grateful moisture 

 retained by it from the watering of the 

 plants standing upon it ; let the shelf be 

 two ft. sixinchesinheight,this will make 

 it six inches from the glass in the front. 

 This shelf will be found very useful for 



