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ilarin or.iiifte as having white flowers, 

 he does not mention the Otalieite. The 



; Mandarin being grown for dessert, but 

 the Otabcito for preserving, I wish to 

 know which, if either, my tree is, (is the 

 fruit is ne'trhj ripe. If the Otalieite, is 

 it preserved whole, or made into niar- 

 mabidc?— ^/ Former Askcr, etc. [The 

 Otalieite is simply a variety of the Alim- 

 darin. Tlie Mandarin is Citrus nohilis, 

 the Otalieite is C. iiob'lis minor. But 

 the variation is so trifling that a well- 

 cultivated tree of the latter could 

 scarcely be distinguished from a tree of 

 the normal type. The flowers of this 

 species, and the variety, may always be 

 known by their pur|'Ie colour in the 

 hud state. This and the myrtle-leaved 

 orange (C. vulgaris) are the most useful 



i for small conservatories, as they produce 

 a large quantity of blo-som and fruit in 

 a very small state. Three dozen fruit 

 have been counted on a tree only a foot 

 high, and which, after being allowed to 

 bear so many, would probably never 

 grow any higher. Indeed we may ven- 

 ture to say that of all greenhouse 

 shrubs, the Miindnrin and Otaheite 

 oranges are as certain to repay good 

 cultivation as any plants in cultivation.] 



Catalogues Received. — " James Bark- 

 way, Nurseiyiiiun, Quebec Road, East 

 Dereham, Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Roses." All the best sorts are enume- 

 rated, and the amateur will be able to 

 make suitable selections from it for every 

 put^jose. — "S. L. Worth, 77, Regent 

 Street, London, Patent Aphis Brush." 

 An ingenious invention for removmg fly 

 from the shoots of plants, and will be 

 found very useful to those who possess 

 plants infested with these little marau- 

 ders, which are not in a convenient posi- 

 tion to smoke. Hand-picking is gene- 

 rally recommendLd under such circum- 

 stances, but many amateurs object to 

 soiling their fingers by the operation, 

 and unless care is used, the tender shoots 

 are likely to get a damaging pinch. But 

 these little double brushes are so con- 

 structed that they cutcli hold of the twig, 

 branch, or shoot, and by drawing them 

 along, they remove every insect, while 

 the soft hair does not injure the most 

 tender sprig ; we can, therefore, recom- 

 mend them, as they do their work ex- 

 peditiously and elFectually. — "Hooper 

 and Co., Central Avenue, Covent Garden 

 Market. Autumn Ciitalogue of Dutch, 

 Cape, and other Flowering Bulbs." A 

 fine list, containing, besides many useful 

 inventions, among which is a capital trap 

 ft# earwigp, likely to prove a great boon 



to growers of dahlias, etc. — "William 

 Wood and Son, Maresfield, near Uckfield, 

 Sussex. Select List of Dutch Flower 

 Roots." A well got up list, and one in 

 which the amateur may confide. — " Ge- 

 neral Catalogue of Ornamental Trees and 

 Shrubs." Will be especially useful to these 

 wliocontemplate autumn jjlanting — " De- 

 scriptive Catalogue of Roses." A large 

 list of all the best old and new sorts. — 

 "John Keynes, Castle Street Kursery, 

 Salisbury. Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Dahlias." Mr. Keynes has acquired such 

 a reputation as a dahlia grower, that 

 the amateur needs no other recommenda- 

 tion of theexcellencw of the sorts be offera 

 — '*■ J.C. Padman, Providence Nurseries. 

 Boston Spa, near Tadcaster. Select Lists 

 of Bulbs, Hardy Ferns, and Roses." A 

 full and useful list. — " Prjdham and San- 

 ders, North End, Croydon, and Sion Nur- 

 sery, White Horse Road. Catalogue of 

 Bulbs." A plain, practical, useful list, 

 especially suited to the wants of ama- 

 teurs. — " C. Grinibly, Albion Nursery^ 

 Stoke Newington, London. Cattilogue 

 of Bulbs." A neat, concise, handy list, 

 containing a good selection of varieties. 

 — " Butler and M'CuUoch, South Row, 

 Covent Garden Market. Autumn Cata- 

 logue of Dutch and Cape Flowering 

 Bulbs." A carefully-prepared list, with 

 excellent cultural directions, and other 

 desirable information. — " Barr and Sug- 

 den, 12, King Street, Covent Garden. 

 Floral Guide to Winter and Spring Gar- 

 dening." An admirable guide to the 

 best way of growing fine collections of 

 flowers during the winter and spring 

 months. There are plain instructions 

 for growing hyacinths, either as window, 

 conservatory, or boider plants, and ex- 

 cellent directions for the cultivation of 

 every other kind of bulb. It is .a vei-y 

 trustworthy and desirable guide, and 

 should be in the possession of every 

 amateur. 

 Two DOZEN Roses." — Paul liicaut wishes 

 for "a list of twenty-four H. P. roses of 

 first-class excellence, hardy constitution, 

 free in growing, profuse bloomers, and 

 that will form handsome shaped heads 

 grown as half standards." We have 

 published many such lists, and if Paul 

 Bicaut will refer back he will obtain 

 useful hints on selecting a few choice 

 roses. But when such a querj' as this 

 comes to hand, we never refer in order 

 to see what we have recommended be- 

 fore, and hence all our lists differ, and 

 as new varieties take good places we in- 

 troduce them, so as always to bring the 

 selections up to the latest date. Our 



