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Don't forget Veratrum album and 

 Aspidistra lurida, already mentioned. 

 They are grand subjects, ami may be 

 kept in a pit, as they are both hardy, 

 but ought not to be exposed to all the 

 rude assaults of winter. They are 

 such beautiful plants that I wonder 

 there is any garden without them. 

 Chrysanthemums are superb subjects 

 for an autumn display. My stock 

 were all put into pots of ten, eight, 

 seven, and five inches diameter a 

 month ago ; but if you have neg- 

 lected your plants, pot at once, 

 give them plenty of water, and 

 all will be well, provided you do 

 not stop them. No, do not stop them, 

 whatever to the contrary you may 

 read in the books. Choose those that 

 are of stiff strong habits, never mind 

 about incurved flower and florists' 

 properties, colour aud habit are every- 

 thing for this sort of work. Among 

 Large Flowering kinds the follow- 

 ing are fine — Lord Pa/merston, dark 

 rote amaranth ; Prince Albert, glow- 

 ing crimson ; Talbot, r we amaranth, 

 tipped blush ; Aimee Feriere, silver, 

 white tipped rose ; Annie Salter, gold 

 yellow ; Cassandra, white, with rose 

 tips ; Chevalier Domage. the finest of 

 all the yellows for out-door use, a 

 bold reflexed flower, stands the 

 weather better than Jardin des 

 Plantes, which is the best yellow un- 

 der cover ; Christina, rosy blush, 

 stands the weather well ; Defiance, a 

 fine white ; Indostan, a free flowering 

 dark rose ; Madame Poggi, chesnut 

 crimson; Mr. Murray, first-rate out 

 of doors, a compact reflexed violet 

 rose ; Progne, crimson carmine, fine 

 if got on early in large p^ts, and 

 grown strong, if not got on early does 

 not bloom in time to be useful. 

 Pompones : Berroll is a superb yel- 

 low, blooming very early, has stiff 



hard florets, and never suffers from 

 weather ; but as it is soon over there 

 must be another set to take its place. 

 It is one of my bower anchors for 

 plunging, and I find that seven-inch 

 pots produce specimens as large as is 

 desirable for the purpose ; Alex. Pele, 

 salmon bronze, fine, and always sure 

 to bloom in time, a very pretty flower 

 and fine in a mass; Autumna, always 

 blooms early, colour russet buff, the 

 flower has no quality, but for colour 

 and a pleading effect not to be sur- 

 passed ; Lilliputian is like it, and 

 sometimes more showy, at all events 

 a good variety for the purpose, and 

 sure to bloom before the frosts come ; 

 Brilliant, not to be depended on ; last 

 year it tricked me, but generally a fine 

 showy variety, and especially valu- 

 able for its crimson colour ; Drin 

 Drin, still the best yellow for out- 

 door work ; better for plunging than 

 General Canrobert, which, however, 

 may generally be relied upon, and is 

 of better quality if you get it in time 

 than Drin Drin; Florence, superb for 

 colour, being rich dark cherry, and 

 an abundant bloomer ; Mrs. Turner, 

 pure white, very hardy and sate ; 

 Adonis, rose, free and fine; CedoNulli, 

 white with brown points ; Algeria, 

 blush white ; Mr. Astie, a fine ane- 

 mone yellow, and the hardiest of all 

 p >mpones ; Mr. Shirley Hibberd, rose 

 lilac, gold centre, a very pretty ane- 

 mone and very hardy, in fact, no or- 

 dinary frost in November hurts it. 

 These I have proved to be the best 

 after many years of culture of all 

 known chrysanthemums, and I advise 

 those who use chrysanthemums for 

 plunging to begin with these, and then 

 on their own account to try such other 

 varieties as from their colours and 

 habits seem likely to be useful. 



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EXHIBITIONS OP MAY AND JUNE. 



Rotal Botanic, May 30th. — The 

 most attractive objects at this magnifi- 

 cent show were the orchids, pelargo- 

 niums, azaleas, roses, and fine foliated 

 plants. 



Azaleas.— Of the azaleas it may be 

 said that a severely artificial method of 

 training had never before been so per- 

 fectly carried out, especially in the ex- 

 amples shown by liessrs. Veitch, Mr, 



