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A very easy and simple way of examining the growth of the plumule, 



radicle, &c., is to grow some of the large Broad Beans on damp cloth, 



or else in a little earth, when the successive growth of each can be 



very plainly seen, the radicle making the first appearance, followed by 



the plumule. W. Roberts. 



{To he continued.) 



STAI^DAKD PLANTS TN DOORS AND OUT. 



Where a choice arrangement is specially desirable with plants of fine 

 foliage or those which flower freely, we always prefer a goodly num- 

 ber of standards. Extensive shubberies which we planted some years 

 ago are now much admired, when the kinds formed as standards are 

 in full flower, or at their best with foliage. First of all they w^ere 

 arranged as to height, colour, and form. The heads, cut rather formal 

 the first year, for the sake of uniformity of growth, but afterwards 

 encouraged to droop, the undergrowth are a proportionate mixture of 

 showy flowering shrubs, of nearly every name worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. Plenty of Lilacs, flowering Currants of sorts, Cotoneaster Sim- 

 ondsii. Hollies, Weigela, Deutzias of sorts. Rhododendrons, Kal- 

 mias, Azaleas, double Furze, Broom, yellow and white, Syringas, &c. 

 Amongst these are a great variety of evergreens, Coniferse of the 

 Cypress and smaller -growing class, Yews in variety, Retinosporas, 

 Portugals, and so on ; and the whole surface of soil is carpeted with 

 Ferns, such as Osmundas, Lastrseas, (fee, with a goodly mixture of 

 Berberis, St John's Wort, and other dwarfs. Plenty of Snowdrops, 

 Hyacinths, Violets, Primroses, &c., occupy vacant patches. These, 

 with the Palm-like standards — Birches, double Cherries, Crabs, a selec- 

 tion of Apples and Pears, forming a large proportion of the flowering 

 kinds, kept at proper distances not to overshade, — make a most 

 pleasing picture. Under glass the same idea is carried out with 

 standards of Fuchsias, Kalosanthes, Acacias, Azaleas, Heaths, Marechal 

 Niel Roses, Tree-ferns, Camellias, and others ; under which is a carpet 

 of bushy forms of Ferns, Pelargoniums, Heaths, Begonias, and endless 

 favourites, which are much admired by visitors. " Old Sub." 



SOME NOTES. 



Stratagem Pea. — This Pea has proved a complete failure with us 

 this season. Perhaps the cold wet season may have something to 

 do with its failure ; still other varieties — such as Ne Plus Ultra, Tele- 

 phone, (fee. — have cropped well. From our experience, we are per- 

 fectly aware of the fact that Peas tliat are first-rate in some local- 

 ities are scarcely worth growing in others. Veitch's Perfection, for 



