246 THE GARDENER. [May 1879. 



which should exist between the Editor and those who address him. We decline 

 noticing any communication which is not accompanied with name and address 

 of writer. 



J. Hiscocks. — The Alnwick Seedling is a fine late Grape. It will do at the 

 cool end of your Muscat-house. 



"William Jamieson. — We do not know what you call "the old sugar Pear." 

 Will it be Sucree vert (green sugar), a dessert Pear that ripens in October— a 

 har^y, vigorous, free-bearing sort ? 



Stove. — 3, Adiantum cuneatum; 4, Cyperua alternifolius ; 5, Selaginella 

 Martensii ; 6, Panicum variegatum ; 7, Selaginella denticulata ; 8, Isolepis 

 gracilis. The other two Ferns we cannot make out from the morsels sent. 

 As to the Begonias, it is impossible to name them. They are varieties of the 

 Rex type, of which there are scores very much alike. Besides, your leaves 

 were not nearly fully developed. We cannot tell you how to treat your Pan- 

 cratium, unless you let us know which one it is. Pancratium fragrans, for 

 instance, is a stove plant ; while P. illyricum and P. maritimum are hardy 

 herbaceous plants. Nearly the same applies to Hemerocallis, some of which 

 are hardy, and some — H. disticha, for instance — greenhouse plants. We do 

 not know any plant by the name of Martiminium. 



\Y. H. Divers. — Your MS. received. It is a verbatim copy of what has 

 already appeared in a contemporary, and we cannot make room for it. 



W. Forbes, Auckland, New Zealand. — Received, with many thanks. 



G. F. — It depends on the terms of the schedule. If there is a class for 

 Ferns and another for fine-foliaged plants, we should say the Adiantum would 

 not be admitted in the latter class. 



Roderick Dhu. — Godetia Lady Albemarle ; Collinsia bicolor ; Nemophila 

 insignis. 



New Plant and Bulb Company. — Owing to a press of matter, we are un- 

 able to notice this month. 



We have to thank several correspondents, for esteemed contributions which 

 are unavoidably held over. 



