1871.] NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 97 



for "Raynor." In 12 th line from bottom, page 50, read "puberula" for "pu- 

 beriola." 



Notice. — Double or triple price will be given for January number of ' Scot- 

 tish Gardener ' for 1866, if any one will forward the same to the Editor. 



C. K., Pruning Vines Although we feel that the source of information to 



which you refer is ample, we gladly accede to your request. Prune your Vines 

 immediately they have cast their leaves. As a rule, the spur system of pruning 

 is the best — that is, to cut back to one or at most two eyes from the main stem. 

 There are few exceptions to which this rule may not be applied in the case of 

 properly-ripened Vines. "VVe have not excepted even the Barbarossa, to which 

 your enclosed quotation applies. If well ripened, we have found it fruit freely 

 by close pruning. But we are under the impression that this Grape is more in- 

 fluenced as to its fruitfulness by soils than almost any other Vine — so much so, 

 that we have at times thought that there are varieties of it just as there are vari- 

 eties of Muscats and Hamburgs. The long-spur system — that is, the leaving 

 three or four eyes of young wood — may produce you larger-formed bunches than 

 closer pruning, but they will not be so compact and useful. As a rule, long 

 loose bunches do not make such large berries, have generally longer and more 

 slender stalks, and are more subject to shank and shrivel. Within two miles of 

 where we write are a set of Vines, including Muscats, Lady Dovvnes, Muscat 

 Hamburgs, Frontignacs, &c., that have yearly been so closely pruned that it 

 would be most difficult to discover even the vestige of an eye left, and these 

 Vines have produced and perfected magnificent bunches of the sorts named. If 

 Vines are not properly ripened, of course the chances of a crop are increased by 

 leaving two or three eyes instead of one — and that is all we feel disposed to say 

 for so pruning ; and in time Vines become exceedingly unsightly with long " cow- 

 horn " snags. The loose bark is best removed from Vines, because the crevices 

 afford shelter for insects ; but avoid scraping to the quick or tender live bark. 

 Your query was too late to be replied to in January, 



J. S, C. — The following will suit your purpose : — 



Palms. — Areca lutescens, Chamserops excelsa, C. Fortunii, C. humilis, C. pal- 

 metto ; Corypha australis, Seaforthia elegans, Thrinax parviflora, Latania bor- 

 bonica, Phoenix pumila. 



Flne-foUaged Plants. — Araucaria excelsa, A. Cookii, Bambusa Fortunii varie- 

 gata, Coprosma Baueriana variegata, Centaurea ragusina, C. argentea plumosa, 

 C. gymnocarpa, Cineraria acanthafolia, Drac^na australis, D. indivisa, Coronilla 

 glauca variegata, Phophalia corcovadensis, Polemonium ceruleum variegatum, 

 Veronica Andersonii variegata. 



Pelargoniums. — All the tricolor and variegated sorts ; none better than Man- 

 glesii properly trained. 



Flowering -Plants — Heaths. — The more upright and compact growers, such as 

 Erica hyemalis, gracilis, ventricosa, Wilmorei, Cavendishianum, &c. ; Epiphyllums 

 of sorts ; Coronilla glauca ; Cjtisus, various ; Epacris of sorts j Azaleas of sorts ; 

 Clianthus Damperii, Libonia floribunda, Statice profusa, Fuchsias of sorts, Fairy 

 Roses, double-flowering Myrtle, Dielytra spectabilis, Deutzia gracilis, D, crenata, 

 Solanum capsicastrum, red berries ; Aucubas, red berries ; Skimmia japonica, red 

 berries; Otaheitian Oranges. 



Ferns. — Adiantum cuneatum, A. affine, Alsophila australis, A. excelsa, Cheil- 

 anthes elegans, Davalia canariensis, Dicksonia antarctica, Gleichenia decarpa, 

 Lomaria gibba, Pteris argyrgea, P. cretica alba lineata, P. scaberula, P. longifolia. 



Many of the British Ferns answer admirably. 



