334 THE GARDENER. [July 



SPINACH. 



When sowing our last piece of winter Spinach, we had not enough of 

 the Prickly to sow what ground was required, as we are expected to 

 have it every day in the year. The ground was finished with the 

 Eound-seeded or Summer variety. This was on the 3d September. It all 

 came up at the same time, and for about two months little difference could 

 be seen ; but as the weather got colder, the Prickly shot ahead a long way, 

 and from it we were gathering long before the other was ready. As 

 soon as the days began to lengthen, the Round variety, which had done 

 little all winter, made a start and grew very fast, soon getting far 

 before the Prickly, the leaves being large, thick, and fleshy. It has 

 also stood longer without running to seed than the other; and now, 12th 

 June, we could pick quantities if required : but all will have to be 

 cleared to make room for other crops. I am not aware that the Round 

 variety has been tried for winter, but it has done so well this spring 

 that I mean to sow again for next spring. A. H. 



AIsTTHURIUM SCHERZERIAnSTCTM. 



Sir, — At Salisbury Green, the beautiful seat of William IN'elson, Esq., 

 a magnificent specimen of the above may be seen. .Vt present it grows 

 out of a 14-inch pot, and 47 of its spathes are adorned with flowers. 

 Mr Currie, chief gardener, informed me that he purchased it five 

 years ago, and at that time it grew out of a 3-inch pot ; so its growth, 

 during the period that has elapsed since its obtainment by Mr Currie, 

 has been all that could be desired. If any of the readers of the 

 ^ Gardener ' have ever seen such an excellent specimen of the 

 Anthurium Scherzerianum as the one to which I have referred, will 

 they be kind enough to say so. S. W. 



REVIEW. 



The Art or Grafting and Budding. By Charles Baltet. WilUam 

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 A volume of over 200 pages devoted to grafting and budding by a French- 

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 of. Indeed, from the numerous wood engravings with which the subject is 

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 of budding and grafting are performed. It is the most perfect work on the 

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