428 THE GARDENER. [Sept. 



pink, and Corsair in the scarlet section. There does not exist, and it 

 is impossible to conceive, a more beautifully chaste colour than that of 

 Amaranth. In its profusion of massive nosegay trusses it far surpasses 

 all other pink varieties. It is of robust growth, and well adapted for 

 the centres of beds or lines in ribbon-borders, where it harmonises 

 with any colour, no matter what hue : viewed closely or at a distance 

 the effect is magnificent. Pot-plants are alike effective in the 

 greenhouse or conservatory. Some now blooming in 7-inch pots are 

 bearing trusses sixteen inches in circumference. The value of Cor- 

 sair may be estimated as decidedly excelling that excellent variety 

 Vesuvius, which it very much resembles in colour, habit, &c., but 

 there is a richness about the fine scarlet flowers of Corsair which does 

 not exist in Vesuvius. Individually the bloom is larger, and the 

 whole truss of better substance. Both Corsair and Amaranth are 

 comparatively new, being sent out by Mr Pearson in the spring of 

 1872, and those of your readers who have not got them should pro- 

 cure them at once, when they will be in possession of the two finest- 

 blooming Geraniums extant. J. ]\L 



MUNRO'S LITTLE HEATH MELON. 



Having grown this Melon extensively this season, I can bear testi- 

 mony to its being a variety with hardy constitution. It sets its fruit 

 very freely under adverse circumstances — such as during dull damp 

 weather — and the plants have not shown the slightest tendency to 

 disease. It grows to a large size, producing a solid heavy fruit, and 

 cannot fail to be a most excellent variety for market purposes ; and in 

 the case of those who have only ordinary frames to grow Melons in 

 it is invaluable. It is impossible to speak correctly of its flavour, for 

 we have not had ten days' sun all summer. D. T. 



P.S. — The above was in type before Mr Simpson's opinion reached us. 



NOTES FROM NEW ZEALAND. 



[Being frequently asked about the best colonies to which gardeners should 

 emigrate, we publish the following :] 



The Eev. A. J. Campbell (late of Melrose) gives the following, in the * Geelong 

 News,' as his impression of Otago, on a recent visit there. "The people of 

 Dunedin are full of activity, very comfortable, and in all respects, I should say, 

 prosperous. They are busy in all kinds of industries. Wages are higher than 

 in Victoria — 7s. for labour work, lOs. and 12s. for skilled labour : other things, 

 however, are also higher. But the workman has almost constant employment, 

 and the eight-hours system has been in operation since the foundation of the 



