1880. 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



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ginning to push. This may not be new to you, 

 but was a surprise to me." 



Greenhouse Bulbs. — E. M., Oxford, Miss., 

 writes : " Will you be so kind as to give us in 

 your valuable Monthly some account of the 

 proper treatment of Alstromeria after they have 

 bloomed? I had some to bloom beautifully, but 

 now don't know how to care for them. And, 

 about Pancratium. I cannot get them to put 

 out a leaf. One bulb of P. maritimum I've had 

 in a pot for some four months. Its roots are in 

 beautiful order, new made, and white, but it won't 

 leaf. I have it potted like Amaryllis. And my 

 Amaryllis Belladonna ; they're askew. I bedded 

 six fine bulbs in the spring of '79. Not a leaf 

 until winter set in, when they began to grow, but 

 of course were soon killed down b}' frost. This 

 summer they are dormant again. Now, the 

 books say it is hardy ; but that would imply, I 

 should think, that it would bloom a little as well 

 as exist, else being hardy is no recommendation." 



[At Oxford, Miss., the thermometer would 

 probably seldom reach 20° in winter, and then 

 not for long. Under these circumstances the 

 two plants ought to flower by being left in the 

 open ground, with a little protection to keep the 

 frost from reaching the bulbs. — Ed. G. M.] 



Paullinia thalictrifolia.— C. says : " Will 

 some of the readers of the Monthly please give 

 me some information concerning Paullinia thalic- 

 trifolia. Is it a hardy shrub? To what natural 

 order does it belong, and of what country is it a 

 native, and in what year was it introduced? 

 And what is Euphorbia piscatoria?" 



Azalea. — Answer to E. — Mr. R. J. Halliday, 

 Baltimore, writes : 



10 Azaltas, Double, distinct kinds. 

 Bernhard Andre, violet crimson. 

 Bouquet de Roses, bright clear rose. 



Borsig, or Flag of Truce, white. 



Francois De Vos, deep crimson scarlet. 



Glory of Siiminghill, salmon. 



Rachael Von Varnhagan, rosy purple. 



Souvenir de Prince Albert, white and rose. 



Madam Jus Lefehore, dark orange. 



Jean Vervane, crimson, white and rose. 



Mme. Maria Van Houtte, white and salmon, 

 striped like a carnation. 



10 Azaleas, Single, distinct kinds. 



Baron de Vriere, salmon rose, dark spots. 



Coloris Nova, dark carmine, 



Eulalie Van Ghert, pink and blush. 



Punctulata, cherry red, striped white and 

 spotted. 



J. Gould Veitch, lilac rose. 



Glory of Belgium, white, striped and spotted 

 fringed. 



Pride of Dorking, vivid crimson. 



Theodore Prusser, deep rose, shaded violet. 



Marquis of Lome, deep orange blotched. 



Vesta, Bride, Fielders, or Alba, for white. 



Winter Temperature. — Mr. Terwilliger writes : 

 " In my article, page 201, the lowest temperature 

 for 1878 and 1879 should be minus 20°, or 20° be- 

 low zero." 



Earthen Flower-Pots. — "Paris, June loth, 

 1880. Dear Sir: In answer to a question of one 

 of your readers, page 172, 'Earthen flower-pots,' 

 I have published on page 172 of the Journal 

 de la Socifte Centrale de I' Horticulture de Prance, 

 March, 1877, an account with cuts of the ma- 

 chine invented and sold by Messrs. Kcenig <fe 

 Foltzer, of Colmar, (Alsace,) to manufacture 

 earthen pots. Your friend and reader may apply 

 to those gentlemen to have a good machine, to- 

 gether with mode of using it. 



Respectfully, Chs. Joly, 



11 Rue Boissy d'Anglais, Paris." 



Fruit and Vegetable Gardening. 



COMMUNICA TIONS. 



NEW EARLY PEACHES. 



BY H. M. ENGLE. 



This subject continues to be new, as there are 

 varieties added each year, most of which are to 



be earlier than any previously introduced. T 

 have this season fruited fifteen varieties earlier 

 than Hale's, via : Cumberland, Saunders, Down- 

 ing. Briggs May, Honeywell, Climax, all glandless 

 varieties ; also Amsden, Alexander, Wilder, 

 Musser, Bower's Early, and Gettysburg Seedling; 



