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and H. R. H. the Princess of Beatrice. Her IMfi- 

 jesty's bouquet was composed of Roses, Eucharis, 

 Odontoglossum Alexandrte, the chaste and beau- 

 tiful Coe'.ogyne cristata, Violets, and LiUes of the 

 Valley; that of H. R. H. the Princess of Wales 

 was quite unique, and contained Neapolitan 

 Violets, the lovely Dendrobium Wardianum, 

 Lilies of the Valley, and various other gems; 

 the Princess Beatrice's was composed of various 

 Orchids, Lilies of the Valley, Roses, Eucharis, 

 Lilac. All were surrounded by Brussels lace 

 holders . — Garden ers' Ch ronicle. 



Flower Pots. — We learn from the Hamburger 

 Gartenzeitung that the fabrication of Flower- 

 pots from a mixture of cow-duug and earth is 

 now extensively practiced in North Germany. 

 As many as 16,000 were used last year in one es- 

 tablishment. For forcing they are highly recom- 

 mended, though they will not bear plunging in a 

 hot-bed; and they are admirably adapted for 

 nursery work, for plants raised in pots and after- 

 wards turned out, in this case pot and all. Even 

 standing dry the roots of plants will penetrate 

 the sides of the pot, and extract some nourish- 

 ment from them. They are made bj' machinery, 

 and one man can make from 700 to 900, or even 

 1,000, in ten working hours. There are machines 

 for three sizes — 2 inches by 2 (price S-s), 2| inches 

 broad by 2\ high (price 10s). Since the first in- 

 troduction of these i3ots by Mr. Maclvor some 

 years ago we have heard little of their use in 

 this countr3^ — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



Forced Deutzia gracilis. — The Gardeners' 

 Chronicle says : " Deutzia gracilis that has been 

 forced through the winter and has done flower- 

 ing will now be pushing growth. The best way of 

 treating this plant, and by which it may be kept 

 in a healthy, useful condition for a numberjiof 

 years, is to cut out the old wood after it has 

 flowered, depending for next year's bloom upon 

 the young shoots that push up freely from the 

 collar when the plant has plenty of roots. To 

 'ensure its blooming satisfactorily every year 

 when forced it should, after flowering, be kept in 

 a little heat, such as a vinery at work, until the 

 gi'owth is made and flower-buds formed. If in 

 small pots give them a moderate shift ; if they 

 do not require more room they will whilst grow- 

 ing be benefited by manure-water twice a week 

 or 80." 



Fuchsias. — Fuchsias appear to be grown more 

 extensively than in any previous year, for sev- 



eral houses are filled with plants of various 

 sizes, ranging from the smallest to be sent out 

 from rooted cuttings to those sold as established 

 plants. The collection comprises nearly 150 va- 

 rieties, and as some of the most popular are 

 grown by the hundred, some idea may be ob- 

 tained of the number of plants comprised in the 

 stock. Several new varieties are in course of 

 distribution, amongst them being CanneVs Gem, 

 a very beautiful dwarf and compact growing va- 

 riety with white corolla. The flowers are of fine 

 form, nearly equaling in this respect the very 

 best of the dark varieties. OxnneVs Favorite, a 

 pretty light-flowered variety of the Oriana type^ 

 but of course quite surpassing that variety, which 

 in its time was deservedly held in high esteem. 

 Resplendent, a fine dark-flowered variety in the 

 way of Lord Elcho ; 3Irs. J. Lye, a pretty light 

 flower ; Stupendous, a very large double flower 

 in the way of Champion of the World, but pos- 

 sessing a better habit. Mr. Cannel is also dis- 

 tributing four hardy hyl.u'id fuchsias, but as they 

 were not in bloom nothing can be said about 

 them beyond mentioning them as worthy of a 

 trial in gardens in which hardy fuch.sias usually 

 do well. These are said to be hybrids between 

 the hardy species and the best of the show varie- 

 ties.— Garde/jcr's Magazine. 



Standard Pyracanthas.— The old evergreen 

 thorn, Cratxgus pyracantha, which is usually 

 grown as a wall-tree, and is certainly one of the 

 finest wall-trees of its class, makes an equally ef- 

 fective standard or free-branching bush, and in 

 this shape bears l^erries profusely, and from the 

 end of September to the end of March is without 

 any question whatever the most splendid berry- 

 bearing shrub in the English garden. In the 

 Gardeners Magazine for December 6, 1862, I di- 

 rected attention to the importance of berry-bear- 

 ing shrubs for winter furnishing, and in the issue 

 fo? December 16, 1865, I explained how I had 

 employed pyracanthas as pot plants to light up 

 beds of evergreens during winter on the plung- 

 ing system. It is therefore no new freak with 

 me to have standard pyracanthas, and my only 

 regret is that I have not room to employ them 

 largely, for they are equal to any evergreen 

 shrubs when the berries are gone, and are bril- 

 liantly beautiful all through the autumn and 

 winter, if the thrushes will but leave them alone. 

 Give this notion room for expansion in your 

 sunny shrubliery borders, and in a few years you 

 will see the way to do winter promenade garden- 



