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in large quantities, and huge quantities find their 

 way into Co vent Garden market. It is a tall- 

 growing variety, nearly 6 feet ; a free and easy 

 doer, on which I have never seen a trace of 

 mildew, although others near by have been 

 badly affected. 



For the back of the Daisy border it makes a 

 liandsome plant, with its immense clear blue 

 flowers perfectly carried on pyramidal spikes, 

 and, like many of the others, admirably suited 

 for ])lanting in suitable open positions amongst 

 fiowering and foliage shrubs. 



E. B., Queenstown. 



slightly paler than in the older species. Another 

 distinction is that the foliage remains green in 

 autumn, while C. plumbaginoides takes on__a 

 brownish-red tint. ^ 



The plants thrive in a well-drained sandy 

 loam, in which leaf -mould and peat may be 

 freely mixed. Propagation is by cuttings made 

 of the soft young shoots about mid-summer, and 

 placed in a close -heated frame. A very much 

 larger percentage root in this way than when 

 cuttings made of firmer growths are inserted 

 later in the season. 



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Ceratostigma Willmottianum. 



This new hardy Plumbago from China should 

 ])r()ve very suitable for cultivation in Ireland. 

 Introduced by Mr. E. H. Wilson, Ceratostigma 

 Willmottianum is much more robust in growth 

 than C. plumbaginoides (Plumbago Larpentae), 

 also a native of China, which was first intro- 

 duced in 1846. 



Under genial conditions the subject of this 

 note may be expected to form bushy plants three 

 or four feet high. The fiowering season extends 

 fi'oMi -July until November or December, the 

 JianuUar Plumbago-bluo colour being perhaps 



Crataegus Cordata. 



Among the man\- l)eautiful s])ecies of Crataegus, 

 native of North America, the Washington Thorn 

 Crataegus cordata is one of the most distinct and 

 pleasing. It forms a round-headed tree of 

 moderate height, with rich green-lobed leaves. 

 The Washington Thorn is very free-fiowering 

 each year early in July, being literally 

 " smothered " with white blossoms. These are 

 one-half inch across, freely ])oiiU' in axillary and 

 ternunal corymbs, followed by tiuantities of 

 orange-scarlet fruits. For a thoni the fruits 

 are suudi, being a quarter inch in diameter, sug- 



