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laid on. Effect may, perhaps, to a certain extent, be given by 

 painting some of tbo glazing-bars in the fronts or sides of a 

 chocolate colour; but this is less required thnn in the windows 

 of a dwelliii^'-houso. Now and then the ribs or ruftera, or a 

 part of tliom, maybe of a distinct colour; a good Spanish 

 brown is, perhaps, as good as any, though not better than 

 bronze, and all gay colours ought to bo avoided. Although two 

 colours, a^ a very pale blue and white, may be employed for 

 the inside colouring with effect, outwardly plainness is best. 

 All kintl^ of glazed work ought never to go longer than two 

 years without being painted, the preservation of the putty 

 being as important a matter as that of the timber. I am not 

 certain, were it not for the injury the putty does, that the 

 wood wouM not last longer without paint than with it : but as 

 it is, painting is indispensable. — J. Kouson. 



PLANTS rr.OWERTNG AT ACKLAM HALL. 



MlDnLESBOROCGII-ON'-TEES. 



Ang. 2. Cainpaniihi itf^trregata 

 Oxrtlis fioribunda 

 Verbtiscum bluttaria 

 Linuni Kritiulitlorum 

 Enchari'liuia (H'Hut.Ufloram : 

 ,, 5. Liliuin aiirantium 



Onnphiilitiin lanatnm 

 Yi"l:i rmimta. Purple Queen 

 Latiiyru^ odoratus 

 Tii^etcs patula 

 „ 0. Vorouica vir^Dica 

 Lobelia speciosa 

 Cumpanula rapunculoides 

 lJrrtfhyrt)nio ibcridifolia 

 Delphinium Ajacls gcrma- 



nicHtn 

 Sedum piirpurnnin 

 Malope (?rnndifl')ra 

 Clarkia putcbclla 

 int('K'rip^*tala 

 Pyrethruin partheniom, 



double 

 Petunia ^'raudifloi'a 

 Artemisia draciinculos 

 Thymus vulgaris 

 Salvia Bclnrea 

 Satureja montana 

 Mcliasa officinalis 

 Oaloopsis versieolor 

 Antbemis nohilis 

 Lilium uiartu^ou rubrum 

 Datura stramonium 

 I^upiuu^i nlbo-coceinous 

 Tropa-olum peroffrinum 

 Gaaphaliiim margarita- 



ceum 

 Fuchsia globosa 

 Saponaria calabrica 

 Linaria bipartita splentUda 

 Sanvitalia procnmbcnet 



procumbons, double 

 Reseda udorata 

 Linaria vulgaris 

 Lupinurt hybridas atro- 



cocciiiena 

 Xemophila insignis 

 Althiea chiuenais kerme- 



»ina 

 Hyperirum piUchnun 

 ,, 10. Onjiphiiliuin germanicam 

 Tiinacctum vulgare 

 Silene nortiflora 

 Centaurea cyanus 

 „ 15. Fuukia ca-rulea 



Zauscbm^ria califomica 

 MeeouupHis cambrica 

 Catluna vulgaris 

 Erica tctralix 

 CampADula carpatica 

 gurganica 



— M.H. 



Auj;. 15. Ceatnuroaranilidissima 

 Mimnlus ciinlinalis 

 Statico limoninm 



armeria 

 Aster tripoliuiu 

 CalystcRia pubcsccns 

 Cheiranthiis ochroloucas 

 Cioranium striatum 

 Ly^imaoliin numinularia 

 Malva raoseliata alba 



zelirina 

 Meum fa-uioiilum 

 CaleniUila otlK'inalis 

 „ 19. Phrtseolus vnlk'ariH 

 multiflorus 

 Yicia alba 



sylvatica 

 Anthcmis arubica 

 Pectstemon gcntianoides 

 coccineum 

 album 

 Sangninaria ofilcinalis 

 Eriiius alpiutis 

 Lilium lonj^iitioniin 

 Dianthus caryophyllus 

 Vefbeoa veuosa 

 Aloysia citriodora 

 Butomiis utnbellatus 

 „ 23. Nymphaja alba 

 Nuphar lutea 

 .Tasminum ntBfinale 

 Sapouaria ofiicinalis 

 Salvia fiilyjons 



patens 

 Gazania splendent^ 

 Impatien9 ^'laudulosa 

 Kiaella hispaoica 

 Gilia capitals 

 tricolor 

 achilleicfolia 

 ., 27. Gnjsophila elmans 

 Campanula speculum 

 IleliantbuH anituus 

 Dianthu-i deltnided 

 Linum peretmo 

 Crurianella anomalft 

 Leycesteria formosa 

 Ceanothus a/.urons 

 t'hrysocoma lyiiosyris 

 Athanasia annua 

 Yucca gla«ee:-ieens 

 filamf'ntosa 

 „ 3©. Alehemilla conjnncta 

 Alstrnmeria aurea 

 Calyste^a sepium 

 Cbclone barbata 

 Sempervivnm tectomm 

 Tradescantia virpinica 

 Epimediuii) nibrum 

 T.ilinm longilloroin 



SO that their roots may please thcmGelTes, yet tliere is a iear 

 about their goiog off suddenly, and I, like others, am on the 

 look out for a substitute. Ga/.anias I do not like as bedding 

 plants. Tauetes pumila with mo this year is remarkably good, 

 last year it was the same. I think well of it as a yellow 

 bedding plant, especially for ribbon-borders. I am thinking 

 of tryiug some of the yellow-edged I'elargoniams in place of 

 Calceolarias, but have not yet made up my mind. 



I think I have this year an acquisition as a yellow edging or 

 bedding plant, in the double Sanvitalia procumbens, a plant of 

 compact dwarf habit. With me it is now flowering very pro- 

 fusely. It may be kept very compact, it is of neat dwarf habit, 

 very double, of a bright yellowish-orange, and well worth a 

 trial. — JI. Hebblethwaite, Jcklam Hall, 3Iiddlc$borough-on- 



LILroM LONGIFLORUM— YELLOW BEPDERS. 



Fon the information of •' H. Foy," page 12.5, of this -lournal, 

 so far north as North Yorkshire, I have had Tjilium longiflornm 

 planted out without protection of any kind during the last six 

 years. Within a few yards of where I write stands a fine 

 cluster of this Lily in full bloom. I think from this circum- 

 stance I may aflirra that it is quite hardy, and a fine border 

 plant it ia. The lancifolium race, grown in pots for plunging 

 in a bed with Vallota purpurea, constitute objects by no means 

 despicable. 



Something is said, too, at page 113, abont the failure of 

 yellow Calceolarias this season. Mine have grown here re- 

 markably well. I attribute their success to deep cultivation. 



PE.VIIS ON QUINCE STOCK CR.\.CKIXG. ; 



I UAvi; a pyramid Beurrij Diel Pear on a Quince stock that 

 has been planted ten years, and twice removed. It bears well, 

 but the fruit cracks, and most of it is worthless. Would cut- 

 ting the tree in with the view of causing it to make new bearing 

 wood prevent the evil, or is it incurable ? Would it answer to 

 rework the tree with another kind'.' I mulch round it for 

 2 feet during the summer months, and I am anxious to retain 

 the sort. The fruit cracks in dry as well as wet seasons. Pears 

 on the Pear do not crack on my soil, which is rich, and 2 feet 

 deep, on a dry subsoil. — .\n Old Subscriber, I'ppingham, 



[The subject of the stocks most suitable for Pears and other 

 fruits for different varieties, soils, and climates deserves far 

 more practical eiiamination than it has received hitherto. 

 Near Winchester, at an elevation of 200 feet, in a light loam 

 2 feet deep, resting on a chalk subsoil, the fruit of the Easter 

 Beurre cracked when the stock was a Quince, but it did not 

 crack when worked on the Pear stock. Having brought our 

 correspondent's case to the notice of Mr. Pearson, he observes 

 that at Chilwell, near Nottingham, the Beurre Diel cracks, 

 though worked on the Pear stock, as do many others for which 

 the climate there is too cold, and be thinks that the same 

 causes the Beurre Diel to crack at Uppingham. 



We shall be obliged by other correspondents telling ns the 

 results of their experience on this subject.] 



HEATING TWO IIOITSES FROM ONE BOILER. 



I .VM about putting a flow and return pipe from a boiler that 

 heats a stove, into a new greenhouse (a cool honsej. Now, I 

 purpose having a valve iu the flow-pipe to ou.able me to put on 

 the heat to the new house at such times as may be necessary, 

 as I only require to keep out frost in the new house, while in 

 the stove it is nearly always required. Will you inform me if 

 two valves are necessary ? Must I have one in the return-pipe, 

 or will one valve in the flow be suflSoient? — IoxoR.vMfs. 



[ If the circulation in the stove-house is complete, indepen- 

 dently of the new house, and if the pipes in both houses are on 

 the same level, it is of little importance having a valve in the 

 return-pipe of the cool-house; but if there is a diilerenco in 

 the level, it will be as well to have a valve. As the expense is 

 not great, it might suit yon best to have one, but in general 

 cases we trouble ourselves little with returns. The water in 

 the lower pipe will remain nearly still if there bo no circulation 

 in the upper one.] 



CVLCEOLARIA FAILUllES. 



Sekin'g that the subject of Calceolaria failures is being 

 agitated in the Journal, I have been tempted to send a small 

 contribution respecting it. 



During the spring of 1866 my Calceolarias (Aurea fioribunda), 

 were very much diseased, so much so that I could not supply 

 my orders from them. Well, I picked out some of the best of 

 them for stock, planted them out, and after midsummer cut 

 off all their flowers, and let no more flowers open. 



Directly after Michaelmas 1 took the cuttings off — stiff, strong, 

 and healthy, and put them in, about a dozen in a five-inch pot, 

 in a cold frame. They struck well. I wintered them in a late 

 vinery, potted them on in February, still keeping them in the 

 vinery and close to the glass till established, when they were 

 turned out of doors about the beginning of April under canvas. 

 I think I may say Calceolarias have never done better ; in fact, 



