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insure their condemnation ere long by the " Surveying Com- 

 mittee." 



The bearing sports like the one I have endeavoured to de- 

 scribe have on the interesting question of the influence of the 

 stock on the scion, of the tendency to revert to the original 

 type either in a time of very vigorous growth or when vitality 

 is low, I need not refer to. — Joirs S. Bartrum. 



[The specimens sent by Mr. Bartrum faliy sustain his state- 

 ments. We cannot add more to the following note which we 

 published a year or two since. Cytisus Adami was originally 

 produced upwards of forty years ago in budding Cytisus pur- 

 pureus on the common Laburnum. In this process it is sup- 

 posed that a cell of the one species beoame divided and united 

 to a cell of the other, and the result has been a plant producing 

 not only flowers of each species separately, but others partaking 

 of the characters of both. There are other instances in the vege- 

 table kingdom in which a similar union of cells is believed to 

 have taken place, but Cytisus Adami is the best known and 

 best established. Mr. Fish has added the following interesting 

 notes on the subject : — "The changes produced on the Labur- 

 num when grafted are Bometime3 wonderful and wholly unac- 

 countable. We have rarely seen the common or Scotch Labur- 

 num sport into other varieties. We recollect of only one 

 instance in which flowers of purpurascens appeared. But if 

 you graft either of tho Laburnums with Cytisus purpureus or 

 Cytisus supinus, the vagaries which sometimes take place are 

 astonishing. I can see any day a small standard of Cytisus 

 alpinus which was grafted with Cytisus purpureus, and on the 

 same branch will sometimes be found Bmall pieces of yellow 

 and purple, and at the very point strong shoots of the Cytisus 

 alpinus, the 'blood' of the stock finding its way through the 

 more weakly growth of the scion. What is remarkable is, that 

 grafting or budding with one variety will frequently, as the 

 plant grows, present you with three or four varieties, or what 

 are called ' species.' " — Eds.] 



CATTELLS ECLIPSE BROCCOLI— VEITCH'S 

 ASHLEAF POTATO. 



I wish to direct the attention of your readers to one of the 

 best of the Broccolis in cultivation — it is Cattell's Eclipse. It 

 is close, compact, firm, and produces a good head; but I 

 recommend it strongly because it is so late. I had it in use 

 up to June 1st, which, considering the dryness of the season, 

 is very good. This was grown side by side with several other 

 sorts, and it began to come in just as the other kinds were over. 

 I would recommend all who have not tried it to sow a little at 

 once, and I am sure they will be glad of it next May and June. 

 It can be, and has been, cut later than I have stated. It was 

 shown at the International Horticultural Exhibition. 



Another very useful vegetable is Veitch's Improved Early 

 Ashleaf Kidney Potato. I can now (June Gtb) finger out some 

 lit to use. The tubers were not forwarded in any way, but 

 planted in the usnal mode. — J. B. P., TiOmnUm Lodge, God- 

 Hone, Surrey. 



CUTTING ASPARAGUS— EARLY FRAME 

 POTATO. 



In answer to " R. F.'s " request in page 342 for the experience 

 and opinions of others on this subject, which well deserves 

 the attention of Asparagus-growers, I have adopted " R. F.'s " 

 plan for some years. I cut all the shoots, large and small, and 

 thus I believe we have many heads of Asparagus that would 

 otherwise remain dormant. I begin to allow a few of the 

 middle size to run up after I have been cutting six or seven 

 weeks. The largest are too tempting to leave, as the Asparagus 

 here is small in general, consequent, I think, on the cold nights. 



I have another request of " L. F." to answer about some 

 Early Frame Potatoes that he had lost, and of which he could 

 not remember the name. I have a few of the old sorts true, 

 and I think I have that which he mean?. I believe it has a 

 pinkish haulm when forced early, and a small, round tuber. 

 The name nnder which I have it is Martin's Early Frame. If 

 I am right I shall be pleased to give " R. F." a few, and I hope 

 to be able to meet him at Oxford next month, when he can see 

 them. — T. Eixoiir, llhug Gardens, N. il'alcs. 



Changing Colour or Primroses. — I have aboat half a dozen 

 differing in colour from yellow to a very dark purple. This 

 change was caused by being yearly transplanted into richer 



soil. They firBt came an orange colour, then a light red, and 

 eventually purple. The colours of flowers may be changed by 

 certain additions to the soil in which they grow. Powdered 

 charcoal deepens and intensifies the flowers of the Dahlia, Rose, 

 Petunia, &c. ; carbonate of soda reddens Hyacinths ; and super- 

 phosphate of soda alters in various ways the hue and bloom 

 of other plants. — W. F. Haigh. — [English Mechanic and Mir- 

 ror of Science.) 



CRYSTAL PALACE SHOW. 

 June 11th. 



Thts was the second and last show of the season fit the Crystal 

 Palace, and. as compared with its predecessor, there was a considerable 

 falling-off in the number of large specimen plants exhibited, and 

 which, withont the assistance of others belonging to the Crystal Palace 

 Company, would not have sufficed to fill the staging. There was not 

 the same long array of stove and greenhouse plants in tlower that 

 there was at the previous show, whilo those remarkable for their 

 foliage were only to he found in the mixed collections. Such plants 

 can ill be spared in a large building like the Crystal Palace, where 

 that which is small looks smaller than it really is. Although there 

 was a falling-off in this direction, the addition of classes for variegated 

 Pelargoniums brought a numerous entry, and the competition in 

 dinner-table decorations was spirited, and excited great interest. Al- 

 though this feature will be reported on by a coadjutor who has given 

 especial attention to thesnbject.it may be remarked that among the 

 arrangements there was more originality than iu exhibitions of a 

 similar kind of late years, and, on the whole, better taste. There were 

 more departures from the stereotyped March stand, which, however 

 elegant, one gets tired of always seeing ; there was a more plentiful 

 introduction of grasses and flower sprays, tending to give an airy 

 character ; but there was also in too many instances a tendency to 

 overload with flowers, and to give a flatness of surface, neither of 

 which is pleasing. 



Among the stove and greenhouse collections there were many speci- 

 mens which had appeared at Kensington on the previous Wednesday, 

 snch as Mr. Barnes's magnificent Ixora coccinea, Dracophyllum 

 gracile, and others. The same exhibitor had also a largo plant of 

 Dipladenia amabilis, covered with flowers, large and beautifully fresh 

 and bright ; a splendid plant of Ixora javanica ; and a very large 

 Azalea Gledstanesi formosa, quite a mass of bloom. Mr. "Williams, 

 of Holloway, sent Anthurium Scherzeriannm, with about two dozen 

 spathes, a large Phcenoconia prolifera, but not in full flower, and a 

 fine Erica depressa, together with other good specimens. Mr. Peed 

 had a tine Allamanda grandiflora ; Mr. Ward, Statice profusa, very 

 well bloomed ; and there were good specimens of Aphelexes, Heaths, 

 Genetyllis tnlipifera, Dracophyllum gracile, Stephauotis floribunda, 

 and Clerodendron Balfonrianum. The prizetakers iu tho nursery- 

 men's class for ten were Mr. Williams, and Messrs. Jackson & Son ; 

 in the amateurs' class for the same number, Mr. Baiues ; Mr. Peed, 

 gardener to Mrs. Tredwell, Lower Norwood; and Mr. A. Wright, 

 gardener to C. H. Compton Roberts, Esq., Regent's Park. For six, 

 the prizes went to Messrs. AVard, Carr, Wilkie, and A. Wright. 



In mixed collections of flowering and fine-foliaged plants, Mr. 

 BaineB again exhibited his large Alocasia lnetallica aud Gleichenia 

 Bpeluncje ; Mr. Carr, gardener to P. L. Hinds, Esq., who was second, 

 had a very good specimen of the former plant, and Cocos plumosa 

 some 10 feet high; and Mr. Young, gardener to W. H. Stone, Esq., 

 M.P., Leigh Park, Havant, sent Sanchezia nobilis variegata, but 

 some of the leaves appeared to have suffered from drought on the 

 jonmey, though the specimen was good. Equal third prizes were 

 given to Mr. Young and Mr. Wright. 



For a group of stove and greenhouse plants arranged for effect. Mr. 

 Peed was first with one consisting of large Crotons, Palms, Heaths, 

 PimeleaB, &c, with Maidenhair Ferns and Cockscombs in front. Mr. 

 J. Wheeler was second, and Mr. Reid, gardener to Mrs. Hunt, 

 Sydenham Hill, waB third. 



Heaths were arranged along one side of the transept, and in several 

 of the collections were excellent, especially in those from Messrs. 

 Jackson & Son, Mr. Morse, and Mr. Ward. Of tricolor elegana, 

 Paxtoni, Fairrieana, obbata, tricolor Wilsoni and coronata Barnesii, 

 ventricosa gTandiflora, and veutricosa mngniiica, the specimens were 

 largo and in beautiful condition. The prizetakers were — for eight, Mr. 

 Morse, Epsom, and Messrs. Jackson & Son equal first, among nursery- 

 men ; and Mr. Ward, Mr. J. Wheeler, and Mr. Peed, among amateurs. 

 In the open class for six, Mr. Ward, Messrs. Jackson & Son, and Mr. 

 Carr took the prizes. 



Azaleas filled the opposite side of the transept, and with some 

 exceptions were much the same os those noticed last week. Mr. 

 Carson was first for eight, Mr. Wdkie second, Mr. Woodward, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Torr, third; for six (nurserymen), Mr. Williams, the 

 only exhibitor, had a first prizj ; for six (amateurs), Mr. "Woodward, 

 Mr. Peed, and Mr. J. Wheeler took the prizes. 



Of Orchids, there was a good and rather large display. Mr. Wil- 

 liams was at the head of the nurserymen's class for ten, with several 

 of those he had exhibited on the previous Wednesday, Ai rides Lar- 

 penta;, Saccolabium gnttatum superoum, with three fine racemes, and 

 a fine specimen of the vellow and orange Dendrobinm densitlorum. 

 Messrs. Maule & Son, Bristol, took the second position with a col- 



