126 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
in acres is as follows :—Orchards, 154,584; market gardens, 38,957; nursery 
grounds, 12,042; woods and coppices, 2,187,078. The counties in England whose 
acreage in orchards exceeds 20,000 acres are Devonshire, Herefordshire, and 
Somersetshire ; those whose acreage is over 10,000 are Gloucester, Kent, and 
Worcester. The acreage for market gardens is largest in Middlesex, viz., 5221 
acres. Essex comes next, with 4110 ; then Kent, 4028. 
A Dovuste Eracris, exhibited at South Kensington on March 1, by Mr. William 
Bull, may be considered the most striking novelty that has been brought before the 
Society for some time past. It is a variety of Hpacris Onosmefiora, and the 
flowers are perfectly double, exceedingly neat, and pure white. 3 
Witioor, a form of the common chicory, which has long been held in high 
repute by the Belgians and Dutch as a salad, has recently been introduced to 
English gardens. Samples grown at Chiswick from seed presented by Messrs. J. 
Carter & Co., were exhibited at a recent meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
when the fruit committee were unanimous in awarding it a first-class certificate. 
The roots are much larger than those of the ordinary chicory, and the leaves are 
very thick and fleshy and delicately flavoured. It quite supersedes the common 
chicory of the gardens as a salad, and we would strongly recommend, its being 
grown in preference to it. 
APRIL EXHIBITIONS. 
5.—Royat Horricutturat Socrery.—Fruit and Floral Commitiees, 11 a.m.; 
Scientific Committee, 1 p.m.; General Meeting, 3 p.m. 
5.—Royat CazEeponian HorticutturaL Socirety.—LExrhibition of Spring 
Flowers. 
12.—Royat Aguarium, WestMinstER.—Exhibition of Forced and Spring 
Flowers. 
19.—Royat Horticutturat Soctety.—L£ hibition of Spring Flowers. Fruit 
and Floral Committees, 11 a.m.; Scientific Committee, 1 p.m. ; General Meeting, 
3 p.m, 
Ce aries Botanicat Society.—LExrhibition of Auriculas and Spring 
Flowers in the Town Hall. 
26.—Royat Botanic Soctery.—Second Spring Show. 
27.—Royat Horticutrurat Society or IneLtanp.—LEvhibition of Spring 
Flowers. 
30.—Brussets InrernationaL HorricutturaL Exursition.—Opening Day. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Evcatyrtus crosutcs.—NV. B. F., Thornton Heath.—“ Special attention” is 
not, so far as we are aware, paid to the cultivation of the Eucalyptus by any of the 
English nurserymen; but plants may be obtained at the principal metropolitan 
nurseries. Seed may also be procured at the chief seed houses, Messrs. J. Carter 
and Co.’s, for example. 
B. Tracey.—Grape Vines cannot be successfully cultivated in a plant stove, 
because of the impossibility of affording them, during the autumn and winter, the 
rest so essential to their well-being. The vines from the time of ripening their 
crop in the autumn, until started into growth again, should be kept quite cool; but 
in your case, it will be necessary for the sake of the plants to maintain a com- 
paratively high temperature throughout the year. We would recommend you to 
train a Stephanotis, or some other good stove climber, over the roof in preference to 
the grape vines; but if you determine to have the latter, the Muscat of Alexandria 
may be mentioned as one of the finest grapes for a house in which a high tempera- 
ture is maintained. If the vines could be planted in an outside border, so that the 
canes could be taken outside the house after the fruit has been gathered, and allowed 
to remain outside until a month or so after Christmas, fairly good crops may, with 
skilful management, be obtained. The canes, when outside, must be enveloped in 
