130 REMARKS ON FLOWERS. 



double primrose, caused by the article upon it in the last Number, 

 written by Isabella, and wish for some information where the nume- 

 rous sorts therein named can be procured, as in my neighbourhood 

 any are rare. A rose-coloured primrose and a pink one must be 

 great acquisitions to the garden ; your correspondent does not inform 

 us if they were raised by herself from seed. 



In a former Number of this work, I gave some account of the 

 beauty in Spring of separate, masses of the purple and white Honesty, 

 and have recently had the gratification of seeing my own plantations 

 skirting the shrubbery, rendered very cheerful, before the forest 

 trees were in leaf, by these lively flowers. I would also recommend 

 the double yellow furze for the foreground of trees in the vicinity of a 

 house, as the effect of numbers of them in the early spring is ex- 

 tremely brilliant ; they are at the present time one sheet of golden 

 blossoms : they are planted alternately with- hollies, which, so rapid 

 is their growth, they have entirely overpowered. 



In greenhouses now we seldom see the Elichrysimum or Guapha- 

 lium tribe cultivated, as they used to be before it became the plan to 

 show so many varieties of the same species, as calceolarias, &c. I 

 shall regret their becoming unattainable, having hoped that the pre- 

 sent extended intercourse with distant countries would have added to 

 those already familiar. I once raised a fine specimen of Astelina 

 Eximium from seed ; it flowered freely, and I had several seedlings 

 from it ; but they were all killed by being repotted during my ab- 

 sence, their roots being very delicate; I have not been able to replace 

 it, never seeing plants or seeds advertised. When we remember the 

 permanency of these ornaments of our winter bouquets, it is more to 

 be lamented that their cultivation is somewhat on the decline. 



An idea has occurred to me, that a case somewhat similar to those 

 called Ward's Cases might be constructed, to enable those having 

 only a greenhouse to bring forward some stove plants ; it might have 

 a glass top and sides ; hot water could furnish bottom heat, which 

 could be regulated by a flat heater, so that an amateur might attend 

 to it in a parlour, and thus succeed in bringing forward early those 

 great summer ornaments of a greenhouse, the Gloxinias, Achimenes, 

 &c. Perhaps some of your practical readers may realise this sug- 

 gestion. 



I have not observed any recent notice of the Scarlet Rhododendron ; 



