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soil is added until the pot is filled to within two inches of the top, 
which space is afterwards filled up with moss pressed down firmly with 
the hand; the stems thus buried in the soil soon emit a profusion of 
roots that are never brought into action when the tubers are planted 
near the surface. I have had pots of A. longiflora, measuring two 
feet and a-half high, and as much through, covered with bloom from 
the beginning of May to the end of September, and many of the flowers 
measured three inches in diameter. W. S.—( Gardeners’ Chronicle.) 
Cyrisus CANARIENSIS.—This beautiful and free flowering shrub is 
exceedingly well adapted for conservatory display during the spring 
months, inasmuch as it presents an admirable contrast to the delicate 
colours of the Chinese Azaleas, and the more gorgeous masses of 
Indian and hybrid Rhododendrons, which ought to abound in all such 
structures in the earlier part of the season. It is also an excellent sub- 
ject for bouquets, the bright yellow colour of its spikes yielding 
sprightliness and variety when used in conjunction with Camellias, 
Roses, Primulas, Cinerarias, and such like; whilst Violets, Sweet 
Briar, Balm of Gilead, and sprigs of Myrtle, furnish the requisite 
sweetness. It is grown here in bottomless pots, plunged to the rim in 
the conservatory bed. By this means it is kept within moderate 
bounds, and flowers more freely when grown in the open soil. This 
system also insures a positive degree of health which large pot-bound 
specimens seldom present for any lengthened period; the plants are 
moreover readily removed when re-arrangement is required, and this, 
when occasionally repeated, gives an air of freshness to the whole 
house, for one tires of seeing the same plant continually under the 
same circumstances and associations. There is a large plant growing 
here in an inverted Seakale pot, and plunged to the rim in the con- 
servatory border, which measures twelve feet in beight and seven feet 
through, and is at this moment, and has been for these last two months, 
profusely covered with its spikes of brilliant yellow blossoms; and 
there are many other plants of not more than from two to three feet in 
height, which blend their flowers with those of Cinerarias, Hyacinths, 
and such like, down to the floor of the house. It is rather subject to 
the attacks of red spider, and requires in consequence a somewhat free 
use of the syringe when out of flower, and an occasional drenching 
with soap-suds, which here are a never failing remedy against the 
attacks of those troublesome insects ; care is, however, taken to ascer- 
tain that this material is not too dirty or overcharged with potash or 
other deleterious ingredient, or the plants would have a dirty appear- 
ance for some considerable time. James Duncan, Basing Park.— 
( Gardeners’ Chronicle.) 
[ We have seen several fine plants growing in Surrey in the open air, 
trained against a south-east aspected part of a house, and it is one of 
the finest ornamenis we ever saw for such a purpose. It continues to 
bloom for a long period, commencing early in May. ] 
CoTONEASTER MICROPHYLLA.—This is a fine shrubby plant for 
forming an edging round a bed of large-growing flowers, as Holly- 
hocks, Dahlias, Michaelmas Asters, Roses, &c. It grows very freely, 
