H2 ' BRIEF REMARKS. 



"Wellington -road Nursery, had a fine collection of new Cinerarias, 

 Containing Laily Hume Campbell, white, edged .vitli blue ; Marianne, 

 white, tipped with rosy lilac, good in form ; Dora, white with lilac 

 disk, but wanting in substance, and Prince Arthur, bright rosy purple. 

 Mr. Hoyle sent Pelargoniums ; Chieftain, a dark crimson blotch, lower 

 petals clear rosy crimson; Magnet, brilliant purple crimson, with dark 

 blotch, a fine, bold, free-flowering variety, possessing great substance. 

 Mr. Kinghorn had an Epacris, named Conspicua, a free-flowering kind, 

 in the way of grandiflora, but a considerable improvement on that 

 variety. 



Hammersmith Heartsease, May 7th. — We remarked the fol- 

 lowing in fine condition : — Almanzor (Thomson), Ophir (Widnall), 

 Polyphemus (Thomson), Commander-in-Chief (Youell), Constantine 

 and Bertha (Turner). Mrs. M. Hamilton (Nasmyth), Mr. Beck 

 (Turner), Inventa (Hooper), Duke of Norfolk (Bell), Diadem 

 (Fellowes), Dora, Mrs. Beck, and Euphemia (Turner), Constance and 

 Masterpiece (Hooper), Duke of Perth (Handasyde), Pompey and 

 Sambo (Hale), Rainbow (Hall), Queen of England (Fellowes), Elegant 

 (Thomson), Sir J. Franklin, Penelope, Premier, and Ophelia (Fel- 

 lowes), Rubens, Sir R. Peel, and Zabdii (Thomson), Ibraham Pacha 

 and Addison (Turner), Thisbe and Supreme. Class showing— for 

 white ground flowers: 1, Mr. Turner, for Almanzor. Yellow ground : 

 1, Mr. Turner, for Diadem (Fellowes). Yellow or straw (selfs) : 

 1, Mr. Lane, for Ophir. White: 1, Mr. Turner, for Swansdown. 

 Dark: 1, Mr. Bragg, for Sambo. Mulberry: 1, Mr. Treacher, for 

 a Seedling. The prize of 20.?., given by M. Brown, Esq., for the best 

 Seedling, was awarded to Mr. Turner, for ' Chieftain," a yellow 

 ground flower, with rich bronze red margin, fine eye, shape, anil sub- 

 stance. There were some other seedlings possessing considerable 

 merit; altogether I he show was much better than we had expected, 

 owing to the lateness of the season. 



To destroy the Fly which attacks the Rose-bushes. — Mr. 

 Benton states, in the Cottage Gardener, he has tried the following 

 method with success: — Try the effect of clear liquid manure on the 

 fly; and to prove that it is not too strong for the young leaves, first 

 pour some of it over nettles, or some other green weeds full in the sun, 

 and if it is too strong it will scorch them in twenty minutes in the 

 middle of a hot day ; add more pond water to it and try again, and 

 when you have it so reduced that soft leaves do not mind it, pour it 

 with all your might against the roses from a garden-syringe, or hand- 

 engine, any time in the day ; but, perhaps, the evening is the best 

 time, as the plants will be wet all night, and the bad smell will stifle 

 the creatures. I have found the plan most useful, and I have great 

 faith in it. A certain destruction will be effected by making use of 

 Sangster's Florumbra to cover the tree with, and Brown's Fumigator, 

 with a supply of tobacco, and having lighted it, puff away till the cover 

 is full of smoke. This is soon accomplished. If the plant be covered 

 with a sheet it will hold the smoke, but care will be necessary not to 

 injure the shoots and buds. — Hosa. 



