180 BRIEF REMARKS. 



flowers for these last five years. — Joseph Nickson, Gardener to 

 Viscount Middleton, Godalming. 



Ceanothuses. — Among the many recent introductions of hardy 

 plants into our gardens, there are none perhaps more effective or better 

 adapted for covering walls than the Ceanothuses. We have here 

 (Osborne) fine specimens of the following, which were planted on a 

 south wall in the spring of 1848, and withstood the severity of the 

 winter of 1849 without protection uninjured ; viz., C. dentatus, C. 

 papillosus, C. rigidus, C. cuneatus, and C. sp. California. I beg to 

 offer a few remarks on the mode of culture as practised here. 1st. 

 C. dentatus : I consider this to be the most beautiful of them all ; the 

 extreme neatness of its foliage, the beauty and profusion of its flowers, 

 cannot fail to render it an object of universal admiration. Our plant, 

 which is six feet nine inches in height, is now coming into bloom ; it is 

 trained on the horizontal system ; the extent of its branches at the 

 bottom is nine feet six inches, gradually decreasing to the point of the 

 main stem. After it has done flowering, we shorten back the secondary 

 branches to within an inch or so of the main laterals ; this we repeat 

 two or three times in the course of the season, according to the growth 

 they make. It may be well to mention that the last pruning must not 

 be performed too late, as on these branches we depend for the principal 

 supply of flowers in the following season. This plant matured seeds 

 last season, which were sown early this spring, and the plants are now 

 coniinn - through the soil. 2nd. C. papillosus: I consider this next in 

 superiority ; it will endure similar treatment to the former, but it is 

 more vigorous in its growth — a great acquisition in a wall plant. Our 

 specimen, which is just coming into bloom, is nine feet in height and 

 ten feet in extent of branches at the bottom, gradually diminishing to 

 the summit. Seeds of this also ripened last year, and are in the same 

 stage as those just mentioned. 3rd. C. sp. from California : This is 

 more vigorous in its growth than papillosus ; it produces laterals freely, 

 but not secondary branches. Our plant, which is thirteen feet in 

 height and eleven feet in extent of branches at the bottom, has not 

 flowered with us yet. 4th. C. rigidus : This is a charming species. Our 

 plant, which is six feet nine inches in height, and in extent of branches 

 eight feet six inches, has been a dense mass of bloom, the beauty of 

 which is now past. It does not produce laterals so freely as the other 

 species, nor does it show any disposition to produce seeds, though it has 

 flowered two seasons. 5th. C. cuneatus : This has not flowered with 

 us at present, consequently we cannot say much respecting it, but its 

 appearance is very promising. This plant is seven feet in height and 

 eight feet in extent of branches at the bottom. In its growth it is 

 similar to rigidus and sp. from California. — C. Winchester, Osborne 

 Gardens. 



Remarks on Diagrams of Carnations, &c. — In reply to the 

 remarks of " Fairplay," which appeared in your April Number, I have 

 to request the insertion of the following in your publication : — 



I should not have troubled you or your readers with any explanation 

 had your correspondent refrained from charging me with telling an 



