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I should be glad if some connoisseur of this lovely tribe of flowers 

 would give me his opinion of the best properties of a flower — what 

 would generally be approved of as a model to aim at, and decide by. 



Glenny, on the properties of the Calceolaria, states: "The individual 

 flower depends entirely on the form of the purse (pouch of some per- 

 sons) ; it should be a perfect round hollow ball ; the orifice or calyx 

 cannot be too small, nor the flower too large." By this I am informed 

 I am to understand that the flower is to be a perfect globe. I am 

 aware some of the very old kinds, as the annual C. pinnata, and one or 

 two of the old bedding varieties, which have flowers about the size of a 

 pea, have globe-shaped flowers ; but of the general class of show Cal- 

 ceolarias, I never saw or heard of one being a globe shaped. I think, 

 too, ihat the perfect globe would not be so handsome as the flower that 

 has a perfect circular outline of face, and the front about half oi half- 

 a globe shape, in which form its markings is much better seen than it 

 could be if a flower was a globe. Such a standard as I suggest I re- 

 spectfully submit as a standard. — An Old Grower of Calceolarias. 



On Tussilago fragrans (Heliotrope-scented) — I do not know 

 any border plant that is a greater favourite with the ladies than this 

 beautiful Heliotrope-scented flower, either growing in pots, or as a cut 

 flower ; and to insure a regular or ample supply of flowering plants, it 

 is only requisite to prepare a steep bank facing the south, and sloping 

 to an angle of about 45\ About the middle of June fill it with plants 

 six inches apart, and cover the surface of the bank with at least six 

 inches of ordinary garden-mould. No further attention is necessary 

 till the end of October, when it will be observed that almost every 

 flower has formed a bold-swelling flower-bud, from which a sufficient 

 supply either for the greenhouse or the market may be potted off. By 

 keeping part in a cold frame, a succession may be retarded, and thus a 

 supply obtained till the end of March, when the season will furnish an 

 ample stock of other flowering plants to take its place. The plantation 

 made in June will continue to furnish plenty of flowering plants the 

 second year after planting, but should be afterwards renewed, as the 

 flowering plants become weaker and far fewer in number after the soil 

 is exhausted by bearing a succession of the same sort of crop. A few 

 leaves thrown over the bank will protect many of the flowers in ordi- 

 nary winters, and retard their flowering till the beginning of spring. 



On Yeast as a Manure. — Having seen the most surprising effects 

 from refuse barm or yeast, diluted with water, and distributed over 

 grass lands, I am induced to call the attention of some of your cor- 

 respondents more particularly to its use, where it can be readily 

 obtained, as it seems to be the most powerful manure we have for new 

 grass lands, applied early in the spring; and for plants generally re- 

 quiring a rich compost it is highly beneficial, given in a very diluted 

 state. Composts for Roses, Geraniums, Dahlias, &c, are greatly 

 improved by the addition of a small quantity of putrid yeast in a fluid 

 state. It acts as a powerful exciter to the whole mass of vegetable 

 matter; the results arising from the fermentation and decomposition of 

 which, and their effects in stimulating vegetation, are well known. — 

 ( 'A i \eus. 



