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liar apple-like smell of the fruit ; but this is by no means disagreeable, 

 and easily prevented, if, for a few days previous to the killing of the 

 animal, the food is changed. The tree produces its principal harvest 

 during the dry season, when all the herbaceous vegetation is burned 

 up ; and on that account its cultivation in tropical countries is espe- 

 cially to be recommended : a few acres of it would effectually prevent 

 that want of fodder which is always most severely felt after the periodi- 

 cal rains have ceased. — Hooker's Journal of Botany. 



Hollyhocks. — Now is the best time to plant these noble flowering 

 ornaments, in order to bloom satisfactory the next season. A selection 

 ought to be grown in every garden. The improvement in form and 

 size within the last few years has been great. The properties of thick 

 petals, with even (not notched) edges is now considered essential to a 

 good flower. The centre florets should be compact, rise and extend so 

 as to form half a globe, and the outer petals to form a complete circle, 

 and not to extend more than half an inch beyond the rising centre. 

 The following varieties are considered the best : — Model of Perfection, 

 chocolate and white ; Queen, blush ; Coccinea, rich red ; Enchantress, 

 deep pink ; Pulchella, light rose ; Rosea grandiflora, rosy-pink ; 

 Mr. Charles Baron, pink and salmon ; Obscura, mottled grey and 

 purple ; Fireball, light red ; Magnum Bonum, dark maroon ; 

 Aurantia, orange and red ; Bicolor, purple and white ; Purpurea 

 Elegans, rich purple ; Sulphurea Perfecta, pure ; Comet, ruby red ; 

 Attraction, veined chocolate and white ; Delicata, French white ; and 

 Walden Gem, a rosy ruby-red. 



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Review. — A Treatise on the Cultivation of the Chrysanthemum. By 

 William Ivory, Gardener to the Rev. George Chetwode, Chilton 

 House, Thame, Oxon. 



Within the last four years there has been a surprising improvement in 

 the culture of this charming tribe of flowers. The blossoms are pro- 

 duced now nearly double the size of what we had previously seen. In 

 confirmation of the vast improvement, those of our readers who have 

 attended the exhibitions at Stoke Newington and Highgate, near 

 London, have had ample evidence in the splendid specimens shown. 

 The author of the treatise we now notice is an 'equally successful culti- 

 vator : on plants about two feet high he has as many as a dozen flowers ; 

 and of the larger-growing class some of the blossoms are nearly a span 

 across. And of the compact growing varieties they are like the best 

 double Dahlia blossoms, both for size and perfection. Mr. Ivory's 

 success has been so remarkable, that he has been induced to publish Ids 

 mode of treatment in a neat pamphlet. The following extracts will 

 give our readers some idea of its excellence; and we beg to assure 

 them that every lover of tins tribe of flowers will be amply recompensed 

 by a perusal of the work. Mr. Ivory merits that encouragement, and 

 we trust he will receive it. Speaking of " blindness," he says : — 



" It is of the utmost importance to have the cuttings of a moderate 

 growth and size, not the coarse flabby-leaved ones, similar to those pro- 



