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that all the pips may have room to show themselves, without lapping over 

 each other, and form a. close compact truss, of not less than seven in number, 

 and all alike as to colour and property ; the calyx should not be so long as to 

 show itself at a front view of the pip. - 3. The foliage should be healthy, and 

 almost cover the pot. 



The Pip. — 1. Should be larp-e, quite round, and perfectly smooth at the 

 edges, without notch or serrature, and lay perfectly flat. — 2. The tube should 

 not exceed one-third the diameter of the pip; it should be of a fine yellow, 

 perfectly round, and well filled with the anthers. — 3. The eye should be per- 

 fectly round, of a bright, clear, rich yellow, forming a complete circle, and 

 not less than twice the width of the tube all round it ; tht petals should not 

 cut into the eye. — 4. The ground colour should be whole, of a bright, rich, 

 dark crimson, and not paler at the edges of the petals; the ground colour 

 should uot be more than the width of the eye all round the tube, and regular 

 on every side of the eye. — 5. The edging should be a fine lemon-yellow, not 

 more than one-third the width of the tube, and regular on every side of the 

 ground colour, and go through the division of each limb down to the eye. * 



On the Size of Pink and Carnation Flowers. — As so much has been 

 said in your late Numbers of the Floricultural Cabinet, respecting the dimen- 

 sions of Pinks aud Carnations, allow me to say, in support of " Innovator's" 

 statement, that last season I flowered the Duchess of York Pink four inches, 

 and Hogg's Penelope Purple Picotee five inches, in diameter. I trust that, 

 after these repeated assurances, " B. M.'s" doubts will be removed, as I have 

 no hesitation in attributing his failure of flowering them to a large size, to 

 the imperfection of soil. 



William Vouell, Nurseryman and Florist 



Great Yarmouth, March 4th, 1834. 



On Ferns. — I have perused with great pleasure the excellent remarks on 

 r.ritish Ferns, made by " M." in her three papers on the subject. On carefully 

 investigating No. III., at page 83, Vol. II., I perceive that she says that the 

 Itlechnum boreale is found about moist shady hedge-bottoms iu Nottingham- 

 shire and Derbyshire. So far, I have no doubt, may be correct; but I can 

 unhesitatingly assert — and confidently assure your correspondent " M." and 

 your numerous readers — that 1 have found it in great plenty in both Stafford- 

 shire aud Cheshire, and on barren rocks, with but little soil to grow in, par- 

 ticularly on a celebrated mountain called Moule Cope, but by the surrounding 

 inhabitants Mow and Mow Cop. I shall make a few observations on the 

 classification of Ferns in a future Number. F. F. Ashford. 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 



1. Salpiglossis linearis, Linear-leaved Salpiglossis. Synonym, Nierembergia 

 intermedia. Class, Didynamia; order, Angiosperrnia. Natural order, So- 

 lan' of this plant, which is exceedingly pretty, and well deserving 

 of cultivation, were received by Mr. Neili., from Mr. Tweedie, at Buenos 

 n 1632; and the first specimen brought into flower iu the stove at 

 loomilb, in the end of September. It will continue in bloom from April 

 to November. It strikes very readily by cuttings, and will probably thrive 

 well in a dry, light greenhouse. The habit of this plant is wholly that of 

 , the flower, in shape and structure, precisely that of Salpiglossis 

 a of fiooxi ic, Nierembergia pboenicea of Don. 

 Spirea gnmdiflora. Icosandna, Peutagyuia. Roseacese. This most 

 itiral hardy shrub is a native of Kamtschatka! It was raised by Messrs. 

 1 ' DDIOI . from ..ils stnt by Mr. Bl B< n, in \W>i\. It bears a resemblance 

 to Spirea lalicifolio, but is ;i much finer plant, and the flowers are more than 

 doable the lize, and of :i line rose colour. It is a valuable acquisition to the 

 shrubbery, it flourishes in tin- open ground, iii light loamy soil, and flowers 

 in July and August. May be increased by layers or cuttings. 



:i. Ipomta rubro eamUa, Reddish-blue Ipomea, PeuUndria, Monopynia. 

 ' onrohulat. e> Bwdf ol ihi- ipltmdid plant were collected by Mr. Sa.mu i 



