362 Notes and Glea7iings. 



Lord Kenyoit's Favorite. — Length twelve to eighteen inches. A fine sort 

 for winter forcing. 



JManchester Prize. — This, hke the Nepal, is one of the largest of the Eng- 

 lish greenhouse-prize varieties. It sometimes measures two feet in length, and 

 weighs twelve pounds. In favorable seasons, it will attain a large size in open 

 culture, and sometimes perfect its seed. 



Long Greeit Prickly. — This is a large-sized variety, and somewhat later than 

 the White-spined. The plant is a strong grower, and the foliage of a deep- 

 green color ; the fruit is about seven inches in length, straight, and generally 

 angular ; skin dark green, changing to yellow as the fruit approaches maturity ; 

 when fully ripe, it is reddish-brown, and is often reticulated about the inser- 

 tion of the stem ; prickles black ; flesh white, somewhat seedy, but crisp, tender, 

 and well flavored. The Long Green Prickly is hardy and productive ; makes a 

 good pickle if plucked while youiig ; and is well deserving of cultivation. It 

 differs from the London Long Green and the Long Green Turkey in its form., 

 which is much thicker in proportion to its length ; and also in the character of 

 its flesh, which is more pulpy and seedy. 



Datura arborea. — A bed of tree daturas well repays the trouble of culti- 

 vation. They require to be planted out in May ; and during summer should 

 have their leaves syringed constantly, and plenty of water and liquid manure 

 given them two or three times a week. On large plants, hundreds of flowers 

 open at once. The single ones yield two displays of flowers yearly ; but the 

 double, with fewer flowers at a time, are in constant bloom during the summer. 

 The plants, when taken up and housed for the winter, are got up with as much 

 earth as possible, placed on a narrow border behind the stage of the greenhouse, 

 and their roots covered with leaf-mould, both leaves and roots being kept well 

 moistened. They lose part of their leaves, and die back a little, but easily 

 recover in spring. 



The perfume of the flowers is very powerful, and causes giddiness and head- 

 ache if in a confined room. We have known persons to be seriously affected 

 from only smelling the blossoms. The fragrance is pleasant, although overpow- 

 ering: it probably partakes somewhat of the poisonous properties of the family. 

 However, there is no real danger ; and the plants are ornamental enough to be 

 extensively grown. They are also known as Brugmansias. 



We e.xtract the following from the Report of the Garden Committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, written by H. W. Fuller ; and commend it 

 to the attention of all our readers: — 



" Economy and comfort often go together. The true principles of art can 

 sometimes produce striking effects at half the e.xpense bestowed by ignorance. 

 We often see men planting hundreds of trees to destroy the breadth and beauty 

 of a landscape, where a few clusters would have accomplished vastly more 

 effect. 



" It is one of the advantages conferred by this society, that, by diff"using 



