56 Notes and Gleanings. 



flower is a deep fiery red, partially dotted with black. The petaloid filaments 

 have a stain of crimson, and are paler at the edge, and slightly dotted. 



This lily is quite different in structure from the double-flowered L. tigrinum 

 exhibited last summer, in which the perianth segments were duplicated so as to 

 form several overlying layers, all of the same shape and color. 



T. IV., in Gardener's Chronicle. 



Sandall's Plum. — This is a beautiful black plum, which comes into use 

 after damsons are past, and fully twice their size. It forms trees from twenty 

 to forty feet high, with spreading heads, every twig as thickly set with fruit as 

 the berries on a bunch of grapes. It is very hardy, and one of the very latest, 

 supplying plums for cooking, etc., when wanted, until November. The fruit is 

 of medium size, roundish, of a beautiful jet-black color, with a thick bloom ; 

 flesh reddish, clinging slightly to the stone, moderately juicy, with a smack of 

 the sloe flavor. This little-known plum was raised sixty or seventy years since 

 by the late Mr. Sandall, a market gardener, at Fulham. It is said to be a sure 

 bearer, surpassed by Prince of Wales, Victoria, and Mitchelson's (the last espe- 

 cially) ; but it is at least eight or nine years before it begins to bear, though after 

 that time it is a prodigious cropper about once in three years. Any one having 

 half a dozen sorts cannot do wrong in growing Sandall's ; but for a small. gar- 

 den, where there is only room for one plum, Mitchelson's is to be preferred. 



Florist and Pomologist. 



New Strawberries. — Besides the Abd-el-Kader, Amazone, Perfection, Ga- 

 brielle, Alexandra, Francois-Joseph, Passe Partout, and Penelope, raised by the 

 great French raiser of strawberries, the late Dr. Nicaise, and which have already 

 been described, we find in the Gardener's Magazine descriptions of — 



Melius. — Fruit large, flattish form, square at the summit, usually larger at the 

 base, firm, bright red ; seeds prominent, a good space between them ; flesh white, 

 full, rich, scented ; plant somewhat small, but of good constitution ; leaves very 

 abundant, folioles elongated, and petioles hairy. P'irm and good variety ; very 

 prolific. 



Pauline. — Fruit large, very lengthened and narrow at the base ; fine deep red, 

 varnished ; seeds sufficiently near, little raised ; flesh red, juicy, sugary, rich, 

 very good ; plant extremely vigorous, foliage a fine shining green, petioles 

 strong, bases very prolific. 



Cyclamen persicum. — To keep these plants in a sitting-room, give them 



the warmest corner consistent with their having the advantage of a fair share of 



flight. The same remark applies to primulas. The cyclamens do not require 



much water during the winter months, unless they are placed in a brisk-growing 



temperature. Floral World. 



Heliotropes. — Monsieur Hamaitre is a fine large purple, excellent for win- 

 ter flowering, and Surprise is a very fine dark sort. Voltaireanum is also a fine 

 . dark sort. English Journal of Horticulture. 



