92 Notes and Gleanings. 



With the exception of B. Pearcei, all the foregoing can be grown verj- suc- 

 cessfully in a compost of two parts rather light turfy loam, one part fibrous peat, 

 and one part of either leaf-mould or well-decayed hot-bed manure. When all 

 these have been well incorporated,' a sixth part of the whole bulk of silver sand 

 should be added. The pots must be efficiently drained, and the plants should 

 not be over-potted, as when they become pot-bound they can be assisted with 

 weak liquid manure. 



The upright growers can be propagated by cuttings of the young growth when 

 it has become moderately firm, and the stemless species by taking oflf the young 

 growth with a small heel when about half grown. In both cases the cutting 

 pots should, if practicable, be partly plunged in a mild bottom heat, and water 

 appHed very sparingly, for if watered too freely the cuttings will, from their suc- 

 culent character, soon perish. All the species, where nothing is said respecting 

 the most suitable temperature, require the warmth of a stove, especially during 

 the earUer stages of their growth. 



An Imperishable Hot-house. — At the Oxford show of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, was exhibited a structure called the " Imperishable Hot-house ; " 

 and so far it is almost worthy of the title. The glass itself will not perish, and 

 the glass is held in its place by small clips of brass or other material, which will 

 like'ft'ise not perish. The house consists of a mere framework of rafters and 

 mullions, placed from six to eight feet apart, and connected together by cross 

 pieces of iron or wood, at such distances apart as may be required to take the 

 glass, which is laid on in much the same way as tiles on the roof of a house, and 

 held fast by the clips, as before stated. We have some objection to the lapping 

 over of the glass at the sides ; other\\dse we consider this a decided move forward 

 in horticultural structures. The outside being all glass, no painting whatever 

 is required ; and what a wonderful saving this must be ! 



English Journal of Horticulture. 



Veitch's New Autumn Giant Cauliflower is praised by all the English 

 journals as a most valuable acquisition. It is quite distinct, and valuable not 

 only for its colossal proportions, but for its beautiful appearance on the table, 

 and its excellent flavor. The heads remain perfectly solid, and of the purest 

 white, until they attain the diameter of twelve inches. For ejjliibition and mar- 

 keting it is pronounced A i. 



The Cost of War. — In that good time coming, when the arts of peace 

 shall supersede the expensive brutalities of war, glass constructive genius and 

 cultural skill will provide artificial climates on a scale of colossal magnitude, of 

 which we have as yet hardly dreamed. The mere money that has been spent 

 by France and Prussia in this war would have built a conservatory reaching 

 from Paris to Berhn, and wide and lofty enough for the two emperors to have 

 driven their equipages about in it for days and weeks together at pleasure, and 

 to have enjoyed a week's rest in a crystal palace in the middle of it, when they 

 met on either side of the Rhine. Gardeners Chronicle. 



