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sound appearance to-day (12th December) it would keep till Mfiy. 

 Like most other winter squashes, it has three carpels. When se- 

 parated into halves, baked like a sweet potato, and dressed with 

 butter, &c., while warm, it is most delicious — equal, if not supe- 

 rior, to the sweet potato in flavor. From its convenient size. 

 agreeable taste, and apparently g-ood keeping properties, this 

 squash may prove a valuable addition to our winter vegetables. — 

 Western Affricultuj-ist. 



Mk. Salter's Versailles Nursery, Hammersmith. — The Chrysan- 

 themums at this establishment arc now in full beauty ; a large 

 house, about eighty feet long, has been formed into a winter gar- 

 den, in which some hundreds of varieties have been tastefully ar- 

 ranged and intermixed Avith Pinuses, Ferns, and other plants pos- 

 sessed of fine foliage ; therefore, as may be supposed, an excel- 

 lent effect has been produced. Of late j-ears few flowers have 

 made greater progress than the Chrysanthemum. Those who re- 

 member the little variety called the Chusan Daisy, introduced by 

 the Horticultural Society, would hardly believe that to be the pa- 

 rent of the beautiful Pompones now cultivated, and that in so few 

 years its character could be so completely changed ; but such is 

 the fact, for Mr. Salter, then residing at Versailles, introduced it 

 into France, where it produced seeds, which have each succeeding 

 year yielded flowers more perfect in form and of almost every co- 

 lor that could be desired. 



Among the new varieties in this class we noticed Trophe, a rose 

 pink ; Aureole, red crimson, with gold border ; Saint Thais, chest, 

 nut brown ; Mr. Dale, brassy yellow ; Fulton, rose and yellow ; 

 Queen of Lilliputs, small blush ; Aigle d'Or, fine yellow ; Alexan- 

 der Pele, red chestnut ; Mrs. Westwood, a silvery blush ; Lillipu- 

 tian Eegulus, a red cinnamon anemone ; Etoile du Berger, bright 

 gold , Scarlet Gem was almost out of flower, but its dwarf habit 

 and abundance of blooms in some measure show its character 

 To these may be added Creole, salmon and orange ; La Promesse, 

 rose ; and lo, fringed lilac. 



Among seedlings we noticed a large incurved flower, named 

 Alfred Salter, a delicate rose, which is considered one of the 

 finest Chrysanthemums yet raised of this color. — Gardeners 

 Chronicle. 



