Notes and Gleanings. 57 



Compost for Fuchsias and Pelargoniums. — A compost of •two-thirds 

 k)am from rotted turfs, and one-third old cow-dung and leaf-mould in equal 

 quantities, with a free ad.nixture of sharp sand, will grow them well. Plants in 

 small pots should be potted as soon as they reach the sides of the pots, and 

 before they become closely matted. The pelargoniums should be rep^t'.id up 

 to December, and then shifted into their blooming-pots if for an early bloom ; but, 

 if intended for flowering in June, the final shift may be given in February. The 

 shoots should be stopped and tied out, so as to produce good specimens. The 

 fuchsias should be potted and kept slowly growing over the winter, and be 

 stopped frequently as required to secure good habit. 



Select Fuchsias. — Queen of Whites, Diadem, Laurient, Palmaerts, Hercules, 

 Sunslrine, War-Eagle, Elegantissima, Rose of Denmark, Enoch Arden, Banks's 

 Beauty, Catharine Parr, Conquest, and Blanchette. 



Select Pelargoniums : Show Varieties. — Belle of the Ball, Charles Turner, 

 William Hoyle, Selina, Mary Hoyle, Elegans, Lady of Quality, Marian, Lord 

 Canning, Conqueror, Beauty of Reading, and Golden Hue Fancy. — Clytie, 

 Eleanor, Silver Mantle, Undine, Lady Towers, Eulalie, Godfrey Turner, Roi des 

 Fantaisies, the Rover, Mrs. Turner, First Favorite, and Delicatum. French 

 and English Spotted. — Calypso, Egarie, Gustave Malet, Rubens, Margaret, 

 Madame Charles Keteleer, Victorine Pinguard, Numa, General Fleury, Celine 

 Malet, Duchesse de Morny, and Berenice. — Cottage Gardener. 



Allamanda Wardleana. — This newly-imported plant from Guiana, which, 

 from its growth and aspect, is supposed to be A. Hendersonii, is in reality totally 

 distinct from that variety, and so much superior to that or to any other member 

 of this beautiful family, that I think it deserves the name that has been applied 

 to it, and which will prevent it from being confused with A. Hendersonii. It is 

 a true evergreen, and will not only bear its leaves through the winter, but can 

 be had to flower at Christmas. Its leaves are produced in whorls of from four 

 to eight, and are short, thick, leathery glaucous, inclining to a reddish brown on 

 the margin. These leaves never die off. The plant refuses to break from the 

 nude wood. It will set flower immediately upon being excited, even in mid-win- 

 ter ; and in no case will it make two joints without flower. This is even the case 

 with young plants a few inches high, and cuttings in the cutting-pot. The flow- 

 ers are produced in corymbs, with frequently twenty to thirty expanded at one 

 time ; and from these corymbs rises a growth which at the second joint again sets 

 flower, and continues thus the whole year round. The flowers are a deep golden- 

 yellow, often measuring ten or twelve inches across (?), with a richly striped 

 throat, which midway is inflated and ornamented with chocolate and maroon 

 stripes ; and the back of the sepals is heavily margined with brown. The buds 

 are of a beautiful brownish maroon color before expansion ; and the whole plant, 

 instead of being a trailer (?) or climber, as the other members of this family are, 

 is a rigid, upright grower, and must be trained similar to an erica or other hard- 

 wooded plant. Such a plant as this proves to be is indeed a gem : it will be- 

 come the finest exhibition-plant of the day, and be invaluable for the decoration 

 of the dinner-table. — IVilliam IVardle, in Gardener'' s Magazine, 



