142 THE MAGAZINE 0¥ HORTICULTURE. 



such a blaze of bloom in May (a month before the roses) as is nowhere to 

 be seen except in the American garden at that season ; and notwithstanding 

 the great beauty of some of the so-called scarlet Rhododendrons, I know of 

 none that would not look pale if placed by the side of a Scarlet Paeony. 



Let no one imagine that we have to wait for hybridizing for plants to 

 produce a Pseony garden now. The plants are already got and actually 

 offered for sale in all our best nurseries, and the whole of the species and 

 varieties that could be obtained are now growing here, and flowered last 

 year in the highest perfection ; it is because parties well versed in flower 

 growing were quite taken by surprise to see that Pfeonies could produce 

 such effect that I have made notes for my own use from them whilst grow- 

 ing, and have now endeavored to draw public attention to the subject. — 

 {Card. Chron., 1856, p. 69.) 



HoLCHOs SACCHARATUs : — The following is my method of treating this 

 plant: — Early in spring I sowed three seeds of it, only one of which vege- 

 tated ; this I kept growing in the store, shifting the plant into larger sized 

 pots, as required, until June, when it was in a fifteen inch pot. I then re- 

 moved it to the greenhouse, the sash above it being left open for the sum- 

 mer. In August it sent up a large feather panicle of flowers, one foot in 

 length. From these I have gathered 2000 fine ripe seeds, as you will see 

 by the sample I send you. The stem, or cone, which is also ripe, is 12 

 feet high, and 1 inch in diameter, 3 feet from the root. Would not this 

 plant, with its long drooping foliage, answer well as an ornamental plant 

 for the clumps or borders of the pleasure ground ? It should be raised in 

 heat early, and planted out in June. — [Gard. Chron.) 



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European Tour of Mr. II. Daniels. — Our readers will have noticed 

 by our advertisement in our last number, that our correspondent, Mr. Dan- 

 iels, whose articles upon the Parks and Gardens of Great Biitain have 

 formed so interesting a feature in our last volume, and which will be con- 

 tinued in our present one, has returned from his tour, and now again offers 

 his services as an architect, and landscape artist. We need not say, 

 that, with what Mr. Daniels had added to his previous well-known reputa- 

 tion by his extended visits to all the principal palaces, parks, and gardens 

 of Europe, no one is better fitted to be consulted upon the subjects to which 

 he has directed so much attention. His tour was undertaken at great ex- 

 pense and loss of time, in order that he might become familiar with all tlie 

 best specimens of architecture, and the best examples of park and garden 

 scenery which Europe, and more especially Great Britain, affords. To 

 gentlemen building country residences, and laying out or improving their 

 grounds, we commend the services of Mr. Daniels. — Ed. 



