70 Foreign J^otices. — England. 



Btone, Sully, Bowling-green Rival, Donna Anna, Francis, *Eva, 

 Rou;ie et Noir, Penelope, Ruby, Horvvood's Deiiance, *Essex Rival, 

 Rival Graiita, Annot Lijie. 



Those marked thus, *, which are nearly all that have been culti- 

 vated in this country, we have proved to Ite first rate varieties, and 

 such as will bear the wiiier out in his reconiineiidalion; if the others 

 are equally as tine, the list is as complete as one could i)e niaile. Most 

 of the kinds named will be offered for sale the coming spring, and 

 amateurs may possess them, if they wish. 



Our renders, especially amateurs of the dahlia, may gather from 

 these remarks, the progress which has been made in the cultivation 

 of dahlias during the past year. Probably many of the finest will be 

 introduced and offered for sale; but we would caution our friends 

 against purchasing new kinds because they cost high in Loudon; we 

 would rather advise them to rely on such old and sterling sorts as 

 Suffolk Hero, Eva, Ht)pe, &c., and to grow several plants of each 

 of these, rather than a hundred or more of wortldess tiowers. — Kd. 



Cullivation of the Neiumbium specibsum. — A conununication was 

 read at a late meeting of the London Horticultural Society, by Mr. 

 Scott, gardener to Sir George Staunton, upon the cultivation of the 

 Neiumbium speciosum. Mr. Scott has been veiy successful in bloom- 

 ing several plants, and the Society requested him to commimicale 

 his method for |)ublication. The substance of it is as follows: — The 

 plants were kept dry in the winter till the month of February, in a 

 house at the temperature of 50°: they were then divided, and remov- 

 ed to a stove ke|)t at 80°, with a bottom heat su])plied to the soil by 

 water ke|)t at 90", In May, they were j)lace(l in a box of loamy 

 soil, covered with water at 80°, and the temperature of the house 

 ranging from 65° to 95°, when they threw up flowers in the month of 

 August, measuring about ten and a half inches in diameter, of a 

 bright red color, and much handsomer than the N. luteum. — Ed. 



Lfuvis\'i Maid of Balh dahlia. — The whole stock of this new dah- 

 lia has been disposed of by Mr. Davis, to a nurseryman, for one hun- 

 dred guineas, a very handsome sum. Mr. Davis, however, was very 

 modest in his price, as we notice that Mr. Cox, the grower of Revenge, 

 demands 500! guineas for the whole stock of th;it variety. If he finds 

 a ])urchaser he will be a lucky man, and will soon make his for- 

 tune at raising seedling dahlias. His I^ady Sondes sold for JE5 for 

 dry roots, the price we paid ourselves, and a large number of roots 

 were disposed of; but it proveil a U"Or<A/ess y^oroer, and every pur- 

 chaser was cheated out of his money, and the public induced to cul- 

 tivate a dahlia which we do not believe ever |)roduced a jjerfect 

 bloom, at least, not in this country. 'J"he Maid of Bath has been 

 tolerably successful in gaining prizes, and may prove a fine dahlia. — 

 Ed. 



Fruit trees affected by the subsoil. — A collection of apples, of one 

 hundred kinds, was lately exhibited at the October, (1840,) meeting 

 of the London Horticultural Society, by Mr. Grace. In a letter 

 accompanying the fruit, Mr. Grace states "that having planted the 

 trees in new ground, brought in for the i)urpose, he found that wher- 

 ever the roots penetrated deep, into the subsoil, the trees would can- 

 ker: he therefore grafted on French Paradise stocks, which do not 



