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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Mar. 23, 



tection. Apricot-blossoms appear to be very thin in this neigh- 

 bourhood, owing to the wood being 1 imperfectly ripened. Pruning 

 and X ailing. — Finish all sorts as soon as possible. Planting should 

 now be attended to, in favourable weather. All young trees 

 should have their roots immersed in a puddle as soon as 

 taken up, tn prevent the young fibres being dried up. Carrofs, 

 Parsnips, and Onions.— Sow the first main crops, if not alicady 

 done. In wet stiff soils, cover the seeds with some dry soil. 

 Sow almost everything in rows, and then any one may 

 clean and thin. Beet % Salsy, and Scorzonera. — Sow a little of 

 each for early use. Potatoes* — Get in the main early crops. 

 Spring ones may be planted in beds intended for late Celery, as 

 previously recommended. Pitt and Ft umes.— Keep up the heat 

 to Cucumbers. Grow them quick, if you want crisp fruit. Give 

 plenty of air to Potatoes, Carrots, &c, in order that the frames 

 may be removed shortly for other purposes.— R. F. 



VI.— ARBORICULTURE. 

 Old Woods.— There will be nothing particular to do in this de- 

 partment but what has been previously recommended, till the 



bark season commences. 



Coppice.— Now that the weather seems to be more favourable, 

 all the work recommended to be done at this season in former 

 Numbers, should be completed as soon as convenient. Cutting 

 of hedges, corf rods, poles, &c, will do well for some time yet, 

 particularly Birch, and some of the more copious bleeding kinds. 



Young Plantation*.— Works previously recommended should 

 be forwarded with all possible haste. When the ground is a 

 little firm, and before it becoi.es too hard, go over all newly- 

 planted trees, and placing them upright fasten them firmly in 

 the ground by various means, accoiritng to size and other cir- 

 cumstances; also mulch any choice sorts. 



Hedge rows.— Neglect nothing that requires doing at this 

 season, which has repeatedly been adverted to in previous Nos. 



Nursery Work. — As soon as the ground is in a favourable state, 

 proceed with all necessary work ; complete the planting of seed- 

 lings, and small plants taken up. Plaut Larch and early budding 

 kinds first; sow seeds, kernels, nuts, &c. of forest-trees and 

 shrubs, and fasten all newly- planted trees and cuttings, that have 

 been lifted up by frost, as soon as the ground is in a favourable 

 state.— IF. D. 



oi 



iht Weather ai Chiswick durin< the Jasi 18 yean, for the ensuing. 



V\rck en Im; March 30, 1S4S. 





Arer. 



Arer. 



! 



Mean 

 Temp 



No. r f 



Years in 



which it 



Rained. 



Greateet 



Prevailing Wind*. 



i * * 



Mar. 



Highest 

 j Temp. 



Lowest 

 Temp. 



quantity . | 

 ot Kain. Z 





e> 





■ 



ft 



J. 



• 



> 



* 



Pan. 24 



49 5 



53.3 



41.4 



7 



0.11 in. f 



4 



1 





if 2 5 



1 



If on. 25 



50.4 



320 



41 9 



7 



0.50 S 4 



4 



_ 



1 



Tue* 20 



•CI 



32 8 



\2A 



7 



0.12 — 



'.' 



3 



r 



4 



1 



fl 



4 



Wed. n 



534 



S48 



44.1 



7 



037 1 



5 



* 



i 



1 



2 



6 



— 



Thur.38 



53.3 



35. 8 



41.6 



6 



0.6*8 



3 



5 



3 



l 



2 



1 



2 



1 



Fri. 20 



53.0 



34 8 



4.19 



4 



0.13 



1 



3 



3 



3 



1 



4 



i 



9 



Sal. w 



53. S 



35.5 



413 



5 



0.50 



8 



3 



2 



^^™ 



3 



2 3 



3 



The highest temperature durfng the ahore period occurred on the -7th, l'SM> f 

 —therm. 75<»; and the lowest onihe 24th, JH29— therm. 22°. . 



State of the_Weather near London for the week ending Mar. 21, 18*4, ae 

 ^observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiawick. 



Mar. 



r>i. 



15 



Sat. 



1* 



Hun. 



17 



Mon. 



18 



Tum- 



19 



Wed. 



20 



Tkurt. 



, 21 



Averag* 



.Mwu'i 

 **K» 

 ** 

 37 

 28 

 39 



I 



1 



9 



JtAkOMHrKR. 



THaftMOMHrrsa, 



Wind.) Rain 



.Max. 



30.457 



20.WJ 



»97i 

 30 030 



aox>39 



'.811 

 30.017 



Mm, 



30.147 

 29. AGO 

 2'J 879 

 39-985 



X9.8D7 

 29 450 

 59-921 



39-U'M 



Max. 



Aim. 



Mean. 



53 



30 



41 5 



53 



33 



45.5 



44 



81) 



370 



4* 



35 



40-5 



51 



36 



43 5 



48 



23 



35.5 



50 



81 



40 5 



4<»3 



313 



44). 5 



w. 



E. 

 N.E. 



N E. 

 N.VV. 



W. 



N. 



.04 



■ 04 



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March l.vh 

 I*th 

 17th 

 lath 

 lmh 

 KHfa 



31 et 



Kain ; f\nr; clear and fine at night 

 Slight hrtze ; fine; dense) j overcoat ; boiiteroui 

 Overcast and cold, with easterly winds; cloudy and boisterous 



Clear ; cold and «*ry ; overcast at night 



Cloudy and celd ; orercast ; fine 



Cloudy : rain; boisterous, with hail -showers in afternoon, and at 



interval calm and sunny ; clear and frosty* 

 Sharp frost early; very clear; sunshine; clear, with slight frost 

 at night I 

 Mean temperature of the week. 4 dec below the average. . 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Akkmones. — B. V.— Procure some good sandy loam and well- 



decomposed cowdung, and mix them in the proportion of three- 



fourths of the former to one of the latter. If the loam is stiff, 



add a sufficient quantity of fine sand, to make it free. Having 



thus prepared the compost, procure some 24-sized pots, and 



drain them with a few potsherds, putting over them a layer of 



fine charcoal, which is excellent for bulbs, independent of its 



preventing the admission of worms. Then pot your roots of 



Anemones and Tigridias, putting three or four roots (lest or 



more, according to their size) in each pot, and placing the pots 



in a cold frame or pit, where they will be free from frost and 



damp. When they are up, admit air freely in fine days, other- 



wise they will become drawn and will not flower well, nor will 



they remain long in flower. After they have done flowering, 



remove them to a shady situation, and supply them plentifully 



with water at first, reducing it as the leaves begin to turn 



yellow, and, finally, allowing them to become quite dry, in 



which state they may remain all the winter. Some of the 



Anemones might be potted in the autumn for an earlier bloom 



The bulbs of Tigridia keep much better all the winter if they are 



allowed to remain in dry soil in the pots they were grown in.«f 



r Asparagus.— Ponterduluis.— Now is the time to prepare your 



beds for sowing the seed; but it is getting too late to plant the 



beds with seedlings. Sea water is most advantageously 



applied when the summer shoot* are about 6 inches high. 



Ac u ic ii. as — A Subscriber.— Although a Cowslip and a dark 



Auricula were plan cd in conjunction, the colour of the blossom 



of the Cowslip would not partake of the dark colour of the 



Auricula bloom. i 



B*ks.—A Lftdy.—A *' Nifctt's hive M does not prevent Bees from 

 swarming. The unusual proportion of drones in thewld stock 

 was an evil, but the greatest was being weakened by its 

 offspring and the bad season. The supply of food in autumn 

 does not seem to have been sufficient. Probably many of the 

 Bees were induced to leave the hive on account of the mildness 

 of the winter, and perished in search of food. Those that died 

 in the hive would be cast out by the famished inmates. The 

 empty combs will be of great use when the hive is replenished 



again with another swarm.-/. W. J. T.— The single-leaf 



hive is the best for experiments. A good plan of it is given in 

 Dr. lievan's work on Bees. But if you wish a wooden hive 

 with windows, merely for observing the insects at work and 

 expect part of their treasure, the collateral, or Polish hives are 

 the bear. \oxx ought, however, to be careful in purchasing a 

 hive, as some aie made more for show than real utility Mr 

 Wighton, in his book on Bees, meuUons a very simple plan of 

 constructing a Polish hire,— W. y 

 B**r.—A. W.— The sweet flavour in the root seems to depend 

 much on the soil ; for the best sorts will taste earthy in some 

 gardens, where inferior kinds are not so. The red Cas 

 telnaudary, when it can be obtained genuine, is best coloured - 

 an 1 it is much esteemed for its superior flavour. It is small 

 in its whole habit, and, occupying little space, may be sown 

 closer than other kinds. Beet requires a deep, rich, and rather 

 light soil, to prevent its growing forked; and being impatient 

 of frost, it should not be sown uutil all danger of destruction 

 from that is over.J 

 Boosts.— E. B. must consult the advertisements. <7.— Glen- 

 dinning on the Pine-Apple by all means. 159. — No man can 



be a good gardener by reading books. Gardening, like all 

 arts, requires practical experience. Loudon's •• Suburban 

 Horticulturist" may perhaps answer as well as any. * 



Broccoli.— Rambler.— Seep. 152 U 



Bcrnt Earth.— Rural Chemistry.— All plants will be the better 

 for this, if it is mixed with ihe soil in which they grow. 



Celkrv and Cklkriac. — Rambler.— It will be worth while to 

 grow, or at least attempt to grow, Celeriac instead of Celery if 

 you prefer using the former; but if your soil be not adapted 

 for it, that i*, if it be a rich loam, and not sandy, you will find 

 its cultivation will b2 a more difficult matter than that of pre- 

 venting your Celery from M running away or piping/'!! 



Charcoal.— S. S. 3., and Others.— We want much a good and 

 cheap contrivance for charring charcoal, peat, and similar sub- 

 stances. At present, every one must act upon his own judg- 

 ment. The principle is, to form the charcoal with as little 

 access of air as can be secured ; otherwise, the woody matter 

 will be reduced to ashes. Possibly, the cheapest contrivance 

 in the long run, would be to construct an iron chamber, into 

 whichthe wood, &c. can be introduced, and then to surround 

 the chamber with fire. A small chimney 'c.-r neck in the 

 chamber, would allow the smoke and volatile matters to fly off. 



Climbkrs. — A Lndy may cover her wire trellis with Jasmiuum 

 revolutum, Lophospermum scandens. Convolvulus major, and 

 Eccremocarpus scaber. * 



Engine-rooms. — W. T. W. — Nothing but stove plants will suc- 

 ceed in an atmosphere of 60° to 70 by day, and 70 to 80° by 

 night; and they not well, because the natural difference of 

 temperature between day and night is reversed. It is indis- 

 pensable to the majority of such plants that they should have 

 a damp atmosphere; and you possibly might obtain that by 

 plunging the pots in a thick bed of bog-mo*s (Sphagnum) well 

 wetted, or in refuse sponge clippings, it they can be had. 

 What are called dry stove plants, such as Aloes, Stapelias, 

 Cactuses, Mesembryanthemums, Echeverias, and the like, 

 would suit you best. Can't you manage a Ward's case? 

 In it you might grow any kind of small stove plants, if you 

 can get light freely. 



Figs.— I*. — Two good varieties of Fig for the open wall are, the 

 Brown Turkey and the Brunswick. So long as the tree you 

 already possess bears abundantly, there is no necessity either 

 for cutting its roots or allowing it to ramble above the wall. 

 Thin out some of the branches, in order to make room for a 

 fresh supply of bearing-shoots, near the base. Protect the 

 extremities, the bearing portion of the shoots, from the early 

 frosts of autumn most especially.|| 



Frkvcii Bkans.— A Subscriber.— The cause of your French 

 Beans dropping their blossoms is no doubt owing to cold and 

 damp combined; but, from what you say, principally from the 

 latter.* 



Fruit- rooms.— N. V.— Your fruit-room window should face the 

 north, and it would be advisable to have shutters on it, so as 

 to be opened or shut as required.* 



Ft'DOK.— An Inquirer must permit us to class under this head 

 the information he has received. We cannot answer the 

 question about the Botanic Garden. Why not write to Mr. 

 Maund I 



Thk Fro.— Clericus.— If your Fig-tree does not bear, it is owing 

 to some other cause than the advance of another tree in its 

 neighbourhood. Caprification is not required in this country. 

 If, however, your fruit swells pretty well, and then drops off, 

 try the effect of moistening the eye of the Fig with a little 

 sweet-oil, at the time when it is open. 



Grass Skkds.— Ponterdulais.— The Grass which smells like new 

 Hay is the Sweet Vernal (Anthoxanthurn odoratum) ; but it is 

 of no use in a lawn. The best for that purpose are the Crested 

 Dogstail and Meadow Poa. Certainly cut down your Calceo- 

 larias, &c.,if the old stems are on them; but there is no advan- 

 tage in doing so with the new shoots. All Greenhouse plants 

 should be repotted now, if they are to be fine; if you do not 

 care for that, you may let alone such as are to be turned out 

 in June. 



Heating.— R. S. D.--W1II not the Heckfield-pit plan at p. 892 

 (1843), or another in to-day f s paper, answer your purpose? 



They are both excellent in different ways. 37. J. R,— Your 



tank is unnecessarily deep ; six inches are enough. We do 

 not otherwise object to your propositions. Iron will, how- 

 ever, be much better than wood and stone, if you do not mind 

 a little present expense. All, however, depends on the degree 

 of forcing you wish for. If it is only to bring Grapes a little 

 forward, then wood and slate will do well enough. All the 

 modern boilers are sufficiently good, and we should, for such 

 a job as yours, take the cheapest. There is more difference 

 between many of the boilers in theory than in practice. A 

 good iron boiler well set is quite as useful as one of copper, 

 unless you want to have it exposed to view. 



Hotiiousk Bulbs.— As you are an early member you may refer 

 to various answers to correspondents, and to the Indexes of 

 former Volumes, for the information you seek. The cultiva- 

 tion of each of the bulbs you inquire about has been fully ex- 

 plained on former occasions. 



Hothouse*.— AT. jV.— Your plan for propagation Is unobjection- 

 able, provided you can prevent the materials in your bed from 

 becoming dry, in consequence of the action cf the pipes. It 

 would be desirable to place upon them an evaporating-pan. 

 The Cannon Hall Muscat is different from the common Muscat 

 but not better. * 



Inskcts.— Peter Mackenzie.— The beetle you found in the Beans 

 is the Bruchus granarius, figured and described in last year's 

 Chronicle, p. 183. It i* not the same which eats the edges of the 



Bean leaves. R. E. B.—The insects in yourCucumber-frames 



are the Acarus coleopterorum, which infects beetles inhabiting 

 dung and putrid animals. They are conveyed into your 

 frames, in ail probability, with the hot muck, and a single 

 diseased beetle, concealed in the earth or in a rotten Cucumber 

 leit for seed, would generate myriads of the Acarus in a short 

 spaceof time. But are you convinced that these mites eat the 



roots of the Cucumbers ? R. J. Took 9 * little beetle, which he 



considers a troublesome pest amongst his Cucumber plant* is 

 the Hister (Abraeus) minutus. We believe that he need not 

 apprehend any mischief from its appearance; but should we be 



mistaken, we shall feel obliged by his correcting us R 



A : ft " Wc ^nnot make out the name of the animal complained 

 of as a pest in his Cucumber frame? ; but if he will favour ui 



with specimens, we will advise him on the subject R - 



A Lady's Pelargonium-leaves have been eaten by some animal 

 infinrely larger than those which were detected by her- but 

 whether the culprit be the caterpillar of some moth, or a'slmr 

 or snail, which probably ventures out at night only to feed it 

 is impossible to say, but by searching after dark the truth may 

 be ascertained. R. J 



Mavlrks.— G. S. T.-The ammoniacal liquor of the gas works 

 is not gas-tar, but what they call gas-water, through which 



the gas passes in the process of purification. E A N —It is 



very troublesome to char saw- dust. It can only be done bv 

 great care in a sort of kiln furnace, cjrpres.sly constructed for 



the purpose, and must be quite dry. Amuteur.-So doubt 



your Pernambuco Gourd will require the management of a 



Melon. We know nothing of it. Juck.~Vf c do not know 



what the effect of Potter's Guano maybe on resinous trees 

 such as Firs ; for other plants it seems to be generally useful* 

 Both Peruvian and Potter's Guano are far better than nitrate 

 of soda; but the Peruvian requires to be reduced in strength 

 by being largely mixed in the soil or cinderashes ° 



Namks of FRurTs.-J.G.-The Apple you sent is correctly named 

 Hammond'o Pearmain. It is a Suffolk variety, excellent as vou 

 describe it to be.^ J 



Names op Plants— W. H— Cotoneastermicrophylla * j tlnc 



— Vestia lycioides. (7. J. C.-Catasetum discolor- not an 



uncommon species. You will hardly fiud twelve good varieties 

 of Azalea Indica, if you buy all that are on sale. Phoenicea 



alba, variegata, lateritia, and the old Indica are the best 1 



W. Ray ner.— What you have got for Martyniafragrans is some 



kind 01 KaM ! G. //.—Your bulbs are small specimens of a 



fungus called Scleroderma vulgare. A Reader.— Your plant 



seems to be Eria stellata, and not Stanhopea nobiiis. 



OacHiDACK-fi.-if . T.-Thcre are no exotic Orchidaccae iiTT^TTTT ? 

 tionthat would succeed In a Vinery all tl.e year n I** 

 atmosphere in summer necessary to colour Gran/* *«.? ., ry 



colour Graoes and fw 

 low temperature in winter required to ripen the ViiiM £ 1? 

 destroy the most hardy sorts.§ ues ' wo ^d 



PKtARGONiuMS— C. /■>. F.— Yoxxt plants of these that haw k 

 kept in a cellar during winter, should be replaced in nni. 

 soon as possible, t * 8 w 



Phloxes.— A Subscriber.— The following 12 are showy •-./) 

 or early flowering kinds : Phlox nivalis, white ; P. procuml^n 

 purplish blue; p. an.cena, rosy red; P. setaeea, pink- P ink, 

 lata, rosy purplo; P. Nuttalliana, rosy pink. Tail 01 It* 

 flowering kinds: P. omniflora, white; P. Brownii, crimirl 

 P. picta, lilac striped ; P. Van Houttii, purple strined 1 - V 

 Coldreyana, bright red ; P. tanliflora, white. We have had £ 

 experience with Potter's Liquid Guano.f 



Pines.— A. N. S. — The dung of deer or sheep or pieeors 

 steeped for a few hours in water and well stirred, then left till 

 it is clear, will prove as useful as anything. We should not 

 value the second infusion. The action of pateut manures on 

 the Pine-apple is unknown; but they are well worth atria? 

 The best Pines are the Queen, Black Jamaica, and Montserrat* 

 None of the Erglish-raised seedlings are first rate. The 



a filthy offspring? # pr ° duce 



Poor rate. -A Constant Render and a Rate- Payer. -The overseer 

 can demand the poor-rate after the quarter for which it was 

 made, and there is nothing to prevent his collecting two rates 

 for two different periods at the same time. 

 Pots for Carnations.— A. B.—The pots commonly made and 

 used for the purpose of blooming Carnations in, are called 

 wide-mouthed 12s. Two plants are put in each pot, and they 

 are made wide at the top for the convenience of la)ering the 

 plants in.* 



Stocks— Vectis.— There is no means of distinguishing a double 

 from a single stock before the flower buds show; when they 

 do show it is net too late to transplant the stock, if the opera. 

 tion is performed with care. J 



Strawbkriues.— A Novice seems to have ruined his plants in 

 pots by forcing them too quickly. If they are to be fine, the tern- 

 perature of their forcing-house should be raised very slowly at 

 first. Probably the Violets have been spoiled by similar means. 



Vkrbenas. — A. Y. //.—Six plants Will be sufficient f* a bed of 

 Verbenas the size you mention ; when they are planted peg 

 down the branches in the direction of the vacant spaces; they 

 will readily take root, and, sending forth fresh branches in dif- 

 ferent directions, the surface of the bed will soon be com- 

 pletely covered. We recommend you to procure V.Symondsii, 

 which is a brilliant orange scarlet, a prolific bloomer, and one 

 easily preserved in the winter* In September, when the plants 

 are growing vigorously, it is a good plau to sink some small 

 pots in the earth, filled with soil, and passing a branch over it 

 peg it down upon the earth; the pot will soon become filled 

 with roots, when it may be cut from the parent plant: these 

 should be re-potted and encouraged, and when winter ap« 

 proaches put them into a cold frame, or bring them into the 

 house; give very little water during winter.* 



Vinks. — A Subscriber. — It is not surprising that your Vine's only 

 four years old are not now in a bearing state, alter having been 

 forced summer and winter, and sometimes prematorely 

 stripp d of their foliage by your predecessor. You cannot do 

 better than cut them back in order to get good bearing-wood 

 for next season. II T. Y. P. R.— lt is a disputed question, and 



you had better put it to the test of experiment. If the laterals 

 of Vines are permitted to grow without being stopped, they 

 will probably injure the bunches ; but the question is, whether 

 it is not better to leave them and stop them than to destroy 

 them entirely. Your gardener is right in not risking the expe- 

 riment upon his own authority; but you can relieve him froo 

 the responsibility by directing the expeiiment to be tried. 



Whitnky's Varnish.— C Gyde.— Your muslin is not so clean 

 and white as Mr. W.'s, but it is as transparent, and will an- 

 swer the same purpose. To a Constant Reader we return 



the same answer ; his, however, is not so good as Mr. Gyde's; 

 that is, it is less transparent; but that m?y be owing to the 

 stouter quality of the linen. 



Misckllaneous.— Ignoramus, W. 3/.— Although truth is seldom 

 elicited by ridicule, yet you employ your weapons with so 

 much good nature, that we would find room for your remarks 

 if we could, and probably shall do so hereafter. In the mean- 

 while we would submit to y >u that it is not fair to expect 

 from a mere gardener that degree of clearness which is de- 

 manded from a scholar, and that with the one, as with the 

 other, the context will often show the writer's meaning, 

 better than his actual words. Indeed, the old saying, exfumo 

 dare lucem f shows that educated men are sometimes suffi- 

 ciently obscure in their language. If you will again read tne 

 editorial remarks you will find that they are used with consider* 

 able reserve, and relate to the general tendency of the articles 

 criticised, and not to particular opinions, which of course 

 we should not defend. We attach importance to t,,ese £ a P e f r * 

 notwithstanding their obvious faults, and trust h * rc *' r "£T 

 convince you that although there may be a good deal °' s ™ ^ 

 it really conceals a reasonable quantity of light.—— * t; nr I 

 A Walnut can only be grafted on a Walnut; the °P«£ IU £ 

 __in only be performed when the tree is growing.* A - • • 

 — Asphalte was advertised last week. For the P ur ^^."J 

 preserving the points of stakes, we imagine that one *u 



is as good as another. : A Subscriber. — Ho. — - vnc j 



Ten Weths.-You will gain the informati'jn you see* j 

 the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society in »"°VL 

 square. Urine is of the greatest value ; it should be mixeu w - 

 twice its quantity of water, and allowed to become puu s 

 when it may be mixed with earth into a rich compost.-- "' " t 

 You may cut hurdle coppices up to the end of April, in 

 Willow for planting in such p aces is the Bedford.—- noru 

 briensis.-As the Deodar is a Mountain plant, it is lo ™* 

 sumed that it will stand high winds as well M a "*" m9 

 green. Dr. Royle says it is sometimes 10 ft. in tnam w 

 Willow and Poplar form the purest charcoal.--^ 71 . d 



ter— You may kill blackbirds by common rat - tra . P V h rushes 

 with anything they like. Probably jackdaws and "w^J 



may be killed in the same way. A Subs f n0 f r ' lt w jth 



Indian Agriculture cannot be advantageously clean, 

 except by a person who has visited the islands, u i» v 



can 



except by a pers 



that the planters do not send out a scie 



utific commission. 



that there w some room for feanng that mwuu^i v ". ine the 

 do harm. At the same time we do not see why stirni* ^ 

 ground should be disadvantageous. Ratoouing m'ft » ^ 

 presume, be dealt with like the stools in a nu rser j; b a % 

 What the Cane-fields want is plenty of strong manure, 



thorough breaking up o f the land. 



SEfibLING FLORISTS' FLOWERS. mtipU i 



CixRRAUXAS.-J. S. /.-Your seedling named No. ^/^ blue. 

 is a very beautiful variety; the colour is a splemi in 

 the flowers large and showy, a decided acquisition. • 

 Bonny Bess, is sweet in colour, but it differs ? utm "- rtT i a 



many that are out. W. G.— There is a pleasing v ~'"' c 



the colours of your seedlings, but the petals appear w ^^ 

 substance, and the flowers are very small. No. 3 ■** bot fc 

 novel in colour, and No. 5 is prettily marked, but tnry ^ 



want size, and in all the petals are too narrow- l ftS ' U rin£ 



Two flowers of the largest Cineraria we have seen, »»f* cd 

 two inches in diameter; the flower is white, shgntiy ^r 

 with a purple tinge ; petals stout and well formed. 

 %* As usual, many communications have been received too 







