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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



[July 27, 



V.— HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN. KjA KDKN. 

 Apricots.- A* soon as tie fruit cnangrs colour, keep a sharp 

 look-out tor snails and woodlice. Tu keep the first in check, 

 where they are numerous, s> liiue repeatedly with c!e*r lime- 

 water, not doing it too late, a* otherwise aihm pellicle or chalk 

 would be formed, ami spoil the look of the trtlit. Lettuce. leaves. 

 4kc. t may bestrewed about the wall, alter being greased oli ol,e 

 side, and examined every morning. The syringing will also 

 discompose die woodlice, as tney do not like wet, and cut stalk> 

 of Brnus imiy be Insetted in the branches iff the trees as traps; 

 but the great remedy is to keep the wall in good order, so as to 

 give tbtm 10 place for concealment. Tin- following circum- 

 stance might funnel a hint :— A month ago they anno>ed me 

 by taking absolute p ostfeSftion of a Mushroom-bed in a bearing 

 state. 1 had the covering removed, swept the bed. syringed the 

 Walit, killed as many as J could, and run a brush with gris-tar 

 all round the be ;. The smell **as very offensive lor a day or 

 two, but scarcely a woodlouse has been sceu since. Peaches. 

 ^•These verv hot days are just the delight of the red spider, and 

 if heonce establishes his colonies on the underside of the leaves, 

 lie will smile secure fora time amid all the battering Irom your 

 garden-*ngine. Put plenty ol sulphur in the engine, previously 

 made into a paste, so t:.at it mixes equally with the water ; or 

 what is better, take Mr. Errm-ton's advice, and daub the open 

 spaces of your wull with it, and then the more intense the heat 

 the stronger the fumes of toe sulphur will be. It is as yet the 

 only remedy we posses* for excelling or killing the red spider, 

 and I have never known vegeration suffer from its tume», unless 

 when heated to ignition. Mushrooms — The chief thing to be 

 attended to with beds in a bearing state, is to keep them in a 

 close cool atmosphere, by frequent gentle sprinklings of water 

 on the slight coverings of ti.e beds. Take every opportunity 

 that occurs of collecting and drying hor>e-droppin^s f See,, lor 

 future beds. Routine. - Sow Cabbage tor the spring crop, 

 Lettuce and End. ve for succession, the lust French lieans for 

 the open six, a good breadth of Turnips, Radi-hes, Ouions, ftc, 

 for Salads, and Flander's Spinach now, and a«juiu in eight 

 days, /or early winter use.— if F. 



VI.— ARBORICULTURE. 

 Old Woods.— Attend to the directions given in recent Calen- 

 dars, kxauuue the woods often iu order to ascertain what 

 trees n>av he taken out next season. 



Coppice. — As the young shoot* from the stools are growing 

 fast, great attention should be paid to thinning and regulating 

 them before high winds, accompanied uy heavy rain, occur, 

 which often does much injury to them. 



Young Plantaliuns.— Attend to shortening and training 'he 

 young shoots according to previous directions. By this prac- 

 tice the trees make more progress than those left uudoue. 



Nursery Work. — Attend during the growing season, to thin, 

 Shorten, and train the young shoots, it strong handsome plants 

 for speedy removal are wanted.— W, B. 



VII.— UOlTAUKRV GARDENS. 

 Look over Vines on walls to stop laterals, thin out weak 

 shoots, and keep the re t neatly fastened in. The truit will 

 now be advancing, and the bunci.es should be thinned out with 

 a pair of scissors, which is an operation that is very essential 

 to their perfection both in size and flavour. Keep Dahlias tied 

 in ; remove weak side-shoots and give tnem occasionally a wa- 

 tering with manure water; U they are planted ma situation 

 and soil which render malcotng necessary, cava the dung over 

 Mrith a thin layer ol soil, which will take away its unsigmly ap- 

 pearance. Keep Creepers 1 an >> on the coctage walls neatly 

 trained up, hut not so as to give them too stilt" or formal an 

 app ;ir mcc; tree them tr«.m all uead loaves, it is of gieat ad- 

 vau'a^e to Cucumbers that are planted m the open air, to cover 

 the ridges with clean Stnw or Pea-haulm, before tue plaius 

 are ton ta r advanced. This keeps the sun from parching the 

 ground in hot dry weather, and prevents the blossoms and 

 young fruit from being covered with soil during heavy rains ; 

 it also, in a great measure, preserves the truit lrom becoming 

 spotted, when the autumn is wet and cold. Towards the end 

 of the week, prepare a small bed and make a sowing of Early 

 York and Vanack Cabbages, to come into use in spring. Thin 

 out young Turnips a> they advance; h< e between the rows of 

 growing crops, and keep down weeds.— J # M*H. 



State of the Weather near London tor the week ending* July 25, 1844, as 

 observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 



Moon's Uakomkj *m. 



July 



Fria. 10 



Sat- 20 



Sun. 21 



Mon. 22 



Tues. S3 



Wed. 84 



Than. 25 



1 hhHMUMMhtt. 



Are. 



3 



4 

 5 



D 



7 

 8 



y 



M HX* 



80 174 



30.27 b 

 30.190 



29.9: 



29.9.8 



.966' 



M i ■ . 

 89.7*3 



3i.o67 



30.044 



29.910 

 29.916 



*9-90l 



30 06-2 *9.969 



.Max. 

 74 



7* 

 82 



89 



89 



87 



92 



Min. 



44 

 43 

 49 

 63 

 01 



84.1 



62 



■S2.1 



M ean. 

 59.0 

 59.5 

 Bft.5 

 71.0 

 7">.0 

 70.0 

 77 



VV ma. Kaiu. 



HB\ 



N- 

 N.W. 



s. 



S.W. 



E. 

 E. 



.2U 



.39 



July 19 Lightly overcast and tine; thunder showers ; very heavy thunder 



storm, with rain and hail, commenced 3$ p.m.; cloudy at night, 



— SO Clear; very fine throughout. 



— 21 Clear ; exceedingly fine, with few light clouds; clear. 



— l ouoless and hot; clear at night. 



— S3 Very fine; slightly overcast ; cloudless; hot and dry; clear. 



— 24 Sultry ; very hot, with slight dry haze ; clear and tine. 



— 25 Slightly overcast; excessively hoc and .sultry; cloudy at night. 



Mean temperature of the week 6$ deg. above the average. 



State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 18 years, for the ensuing 



Week ending Aug. 3, 1844. 



July 



Aver. | Aver. 



Highest Lowest 



Temp. I Temp. 



Mean 

 Temp 



oun. 



28 



77.0 



Mon. 







74.1 



Tues. 



10 



73.7 



Wed. 



31 



73.8 



Aug, 



\ 





Thur, 



, 1 



75.0 



Fri. 



2 



75.3 



Bat. 



;* 



75-0 



No. of 

 Years in 

 which it 

 Rained. 



9 



10 



10 



6 





 8 

 9 



Greatest 

 quantity 

 of Kain. 



0.32 in. 

 1.31 

 0.8* 

 0.60 



0.43 



0.62 

 1 03 



Prevailing Winds. 



- 





_ 



1 

 1 



2 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 2 

 3 



-' 



al 



si 



- 



i* 



2 



4 

 3 

 1 



3 



2 



1 



2 

 1 





I 

 2 

 1 

 3 



2 

 6 

 2 



6 

 6 

 ■ 



3 



4 



3 

 2 

 



4 



4 

 2 

 3 



A 



2 

 2 

 1 

 2 



1 

 1 



The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 28th 

 July, 1835— therm. 91°; and the lowest on the 1st Aug., 1842— therm. 43^. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Bokhara Clovbr.— A Constant Reader.— This is a coarse 



annual stemmed plant, growing: 7 or 8 feet high. Alcohol, 



*nen decomposed, may be useful to plants: undecomposed, 

 it must be injurious. 



C °«™*J?*°"}*~ JohnSi "obs 9 or Snob*, or S. Shobs, or Schobs, 

 Innr rp?n^/ ead y ow *K"ture.> *<>u do not say what Show 

 f y°" r f **?**» l °- What Society is " this Society ?» 



L unknown* fn nT^f T 1 ^ of the Black Na P J es Currant 



Snrt.>^^i £JEZ lt hM exi * red in thc Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society since 1824, when it was obtained from 

 the Nursery of Messrs. Dickson, of Edinburgh il 

 DisJiASKS.-J.A-CertainIr, where the floww-b™ w .... 

 produce nothing- but leaves it is a disease, caused'by 

 excessive supply of food. We shouM like to know how vac 

 ingenious gent emen who set up against Morphology can 

 explain such things without reference to its principles 

 Flowbr Shows. — An old Subscriber.- Common sense savs that 

 the words "That no flower, &c. ( being burst, artificially sup- 

 ported, or otherwise imperfect, be -entitled to take a prize " 

 applies to Carnations, and plants of that sort. If it i s main- 

 tained that it applies to Moss used in forming aground for 

 Roses, the decision must be arrived at by some other sense 

 than common seri3e. 

 Hsativo. — A Subscriber.— We do not sell heating apparatus. 

 Consult the advertisers. Yours is a very little afl'air, and 

 Jtiardly fit for an apparatus. Consult the paper by " Dion/' at 

 p. 316, vol. 1844, and try to make an apparatus fur yourself; if 

 you are a clever man you can easily do it. 



Heaths. — A Header.— The following are good Kinds, Whicn 

 bloom throughout the summer: — Kwerana, tubitlora, veshta 

 coccinea, v rosea, Rtllphofea, llartnelli, tricolor, ampullace<t 

 extmi-t, echiirtora, Bowiana, ioamuu)>a, viiitiirtora, irbyana. 

 retulgens, relorta, peripicua, M^huii, exsurge.s, Aitoniana, 

 deprc.vsa, CAVeudishii, and tue several varieties ol Ventricusa. 

 For Camellias, see p. 431 of this ye.tr. X 

 Humi'Hukys's Som'bi.k Co.MPduxi).- We have received from 

 Mr. Humphreys another letter, which commences in the fol- 

 lowing words : — ** As it is now obvious that the object ut the 

 late attacks on this subject has been in injure the sale, by the 

 fabrication o/JIctitiiUM chemical details as to irg nature," &c. 

 Tnis language, which is as fat^e as it is offensive, at once 

 excludes the writer from a future place in this Journal, except 

 in the advertising columns. Our oRject has been iruth, ai.d 

 that we have gained. Our hihiue-s UtoetiligHten the public, 

 and that we havedone. We have shown that the so-called 

 Compound is nitrate of ammonia, with some trifling impu- 

 rities, and a mere trace Of phosphoric acid ; and we have thus 

 enabled gardeners to judge of its leal value. Mr. H.was 

 greatly mistaken if he thought that we were to' be driven 

 lrom such a course by either tear or favour, 



Hyukids. — Clerieus.— Vt\e greater part of the Fuchsias in cul- 

 tivation are mutes, and barren. If yon want pollen you must 

 go to the original species, or you must examine your mules 

 till you find good pollen. The pure parents are the best to 

 use, at least on one side or the other. Without pollen you 

 cannot cross. Let your Dahlias alone; the side-shoots will 

 grow in heat, but will do no good now. 



Ixskcts. — F. II. S.— Your Caterpillars will chancre to the 

 Vapourer Moth, Orgyia antiqua, described and figured in 

 tiie (Jttid, Chron. vol. ii. p. 540; they feed on a variety of 

 plants, and occasionally do great mischief in the squares of 

 London, Nothing but baud- picking and destroying the 

 apterous females and the clusters of e*£* can afford you any 

 relief. It. — t-A Subscriber. — if your query was not auswered 

 your letter never came to hand. The maggots infesting your 

 Cauliflowers, &c. will produce a Fly, probably the Authomyia 

 ci-parum, whose history was given in vol. i. p. :i9'o of this 

 Journal, and you must consult the •• Royal Agricultural 

 Journal," vol. iv. p. 128, where the best mmic of extirpation 



|sj recorded. It. J. ButterfieUL -Your luminous animals 



arc iemale Glow-worms. R 4 J. 3/.— The Slug worms in- 



testing your Pear-leaves are the larva of a Saw-fly, named 

 by Linnreus Ten hredo cerasi, whose history you will find in 



the 2nd vol. of the Uard. Chron. , p. 692. R. A. B. Thanks 



for your notes and supply of infested Barley. R. A Con- 

 stant Reader.— Your Pear-tree leaves have been eaten by the 

 larvae of a Moth called Argyromiges Clerckeila, which is 

 figured in the 1st vol. of the Card. Chron., p. 261, where its 

 history is given, and the best means ot getting rid ot the dis- 

 ease. Whether your Ribstone Pippin be affected by the same 

 Caterpillar we cannot determine without seeing tue leaves ; 

 the Pelargonium spots arise from a very different cause. R. 



A Subscriber, Waterford.— It is impossible to advise you 



in the absence of specimens or the insects, and a portion at 



least of an infested leaf. Ii. Aliquis — We believe your 



Shells are the Helix nvmoralis, but they are so mutilated 



that it is difficult to determine the species. R. it. W.— 



Your Oak gall will produce the Cyuijn gemmae. R. .i Con- 

 stant Render in the North*— Please to send us some of the 

 black scales affecting your Vines, and we will tell you what 

 is best to be done, lor as the females are stationary, and the 

 young ones scarcely visible, we ttitik you musr be mistaken 



in supunsiiig they come out of the earth. R. .V. O. f\— 



We snould be happy to comply with your request, but t»»e 

 Caterpillar was cru>hvd perfectly flat. Lucifer boxes are n> 

 protection by po>t f hut if you will send us a Caterpillar or 

 two in a shallow pill-box With a piece of cork stock in the 

 centre, we shall feel obliged, as this enemy to the Carnations 

 is an interesting and novel fact which we are desirous of 

 investigating. R. 



Morphology.— J. S.—W'e would strongly advise you to turn 

 your attention to things you understand. We really cannot 

 inflict your ignorance upon our readers. 



Manuiiks.— C. /. P.— We have had no experience with horn- 

 dust, and therefore c-mnot give an opinion respecting it.t 



Na.mks of Fruit.— A Constant Reader.— Your Pear is the Citron 

 des Cannes. || 



MAaics of Plants.— Z,.— Tropaeolumpentaphyllum. A. B.C. 



—Certainly not Cleroriendron splcndens, nor at all like it. 



Oaks.— A North Briton.— The cause ot the disease of your 

 Oaks could only be determined by personal inspection. It is 

 impracticable to say what is the matter without that. 



Pklarco.vii/ms.— A. — Turn them out of doors for a fortnight to 

 ripen the wood, then cut them back, both top and bottom, 

 shake them out of their pot*, and repot in fresh soil. 



Pot Pourri.— J. B.— The following receipt is excellent :— Put 

 into a large China jar the following ingredients, in layers, 

 with salt strewed between the layers: two pecks of Roses, 

 part in buds and part blown, Violets, Orange-flowets, Jas- 

 mine, and anything sweet— a handful each; Orris root, 

 sliced, Berjamin, and Storax, 2 oz. of each ; | oz. of Musk, 

 i lb. of Angelica-root, sliced, a quart of the red parts of 

 Ciove-Gillyflowers, two handfuls or Lavender-flowers, half a 

 handful of Rosemary- flowers, Bay and Laurel leaves, half a 

 handful each; also of Knotted Marjoram, and Balm of Gilead. 

 Cover them quite close ; when the lid is removed the perfume 

 is very fine. When the above has been in the jar some weeks 

 it is advisable to empty it entirely, stir it well with the hand, 

 and return ir into the jar again. 



Prkbkrvino Skivs.— J. M. C— You must consult a work on 

 Taxidermy; we cannot give up space to such a subject as 

 bird-stuffing. The booksellers will readily set you up. 



RASPBBRKiK<.--JJ/awrj. Youell and Co.— -The samples of Fas- 

 tolff Raspberries which you have sent are fine, large, good- 

 looking fruit.* 



Royal Botanic Gardkv, Regent's Park.— Scrutator.- This 

 time you are probably right. It may be true that one of the 

 Judges of Roses at the last meeting was also an exhibitor, 

 and assisted in giving the first prize to himself; and if tru«- it 

 did his good taste no great credit, and it was decidedly wron^ 

 on the part of the Regent's Park Society to have made him a 

 Judge. But, supposing this to have happened, there can be 

 no doubt that the Managers of the Regent's Park Garden will 

 take care to avoid in future such an oversight as making a 

 Rose Exhibitor a Rose Judge. If it should again happen? it 

 will then be time to attack the Societv on th* fmhiont- . Ltt 

 not till then. 



er-buds of shrubs 



an 



the 



Society on the subject ; but 



Soils.- U. J.— By all means mix Guano with farmyard dung, 

 but mind that it is not allowed to become wet and then drain 

 away. It may become wet, if you like, but the drainage 

 must be all thrown back attain. We should dig it in early next 

 spring. We never before heard of a '• lug" of ground. How 

 much is that ? Move your Apple trees on the 1st of Novem- 

 ber, or »s near that day as you can. 



Strawberries.- S. B. P.— To Keen's Seedling you may add 

 Myatt's British Queen, Elton, Grove-End Scarle>, and Down, 

 ton. We would prefer planting in rows, with three plants in 

 each patch.* 



Miscellaneous.— Enquirer.— We really do not know what we 

 can add to our own opinions upon planting and pruning, 

 beyi.nd what has been already stated in our columns for the 

 last three years. It is an entangled subject, and you had 

 better consult our previous volumes. If your plants are 

 bushy-headed cut them down, except Beech, and watch with 

 care the new shoots that will be thrown up. Thinning is the 

 great thing; pruning we esteem but lightly, except in par- 

 ticular cases. Prune Laurels in April. Knight's Dwarf 

 Marrow is the best late Pea. Employ Potter's guano, or 



superphosphate of lime; the last best. Why not let your 



Voies bear? There is no earthly reason against it Mix 

 urine with water, and when in full fermentation, add oil of 

 vitriol carefully till effervescence ceases, or turow gypsum 

 among it; or if you are prodigal leave it till it loses its 

 causticity. I: is ihe most valuable of all manures. Steep 



guano in it, and try it on Camellias. -A Subscriber.— After 



jrnur CaiceolarUs have done flowering they may be placed 

 out of doors in a shady situation until the young wood be* 

 comes sufficiently ripened tor putting in cuttings or them* 

 Allow your Achimenes t » dry off, withholding water gradually 

 until the stems become withered, when it may be stopped 

 altogether. From your Pelargonium seed that has not been 

 iertilised with other kinds, yuu have a chance of raising 

 Something different from the parent plant, as Pelargonium* 

 are vaneth-s, but seeds of y «ur Kuehsias, || they are species, 

 are likely to reproduce the same tning. We cannot tell 



where Meyer's rat poison can be had. J S. E. — We are not 



aware that there is any preparation first puton zinc lauels to 



tit them for retaining the ink. A Reader.— For information 



regarding gold fisii, we would refer you to p. 218 o( the 



present year.: A Lady Gardener. — We cannot recommend 



Nurserymen. J A. J. B.—You can have 27 of the Number* 



you write for; the others are out if print. Rusticus.— 



Skeletons of leaves are made by maceration in plain water 

 till all the parts are soft, then washing and picking out the 

 soft parts vvih needles, and then steeping for a little while in 

 very weak muiiaric acid. It is a difficult and tedious process. 



Gather the leaves when full grown. W. C— May add to 



his Conservatory climbers llanlenhergia maerophylia and 



Mandevilla suaveolens.j Somerset.— You had better ahow 



your Raspberries to stand, and have patience until another 

 year, when probably you will have suckers. We pre* 

 sume your Salvia is S. uu-xic ma. To flower it, it Should bft 

 grown in a pot, and should not have too much pot room, as 

 it is aptto get over-luxurirtiit. lt also requires to be freely 



exposed to bright ligntuuring thesummer months.! E.B. 



— Two good Cabbage* to be >own about this tune far spring 

 use are the Early York and Vuiack. There is no evideuce 

 to show that the moon has the effect ot causing or preventing 

 them trom running to seed. Ground lor Unions snould be 

 bastard- trenched and ridged late in autumn, and manured at 

 the same time. Nothing, therefore, is required when the seed 



is sown in spring but levelling down the ridges.; 



J. A. A. — The glow-worm is not destructive iu ilower- 

 gardens. For rs history, see page 443 ot tue present year.f 



A Reader. — Will find excellent directions respecting the 



management of Cape bulbs, given at p. 7/4, 1843 X Hiher- 



nicus. -For a method of trapping Weasels see p. 260 of this 

 year. Let the weak side-shoots of your Dahlias be thiuned 

 out ; they are not worth the trouble of putting 111 for cuttings, 



as Dahlias are so easily increased iu spring.* Chemical 



Jack*— We are sorry, bat cannot remedy the evil ot winch 

 you complain. Speak to the agent who supples you.— 

 J. //. H.— i.e^eud upon it the Vine jou speak of was not a 

 Vitis, 1101 its fruit Grapes of any kind. There is no *uch 

 thing, a3 tar as we know, as a herbaceous Vitis. There are 

 plenty of Vine-like plants, herbaceous, and bearing berries; 

 but what you may have seen we cannot tell; perhaps some 



Bryonia. Mede. — \\e are unable to explain the first cause. 



Tnere is no doubt that the curling in your pods of btock 

 arises from one side being injureu and made incapable of 

 growing as fast as the other. Hut what may have injured it 



and made it so we sec no means of explaining, iV. 0. P.'s 



question is not forgotten. Alnus. — You will find all 



about Anastatica at p. 863, of 18V2. Tue reference is 

 omitted by some negligence of the person employed to make 

 the Index. Tue seeds cannot be bought iu this country. It 

 ha* possibly been cultivated, but we Utfvei saw it. 



SEUUL1MU FLOWERS. 



Antirrhivum.— Z. Z.—li 29 is a seedling it must be a repe- 

 tition of caryopiiyllcides. 30 is handsome and well formed. 

 33 is pretty, but not new, and the lower lip does not spread, 

 as it does in 30. which is a very perfectly-formed flower.* 

 Fuchsias. — IV. J. E.—Vfe are obliged by the sight of your 

 flowers ; they are very good as a collection. 3, 9, and 10 are 



very fine.* E. T. S.— The sepals of your seedling are too 



long; and there is nothing uevv iu the colour 1 1 recommend 



it for general cultivation .* W. R. and S.— Your seedlings 



are large, stout, and showy flowers, but in colour they are 



similar to the varieties in cultivation ; 241 is the best* 



Z. Z. — A large, stout, and rather coarse flower, not differing 



in colour from a great many already out.* W. S.—\s a 



variety for bedding out, or planting in the border, your seed- 

 ling No. 10 is an excellent variety; it appears to be a robust 

 grower, and is the most prolific bloomer we have seen, bear- 

 ing several flowers at every joint j the flowers are iarge, rich 

 in colour, and measure, from the base of the footstalk to the 



end of the pistil, nearly six inches.* C. D. 31.— No. 1. The 



sepals to this variety are long and coarse, and there is 

 scarcely any distinction in colour between the corolla and 

 the rest of the flower. 2 is a better flower, elegant in form, 

 but wanting the purple in the corolla: this is the btst seed- 

 ling. No. 3 is small, and though bright and pretty in colour, 



the proportions of the flower are not good.* Y. C— Your 



seedling is a showy variety ; rosy carmine tube, witu sepals 

 tipped with green ; the corolla purple crimson, aud very large 

 for the size of the flower.* 

 Pktunias.— D. J.— Your seedling is a delicate and pretty 

 variety, ana the changes it undergoes after the flower opens, 

 of a purple-crimson to various tints of blue, increases its 



value.* Z. Z.— Your dark-viined Petunia is a pretty 



variety, but not very new or striking.* W. G.— It is im- 

 possible to form an opinion of your seedling, from the 

 flowers being pressed flat between paper ; they were so 

 bruised that the colour was entirely gone; they travel »>est in 

 damp moss.* J. S. S.— Seedling Petunia, rich purple crim- 

 son, spotted, and occasionally striped with white; the spots 

 are distinct, but the flowers are rather small. We should .ike 

 to *ee it again, in about a fortnight. It will make a good 

 border variety.* 

 Pansiks,— W. J— n.— Your Pansy is of no value, the flower not 

 having a clear ground colour; this part of the flower is 

 blurred and impeifect.* . 



Pelargoniums.— R. W. and Co.—Formosissima is your best 

 seedling. The flower is well formed, but the top petals want 

 smoothness ; and though common in colour, it is delicate and 

 pretty. Tenters was too far gone to form an opinion or ; ana 

 Rubens and Maid of the Valley are ill formed and destitute of 



novelty.* F. C. B.— Your seedling scarlet is ot a very rica 



and intense colour, and resembles in intensity a variety 

 known as the Brighton Hero. The trusses are very large 

 and compact ; the one sent contains between JO and SO buds 



and flowers.* J. Y.-The petals of your flower had fallen; 



they appear thin and deficient in substance, and the form 01 

 the flower we should judge to be too long; the top petals arc 



rich in colour.* Eleanor.— Your white seedling. Wo * !*J 



is a good flower, well formed; the spot decided and the wnue 

 pure: it would have been more welcome with the spot ay 

 other colour. The top petals to 19 are too pointed, *»£"*? 

 colour and surface too uneven; the lower pet. Is are "jroau 



and clean, and the flower is good in substance.* W. &. or. 



—Your flower is good in colour, but deficient both 111 suo- 



stance and form as a show variety.* J- //.- Your seeaiing 



is a flower of good form and substance, but it is unfortunately 

 of that lilac colour which is now discarded from every goou 



collection.* „«rMrularlr 



Vkkbknas.-Z. Z.-There is nothing new or P a r^j£ £ 

 attractive In either of your seedlings ; they are s 

 colour to varieties in cultivation.* . f i ate 



** * As usual, many communications have been received too » 



