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Coreopsis tinctoria. (Fig. 94.) — " Sir, — I 

 send you an account of the Coreopsis splen- 

 dens, of gardeners, {the C. tinctoria of Nuttal), 

 which I think every one ought to know, and 

 which cannot be better circulated than by your 

 useful and entertaining Magazine. When first 

 I procured the seed of it, I was told that it was 

 a tender annual ; but I find, by experiments made 

 by an amateur, and a gardener of Sussex, that 

 it will stand the winter very well. Each planted 

 some young plants in pots, which they kept out 

 all the winter, as far as January, when the for- 

 mer, during the severe weather at that time, 

 placed his under shelter : afterwards he kept 

 them out, without their receiving any injury ; 

 the latter never gave his plants any shelter at 

 all, and still they received no injury. The 

 seeds were planted as soon as any ripened, and 

 when they came up, pricked out singly. Perhaps this might have been 

 others, and information given to you, but for fear it should not, I have. 



" I remain, Sir, yours, &c. 



" August 26. " An Amateur of 



tried by- 

 Sussex. " 



This splendid annual is so hardy, that seeds, self-sown last autumn, in several 

 gardens near London, have stood the winter, and have been in flower since May 

 last. It is one of the most valuable additions to our hardy annuals which have 

 been made for some years. A new and equally splendid species is now in bloom 

 in the nursery of Messrs. Allen and Roger, King's Road, which will, very pro- 

 bably, be as hardy as the other. It has the leaves of C . tinctoria, and the flowers 

 of C. lanceolata, {Cond.) 



Melianthus Major. W. B. writes, that he flowers this plant freely, by divest- 

 ing it of suckers, and training it to a single stem ; it sends out shoots at the top, 

 which terminate in large, white, honey-smellmg flowers. {Stirlingshire, June.) 



Sweet-scented Cyclamen. Plants of this variety, of C. Europeum, have been 

 received by Messrs. Rollison, of Tooting, from Mr. Seidel, of the Botanic Gar- 

 den of Dresden, who procured them from Hungary. They were beautifully in 

 flower during August and part of September. A very fine new heath, some- 

 thing in the way of aristata, has also bloomed, for the first time, in this nursery. 



Pince's Golden Nectarine. Specimens of this fruit were sent us by Messrs. 

 Lucombe, Pince, and Co., Nurserymen, Exeter, for our opinion as to its merits. 

 It is one of the finest coloured nectarines we ever saw, and well merits the appel- 

 lation of golden ; it is more than usually large, and equal in flavour to any of 

 the old varieties. Were it not that we are inclined to distrust first impressions in 

 tasting new fruits, we should say that it was remarkably high-flavoured. It was 

 gathered on the 2d of September, and received by us on the 5th instant. Messrs. 

 L. P. and Co. say, " to possess their full flavour, the fruit should remain on the 

 tree until shriveled ; consequently, the specimens now sent, are, for the sake of 

 carriage, rather prematurely gathered. The tree which produced the fruit now 

 sent has never been budded upon any stock, but is merely the original seedling 

 plant ; and has produced this season about ten dozen of fine nectarines. It was 

 raised by our partner, Mr. Pince, and we have called it Pince's Golden Nec- 

 tarine." [Exeter, September 2.) 



A Cucumber is now growing in the garden of the Rev. B. Bluett, of Hay-grass, 

 near Taunton, which measures three feet six inches long ! { Taunt. Cour., July. ) 



While Providence Pines cut in the pinery of John Edwards, Esq., at Rheola, 

 Vale of Neath, Glamorganshire. Sept. llh, one 11 lbs. 15 oz. ; circumference 

 21 inches, height 10,7 inches, 4 gill suckers. Sept. 10th, one 14 lbs. 12 oz. ; cir- 

 cumference 26 inches, height 12 inches, 4 gill suckers. The gardener at Rheola 

 is Mr. Robert Dixon. {Com. by J. H. L. Esq.) 



Hamburgh Vine. There is now growing in the peach-house of S. T. South- 

 well, Esq., Wroxham Hall, Norfolk, a young vine, of the black Hamburgh of 



