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time to take the plants into the stove. Pinch off all the leading buds on the 

 lateral shoots, but not on the leading shoots. As soon as the flower expands, 

 extract the anthers from the intended female parent ; and next day, or as soon 

 as you perceive the pistils getting moist, apply the pollen ; at the same lime 

 making two or three slits in the whole length of the corolla, to let out the 

 sweet secretion often lodging on the germen. See that the decaying corolla 

 does not damp off' the style, which ought to be preserved till it dries of itself. 

 As soon as you perceive the germen swelling, stop the leading shoots. Apply 

 all safe stimulants till the seeds are ripe, but do not let the plant expend its 

 energies in the production of young wood. Pinch off every bud as it offers 

 to expand. Keep the plant or plants as near the glass as possible all the time, 

 and sow the seeds as soon as ripe. Seedlings produced in the green-house 

 will not be near so vigorous as those in the stove ; and their being originated 

 in heat does not alter their hardiness in the least. — D. Beaton. Kingsbury, 

 Jan. 16. 1839. 



The Manchester gigantic White Celery, and the large neiv Purple Russian 

 Celery. (Vol. XIV. p.jj639.) — The former may be procured at most of the large 

 seed shops ; but of the latter I know nothing. I believe, however, that I can 

 inform your correspondent of a sort of celery superior to the Manchester, both 

 in point of size and flavour. It is a variety raised by Mr. Seymour, gardener, 

 Carlton Hall, near Snaith, Yorkshire, about the year 1830. It has been 

 grown by him to 6 lb. weight each head ; and a few plants received by Mr. 

 James Kingston, gardener to Philip Saltmarsh, Esq., of Saltmarsh Hall, near 

 Howden, Yorkshire, from Mr. Seymour, weighed 13 lb. a head after the soil 

 and decayed leaves had been taken off, and was 5 ft. high. Their stalks were 

 exhibited at the Doncaster Horticultural Show, where they were much ad- 

 mired. I have seen this celery grown very large in the gardens of the Countess 

 of Bridgewater, at Ashridge, by Mr. James Seymour, the gardener there. It 

 has been grown by the side of, and has received the same treatment as, Bailey's 

 gigantic Manchester, and other sorts, but was superior to them in weight, 

 solidity, and flavour. Mr. James Seymour has informed me of the weight of 

 some roots dug up at Ashridge this season. One, on Nov. 4., weighed 2 lb., 

 and was 1 ft. 6 in. in height, and 10 in. in circumference, ready for the table; 

 one, Nov. 15., which weighed 5 lb., was 3 ft. 2 in. high, and 13 in, in circum- 

 ference. One of Seymour's superb white celery, which weighed 4 lb., was 

 3 ft. 2 in. in height, and 11 in. in circumference. These last were weighed 

 after the soil and outside leaves had been taken off*. 



Having grown this celery myself, I can speak with certainty as to its being 

 superior to any other sort I have seen. I believe the seed of the red celery 

 is to be procured of Messrs. Brown, nurserymen, Slough, and at the Egyptian 

 Hall, Piccadilly, London : the white is not to be had. ■ — Henry C. Ogle. Dec. 

 29. 1838. 



Art. IV. Obituary. 



Died, Dec. 22., Mr. George Penny, A.L.S., late partner with Mr. William 

 Young of the Milford Nursery. Mr. Penny was well known as one of the 

 best practical botanists and propagators in the neighbourhood of London. He 

 particularly excelled in a knowledge of herbaceous plants, as his articles 

 in the earlier volumes of this Magazine, and the Catalogue of Hei-baceous 

 Plants in the Ejosom Nursery, which was prepared by him, abundantly prove. 

 He had been slightly indisposed for three or four months previous to his 

 death, and at last dropsical symptoms appeared. His sufferings during the 

 last two days were very great ; but death at length released him. — Henry Allen. 

 Milford Nursery, Jan. 2. 1839. 



