January 22, 1887.] 
pae collector, William Lobb. А PEN appeared 
the Botanica al Magazine, vol. Ixxxv., t. 5134, a 
en plant is there stated to have proved quite den 
magine a shrub with glaucous green, shortly stalked, 
acuminate leaves, and fine golden-yellow Poppy-like 
flowers, a couple of inches in diameter, borne singly 
at the tips of the short spur-like lateral branches, 
and some idea of this beautiful shrub will be 
obtained 
GUSTAVIA GRACILLIMA, 
sis а very handsome Myrtaceous shrub, in- 
toed iip years ago from New Grenada by Mr. 
Bull, red in the Botanical Magazine, t. 6151. 
'The e toni flowers inches in diameter— 
are produced in late summer and autu n; at present 
the y 
these remarks and makes us 
the undeniably beautiful flowers, the wo 
cultivating for the very pleasing tint of the beni 
growths, С, Nicholson, 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
BEDS IN CONSERVATORIES. 
ent isa fit time to prepare new beds in 
will be beneficial in keeping it open, - ES Rb 
lo sand to keep it porous, is most 
suitable A" Camellias ; the correct time howev s 
have become dis- 
S-inch outlet t» insure efficient drainage must be 
provided at the bottom of each pit. 
dene CALADIUMS, AND GLOXINIAS. 
ere Gardenia blossoms are required early, n 
time Qo be lost in placing the plants in ihe 
orcing-house, where D can have a night tempera- 
5? more by day, with a moist 
dur care should be taken to 
тана. апу trace of mealy-bug before new growth 
mmences; and when this takes place, liquid 
manure soot-water will assist to improve the 
quality jt = successional blossoms. Incases where 
plants are growing in be " 
droppings an will 
stimulating the energy of the plants. Plants to be 
retarded for later flowering, may remain in a tem- 
rature varying from 55? to 60°. 
A batch of Caladium tubers should now be shaken 
out, and potted in small pots; peat and loam with a 
dash of sand will suit them, and if placed in a brisk 
heat they will quickly run their roots through and 
around t il in the pots, n an early shift into 
r pots should be made loxinias may 
likewise be potte in stove heat; the 
а 
ell in loam and peat or leaf-soil in about 
THE ARDENE 
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1 parts, freely mixed with sand. ‘The tuber 
should be placed in pots just big es to hold it, 
and be put оп a shelf near the glass. Water must 
ре deis d supplied mnis a growth commences ; 
ir foliage shou be syringed. Thomas 
Doser Hendre лун и. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN, 
PRUNING, panika À AND TRAINING. 
the welcome change of weather comes, all 
бар, pruning should be pushed оп so as to get 
all CP a soon as i 
carry on the nailing and training of wall trees, and 
any ness r pesing. -m may yet require to be done, 
ve garden 
In extens above mentioñed operations 
extends over а long eriep of ti time 
Соттіхев, 
These should be prepared in — weather. Red 
and white Currants and Gooseberry shoots to be 
used for cuttings should have all the buds rubbed off 
int e t 
permit of their being planted out in a proper manner, 
PRUNING Busnes, 
In pruning Gooseberries, have the head of t 
bush well opened ow the ce by ia 
ut a number of roung c and in- 
terlacing shoots gigas and leaving a quantity 
of young s pee and merely shorte these so 
as to balance the hea UB o doing finer fruit 
is obtained for dessert purposes than by spurring in 
to the old wood continually. Currants, both red and 
white, are pruned in the same way. Currants 
should also have some of the oldest of the wood cut 
should now have their tops shortened to the required 
height. Autumn bearing varieties should be eut off 
close to the ground ; these last named bear fruit on 
the current year's growth. The summer kinds should 
have had the old canes eut out, fresh staked where 
required, and thinned out to about five aM to each 
shoot. Willow cuttings are foun useful 
material for tying an to e stakes. 
operations are finished give a d mulching 
short manure or rea soil, lightly Eri д 
soil over beforehand; this does no harm, 
manure is washed down to the roots by the rains. 
Edward Ward, Hewell, Bromsgrove. 
A 
FORESTRY, 
THE TIMBER TRADE. 
As was anticipated a year ago the ресе of home- 
grown timber still remain low—too indeed, for 
n of pont. io "M go to the 
considerable tim as I h 
that some of the « pats ” dealers have undertaken to 
proprietors being able to dispose ad 
their timber during the year 1887 is poor ; but there 
act that timber prices 
ent, for it is evident 
d Norwegian forests that in a few 
cutting timber or thinning plantations, unless it 
necessary, until the market changes, "Yo id 
ln these 
of 
fast-growing plantations are exceptions, for unless 
they are regularly attended to loss and not profit will 
be the result The thinnings from young w 
will be useful for fencing, and usually find a market ; ; 
but whether saleable or not, it is better not to injure 
the plantation by allowing the trees to remain 
in too elose proximity to each other. A good price is 
paid by farmers for Ash just now—indeed, any 
quantity can be sold 
ereabouts, where boat building is carried on in a 
small way, Larch is worth 1s. per foot (I sold timber 
of the same quality eight years ago at 1s. 64.), while 
Oak of the best quality occasionally sells at from 1s, 
to ls. 3d, per foot. The latter, when of a particular 
shape, such as when suitable for “ knees,” and other 
be 
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but the usual selling price is much lower. 
wood is much sought after for clog-soles, as it wears 
as well as Birch or Alder, is lighter, and is quite 
as easily worked. It sells at 10d. per foot. Syca- 
more is more readily disposed of hereabouts at present 
keep pace 
f large dimensions—say, 
2 or 3 feet in diameter—fetch readily enough from 
25. to 25, 62. per foot ; while those of smaller measure- 
ments sell at from Is. 6d. to 2s. per 
D. Webster, Penrhyn Castle, North Wales. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
DAHLIA SAFE TN IN WINTER. 
- Ix keeping roots of Dahlias through the winter 
two dange t them, and need guarding against, 
viz., damp and frost ile the frost 
care mu t the roots are suffi- 
5 رقا‎ attacks the thin cord-like portion of the 
tubers that attaches the root, and it becomes 
severed from it. The wths come out of 
the crewn of the root immediately round the main 
when surrounded by other roots that are perfectly 
sound dry. One of the best places in which to 
keep Dahlia roots d, lined with straw and 
a 
mats, and having tiers of shelves on which the roots |. 
may circulate among them. 
Tue Rivan Eruets. 
That charming late-flowering Japanese Chiusa : 
themum, Ethel, with its medium-sized white cup- 
пар blossoms, has during the past year been 
what prolific of sports, two of them taking on а 
yellow and the other a lemon colour. The best 
known is one named Mrs. Jones, of a rich bright 
golden colour, and which was awarded a First-class 
Certificate of merit by the National Chrysanthemum 
Society, This is being distributed by Mr, los Ж 
