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OcToBER 3, 1874.) 
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me bold eas aoe 
ofa 
$ -6 IA, Lawson 2).—A 
variety of noble aspect, having the young bark green. 
The leaves are of a dullish green, ovate use, 4 
inches long 4 Beret broad ; the spines Tess 
strongly developed than in the preceding sorts 
. A. LATIFOLIA, L n (fig. 90, 1).—A fine 
Holly of the Hodginsii type, having the young bark 
e. e dark green, 34 inches 
en 
long by 2} inches broad, ovate, blunt, coarsely and 
er dis “eo spined. 
Hopernsit, Waterer, Paul ; Farei 
ihis is ha e of oe Bas ar of all the 
wing varieties, and 
e young bark is F parai, id je leaves are of the 
How eatin to 
rs Ripening.—I find that the time ar ri 
may be considerabl 
tr 
as pyramids, and also the same 
variety growing as espaliers. The fruit was gathered 
off the mids August 29, and they are now (Sep- 
tembe ll over ; whereas the fruit off espaliers 
as not gathered till September I 
ripe, and will keep good some time 1 
e difference in time of being ready for gathering 
pomp me " ei rie Louise, Louise ne o 
sey, and other R: Owen 
Fi hems, "The pi rio Deitel Manor. 
ury Onion.—Having yori a =. 
The Banbur 
deal of the now celebrated B iin r 
chased two packets of ree direct from Mr. tow a 
o 
FIG. 90,—I, ILEX AQUIFOLIUM LATIFOLIA; 2, I. AQUIFOLIUM BELGICA; 3, I. 
deepest and richest green ; oe are -r broadly 
ovate, 3 inches to 4 inches iong by 24 in chopra 
and ished with rathe AeA Fer: mes 
equally disposed, but strongly developed iie 
It grows into a sp . 
A TYPHYLLA, Fisher, Paul. — A 
riety with thick leaves ` j 
young bark. leaves inch 
ong by 2% broad, broadly ovate, with a bluntish 
apex ; t ines are rather less coarsely developed 
than i e of the forms app ing grandi- 
is respect ; are i me cases ag 
while 
re here and there entire or entiation 
portions. 
. A. BELGICA; Dutch, Lawson (fig. 90, 2). 
ZA fne, , vigorous -habited Mess? go the young 
bark The leaves are of pe 34 
inches tae pe or oblong-ovate, rmid- 
able array of strong and rather thickly. che, spines 
at the edge. 
8. I. A. RIGIDA, Lawson.—A distinct yee, 
With the young bark green; but, though be 
regs ida, it is less rigid t the typical Beg 
eaves 
are a full green, about 3 inches long 
I$ inch wide, i mia, furnished with rather long A 
ines, 
A. Aticos, Laws Lawson , 3)-—One of 
the Pee 2 Oe 99, 3 J Hollies 
af a rer growing vari variety, an Sige: eS ne of thse i 
young bar 
Banbury, and sowed it on March 5 last on some good 
light loam, eg trenched last autumn, side by ne 
e The Ban 
with fiv x well-known sorts. bury 
Onion clea ees lead from the first, has grown into 
e beautiful bulbs, 50 bulbs on 55 feet 
by 2 feet of ground, and they weighed 140 lb. Th 
down 15 lb, 
Oni in my o ion, the best of the White 
Spanish type in cultivation, Ainry Pomroy, The 
Gardens, Rousham Park, near Oxford. 
Roses and Rose "e _ —Were I to assume, 
for posse fe sake, “that e plants from nurseries 
in which the good carr ‘emelitial = the oe 
of fine blooms is not practi os si ma — 
hare otherwis 
: First of all the 
cks 
numerous, are pla 
deeply; and as 
either irectly or indirectly ; 
eeded, $ weeds, yp ses the grosser 
aged ; large and con paes us 
Sct , all means ar 
— 
e tiisa ces yn 
man Would not 
oe 
_ I. A. NOBILIS, Lawson, Paul; Urquhartii (fig. | bright green, 34 inches long by 1} oe oblong- | | of the paja of the leading non-exhibiting firms, 
$0, *3).—A truly noble variety, with purplish young | obovate in outline, with an en wedge ‘shaped | and I can ass = their cultures are not suc 
bark, and having some resemblance to Hodginsii. | base, the rest of the margin furn ished wi merous | I have Peeves n fact I ca ttle difference 
The leaves are dark green, roundish ovate from 23 | very long ( inch), narrow, stiff, rt ae nted | between their AA sath ar ow Large breadths of 
inches to 39 Pole long, in different samples, having | spines. 7. M. stock: lanted on soil on here, the 
yery bold marginal spines, which are ewhat — ne —_ and to thrive; the soil is richly 
distant, but tolerably wami disposed. Itisa plant | fr owth in stock: r 
a i 
om owe ant eye. Clea and the | 
tilthy gro m, in most cases, ine gud non, 
Are not all thine the first principles of the good cul- 
ture of any plants? I incline to think that the best 
non-exhibiting firms go yet further with us, who ho d 
that the production of prize blooms is, in the n 
paeka case, but a happy accident resulting from 
thorough cultivation, and also know that the desire 
for pm. tapy goes hand-in-hand with the desire 
the best possible plants. Disbuddi 
ful study and comparison of its v ith the 
** pinching back” system. I d the practice of 
topping the shoot when it had made two or three 
plant, while dividia. had 
attained by the system, viz., the y Bese ain of what 
AQUIFOLIUM ALCICORNIS. 
f the dormant 
may be termed wrai menier, eyes o 
a igorous, healthy heni: 
ly disbu 
buds, so as to for 
It seems w a ai nt is epedana dded thes 
shoots do not wait for the removal of the flower but 
shoot at once, so e majority of the nursery- 
men’s flowers of the July shows are the result of this 
system. I y that flo sh 
produced in July ( masa i 
thy 
by — mber. The 
e supposed “‘large qua tities of a frequently 
iven” is just ie pe. psec ect as to ren 
ga as ge sappy plants unsoun N 
ee 
he deve 
thorough culture described 
e; it is de e 
