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isstanee, as being placed one on each side of a walfe or an 

 avenue of grass. Your proposed planting of yellow Calceo- 

 laria for centre, Perilla on each side, and then Scarlet Ge- 

 raninm, bordered with Cerastium, or Cineraria, would look 

 very well. Unlesa yonr Calceolaria is a strong one, we 

 would prefer the PeriUa for the centre, as it would gi^e less 

 trouble in nipping, &c. You do not say what the width of 

 the beds is, but supposing they are 10 feet wide, you might 

 safely raise the centre from 2-t to 30 inches. Your Unes will 

 show all the better in consequence. The difSculty as to the 

 water running off may easily be neutralised by surface- 

 stirring and then mulching with rotten dung or leaf mould, 

 or cocoa-nut refuse. We find that in such raised beds the 

 plants put highest need the least watering, owing to the 

 roots having a greater depth of soil. If you put Calceolai-ias 

 at the ridge, they will need mulching as soon as the sun has 

 warmed the ground suflioiently. Crossing and Yandyking 

 such beds as you propose will also look well, especially from 

 the sides. The straight rows will be most telling from the 

 ends, and easiest done. Sow PerOla seed in a hotbed before 

 the end of March.] 



LONICEEA ATTEEO-EETICULATA. 



CHBTSAJrrHElinr STEITS killed BT BCBKiyG ST7IPHTK. 



Ox the 7th of October last, I had an accident with a sul- 

 phur-fumigating apparatus which X invented, and, in conse- 

 quence, destroyed the whole contents of my greenhouse 

 by the fumes. Amongst the rest there was a lot of fine 

 Chrysanthemums (includiug the Japanese varieties), just 

 coming into bloom. The leaves and stems of these were all 

 MUed. The plants have since sent up fine shoots, which 

 are now from 12 to IS inches high, and look as if they would 

 flower now. Had I better cut down the stems and make 

 cuttings from them, as is usual at this period, or let them 

 flower? 



Enclosed I send you a piece of the Japanese creeper, 

 Lonicera aureo-reticulata, it bad originally a smooth-edged 

 oval leaf, deeply veined with golden network. It was 

 killed, or rather its leaves were, by the sulphur fumes, and 

 now the leaves appear with an indented edge and minus the 

 veins, or least with very small ones. Is not this rather a 

 curious effect ? — Sigxa. " 



[We are rather doubtful as to your Chrysanthemums 

 flowering now, but we would take off some pieces for cut- 

 tings or little plants, and let the rest remain until you see 

 what they wUl do. If by retarding or cutting down in 

 October we could have bloom in llarch and April, it would 

 be a good acquisition. By aU means, let some, at least, of 

 the plants remain, and let us know the result. 



The slip sent is so unlike the Lonicera aureo-reticulata, 

 that it is possible something else has come up in the pot. 

 The leaves, also, seem more herbaceous than shrubby. It 

 is possible, that from shooting strongly and vigorously it 

 has taken the present appearance. If so, it will revert to 

 the original type as it grows older. You have learned one 

 important lesson — namely, never to use burning sulphur 

 where there is anything green. 1 



flowers about which inquiry is made; 3rd, Whether they 

 are wanted for exhibition purposes, the home greenhouse or- 

 garden, or for decorative purposes generally. And then 

 they must also remember that judges differ as to which are 

 the best flowers out. My opinion may be different from my 

 neighbour's ; he may admii-e size, while I prefer symmetry ; 

 or he may think colour the main point, and I hold that 

 colour, without substance, is worth nothing : hence two 

 persons, equally trustworthy, may give very different lists. 

 With this caveat I reply to "E. T." 



Best Eighteen STioic Dahlias. — Alexander, white tipped; 

 Beauty of Hilperton, purple; Bob Eidley, bright red ; Carac- 

 tactts, yellow, with red tip ; Charlotte Dorling, white, edged 

 with crimson; Charmer, yellow buffj Golden Drop» yellow; 

 Lady Douglas Pennant, primrose ; Lady Popham, white, 

 tipped with lavender; Lord Derby, bright rosy crimson; 

 Donald Beaton, shaded maroon; Eachael EawKngs, pale 

 peach ; Umpire, pure white, with deUcate edge ; Triomphe 

 de Pecq, crimson scarlet; Mauve Queen, light mauve; Lord 

 Clyde, red; Mrs. W. Piggott, white; Midnight, very dark. 



Best Bighteen Fancies. — Lady Paxton, red, tipped with 

 white ; Coquette, blush, with maroon stripes ; Countess of 

 Shelbume, white, tipped and edged with purple — may be 

 shown in both classes ; Elegans, white, striped with purple ; 

 Confidence, lilac striped maroon; Gem (Stafford's), crimson, 

 tipped with gold; Leopard, bush dark-striped and spotted; 

 Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, dark purple, tipped with 

 white ; ISTorah Creina, bright orange, tipped with white ; 

 Oliver Twist, purple-and-white striped; Queen Mab, pure 

 white, with scarlet edges ; Eev. Joshua Dix, blush, striped 

 with dark crimson ; Fairy Queen, medium, tinged and shaded 

 with pink ; Magpie, black, tipped with white ; Zebra, bright 

 scarlet, striped white ; Summertide, chocolate, tipped with 

 white, and striped; Starlight, deep scarlet, tipped with 

 white ; and Sam Bartlett, deep yellow, tipped with scarlet. 



Best Sit Light Fuchsias. — Biauca Marginata, Fair Oriana, 

 Guiding Star, Mianie Bamksj Madame Tietjens, Eose of 

 Castile. 



Best Siiv Baric Fuchsias. — Charming, Don Giovani, Mdlle. 

 Trebelii, Puritani, Finsbury Yoluuteer, and Oberon. — D., 

 Deal. 



LIST OF PLOWEES. 



I, TOO, would enter my caveat, with my good fi-iend 

 '' P. H. G." (who, I am glad to see, has escaped alive 

 from those monsters of the deep, into whose domestic ar- 

 rangements he has been prying for the last twelve months), 

 against the very loose and indefinite manner in which one 

 is asked for lists of the be:t flowers, and in consequence of 

 which t'ue answers must often be very unsatisfactory. A 

 ■correspondent, e.g., wants the names of the best twelve 

 Pelargoniums. Xow, these vary in price from one guinea 

 to one shilling. If I send " liquisitor" or a " Constant 

 Eeader" a list, in which, perhaps, John Hoyle and Mary 

 Hoyle, and British Sailor figure, I should be told he did not 

 mean new varieties, they are beyond him ; while, if I take 

 the older sorts, "Oh! I have all those," is the rejoinder. 

 It would, then, be a great help to us, when asked for such 

 Usts, if querists would be kind enough to say — 1st, Whether 

 price is an object; 2nd, Whether they have any of the 



TEITCH'S EXETEE XrESEET. 



YoTiB excellent correspondent "D., Deal," in his report 

 of his visit to the establishment of Mr. James Yeitch, of 

 Chelsea, does, I think unwittingly, an act of injustice to 

 my friend Mr. E. Yeitch in stating that the Exeter esta- 

 blishment, so long carried on under t'ne name of Yeitch and 

 Son, has been abandoned, and that the whole energies of 

 the firm are concentrated on the London nursery. It would 

 appear fi'oni this statement that no nursery establishment, 

 presided over by any member of this family, exists or will 

 be cai-ried on in Exeter; and if such an idea were to be 

 generally received, it would act injuriously to the interests, 

 not only of Mr. E. Yeitch, but to the city of which I am 

 proud to be a citizen. It is true that the late firm has been 

 dissolved, and that Mr. Eobert Yeitch, for reasons with 

 w'nich I have nothing to do, has decided on not continuing 

 his business at the old nursery. He has, however, taken 

 ground and commenced the formation of one, which will be 

 very much more convenient to Exonians and to visitors to 

 our " ancient and loyal city," being situated at the end of 

 one of our principal streets, and very near to the stations of 

 all the lines of railway. A large portion of the stock has 

 been, or will be, removed from the old establishment to the 

 new nursery, and extensive ranges of houses are in course 

 of erection. 



The prospect cf the entire breaking-up of the Mount 

 Eadford establishment has been a subject of deep regret to 

 our citizens generally ; and it is with no small satisfaction 

 that we find the honoured name wUl stUl be connected with 

 us. A large amount of the energy, so long synonymous 

 with the name of Yeitch, will stiU be a characteristic of 

 the head of our new nursery, and as with the exceeding 

 liberality, which has so long distinguished the firm, visitors 

 win be admitted with the gi-eatest possible freedom, we can- 

 not but look upon the nearer approach of this nursery to our 

 town-walls as a great and undoubted boon. 



The extensive seed establishment, so long conducted in 



