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CASSELL'S POPULAK GARDENING. 



4. Murray. — Fruit atove medium, round, one side 

 larger than the other; skin pale green, dark red 

 where exposed; flesh white, rich, and melting; 

 flowers small ; an excellent variety. 



0. Downton, Improved. — Fruit large, roimdish-oval ; 

 skin pale green, crimson next the sun ; flesh green, 

 red at the stone, melting and juicy, with Stanwick 

 flavour ; flowers small ; glands renif orme. 



MID-SEASON NECTARINES. 



1. Elruge. — Fruit medium-sized; skin pale, dark 

 red next the sun; flesh pale, juicy, and rich, paler 

 next the stone ; flowers small. 



2. Stanwick Elruge. — Fruit vciy large ; skin green 

 in shade, deep red when fully exposed ; flesh rich 

 and melting, with Stanwick flavour ; flowers small. 



3. Violette Satme. — Fruit large, ovate ; skin 

 yellowish-green, bright red next the sun; flesh 

 yellowish-green, hright red next the stone ; melting 

 and very ricih ; flowers small. 



4. Pitmaston Orange. — Fruit large, ovate, pointed 

 apex ; skin bright orange, brown-red next the sun ; 

 flesh deep yellow, red at the stone, juicy, rich, and 

 excellent; flowers large ; glands round; excellent. 



5. Pine-apple. — A seedling from the above ; has 

 the same yellow flesh, and by some is considered 

 an improvement ; flowers large. 



6. Balgowam. — Fruit very large, roundish-ovate; 

 skin mottled with red ; flesh veined with red, melt- 

 ing, rich and highly flavoured; flowers small; glands 

 reniforme ; a good free variety. 



7. Byron. — ^Fruit large, roundishrovate, resembling 

 Pine-apple ; skin rich orange, marked with crimson ; 

 flesh orange, rich red at the stone, and highly 

 flavoured ; flowers very large ; glands reniforme. 



8. Humboldt. — Fruit large, round, pointed at the 

 apex; skin bright orange, slightiy streaked with 

 crimson ; flesh orange, tender and juicy. 



LATE NECTARINES. 



1. Albert Victor. — Fruit very large, flattened at 

 the crown ; skin pale green in shade, mottled with 

 red when fully exposed; flesh greenish -yellow, 

 juicy, tender, and rich, very red next the stone ; 

 flowers small ; glands round ; a very fine Stanwick- 

 flavoured Nectarine ; should be well thinned. 



2. FJctoriff.— Fruit large, like Stanwick, one of 

 its parents, but is a month earlier and does not 

 crack ; skin pale green in the shade, reddish-purple 

 where exposed ; flesh white, melting, and delicious ; 

 flowers large ; glands reniforme. 



The following late Nectarines, imbued with the 

 piquant Stanwick flavour, raised by Rivers, have been 

 tested, and can be strongly recommended for the 

 orchard house : — 



1. Chaucer 



2. Dante 



3. Darwin 



4. Dryden 

 0. Milton 



6. yewton 



7. Spenser 



PEACHES llEMARKAELE FOR THEIR SIZE. 



1. Albatross 



2. Lady Palmerston 



3. Lord Palmerston 

 i. Osprey 



5. Princess of Wales 



6. Exquisite 



7. Stump the World 



8. Salwey 



As these varieties grow to an 

 immense size, and are very hand- 

 some, they are well adapted for 

 exhibition; but with one or 

 two exceptions they do not come 

 up to the mid-season lands in 

 quality ; No. 7 has been grown 

 ' 22 ounces in weight. 



AQUATIC PLANTS. 



By E. Iewin Lykch. 



THE OVT-BOOR AQUARIVM AND BOG-GABDEN. 



THOUGH tropical aquatics are the moSt magni- 

 ficent, the occupants of this department hold a 

 good second place, and while yielding nothing in point 

 of interest, have the advantage of costing consider- 

 ably less. Wherever water is at command some of 

 the most beautiful may be cultivated, and we shall 

 show how it may be accomplished with very modest 

 means. But with the conveniences we shall first 

 describe, the result is much more delightful. We 

 should provide such conditions that it is possible to 

 suit every kiud, from those which merely love 

 constant moisture to those that flourish, as many do, 

 just at the water's edge, and we should have water 

 in depth from two or. three inches to two feet. 

 Deeper water is not necessary. Common garden 

 soil will suit the majority, but it is important to 

 have peat in different degrees of moisture. Then it 

 is desirable to have a spongy swamp in which 

 sphagnum wiU grow, and for that the free percola- 

 tion of water must be secured. If sphagnum can be 

 made to grow, there will be no trouble with some of 

 the choicest that are sometimes troublesoine. It is 

 perhaps easiest to convey the information we wish by 

 describing some of the best bog-gardens, pointing 

 out at the same time their advantages. 



At Kew there is a large collection of hardy 

 aquatics. They are grown in pots, which stand 

 as required, at various depths, in a large brick tank 

 of water. This manner of culture is so simple that 

 little need be said about it. Every kind is easily 

 supplied with the soil it needs, and the right degree 

 of moisture, or depth of Water ; and as the plants are 

 confined in pots, a large collection may be grown in 

 a small space. But there is this disadvantage, that 

 the plants from the confinement do not so easily 

 attain a fine development as when planted out, and 



