HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 385 



THE NILES PEAR. 



We are indebted to Wm, Y. Pettit, Esq., of West Chestnut Street, in thi3 

 city, for a, specimen of the Pear which we figure in this number. It is a 

 foreign Pear imported by the Hon. Mr. Niles of Connecticut — the name is 

 lost, and it is now called the Niles — it is thought by some to be the Easter 

 Beurre. A full description will be given in the next ad interim report of 

 Penn. Hort. Society. 



Even Strawberries of the most distinct sorts, planted out and treated in 

 the usual way for a few years, so degenerate and change that they cannot 

 be identified by the best judges. iV". 31. T. in Gardener's Chronicle p. 565. 



Euphorbia Jacquixiflora. — If we take a restrospect of the plants that 

 have been introduced into the stoves of Great Britain within some few years, 

 not one has preference to the Euphorbia Jacquiniflora (or fulgens) : the 

 length of time the flowers continue expanded, the elegant growth of the 

 plant, if properly managed, and its very long spikes of rich orange-scarlet 

 flowers, give it a decided pre-eminence among stove plants. This lovely 

 plant is a native of Mexico, and was introduced into Germany a few years 

 ago, through Baron Kerwinski, and from thence to Britain by Mr. Runch. 



Cultivation. — Mix equal quantities of loam, peat, and rotten cow-dung 

 with a little sand. If cow-dung cannot be got, any very rotten manure will 

 do. Cuttings will strike very freely in sand. After they are struck, pot 

 them off into sixty pots, and shift them regularly as the pots become full of 

 roots. It is very necessary to stop the terminal shoots frequently, other- 

 wise the plant will grow very tall and slender, and, as gardeners term it, be 

 long-legged. When the pot is full of roots the plant will flower, even if it 

 be small; but it must.be observed, that if cultivators desire to have large 

 plants, they must shift them frequently until they w T ish them to display their 

 beauteous flowers. It is a charming plant for winter and early spring bloom; 

 in fact, by proper treatment, a succession can be had all the year, and no- 

 thing more lovely than spikes a foot or more long of its showy brilliant 

 blossom, each flower nearly the size of a sixpence. It does well in a hot-bed 

 frame of moderate temperature, as well as in the stove. It may be kept 

 during winter in the greenhouse, but must, during the season of rest, be kept 

 nearly dry, and give water when you want again to promote its growth. — 

 Flor. Cabinet. 



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