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Tollington Nursery, Islington, had a fine double Fuchsia, Universal, a decided improvement 

 in point of habit. Mr. J. Watson, St. Albans, had a very dwarf yellow Calceolaria Tom 

 Thumb 6 to 8 inches in height, and very free. Evidently a good bedding kind. Messrs. 

 Lane & Son had a collection of ten Koses in pots, Mr. W. Paul, "Waltham Cross, was equal 

 first with Mr. Mitchell, of Maresfield, with boxes of fifty cut Eoses, Mr. E. P. Francis being 

 second. With twenty-five varieties, Miss Crawshay, Beading, was first, and J. Hollingworth, 

 Esq., Maidstone, second. With twenty-four varieties, Mr. Turner was first, and Mr. E. P. 

 Francis second. The newer kinds were Catherine G-uillot, Boule d'Or, Victor Yerdier, 

 Triomphe d'Alencon, President, Beauty of Waltham, Madame Boll, Due de Magenta, Senateur 

 Vaisse, Madame F\irtado, Gloire de Santenay, Madame Van Geert, Due de Cases, Souvenir 

 d'Elise, Louis XIV., and Baronne de Wassana, a fine Moss. Mr. Turner had a splendid 

 collection of Pinks, including some fine seedlings. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, Edin- 

 burgh, had stands of English and Belgian Pansies. Mr. Shenton, of Hendon, also had fine 

 blooms of the former. Mr. C. J. Perry, of Birmingham, was first with a stand of twenty-four 

 Verbenas, chiefly his own raising, and of first-class merit. They were Lord Elgin, Countess 

 of Bradford, Emperor, Blue Beauty, Loveliness, Venus, Mrs. Moore, Spark (a bright orange 

 scarlet), Peine des Amazons, a few other new kinds, and seedlings of promise. Messrs. 

 Downie, Laird, & Laing had spikes of Delphinium bicolor grandiflora, deep blue, with con- 

 spicuous white and lemon centre. The contributions of fruit were small, but generally good. 

 Fine Providence Pine Apples came from Messrs. Young, of Aberdare ; Bailey, of Shardeloes ; 

 and Speed, of Maresfield. The fruit of the first-named weighed 10 lbs. 13 ozs. Fine Queens 

 from Messrs. Barnes, Bicton, 5 lbs. 2f ozs., and 4 lbs. 6 ozs. ; Bwye, Merthyr Tydvil, 

 3 lbs. 13 ozs. A large number of Melons were staged. Peaches and Nectarines were very 

 fine ; the former consisted of Boyal George, Bellegarde, Barring-ton, or Galande ; the latter 

 of Violette Hative, Scarlet Elruge, and Bornan. Mr. Henderson, Coleorton Hall, was first 

 with Black Hamburgh Grapes, finely ripened; Mr. Hill with West's St. Peter's and White 

 Muscadine ; and Mr. Standish with Frontignan. Mr. Hill also had Buckland Sweetwater 

 and Black Prince; and Mr. Standish Ingram's Hardy Muscat, a small but very high- 

 coloured fruit. Mr. D. Thomson, ^rcherfield, had examples of his Early Muscat, said to be 

 much quicker in ripening than the ordinary Muscat ; for while a house of the latter was shut 

 up on the 1st of October, from which Grapes were only being cut now ; from a house of the 

 Early Muscat, closed on December 14th, eatable > Grapes were 'cut in May. Mr. Turner, 

 Slough, had a box of a new Strawberry, President, gathered from the open ground, a fine high- 

 coloured variety ; and Mr. Lydiard, of Bath, also had a dish of his seedling variety Glory of 

 Bath. Some Cherries and Figs were also shown. Quo. 



The Fruit Manual : containing the Descriptions and Synonymes of the Fruits and 

 Fruit Trees commonly met with in the Gardens and Orchards of Great Britain, with 

 Selected Lists of those most worthy of Cultivation. By Eobert Hogg, LL.D., F.L.S. Second 

 Edition. London: Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener Office. 



We see this, the only standard work on the subject of fruits, has reached a second 

 edition, which includes all the new varieties of fruits raised since the first edition was 

 published, two years back. If every nurseryman and fruit-grower would take the trouble 

 to have their fruit trees corrected to the nomenclature of the " Fruit Manual," much of the 

 confusion which now exists would be avoided ; under any circumstances, buyers of fruit 

 trees should insist on what they purchase being the same as are described in the Manual 

 under the respective names, and buy no other. 



The Orchard-house. By T. Bivers. Tenth edition, enlarged, Sfc. London : Longmans. 

 It must be near to twenty-five years since Mr. Eivers, of Sawbridgeworth, delighted 

 lovers of gardening by the first, we believe, of his horticultural brochures — the "Eose 

 Amateurs' Guide," which has been followed at intervals by the " Orchard-house," "Miniature 

 Fruit Garden," and some excellent descriptive catalogues. "The Eose Amateur's Guide" 

 has reached a seventh edition ; and the subject of our present notice forms the tenth — a pretty 

 conclusive evidence that the author and his subjects are favourites with the public. 



It will be almost superfluous on our part to inform our readers that it is to Mr. Eivers 

 we owe the introduction and name of orchard-houses. What though his first attempts were 

 merely glass roofs resting on a framework of rough timber, beech hedges being substituted 

 for brick walls, two great ideas were embodied in their construction — cheapness and adapta- 

 bility ; and however more recent authors may sneer at the Sawbridgeworth hedge-houses, 



improved upon, and no one has made greater improvements in their construction than our 



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