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Mrs. Beeoher Stowe, a superb-feathered byblomen, well marked, fino shape, full size, 

 and very pure ; a fine flower. 



, 'William. Hepton, feathered bizarre, short cup, good petal, deep yellow, marking not so 

 solid as some ; style of Groom's Duke of Wellington. 



Thomas Bromfield, feathered bizarre, deep golden yellow, very fine, well marked. 



Paragon, flamed byblomen, fine marking, quite pure, and a distinct variety of consider- 

 able merit. 



Magenta, flamed rose, very long in the cup, very narrow base, stained stamens, and 

 impure base. 



Rosy Byblomen, a fine-flamed flower, much the stylo of Nora Criena. 

 Feathered Bose, very fine, slightly marked, medium size ; very good. 



PRESERVING RHUBARB FOR TARTS AND PIES. 



BY MR. D. THOMSON, ARCHEREIELD GARDENS, DREM, 



It is perhaps not generally known (certainly it is very rarely acted upon if known), 

 that Rhubarb can be so preserved without sugar as to be in first-rate condition all winter and 

 early spring for tarts, and so obviating the necessity for forcing this esteemed vegetable 

 where there exists any inconvenience in forcing it. The preserved Rhubarb is much more 

 preferable than that which is forced early by the aid of hot stable litter on the ground 

 where it grows, there being always a disagreeable smack in the flavour from the ammonia 

 evolved by the dung in the process of fermentation. 



To preserve Rhubarb in the manner to which I have referred, the best time to do it is 

 about the middle or end of May in ordinary seasons, just when the stalks are at their best 

 for tarts. 



The method of preserving is to cut tbe stalks, after being peeled, into pieces about an inch 

 square, and then pack them into' wide-mouthed quart bottles. The bottles shoidd then be 

 set in a copper or boiler, with cold water up to nearly the necks of the bottles. The fire 

 should then be lighted under the copper and the water heated to 170°, and the bottles 

 allowed to remain in the water at that temperature for half an hour. After that the bottles 

 should be filled up with boiling water to within an inch of the cork. After being corked 

 tightly, the bottles shoidd be laid on their sides in a cool dry place, where they are to be 

 kept. The freshness with which Rhubarb can be kept in this manner is astonishing ; and 

 one family that I served preserved in this manner all the Rhubarb required in winter and 

 spring, and preferred it to that which is forced in the usual way. By corking up the bottles 

 when their contents are quite hot, the heat acts by coagulating and rendering insoluble and 

 inactive a kind of gluten which is a principal agent in the commencement of fermentation : 

 a fact which I should think is equally applicable to the preserving of all fruits which are 

 erroneously allowed to cool before being tied down.— -(Scottish Gardener.) 



ORCHARD-HOUSES IN AMERICA. 

 An amateur horticulturist of Pennsylvania writes : — 



" I fruited some thirty pots and boxes of Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Pigs, &c, last 

 year, and you can hardly imagine the pleasure and satisfaction it afforded to be able for 

 weeks together to pluck the delicious fruit— nut in homoeopathic doses either; and the 

 gratification and benefit derived from their use by an invalid wife and several sick friends 

 both about home and in the hospitals. A good, efficient, and moveable heating apparatus' 

 not requiring a great amount of fuel or constant attention, would be a great acquisition to 

 one like myself, as well as to many others, who attend personally to their own houses not 

 for profit but as a pleasurable relaxation. 



" So many of our family and people are engaged in this momentous struggle for union 

 and nationality, that increased load of cares devolve on those left at home. Notwithstandino- 

 I think and hope our interest in horticulture will not, or at least ought not, to flag ; andj 

 from present indications, the ardour among its votaries is increasing instead of diminishing."' 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



Conservatory. 

 The greatest attention should now be paid to the 

 watering of all plants in active growth Climbers not 



in flower should be well syringed daily to keep them 

 clear of red spider, which, if allowed to get a-head, will 

 be very troublesome. Remove all specimen plants as 



