THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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TUE GENIxAL CLIMATE OF WOKTHING. 
BY CnARLES IIENKT HAINES, 
Gardener to C. A. Elliot, Esq., The Elms, Broadwater, near Worthing. 
AVING observed in your valuable journal of last month, 
an article respecting the geniality of W orthing and the 
Isle of AVight, and having lived at the former place for 
two winters, 1 feel I cannot refrain offering a few 
remarks upon the subject, trusting they may prove 
interesting to your readers. 
Although 1 cannot enumerate all the plants made mention of by 
S. II., I am sure I can do sufficient to confirm its authenticity. The 
first subject worthy of note is the Ilex lati/olia, of which many fine 
specimens may be seen throughout Worthing and its environs ; but 
more noticeable is the Euonjjmns, which with its young foliage at 
this season presents a most beautiful aspect, forming huge masses 
of golden-yellow, green, and other distinct colours. The Gijtieriwn, 
though not so prevalent as the Eiionymus, grows here to perfection, a 
noble specimen in our grounds I think worthy of note, the plumes 
of which averaged before cut, from nine to ten feet high, and the 
plant of proportionate size. The Arbutus, too, attains a great height, 
and appears quite hardy, as also Myrtles, Veronicas, and other things 
equally beautiful, and generally regarded as tender. 
The following are immediately under my notice, in thoroughly 
exposed positions, viz., Desfontania spinosa,A.raliaEu,yenia Uyni,Sola- 
nv,m capsicastriim. Agave Americana, and indeed. Geraniums, where I 
left them in the ground by way of experiment. I find they are not only 
living, but breaking well with young foliage. Last summer I observed 
in many instances fine clumps of Calceolaria (Trentham Hybrid), in 
the front of villas, cottages, etc., in full bloom ; upon inquiries, I 
found they had been where they were from two to three years, and 
are now looking promising for a good display next season. I must 
also state that several beds of Heartsease, in conjunction with 
Veronicas, have supplied us with a good succession of bloom through- 
out the winter. I think, with the above remark, sufficient has been 
said to convince your readers of the geniality of this spot. Ho 
doubt many plants which are now treated as greenhouse ones, may be 
introduced into our gardens ; at all events, I trust that another 
winter will prove an experimental one in this locality, and in many 
another similarly favoured. 
GAEDEN PLANTS OF THE NOETH-EAST OF lEELAND. 
VING read your article on “Beautiful Trees for Kind 
Climates ” in the March number of the Floeal 
WoELD, I would like to give you a few instances of 
the open-air culture of delicate plants, not usually met 
with in the climate of the British Isles. Being a resi- 
dent in the north of Ireland for many years, and being very devoted to 
May. 
