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beg-iiining of October, and will keep till the middle of December. Cue^s Golden 
Drop Plum ; — this is a most excellent late fruit, not so much on account of its 
flavour as its properties of keeping; it will hangr on the trees without damage, four 
or five weeks after it is ripe ; it is said to have been raised by a person of the 
nameof Coe, at Bury St. Edmunds, in Suflblk, about the beginning of the present 
century. Mr. Mcintosh also gives an account of a Queen Pine, grown at Clare- 
mont, with a sucker attached to the plant, both of which are in fruit, (by no means an 
uncommon occurrence,) as also the crown on the perfect fruit starting. Kern'soii'n 
llotaouse Cucumber he recommends to those who cultivate through the winter, 
A hint is given to gardeners, ou training Raspberries as espaliers, to give a free 
circulation of air through them. He finishes his remarks by proving that the 
method of pruningjthe roots of sterile-Pear trees, iu order to make them bear, is 
no modern invention, but was practised a century ago with success. 
Part 20, fok Jcne, contains, 
Rhododendron Arborcum ; — one of the richest flowers of this beautiful tril)e, being 
of a deep carmine colour ; it will grow to the height of ten feet, it is a native of 
Nepaul, and consequently not hardy, and was introduced in 18c0: its generic 
name was derived from the Greek words, rodon, a rose, and dendron, a tree: it 
requires a considerable portion of water during the time of its flowering and 
making shoots. Glycine Sinensis, Chinese Glycine ; — This is the /flsirn'a Sinen- 
sis of M. de Candolle, and the /?'. Conser/uu of Loud. Hort. Brit, it is an extrejiely 
interesting plant ; its flowers ai'e of a rich blue mixed with rose colour; it is a 
native of China, and was introduced iu 1816. There is also an account of the 
culture of the Gardenia Florida and Rddicans ; — they are readily increased by 
cuttings of the young and half-ripened shoots, taken ofl^ as soon as they have flow- 
ered, and planted in fine sand in a moist heat without being covered with bell- 
glasses or having their leaves shortened. When slightly rooted they ought to be 
put into small-sixty sized pots, in rich light mould, wliere they arc to remain for 
one season, in which they will flower freely : after they have done flowering they 
should be re-potted in large sized pots, and this rule may be followed until the 
plants become large. In autumn the plants are placed in a cold glass pit or frame, 
upon a stratum of sifted coal ashes, and freely supplied with air, when the wea- 
ther will admit ; during- the night when the weather is cold, they mnst be covered 
with mats, and even during the day when the frosts are severe, as they are 
incapable of bearing any great degree of cold, In February or March, all that 
are wanted to flower should be placed in a pit or frame, upon a strong bottom 
heat but not plunged ; the temperature may be increased to ninety degrees, giving 
them plenty of water, syringing them often to keep them clear from insects, &c. 
After they have flowered, they should again be potted, and kept in a heat of 
sixty-five or seventy degrees, and not much exposed to the air till autumn, when 
they will have formed the flower-buds. By this treatment Mr. Mcintosh has 
proved they will flower in the greatest perfection. On the propagation of Nepen- 
thes Distillatoria, Pitcher Plant; — This is very rare and difficult of cultivation ; it 
is a native of China and the East Indies, it requires a high temperature and a humid 
atmosphere ; it is propagated by seed which should be sown as soon as ripe in a 
pot filled about half full of small stones, mixed with moss, over which should be 
spread about two or three inches of moss, and about half an inch of fine sifted 
mould, to form a smooth surface to sow the seeds upon ; they are not to be covered 
with mould, but should have a bell-glass placed over them, and the pot placed in 
a hot-bed frame, in the temperature of about seventy or eighty degrees, the pot 
should be set in a pan of water, which should be kept filled up, that the contents 
may be rendered sufficiently moist for vegetation . 
