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HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 
and thai the fungus which appears on the 
outside of the Bkin is one of the effects of 
the rot, instead of any portion of the cause. 
rienced men say, thai in all wel seasons 
the same disease has been found to prevail 
more or less. The quantity of good Potatoes 
i- qoI less than in former seasons; and though 
the rut prevails a good deal more than has 
been experienced in previous years, the evil 
has been greatly exaggerated, and the increase 
in the quantity planted, will nearly, if not 
fully, make up for the deficiency. 
Cydonia japonica. — The fruit of this 
handsome flowering shrub, which is abun- 
dantly produced, is a great improvement to an 
apple tart, if cut into thin slices or finely 
minced. One fruit is sufficient for a small tart, 
and two for a large one. — F. S. 
Psrorraj Cattleyanum. — This is one of 
the best of the G-uavas, and furnishes an 
article of commerce which is known in the 
higher circles as a great luxury, and is 
imported under the name of Guava jelly. The 
plant is a native of South America, and may 
be grown in a good green-house. If there is 
the convenience of a stove, vinery, or peach- 
house, into which it can be removed for a 
short time during the early part of summer, 
an abundant crop of fruit may be secured. In 
winter it requires protection from frost. — M. 
New Aucuba. — One of the best new hardy 
shrubs which we have recently seen, is a 
new variety of the common Aucuba japonica, 
in the nursery of Mr. Low, of Clapton. It 
appears, judging from a small plant, to have 
leaves larger than the original kind, of the 
same figure, and differing chiefly in having a 
large, irregular, oblong, golden-coloured blotch 
occupying the centre of each leaf, the outer 
part, or margins, being of the same spotted cha- 
racter as the ordinary leaves of the original 
kind. It is at present scarce, but there can 
be little doubt of its being as hardy as the well- 
known favourite Aucuba japonica. 
The Potato. — While hundreds of people, 
who grow Potatoes from cut sets are deploring 
the failure of their crops, we have met 
with no instance in which those who planted 
whole sets have failed in the least degree. This 
ought to determine most people to save the 
largest of their undersized Potatoes for plant- 
ing, instead of cutting up handsome and large 
tubers. 
Ce strum attrantiacum. — This plant is 
decidedly one of the gayest autumn flowering 
green-house shrubs we have. It has a fine 
bushy habit, and handsome oval foliage : the 
growth is free and vigorous ; and the little 
bunches of orange-coloured blossoms are very 
freely produced. After the flowers are past, 
they are succeeded by a crop of white berries, 
something like those of the Snow-berry tree, 
and these give the plant a very ornamental 
appearance through the winter. — M. 
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL. 
