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Bonum, but has not as yet touched the tubers. Speaking of 
Magnum Bonums, I know of a man who from 12 lbs. raised over 
2 cwt. It is indeed an enormous cropper, and of excellent quality. 
—W. Koberts, Penzance. 
M. CROUSSE'S- NURSERY, NANCY, FRANCE. 
I daresay many readers of this Journal are well acquainted 
with the name of M. Crousse, Nancy, and perhaps it might inter¬ 
est a few to peruse a short description of the establishment. The 
Tuberous Begonias are now in a highly attractive condition. 
Amongst them we notice the well-known single varieties, such as 
Trocad^ro, beautiful bright scarlet, flowers very large ; Graham 
Bell and Charles Baltet, both beautiful deep crimson flowers, the 
colour of the latter is very intense ; Madame Yalette, Madame 
Crousse, and President Hardy, are showy varieties of deep 
carmine rose and rosy pink, and the habit is all that can be desired. 
Oriflamme is also worthy of notice, being of a bright crimson 
tinted with vermilion—the flowers are large and of great sub¬ 
stance ; Pearcei is well known and needs no comment; Sol- 
faterre, having beautiful foliage and flowers of a bright yellow 
tinted orange, and many other good varieties. Amongst the 
newest single forms are Albert Crousse, light red, very free and 
splendid habit ; Madame Saladin, white slightly tinted with 
cream ; Admiration, rich scarlet, flowers very large and freely 
produced ; Exposition de Sceaux, very large, of an amaranth 
colour—the large petals are extremely long, thus making it very 
distinct; Countess of Kingston is also very large and richly 
coloured ; Leon de Saint Jean, extremely large foliage—the flowers 
are of a light scarlet, centre tinted orange, and for a mass of 
flowers one of the best; Louis Puteaux has also fine foliage and 
flowers of a deep crimson red, centre lighter, very free, and good 
habit. Amongst the doubles are Comtesse Horace de Choiseuil, 
light salmon rose, centre almost pure white, very free and fine ; 
Mons. Keteleer, very full and double, beautiful flesh rose colour ; 
Edouard Morren, bright crimson-scarlet, is also very large and 
double ; Gloire de Nancy, rich vermilion, flowers large and freely 
produced, extra fine; C16mence Delahaye, deep satiny pink, centre 
white and yellow, flowers rather small but freely produced ; 
Madame Thibaut, beautiful light sulphur very double and fine. 
But particular attention must be drawn to the double seedlings 
that were for the first time exhibited at the last meeting of the 
Horticultural Society of Nancy, and which for size of flowers 
and robust growth entirely supersede all others yet introduced. 
In one, of a salmon buff colour, the flowers are over 7i inches 
in diameter, and others of various shades of colour of reddish 
crimson, salmon, light buff, creamy pink, and reddish pink, are all 
large. The double white claims particular attention, being very 
double and large. All these, as well as many thousand seedlings, 
are planted in good deep rich soil shaded by trees and tiffany 
overhead; but it must here be stated that they have on an 
average from 10° to 14° of heat more than in England, conse¬ 
quently greatly aiding the full development of the extra large 
doubles. 
The Zonal Pelargoniums are fine. Amongst the singles are 
Madame Colson, flowers very large, of a rich salmon, trusses 
large ; also Madame Chate, salmon tinted rose, flowers and trusses 
large; Comtesse d’Olonnes, deep pink ; Antoine Bosenkranzer, 
trusses large, violet-amaranth ; Jean III., deep scarlet, superb; 
Mrs. Moore is a beautiful improvement in the oculated class. The 
doubles seem to do exceedingly well here. We see such as Hoi 
des Violets, very good ; E. About, extra free and fine ; Emile 
de Girardin, deep rose pink ; F. V. Raspail, rich scarlet; Gam- 
betta, flowers very large ; Madame Thibaut, a very useful pink 
variety; Mons. Gelein Lowagie, lovely orange scarlet; Madame 
Thiers, a very fine double white ; Abel Carrie re, large trusses, 
salmon tinted rose, extra ; Paul Charbonier, very large, double, 
orange scarlet; M. Martha, violet shaded amaranth ; Madame 
LeonDalloy, a peculiar shade of white tinted with lilac; Comtesse 
H. de Choiseuil, orange salmon, and for a mass of flowers equal to 
Madame Thibaut. We come next to the peltatum section of 
Pelargoniums. Single—Flambeau, large flowers, carmine rose, 
very bright; Le V6suve, seedling from M. Dubus, flowers large, 
of a bright carmine red, colour distinct; M. Dubus, a splendid 
variety of a deep cerise carmine, extra fine. Double—Gloire 
d’Orleans, extremely free and double ; Madame Crousse, a beau¬ 
tiful improvement in this class, flowers very large, of a beautiful 
soft fleshy rose, extra fine ; M. Dubus, beautiful carmine rose ; 
Rosea plena fol. var., a distinct variety, beautiful rose tinted 
mauve ; Lucie Lemoine, a useful variety ; also Sarah Bernhardt, 
pure white, upper petals feathered maroon. 
In the next house the ornamental foliage Begonias form a very 
interesting collection of the very best and newest sorts. The 
following ten are the latest novelties raised at this nursery, all are 
good and distinct:—Gaetan O’Gorman, Comtesse O'Gorman, 
Madame Champon, Murillo, Hermine, Distinction, Julie Serot, 
Clementine Gillot, Madame Henn Delasalle, Madame Edmond 
Deroux, Louise Chretien, exceedingly pretty ; Ondine, Madame 
Pigny, Monsieur Lefebvre, Titania, Madame Plassiard, Le Nubien, 
and Andalousie. Coleuses are also very numerous, but many of 
the new ones so much resemble the older varieties that one often 
fails to see any improvement. Fuchsias are just commencing 
flowering, and consist of a fine batch of strong bushy plants. 
In the stove and temperate greenhouses we notice a good stock 
of such plants as Ferns, Anthuriums, Aralias, Bouvardias, Dra- 
Cfenas, Epiphyllums, Erythrinas, Stephanotis, and other hand¬ 
some plants. 
We now turn our attention to the plants outside, and the first 
collection that attracts our attention is the Rose, which is repre¬ 
sented by a large number of good varieties. The collections of 
Chrysanthemums, Delphiniums, Paeonies, and Phloxes are very 
numerous ; the batch of seedlings of the latter contains many fine 
varieties with large flowers and spikes. There is also a fine stock 
of bedding plants. These in the early part of the summer are 
very pretty and extremely free :—Antennaria, Arabis, Aubrietia 
Hendersonii, very useful when a mass of deep purple is required ; 
Polemonium cseruleum, very pretty ; Sedums, Stellaria graminea 
aurea, Iresines, and many other useful and ornamental plants for 
embellishing and making the parterres attractive. I greatly 
admired the healthy vigour of the plants and the cleanliness 
noticeable throughout the whole nursery.—A n Observer. 
A NEW GARDEN PUMP. 
Arnold’s “Patent Simplex Garden Pump,” represented on 
fig. 41, appears to be a most valu¬ 
able garden appliance. Having 
given it a fair trial we are able to 
say that it is one of the best water 
ejectors that has come under our 
notice, and will be useful in both 
gardens and forcing houses. It is 
very easy to work, maintains a 
continuous stream of water of con¬ 
siderable force, and cannot readily 
get out of order. It is so con¬ 
structed that no indiarubber or 
other packing is needed ; in fact, 
apart from the pipe by which the 
water is conveyed to the nozzle 
(and the wooden handle), there is 
nothing but metal employed in its 
manufacture. On the pump being 
placed in a pail or other vessel of 
water all that is necessary is to 
press down the piston, and the 
spring in the cylinder causes it to 
rise promptly for the next stroke, 
and whatever water is not forced 
through the nozzle passes down the 
interior of the cylinder, not a drop 
touching the operator. We shall 
be surprised if this most easily 
worked and efficient contrivance 
for washing wall trees, Roses, and 
plants generally, does not become 
a great favourite with amateurs. 
It is a miniature garden engine of 
real utility, and possesses the elements of simplicity and durability 
in a very marked manner. 
CUT FLOWER TRADE IN AMERICA. 
The cut flower trade for some years has been growing with 
wonderful rapidity, till now in New York city alone the business 
has reached several million dollars annually. Growers of cut 
flowers, realising that the day has gone by for the raising of 
general mixture, or “trash” as it is termed, now confine them¬ 
selves principally to forcing two or three articles and growing 
them well. Thus we find on Union Hill, near Jersey City, one 
man who confines himself to growing Tea Roses, Jacqueminot 
Roses, and Violets ; another to forcing Lily of the Valley, Hya¬ 
cinths, and Lilies ; while still another puts all his energies in the 
cheaper but just as important Carnation, Bouvardia, and Smilax. 
Fashion wields her iron sceptre and dictates to her votaries the 
kinds and colours of flowers to be used, as she does in everything 
Fig. 41.—Simplex Garden Pump. 
