FEBRUARY. 
39 
8. Margaret .—A well-built striped variety, with small sunken centre; 
colour very similar to Amphion,—that is, a coppery yellow, distinctly 
striped with crimson; appears constant. 
KENNEDYA INOPHYLLA FLORIBUNDA. 
Few plants are really so well adapted for covering pillars or training 
upon trellises in conservatories as this lovely Leguminous twiner. When 
in flower it is particularly conspicuous, presenting a blaze of scarlet 
inflorescence, which at that season of year imparts or affords an agree¬ 
able and harmonising contrast with other inmates of the conservatory or 
greenhouse. 
Its cultivation is by no means difficult, as it may be propagated in 
the spring (May or June) by taking moderately firm side shoots and 
inserting them in sand, over a compost of peat and loam, under a bell- 
glass, to be kept close for a fortnight or three weeks in a frame, 
and then introduced into a brisk bottom heat, where they will soon emit 
roots. When sufficiently rooted, pot into 60-sized pots in sandy peat 
and loam, and afterwards place them in a close pit or propagating house 
for a few months. In the autumn, or succeeding spring, they may be 
planted in boxes, or, what is preferable, into the conservatory border, 
where nothing further will be required excepting plenty of air and a 
hberal supply of water during the growing season, coupled with the 
requisite training and thinning as may be found necessary from time to 
time. Should green-fly appear or become troublesome, fumigation with 
tobacco smoke must be resorted to, or a syringing with diluted tobacco 
water, which will soon eradicate this pest. 
Clevelandsy Devon. H. M. 
FRUIT CULTURE. 
BY MR. J. POWELL, ROYAL GARDENS, FROGMORE. 
No. I. 
In introducing this subject under the above title, I think I may say, 
without hesitation, that the cultivation of fruit is one of the most 
pleasing pursuits connected with horticulture,,and if we take a retro¬ 
spective view of the past and glance into ancient history, where we read 
of the existence of man, there we read of the existence of fruit. And if 
we trace the gradual rise of man in his mental career, we can also 
trace the steady improvement in fruit up to the high state of excellence 
to which it is now brought; from the wild Sloe we have the luscious 
Plum—the useful Apple from the sour Crab—and from the thorny, 
astringent Pear sprang all our present melting varieties. 
It will be as well to give my readers some idea of the proposed 
plan intended to be carried out; i, e., to give a series of papers on the 
cultivation of fruit generally, which will appear from time to time in the 
