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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[October, 
the plant in a light airy situation near the glass. As soon as the plant has taken 
to the shift, pinch out the tops of each shoot, so as to cause it to break and form 
the foundation of the future specimen. This should also be done two or three 
times during the following spring and summer. The cultivator can best judge 
when to do this from the strength of the plant, and the progress it is making. 
About the beginning or between that and the end of April it will require another 
shift, the same kind of soil being used as before. The second year the plant 
may be allowed to bloom. If this is desired, the shoots should not be pinched 
after the month of February previous to blooming. As soon as blooming is over 
the plant should be placed in the open air exposed to the sun, and in about a 
fortnight it should be cut over, leaving about a couple of eyes on the wood on 
each shoot which has produced blossoms. The plant should be exposed to the 
air until the middle of September, and should then be removed to winter quar¬ 
ters ; potting, pinching, and cutting-over after blooming should be duly attended 
to according to the above directions, and it will continue to bloom for several 
seasons.— Henry Chilman, Somerley Gardens. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
NE of the most gratifying incidents of the past few weeks, was the 
Horticultural Reunion at Chiswick , which took place on August 23. The 
Floral and Fruit Committees of the Royal Horticultural Society having 
assembled to examine the several objects in which they take an interest, the 
Council took advantage of this opportunity to invite the exhibitors to inspect the newly-arranged 
garden, after which a luncheon was provided in the Great Vinery, Mr. Wilson Saunders 
occupying the chair. The future operations of the Society, especially as regards the exhibitions, 
were made a subject of discussion, and many hints and suggestions were dropped which may be 
turned to good account in the future. 
- ^ Great International Exhibition of Fruit, in whch all home and 
foreign growers are invited to take part, is announced to be held at South 
Kensington on October 4, under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society 
and Her Majesty’s Commissioners of the Exhibition of Industry of 1871. Prizes, consisting of 
gold, silver-gilt, silver, and bronze medals will he awarded for Apples, Pears, Grapes, Oranges, 
Lemons, Citrons, Limes, &c., and for miscellaneous fruit. 
-• ££here are now some three or four beautiful forms of the Tiger Lily 
in cultivation, and Mr. Wilson has recently pointed out their distinctions. 
There is the old L. tigrinum , cultivated since 1804, dwarf in growth, smaller in 
flower, and blooming three weeks earlier than the rest. Then comes L. t. Fortune!, which 
grows 7 ft. high, with a panicle upwards of 2 ft. long and as much broad at the base, fully 
double the dimensions of the common sort, the flowers spotted as in the type. Another, called 
L. t. splendens, is like Fortunei in habit, but has larger, nobler, and more showy flowers, 
marked by much larger spots. Finally, there is the beautiful L. t. fiorepleno, which Mr. 
Wilson believes will equal Fortunei in growth when the bulbs become strong. 
- grand bed of upwards of 5,000 bulbs of Lilium auratum , in full 
bloom, may now be seen at Mr. A. Waterer’s nursery at Knap Hill. The plants 
are seedlings of home growth, and are remarkable for the large size, fine form, and 
rich marking of their flowers, while they are also exceedingly diverse. Those with red bands 
