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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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merit, which is simply to give them a moderate stove-temperature, in which they will 
produce a good succession of flowers. After a little exhaustion, they will, if still 
kept in a vrarm place, again give another supply, and by having a few plants 
introduced at intervals a good succession is secured. 
I find them do well in a light loam, with a little leaf-mould and sand, 
but almost any soil will be found suitable. Planted out in the borders of a con- 
seiwatory, and grown either as a bush or trained to the back wall, the plant grows 
well, but for continuance in flowering a batch grown in pots is preferable. 
I may here mention another valuable plant for winter flowering, not half so 
much grown as it should be— liabrothamnus faseiculatus. Planted against the 
back wall of a greenhouse, and its summer shoots not stopped, it flowers profusely, 
the colour contrasting well with lighter subjects.—J. W. Laurence, Newstead 
Ahhey^ Nottingham. 
CHAMiEPEUOE DIACANTHA HARDY IN HANTS. 
S his plant has withstood the winters of 1875-G here, and it seeded freely 
last summer, from which seed we have at this time (February 2G), young 
f plants. There are also plants which were raised in the spring of 187G which 
have had no protection whatever this winter, and are now healthy and 
strong. The winter of 1875-G was a cold and protracted one, and the present one 
has been remarkable for mildness and excessive rainfall, so that this ChamcepeMce 
seems to be quite hardy, though it has been classed among plants requiring the 
protection of a frame in winter, or as being only a half-hardy biennial.— Henry 
Ohilman, Somerley Gardens. 
PEACH DESSE TARDIVE. 
[LLOW me to recommend what is to my mind the best late Peach in culti¬ 
vation— Desse Tardive. It is not a now variet}-, were it so, its sterling 
merits would soon become better known. I have not been able to trace 
its exact history : only it hails from Franco. Every Peach-cultivator 
knows the excellent qualities and fine appearance of the Bellegarde and of the 
Eoyal George. Well, this Desse Tardive Peach is very similar in appearance 
to the Bellegarde, having the same shape, wdth a brighter colour, and with the 
same texture of flesh, and the same excellent quality, but it comes into use some 
weeks later. It might, indeed, very appropriately be called a late Bellegarde. Now, a 
late Bellegarde is a great improvement—for open-wall culture especially—on the 
Barrington and Late Admirable, which ripen about the same time. These two 
latter are suitable enough, and very excellent for house-culture, but wdien grown 
on the open wall they have an ugly greenish look about them ; and it is only a 
certain proportion of them that are of average quality. They are coarse-grained 
at the best. There is a wonderful drop-down both in tone and quality, from the 
mid-season Peaches of the Bellegarde type to the late varieties as at present 
cultivated. This Desse Tardive vf'Al carry on the good appearance, and the good 
quality, to the end of the Peach season—till October. 
