1868 . ] 
HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS. 
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colour when on the tree, tinged with reddish brown, and thickly spotted with 
numerous copper-coloured or ferrugineous specks on the side next the sun. 
After the fruit has been some time gathered the green colour changes to a 
yellowish shade. The flesh when quite ripe is of a yellowish tint, firm but 
crisp, juicy and tender, sweet and very refreshing, with a slight perfume. 
The tree itself is hardy, free-growing, and an abundant bearer. The 
fruit, however, would be benefited by being grown in a warm situation, it 
being so late in ripening. It is, perhaps, questionable if it would succeed 
in our northern counties; but for the southern counties it is highly to be 
recommended. 
It was raised at Purser’s Cross, Fulham, by the late John Grd, Esq., 
about ninety years ago, from seed of an imported Newtown Pippin, and 
was sent out from the Hammersmith Nursery. The variety is figured 
in the “ Transactions ” of the Horticultural Society (ii., 285.) 
Chiswick. A. F. Barron. 
HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS. 
)ERY few plants are more effective for decorative purposes than the 
Herbaceous Calceolaria, and none more easily grown if properly 
treated. Few subjects have, moreover, made greater progress of late 
years in respect to quality than these. A few years since we had 
tall, weakly-growing plants, that required a number of sticks, and 
much tying-out, to fit them for exhibition. Now, thanks to skilful hybrid- 
