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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ April, 
the right direction. Yellow grounds are perhaps the most esteemed of 
all, and these now are wonderfully improved, compared with what we had 
some twenty years ago, when we imagined they had almost reached per¬ 
fection. White grounds are by many fanciers considered the most chaste 
and beautiful of the tribe ; while many object to the creamy grounds which 
have of late been introduced, and say there should be a separate class for 
them. If so, there should also be a separate class for the dark sorts with 
blue, maroon or shaded centres. 
In staging flowers for exhibition I often see a preponderance of dark 
seifs; this should be avoided. There should never be more than two in 
pans of six, or three in twelve, and so on. These flowers, being generally in 
their best state when Tulips are exhibited, would form pleasing additions 
to the displays of those highly-esteemed floral gems. Those who wish to 
add a few to their stock, may safely select from the following:— 
Dark Selfs. —Alexander Tait, Dux, Glennifer, Lizzie, Miss Muir, Ossian, Eobin Hood, 
Eev. T. Findlay. 
Yelloiv Selfs. —Cloth of Gold, Cherub, Golden Lion, Miss G. Campbell. 
White Selfs. —Mrs. James Dunlop, Jamieson’s No. 8, Queen of Whites. 
Cream Selfs. —Maggie, Emblem. 
Yellow Grounds. —Emily Lyle, C. W. R. Eamsav, George Wilson, J. B. Downie, John 
Downie, Mary Ann, Wallace, William Dean, John Hay, Euclid. 
White Grounds. —Countess of Eosslyn, Cupid, Jessie Laird, Lady Lucy Dundas, 
Lavinia, Miss E. Cochrane, Nymph, Mrs. Hopkins, Princess of Wales, Princess Mary, 
Pladda. 
Winton , Manchester . J. Walker. 
SETTING THE FRUIT OF VINES AND PEACHES. 
THREAT fortunes have generally had their foundations laid, by strict 
attention to small matters, and in gardening operations success is 
c>6^ almost impossible without strict attention to minutite. It is only the 
man who is capable of closely observing the habits of plants—who is 
able to learn their likings and dislikings—their wants and wishes, as 
it were, who has a right to expect to control and guide their growth, and 
successfully aid in developing their latent energies ; and those only who 
enthusiastically engage in such matters, whether amateurs or practical 
gardeners, can fully realise the unalloyed pleasure to be derived from even 
very partial success in the cultivation of either fruits or flowers. 
At this particular season of the year a few remarks on the subject of 
fruit-setting may prove of interest to some, and be of use to other readers 
who frequently want information on details, which, from other avocations, 
they may not have had time to study to the extent they might desire. 
Some varieties of Vines, indeed most varieties, set their fruit compara¬ 
tively freely, without much trouble on the part of the cultivator, further 
than keeping the temperature a few degrees higher than usual while they 
