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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ May, 
prepared and damped, and to prevent the smouldering fire from breaking out into a flame. It 
was sent to us by Mr. W. Dean, and is the best fumigator which has yet been invented. 
- ($f the Eose Marechal Niel, there is now in bloom in the Bose- 
liouse of Barclay Field, Esq., at Asliurst, in Kent, a plant with fifty mag¬ 
nificent blooms. It was planted as a young standard two years ago. 
-Wallace, of Colchester, the successful prize essayist of the 
Oak-feeding Japan Silkworm, gives the following directions for its treat¬ 
ment. The eggs are to he kept in a cool dry well-aired place, at a tem¬ 
perature between 40° and 50 Q , till the Oak trees break into leaf in spring. 
Then they are to be subjected to a temperature of 60°, exposed freely to 
light and fresh air, washed well with water to moisten the shell, and after a few days exposed 
to a temperature of 70°. When hatched, remove the worms, with a moist camel’s hair 
brush, to their food, which must be fresh and moist; admit air freely, but shade from sun¬ 
shine. They will feed on the English, Turkey, and other kinds of Oak. 
- &t the grand International Horticultural Exhibition, opened at 
Ghent on the 29tli of March, alluded to above, the Palms, Cycads, Tree 
Ferns, Azaleas, Camellias, Agaves, and Amaryllids, were the main features 
of a very brilliant display. We are pleased to find that our countrymen 
have been complimented in the person of Mr. Harry Veitcli, who was spe¬ 
cially sent for by the King, to point out the novelties exhibited by his 
firm, to which exhibition was awarded the Queen’s gold medal, offered to 
foreigners, for the most important contribution by them to the Exhibition. 
- 2The Climbing Devoniensis Eose has been strongly recommended 
for a wall having a southern or eastern aspect. A plant obtained three 
years ago by “ S. E. H.,” made shoots the first summer 10 feet in length, 
covers an area of wall 6 fket in width by 15 feet in height, and would soon occupy double 
the space in breadth, if permitted. Last year the first flowers opened in June, quite as large 
and as beautiful as the lovely parent flower; it continued in beauty through the summer, 
and yielded perfect blooms late in November, when there were still several buds on the tree. 
Since the introduction of Gloire de Dijon, we have, perhaps, had no Eose of so much 
merit, the flowers being abundant and sweet, and the plant perfectly hardy. 
- ^Though of doubtful merit as an out-door plant, Iresine Herbstii forms 
a really attractive specimen plant for in-door culture. Grown in this way 
the rich colouring of the foliage comes out vividly and distinctly. At Clive¬ 
den, as a furnishing plant for baskets suspended in a conservatory, it has 
proved very handsome, the sunlight streaming down through it, bringing 
out its peculiar hues in a distinct and striking manner. 
- 3The next exhibition of the National Tulip Society is appointed 
to take place in the Manchester Botanical Gardens, in conjunction with the 
Great N ational Horticultural Exhibition, on the 29th of May. 
- <5®1e are glad to find that Her Majesty the Queen, who paid a 
special visit to the Eoyal Horticultural Garden during Mr. W. Paul’s 
exhibition, was pleased to express herself as being highly gratified there¬ 
with, and requested that Mr. Paul’s works on horticulture might all be sent 
for her perusal. 
