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white, and yellow), Polyanthuses (various), Alpine Auriculas (various), 
Saxifraga granulata plena (white)—these are a few only of the most showy 
perennials, the number being almost without end. 
In these brief remarks, intended to he merely suggestive, the endeavour 
has been to bring into prominent view a few of the best things only; but 
with these alone a rich, massive, and perfect display of flowers may be had 
at small cost in March and April. A more elaborate and beautiful garden 
may be built up with rarer and more costly things, not, however, to the 
exclusion of these, but in addition to them, if the taste of the proprietor 
should pronounce this to be desirable. 
Paul's Nurseries , Waltham Cross, N. William Paul. 
THE PREMIER RUNNER BEAN. 
AM pleased to find that this really promising and valuable vegetable 
^ lias received at the hands of the Fruit Committee the honours it so 
f well deserves. I have grown a quantity of it this season, and in spite 
of the dry weather find it to be all that could be desired. It has a 
very even and short-jointed habit of growth, averaging in height about 
5 feet. It commences bearing close to the ground, and continues to do so 
freely to its extremities. The bloom is white in colour, and the pod closely 
resembles in character that of the Negro Dwarf French Bean. I believe it 
will prove exceedingly useful for market purposes, as well as a valuable 
addition to our present somewhat limited stock of summer vegetables. 
A. D. 
NEAPOLITAN VIOLETS. 
[When visiting Mr. Dore, of Juniper Hall Gardens, last spring I was very much struck 
with his fine Yiolets ; they were in the finest possible health, and blooming most profusely, 
the individual flowers being splendid examples of Violet cultivation. Mr. Dore has kindly 
forwarded me his mode of cultivation, and its simplicity combined with the results I saw, 
induce me to place it (before the readers of the Florist and Pomologist.—Wm. Green- 
shields.] 
)N April, say about the middle of the month, I choose a piece of ground 
on a north border, which if not already in good condition must be 
made so by a liberal addition of well-decomposed manure and leaf 
mould, such as can at most times be obtained from old Melon beds, 
&c. I incorporate this with the soil of the border, to the depth of a 
foot or 18 inches. I then select some of the best rooted runners from the 
previous year’s plants—these will be well rooted from having been carefully 
laid, and kept clean during the time the parent plants were in bloom. They 
should be planted in rows, 18 inches by 12 inches apart, which will allow 
the soil to be kept open and clean—a point of great importance. 
The runners above spoken of are selected in July or August, about four 
or five to a plant; they are carefully laid in the soil, and by the time the 
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