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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ October, 
-- ££he Chinese Yang-mae, Myrica Nagi, which was introduced by 
Mr. Fortune some years since as an edible fruit, hut of which little has 
since been heard, has lately yielded one or two fruits in an airy greenhouse 
at Heath House, Cheddleton, the residence of the Itev. A. F. Boucher. This year the same 
specimen has fruited again; and ripe fruit has also been gathered by Mr. Bateman in the 
gardens at Knypersley Hall. The fruit is roundish, of a fine red colour, and warted over 
the surface, much like an Arbutus berry. 
-3Those who are intending to cultivate Tulips, Hyacinths, &c., out 
of doors, should lose no time in the preparation of their beds, and in the 
selection of their bulbs. Crocuses should also be planted at once vdiere 
they are intended to make a display.—J. W. 
- <cl remarkably fine Peach named Exquisite, yields specimens which 
measure about 9 inches in circumference, and are of a rich and delicious 
flavour. Its large size, fine apricot colour, and high flavour render it an 
acquisition which ought to be in every garden. It came to England from 
the Rev. Mr. Breliaut. 
- B few hints on the best method of Growing and Exhibiting the 
French Marigold would, w T e learn, be acceptable to several readers interested 
in their improvement. One friend suggests cuttings being struck of the 
best kinds, and kept through the winter season in a greenhouse, which 
would be worth doing in the case of plants yielding particularly fine or w T ell- 
marked flowers. 
- Ft is stated by Messrs. Backhouse & Son that the plant distributed 
four or five years ago all over the country, and now almost universally 
grown as Lithospermum fruticosum, is not that species, but Lithospermum 
prostratum. The true L. fruticosum is a twiggy hush, apparently much less showy (at least 
in its wild state), and has yet to be introduced. Other fine species of this genus remain 
to enrich our gardens, such as L. hirtum, and L. canescens, both orange-yellow; and 
L. olemfolium, and L. Gastoni, blue or violet. 
- JFt adame Eliza Yilmorin, widow of the late M, Louis Yilmorin, 
mother of M. Henri Yilmorin, and latterly the head of the extensive and 
widely-known house of Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie., of Paris, perhaps the 
most extensive in Europe, died at Yerrieres, on the 3rd of August last. Madame Yilmorin 
identified herself with the scientific pursuits of her late husband; and had latterly made 
the Strawberry her more particular subject of study, numerous articles from her pen being- 
supplied to illustrate the plates of M. Decaisne’s splendid work Le Jardin Fruitier du 
Museum. 
— JIUt. David Bowman, a young and enterprising botanical collector, 
in the service of the Royal Horticultural Society, died at Bogota, New 
Grenada, on the 25tli of June last, of dysentery. His name adds another 
to the long roll of botanists who have laid down their lives in acquiring for our gardens the 
vegetable treasures of other climes. Mr. Bowman was born in 1838, at Arniston, near Edin¬ 
burgh, where his father was gardener ; and after serving his apprenticeship at Amiston, was 
engaged at Dalhousie Castle, Archerfield, Dunmore Park, and Chiswick, at which latter he 
was employed as plant foreman to within a short time of his leaving England three years 
since. Cyanophyllum Bowmanni, one of his introductions, will commemorate his labours. 
