MARCH. 
G5 
ALEXANDRE LAMBRE.— Bivort. 
Identification. —Alb. de Pom. i. 56. Handb. der Obst. ii. 349. 
Figure. —Alb. de Pom. i. 56. 
Fruit even and handsomely shaped, roundish obovate, inclining to doyenne 
shape. Skin smooth and shining, of a pale lemon yellow colour, strewed with 
minute russety dots and slight markings of russet, and having a deeper shade 
of yellow on the side next the sun. Eye small and open, with erect tooth-like 
segments, set in a shallow 
saucer-like basin. Stalk 
upwards of an inch long, 
curved, fleshy at the base, 
and inserted in a shallow 
cavity ; sometimes it is not 
depressed, but inserted on 
the apex of the fruit. 
Flesh white, half melting, 
and juicy. Juice sweet 
and perfumed, but with 
little character to recom¬ 
mend it. 
In Belgium this is con¬ 
sidered a first-rate variety, 
and is represented as being 
buttery and melting. In 
this country I have never 
as yet seen it, even of 
second-rate quality. In 
1857 it was coarse-grained 
and not at all juicy. In 
1858 it was only half melt¬ 
ing and positively astrin¬ 
gent ; while in 1861 it was 
only passable. It ripens 
in November. 
This is a seedling of 
Van Mons, and was dis¬ 
tinguished in his collec¬ 
tion under the Number 
2194. It fruited in 1844, and was named by M. Bivort, in honour of his 
grandfather, M. Alexandre Lambre, an extensive amateur arboriculturist. 
(7b be continued .) H. 
Alexandre Lambre. 
RAISING THE GLADIOLUS FROM SEED. 
Much has been written upon that fashionable flower the Gladiolus, but 
none of your talented contributors have as yet told the inexperienced amateur 
what sorts will seed, or what they would recommend for the purpose of 
raising seedlings from. By your permission, I will give a list of a few that 
will seed, most of which are good, and some first-class :—Bertha Rabourdin, 
Madame de Vatry, Madame Leseble, Marie, Vesta, Neptune, Brenchleyensis, 
and Velleda. If the above are crossed vice versa with the addition of the un- 
