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ROUGH PLATE GLASS.—HARDY FRUIT CROPS. 
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tertiary segments palmatifidly cut down into linear-acute segments, and bearing 
the sulpbur-yellow sori through the whole length of the vein. It is a fine stove 
species, the large triangular fronds having a peculiarly elegant appearance from 
their fine cutting, while the minute finger-like divisions into which the lobes are 
split up give it a distinctive character.—T. Moore. 
KOUGH PLATE GLASS. 
@ HE use of this material for horticultural purposes has not become so 
common as it bade fair to do twenty years ago. My experience of it 
f then (though the work was done badly, and in such a manner as to turn 
anyone against the use of rough plate glass,) was such as to lead me to 
believe, as I still do, that it could be made very serviceable and economical 
for many garden purposes. 
Though I have specially advocated its use for late vineries, experience has 
this season taught me, that rough plate glass answers well for early forcing. 
During cold nights much is saved in the way of fuel; and in changeable weather 
the foliage of the vines is not liable to be scorched. Moreover, hail-storms, such 
as we experienced two months ago, do not crack the glass. 
Having during the last eight or nine years been successful in keeping several 
kinds of Grapes till May and June in as good condition as that in which they were 
in September with ordinary glass structures, I now find that I can keep the fruit 
more easily under rough plate glass. We have lost none from damping-off, and 
the fruit has been less liable to shrivel before being cut and hung up with pieces 
of wood attached, and placed in bottles of water. 
Bough plate glass seems very unsuitable for houses or pits which are sunk in 
the ground ; the damp seems to be drawn up, and drip is ready to form. For 
camellia-houses, fern-houses, and houses to hold plants when in flower only, 
rough plate glass seems to be an advantage ; and for cucumber-pits and frames 
for summer work, I would use it gladly. I have known Melons grown under 
lights of which one-half has been of each kind of glass, and the difference of the 
produce was imperceptible, but shading in the case of rough plate glass is 
unnecessary at any time.—M. Temple. 
HAKDY FRUIT CROPS AT BURGHLEY AND IN THE 
MIDLAND COUNTIES. 
® HE present season, irrespective of the sudden fluctuations of temperature 
and catching frosts, promises to be a very good one for the fruit crops. 
f At Burghley, I found bush fruits, as Gooseberries, Currants, and Rasp¬ 
berries, especially good, as compared with what one might have supposed, 
after reading the meteorological reports of the spring and early summer months. 
Of the last named-fruit, Mr. Gilbert has some fine plantations, aU trained on the 
bow or arching system, and these promise an abundant supply of fruit. The 
Prince of Wales Pasphrry is largely grown hercj and is found a most prolific 
