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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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well-enriched sandy loam, and placed on the front stage of a warm house ; and 
the earlier shoots may be cut for use, if drawn up by covering the crown with an inverted pot. 
One shoot only should be allowed to grow, cither the strongest or a weak one, as largo or small 
plants may be desired. As soon as the foliage begins to open, the plants should be placed in 
a cooler part of the house, to harden off a little; and from thence may be taken iu-doors, as 
required. The foliage being of a bright rich green, and the plants foniiing a cone of foliage, 
they are, when laden with berries, really beautiful. 
- 0F the new Violet^ Victoria Regina^ raised by Mr. G. Lee, Mr. R. Dean 
writes :—“ I want to say a few words in praise of this splendid Violet. It has 
been flowering in my garden in various positions, sunny and shady, and growing 
strongly, and blooming with great freedom. I am perfectly satisfied in my own mind that 
it is quite distinct frotn the Czar, being of a more robust growth ; the flowers are larger, of 
better form, and decidedly of a distinct hue of colour. I have discarded the Czar, believing 
Mr. Lee’s new variety to bo much superior to it. Let me recommend all lovers of the violet 
to plant out some good plants in any out-of-the-way spot, but Avhere some sun falls during 
the day. The roots should be planted in good soil, and there sTifl’ered to remain, and they 
will establish themselves during the summer, and throw out runners, by which means the 
stock can soon bo increased. Towards the end of Febi'uary growth will set in, and then the 
plants should be well top-dressed with some rich soil, which will greatly assist them.” 
- ^HE .old Two-Bladed Onion is one of the very best for pickling pur¬ 
poses, when it can be got true. If sown in March, it bulbs very quickly, and is 
ripe and ready for gathering by the middle of June. As a matter of course, the 
seed is required to be sown thickly to produce “ picklers.” To obtain an ordinary crop of 
keeping Onions, some 15 lb. of seed would be sown per acre, but when a crop of pickling 
Onions are wanted, three times that quantity of seed is sown on an acre of ground. The two- 
bladed Onion forms a small but handsome bulb. 
—— ^MONG herbaceous plants, Eremuriis, a genus of Asphodel-like plants 
found in Turkestan and the East, contains several interesting species, some of 
which have been introduced by Colonel Korolkow. They seem to be extremely 
hardy, and form clumps of large finger-like tubers, from the centre of which springs a 
strong tall flower-stem, reaching, in the case of Eremuriis rohustus^ a height of 7 ft. to 10 ft., 
and covered for a good part of that distance with showy star-shaped flowers. The leaves, 
Avhich resemble those of a Tritoma, are radical, and die down early in tile season. 
- ^ WELL-MARKED instance of Variegation induced hij Grafting has 
been reported by M. Lemoine, of Nancy, to the Central Horticultural Society of 
France. The variegation occurred in the leaves of the stock, after and in con¬ 
sequence of the engrafting upon it of a scion with variegated leaves. Two cases are cited, 
the stocks being different, the scion the same in both cases. The stocks were Passiflora 
, Jxaddiana (kermesina) and Passiflora Imptivatrice Eugenie; the scions were of the variegated 
P. quadrangidaris aucubafoUa. They wore inarched, and consequently the branch of the 
stock above the graft was not cut away, but allowed to remain. From this branch above the 
graft, branchlets were produced which bore variegated leaves; cuttings Avero taken from 
them, and the result is that two variegated varieties have been produced. M. Lemoine cites 
a converse experiment. A scion of Passiflora vitifolia (Tacsonia Buchanani) Avas grafted on 
stock of the variegated P. quadrangularis^ and has subsequently shown variegated leaves, 
j-hese are excellent illustrations of the reciprocal influence of scion and stock. 
IEt is stated that Tomato Leaves have the property of driving away 
wasps; and further, that an infusion of them used as a wash is destructive to 
the aphides, or green-fly. 
^HE Pelotus-herrg^ used for mixing with coflee as an adulteration, 
appears to consist of roasted acorns, which were at one time introduced to the 
consumer under the name of coffee-surrogate. 
