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THE FLORIST AND POBIOLOOIST. 
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to some extent perhaps be helped to mitigate the plague. Among others, he will 
learn about the Winter Moth, with its apterous female, whose larvse is especially 
destructive to plum trees ; the Currant Moth, the caterpillar of which feeds on 
the gooseberry and black currant; the handsome -Tiger Moth, whose larvae have a 
taste which is ubiquitous, and an appetite described as voracious ; the Leopard 
Moth, whose caterpillar bores up the stems of fruit trees, as apples, pears, &c.; the 
Antler, notorious for the injury it does in grass lands ; the Vapourer, whose dainty 
teeth lately attacked the Pelargoniums at Hardwicke ; the Cabbage Moth, the 
Turnip Moth, with many others, for which we refer to the book itself, -which 
forms a handsome volume, well printed, elegantly bound, and fit to ornament an}’- 
drawing-room table. It would have been a convenience had Mr. Newman given 
us a brief synopsis of the classification adopted, and made his adjective names 
less prominent in the index; but these are small blemishes in a work of such 
general excellence.—M. 
CAKNATION8 AND PICOTEES. 
[FTER many years of neglect, these charming flowers have of late 
considerably revived in public estimation, and now they are cultivated 
largely by private growers for cut flowers as well as for exhibition. To 
the show sorts have now to be added what are called Tree or Perpetual- 
blooming Carnations ; and since the rage for button-hole bouquets, i.e., choice 
flowers for gentlemen’s coats, these latter have been very much grown, as they 
force easily ; and if not to be compared in beauty or in quality with the chaste 
,show varieties, are, at least, bright and pleasing, and have the same delicate and 
justly-prized perfume. 
There is still another class to be added, viz., the Cloves, which are of many 
shades, from pure white, to rose, scarlet, crimson, purple, maroon, &c. These 
produce only one head of bloom in the season, like ordinary Carnations and 
Picotees ; but they are generally robust growers, and succeed with ordinary 
culture, making excellent border plants, while for furnishing cut flowers they are 
most valuable. 
Though the Tree Carnations will force more easily than Cloves, Carnations, 
or Picotees, yet these latter, if they are grown in medium-sized pots, and are well 
established in them, can be brought into bloom much earlier than is generally 
supposed : that is, if they are grown in a well-ventilated pit or small greenhouse, 
with gentle heat at first, which may be increased as the season advances. 
As regards the choice or exhibition varieties of Carnations and Picotees, those 
we now possess are as silk compared with cotton by the side of flowers that held 
a foremost place twenty-five years since ; but there have been no opportunities for 
placing them before the public, since the London shows are generally over before 
they bloom. From the admiration excited by those sho-wn at the Eoyal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society’s Show:at Manchester, it is easy to conjecture what would be 
