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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
of less value than they really are, but it often happens with individuals as with 
P. macrocarpa —they are condemned for want of knowing how to appreciate 
their worth, or where to find in them the kernel of real value or real flavour. 
The method of making the conserve differs in some respects from the 
directions given at p. 14, which refer rather to the preparation of a jam than of 
a jelly. Here is the recipe by which the jelly above mentioned was made :— 
Cut the fruit in half; carefully remove the seeds with the juice ; peel the fruit, 
and cut it up into slices, i.e., that part of it corresponding to the flesh of a 
melon. Put it into a preserving-pan, with h pint water to 2 lb. of fruit, and let 
it boil 10 minutes ; then strain through a jelly-bag. When strained, put ^Ib. of 
sugar to -^Ib. of the juice, f.e., of the flesh juice, and let this boil for 10 minutes 
more. Then add the seeds and the juice, and boil until it forms into a nice 
jelly. The seeds should not be removed, but left to add to the flavour, after the 
manner in which the kernels of Apricots, Peaches, Plums, or Damsons are used. 
I am glad you have drawn attention to P. quadrangularis. I will give that also 
a fair trial.— Wm. Millee, Comhe Abbey Gardens. 
THE HOLLYHOCK. 
OME years ago, just when it might have been said that a new and 
vigorous life was being infused into the profession of the florist, an 
old writer, seeing in some of the flowers then being taken in hand, kinds 
that had hitherto received but little attention in comparison with what 
had been paid to others, was led to give utterance to these words:—‘^Some younger 
spirits, straining after new worlds of flowers to subjugate, or in which ‘ to mend 
Nature,’ have obtruded Hollyhocks, Phloxes, Verbenas, Snapdragons, &c., to 
the much discomfort and surprise of the old school.” Some, then, these aggres¬ 
sive younger spirits,” as in many other matters related to our every-day life, 
have made considerable headway in their especial tracks, despite many sorrowful 
protests similar in character to the one recorded. Had not these younger 
spirits ” pushed on with ardour their subjugating efforts, the world of Flori¬ 
culture would have lost much of a very valuable character. One of these 
obtruded flowers, the Hollyhock, has run a glorious course, as some of the most 
gifted of the younger spirits gave to its improvement the high service of their 
newly-awakened and vigorous enthusiasm. In the list of names of those who 
have aided in this good work can be found those of Paul, Ohater, Bircham, Roake, 
Parsons, and others of lesser note; and later but not less successful, those of 
Downie, and Laing, and Hawke. It is to these last names, and that of kir. Ohater, 
that the improvement of the- Hollyhock in the present day has been committed, 
and it must be said, it is being worthily performed. 
That Mr. W. Ohater has a fine lot of new flowers will be readily inferred 
from the fact that the Royal Horticultural Society awarded him five First-Olass 
Oertificates during 1869, These five varieties were Cams Chater, rich dark 
