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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
some small hand-glasses to cover Dahlias, Verbenas, Bedding Plants, &c., so as to protect them 
from frost after they are planted out. These -will be very useful, not only to florists, but to 
flower gardeners, and are, wo are told, to bear a very low price,—3d. each, including glass. 
-- 02lkE are indebted to Mr. Turner, of Slougb, for the following list of 
choice varieties of Pinks such as may be recommended to growers at the present 
(lay :—Attraction, Beauty of Bath, Bertram, Blondin, Charles Waterton, Ohrist- 
abel, Delicata, Device, Edwin, Emily, Excelsior, Invincible, Lady Graven, Lord Herbert, Marion, 
Nina, President, and Rev. George Jeans. 
- Hn reference to the Bedding Pansies noted at p. 41, we learn from Mr. 
I Fleming that the names of Trentham Blue, Trentham Yellow, &c., used by 
' A. I. P., are misnomers. The whole of these Pansies were raised at Cliveden, and 
I were sent thence to Trentham; hence Mr. Fleming is quite justified in claiming for them 
' the names of Cliveden Yellow, Cliveden Blue, &c. We have now succeeded, Mr. Fleming- 
. adds, in getting a splendid red, which will be good news for spring gardeners. Every establish¬ 
ment is entitled to claim the credit which fairly belongs to it. 
I - ®HE Sandringham Sprouting Cabbage is likely to be a useful addition 
’ to hardy vegetables. It is the result of a cross between McEwen’s Cabbage and 
the Brussels Sprout, the latter being the seed-bearing parent. It forms a head. 
like a small Cabbage, and has the stem clothed with moderate-sized sprouts, which close after 
the manner of the branches of the Brussels Sprouts, except that they are larger. They are 
exceedingly sweet and tender when cooked, with quite the flavour of a mild Cabbage. 
-- ^MONG Winter-flowering plants, the sweet-scented Boutardias — jasmini- 
flora and longifiora —though very useful, are much neglected by gardeners in 
general, in consequence of the want of proper accommodation for them. They 
require a warm, light, airy house, and to be set close to the glass during the autumn, winter, and 
spring months, and during the summer to be planted out in the open garden, in good soil, 
repotting again in September. They may be increased by cuttings, or by seeds, as they seed 
very freely. The plants should be set in a warm moist house six weeks before taking the 
‘ cuttings in the spring ; then they strike very freely. Pot in good rich fibry peat and loam, 
adding coarse sand, and syringe daily with clear soot or sulphur-water if red spider appears. 
B. jasminiflora is the freest of the two, but B. longifiora has the largest flowers, and is the 
sweetest-scented. When the pots are full of roots, water with liquid manure frequently. Most 
of the Bouvardias like the same treatment. 
« _ 
Samuel Broome, tbe well-known Gardener of tbe Inner Temple>. 
died of apoplexy on January 22nd, at tbe age of 64. He was born at Weston- 
under-Lizard, and after serving bis apprenticeship in tbe gardens of tbe Earl of 
Bradford, he came to London, and was for 38 years employed in the Gardens of the Honourable 
Society of the Inner Temple, where for the last 27 years he fiUed the responsible post of Head 
Gardener. He specially devoted himself to the cultivation of the Chrysanthemum, his know¬ 
ledge of which rendered him a general referee to those desirous of obtaining infonnation 
concerning it. “ Sam Broome,” as his friends called him, was greatly respected and very 
deeply regretted by all who knew him. 
- PtR. John Lloyd died on January 24tb, in bis 79tb year. His name- 
and character were best known among tbe growers of Succulent plants and Fern 
collectors. He bad a wonderful success in cultivating both these tribes of 
interesting plants ; and with regard to succulents, he was gifted with a most extraordinary 
ability in distinguishing species,—a quick and penetrating eye to catch at once the points of 
' difference between one species and another ; this was more especially observable in his know¬ 
ledge of Aloes, Agaves, &c., and caused him to bo known as the Richard Bradley of om* times.. 
! Leaving his native home in Herefordshire in early life^ he came to London, and nearly the! 
whole of his life was passed in the vicinity of the metropobs. 
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