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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ April, 
have appeared of late years with high-sounding names, I find that for hardiness, 
firmness, whiteness, and delicacy of flavour there are none to surpass the old 
Walcheren, when it is got true. 
With regard to the Broccoli, I only sow twice, viz., in the first and last weeks 
of April. For use during December and January, Backhouse’s Early Winter 
White is by far the best I have tried, as it is hardy, and never fails to head early ; 
this is indeed an acquisition. In succession to it we grow Osborn’s Winter White, 
a very superior sort; and it is in turn succeeded by the Frogmore Protecting, 
Melville’s Hardy Scotch, and Oattell’s Eclipse. The latter, if planted on a north 
border, will last until the end of May.—J. MoIndoe, Palace Gardens^ Bishop- 
thorpe, York. 
THE WHITE HOOP-PETTICOAT. 
'HIS rare and beautiful hardy early-flowering bulb is the Narcissus mono- 
phyllus of botanists, and bears the synonyms of Narcissus Megacodium., 
Narcissus Clusii.^ and Corhularia monophylla. It is a native of Algiers, 
where it occurs both on the coast and inland. Our figure was derived 
from plants which bloomed in January last in the Eoyal Gardens at Kew. 
The bulbs are small and ovate, and usually produce a solitary leaf, though 
