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thick bloom. Neck very short. Eye large, almost closed. Flesh dull red, thick 
and juicy, very pleasantly, although not richly flavoured. Habit of plant robust, 
and very prolific. Early, suitable for cultivation on the open wall. 
This variety comes from France, and is yet comparatively unknown in this 
country. The accompanying figure is taken from a fruit in the collection of the 
Poyal Horticultural Society.—A. F. Bareon, Chiswick. 
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T is well known that the flowers of the Hollyhock (Althaea rosea) contain an 
abundance of honey, and humble bees and hive bees seem alike fond of it. 
But unfortunately the honey possesses an intoxicating or stupifying pro¬ 
perty, the precise nature of which I do not know. The first year or two 
that I grew Hollyhocks in this neighbourhood the bees did not touch them, being. 
