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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ JULV, 
in a state of nature growing upon limestone rocks, and as it is a well known fact 
that most of the plants found upon this particular formation succeed but 
indifferently well in any other soil, limestone should be procured for it, and with 
this, and an addition of charcoal and a few potsherds, the pots should be filled, 
surfacing with a little live sphagnum moss, so as to give them a neat and finished 
appearance. When potted in the manner previously described, an unlimited 
supply of water may be given during the growing season with considerable 
advantage. This element must, however, be gradually withheld as the days 
shorten and the sun’s power decreases. Little more remains to be added respect¬ 
ing its cultivation. A temperature of from 75° to 85° suits it admirably during 
summer, but in winter the thermometer should be allowed to fall to about 65°, or 
even lower during the night. It begins to bloom in the late autumn or early 
winter months, continuing on until February or March, and thus it forms a 
valuable acquisition for the orchid house or stove during the least congenial 
months of the year. Thrips are liable to injure and disfigure the plants if 
not closely watched, therefore the leaves—at the base in particular—should be 
frequently washed with warm soap-and-water.— Benjamin S. Williams, Victoria 
-Nursery^ Upper Holloway. 
GROWING THE NEW DWARF EARLY MARROW PEAS 
IN POTS. 
B AVINGf grown a succession of the Early Dwarf Peas in pots this spring, I 
am now enabled to name the varieties I have found the best adapted for 
early forcing. All the tall-growing early sorts, such as Ringleader, 
Sangster’s No. 1, Emperor, and Taber’s Perfection, I have discarded 
for the last two seasons, as some of the new dwarf marrows are nearly as early, 
besides producing larger pods and better-flavoured peas. The following are the 
sorts I have grown this year, namely :—Beck’s Gem or Tom Thumb, Turner’s 
Little Gem, Multum in Parvo, Nutting’s No. 1 Dwarf Wrinkled Marrow, and 
Laxton’s Alpha. They were all grown on the front border of a glass-covered 
wall, and some of the dwarfest also in low pits, and they furnished a 
supply of nice peas from the beginning of May until the second week in June. 
Beck’s Tom Thumb is the earliest in podding and ripening. Turner’s Little Gem 
is nearly as early. Multum in Parvo grows a little taller than the above sorts, 
but produces larger pods of excellent flavour, is a great bearer, and is only a few 
days later in coming in. Nutting’s No. 1 Wrinkled Marrow is a new pea, now 
grown by me for the first time in pots, and it has proved an acquisition, being 
an excellent succession to the very dwarf maiTOws when sown at the same time ; 
it grows about two feet high, with large, well-filled pods of good flavour. 
Laxton’s Alpha, the new pea that was sold at such a tremendously high figure per 
quart, has proved with me an excellent productive variety when grown in pots ; 
it was only sown in the middle of February, and it produced pods fit for picking 
