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of tlie cylinders. In order to properly moisten the warm air on escaping from the 
cylinders, zinc or iron pans are provided to fit the top of the cylinders, which 
may be placed over each opening, or elsewhere, at the option of the cultivator. 
By such an arrangement it is evident that no stagnant or vitiated air can remain 
in the' building, but, on the contrary, an atmosphere in motion, constantly 
replenished with a stream of fresh air from without, will be flowing through it. 
It will be sufficiently evident that although the engraving shows a lean-to house, 
the same principle is equally applicable to other forms of structure ; and we should 
also state that sashes and lights are hung in the usual way, so that in summer 
additional air may be given to any extent required. 
We may fairly congratulate Mr. Ormson on the successful working-out of a 
good practical idea, and that without assuming that he has yet reached the 
ultima thule of the science of ventilation. Further enlightenment may not im¬ 
probably follow in the course of practically working-out the system as now 
presented to us, but in the meantime a good plan for the free circulation of fresh 
air in our hothouses in the depth of winter has been secured, without the possi¬ 
bility of risk to the plants from contact with cold air. The perforated rafters 
may probably add to the efficiency of the arrangements by drawing the outgoing 
current from every part of the house ; whether their cost would be compensated 
by their advantages is a question which practical trials will soon settle.—M. 
THE BUEGHLEY PAEK CHEEKY. 
HIS Cherry is a seedling raised at Burghley Park, Stamford, the seat of the 
Marquis of Exeter, more than thirty years ago, but it has never until now 
been brought very prominently into notice. It belongs to the Bed Duke 
class. The fruit is very large, fully an inch in diameter, slightly elongated 
or oval in shape, and sometimes flattened on the sides. The skin is very thin, 
transparent, showing the flesh through when fully ripe; when commencing to ripen 
it has the appearance of a Bigarreau, but gradually changes to a brilliant dark 
red the longer it hangs. The stalk is long and rather slender. The flesh is of 
a dull yellowish-red hue, veined or netted, very juicy and melting, with a sweet 
acid flavour, both pleasant and refreshing. The variety is, however, one of rare 
excellence, coming into use at midseason. 
The tree has had the reputation of being a shy bearer, the crop being 
generally very scanty, but so extremely fine, that Mr. Gilbert, the gardener, at 
Burghley, was instructed to use his best powers to obtain a crop, and he has 
succeeded by a stroke of common sense—by leaving a supply of the young wood 
at winter pruning, instead of cutting it all off as formerly—in securing a most 
abundant crop, the tree having been this season literally laden with fruit. 
The Burghley Park Cherry was deservedly awarded a First-Class Certifi¬ 
cate by the Fruit Committee at the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting at 
Oxford. It is undoubtedly a seedling and a first-class fruit, and ought to have 
