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TUE FLORIST. 
slaughtered its myriads of our clearest productions: may we 
not hope for a summer of corresponding brilliancy. Of the 
three productions figured we can just say the following:— 
Calliope is a flower of very compact liabit and free-blooming character, 
the colour a bright ruby, and the centre exceedingly well filled up; it is 
quite an addition to the Pompone Anemone class. 
The Little Gem, raised by that zealous hybridiser, Mr. Ingram, is really 
a gem; it is of a pretty rose colour, the margin of each petal distinctly 
marked with white ; the flower is full and well up in the centre; quite a 
novelty, 
Diana, a white Pompone, very pure in colour, and a good petal; not 
unlike Mrs. Turner. This, too, is compact in growth and very free-flowering. 
Deal, Jan. 28. • D. 
A FEW THINGS WORTH FORCING MORE EXTENSIVELY. 
Do we not overlook many good things, when providing for the drawing¬ 
room or conservatory decoration at this season ? At least I think so; 
for although I have seen most of the plants and shrubs I here recom¬ 
mend for forcing in a few places, they certainly are not employed so 
generally as they deserve to be; for when brought into flower and 
arranged with other plants, they are most pleasing, reminding one 
more completely of spring than the plants usually got up for such occa¬ 
sions, and which are mostly evergreen, such as Rhododendrons, Azaleas, 
Kalmias, with forced greenhouse plants. 
First let us take the common and scarlet Thorn, of which there are 
several varieties; to get Thorns or Hawthorns into a blooming 
state they should be potted at least one year before forcing, and a 
year or two previously should have been root-pruned once or twice, 
according to their age. The best- shape to have them in is either 
conical or globular-headed bushes, from two to three feet high, or low 
standards, that is, with a stem a foot in height, and with a moderately 
sized head ; mind, that to be effective, the wood should be composed 
almost entirely of bloom spurs; and this habit will be obtained in the 
first place by root pruning and pinching back the wood, when growing 
in the open ground, and by fully exposing the plants, the year they are 
in pots, to the full sun, and keeping the roots rather dry, to prevent any 
growth, beyond the conversion of every twig into a blooming spur; by 
this treatment you will get a good head of bloom, than which nothing 
is more pleasing and grateful at this season. The Pyrus spectabilis and 
sinensis adapt themselves to the same course of treatment. To have 
these latter suitable as dwarf bushes for pots, they should be grafted or 
budded on the common Thorn. These plants form such charming 
bushes when grown in the way described, and slightly forced into bloom, 
that I hope nurserymen will be induced to bud and prepare all the 
above on the Thorn stock for forcing, as I think they would be in great 
demand, if obtainable in the market. Those I have grown I have 
budded myself, as I could not procure the two Pyrus’s except on 
