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Chilian species, which, however, do not appear to have received that amount 
of attention which their great beauty deserved. Even those are said to do 
well planted out as described, w T ith a slight additional protection in the 
severer winter months. 
There are two or three readily attainable varieties which are well 
deserving attention for pot culture alone, and none more so than A. Pelegrina , 
a striped-flowered species from Peru. A. Light is also meritorious as being, 
unlike some of them, deliciously fragrant. These are readily produced 
from seeds, when the latter are attainable in a state proper for germina¬ 
tion ; and they will form flowering tubers the second and third season after 
sowing. Treatment similar to that required for Liliums suits them well, 
particular attention being at all times given to ripen them thoroughly, by 
full exposure in the open air, when they have ceased flowering in-doors, 
or are past their best. To effect this properly, the pots should be plunged 
in an exposed southerly aspect. 
Digswell. William Earley. 
CARTER’S CHAMPION BROCCOLI. 
Last year I strongly recommended Carter’s Champion Broccoli as an 
excellent late sort. My more extended experience this season enables me to 
recommend it still more strongly, as not only an excellent kind, but the 
very best late one I have as yet tried. It has furnished me up to the present 
time (the middle of June), with heads—rather small, the plants being only 
small; and it will last some days longer, thus continuing the supply until 
Cauliflowers (which are now heading), come in. It has also proved itself 
very hardy this season. The plants being rather small, as just mentioned, 
I did not get them laid down in the autumn, when I had the principal 
portion of my other Broccolis laid, as I thought they would withstand an 
ordinary winter with little or no injury. I need not mention in how unfit 
a condition most kinds of vegetables were, and particularly Broccolis, after 
the long continuance of wet open weather, to withstand the severe frosts 
of January last. In many gardens, especially in low situations, and where 
the soil was of a heavy retentive nature, the Broccolis were all killed. Here 
we escaped with very little injury to anything, the subsoil being gravelly, 
and the situation dry. Had I laid down the plants of Carter’s Champion, 
I am certain we should not have lost many of them ; even as it was, with¬ 
out any preparation whatever, fully one-half escaped without material injury. 
To all who have a large supply of vegetables to furnish, Carter’s Cham¬ 
pion Broccoli will prove invaluable, coming in as it does at a season of the 
year when there is such a scarcity of vegetables in the open ground. 
In order to have it as long as possible in use, I would recommend three 
small plantations of itThe first on an open piece of ground where the 
plants can have all the sun and air possible; these will come in first, about 
the time the general stock of spring Broccolis is over. The second lot may 
be planted either on an east or west border; these will come in before the 
others are past; and the third lot should be planted on a north border to 
come in last, and these will in general continue to furnish a supply until 
Cauliflowers are fit for use. To grow them fine they should have a good 
deep soil. Light soils should be well manured, and either trenched or dug 
deeply, otherwise Broccolis will only be small and poor. 
Having proved the value of this Broccoli, I have again brought it before 
the notice of your readers, that those who have not yet given it a trial may 
