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thought of finding them amongst leaves which had been macerated for a long 
period in water. There is, however, nothing unreasonable in fruit being perfected 
in water or very damp places, as it is common in the Saprolegniece and amongst 
Algos in general.” 
We are very pleased to be able to add that the Council of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, now purged of most of its non-horticultural atoms, duly appre¬ 
ciating the importance of this discovery, has voted to Mr. Smith the Society’s 
Gold Knightian Medal, “ for the skill and diligence displayed in the discovery of 
the resting-spore of Peronospora infestans in the tuber of the Potato.”—T. Moore. 
HINTS ON AMARYLLIS-CULTURE. 
OST people really abuse the Amaryllis, or more properly speaking, the 
Hippeastrum section of Amaryllis. They grow and flower them in a 
way, but it is often not the best way, and when they have done flowering 
]S and made a growth they stow them away under the stage, leaving them 
very much to chance. That to my mind is a very indifferent way of getting the 
most out of the bulb. To grow them well they must have a proper season of 
growth, and even when they are ripening their leaves, they must not be allowed 
to do so prematurely ; nor must a colony of thrips and red-spider be allowed to 
play havoc with them. The cleaner the bulbs are grown and finished the better 
their condition, and consequently the greater return will there be in flowers, and 
good flowers too. The scape ought to be strong and stiff, of a somewhat glaucous 
hue, and carrying flowers that stand out prominently at right angles, either in 
pairs, or fours, or sixes, as the prolific character of the variety turns up. In¬ 
deed, it takes as much care and culture to grow Hippeastrums well as to grow 
any other description of plant, only it will take a great deal more bad usage 
to kill them than most of their compeers ; and hence they are treated as the serfs 
of plant life. 
A collection of these plants is about the most captivating thing that an 
amateur could wish for, and we may therefore bespeak for them more generous 
attention.— James Anderson, Meadow Bank Nursery , Uddingstone , N.B. 
EARLY PEACHES AND NECTARINES. 
HE Early Beatrice Peach ripened its fruit with me this year on the 10th of 
July, four days earlier than last year. This was on a glass-covered wall, 
with no artificial heat except a little in March when the blossoms were 
expanding. This variety with me always ripens a week before the Early 
Rivers and Early Louise , but is not so large nor so good-flavoured as these 
varieties. Still the Early Beatrice is a valuable acquisition for its earliness and 
fine colour in a collection of dessert fruit. If our veteran Pomologist, Mr. Rivers, 
had never raised any other seedling fruits than these varieties of early Peaches, 
they would have immortalised his name, for they will yet turn out to be the fore¬ 
runners of a new race, by crossing them with some of the larger mid-season Peaches, 
