1875. 
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appear to be quite as free in growth, and as robust in character as is their common 
parent. 
I believe this novelty will produce a striking effect in borders, or when 
grouped on lawns, or introduced as single plants in ornamental planting. It 
certainly stands in the foremost rank of golden variegated conifers, and it will 
no doubt be extensively used when it becomes better known. The parent plant 
in the Milford Nurseries is about 11 ft. or 12 ft. high, at least 5 ft. of the top 
being variegated.—G. Eyles, Ecirdley Crescent , South Kensington. 
LANE'S PEINCE ALBERT APPLE. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
HE varieties of Apples are so numerous, and there are so many of first-rate 
quality, that the introduction of new sorts might seem to be a work of super¬ 
erogation. In introducing a figure of Lane’s Prince Albert, we are not, 
however, bringing forward a novelty, but a. variety which has been well 
proven in certain districts, and which well deserves to be more widely cultivated. 
It was raised some years since by Messrs. Lane and Son, of Berkhamstead, from 
the Eusset Nonpareil crossed with Dumelow’s Seedling, and is remarkable both 
for its excellent quality as a culinary apple and for its prodigious bearing qualities, 
even the smallest trees being usually densely laden with fruit. 
The fruit is large, shortly conical or ovate, in the larger samples 11^ in. in 
circumference, and measuring 6 in. from eye to stalk, even and regular in outline, 
with broad ribs round the crown. The skin is smooth, of a fine grass-green, 
covered with appreciable bloom, changing as it ripens to clear pale greenish-yellow, 
flushed on the exposed side with crimson-red, and also marked with short deeper 
crimson streaks. The eye is closed, with small, pointed, reflex segments, which 
are set in a deepish, somewhat angular basin. The stalk is about half-an-inch 
long, inserted in a deep, funnel-shaped cavity. The flesh is tender, juicy, briskly 
and agreeably acid, with a pleasant flavour. 
In this variety, we have a culinary sort which can be safely recommended not 
only for its bearing and keeping qualities, but also for its general excellence, in 
respect to flavour and texture, regarded as a kitchen Apple. The fruit are heavy, 
and have a solid feel about them.—T. Moore. 
STEVIAS. 
wY? HERE are no plants more universal in their autumnal-blooming character 
than the members of the genus Stevia , and yet one may make the round 
of fifty gardens and not find a single representative out of its forty odd 
species in cultivation. It would not mend matters much were I to enter 
into a speculative inquiry why this should be the case ; rather let me endeavour 
to point out wherein their value chiefly consists, enumerate a few of the obtain¬ 
able species, and show how they may readily be cultivated. Possibly in considering 
tho latter portion of the subject we may find out a reason for their scarcity. 
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