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the present, goes to prove that the summers, in the southern parts of our island, 
are quite warm enough to ripen any of our mid-season Peaches without the aid 
of walls, &c. The drawback to this mode of Peach-culture is the prevalence of 
spring frosts. If we could get the fruit set, there would be no fear but that they 
would ripen. This consideration seems to suggest the adoption of some simple 
appliance so as to ensure the setting. Suppose that a square or border of dwarf 
standard trees were planted in a favourable situation, the soil being properly pre¬ 
pared and well drained for their reception. After the first year’s growth, the 
trees would require to be lifted and root-pruned, to encourage them to make 
short, fruitful growth, and when in that state the wood would be sure to get 
well ripened. The next thing to be considered would be how to protect the 
blossoms in the spring. I should advise that a light framework should be placed 
over the trees, and fitted with canvas blinds on rollers. This would afford ample 
protection, and after the crop was safe from risk of injury from frost, the cover¬ 
ing could be taken away till required the following season. There would be 
comparatively little trouble afterwards, as the trees would be much less subject 
to the attacks of green-fly than those on the walls.—J. Powell, Frogmore. 
ZONAL AND NOSEGAY PELARGONIUMS.—I. 
vU-.fp are certainly indebted to the newly-formed Pelargonium Society for a 
most interesting, and it might fairly be added, complete exhibition of 
uv ^ all the latest improvements in the zonal and nosegay types. This 
society offered prizes for collections in conjunction with the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society’s great show on July 21, and growers came out strong, the 
plants staged being remarkable, not so much for their size as for the beautiful 
development of their flowers. We could not have employed such an appreciative 
treat but through the co-operation of Dr. Denny, Mr. Thomas Moore, and their 
friends. True, all these newer Pelargoniums are sent to Oliiswick, and all that 
can be done by Mr. Barron is done to display them to the best advantage ; but 
few go there to see them, and consequently many fine varieties have remained 
almost unknown. The exhibition in question brought a large number of them 
to the fore, and the finest examples of the two great raisers—Dr. Denny and 
Mr. J. R. Pearson—as well as those produced by others, were seen to the best 
advantage, growing in pots and under canvas. That the unpropitious weather 
prevented but a few from seeding is a matter of great regret. 
We are now very rich in pink Pelargoniums, and those classed under this 
hoading, though having rosy-lilac and violet-pink shades, but which are best 
grouped under the head of pink varieties. They have, indeed, been improved of 
late. Take Christine , Amaranth , Aprs. William Paul , and Blue Bell , as repre¬ 
senting the oldest types, and what an advance has been made ! The rich glow 
of colour in Amaranth is now found associated with the fine form and substance 
of Mrs. William Paul, and these have undergone improvement also. Taking 
Pearson’s Lucy Bosworth as representing the highest advance in pale pinks, and 
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