THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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ning of May is as early as tliey can safely be placed out of doors, and then tbe 
situation should be a warm, well-sheltered one. When the young wood is well 
ripened, they should be all plunged in old tan or rotten leaves, covering the pots 
about 2 inches to keep the soil from drying too much. They should have little 
or no water given to them after this, as it may cause them to start into fresh 
growth, a thing which should be carefully guarded against. 
The whole of the plants enumerated in the following list are well adapted for 
forcing:— 
Andromeda angustifolia 
floribunda 
formosa 
» polifolia 
Kalmia angustifolia 
glauca 
latifolia 
myrtifolia 
Daphne cneorum 
Azalea pontica 
glauca 
scabra 
early white 
Taylor’s Bed 
Nosegay 
scarlet 
Rhododendron ponticum 
ponticum album 
ponticum varieties 
catawbiense 
catawbiense varieties 
Stourton. 
Rhododendron mytifolium 
odoratum 
Rhodora canadensis 
Deutzia gracilis 
scabra 
staminea 
Ribes sanguineum 
Prunus 
sinensis flore pleno 
Amygdalus (Almond) 
common 
double-blossomed 
Roses, of sorts 
W eigela 
amabilis 
rosea 
Van Houttei 
Philadelphus 
(syringa or Mock 
Orange) 
common 
Spiraea 
bella 
callosa 
Douglasii 
prunifolia plena 
Reevesiana var. plena 
Syringa (Lilac) 
common blue 
common red 
common white 
new dark 
Persian blue 
Persian white 
Crataegus (Hawthorn) 
scarlet 
double white 
double pink 
large-flowered 
Cherry 
double-blossomed 
M. Saul. 
FRUIT TREES IN POTS. 
Having grown about 300 fruit trees in pots this summer, perhaps a few 
remarks on their culture may be of interest to those interested in orchard-houses. 
The erection they grew in is a glass case of wall about 800 feet in length, and 
7 feet in width, and the sorts grown consisted principally of Cherries, Plums, 
Pears, and Apples. No Peaches, Nectarines, or Apricots, were grown in pots in 
this long range, as plenty of these fruit are produced larger and finer from trees 
planted out in the border on the back wall The Pears and Apples were princi¬ 
pally of small bushes, potted from the borders in February and March, and con¬ 
sisted of some of the best dessert sorts—the Pears on the Quince and the Apples 
on the Paradise stocks. The Cherries and Plums had been potted two years 
before, and some of them had been forced early in a Peach-house in 1863. 
The following sorts of Cherries and Plums I found to be the best setters and 
bearers, and all were excellent in flavour. Cherries—Belle d’Orleans, May 
Duke, Jeffrey’s Duke, Black Tartarian (or Circassian), Cleveland Bigarreau, 
Bigarreau Napoleon, Ohio Prince; and for late sorts, Late Duke and the Florence. 
Plums—Eirke’s, Jefferson, Cox’s Emperor, Fellemberg, Green Gage, Black 
Gage, Angelina Burdett, and Golden Drop. The Washington Plum I have dis¬ 
carded, as I found it a strong grower, but not a good bearer in a pot—excellent 
out of doors on the walls. 
The following is a list of Pears I tried in pots, as the best for flavour and 
bearing. They are arranged according to their season of ripening—Doyenne 
d’Ete, Citron des Carmes, Williams’ Bon Chretien, Beurre Giffard and D’Amanlis, 
Gratioli of Jersey, Bonne Louise, Marie Louise, Comte de Lamy, Fondante 
d’Automne, Beurre de Capiaumont and Diel, Duchesse d’Angouleme, Glou 
Morceau, Huyshe’s Victoria, Beurre Clairgeau, Winter Nelis, and Easter Beurre. 
The Duchesse d’Angouleme, Beurre Clairgeau and Diel produced fruit very much 
larger and better coloured in pots than I ever grew before on the walls. The little 
