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same size for Hyacinths, and for the same reason. We mostly put three or four of the Van Tholl and 
Florentine Tulips in a pot; the other kinds we pot singly. We also put three or four bulbs of Jon¬ 
quils and Crocuses in a pot. When all are potted, place them in a cold frame and plunge them in old 
tan, covering them with the tan about two inches thick. 
The soil, when used, should be in a fit state for potting ; that is, neither too moist nor too dry. If 
it has been in this condition when used, and the pots are plunged and covered as we have just men¬ 
tioned, the bulbs will in a short time fill the pots with roots, a fine bloom will easily be secured, and 
they will not require any water until they are taken into the forcing-house. The lights should remain 
on the whole time they are in the frame; and, in very severe weather, a little straw or other covering 
should be put over them. 
The flower stems of the early kinds will soon heave up the tan, so that the inexperienced will have 
little difficulty in knowing which to introduce into the forcing-house. Bulbs do not require a very 
high temperature to bring them into flower. We begin with Van Tholl Tulips and Double Homan 
Narcissus, which we get into flower about the end of October; after them comes the Tournesol Tulips, 
and Soliel d’ Or Narcissus ; and after them the other different kinds. The early flowering Hyacinths 
we put into the forcing-house in November, so as to have them in flower at Christmas, thus we manage 
to have a regular succession of flowers during the whole of the winter. We find it an excellent plan 
to invert a flower-pot over the Hyacinths for a few days after they are introduced into the forcing- 
house ; and they should be turned occasionally to insure fine handsome symmetrical spikes of flowers. 
Bulbs in general should have a light airy situation, and be watered pretty freely. 
A good collection of Hyacinths should be procured as soon after importation as possible, and of 
Narcissus, Tulips, and Jonquils, the following kinds, which I strongly, and with confidence, recom¬ 
mend to amateurs:— 
Narcissus :— 
Double Roman, the best for early flowering. 
Soliel d’ Or, comes in after the preceding. 
Grand Monarque, very fine. 
States’ General, excellent. 
Bazelman Major, in my opinion the very best. 
Tulips :— 
Double Van Tholl, good for early forcing. 
Tournesol, comes into flower after the former. 
Marriage de ma fille, pretty. 
Rex Rubrorum, fine. 
Royal Standard, good. 
Sweet-scented Florentine, exquisite, on account 
of its delicious fragrance. 
Jonquils :— 
Fine large double, ) ,, j r j? • 
„ & ’l both very good for forcing. 
Single sweet scented, j 
With these the conservatory and drawing-room can be made gay and cheerful during winter, 
number of bulbs will, of course, entirely depend on the quantity of flowers wanted. 
The 
• lltnirm. 
A Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants, grown in Great Britain, and Sold by Knight and Perry, at the Exotic Nursery, 
King's Road, Chelsea . London : Longmans. 8vo., pp. 64. 
This little volume, elegant in external appearance, and well arranged as to its contents, combines within itself the 
several features of a nurseryman’s catalogue, a cultivator’s manual, and a monograph of the order Coniferae ; and 
what is more, each of these is executed with becoming skill. Though ostensibly a nurseryman’s trade fist, and as 
such deserving of encomium for its completeness and advance upon the generality of such lists, and for the care be¬ 
stowed on its preparation, the little brochure before us takes, in fact, a much higher rank in horticultural literature ; 
and to those w r ho desire to become acquainted with the interesting and valuable order of Conifers, as they are at 
present known, Messrs. Knight and Perry’s Synopsis may be recommended, as an accessible and trustworthy guide 
The authors tell us that, having for many years recognised Conifers as the most important of our hardy trees and 
shrubs, on account of their ornamental character and valuable produce, they have given much attention to their 
cultivation, and have succeeded, by great efforts, in forming probably the most complete existing collection ; that the 
object of preparing the Synopsis has been to produce a correct enumeration of such as can be purchased in this country, 
the want of such a guide having been often pointed out; and that they have taken much pains to make it as com¬ 
plete and as accurate as possible. They also mention, in self-justification, that the catalogue was prepared before 
the appearance of the first part of an excellent and very complete catalogue of Coniferous plants, recently published 
in the Journal of the Horticultural Society, but circumstances occurred which prevented its being printed. 
We proceed with a brief sketch of what we find before us. There is first a few introductory pages, in which, 
