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kept with Asplenittm marinum, A. fontamm, and such j 
Olliers, sheltered alike from the sun and cold, will 
answer for its culture better than the greenhouse, bearing 
in mind that the absence of all superiluous moisture 
must be strictly secured, aud that the fronds of laigei 
Ferns must not be allowed to spread over it. Ihe 
tufted crown of the root should bo raised well above 
the surface of the soil, which soil may be the same as 
for A. nita-muraria. 
A MEETING of the British Pomological Society was held 
on Monday, the 1st inst., on which occasion Mr. Hogg 
occupied the chair. 
A collection of Ajiples peculiar to the Sussex oichaids 
were produced by W. H. Payne, Esq. They consisted 
principally of varieties which are cultivated for cidei, 
and, with the exception of the AHis-sccil, and 
FeiioiiiUet Gris, contained nothing of interest. ; 
Messrs. Shilling, of Odiham, sent specimens of a 
seedling Apple raised from the Bibston Pippin, which 
was not yet in season, and was, therefore, lelt over till 
the next meeting. 
The most interesting part of the exhibition was the 
examination of a new Peach and Nectarine, from Messrs. 
Veitch and Son, of Exeter. It was to be regretted, 
however, that the specimens, of the Peach particularly, 
were over ripe. The variety is called lied iSectcirine 
Peach, and exhibited traces of considerable excellence 
of flavour ; but as the specimens w'ere both more or less 
decayed, it w'as was thought advisable not to come to 
any decision as to their merits. The Nectarine, which 
was called the Oldenburg, was of very superior quality, 
and contrasted considerably with the five specimens of 
Stanwick in the same collection, which were very in¬ 
ferior in flavour. The Oldenburg is a medium sized 
fruit, somewhat similar in size to the Elruge. It is 
ovate in shape, and very much covered with very dark 
red, except where shaded by the leaves, when it is pale 
yellow. The flesh separates freely from the stone, is 
very melting and juicy, with a rich sugary and vinous 
flavour; it is yellowish-white throughout, and even at 
the stone there is not the slightest trace of red. The 
fruit seems to keep well after being gathered, and shows 
a disposition to shrivel without decaying. The Stan- 
icicle, though fine specimens, were very void of flavour; 
indeed, not worth eating. There was no statement 
under what circumstances the Stanwick was grown; but 
it is evident that this variety does not succeed equally in 
all situations, since the specimens sent were very inferior 
in flavour to those sent to a previous meeting by Mr. 
McEwen, of Arundel Castle. If the Oldenburg aud the 
Stanuiclx, which were exhibited at the meeting, were 
grown under the same circumstances, aud in the same 
situation, there can be no doubt the former is by far 
the superior fruit for this country. The kernel of the 
Oldenburg is bitter. 
Air. Poole, gardener to Air. Bevaii, Twickenham, and 
Air, Dowling, of Southampton, were elected members. 
October 9. 
CRA'STAL PALACE. 
{Conlutiied from jiuge -i.) 
“ The visitor,” says the “ Guide to the Crystal Palace,” 
“ having reached the Crystal Palace Terminus,quits the 
train, and ascends the broad flight of steps before biin, 
leading to a covered way called the Railway Colonnade.” 
This is the colonnade in which the climbers, with which 
I closed last week’s notes, are planted. The first sixty 
and some odd plants are mentioned, and they occupy the 
first one third of the whole length. If you say they are 
four feet from plant to plant, and multiply tlie sixty plants 
by the four feet, you have 240 feet as the oue-tbird of the 
length of this colonnade, which makes it 720 feet from 
end to end. All this length is planted with climbers, or 
such plants as will bear training against a trellis. I 
shall follow up the list of plants to the farthest end and 
across the upper end, but without mentioning more 
duplicates than struck me as being well-suited as wall- 
plants. 
'There are three if not four kinds of Heliotrope re¬ 
peated several times; Tea Roses the same; Scarlet 
Geraniums and Fuchsias the same also ; but the best 
cold-wall Fuchsia, Rieeartoni, is not among them. 
'The next plant after Rose Fabler is Bignonia atrosan- 
giiinea, a name I never heard before. 'I’he plant is of the j 
section of radicans; Magnolia grayidijlora ; Fuchsia ser- 
ratifolia, the best climber among all the Fuchsias, and 
flowering all the year round, by pruning parts of it at 
different seasons; Scarlet Geranium Firebrand, a good 
variety of the Shrubland breed; Teeoma capoisis, a free- 
I growing old climber; Ceanothus dentatus, well-suited for 
a sheltered wall; Acacia luphantha, an old favourite, for 
its rich aud dense Alimosa-looking leaves ; white Azalea 
i/uficrt, about as hardy as Camellia; Jasminum affine, a 
moderate grower, with white flowers from the Himalaya, | 
' not very long since; Bignonia ceiptreolata, a good old j 
I wall-plant, hardy enough for the climate of Loudon ; 
Fuchsia fulgens; Physiunthus albans seems to grow as 
fast, and blooms as freely, as a Cobcea, the best examjde 
of it 1 have seen; a large flowering double Nasturtium, 
: the first of it 1 have seen; Lardizabala biternata, 
a new, fast-growing, handsome-leaved climber, from 
Chili and Peru, where its fruit is sold in the markets 
under the name Aquilboeguil ; all but hardy, if not quite 
so; Veronica speciosa,or some seedling from it; the yellow 
Canary Tropceolum; Petunia Shrubland Rose, a particular 
favourite all over the garden, where it does better even 
than at Shrubland .itself; a Pomegranate; Passijlora 
; racemosa, the common kind; an Orange tree ; Fuchsia 
\ Dominiana, ih&i liuo cross between spectabilis and ser- 
I ratifolia, by Adr. Veitch, and flowers always in winter; 
I Escalonia macrantha, which suffered much last winter 
i at Surbiton in the open air; Billardiera longijiora, as 
I old as Alethusalem, but very handsome, in fruit some- 
i what like large Fuchsia berries, and of a shining, deep, 
indigo blue; Ceanothus papillosus, well suited for a wall; 
! pink Nosegay Geranium, the tallest of pink bedders,—it is 
! here called Purple Nosegay; a good purple nosegay, how- 
! ever, is yet to come; a crimson has also to come; but 
I this breed is now much sought after; Comprosma glabra, 
: a beautiful shrub, but the name is too new or too 
old for me,—I guess it is rather out of joint; Daphne 
indica rubra, the sweetest of the sweet; Magnolia 
Alexandrinec, a continental seedling; Dolichos lignosus, 
the fastest grower of all the South African climbers; 
Rinchospermum jasminoides, up twelve or fifteen feet, 
aud full of bloom; Stauntonia latifolia, the hand¬ 
somest leaves of all evergreen climliers, and grow 
ing here like a Hop; Clematis Shellengii, never heard of 
by me before; it is very jn’etty, with large, white flowers 
turning back at the points, aud as thick in substance as 
a single white Hyacinth; Datura arborea ; Tacsonia 
manicata, the finest of the race, up to the very top, and 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
