Deckmbkr 11. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 
begins to fade; it is the most peeuliai’and changeable 
of all my sorts. 
My alphabetical list of the best and seooiubbest sorts 
is only waiting for two or three kinds to be proved. 
]). Bf,.\ton. 
j Stoke Newtegton CHRYs.\NTHE.Aiu>r Society’s Ex- 
[ HTBTiON was held on the l±th nit. The l.s’t Prize 
\ for si.x distinct v'arieties of Pompoues, cultivated in 
i eight-inch pots, and on single stems, was awarded to Mr. 
j Wetherill, for La Sultana, La Gilani, Bob, Drine Urine, 
; Riquiqui, Cedo Nulli. 'Unci Prize, Mr. J. Edwards, ].ia 
I Vogue, Cedo Nulli, Drine Drine, La Gitaui, Comte 
' Archille d’Atcheler, Madame de Vatry. '?,rd Prize, 
j l\lr. Scrooby, Bob, iModele, Crostignac, Bijou d’Horti- 
I culture, Helene. Mr. James, the treasurer, was the 
only exhibitor of large-flowering plants. His specimens 
were Pilot, Christine, Chevalier, Dowager, Madame 
Bucharet, Annie Salter, Defiance. Cut flowers, of four 
hundred and seventy-four blooms were staged, in col¬ 
lections of six, twelve, and twenty-four. Mr. Oubridge 
was first, with Themis, Duke, Aladame.Gordereau, King, 
Aregida, Nonpareil, Pio Nono, Beauty, Lysias, Duke, 
Formosa, Dupont de I’Eure, Madame Audrey, Plutns, 
Herraione, Arc en Ciel, Stafford, Virgil, Tjeori Laquay, 
Rose Mystica, Anaxa, Miss Kate, Defiance, and Two- 
coloured-incurved. The best flowers of the other 
winning collections were. Beauty, Lysias, Themis, Ari- 
gena. Nonpareil, Queen of England, Hermione, Madame 
Audrey, Du pent de I’Eure. In the class for twelve 
blooms. Prize, Mr. Elliott, who bad Anaxa, 
Themis, King, Beauty, Arigena, Madame Audrey, 
Dupont de I’Eure, iMadame Gondereau, Virgil, For¬ 
mosa, Hermione, Rosa Mystica. The other stands 
contained fine specimens also of Gem, Plutus, Non¬ 
pareil, and Yellow Defiance. 
TENDER PLANTS BLOOMING IN DECEMBER. 
Many and diversified have been the suggestions and 
demands for monthly lists of flowering plants that 
could be obtained by persons with limited means ; and 
it is to oblige this section of our readers that I make a 
commencement, rather than from any hopes that such 
lists can be very interesting, or instructive genei-ally. 
“ A Lover of Flowers ” tells us that “ many are situated 
like himself, having a hothouse, greenhouse, and pit, 
and that such a list would be extremely usefulbut 
: many do not possess these conveniences; and many who 
do, devote them to so many diversified purposes, and 
grow their plants in such different modes, some prefer- 
‘ ing a few fine specimens, and others great numbers of 
' small flowering plants, that such lists must always be 
looked upon rather fitted for general application than 
for particular use. Another class of readers, while ask¬ 
ing for monthly lists, also desire to have a short outline 
; of the treatment required for the different plants. The 
demand seems so pressing, or otherwise I would have 
preferred waiting for a new year, or a new volume. 
STOVE PLANTS. 
Audisia cRENur.ATA. — The treatment of this has 
■ already been given. It will stand very well in a warm 
greenhouse. It is almost always in bloom, but the 
flowers are small and uninteresting. Its chief ornament 
consists in the red, holly-like berries, which it produces 
in great abundance, and keeps in succession almost 
constantly. Loam and peat will grow it well, and a 
closish growing atmosphere for a few months in summer, 
and a more airy and drier atmosphere towards autumn, 
will secure abundance of red berries for winter. Tempe¬ 
rature from 48° to 60°. 
I Begonia Fuchsioides.— This is one of the most j 
i charming for winter flowering. One-year old plants, i 
cut back in spring, and grown in a close, warm atmo- ; 
i sphere, and then liardened off by more air and light, \ 
j will blow well. But to have moderately-sized plants in j 
i full bloom in winter, no mode is preferable to striking I 
j cuttings early, in heat, in Alarch, and keeping them 
j growing vigorously until September, when more air and 
less water will soon bring them into a flowering state. 
: Peat and loam, with dried cow-dung, and a little 
1 manure-water. Many others bloom all the winter, it 
treated much in the same way as nitida, 
manicata, ohliqua, fraejrans, &c. 
Bignonia Venusta. —In a warm, airy house, this fre¬ 
quently keeps on to the new year. No climber better 
deserves encouragement. It does little good, unless it 
be planted out in a good corner, and the head is trained ' 
; along the rafters of a house. The particular treatment 
I is pruning back every season, so that strongish young ! 
i shoots may bo produced. 
! Ejuphyllum truncatdm, E. violaceum, and others.— 
j These do best grafted on Cactus sqjeoiosissiuius. IMost ; 
other Cacti are best when nearly dry at this season; but 
this must not be attempted with this section, or the 
flow'ers would not expand well during the present and 
the preceding month. When done flowering, keep them 
growing slowly at first, and freely afterwards. In Au¬ 
gust, a dry, airy, sunny place, either in doors or out-of- 
doors w'ill suit, and but little water. House by the 
middle of September, and the plants should not be kept 
quite dry afterwards. Temperature, 48° to 60°. 
Eranthejium rui.cheei.um and E. pulcliellum verritco- 
S 2 im ,—cut dowm in spring; grown on in summer; and 
hai-dened in autumn. lYr small plants, cuttings in¬ 
serted in a hotbed in March, grown on in a hotbed, and 
stopped several times before July, hardened off by more 
air and sun in August and September, will make nice 
little bushes with blue flowers through the winter 
months. Temperature, 50° to 60°. Peat and loam. 
Euphorbia Jacquinifi-ora alias prunieoeia. —This is 
one of the brightest gems of the stove in winter; its 
bright, scarlet flowers being universally admired. It 
blooms best on plants from two years old and upwards. 
When done flowering, and rested for some time, giving 
but little water then ; prune back the shoots in spring, 
i so as to have merely a few buds at the base of each. It 
, is important that the plant should have been resting 
' and dryish previously, to prevent bleeding to excess. 
I In a week or so afterwards, start the plant in a moist 
j heat, and do everything to encourage the growth of the 
young shoots until August, when more air and full sun¬ 
light must be gradually given to ripen the wood and set 
{ the flower-buds. A close, cold pit will do well in sum- 
I mer. A long shoot, nearly covered with small, scarlet 
1 flowers, is a striking object. Peat and loam. Tempera¬ 
ture in winter, from 48^^ to 60*^; when growing in sum¬ 
mer, 60° to 85^-" and 00°. Others, such as E. qmnicea, 
splendens, &c., may easily be made to blow freely in 
winter. 
Hippeastuum. —A great number of the endless va¬ 
rieties of the Amaryllis group bloom freely during this 
and the following months in a stove, and will stand very 
well in a greenhouse after they are in bloom. The treat¬ 
ment for tins purpose is shortly this;—when done bloom¬ 
ing, encourage the leaves by heat, manure-water, and 
shifting into fresh pots, if necessary; as soon as the 
least tinge of yellow appears on the foliage withhold water 
gradually, until it is altogether dispensed with ; allow 
the bulbs full exposure to the sun in autumn, though 
the leaves be gone; house them in any place free from 
frost; temperature averaging 45° or more; givo no 
water until the flower-buds show, then water, top dress 
with rich compost, and place in a moist heat; and keep 
the atmosphere drier as the flower opens. Those that 
