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luul planted in tlie beds allotted tbem. Tliere is no ad¬ 
vantage in having them too thick, although it is to he 
observed, thatitis other things which govern the welfare 
of the crop. Iteiuovo all weeds that may he coming up 
on the old crop; and if the surface-soil has not been 
loosened let it he done during March, or not at all, as 
the plants will he on the move, and injury will he done 
I if it he left until later. 
SF.A-KAf.n. —A sowing of this may ho made now to 
I replace any that may bo lost in the principal quarters, 
j Young plants, one or two years old, are also best to force 
! for early supply. J.ike Asparagus, this also must have 
1 good ground, deej) and well prepared, otherwise the 
1 progeny will he small. 
1 Peas and Beans. —The former of these may he sown 
I as often as the leaves of the preceding sowing show them- 
! selves aboveground ; hut tliis is not an accurate direction 
; where several kinds are grown, as there is often a week 
: or more difference in the times at which they become lit 
I for use. Beans are less prolific varieties. The Windsor 
'■ is not so early as the Loiui-jiocl, and, consequently, when 
I the former succeeds the latter the sowing must not he 
delayed so long as it would be if one crop of Long-pods 
I followed another. A very rich soil is not wanted for 
Beans, as they produce there too much haulm. 
Cabrots. —These may he sown at the time when the 
ground is in tlie best order. If the season should he 
exceedingly dry it is hotter not to delay too long; hut, 
if wet and cold, the middle of April will, in general, he 
soon enough. 
Beet and other Root Chops may all he sown to¬ 
wards tlie cud of A])ril, as there is a danger of their 
running to seed if sown sooner, and there is no par¬ 
ticular advantage at having Beet very large. Good 
colour, and the absence of coarse, stringy matter being 
of more consequence. White Beet and Chicorij may 
also he sown at the same time, the last-named being a 
useful salading plant. 
Sundry jMatters. —Under this head may ho included 
all cleaning up, digging and regulating the various beds 
of Herbs and Globe Artiohohes, planting out of Winter 
Onions into other beds where they are wanted, and, in 
fact, all work not specified as above, whicli a cursory 
e.\amination will at once tell requires doing. Of course, 
all crops of Greens, be they Cabbage, Curled Greens, 
Savoy, or Brussels Sprouts, must he removed the 
moment they are no longer wanted, and the ground well 
manured and dug to receive another crop ; and, as there 
will he a greater breadth of apparently naked ground 
at tljis season than at any otlier, let it all appear in a 
neat, workman-like condition, and with a duly balanced 
proportion of every crop in their proper place and 
condition. J. Robson. 
ODONTOGLO'SSUM INSLEA'YI var. B. 
MACRA'NTHUM. 
(Inst.eay’s Large-flowered Odontoglot.) 
This Orchid has been called Oclonlngtossinn Lnwrencennnm, 
hut Dr. Lindley is positive that it is only a large-llowered 
variety of O. Insleayi. He says, “ that though less rich in 
colour than tlie species to which it belongs, yet its size is 
very striking. A specimen from Sir I’liilip Egerton 
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measured two and-a-balf inchc ; across the sepals from tip 
to tip; and another, from whicli the above drawing was 
made, was even larger. The ground colour is the pale, 
peculiar yellow colour of Odoiiloylonunn. (jraude, clouded, 
especially on the sepals, with hrokea bauds of dull, brownish 
purple. The lip is darker at the base, lighter iit the end, 
with a bright yellow crest, and deep purple wings to the 
column.”— Ifoiiiciilf.iiml tiocicly's Journal. 
PARSO'NIA IIETEROBllY'LLA. 
(Yarious-leaved Parsonia.) 
The genus Parsonia has been separated from ErhiU's, to 
which it is closely allied. It is one of the Natural Order ol 
Jhnj-hanes (Apocynaceai) ; and of PvntanJria iMonoyynia in 
the Liunaeau System. Itivas named after Dr. James Parsons, 
a Scotch physician, a microscopical observer of seeds, and 
