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vinous. Glands round. Flowers small. Ripe in the end 
of September and beginning of October. 
This is one of the very best late peaches. There is a 
Desse Hutive quite distinct from this, which ripens in the 
middle of August, having kidney-shaped glands and large 
flowers. 
Dorsetshire. See Nivette. 
Double Montague. See Montauhon. 
Double Swalsh. See Royal George. 
Dubbele Zwolsche. See Royal George. 
Eaely Adjiieable ( Admirable ).— Fruit large, round¬ 
ish. Skin fine clear light yellow in the shade, aud bright 
red next the sun. Suture distinct. Flesh white, pale 
red at the stone, rich, sweet, and sugary. Flowers large. 
Glands round. Beginning of September. 
Eaely Anne (Anne). —Fruit medium sized, round. 
Skin white, tinged and dotted with red next the sun. 
Suture shallow. Flesh white to the stone, pleasant, but 
rather inclined to be mealy, its earliness proving its chief 
merit. Flowers large. Glands none. Early in August. 
Early Chevreuse. See Belle Chevrettse. 
Eaely Geosse Mignonne ( Mignonne lid five). —Fruit 
medium sized, roundish, pitted at the apex, with a small 
nipple on one side of it, and with a shallow suture. The 
skin has a pale red cheek on the side exposed to the sun, 
and is thickly dotted all over with bright crimson dots. 
The flesh is white, with veins of red throughout, separating 
freely from the stone, sweet, very juicy, and vinous. 
Glands round. Flowers large. 
This is a very fine peach, ripening in the second week 
in August. 
(To be continued.) 
NOTES BY A SMALL GARDENER. 
I peomised, last November (Yol. XXI., p, 86), that I would 
inform you this spring how my plants (which I cellared) lived 
during the winter, as follows :—■ 
Geraniums in pots; Fuchsias— Wistaria sinensis, Lophosper- 
tnum scandens, Detttzia gracilis, and Ipomcea Learii. 
In the first place, my cellar is very dry, airy, and having a fair 
amount of light. The plants I sprinkled twice with water, from 
October to February. At the latter end of February they were 
removed to my small greenhouse, and, I can assure you, a crowded 
house it was. The next point is, How did they live in the cellar ? 
Very well. The Geraniums, of course, had a desire to grow ; and 
as they threw up their spindled shoots for want of light I 
pinched them off. Lophospermum I cut down to within three 
feet. Ipomcca the same. This cutting down was done in October, 
when cellared. These two climbers are growing first-rate; the 
latter is now up to the roof, and nearly half way across, grow¬ 
ing in pots thirteen inches diameter. Some of the small Fuchsias 
in 60-pots died away, certainly, natural enough. Wistaria is 
now out of doors growing very well, and also Deatzia gracilis. 
The plan is a successful one which no one need be afraid to try. 
A word or tw r o about the sand-and-water system. We have 
heard a good deal concerning this plan. Now I wish to be very 
plain about this matter. In February I thought I would try a 
few cuttings of Verbenas in my kitchen, the temperature would, 
probably, be about 58°. He it understood these were in a small 
pot, so that the water could drain through, but kept moist. Did 
they strike? No. Well, after a while I tried another batch in 
sand and water, in a saucer, with the same result. Being deter¬ 
mined not to be beaten out, I covered my greenhouse Hue with 
sand to the depth of four inches, and placed cuttings in sand and 
water on, or a little plunged in it. Well, how now ? They strike 
readily enough. So that it clearly proves that unless there is 
bottom heat it is of no use, except the weather is of summer-heat. 
No more kitchen cuttings for me, nor mantel-piece neither. 
Cuttings of Dahlias, three inches long, will strike very soon in 
sand and water with bottom heat. 
A word or two about gravel walks. How is it that we some¬ 
times see rough and unsightly walks, unpleasant to tread upon, 
and ugly to look at ? In consequence of bad management. Last 
week I covered my walk with gravel. Last autumn, my garden 
being new, I first put a thick layer of rough cinders upon the 
walk as a foundation. I riddled the gravel through a garden 
riddle, putting all the rough stones upon the cinders; the fine 
gravel being used for the surface. It so happened that I had no 
occasion to water the walk, because it rained at the time. I have 
applied the roller well, and now it seems, in some places where it 
has thoroughly set, to be almost like stone. Nothing is more 
unpleasant than to be kicking stones about as you walk in a 
garden.— S. Tattebsall. 
NOTES FROM PARIS. 
The Hokticultubal Exhibition. 
I think I mentioned on a former occasion that all the ground 
in the nave of the Palaisde l’Industrie wa-s beautifully laid out, 
so as to form a permanent garden; but, as it is some time 
since then, perhaps it may not be out of place if 1 again notice 
its general features. The ground may be about a quarter of an 
acre in extent, and nearly twice as long as it is broad. Almost 
all the space in the middle is laid out in lawn, which is only 
divided in one or two places by walks, for the promenade is 
chiefly at the sides—that is, just close to the columns which sup¬ 
port the galleries. A pretty little stream meanders in the 
middle of the lawn from one end to the other; now turning a 
dump of rocks studded with Ferns; now falling gently over 
others like a miniature cascade. At one place you “cross the 
brook,” by stepping from stone to stone; and, at another, you 
I pass over a neatly constructed rustic bridge, with Ivy growing 
to its sides. There are a couple of black swans that sail on the 
stream, or walk on the lawn, with all the sans gene and authority 
which are so often observed in government proteges. There 
are two or three good examples of Araucaria, Cedrus, and Pinus 
growing singly here aud there, and these appear to thrive well; 
but the large trees that were planted some time ago have not 
succeeded, and will, probably, have to be removed. The whole 
of the garden is thickly studded with the large and beautiful 
sculptures which form part of the Great Exhibition of Fine 
Arts, which chiefly occupies the north gallery. 
The Exhibition of the Horticultural Society is principally 
composed of Roses, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, evergreens, and 
greenhouse plants; and these occupy the several clumps of 
ground formed in various places of the garden, and in such a 
way that they appear as if permanently planted. All the plants 
and flowers are in or on the ground. There are no benches, 
though there are ornamental stands for Orchids, cut Roses, 
and bouquets. In the last class the principal exhibitor was 
M. Bernard, of the Rue Laffitte, who had also a large carbeille 
composed of Roses, Pmonies, Stocks, Fuchsias, and other showy 
sorts. In the same collection there is a magnificent bouquet of 
Roses, arranged in a conical form, about twenty inches high, 
and twelve or fifteen inches across at the base. The Roses are 
only half expanded, and they are arranged somewhat loosely, 
so that after fuller expansion they are not too much pressed 
against one another; while all the spaces between them, at the 
time of tying, become nicely filled in. Each Rose, with one or 
two buds, is neatly tied on to wjiat is called here a Jonc 
d’Espagne, which, I think, I noticed on a former occasion in 
noticing the construction of French bouquets in general. The 
next in merit to this is smaller, not so high, but of nearly the 
same form, though more compact. It is made up exclusively 
of red Pinks, blue Violets, purple Poppies, and Lily of the 
A’alley, and these are arranged so as to form four distinct sur¬ 
faces or sides, the flowers of each kind being separated from the 
others in a direct line from the top to the base, and at the sum¬ 
mit there is a large flower of a species of Cactus. '1 his sort of 
bouquet is rare, and it evidently requires considerable skill in 
its construction, but it is very pretty, M- Bernard has also 
several very good examples of the circular form of bouquet, 
besides one or two in which the flowers are arranged without 
any plan, but distributed naturally' and neatly all over. 
There is an interesting collection of Orange trees, from three 
to six feet high, belonging to M. Courtois. These are, for the 
most part, in fruit, and all are well grown. Those in fruit are 
O. Pompoleum, a robust and free-growing sort. The fruit is 
about three inches in diameter, and of a dull pale-yellow colour. 
The leaves are of the usual form, and fully four inches long. 
The Mandarin , a small, flattish variety, is the next in note. It 
j is not rare in the markets of Paris, and it is often used in the 
' making up of bouquets. There is another small variety which 
