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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Juke 21, 1850. 
is called the Willow-leaved Orange, from tlie size and form of 
its leaves : the fruitis about two inches in diameter. The others 
are chiefly Bigarades, as—0. Bigarade cornu , O. Bigarade ordi¬ 
naire, O. Bigarade violette, and a variety of the same with 
double flowers. None of the Bigarades, however, are in fruit, 
but only in flower. In the same collection are two or three neat 
young trees of Citron, all in fruit more or less ripe. 
There are several collections of evergreens; but that of 
M. Poatemer, of Gentilly, contains the greatest number of new 
or recently introduced species, as— Wellingtonia gigantea, 
Araucaria Bidwillii, Cephalotaxus Forluni, fern., Finns Alepica, 
Abies Webbiana , A. nordmanniana, Cupressus Uhdeana, Liboce- 
drus viridis, and Thuja aurea nana. In the collection shown 
by M. Bougival there is a handsome tree of Buxus pyramidalis, 
seven feet high, and an equally fine example of Buxus foliis 
aureis. There are also good examples of Abies balsa.mea, A. 
pectinata, Pinus calabrica, P. Strobus, Taxus Hibernica, and 
Cryptomeria Japonica , all about ten feet high. 
Of Orchids there was but a poor display, only two small col¬ 
lections being shown, in which are small plants of Calanthe 
veratrifolia, LtBlia purpurata, Aerides Lindleyanum , and the 
like. From all I have seen of Orchids in any of the Exhibi¬ 
tions here, it is clear that the growers about Paris are far behind 
in the culture of this beautiful tribe of plants. M. Verschafl'elt, 
of Ghent, who, I think, is the only exhibitor from another 
country, has a large plant of a new Begonia, called Leopoldii. 
The leaves are about fifteen inches broad, and the stales are 
densely covered with red hairs. It is, altogether, a gross, free- 
growing variety, capable of attaining immense proportions. But 
M. Yerchaffelt has sent no statement about it, and it is not in 
flower. In another collection there is a different variety equally 
robust, said to be a cross between Begonia Rex and B. splendida. 
If these two novelties do not require much heat, the best place for 
them, eight months iu the year, is, evidently, the open ground. 
There was a case of beautiful new Caladiums, said to have been 
introduced from the river Amazon in 1858. These belong 
to M. Chantin; and there are some seven or eight different 
varieties, all beautifully variegated, most iu green and white, hut 
one or two in red and green, like C. bicolor. As might be ex¬ 
pected, there are some good collections of Roses in pots, both 
dwarf and standard; but it is impossible to enumerate all the 
line varieties, yet I may just mention two that received every¬ 
body’s admiration. One is David Prodel, both single and 
double, and about five inches across; the other is Triomphe 
des Beaux Arts, a fine deep purple variety. These are in the 
collection of M. Fontaine, of Chantillon, near Paris. 
There are several collections of Pelargoniums; but by far the 
best are twelve large plants belonging to M. Lierval, of Neuilly. 
These are from four to five feet through, and about as good as 
anything I have seen at Chiswick or the Regent’s Park. The 
same exhibitor had a collection of small plants, which were also 
admirably grown. 
Rhododendrons were much more numerous this year than 
formerly, and it is evident that there is a growing taste for these 
showy flowers. In general they are planted in raised clumps, 
as in the American garden of the Regent’s Park. The plants 
of M. Truffaut were the largest and best. His sorts were such as 
Gloriosum, Ducidum, Souvenir de Grand , Fverestianum, and 
others. M. Truffaut had also the best greenhouse Azaleas. 
They were not large, but beautifully grown and covered with 
blossoms. There was also a fine bank of the same kind belong¬ 
ing to M. Michel, of Paris. Rhododendrons, open-ground 
Azaleas, and Ivalmias, were also shown by M. Briot, of the 
Imperial Gardens at Trianon, MM. Jamin and Durand, and one 
or two others, whose collections in general make a very fine 
display: 
As usual there was an immense number of Palms and other 
stove plants, not in flower, which fill up and give , variety. 
Then came a long train of stove and greenhouse Ferns, Cacti, 
Aloes, Gloxinias, herbaceous plants, Begonias, Calceolarias, 
Paionies, Fuchsias, and other sorts, scarcely necessary to enume¬ 
rate. 
So much for the flowers and plants, which, on the whole, 
made an excellent display; but I may observe that there were 
no collections of what we call stove and greenhouse plants— 
at least, nothing worthy of mention. There was only one 
specimen, a magnificent Pelargonium, about five feet through. 
There were no Allamandas, lxoras, Stephanotises, Epacrises, 
I-Ioyas, or Heaths, which form the large collections at the 
London Exhibitions. Then there are no collections of large and 
costly Orchids, such as are seen in England. Indeed, the few 
small plants that were shown seemed to be considered as per¬ 
fect curiosities. If we add that there are no beautiful Heaths, 
such as are shown by the gardeners and nurserymen of Nor¬ 
wood, Clapham, and Tooting, it is clear that the Paris Exhibi¬ 
tion is altogether wanting in three of the most important 
classes of a Flower Show.-—Iv. 
NEW AND HARE PLANTS. 
Coduhkea scandens (Climbing Columned). 
This, merely from a variation in its leaves, has been also called 
C. rotundifolia and C. speciosa. Native of the West Indies. 
Flowers dark flesh-colour. Grows well “ in a basket suspended 
from the roof of a moist stove.”—( Botanical Magazine, t. 5118.) 
Goldeussia Thomson! (Dr. Thomson's Goldfussid). 
Native of the Sikkim-Himalaya, at elevations of from 6000 to 
9000 feet. Flowers violet-purple, abundant, and in succession 
for several weeks.— (Ibid., t. 5119.) 
Rhododendron Smithii (Sir James Smith's Rhododendron). 
Native of the northern slopes of the Lablung Pass, in Bootan. 
Blooms in March. Flowers red.— (Ibid., t. 5120.) 
Stangeria paradoxa (Fern-leaved Stangeria). . 
This remarkable plant was sent, in 1835, from Natal by Dr. 
Stanger. It was thought to be a “Zamia-like Fern;” but Mr. 
Moore correctly observed that it was more like a Cyead than a 
Fern. It has recently bloomed, and is now found to be a true 
Cycad. It has been called Lomaria coriacea, and L. eriopus .— 
(Ibid., t. 5121.) 
Agave maculosa (Spotted-leaved Dwarf Agave). 
Native of Texas. Flowers in September. Not more than two 
feet high.— (Ibid., t. 5122.) 
KIDDLE NETS. 
(Continued from page 110.) 
These kiddle nets, on closer examination, proved to be the 
ordinary kind used iu deep sea fishing, stretched from poles 
placed a few feet apart and firmly sunk in the sand. These are 
sufficiently long for their upper end to bo rather above the sur¬ 
face of the water at high tide near the shore ; while those further 
out are considerably below it. 
Their arrangement is ingenious. The poles, with the nets 
attached, are placed in a straight line reaching for some distance 
into the sea—perhaps a hundred yards—when a bend is taken ; 
the figure thus formed somewhat resembling a common fish-hook 
without the barb : a similar figure, but shorter in the shank, is 
then made by the continuance of the same straight line and 
another like bend ; and this is repeated as far as the nature 
of the bottom and the subsidence of the water at low tide will 
allow. From the place where I was then standing there were 
extended three of these bends, or “bights” as they are called. 
The object of this arrangement I understood to be, that, as at 
certain seasons, the mackerel come in near to the shore when the 
tide is high, when it recedes and falls they are left within the 
circular walls of network; and, being gregarious in their habits 
and the shoals very closely packed, the number so enclosed is 
frequently very great. 
This description I had while standing watching the ebbing tide; 
the troops of sea-gulls stationed at the water’s edge ; the rapid 
flight of birds, somewhat resembling the jack-snipe; and the 
swallow-liko motion and shrill cry of a species of tern, with its 
black crown and bright red feet visible ns it flitted by in fearless 
enjoyment of its liberty of private fishing. My informant was 
one whose right and ability to give information there was un¬ 
questionable ; he being the proprietor of the nets, a friendly man, 
whose chief characteristic—besides those which he had in com¬ 
mon with them who shared the duties of the time find place with 
him, a sunburnt skin and Sussex tongue—was, that, like the 
renowned Captain Cuttle, in the place of a hand he had on one 
arm an iron hook ; but long habit had made this artificial mem¬ 
ber almost as useful as the one it hod replaced. From him I 
learnt much in connection with this and other modes of catching 
mackerel. That many are taken from boats by the ordinary 
