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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, August 30, 1859. 
should never be pinched, unless for two reasons First, 
as robbers, or leaders, exceedingly gross—such may have 
their points pinched about midsummer, or, indeed, earlier. 
Secondly, when they are over-topping their bounds. 
The Peas. —Here we have a most unruly subject. If 
any novice were to form a judgment of all Pears and 
their habits, modes of fruiting, and various vagaries that 
Pears are heirs to by merely having grown Louise Bonne 
of Jersey, and a Beurre d’ Amanita, he would think that 
folks made too much fuss about Pears. But their habits 
(lifter more, perhaps, than those of any one family of fruits. 
I alluded to severe operations on this fruit previously; and 
I can but repeat that, at this period above all others, it is 
necessary that sun light be secured to all portions of the i 
trees. All rambling leaders of trained Pears may be 
pinched immediately: many, it is to be hoped, have re¬ 
ceived this treatment before. 
Still there remains another material consideration 
as concerns September; and I would here put the 
question—“Have you any trees still infested with in¬ 
sects ? ” The Peach, above all, deserves particular at¬ 
tention at this period. The spider is very apt to get 
a-head whilst the wood is ripening; and at such period 
so robs the trees, that the bud is imperfect as to the 
ensuing spring, when we may hear lameutations about 
; blossoms not setting, fruit falling off, &c. As for Apricots, i 
Pears, &e., if they have scale or other matters, such had 
better pass on to the rest period, unless the Gishurst ! 
Compound can be applied. I have a high opinion of this 
preparation, and. am observing its effects on a Peach tree 
infested with red spider. As for the aphis family, it is a 
mortal enemy to them ; but it appears some have recei ved 
injury, doubtless though excess in the use of it. I have 
had a trifling case or two, but, probably, owing to what is 
called experimenting. However, these things must not 
be played with ; and as for fixing a precise amount for 
all cases, I fear, like most other things, there will ever be 
i exceptions—so much depends upon the character of the 
vegetation to be acted on. Mr. Elvers and some other 
1 practical fruitists speak highly of it, and this looks well. 
I can only say that I live in hope of hearing of its being 
it universally satisfactory. E. Ereington. 
HAEDY FLOWERING HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
{Continuedfrom page 289.) 
A I.ETRIS— Blood wort. 
Nat, ord., Iliemodoracea;. Linn, Hexandria Monogynia, 
■! Generic Character. —Corolla funnel-shaped, six-segmented, 
wrinkled. Stamens erect, inserted into the base of its segments. 
Style three-angled. Capsules three-celled, many-3eeded. 
| Aletris aurea (golden Bloodwort). Flowers sub-sessile, cam- 
panulate ; corolla in fruit rugose, very rough ; leaves lanceo- 
late-ensiform, acute. 1 ft. Yellow. July. North America. 
A. farinosa (mealy). Stem round, mealy; flowers stalked, 
oblong-tubular; corolla in fruit smooth, mealy ; leaves broad, 
lanceolate, mucronate. 1 ft. White. June. North America. 
Yery handsome, hardy plants, requiring a compost of peat, 
loam, and leaf mould to grow them well. They will grow in a 
i shady place better than most other plants. 
Propagated by taking off suckers or side-shoots with roots in 
i April, and planting them in a nursery-bed till well established, 
; when they may be transplanted into the flower-border in fresh 
compost, where they arc to grow permanently. Strong plants 
produce flowers abundantly. 
ALTHAi A— Marsh-Mallow. 
Nat. ord., Malvaceae. Linn. Monadelphia Polyandria. 
Generic Character. —Calyx double; outer divided into six or 
nine segments. Capsules many, one-seeded. 
Althea cannabixa (Hemp-leaved Althaea). Leaves downy, 
rather hoary beneath, lower palmately parted, upper three- 
parted, lobes narrow, coarsely-toothed; peduncles axillary, 
many-flowered, lax, longer than the leaves. 6 ft. Purple. 
July. S. of Europe. 
A. flexuosa (flexuous). Stem rather flexuous, hispid; leaves 
cordate, rather seven-lobed, obtuse, footstalks long; flowers 
axillary, solitary, stalked ; petals obcordate. 3 ft. Pink. July. 
East Indies. 
A. Narbonensis (Narbonne). Leaves downy, lower five or 
seven-lobed, upper three-lobed ; peduncles many-flowered, lax, 
longer than the leaves. 6 ft. Pink. August. S. of Europe. 
A. nudiflora (naked-flowered). Leaves roundish-cordate, five¬ 
angled, or three-lobed, crenate, roughly pilose ; stem-petioles 
and peduncles hispid ; racemes bractless, naked ; flowers in 
.pairs; petals cuneate, emarginate. 6 ft. White. July. 
Siberia. 
A. Taurinensis (Turin). Leaves covered with white starry 
down, three-parted ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered, rather 
longer than leaves, straight. This is the A. pubescens of some. 
4 ft. Red. August. Turin. 
The Althseas are tall-growing showy plants, requiring a strong, 
rich loam, well drained. 
Propagated by taking up the plants in April, and dividing 
them into rather large pieces, planting them immediately in 
freshened soil, where they are to bloom. The Altlicea rosea is 
the Hollyhock, which is rather a biennial, but may be treated as a 
perennial by division and cuttings of young side-shoots put in 
sand, in pots, in a gentle heat, and kept in a cold pit through the 
winter. Many of the varieties, however, come true from seeds 
sown in July, and finally planted out in the April following. 
ANDROSACE— Primewort. 
Nat. ord., Primulacerc. Linn. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. — Calyx pentagonal, five-tootlied. Corolla 
hypocrateriform, contracted at the mouth ; limb five-lobed. 
Stamens within the tube Stigma globose. Capsules five- 
valved, one-celled. 
Androsace carnea (flesh-coloured). Plant caulescent, pubes¬ 
cent ; leaves scattered, linear, subulate, ciliated; umbels few- 
flowered ; flower-stalks short; calyx turbinate; corolla seg¬ 
ments emargiuate, longer than calyx. 1 ft. July. Switzer¬ 
land. 
A. carinata (keeled). Leaves crowded, ovate-lanceolate, acutely 
keeled, on upper side ciliated ; scape villous ; umbel many- 
flowered ; calyx five-cleft nearly to the base, persistent. 1 ft. 
Yellow. April. North America. 
A. Cham^ejasme (bastard Jasmine). Plant pubescent; leaves 
lanceolate, nearly entire, ciliated ; umbels few-flowered ; calyx 
turbinate; corolla longer than calyx. 1 ft. Pink. July. 
Austria, 
A. lactea (milk-white). Plant, capjescent, smooth ; leaves gvass- 
I like, shining, entire, ciliated at the end ; umbel few-flowered, 
flower-stalks elongated ; calyx turbinate; corolla longer than 
calyx. 1 ft. White. July. Austria. 
A. lanuginosa (woolly-leaved). Plant caulescent, procumbent, 
hairy ; leaves scattered, obovate-lanceolate; flower-stalks 
terminal, elongated; umbel many-flowered; calyx tube ven- 
tricose. 6 in. Rose and yellow. August. Himalayas. 
A. linearis (linear-leaved). Leaves linear, mucronate, slightly 
pubescent beneath. 6 in. White. North America. 
! A. villosa (hairy). Leaves lanceolate, entire, villous; umbel 
few-flowered ; calyx ovate-campanulate ; corolla longer than 
calyx. Pink. June. Pyrenees. 
A lovely tribe of mostly early-blooming alpine plants, suitable 
for rockwork, or for a dry, fully-exposed border. They require 
half peat and half sandy loam. A plant of each species should 
be kept in a pot, and protected through the winter in a cold pit 
or frame. 
Propagated by cuttings and division-cuttings. Take off young 
shoots in April or May, and plant them in sand under a bell-glass 
placed in a frame and wiping the glass occasionally. When 
rooted, repot in small pots well drained, and replace in the 
frame till well established. Keep them in the pots through the 
winter, and plant them out in a proper place in the spring. 
Division. —Take up the plants in August, divide them into 
moderate-sized plants, pot them into suitable-sized pots, and 
keep them under protection through the winter, finally planting 
them out early in the spring. They are worthy of all this care. 
A NTHEMIS— Chamomile. 
Nat. ord., Asteraceee. Linn. Syngenesia-superflua. 
Generic Character. — Involucre hemispherical, imbricate; 
scales nearly equal; margins of scales scarious. Peceptacle 
