THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, December 6, 1859. 
tuted altogether, more light would not only bo afforded to the 
plants, but a greater cheerfulness infused into the adjoining 
rooms. The outsides of the colonnade were nicely clothed with 
Ivy, Roses, Scarlet Geraniums, Ceanotlmses in great beauty, 
Clianthus, Myrtles, Glycines, Chimonanthus, Fuchsias, Magnolias, 
&c. Some of the Magnolias had not only got in among the 
balustrading, but mounted the fine Corinthian columns; and 
Mr. Robson stated that they were such favourites that they must 
have their way whatever an architect might say. A piece of the 
east end of the corridor was devoted to an aviary for Canaries, &c. 
The upright terrace wall among other things had fine plants of 
Roses, Jasmines, Cotoneasters ; aud in high health Ceanotliuses, 
Veronica speciosa and varieties, Coronilla glauca, Acacia verti - 
cillata, Fugenia Ugni, Cylisus proliferus, Genista Canariensis, 
Frythrina cristagalli , Fabiana imbricata, &c. 
Before noticing these plants on the wall I had looked over the 
balustrade of the terrace, and was much struck with the appear¬ 
ance of the plants in the border—all the more so, because few 
would expect to find them there. These were great masses of 
plants of Yucca gloriosa, acuminata, and some of aloe folia, with 
sevei’al of the smaller ones, as filamentosa, &c. The stumps of 
fine flower-stems which had been gay in summer were still per¬ 
ceptible. Some were coming into flower, and others were showing 
strong, but too late to open -well this season. A few other plants 
were in the border; but as Mr. Robson has been nursing 
Y uccas in other places, he intends with great propriety to devote 
the border entirely to varieties of such plants, and perhaps a few 
of some of the allied genera, as the now-popular Tritomas. It 
will be observed that this border of peculiar plants can only be 
seen well either by looking over the balustrade, or from the green 
landing or terrace in front of them. They form no featuro from 
any other part of the ground. Finding them thus unexpectedly 
where they are gives them an additional charm. R. Fish. 
(To be continued.') 
GARDENIA CULTURE. 
In your number of the 22nd inst. I observe that one of your 
correspondents asks for instruction as to the best treatment for 
Gardenias. Your reply is rather lengthy, yet you omit a very 
material ingredient. If your correspondent will cover his pots 
to the depth of one-eighth of an inch with the ashes of wood, 
he will find an immediate improvement in his Gardenias. 
Powdered charcoal is a good thing, but wood ashes are much 
better. As to temperature, it will be found that the Gardenia 
resembles the Camellia, and will not stand any sudden or great 
change. If the Gardenia is wanted for a drawing-room, it must 
make its flowers in a temperature more or less equal to that of a 
drawing-room ; and if wanted for a hothouse it must make its 
buds in one. 
I write from a long experience of this flower in a tropical 
climate, where, with the application of wood ashes, it flowers 
nearly all the year round. — A Constant Reader, Manchester. 
NEW BOOKS. 
The Rose Annual.* —We have now before us the second 
year’s issue of Mr, W. Paul’s beautiful Annual. It is embellished 
with admirably-executed portraits of four of the best new Roses 
of the season—viz., Anna de Diesbach, a very large cupped 
flower of a fine pure rose colour, belonging to the Hybrid Per¬ 
petual section. President , a fine Tea-scented Rose, salmon and 
fawn colour, in the way of Adam , but very superior to that 
variety. Fveque de Nimes , raised from Geant des Fatailles, is, 
as Mr. Paul observes, of “ the colour of red sealing-wax, often 
dashed with blackish crimson.” Queen of Denmark, a very 
large full flower, cupped and globular. It is of a transparent 
flesh, slightly shaded with lilac. To Rose-growers, and those 
who are interested in the cultivation of that beautiful flower, Mq 
Paul’s Annual furnishes all possible information regarding the 
old and the new varieties, the exhibitions of the past year, and 
the influence of the weather during the various months on the 
bloom of the past season. 
Carter’s Annual for I860.—Messrs. Carter have long been 
known for the attention they pay to the procuring of new annual 
flower-seeds. Those they intend to send out this year have been 
illustrated in a large coloured plate, admirably executed, which 
* The Rose Annual for 1850—GO. By William Paul. F.II.S,, author of 
the “ Rose Garden." London : Piper, Stephenson, and Spence. 
contains Dianihus Chinensis Meddewigii, Dianihus Cliinensis 
laciniatus in several varieties of colour, Captain Clarke’s new 
blue Sweet Pea, Lobelia gracilis rosea, Callirhoe digitata, 
Fig ell a . Hispanic a alba, Clarkia pulchella integripetala, Nigella 
Hispanica atro-purpurea. They have also issued a plate of their 
new Yellow Tom Thumb Nasturtium —a lovely little bush, with 
as many flowers as leaves on it. 
LADY DOWNE’S AND ROSTER’S SEEDLING 
GRAPES. 
In The Cottage Gardener of the 15th ult. an inquiry by 
“Yitis ” is made ot the origin of Lady Downe's Flack Seedling 
and Foster's Seedling Grapes. Their parents were the Flack Mo¬ 
rocco Grape impregnated by the Sweetioater. “ Yitis ” thinks it 
strange that one should bo named after Lady Downe; but his 
surprise will cease when he knows that the reason was because 
Lady Downe was the mother of my present employer, the Hon. 
P. Dawnay. When the bunch of Flack Morocco Grapes was 
cut and sent to table, Lady Downe thought them so good that 
she sent to the garden for a pot filled with soil to sow the 
seeds in. When the seedlings had come up, and the seed- 
leaves fully expanded, they were handed over to my care. What 
is most strange is that the two varieties should be the produce 
of the same bunch. 
I hope “ Yitis ” will now sec the reason why one is called 
Lady Downe's Flack Seedling and the other Foster's Seedling, 
because we both had a finger in the pie in raising them.—T hos. 
Foster, Fenningborovgh. 
ERUITS ADAPTED TO THE VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
(Continued from page 131.) 
PEARS. 
Josephine de Marines. —Eruit about medium size. 
Skin yellow, with a greenish tinge on the shaded side 
and with a tinge of red on the side next the sun ; the 
whole surface strewed with large russet spots. Eye 
open, set in a rather shallow depression. Stalk three 
quarters of an inch long, stout, and inserted in a narrow 
cavity. Flesh yellowish, with a tinge of red, melting 
and very juicy, sugary, vinous, and richly flavoured, with 
a high rosewater aroma. 
A most delicious pear, in use from February till May. 
The tree is hardy, and an excellent bearer. 
La Juive. See Jewess. 
Kaissoise. See Benrre d’Amanlis. 
Kartofell. See Colmar d' Aremlerg. 
De Kienzheim. See Vallee Franche. 
King Pear. See Caillot Bosat. 
King Edward’s (Jackman s Melting). — Fruit very 
large, the size and shape of Uvedale’s St. Germain. Skin 
smooth and shining, of a beautiful grass-green colour, 
which it retains even when ripe, and with a flush of 
reddish-brown on the exposed side, thickly dotted all 
over with large brown russet dots. Eye open, set in a 
narrow, plaited basin. Stalk an inch long, inserted 
without depression. Flesh fine-grained, tender and melt¬ 
ing, juicy, but not very sugary, and with a perfume of 
musk. 
The largest really melting pear, and, for its size, very 
good. Ripe in September and October. 
Knight’s Monarch. See Monarch. 
Konge. See Windsor. 
Lafare. See St. Germain. 
Lammas (Huntingdon). — Fruit below medium size, 
pyramidal, regular and handsome. Skin pale yellow, 
streaked with red, and covered with red on the side next 
the sun. Eye open, very slightly depressed. Stalk half 
an inch long, inserted without depression. Flesh tender, 
juicy, and melting, with an agreeable flavour. Ripe in 
the beginning and middle of August. 
The tree is hardy, and a most abundant bearer. 
