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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, March 6, 1860. 353 
centra is more becoming than the naked stems of the so-called 
standards. 
But I do not deny all merit to worked Roses; for it is 
possible there may bo some cases in which they are more 
serviceable than when on their own roots. Eor forcing purposes 
I have found them do better on the Manetti stock than without 
it. I do not wish to crush this hitherto-popular supporter of the 
Rose entirely, and possibly there may be some isolated cases 
where it does better than with me, and, in fact, where it does 
better than the unworked Rose; but in a great majority of cases 
I think a return to the natural system might be advantageously 
adopted. And I for one will advocate it, reserving to myself the 
right, as aforesaid, of using a worked plant for forcing purposes; 
or where, like Mr. Ruddock, propagation in a more rapid way is 
necessary. The budding-knife with its accompaniments may be 
still put in requisition; but I am anxious to hear the opinion of 
our Hertfordshire friends, based, as I trust it will be, on their 
individual practice; as without that the subject cannot well be 
settled, and the subject is well worthy of being thoroughly venti¬ 
lated.— J. Robson. 
SHADING GREENHOUSES. 
M. Boutin, in the last number of La Revue Horticole re¬ 
commends common tallow for this purpose. It should be 
slightly heated in an earthen vessel, and applied with a cotton 
rag to the glass when in an unctuous state, neither cold nor 
warm. We apprehend that, on a very hot summer day, the 
tallow would become fluid, and drip down on the plants. Perhaps 
spermaceti or stearinc might answer better. Some of our nur¬ 
serymen who do not care for appearances, have used for this 
purpose plastering laths nailed on the upper side of the rafters 
above the sash, leaving openings of about an inch between the 
laths. One advantage about this mode of shading is that it 
answers even when the sash is lowered. Where neatness is 
desired, nothing looks so well, and is at the same time so efficient 
and durable as sugar of lead ground in oil. It can be procured 
at almost any colour-shop, and resembles white lead. It should 
be greatly diluted with spirits of turpentine, and put on very 
thin with a brush. In putting it on, the brush should bo kept 
very dry, and' but little of the material should be used ; in this 
way it is more eyenly distributed over the glass. This is the 
material used by painters to produce the effect of ground glass.— 
{American Gardener 1 s Monthly .) 
THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF GREAT 
BRITAIN. 
{Continued from page 318.) 
No. XXVII.— Flemish Beauty Peak. 
Synonybies. —Belle de Flandres; Bcrgamotte de Flandres; 
Beurre de Bois; Beurre de Bourgogne; Beurre Davy; 
Beurre Davis; Beurre db Fib erg ; Beurre Foidard ; Beurre 
St. Amour; Beurre Spence; Boss Fere ; Bose Sire ; Bouclie 
Fouvelle ; Brilliant; Feodale; Fondante des Bois; Gagnee a 
FLeuze; Lmperatrice des Bois; Tougard. 
This is one of the varieties which has been thought to be the 
Beurre Spence of Tan Mons, and which he considered the most 
delicious pear known. Many efforts have been made by pomo- 
logists to discover what the Beurre Spence really was, but no 
satisfactory conclusion has yet been arrived at; there is every 
reason, however, to believe that th e Flemish Beauty was the variety 
intended, and it fully agrees with the character that Van Mons 
has given of Beurre Spence. As a dessert pear, the Flemish 
Beauty is one of the best as regards texture and flavour, but it 
is apt to become mealy, and early to decay at the corervhen too 
highly ripened on the tree. It should, therefore, be gathered 
before, or just as, it begins to assume its yellow hue, and be 
allowed to ripen thoroughly in the fruit-room. 
The fruit is rather large, being three inches high and over 
two inches and a half wide; of an obovate shape, rounded to¬ 
wards the eye, and tapering to the stalk, where it is rather 
blunt. 
A first-rate dessert pear, ripe in the beginning of October. 
SJcin at first of a pale grass-green, but changing as it ripens 
to lemon-yellow here and there, clouded with green over the 
whole surface, and marked with patches of thin, smooth, 
yellowish-brown russet; in somo specimens there is a slight 
tinge of dull red on the side next the sun. 
Bye sra all and open, with narrow, erect, subulate segments, 
which are incurved at the points, and set in a shallow basin. 
Static an inch long, generally in a line with the axis of the 
fruit, and placed in a narrow sheathing cavity; but sometimes 
obliquely inserted with a fleshy swelling on one side of it, as 
represented in the figure. 
Flesh white, very tender, fine-grained, buttery and melting, 
with an abundance of rich, sugary, and aromatic juice. 
NEW OR RARE GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
{Continued from page 318.) 
Gazania Splendens, (Splendid Gazania).—Though this is a 
suitable plant for a' low shelf or bracket in the greenhouse, there 
is little doubt but its great use will be for the flower garden. 
The leaves are long, and white underneath, like G. uniflora. 
The plant is dwarf and compact, and the flowers are large, and 
■of a rich orange colour, with a dark ring round the centre. 
Mr. Beaton has already described in The Cottage Gardener 
its great qualities as a bedding-out plant. 
Gastrolobium Drummondi (Drummond’s Gastrolobium).— 
An Australian plant of great beauty, having spikes of flowers of 
a deep orange colour, and a pure white centre, produced in great 
profusion. 
G. Leekianum (Leek’s Gastrolobium).—A distinct species, 
with dark orange blossoms, veined with purple. They are pro¬ 
duced freely in numerous spikes from the axils of the leaves. 
G. spectabile (Showy Gastrolobium).—Flowers rich orange- 
scarlet, produced in terminal spikes. The plant is of a dwarf 
compact habit, and is well adapted either for the greenhouse- 
stage, or for exhibition. 
These three Gastrolobiums are not new, but they are little 
known, and yet ought to be in every good collection. They are 
so beautiful when well grown. 
Greyillea Drummondi (Drummond’s Grevillea).—A hand¬ 
some addition to a fine-foliaged genus. The leaves are of a silver 
grey, pinnate, each leaflet narrow and long. The corymbs of 
