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the roots, which he did not send, and, like the fruit of 
the Musa, every “ head ” on all the six was up to the 
mark, or best market-garden stylo. 
Mr. Cutbush, of Highgate, sent a beautiful collection 
i of early Hyacinths , to which special reference was 
made, and the good advice to take down the names was 
freely taken after the lecture was over ; so freely, indeed, 
| that I could not get near them to point them cut to a 
lady who was most anxious to see them, but I booked 
the names before the Meeting. Prince Albert is black 
as ebony; Lawrence Coster, next tint, a dark purplish 
blue; Baron Von Thuyll, next blue tint; Charles 
Dickens, a lilac bluish; Orondates, large light blush 
blue; Prince Frederick, a large double light blue; 
Hannah More, a line pure white, single, and very large; 
Prince of Waterloo, double blush white; Tour d'Au¬ 
vergne, a fine double white; Waterloo, always the best 
early double scarlet; and Duke of Wellington, a single 
peach blossom, very gay. A call at Highgate, where 
these Hyacinths are in full bloom without much forcing, 
would pay one for years to come. Thero is nothing, after 
all, to trust to like one’s own eye. 
There was a large piece of the root of Araliapapy- 
rifera, which Mr. Fortune brought over to show how 
the Chinese make their rice paper from it; but why 
they call it rice paper is best known to themselves. 
The pithy part of the root is so thinly sliced by the 
Chinese as to resemble paper, which they make into 
ornaments, and which they sell much cheaper than our 
cheapest paper. There was also a plank of Beech to 
show how the soft and inferior woods may be impreg¬ 
nated with a solution to render them as durable as the 
best Oak. Some fine drawings of new Orchids, from 
Mr. Linden, were on the table. D. Beaton. 
Head Gardener at Chiswick. —Mr. G. McEwen, formerly 
gardener to the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle, has 
been appointed head gardener at the Chiswick Garden by 
the Committee of the Horticultural Society. He will enter 
upon his duties about the 20th instant, and he is a man well 
calculated to keep people in their proper places. His salary, 
we hear, is to be £2o0 a year; so we were right in our 
protest against the smaller salary proposed. 
PLANTS THAT MAY BE IN BLOOM IN 
NOVEMBER. 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
Andersonia Sprengelioides ; Ageratum Mexicanum; 
Bertholinia pectinata; Cassia corymbosa ; Camellias 
towards the end of the month; Cbimonanthus fragrans 
j andSinense; Chrysanthemum Sineuse, all the sections 
and varieties in full perfection ; Cinerarias; Citriobatus 
multiflorus ; Correa, of the speciosa and pulchella va¬ 
rieties; Coronilla glauca; Cvtisus Attleana; Daphne 
Indica and Indica rubra; Eobeveria Scheerii; Epacris 
nivalis, impressa, &c.; Erica distuns, pilularis, Caffra, 
; gracilis, autumnalis, liyemalis, Linnseoides; Fuchsia ser- 
. ratifolia; Globulea hispida; Habrothamnus elegans; 
j Hermannia plicata; Jasminum nudiflorum; Lambertia 
rosea; Leonotisleonurus; Leucocoryneixioides; Linum 
i tigrinum; Mignonette; Mesembryautkernum bifidum, 
curvifolium, octophyllum, and roseum; Myrsine coriacea; 
Myoporum parvifolium; Nerine Sarniensis; Oxalis asi- 
uina, laxula, repatrix, variabilis, Sirnsii, and fruticosa; 
Primula Sinensis; Phylica pinea ; Roses, Chinese, &c.; 
Salvia splendeus and fulgens ; Tropaeolum Lobbianum 
and Triomphe de Gand; Violets, Russian, Tree, and 
Neapolitan ; Witsenia corymbosa and Maura. Tree 
Perpetual Carnations will likewise be fine, if the tempe¬ 
rature at night averages 45°. 
STOVE PLANTS. 
Acliimenes picta; iEgipbila grandiflora; Agalmyla 
staminea; Ardisia acuminata; Balsamina Jerdonise; 
Begonia Fuclisioides, parvifolia, albo-coccinea, and 
manicata; Canna coccinea, carnea, and latifolia; Cen- 
tradenia floribunda; Crinum undulatum; Columnea 
scandens; Dendrobium speciosum; Eranthemum ver- 
rucosum and albiflorum; Euphorbia spleudens and 
Jacquiniflora; Geissomeria aurantiaca; Gomphocarpus 
arborescens ; Gesnera zebrina and splendens ; Plibiscus 
Lindleyii and mutabilis; Justicia flavicoma or caly- 
tricha; Lysionotus longiflorus; Manettia bicolor and 
uniflora; Nematanthus longipes; Neottia orchioides 
and pudica; Olax imbricata and scandens; Oldenlandia 
Deppiana ; Pancratium Guianense ; Passiflora princeps 
and alata; Pentadesma butyracea; Poinsettia pulcher- 
rima and pulcherrima alba ; Ruellia formosa ; Rogiera 
amoena ; Siphocampylos macostemma; Solandra lacvis; 
Stigmaphyllon lieterophyllum; Tillandsia aloifolia, bul- 
bosa, and bulbosapicta; Torenia Asiatica; Tradescantia 
discolor; Vriesia glaucophylla ; Whitfieldia lateritia; 
Zygopetalum crinitum, tricolor, and Mackayii. 
Cytisus Attleana is a little gem of a bush, and a 
mass of yellow in winter and spring, where the tem¬ 
perature is seldom under 45°. It will keep much cooler 
merely if free from frost; but then it will not bloom 
until spring. It generally grows as much to width as 
height, so that an oldish plant may be fifteen inches 
across, and as much in height, in a twelve-inch pot. 
For compactness this is the best of the Cytisus and the 
Genista group. The London nurserymen propagate it 
easily enough ; but I cannot say I have been equally suc¬ 
cessful, as with me many of the young plants went off 
after being potted. It grows best in peat and loam, with 
a little silver sand mixed with it. It requires good 
drainage and plenty of water when blooming and 
growing. After June it will stand very well in a 
sheltered place out of doors, and should then be fre¬ 
quently well syringed with soap-water, and then next 
day with clean water, to keep down all trace of the red 
spider. 
Camellias. —Beautiful at all times, these are most 
interesting in the country in the months of November, 
December, and January; but at the blooming period 
few plants like much forcing worse than the Camellia. 
I have seen fine flowers out of doors protected by a mat 
against a wall; but then, though the plant suffered 
little, the flowers were damaged by rains and severe 
frosts. The time to force the plant is a week or two 
after the flowers are all gone. The growth is thus 
quickly made, the flower-buds are early formed at the 
points of the young shoots, and then the plants may be 
gradually hardened off, aud receive a comparative rest 
before it is time to remove them into the house, the buds 
swelling gradually all the time. The heat of a Vinery 
or Peach-house is very good for starting the plants after 
blooming. Keeping the greenhouse rather close, and a 
little shaded at one end, is the next best position. 
When common greenhouse treatment is merely given, 
aud the plants are placed out of doors after the end of 
June or the beginning of July, the flowers will seldom 
open until after the next year, and on to March and 
April. 
Azaleas are best treated in the same way when early 
blooming is desired. 
Many Hybrid Rhododendrons so treated will bloom 
in the winter months without any forcing into bloom. 
Carnations of the Tree or Perpetual varieties will 
now also render a small house very gay. They are best 
obtained thus:—Have cuttings struck and potted off 
by October. Place these small pots in a cold frame or 
pit for the winter. Water only when very dry. Dig a 
well-exposed border fine in the beginning of April, add 
some light loam and well-rotted dung, turn it over with 
