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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, October 12, 1858. 
Eye open, deeply set in a round basin. Stalk an inch 
long, deeply set. Flesh richly aromatic. A great bearer, 
and one of the most desirable apples for any garden. 
December to April. 
Eahly Harvest, d. (Yellow Harvest). —Medium sized, 
round. Skin clear pale yellow. Eye small and closed. 
Stalk half an inch long, not deeply inserted. Elesh white, 
tender, crisp, juicy, with a pleasant refreshing flavour. 
A first-rate early dessert apple. July and August. 
Early Julien, k.d. —Medium sized, roundish, and 
slightly flattened. Skin pale yellow, with an orange 
tinge next the sun. Eye closed. Stalk short. Flesh 
yellowish white, crisp, very juicy, with a fine brisk and 
rather balsamic flavour. An excellent early apple. Ripe 
in the second week of August. 
Early' Nonpareil, d. ( Hides’ Fancy, New Nonpareil, 
Stagg's Nonpareil). —Small, roundish, narrowing towards 
the eye. Skin greenish yellow, changing to deep yellow 
as it attains maturity, russety, and spotted with grey 
spots. Eye open, set in a wide basin. Stalk short and 
deeply inserted. Flesh yellowish white, crisp, juicy, 
brisk, and aromatic. October to December. 
Early Red Margaret. See Margaret. 
Early Summer Pippin. See Drap d’ Or. 
Easter Pippin. See French Crab. 
Edmonton Aromatic. See Kerry Pippin. 
Elizabeth. See Golden Iteinette. 
Emperor Alexander, k. ( Aporta, Mussian Fmperor). 
—Very large, heart-shaped. Skin greenish yellow, 
streaked with bright red next the sun. Eye large and 
deeply set. Stalk slender, an inch long, much inserted. 
Flesh yellowish white, rich, juicy, and aromatic. A very 
handsome apple. September to December. 
Englisii Codlin, k. —Large, conical, and irregular in 
its outline. Skin fine yellow, with a faint red blush on 
the side exposed to the sun. Eye closed. Stalk short 
and stout. Flesh white, tender, and agreeably acid. 
August to October. 
English Pippin. See Golden Iteinette. 
Fall Pippin. See Iteinette Blanche d’Fspagne. 
Fearn’s Pippin, k.d. ( Ferris’ Pippin, Clifton Nonesuch). 
—Medium sized, round, flat at the ends. Skin greenish 
yellow, russety round the stalk, and bright red next the 
sun. Stalk short. Eye shallow, in a plaited basin. Flesh 
greenish white, sweet, and richly flavoured. A good 
apple. November to February. 
Federal Pearmain, d. —Below medium size, pearmain¬ 
shaped. Skin yellowish, with a little red, and a few dark 
streaks on the side next the sun, russety. Eye deeply 
set. Stalk half an inch long. Flesh fine, delicate, very 
juicy, and of excellent flavour. A first-rate apple. De¬ 
cember to March. 
Five-crowned. See London Pippin. 
(To be continued.) 
GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM. 
Notwithstanding the fact, that this fine plant has boon 
greatly talked about, and has been brought before the public so 
frequently, still it is comparatively little known in the country; 
many a gardener is yet without a plant of it. What can be the 
cause of this mistake ? Is it in consequence of the term Pampas 
Grass, instead of Ggnerium argenteum, being applied to it, that 
those who have not seen it, and can only read of its existence, 
think it a mere Grass ? If so, those who unfortunately fall 
into that opinion make a very great mistake. 
While taking a tour from London to very near the Land’s 
End, during the first week in September, I remarked the extra¬ 
ordinary fact, that I only saw in two places any good plants of 
this great lawn beauty. One of these places was a private 
garden, belonging to a Mr. Dulhunty, of Paignton, in the south 
of Devon; and, on inquiry of that gentleman, I found that the 
plant had only been planted in the spring of 1857, and was turned 
out of a nurseryman’s three-inch pot, a miserable mite 5 while, on 
the first Sunday in September, 1858, the plant was, without 
exception, the greatest beauty I ever saw. The plant itself, 
without the fiower-stem, was as round as a dumpling, the leaves 
long and regular, rising about four feet and a half, and falling 
with a graceful curve, and this every part alike,—not a large 
cluster of leaves at one place, and none at others, but as true as 
if every one of the thousands of leaves had been placed by the 
hands of a clever artist. From this elegant mass of bright green 
foliage stood twenty-eight spikes of its inflorescence, waving in the 
air like plumes spangled with silver, and these spikes, as nearly 
as possible, were all the same height,—just ton feet from the 
ground,—and as regular as any one could devise. 
Thinking there must have been some peculiar mode of cultiva¬ 
tion adopted, I was induced to ask the gentleman (who evidently 
is a very great gardener, or very fond of his garden, which was as 
neat as a new pin) how long it had been there, and if the plant 
had any particular soil or treatment given it, when I was assured 
that it was planted in the ordinary style,—a moderate-sized hole 
dug out of the turf, and the size of the space in the turf in¬ 
creased, as the plant grew to the extent of ten feet over, and 
that it had but little manure at first, the ground being very good 
of itself. But last spring Mr. Dulhunty determined to re¬ 
turn to Sidney early this autumn,—and, that he might see 
what the plant would do before he left, and as he was 
anxious that it should be in bloom by the 1st of September,— 
nearly a month before the usual time,—and, to increase the 
growth and hasten its progress of flowering, a simple plan was 
adopted, viz., from April till July the plant was fed with some 
very strong manure-water once every week ; and by this simple 
attention the plant was not only brought to perfection before the 
rainy season set in, and thereby its beauty spoiled much sooner, 
but it was made one of the handsomest objects I ever saw. 
Can any one else boast of a plant, only fifteen months planted, 
producing twenty-eight spikes on the one plant?—F. B. 
[A sketch of the Gynerium argenteum was published in our 
443rd number.] 
HARDY PLANTS BLOOMING, DURING 
SEPTEMBER, IN THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
Saxifragaceie. —Heuchera Americana, II. villosa. 
Primulaceab. — Lysimachia epliemerum; Androsace lanu¬ 
ginosa, A. lactea. 
Linaceab. —Linum pubescens. 
Compositab. —Aster Novre-Angliee, A. Nova;, var. rubra, A. 
Novse-Belgii, A. Novse, var. floribunda, A. squarrulosus, A. loevi- 
gatus, A. simplex, A. Sikkimensis, A. Cabulicus, A. turbinellus, 
A. laxus, A. hevis, A. elegans, A. purpuratus, A. scoparius, A. 
versicolor; Palafoxia Texana; Brickelia grandiflora; Emilia 
coccinea, E. sagittata; Senecio chrysanthemoides ; Centaurea 
tenuiranea, C. ovina; Stokesia cyanea; Pyretlirum uliginosum, 
P. Parthenium, P. Parthenium, var. plena; Thelypterum braehy- 
stelma ; Antennaria trinervis; Solidago pubescens, S. tenuifolia, 
S. stricta, S. scorzonerifoha; Brachychfeta cordata ; Inula bar- 
bata; Helianthus orgyalis; Echinacea purpurea, E. intermedia, 
E. serotina; Rudbeckia fulgida, R. laciniata, R. grandiflora; 
Heliopsis bapthalmoides. 
Verbenaceae. —Verbena venosa. 
Labiatab. — Monarda cristata; Satureja montana ; Salvia 
Habliziana, S. napifolia, S. prunelloides, S. hastata. 
MALYACEffl.—Hibiscus Cashmerianus ; Malva crispa. 
Rosaceje.—P otentilla pulcherrima; Rosa bracteata. 
Asphodeleas.- —Knipliofia Burchellii, K. media. 
Graminea;. — Gynerium argenteum. 
ON THE MOST DESIRABLE SIZES FOR 
BARS AND BAR HIVES. 
TnE question having recently been raised in The Cottage 
Gardener, as to the most desirable sizes for both bar hives and 
bars, I am induced to give my experience on the subject. First. 
With regard to the sizes of hives, I feel convinced, from a very 
extensive experience, that the size of a hive should bear some 
j proportion to the productiveness of the country. A very broad 
hive may be used profitably in places where there is a most 
abundant bee pasture, and in tlioso heather districts where 
honey-gathering goes on for two months alter it has ceased in the 
