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Rivers’ plan, and could be taken down (say, sixty feet long) in 
an hour, without injury to any part. If the lower plates could 
be set in loose bricks they would last much longer.— William 
Youngman. 
HERALDRY APPLIED TO FLOWER GROUPING-. 
SOWING TRITONIA UVARIA. 
“Geeenhand” misunderstood the nature of the credit I 
meant. It was my money and personal effects which I staked 
on tho issue, and all my worldly property could be conscientiously 
sworn to as under ten thousand pounds. But say that I w r as 
worth ten thousand, every farthing of it should be forfeited, if 
in three years Rosebud did not take the public taste before two 
other seedlings, which had prizes given them on purpose to re¬ 
commend them more strongly than Rosebud to the said public ; 
or else, as a correspondent suggested at the time, to enable some¬ 
one to buy Rosebud from the raiser much below its fair market 
value, which I can hardly believe. Now, when “ Geeenhand ” 
made his money reckoning against me, I had not a farthing I 
could call my own to meet him ; and when I found that all my 
money was locked up for the next three years, I looked about for 
other means for raising the wind. It is a bad wind that does not 
blow fair to somebody : three weeks after I blowed the bellows, 
Tritonia uvaria fell 45 per cent, in value, somebody having ad¬ 
vertised it at 10s. the dozen, as I was told, but I did not see the 
advertisement. But I have seen that which is nearly as good. I 
met Mr. Yeitch soon after the wind business, at an old-established 
nursery firm, where we both drank Her Majesty’s health. lie 
told me that next spring they are going to advertise Tritonia 
maria at 18s. per dozen. It was up to 30s. the dozen when I 
spoke of it at 5s. Another large nurseryman has since told me 
that he had 5,000 plants of it ready for sale; that my experiment 
on it was well worth five pounds ; and that I was over the mark, 
if there was a good demand for it. 
That being so, I can afford to accept the quits cry ; but still I 
think the balance of the account, between the extra price on the 
plants and the real value of the experiment, is but fair and just; 
and it strikes me that heraldry was a clever move on his part, to 
direct me from the point of prompt settlement. There is no 
getting over these city men,—they are up to every move. He 
knows my predilections for Rob Roy and the feudal times, and 
nothing sooner than heraldry could stir up my promptings. But 
applying heraldry to planting and colours I cannot resist: I cry 
quits too. Money is dross, after all; but colours are colours, 
and I shall take special care to study what “ Geeenhand” has 
said on the heraldry of planting beds. 
Not a word he wrote jarred on the evidence of my senses while 
reading it, and that is a good sign of anything one reads for 
the first time. But, to make sure of the benefit of his quits, I 
shall tell him at once how to treat his seeds and seedlings of 
Tritonia uvaria. I only learned the mode myself this very 
season. Last spring, I spoke of seeing this plant coming up from 
seeds at the Wellington Road Nursery as thick as grass, and very 
much like lawn grasses at that stage. I also had an hour’s talk 
with Mr. A. Henderson, at the beginning of October, and I in¬ 
quired diligently of him how these seedlings turned out, Nothing 
could be easier: February, March, or April would do to sow 
them, according to one’s convenience : the earlier they are sown, 
the better plants they make before next winter. The same con¬ 
venience that -would do to get up a stock of bedding plants from 
spring cuttings would also do for sowing these seeds in February ; 
and they might be sown under a handglass, on the Cucumber 
ridge, at the end of April. Sow them thin, and give them the 
same treatment as seed-pots of blue Lobelia, Cobcea, Cineraria, 
Calceolaria, Petunia, or even Fuchsia. 
After they are up, just watch them from day to day; and as 
soon as you see the grassy leaves not able to bear up their own 
weight, be sure tho place is too hot for them,—they want more 
air, or a cooler place. After a while, they will be long enough 
to handle ; then is the best time to part them, and have them 
potted into nursing pots : the best size for the pot is No. 48, and 
it will hold just twelve plants comfortably, at equal distances all 
round the side. The same soil as for blue Lobelias is the best,— 
that is, a very sandy peat, or very sandy leaf mould and peat, or 
light loam ; at any rate, let it be just one half sand. Keep them 
on the blue Lobelia treatment till all the Dahlias arc planted out; 
then plant them out also, by drawing the ball asunder into two 
equal parts ; six plants in each half is the best way of dividing 
them. Give them plenty of room, a warm corner, and rich light 
soil. Through the summer, occasionally water. They ought 
to be all taken up early in October, for two reasons,—to stop 
them growing later, for fear of the frost, and to give them more 
room for two more years without disturbing them. Between the 
rows, cover with coal ashes before winter ; and, if it comes very- 
hard, throw some straw over them, as they do on the Radish beds. 
They are of the nature of Cape bulbs, and some are foolish 
enough to force Cape bulbs with hotbeds and forced heat: such 
peopfo will be sure to damage their seedlings with too much heat. 
It is all very well to pretend not to believe in witchcraft, but on 
what other principle can you account for a whole generation going 
daft on the culturo of half-hardy bulbs like these, though these 
are not actual bulbs ? My grandmother had a red cow that was 
bewitched, and I am quite sure witches are as plentiful now as 
they were then; but I hope they will not influence new beginners 
] in this line, like “ Geeenhand as for the old ones, nothing 
but grim death can ever take the spell off them.—D. Beaton. 
SELECT FRUITS ADAPTED TO THE VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
(Continued from page 103.) 
m, signifies that varieties so marked are to be used only for the dessert; 
K., for kitchen purposes; and C., for cider-making. Those marked 
K.D. are applicable either to kitchen or dessert use.] 
APPLES. 
Speckled Golden Reinette. See Barcelona Pearmain . 
Speckled Pearmain. See Barcelona Pearmain. 
Spice Apple. See Aromatic Busset. 
Springrove Codlin, k.— Medium sized, conical, broad 
at the base, and narrow at the apex. Skin greenish yel¬ 
low, tinged with orange on the side next the sun. Lye 
closed. ' Stalk short. " Flesh greenish yellow, soft, sweet, 
slightly acid, and agreeably perfumed. An excellent 
summer kitchen apple. In use from July to October. 
Spring Ribston, d. ( Badclow Pippin). —Belowmedium 
size, roundish, or rather oblate, ribbed on the sides, and 
knobbed round the apex. Skin yellowish green, covered 
with dull red next the sun. Eye large and open. Stalk 
very short. Flesh greenish white, crisp, juicy, sugaiy, 
with an aromatic flavour. A first-rate dessert apple. 
November to May. 
Stagg’s Nonpareil. See Early Nonpareil. 
Stamford Pippin, d.k.— Large, roundish, inclining to 
ovate. Skin yellow, with a slight tinge of orange on one 
side. Eye small and half open. Stalk short. Flesh 
yellowish, firm, but quite tender, crisp, and very juicy, 
with a sweet, brisk flavour, and pleasant aroma. De¬ 
cember to March. 
Stettin Pippin. See Dutch Mignonne. 
Striped Beefing, k.— Large, roundish, and somewhat 
flattened. Skin green, changing to greenish yellow, and 
almost entirely covered with broken streaks and patches 
of red. Eye large and open. Stalk rather short, deeply 
inserted. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly 
acid. A very fine culinary apple. In use from October 
to May. _ , .. Tr 77 , 
Striped Holland Pippin. See Lincolnshire Holland 
Pippin. 
Striped Joanneting. See Margaret. 
Striped Quarrenden. See Margaret. 
Stuemer Pippin, d. —Medium sized, roundish, and 
flattened. Skin yellowish green, and brownish red next 
the sun. Eye small and closed. Stalk long and straight. 
Flesh yellow, firm, brisk, sugary, and richly flavoured. 
January to June. _ 
Sudlow’s Fall. See Franklin's Golden Pippin. 
Sugarloaf Pippin, k.— Medium sized, oblong. Skin 
fine light yellow, dotted with green; becoming almost 
white when fully ripe. Eye small. Stalk long. Flesh 
whitish, firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a pleasant, sweet, 
and sub-acid flavour. Ripe in August. 
