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position to start off when a more sunny period arrives, 
btill, it must on no account be allowed to become too 
much chilled, otherwise the crop will be absolutely later 
than some planted several weeks after they are put in. 
A lining of warm dung will do much to restore heat in 
the waning bed, and prevent that check which is so diffi¬ 
cult to make good again. 
A more homely way has been described in these pages, 
of obtaining Potatoes much earlier than they usually 
come in the open ground, by planting them on rough 
hot-beds in January, and covering them up in a homely 
way with anything at command. But, when they are 
wanted in March, there is no other way than allowing 
them a glass covering up to the time of taking them up. 
After crops, however, may have less indulgence, and 
perhaps turn out quite as well, but, as I have before said, 
cannot be depended on as coming so early. 
J. Robson. 
FRUIT and FRUIT TREES of GREAT BRITAIN. ; 
{Continued from{page 86.) 
ho. XIII.—Cox’s Orange Pipfin. 
Last season, at the first annual fruit show of the Horticultural 
Society, held m W illis’s Rooms, the Judges astonished the garden¬ 
ing world when they reported, that they had met with a better 
apple than the Pibston Pippin, and that, by their award, that 
prince of apples must henceforth take rank with his commoner 
brethren. 1 had no opportunity of forming an opinion on the 
comparative merits of these two fruits, and was therefore content 
to abide by the decision come to on that occasion; at the same 
time, reserving a certain amount of doubt as to the permanent 
correctness of the opinion given. I have this season had several 
opportunities of ascertaining the merits of this fruit, grown in 
various localities ; and, from what I have seen, I have come to the 
conclusion, that this variety is as subject to variation in its pro¬ 
perties as any other variety of apple, according to soil and situa- 
T?. ln , lt:a s ffite it is neither superior nor equal to the 
Pibston Pippin; and that its proper place in the scale of com¬ 
parison is along with the Golden Peinette, which I have often 
met with as highly flavoured and as tender fleshed as Cox's 
Orange Pippin. There is no doubt that it is more tender in the 
llesli than the Ribston Pippin generally is, but not more so than 
the Go Men Peinette always is. Its flavour is decidedly inferior 
to Pibston Pippin, Golden Harvey, and many other varieties 
coulcl name, and not superior to Golden lleinelte when well 
-ripened. At the same time, it is one of the very best of dessert 
apples, and one that ought to find a place in every garden. 
Fruit slightly fragrant, round, even in its outline, and hand- 
somely shaped. 
&kin smooth; on the shaded side deep golden yellow, with a 
lev faint, broken streaks of pale crimson; on the side exposed to 
the sun it is entirely covered with crimson with broken streaks 
of darker colour; and over the surface, and particularly about the 
eye, are a few tracings of thin ash-grey russet. 
Rye small and open, with erect segments, which are l-eflexed at 
the tips ; set in a rather narrow, round, shallow, and plaited basin. 
Stalk short, about half an inch long, and not extending beyond 
the base ; inserted in a round, wide, even cavity, which is tinged 
with green, and lined with delicate russet. 
Flesh yellow, very tender, but firm and crisp, and very juicy. 
Juice rich, brisk, and sugary, with a fine aroma. 
A first-rate dessert apple, in use from the beginning of No¬ 
vember till January. 
This variety was raised by a Mr. Cox, who resided at Colnbrook 
Lawn, about seventeen miles from London, on the road to 
Maidenhead. It originated in 1830, and is said to have been 
from a pip of the Ribston Pippin. If such is the case, I strongly 
suspect the Golden Peinette was the male parent; for it is so 
closely allied to that variety, both in appearance and flavour, as 
to leave very little doubt on the subject. 
Our illustration is taken from fruit grown by Mr. Groom, 
gardener to Colonel Vyse, of Stoke Place, near Slough.—H. 
AUTUMN-BLOOMING ROSES. 
In answer to your request in The Cottage Gardener of the 
9th inst., I may suggest a few autumn-blooming Roses along with 
your list, which was as follows : — Madame Laffay, Baron 
Prevost, Giant des Batailles, Souvenir de la Malmaison, and the 
Duchess of Sutherland. The above are all good autumnal Roses, 
if properly grown ; and to them I would add, La Peine, and that 
beautiful old Foisette Hose, Aimie Tlbert, with a nice selection of 
China Roses. 
I have had the above Roses in good bloom from their first 
blooming in summer to the present time. The blooms have not 
been indifferent objects, as complained of by “ A Subscriber,” 
but in all respects equal to the blooms in the early months of 
summer, and on the Giant des Batailles much finer. This is 
truly a charming Rose, either for group, pot, or border. I have 
cut this day (November 16th), a good handful of fine buds, just 
ready for expanding. I put them into a large seed-pan, filled 
with fine soil and sand, damp of course, and placed them in a 
warm corner in the greenhouse, there to expand. These, by the 
bye, will be very nice to mix along with Chrysanthemums and 
other flowers, to place in the hall of my worthy employer. 
It may be of service to some of your numerous readers to know 
the situation, soil, and whereabouts these Roses are grown. The 
situation is upwards of 300 feet above the level of the sea, and 
about fourteen miles from the town of Leeds, close on the edge of 
the large moor that separates the two lovely valleys in the West 
Riding of Yorkshire,—one called Air Dale, the other Wharf Dale. 
In the latter, stands the romantic village of llkley, so much 
esteemed for the purity of its air and water. 
The soil is light and thin, and the subsoil of a coarse, sandy 
nature. This soil is always ready for good dressings of manure, 
decayed turf, or anything decomposable that comes in the way to 
improve it. These the soil receives with a liberal hand, and I 
maintain, that good dressings of manure, well decomposed, 
along with good soakings of liquid, are absolutely necessary. If 
you wish to bloom Roses well in summer and autumn, they must 
have something to keep up their strength.—A Gardener. 
DRESSING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Some time since you did me the favour of inserting a letter 
respecting the “dressing” of Chrysanthemums. May I request 
a similar favour for this, upon the same subject ? 
Having expressed my objection to the practice of “ dressing,” it 
is not necessary to repeat my sentiments; all that I want to do 
now, is to call attention to the “ Crystal Falace Show” (a poor 
affair, merely a rechauffe of the Stoke Newington,—fancy, 5s. for 
a fourth prize), where, of course, all the cut flowers were trimmed 
and dressed, with one exception, however—viz., Mr. Salter, of 
Hammersmith, who exhibited two new varieties — Golden Queen 
and Prince Albert —precisely as grown on the plants, the flowers 
surrounded by a circlet of beautiful foliage, like birds reposing in 
their nests. To compare the dressed ones with these w ould be 
absurd—at least, so I think. The follow'ing simile suggested 
itself:—-The dressed flowers reminding me of Queen Elizabeth,— 
stiff, starched, formal; whilst Mr. Salter’s flowers put me in 
