THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, May 25, 1858. 
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See former numbers, ancl 
one, especially north of London, 
t he Cottage Gardeners' Dictionary , for culture 
Twelve Selected New Varieties. 
Esther (Dodwell), a purple flake; perfectly pure, finely 
marked, smooth, and very constant. 
Favourite (Addis), a purple flake; of great substance, well 
formed, and constant. 
Grand Monarch (Puxley), a full-sized scarlet bizarre ; well 
marked, full, and of a good form. 
John Bayleg (Dodwell), a scarlet flake ; of fine habit, pure 
white ground, with rich scarlet stripes, smooth edge, and 
constant. 
Lord Raglan (Puxley), a bright scarlet bizarre; of medium 
size, and fine form. 
Mr. Tugwell (Puxley), one of the best scarlet flakes ; large, 
very smooth, and well marked. 
Premier (Puxley), crimson bizarre; well defined, smooth 
edge, and constant.—10.?. Qd. per pair. 
For a dusty room, a sheet of thin glass must be cut a 
lttile larger than the top, to serve as an occasional cover. 
The cost is as follows : — 
One gardener’s propagating glass, 10 inches in diameter 
Deep saucer, .. outside .... 
Glass octagon . . . . . 
Sand ....... 
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The Aquarium Fernery. 
This arrangement provides accommodation for a few plants 
of that beautiful family—the Ferns. A bellglass, ten inches 
diameter, is inverted on a stand of turned wood. At equal 
distances around its upper edges, are hung three pieces of 
zinc, of an shape, forming supports to an upper nine-inch 
bellglass, the rim of which rests in the lower curve of the 
S- The Fern saucer is supported by a thin flower vase, stand¬ 
ing firmly on the bottom of the aquarium. (See Fig. in 
Coronation (Puxley), a scarlet flake ; large, full, and well Cottage Gardener, Yol. XVIL, p. 205.) 
marked. 
Nancy (Turner), a large rose flake ; of fine properties. A 
class that needs improvement. 
Royal Purple (Puxley), a purple flake ; large and distinct. 
Royal Scarlet (Puxley), a large full scarlet flake, of ex¬ 
cellent qualities. 
Shakespeare (Puxley), a pink bizarre; large and fine.— 
7s. Gd. per pair. 
Eighteen Older Varieties. 
Scarlet Bizarres. 
Adam Curzon (Easom). 
Coriolanus (May). 
Omar Pacha (Puxley). 
Crimson Bizarre?. 
Admiral Dundas (May). 
Chancellor (Puxley). 
Prince of Oldenhurgh (Pux- Victoria Regina (May). 
lny) 
j Rose Flakes. 
Pink andPuepleBizakees. : Mora , s Qarland (B ,. ooks) . 
Henry KirJc White (Taylor). Lord Belper (Turner). 
John of Gaunt (May). Poor Tom, (May). 
Sir Colin Campbell (Puxley). j —T. Appleby. 
Purple Flakes. 
Colonel Windham (Holland). 
Farl Stamford, (Elliott). 
Regulator (Bowers). 
Scarlet Flakes. 
Christopher Sly (May). 
Defiance (Puxley). 
CRYSTAL PALACE HORTICULTURAL 
EXHIBITION. 
This took place on the 22nd instant, and, as far as the 
display and arrangement of plants and flowers, was a decided 
improvement over previous exhibitions. The attendance of 
visitors, also, was more numerous, and everything praiseworthy, 
except the non-facilities afforded for the admission of reporters. 
Their admission was so neglected, that “ our special corres¬ 
pondent ” w r as unable to finish his notes in time for this week. 
Wc give the Prize List elsewhere. 
POND COVERED WITH GREEN SCUM, 
Seeing that your correspondent “ G. C.” has a pond 
covered with green scum, I beg to suggest a remedy which I 
have found effective. We have a large canal and bason which 
used to be covered with slime and Duck-weed, and we put 
three ducks and a drake in, and they keep it quite clean.— 
W. C., Wandsworth. 
THE FRESH WATER AQUARIUM. 
{Continued from page 87,.) 
We shall now notice the various vessels available as aquaria, 
beginning with 
The Cottager’s Vase. 
This is a very simple, yet serviceable affair, being merely 
an ordinary gardener’s bellglass, inverted in a saucer of sand. 
Some of our cottager friends will exclaim, “ It’s quite out 
of the question for me to buy Ferns.” Ah ! my friend, you 
greatly neglect “ the poor man’s garden,” provided for your 
gratification. Supposing your children, who now spend the 
day long, sitting down by the roadside throwing duet about, 
making mud pies, or getting into all manner of mischief, had 
been brought up with a love of the beautiful in Nature, you 
might then have a handsome nosegay on your table most 
months in the year, w hich would cheer up your sitting apart¬ 
ments, and prove a ray of light to brighten your cottage 
homes. To return to our subject. Suitable Ferns for the 
required purpose may be found in most of our lanes; among 
them the Hart's Tongue , common Polypody ; Black Adi- 
antum, female Fern (young specimens). But w T e shall speak 
of stocking hereafter. 
Fernery Aquarium. 
One gardener’s propagating glass, 10 inches in diameter 
One ., „ „ 0 inches in diameter 
Turned deal stand ..... 
Zinc hooks . . . . . 
Flow r er glass ...... 
Glass saucer . . . . . 
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Improved Circular Aquaria. 
• These are now furnished by the makers of a stronger and 
w hiter glass than those used for horticultural purposes, and 
the curve of the sides so proportioned, as to admit of a small 
amount of refraction. The sketch given at page 87, is from 
an aquarium of this description, which has been in constant 
use for more than two years. 
Glasses of more than thirteen inches diameter are unsafe, 
being liable to crack during sudden changes of temperature. 
The price of an aquarium twelve inches diameter, including 
imitation-ebony moulded stand, is five shillings. Thirteen 
inches ditto, six shillings. 
The aquarian should be acquainted with the quantity of 
water which will be required to fill his vase or tank. In case 
he cannot obtain information w T here purchasing, the following 
rule will be found applicable to any vessel, from bcllglasses to 
water-works reservoirs : — 
Divide the number of cubic inches of space • contained 
within the glass w-alls by 277 ; the quotient will be in gallons. 
The contents of the above engraved aquarium are thus 
ascertained. 
1st. measurement, 9 ins. in depth, and 12 ins. in diameter. 
2nd. measurement, 3 ins. in depth, and 10 ins. „ 
12 ins. average depth. 
3*141 x 30 (square of 1st radius) = 113-07 (area of base). 
3-141 x 25 (square of 2nd radius) = 78’52 „ 
113-07 x 9 (depth of 1st measurement) = 1017‘63 cubic ins. 
78*52 x 3 (depth of 2nd measurement) = 235-56 „ 
Total contents in cubic inches 1253-19 
1253 -4- 277 = 4i- gallons capacity. 
4\ x 10 = 45 lbs. weight of water. 
The result was useful, for knowing every gallon of water 
