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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[January, 
Plate XLVI. illustrates a set of Perry Pears, 
namely, Butt, New Meadow, Parsonage, Aylton 
Bed, Pint Pear, Pine Pear, and Arlingham Squash. 
Plate XLVII.—Again Apples, the sorts figured 
being Benoni, a small American fruit ; Beam’s 
Pippin ; Trumpington, also American; Pearson’s 
Plate, a delicious little dessert sort; Ord’s Apple, 
a pleasant-flavoured sort which keeps well; and 
Lucombe’s Pine, a first-rate dessert sort, with a pine¬ 
apple flavour. 
Plate XLVIII.—This plate is devoted to the fol¬ 
lowing Pears :—Urbaniste, Deux Soeurs, DeMaraise, 
Belle Julie, and Jewess, the last a delicious November 
and December pear. 
We have given a list of the varieties figured 
in this part, for the purpose of showing how 
much of interest there is in the work, as well 
as to indicate the great value which a publi¬ 
cation containing such a long series of well- 
executed figures must possess, for those who 
study the nomenclature of the fruits they cul¬ 
tivate or have occasion to keep up a knowledge 
of individual varieties. Beyond all this—its 
value in the library or on the writing-table of 
the working pomologist—the book, as we have 
already said, forms a beautiful album of fruit 
subjects worthy a place on any drawing-room 
table.—T. Moore. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM PROPAGATION. 
8 0UNG plants of Chrysanthemums should 
be provided each year by means of 
cuttings in autumn, or rooted suckers 
in spring, if fine heads of bloom are to 
be had. A month or two since some growers 
put in cuttings of such varieties as it was 
desirable to get early stock of; and those who 
make a trade of Chrysanthemums, must, of 
necessity, get to work in the direction of in¬ 
creasing stock as quickly as possible. When 
a large batch of young plants is required it is 
well to devote a small cold frame to the purpose 
of striking cuttings, placing hi it a bed of good 
sandy soil six inches or so in depth, which 
should be raised a little above the surrounding 
level. In this bed the cuttings of the various 
varieties can be placed in lines, and it is quite 
certain that a very large number of them, if 
not all, will grow. 
If it is not desirable to plant the cuttings in 
such a bed, they can be placed in pots, effi¬ 
ciently drained, and plunged in the frame. In 
either case the newly-planted cuttings should 
be kept rather close for a fortnight, unless the 
weather is close and muggy. The grower 
might treat the cuttings just as he would 
those of the Calceolaria; and after they are 
struck, they simply require protection from 
frost and cold wind. 
We are supposing the grower will depend 
on the young growths thrown up from the 
blooming plants for his autumn cuttings. Should 
he require more in spring, the best thing he 
can do is to plant the stock out of doors in a 
sheltered position, and in spring they will 
supply plenty of cuttings to replace any 
failures, or to add to the stock. 
During January, cuttings of any scarce sorts 
can be put in as they can be obtained ; and 
soil and pots should be got ready to pot off 
any of the young-rooted plants as early as it 
can be done.— R. Dean. 
COSMOS BIPINNATUS. 
S OW many of those persons who attended 
the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
Society on December 12, recognised 
this old plant in the blooming speci¬ 
mens sent up from Chiswick by Mr. Barron ? 
One might almost term it a pale rosy-purple 
flowered Single Dahlia. It is a plant of 
rather tall and somewhat loose growth, but one 
flowering freely in autumn and winter. Mr. 
Barron states that the plants shown on this 
occasion were raised from seeds sown in the 
spring, the plants being brought on during 
the summer, and bloomed as already set 
forth. The flowers are of a very -pleasing 
hue of colour, and are very acceptable in a 
cut state at this dull season of the year. 
The subject of the foregoing paragraph is a 
tender annual. The seeds germinate without 
difficulty in a warm place, and the plants flower 
freely during the summer when planted out of 
doors in suitable soil.—R. Dean, Ealing. 
FRUITS FOR NORTH WALLS. 
I N some gardens north walls are not made 
the most of, since a few Morello Cherry- 
pj trees and Currants occupy the greater 
portion of the surface ; these no doubt 
are useful fruits, and succeed well on north 
walls, but should not occupy the whole space, 
as many of our best dessert Cherries do ex¬ 
ceedingly well, and hang on much longer than 
on any other aspect, if they are well protected 
from birds. 
