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THE FROGMORE GOLDEN PEACH.-MARKET PLANTS—IV. 
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young stock was obtained, if all Las gone well, 
they will require more room the spring follow¬ 
ing. In this case, remove any of the bottom 
leaves that have decayed, and sink the plants 
lower in the pot. They should be grown on 
freely through the summer. The disrooting 
for propagation may take place every other 
year, and as the strong underground stem gets 
longer, a portion of it may be cut away, re¬ 
ducing it to inch-lengths, which will form 
stout plants in less time than the side-roots. 
When the specimens have attained a useful 
size, they are beautiful objects for greenhouse 
or conservatory decoration, in which position 
they may be kept wholly or through the 
summer months, transferring them to more 
warmth during the autumn and winter, where 
they will keep on growing. But nothing is 
gained by too long abstaining from interference 
with the roots for propagating purposes, as in 
this case, when the plants get strong, they will 
throw up bloom-stems which, looked at from 
a point of increasing the stock, is a serious 
drawback. 
If ever this plant gets sufficiently plentiful, 
it will be a grand market subject, as a more 
beautiful object for halls and rooms it is diffi¬ 
cult to imagine.—T. Baines, Southgate. 
THE FROGMORE GOLDEN 
PEACH. 
[Plate 469.] 
)HIS handsome Peach, as its name im- 
plies, originated in the Royal Gardens, 
Frogmore, a few years ago, and is the 
result of a cross between the Bellegarde Peach 
and Pitmaston Orange Nectarine, from which 
latter parent it inherits its yellow flesh. 
The fruit is of the medium size, usually a 
little larger than it is represented in our figure 
[from specimens obligingly sent us by the Rev. 
W. F. Radclyffe, from his gardens at Okeford 
Fitzpaine]. It is evenly shaped, having a 
shallow suture, and is but slightly indented at 
the crown. The skin is of a dark brownish red, 
when fully exposed to the sun, fading off to a 
golden yellow when shaded. The flesh is 
tender, fine-grained, and of a yellow hue, 
except near the stone, where it is tinged with 
red. It parts freely from the stone, and is 
of good quality, with a fine peach-flavour. 
The trees are of a free and healthy habit, 
and not at all subject to mildew. It belongs 
to the section producing large flowers, and is 
provided with smooth leaves, having globose 
glands. The flowers are of a deep pink colour, 
so that when in blossom the tree forms an 
object quite worthy of admiration.—J. Powell, 
Frogmore. 
MARKET PLANTS.—IV. 
PoiNSETTIA PULCHERRIMA. 
^0 plant is more attractive and useful as 
a decorative agent than the glorious 
Poinsettia pulcherrvna , all the more 
valuable, because its richly tinted vermilion 
bracts can be had in their most lustrous 
radiance at Christmas, when bright colours are 
most acceptable, and their warmth and life 
contrast so well with the dreariness witliout- 
doors. 
A few market cultivators excel in the pro¬ 
duction of this fine plant. They grow it 
by the thousand, and not only find an outlet 
for their productions in the London flower- 
markets, but applications for plants come from 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Manchester, Birmingham, 
and other great industrial centres. 
The most remarkable feature is the short 
time required to bring these plants to perfec¬ 
tion—about nine months. Stock plants are 
kept from which to obtain cuttings ; these are 
had in May, and as soon as taken are put 
singly in thumb-pots, and the pots placed in 
a brisk bottom-heat, in one of those close- 
frames found in the low propagating houses in 
market-growing establishments, which from 
one year’s end to the other unceasingly illus¬ 
trate unremitting activities. All market¬ 
growing work is done at high pressure—every 
workman appears thoroughly in earnest. The 
attention is directed to the production of a 
certain number of things, in given proportions, 
at the proper time, and every day witnesses a 
substantial advance made towards this de¬ 
sired end. In about a couple of weeks the 
cuttings begin to make roots, and at this 
point they are constantly examined, and if 
any are found to have rooted, they are lifted 
out of the hot-bed, and the pots placed on a 
dry, warm stage, near the glass. Mr. John 
Reeves, of Acton, one of the most extensive 
and successful growers of the Poinsettia , re¬ 
gards this as a somewhat critical time for the 
rooted plants, for “ singular as the statement 
