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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
superintendence of Dr. Hogg, the author of 
the Fruit Manual , and one of our leading 
British Pomologists. We may therefore look 
to this portion of the work—the descriptions 
and the nomenclature—being correct and 
authoritative. Much of the introductory 
matter in the part now issued is from the pen 
of Dr. Bull, the energetic Secretary of the Club ; 
and this portion of the work will comprise 
in the next issue a paper on “ Modern Apple- 
Lore “ A Sketch of the Life of Lord Scuda¬ 
more,” by Dr. Bull, with a full-page portrait 
of his lordship ; and a paper on “ The Cordon 
System of Growing Pears,” by Sir Henry E. 
C. Scudamore Stanhope, Bart., with a full-page 
wood-cut of the Cordon Wall at Holme Lacy. 
This introductory matter is extremely interest¬ 
ing. The portion already published embraces 
“ The Early History of the Apple and Pear,” 
followed by an essay on “ Thomas Andrew 
Knight, and his Work in the Orchard,” with 
descriptions of the new fruits raised by him. 
These papers will both well repay perusal. 
The Pomona is of folio size, and the part 
now issued contains six beautifully-executed 
chromolithographed plates, by Severeyns, re¬ 
presenting twenty varieties of Apples and two 
of Pears, from drawings made for the Club by 
Mr. A. Ellis. The letterpress comprises a brief 
historical notice and a description of each 
variety, accompanied by neat woodcut sectional 
figures, giving the outline of the fruit. As 
an example of the style of the letterpress, we 
quote what is said of Lord Suffield Apple :— 
“ This Apple was raised about forty-five years 
ago, by Thomas Thorpe, a hand-loom weaver, of 
Boardman Lane, Middleton, near Manchester, on 
the Middleton Hall estate of the late Lord Suffield ; 
and it was named from his lordship, who was a 
very popular, benevolent man. In 1836 Thorpe 
sold the buds at threepence each, and trees thus 
obtained are now living. 
“ Description. —Fruit: large, ovate, even in its 
outline, with several obtuse angles in its sides. 
Skin: thin, smooth, pale greenish yellow, with 
sometimes a tinge of red next the sun. Eye : small, 
the segments being gathered together in a point 
and placed in a plaited basin. Stalk: slender, 
over half-an-inch long, inserted in a deep cavity. 
Flesh : white, tender, and firm, very juicy, and 
briskly flavoured. 
“ This Apple has become the first favourite for 
early kitchen use, and in all modern gardens is 
rapidly displacing the early Codlins and the Haw- 
thornden. Its fault is that the skin is too fine and 
the flesh too tender to enable it to travel without 
being disfigured by bruises. It is in season in 
August and September. 
“The tree is hardy, and a great bearer, but does 
not grow to a large size.” 
Such a work as this will be extremely 
useful, as, if it meets with the support it de¬ 
serves, it may soon be expected to furnish 
accessible figures of a considerable number of 
our most popular fruits, to which a means of 
ready reference would often be a boon. We 
would, however, suggest that existing published 
coloured figures should be quoted in the text, 
as is usual in illustrated works of a general 
character, since this information would form 
a useful addendum to the information now 
given. We shall be glad to find, by the 
prompt appearance of succeeding parts, that 
the work is duly appreciated and well sup¬ 
ported by the public.—M. 
ANTHURIUM ORNATUM. 
EVERAL species of white-spathed Anthu- 
riums are now to be found in our best 
collections of stove plants, species which 
vary considerably in their general aspect, and 
whose proper generic position is not yet perhaps 
exactly agreed upon. Anthurium ornatum is 
one of the best known of these, and is perhaps 
one of the most showy. If we except the 
recently-introduced A. Dechardii —which ap¬ 
pears to be not very far removed, if indeed it 
is really distinct from A. canncefolitm , and also 
the white-spathed form of A. Sellerzerianum, 
which latter improves vastly in appearance as 
it gains vigour of development, Anthurium 
ornatum is one of the best known of these, 
and perhaps one of the most ornamental. It 
is a native of Santa Martha, in Venezuela, 
where it was discovered by M. Linden in 1842, 
and subsequently by M. Fendler in 1854-5. 
Whether then introduced to European gardens 
does not appear, but this was not improbably 
the case. Schott described it in 1857. We 
do not, however, find it to be recorded in any 
English garden catalogue, and it was not till 
flowered by Mr. W. W. Saunders in 1869, and 
shortly afterwards figured in the Botanical 
Magazine, that it became familiar to English 
cultivators. In August, 1871, it was exhibited 
by Mr. Saunders at South Kensington, and 
received the award of a First-class Certificate. 
The plant has a very short stem or root- 
stock, clasped by the thickened sheathing bases 
of the petioles, which are slender, rigid, terete, 
with a narrow slit in front, 2 to 3 ft. in length, 
terminating in a thickened green node or joint, 
