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cording to the gardener’s expression, is sown as 
thick as the hair on a dog. On the approach 
of winter, the colza, with all that could be col¬ 
lected of leaves and stumps of cabbages, were 
coarsely chopped with the spade and dug in. 
The strawberry plants were planted on this 
ground thus prepared, and freely mulched wnth 
long dung. Not a single one was attacked, 
and the white worm did not show' itself there. 
Again, a plantation of dwarf apples 
{poinmiers de Paradis) w'hich had been twice 
devoured by the white worms, and re-established 
for the thii'd time at the same place, after the 
ground had been prepared as described for the 
strawberry plants, w'as by this means coin- 
jiletely preserved. It wall be seen that this is 
a simple and easy remedj', which costs little, 
and is within the reach of all purses.—D. 
Loumaye, in Bulletin Horticole. 
GOLD-LACED POLYANTHUS. 
S N the June number of the Florist and 
P oMOLOOiST, there are some remarks on 
these fine old flow’ers, on which I should 
have made some comments at the time, but 
w'as prevented by other engagements. Now 
that potting-time has come round again, the 
subject recurs to my mind. 
The remarks on exhibiting the Polyanthus, I 
consider most fallacious. It is stated that as 
it is a good rule to show' an Auricula with one 
truss only, therefore, “ so far as it secures the 
highest refinement in the pips, it is as desir¬ 
able in the case of the Polyanthus.” It is not 
so. An Auricula of the green, grey, or w'hite- 
edged sections w'ill not throw two good trusses 
from one crown except in rare instances, but a 
Polyanthus will tlu’ow four or five from one 
crown, all good. We are,moreover, advised to 
grow a Polyanthus with a single crown in a 
7-in. pot, because that is the way they do it 
in the North. I have seen them shown at 
Manchester in that way, but the trusses were 
not so good as they have been seen in the South 
in 4-in. and 5-in. pots. No; a Polyanthus 
in a 7-in. pot with a single truss is neither 
striking nor beautiful; and my experience 
tells me they are better grown in 4-in. or 
5-in. pots, since both the trusses and foliage 
are better. 
Then as to cutting off all the trusses but 
one, we are told “ that is the way in which 
gold-laced Polyanthuses should be shown ; it 
displaces mere bulk, and puts correct develop¬ 
ment in its stead, and puts growers on a better 
footing of eciuality on the exhibition-table.” 
I entirely disagree with this statement. It is 
a good standing rule in plant-culture to allow 
as many flowers on a plant as it will develop 
perfectly. A Polyanthus from a single crown 
W'ill develope four or five trusses perfectl}', if 
it is grown in a 5-in. pot. There is there¬ 
fore no need to use a 7-in. pot, nor to thin- 
out any of the trusses. 
In Polyanthus culture the amateur or 
cottager w'ho can obtain the use of an ordinary 
garden-frame, has an ec^ual chance w'ith those 
who possess unlimited means, if he has the 
sense to cultivate his plants, the requirements 
of the Polyanthus being so simple. Ours have 
just been potted, single crowns in the pots re¬ 
commended above. The plants do well out or 
doors until October, when they must be pro¬ 
tected from an excess of wet by having glass 
lights placed over them ; and they must not 
be suffered to become dry during the winter 
months.—J. Douglas, Lo-rybreZ Ilford, E, 
THE NECTARINE PEACH. 
[Plate 500.] 
f Q-qCQOBDING to Dr. Hogg’s Fruit 
W Manual, this variety was raised by 
Mr. Rivers from the seed of a Nec¬ 
tarine named Grand Noir, which had been 
imported from Holland. It is a fine and very 
handsome Peach, producing large flowers, and 
having renifoi’m glands. For the specimen 
from which our figure w'as prepared, w'e are 
indebted to the Rev. W. F. Radclyffe, w'ho 
cultivates Readies con amore, and whose great 
amount of success has been often recorded ; we 
have ourselves been indebted to him for many 
of the Peaches figured in the Florist and 
P oMOLOGiST during the past few years. Of 
the variety now represented, Mr. Radclyffe notes 
that in shape it is a pointed oval, with the 
nearly smooth skin of a dusky rust-colour; and 
he adds that the leaves each bear several 
kidne 3 '-shaped glands. 
The fruit grows to a large size, and is oval, 
with a nipple-like point, and well-marked 
suture. The .skin is nearly smooth, approach¬ 
ing in this respect to that of a Nectarine, of a 
yellowish colour, becoming dull dusky red on 
the exposed side. The flesh is melting, semi¬ 
transparent, red next the stone, from which it 
parts readily; and it has a brisk, delicious, 
and remarkably rich flavour. It ripens about 
the middle of September.—T. M. 
