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gained a great advantage by securing, through 
the well-known glow of the hot-water, a satis¬ 
factory “set,” and by its continuance fora week 
or two enabling the embryo fruit to effect its 
first progress. 
Here I should have stopped, for notwith¬ 
standing free circulation and every other at¬ 
tention, the deep, healthy green of early spring 
gradually gave way to a new tint, and the re¬ 
sult was that, besides the anticipated deficiency 
in flavour from the cold, damp, and absence of 
solar power, the fruit would not “hold on,” 
but with every hour of bright sunshine fell b}" 
dozens, and could not go to my friends without 
an apologetic note. The season has, perhaps, 
something to do with the failures, as the out¬ 
door trees also give their produce too readily. 
Still, with the discontinuance of artificial heat, 
all the trees are making beautiful late growth, 
and giving promise of better things for 1880. 
This one year’s experience suggests the con¬ 
clusion that artificial heat for orchard-houses 
should be made the medium of saving the 
early bloom from the trials of our capricious 
springs, and be not again resorted to till all the 
stone fruit is cleared off. 
I have nothing to add as to general manage¬ 
ment, except to recommend a profuse watering 
of the whole soil of the house when the fruit 
has finished the stoning process, and is swelling 
for maturity. Three years’ trial obliges me to 
report the late Mr. Elvers’ extra early Peaches 
Beatrice, Leopold, Alfred, and Louise, as not 
compensating by their quality for their ten 
days’ pi’ecocity. His (Elvers’) Early York is 
worth all the family. All the Nectarines are 
desirable,—as earlies Advancer and Napier, as 
lates Victoria, Albert Victor, and I^ine-apple. 
Elvers’ l^ord Falmerston would be a noble 
Peach, if we could ripen it.—G. D. 
THE HEREFORDSHIRE POMONA. 
HE second part of the admirable Here¬ 
fordshire Pomona has been issued during 
the present autumn, and fully supports 
the high character which we mentioned as per¬ 
taining to the publication, when alluding to it 
last year. It does infinite credit to the good- 
taste and public spirit of the Woolhope Club, 
and deserves to receive the fullest possible 
public sympathy and support. At the outset 
Dr. Bull gives us a pleasant chapter on “ IModern 
Apple-Lore,” profound in its researches, and 
which must be read to be appreciated ; also, an 
excellent biographical sketch of Lord Scuda¬ 
more, of Holme Lacy, the latter article being 
illustrated by a well-engraved copy of a family 
portrait of his lordship, who was one of the 
earlier Herefordshire pomological worthies, and 
who seems to have been deservedly held in high 
esteem by his neighbours and friends. Sir H. 
E. C. Scudamore Stanhope, Bart., contributes 
an interesting description of the Cordon Pear- 
wall at Holme Lacy, planted in 1861, which 
has been thoi’oughly successful, and is here 
cleverly portrayed. These articles form the 
introductory jiortion to the present issue. 
The remainder of this Part 2 is occupied by 
coloured illustrations and descriptions of numer¬ 
ous varieties of Apples and Pears, in which we 
are glad to note that our suggestion to quote 
references to existing figures has been to some 
extent adopted. There are six plates of Apples, 
representing 32 varieties of that fruit; and two 
plates of Pears, representing eight varieties. 
Cider Apples, of course, come in for a consider¬ 
able share of the illustrations, but not to the 
exclusion of other first-rate kinds, whether for 
kitchen or dessert use. The illustrations are 
produced by Severeyns, of Brussels, and are 
done in his best style. The descriptions of the 
varieties figured are from the pen of Dr. Hogg, 
whose name is well known in this association. 
We have said that the Woolhope Club 
deserves a full share of public support in pro¬ 
ducing this magnificent work, and we trust 
it may meet with its due in this respect, as 
there is an ample field unworked; and now 
that we have such abundant evidence that the 
leaders of the Club know how to occupy this 
ground so well, it is to be hoped, in the interest 
of that section of the public which is interested 
in fruits, that they may experience every encour¬ 
agement to induce them to go forward in their, 
no doubt, congenial work.—T. Moore. 
IHEMANTHUS KALBREYERI. 
« HIS brilliant species is one of a group 
represented by 11. muliijlorus, to which 
the generic name of Nerissa was applied 
by Salisbury. The group, which forms a sub¬ 
genus of Baker, is characterised by having 
large thin leaves, comparatively narrow or 
fugitive bracts, loose globose umbels of very 
numerous flowers, and either horizontally 
spreading or reflexed segments of the perianth. 
H. riipestris and IL cinnaharinus are other species 
of the same group. 
Hmnanthus Kalhreyeri was first described 
by Mr. Baker in the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
(n.s. X., 202), from specimens sent to England 
by Mr. W. Kalbreyer—when collecting in West 
