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tree; in each and all these conditions the fruit is 
fair-sized, very juicy, aud good. The Kev. T. C. 
Brehaut also writes:—“As to Early Louise, there 
is'no doubt whatever in my mind that it is the best 
very early Peach we have. It is prolific, well- 
developed and coloured, and of good flavour, and is 
much esteemed on the Continent as such already. 
Early Bivers, but for the defect of the stone crack¬ 
ing—when the fruit ceases to ripen and insects 
creep into the stone—would certainly be the best, 
much resembling, as it does, a fine Noblesse. 
— 2Hriting of the culture of Orange 
Trees in Pots, Mr. Douglas remarks that a 
high temperature must be kept up in the 
house where the fruit is ripening, as the fruit 
ripened in a greenhouse temperature is quite unfit 
to eat. It is only by attention to keeping up the 
necessary temperature that fine-sized, full-flavourecl 
fruit can be obtained. 
— 'She Garden states that the Arundo 
mauritanica , or Mediterranean Reed, has for 
some time past been very attractive in the 
Water-lily House at Kew. Its huge feathery plumes, 
2 ft. in length, and from 8 in. to 10 in. in breadth, 
produced on stems nearly 12 ft. high, and clothed 
with handsome broad glaucous foliage, have a very 
graceful appearance. For a warm greenhouse of 
sufficient size to admit of its full development, and 
where also it can obtain abundant moisture at the 
roots, there are few subjects more desirable. It is 
stated that when planted in the open air in rather a 
dry soil, its leaves acquire an elegant variegation, 
but when placed again under liberal treatment, the 
foliage reverts to its original character. 
— (Jhere are certain laws, or usages, or 
fashions, which govern the construction of 
Bouquets. A Bridal Bouquet is invariably 
wholly composed of white flowers—fragrant Gar¬ 
denias, white Boses, the sweetly-scented wax-like 
Stephanotis, Jasmine, Lapageria alba, Eucharis, 
Lily of the Valley, Boman Hyacinths, White Cloves, 
Pinks that have no dash of colour in the snowy 
petals, Orange blossoms, Bouvardias, double Chinese 
Primulas, chaste Orchids, &c., are the leading sub¬ 
jects made use of. Birthday Bouquets are composed 
of white and pink blossoms, or such as have pale 
tones. Ball-room Bouquets depend on the mode 
and colour of my lady’s dress; as a general rule 
the bouquet should match the dress, and this neces¬ 
sitates confidence between my lady, or her modiste, 
and the artist who constructs the bouquet; some¬ 
times it is deemed necessary to have the bouquets 
in harmony with the hangings or prevailing decora¬ 
tions of the ball-room, and occasionally it happens 
that bouquets of a peculiar kind of flower or parti¬ 
cular hue of colour are indispensable. 
— &s a bardy orchid to be looked up, the 
cultivators of these plants should make a note 
of Orchis latifolia Bartoni, a magnificent 
variety of Orchis latifolia found by the Hon. Mrs. 
Barton, of Straffan, during a botanical ramble in 
the county Sligo. The plant has this season been 
flowering well in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden. 
— 2Ue are informed that as a recogni¬ 
tion of Mr. G. Neilson Tucker’s valuable 
services as Manager and Secretary of Amies’ 
Chemical Manure Company, that gentleman has 
been elected Managing Director of that company. 
En fflwortatm 
— fttR. John Read, formerly of Market 
Rasen, and latterly of Lincoln, died recently, at 
the age of 73. He was born at Great Grimsby 
in 1809, became widely known as a 'florist, and a 
cultivator of Tulips, Auriculas, Polyanthuses, 
Banunculuses, &c., after he had settled in business 
as a brewer at Market Basen, and was also a frequent 
contributor, under the signature of “ Dera,” to the 
floral publications. Of late years he turned his at¬ 
tention to raising seedling Auriculas, crossing with 
great care and judgment, and always with a view of 
securing definite results, keeping a faithful record 
of all his crosses. He was the raiser of Dr, Horner, 
The Czar, and Sultan, grey-edges, and Cleopatra 
and Acme, white-edges, some, if not all of which, 
were distributed by Mr. J. Booth, of Failsworth, 
Manchester. 
— w*. Robert Ronalds, of the High 
Street, Brentford, an old and very much re¬ 
spected townsman of the county town of Mid¬ 
dlesex and a highly-respected nurseryman, died a 
few weeks since, at the advanced age of 81. The 
nursery business carried on by Hugh Bonalds and 
Sons at one time had a European reputation as one 
of the very best fruit nurseries in the kingdom. 
After the death of their father, some fifty or sixty 
years since, the business was carried on by John 
and Bobert Bonalds, of whom the gentleman just 
deceased was the survivor. In addition to being 
large cultivators of fruit-trees, &c., the Messrs. 
Bonalds grew a select collection of bulbous plants, 
and devoted a portion of their attention to seed¬ 
growing, the nursery being famous for its strains of 
Asters, Stocks, &c., and for the newest and choicest 
hardy and half-hardy annuals. It is recorded that 
a former Duke of Devonshire, struck with the 
beauty of a bed of late Tulips in Messrs. Bonalds’ 
nursery, offered the large sum of £500 for it, which 
offer was accepted. 
— J0r. Hanstein, Professor of Botany and 
Director of the Botanic Gardens at Bonn, died 
on August 27th. He was chiefly known as a 
physiologist, but the garden under his charge was 
one of the most interesting of the smaller Con¬ 
tinental gardens. The collection of hardy herba¬ 
ceous plants, while strictly systematic/ was yet 
arranged with more eye to effect than is usual in 
botanic gardens generally. 
— P^err F. B. Kramer, the well-known 
Orchid-grower, died on August 28th, in his 
76th year. The late Herr Kramer lived for 
more than forty years, as the faithful and trusted 
head-gardener to Senator Jenisch, an excellent 
Hamburgh patrician, and a great lover of horti¬ 
culture and the fine arts, at his beautiful park of 
Klein Flottbeck, near the picturesque village of 
Blankenese, on the Elbe. Senator Jenisch, by his 
will, showed that he felt pride both in his garden and 
in his gardener, for he ordered the garden to be 
kept up, with Herr Kramer as its head, and his 
eldest son, Francis Kramer, as his assistant. 
— fPlR. Daniel Urquhart, of the late 
firm of Messrs. Wm. Urquhart and Sons, nur¬ 
serymen and seedsmen, Dundee, died at The 
Hollies, Broughty Ferry, on August 30th. 
