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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
wood are principally confined to the under sides of the shoots. These effects, 
however, are not immediately perceptible or injurious, because it is a work of 
time to develope them; but I am well assured that they so far interfere with 
the organisation of the tree that in the end they tend greatly to weaken the 
power of growth, and to assist, in combination with other causes, in producing 
that debility of constitution which we see in wall trees. 
The effects above referred to may certainly be averted by an early attention 
to the preservation in the centre of young wood, which may be laid in pretty 
freely among the large stems without any particular reference to the production 
of fruit from that particular part. Here and there a shoot may be left for that 
purpose; but the greater portion will require to be cut back to two or three 
buds every season, for if allowed to bear fruit they will soon become too much 
debilitated to push out buds. Let me here observe that the necessity for this 
mode of treating that particular part of the tree will only arise after the lapse 
of some years from the starting point; but the foundation must be laid early 
by the reservation of more shoots about that part of the tree than will be re¬ 
quired for the production of fruit; all the rest of the tree, hovvever, will require 
to be manipulated with that object in view, and, in case of accident, the reserved 
shoots in the centre will be found doubly useful to cut back to. 
Standard Peaches and Nectarines, when trained against a wall, cannot have 
the stems protected by foliage, and hence it is good practice to cover them with 
finely twisted bands of hay or straw, under which treatment they will grow to 
a much greater size than when fully exposed, which I consider a convincing 
proof that the practice is beneficial. 
Redleaf . John Cox. 
EUCHARIS AMAZONICA. 
Among stove plants Eucharis amazonica is certainly unrivalled for elegance 
and beauty, when unfolding its charming snow-white flowers> which are produced 
on scapes about 18 inches high, bearing from three to seven blooms, which are 
well elevated above the handsome, dark green, ovate-lanceolate foliage. The 
individual flowers, which are circular in outline, and measure from 3 to 5 inches 
in diameter, consist of three petals and three sepals of a cordate-acuminate form, 
from which the stamens, six in number, arise, together with an additional series 
of barren stamens forming a corona or cup, which is exquisitely tinted inter¬ 
nally with green. The cultivation of this lovely plant is very simple, and, with 
a good supply of bulbs, when properly managed, it may be had in bloom all 
the year around; in fact, no well-regulated garden establishment ought at any 
time to be without plentiful supplies of its charming flowers, which, besides 
being highly ornamental in the stove, are splendid when cut for bouquets, &c., 
and are universal favourites with ladies, by whom they are often used in 
ornamenting the hair, their waxy texture admirably adapting them for with¬ 
standing the hot and parching atmosphere of the ball-room. 
Let us suppose we commence the first month of the year with a plant, or a 
dozen of plants, in bloom, which we have procured on our last visit to the 
nursery, where we were greatly charmed wdth its beauty and suitableness for 
decorative purposes, as we saw it there grouped with Poinsettia pulcherrima 
(another valuable winter-blooming plant, the brilliant scarlet bracts of which 
contrast well with the snow-white Eucharis). So long as the plants continue 
in flower water freely, but as the blossoms decay remove to a cooler part of the 
stove, and allow them gradually to go to rest. It must be borne in mind, how¬ 
ever, that the foliage is evergreen, and will not bear being kept dust-dry. 
After remaining dormant for six or seven weeks, a few of the bulbs may be 
