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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[June, 
the accompanying figure) ; this is observable 
in all cases. 
I may add that the abnormal characteristics 
become much more marked under cultivation, 
the plants assuming a most singular appearance 
when luxuriantly grown in a Todea frame, a 
mode of treatment, by the way, which I find, 
contrary to accepted ideas, to be the best for 
the Aspleniums generally as well as for Ceterach. 
A small plant of Aspleniwn Trichornanes in- 
cisuni given to me some time back is now a 
magnificent sight, measuring across 14 or 15 
inches. It is kept quite close together with 
Todeas and Ivillarney ferns (T. radicans) and 
is watered profusely overhead frequently.— 
Chas. T. Deuery, 25, Windsor Road, Forest 
Gate, Essex. 
HYDRANGEA THOMAS HOGG. 
f * ""HERE are few decorative plants better 
known than the Hydrangea, more 
especially the old H. Hortensia. They 
are all very beautiful, very effective, 
and well adapted both for conservatory and 
indoor use. H. Thomas Hogg is a good white, 
and, therefore, doubly useful for decorative 
purposes. A nice stock of plants will furnish 
flowers from early' spring to the autumn, for 
which purpose they should^be prepared before¬ 
hand. They are easily propagated by cuttings. 
Plants in small pots with large heads of bloom 
are easily obtained, though some persons ex¬ 
perience a difficulty in the matter. The cause 
of their failure arises from their putting in the 
cuttings too late for good crowns to be formed 
during the same season; consequently the 
crowns being poor, the heads of flowers also 
are poor. To do them well, the cuttings 
should be put in towards the end of April or 
beginning of May ; the best of them should be 
put into small sixties or thumb pots at once, 
and the remainder or smaller cuttings should 
be put four or five round the inside of small 
forty-eight sized pots. They should then be 
put into a gentle heat, be kept sprinkled 
with water occasionally, and shaded in bright 
weather. 
As soon as they are nicely rooted shift 
those in sixty and thumb pots into small forty- 
eights, and pot off those in small forty-eights. 
Remove the whole, after they are potted, back 
into a gentle bottom heat, keep them sprinkled 
occasionally, and shaded in very hot w’eather. 
Toward the end of June or beginning of July 
they will require a small shift; use a compost 
of loam and bog earth, and when potted put 
them into a cold pit or frame. Towards the 
latter part of August they should be put into 
the pots they are intended to flower in, using 
a compost of strong loam and bog earth. 
When potted put them in a sheltered situation 
and plunge them in cocoa-nut fibre refuse or 
spent bark. Keep them watered carefully, 
and in dry weather syringe copiously. To¬ 
wards the middle of October they will have 
fine well-developed crowns that will produce 
grand heads of fine bloom the following 
spring. About the middle of October put 
them into a cold pit or frame, and be careful 
the frost does not injure them. 
Early in January a batch of plants may be 
put into the greenhouse, and another small 
batch into an early vinery ; these, with the 
necessary attention in watering, &c., will 
yield fine heads of flowers in April and May. 
Other batches of plants put in at intervals of 
three or four weeks will furnish plants in 
succession for purposes of decoration. So 
that with a nice stock a succession of these 
showy plants may be kept up during the 
whole season. After they have done flowering 
they should have a careful shift, and be placed 
in a sheltered situation and carefully attended 
to in watering, &c.; these will furnish large 
specimens for another season, whilst a batch of 
cuttings treated as above recommended will fur¬ 
nish a supply of small plants.—M. Saul, York. 
THE NATIONAL AURICULA 
SOCIETY. 
NORTHERN SECTION. 
HE Annual Exhibition of the Northern 
Section of the National Auricula Society 
took place at Manchester on April 29. 
The show was held in the Town Hall, 
and was a very satisfactory one considering 
the backwardness of the plants. The northern 
growers had the field to themselves, as the 
flowers of the southerns were past their best. 
Mr. 'Wilson, of Halifax, and his neighbour 
Mr. Pohlman, were in strong force, and showed 
remarkably well. 
Amongst the specially notable examples of 
high cultivation may be mentioned Prince of 
Greens (Traill), which was staged in several 
collections in very fine condition; John Simon- 
ite (Walker), a bonnie and indispensable 
flower ; and Acme (Read), which was par¬ 
ticularly good. There was keen competition 
in most of the classes, especially in those for 
