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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
its wild state; I never could meet with it in its native haunts, and failed to find it 
during the past summer in the river Evenlode, which flows through many a 
flowery mead in Gloucestershire; though it was a likely locality, and 
was carefully scanned, none could be found, but scores of crayfish in¬ 
stead. Neither did the larger Windrush, near Witney, furnish any. I have 
received it occasionally from Shropshire, and also from Rutlandshire, and it is re¬ 
ported from Cumberland and some parts of Scotland. After all, it is not a very 
desirable form to plant, except for those who are fond of variety ; and probably 
the wisest course would be to leave it undisturbed in its native habitats. 
I do not say that our modern Botanists would do wisely if they wrote our 
Floras on the system of Dalechamp, who penned his Historia Lugdunensis in 
1587, and classified his plants according to the places in which he found them 
growing, but such a “ system ” might assist us in finding some of the plants.— 
W. Buckley, Tooting. 
NEW PEACHES AND NECTARINES. 
[N reading the practical remarks of Mr. Clark at page 42, I was pleased to 
find that his experience, in some instances at least, agrees with my own, 
though in other eases it does not. The very early Peaches raised by 
Mr. Rivers, such as Princess Beatrice and Early Rivers , may be grown by 
some because of their earliness, as they ripen three weeks before Early York , 
which is a gain. Dr. Hogg , which was stated to be a great gain, has failed with 
me, and has been discarded; it is a free-setting sort, but the fruit was always 
dry, and the flavour not first-rate. Prince of Wales has also turned out inferior ; 
not so Princess of Wales , which is in every respect first-rate, and is well described 
by Mr. Clark. I cannot agree with what he says about the Lord Palmerston 
Peach, although I have never obtained this sort with anything like the colour 
of Mr. Radclyffe’s specimen. It is always pale with me, having only a slight 
flush on the exposed side; but when well ripened it is of excellent flavour, with 
very little indeed of the “ pavie ” about it. Last season, being an unfavourable 
one, the clingstone was more apparent; but even then it was useful, as it comes 
in after Desse Tardive and Walburton Admirable are over. Lady Palmerston is 
perhaps the best of the two ; the fruit of this is very juicy, and though a yellow- 
fleshed variety, the flavour is excellent; it is rather later than Lord Palmerston. 
These sorts together continue the Peach season until Salway is ripe. I may say 
that all my experience has been obtained from pot trees grown in the orchard 
house.—J. Douglas, Loxford Hall, Ilford. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
N excellent suggestion has been thrown out by Mr. Fish, in reference to an 
Election of Fruit-Trees. He says, u One is constantly being asked what are 
the best fruit-trees for cottagers, or small surburban or country gardens 
and after writing out lists of the best 6 Apples, Pears, or Plums, I have often 
