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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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charm, but to me it seems like a vast mass of small fronds of Ferns drooping 
gracefully outwards. I call it beautiful, in contradistinction to grand or majestic, 
such as one would describe a large Araucaria imbricata to be, but as it attains 
greater age and size, perhaps it will add grandeur of appearance to its other 
good qualities, when it will be inimitable. Its present good qualities are, how¬ 
ever, such that it should find a place in even the choicest or smallest collection. 
By the way, this plant is also called Cupressus nutkaensis , and the question 
arises, and is becoming more important as varieties increase, how long is it to be 
before our learned writers on Coniferse will give us a reliable catalogue, which 
shall possess a common nomenclature, recognised as authoritative by all. At 
present there are hardly two alike. One calls a plant black because, as he says, 
there are all the elements of blackness in it ; another finds one or two elements 
not black, and forthwith asserts that it cannot therefore be black, but is cer¬ 
tainly white ; whilst a third comes to the front, and lays down the dictum that 
it has none of the elements of either black or white, and therefore must be some¬ 
thing else. All this time we poor gardeners are expected to be well up in the 
knowledge of all these different designations. 
I have been led into this digression partly by some remarks made by a gar¬ 
dener wdio was deploring the want of a settled nomenclature for Ooniferee, and 
who told me, in relation to this Thujopsis , that a gentleman inspecting his collec¬ 
tion asked if he had a good specimen of Cupressus nutkaensis , and he unthink¬ 
ingly replying in the negative, was rather taken aback by coming upon a good 
plant immediately afterwards, and by the inquirer exclaiming, “ Why, there it is, 
and a nice plant, too.” u No, Sir; we call that Thujopsis borealis A “Exactly 
so ; but it is also Cupressus nutkaensis.'’ —John Cos, Redleaf 
FRUIT CULTURE.—MAY. 
HE coverings used for the protection of fruit-tree blossoms may now be 
removed. Apricots will be a light crop this season ; Peaches and 
Nectarines are a good crop ; all other crops promise well. Peaches and 
Nectarines now require particular attention in the disbudding, stopping 
and regulating of the shoots, and in preserving them from injury, so that they 
may complete their growth and get properly matured ; for if they are injured or 
destroyed, either by insects or frost, the later growths seldom get properly ripened. 
Stop all shoots on Apricots not required to fill up vacant places, and search for 
caterpillars, which are very destructive to young fruit and foliage. Pinch off 
the end of the young shoots on Pears , Plums , and Cherries when they are a few 
inches long; this is better than leaving them to complete their growth, and then 
cutting them clean away. As soon as caterpillars appear on Gooseberries dust 
them over with some white hellebore powder ; this will destroy them. 
In-Doors.— Pine plants in all stages will require liberal supplies of water ; 
plants swelling off their fruit should have some liquid manure occasionally ; 
watch the bottom heat closely, as the increasing day temperature may raise it 
