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and conservatory, and they have likewise been objects of great beauty, and 
flowered earlier than those in the borders. To have this fine plant strong and fit 
for planting out in the spring, the seeds must be sown in April or May, and the 
plants kept growing thinly in rows in the open air till the autumn, when they 
must be potted into pretty large pots, and wintered in a cold frame or greenhouse. 
In the spring they may be planted out into the borders, and staked securely as 
soon as the stems begin to grow. Those grown in pots will be much benefited 
by watering them with weak manure-water before the flowering period, to make 
them grow tall and strong. 
Another very fine new herbaceous plant, the Dicentra chrysantha , has flowered 
with me this summer, and when the plant gets larger, and becomes covered with 
its fine golden-yellow flowers, I believe it will be one of the very showiest border 
plants known. 
In the mixed border here, where the above plants are growing, there is likewise 
a fine show of seedling Antirrhinums, Aquilegias, and Pentstemons, with 
Fuchsia Riccartoni and Delphiniums for the tallest plants. Where many showy 
herbaceous flowers are wanted for cutting, for decorative purposes in the summer 
months, the above varieties of plants, with others, will furnish a grand supply,, 
and a reserved mixed border in the kitchen garden or shrubbery ought to be set 
apart to grow them in. Where room for a reserve garden can be found, and when 
quantities of cut flowers are required, all the showy kinds of bedding and herba¬ 
ceous plants could be grown there, without having recourse to the mixed borders, 
or flower garden.— William Tillery, WelbecJc. 
LAXTON’S NEW PEAS. 
CppHERE has been this season a great trial of Peas, by the Fruit and 
Vegetable Committee, in the new grounds of the Royal Horticultural 
f Society at Chiswick. In all respects this trial has been most successful 
and satisfactory. Unfavourable as the season has been for most tender 
crops, in consequence of so much dripping wet, it has proved extremely favour¬ 
able for Peas, which have seldom or never been seen under more favourable 
circumstances. These trials may therefore be looked upon as conclusive. 
The indefatigable Laxton, the great Pea-maker of the day, has been reaping 
golden honours, having received no less than 8 First-class Certificates for his 
introductions, all of which are undoubted acquisitions in their respective classes. 
We have him to the front with the earliest, the latest, and the largest; and 
in the respective classes to which they belong, the several varieties are quite 
equal in flavour, if not superior, to any of the older sorts. We give illustrations 
of those to which First-class Certificates have been awarded by the Fruit 
Committee this season. If to these, we were to add those of previous years, 
viz., Alpha, Supreme, Quantity, and Quality, as well as Prolific Long-pod, all estab¬ 
lished favourites, we should make out a list of Laxton’s Peas more than sufficient 
for the largest supply. 
