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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGHST. 
[ August, 
a south border fully exposed to the sun. This is a good time to increase the 
stock of i? oses, as cuttings of the young shoots now root freely in a little heat. 
Sweep and roll walks, and run the machine once a week over lawns. 
In-Doors. —The large specimen Hard-woodecl plants, that are set out-of-doors, 
should now be removed to a place where they will receive plenty of sun and air ; 
otherwise, if left in the shade, the young growth will not get ripened. Plants 
intended to flower next spring should not have their shoots stopped after the 
beginning of the month. Attend to the plants in the houses ; see they are pro¬ 
perly watered, and give abundance of air both day and night. Attend regularly 
to the stopping, thinning, and tying-out of the plants in pits and frames, and 
shift such as require it. Give abundance of air during the day, and on mild 
nights remove the lights altogether, as the heavy dews which usually prevail at 
this season are very beneficial to them. Plants that have finished their growth, 
should have all the sun and air possible to ripen their wood. The show and 
fancy Pelargoniums which were cut down last month will now be pushing again ; 
the soil should be shaken from them, and they should be potted into smaller pots, 
using a light compost: they should then be put into a pit or frame, and kept 
rather close and moist to encourage fresh growth. Attend well to the watering 
of Zonal Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, Salvias, Gesneras , and other Soft-wooded plants 
intended for autumn flowering. Keep Balsams, Cockscombs, Amaranthuses, &c., 
well watered. Continue to shift seedling Cinerarias and Primulas as they 
require it.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
NOTES ON PLUMS. 
)F late years there have been several new and valuable kinds of plums 
introduced, but the flavour of some of them is not equal to that of some 
of the older sorts. For instance, the fine Green Gage flavour of Coe's 
Seedling or Golden Drop is far superior to that of the Washington and 
Jefferson, though they are both good of their kind ; while the flavour of the 
Prince of Wales excels that of any of the Orleans family, to which it belongs. 
The Jean cCEste, though an old plum, deserves a passing notice, because it ripens 
as early as about the end of July; besides, being of bushy and fruitful habit, it 
is well adapted for pot-culture. Likewise the old neglected Blue Perdrigon, 
which is superior to some of the new kinds of blue gages. Kirke’s is a great 
bearer, and of better quality than the old Imperial. The flavour of this and also 
that of the Victoria too closely resembles that of the Magnum Bonum or Egg plum, 
which at best is only a culinary sort. 
I advert again to the Cods Seedling, in order to mention that we are indebted 
to the late Mr. Coe, of Bury St. Edmund’s, for that excellent plum. I have 
grown it for many years on walls in various aspects, and have always found it an 
abundant bearer, and the fruit of first-rate flavour. Last season I had the remains 
of a crop of this plum on a wall with a western aspect, at the end of October, 
while some of the fruit kept good in a close tin box among fern-leaves in the 
