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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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gained ; for plants put out in the early summer, 
however small, will at once begin to grow 
freely, and by the autumn they will have 
acquired a sufficient degree of strength 
to endure the winter unhurt, and also to 
produce a good display of bloom in the 
season following. Those planted in the 
autumn, on the contrary, will only be able to 
become established by the winter, and conse¬ 
quently will not be strong enough to do more 
than bear a few flowei’s of indifferent quality. 
The plants must, of course, when purchased be 
in pots ; but as stocks are kept at the nurseries, 
no difficulty in procuring them is likely to 
arise. There is no occasion to clear the border 
previous to putting them out, as they can be 
arranged between the bedders without their 
interfering with the appearance of the border 
or being injured by the subjects with which 
they are associated. In a general way, the 
greatest amount of satisfaction is likely to be 
derived from large clumps distributed at 
regular intervals. 
A moderately deep, fairly rich, and well- 
stirred soil is not less advantageous to the 
Pyrethrums than to hardy herbaceous plants 
generally, and in planting them amongst other 
subjects the soil at each station should be 
broken up to a depth of not less than 12 in., 
and a little manure should be incorporated 
with it. In the matter of planting, care must 
be taken to have an equal distribution of the 
several colours throughout the border, and if 
large masses are wanted the first season two or 
three plants may be put out at each station ; 
but in a general way, when planting is done in 
the summer, one will suffice, as they attain a 
large size by the autumn and bear a goodly 
number of flowers in the season following. 
When once planted they can remain undis¬ 
turbed until they have become too large or, as 
shown by their weakened growth, the soil has 
become exhausted. When either event hap¬ 
pens, the proper course will be to lift them 
with a fair amount of care, divide them into 
two or three portions, and then enrich the 
soil with some fertiliser and replant, or to plant 
them elsewhere. 
In making a selection, much care is requisite, 
owing to a considerable number of the varieties 
being too much alike to render them desirable 
in the same collection. The following have 
been chosen with due regard to distinctness as 
well as to the size and shape of the flowers, 
and fairly represent the several colours afforded 
by the Pyrethrums : — 
Aurora , creamy-white, Le Dante, bright rose, 
yellowish in the centre, yellowish in the centre, 
and very pleasing. Madame Munier, blush- 
Boule de Neige, white, tinted rose, 
delicately tinted with Michael Buchner, rich 
rose. crimson, with orange 
Brilliant, rose-purple, centre, a brightly-coloured 
rich and telliDg. flower of superb quality. 
Candidum plenum, Mrs. Dix, rose, flushed 
pure white, and most with purple, 
useful for furnishing cut Mons. Barral, rose-red, 
flowers. very effective. 
Captain Nares, bright Niveum plenum, white, 
crimson, effective and of very fine, 
fine quality. Paul Journu, delicate 
Chamois, yellowish- rose, with pale yellow 
buff, useful for its dis- centre, 
tinct colour. Prince of Teel:, bright 
Comte de Montbron, crimson, very rich in 
rose-lilac, very beautiful, colour, and of excellent 
fimile Lemoine, purple- quality, 
crimson, the florets tip- Rembrandt, rosy-purple, 
ped with gold, very effec- valuable for its colour, 
tive. Roseum plenum, blush- 
Floribundum plenum, shaded rose, 
bright pink, free and fine. Rubrum plenum, rose- 
Gloire d’ltalie, car- purple, with bright rose 
mine-purple, a very effec- centre, 
tive shade of colour. Solfaterre, creamy- 
Haage et Schynidt, rich white, with bright yellow 
carmine, the centre rose centre, 
shading to white. Triomphe de Mai, light 
Hermany i Stenger, rich lilac, very pretty, 
lilac, free and effective. Wilhelm Kramper, deep 
La Vestale, white, red, rich in colour and of 
flushed with lilac. large size. 
—J. E. S. {Abridged from the Gardeners 
Magazine). 
PEPEROMIA NUMMULARIEOLIA. 
« HIS pretty little basket-plant lias been 
cultivated and distributed by Mr. B. 
S. Williams, of Holloway, under tlie 
name of Peperomia prostrata. It was, however, 
exhibited by the late Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, 
so long ago as I860, at one of the meetings of 
the Royal Horticultural Society, and is thus re¬ 
ferred to in the Society’s Journal (i. p. vi.) :— 
“ In the same group was a little creeping 
Peperomia (nummularifolia), which had in¬ 
advertently turned up among some of Mr. 
Weir’s Brazilian Orchids, and, which, owing to 
its pendulous habit, though a mere stove weed, 
may doubtless be used with advantage in the 
ornamentation of hanging baskets, its thread¬ 
like branching stems being furnished with 
pale-green, roundish-oval leaves.” It does, in 
-fact, form a very neat and pleasing plant for 
small baskets, and though its flowers are 
