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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[March, 
lng good branching shoots about 18 inches 
lone:, bearing as many expanded blooms as possible, 
and inserting these in 5-inch pots, filled full of sand, 
and dipped in water until all air bubbles cease. The 
base of each is supported wiih a neat green stake, 
and the pots mossed over and watered through a rose. 
Treated in this manner they stand quite fresh for a 
fortnight when well supplied with water.—( Qard. 
Chron., N. S., xvi., 793.) 
— 2The value of Euphorbia fulgens ( jac- 
quinimflora) for winter decoration is well 
known, its brilliant orange scarlet “flowers ” 
being extremely showy. At Chhwick Mr. Barron 
flowers it in paus with excellent effect. His method 
of procedure is to turn out of the cutting pots the 
firmly rooted cuttings that are full of bloom, and to 
place the contents of some half-dozen pots in a large 
pan ; the plants being under two feet in height, and, 
being heavily laden with bloom, they form in the 
pan a compact and very effective mass, much more 
presentable than the long straggling plants one 
usually meets with. Of this plant J. G. writes in 
the Field: —“We have a large bush that was planted 
to train on one end of a stove house; but as its roots 
got out of its confined compartment, it soon showed 
signs that it wanted more head room, so we cut 
away its ties and let it grow at will, and a surprising 
quantity of bloom this one plant has produced; and 
as the long wreaths are cut off they rapidly send out 
lateral shoots that flower equally as well as the first, 
or ripened wood. I can especially recommend any 
one having large demands for winter flowers to adopt 
the planting-out method of culture, and the free or 
natural mode of training.” 
— IHe. G-. F. Wilson has recently bloomed 
the Teoophil^a cyanocrocus, and received a 
lst-class Certificate for its production from 
the Floral Committee of the Tt.H.S. It is a charming 
little bulbous Irid from Chili, flowering in spring, 
and reputed to be nearly or quite bardy. It grows 
only a few inches in height, flas narrow leaves and 
erect bell-diaped flowers of an intensely deep blue 
with a light centre. Mr. Wilson bloomed his plant, 
which was growing in a pot, in an unheated Orchid- 
liouse, in which the pot was plunged in ashes in a 
Lilium auratum case. M. Max Leiclitlin, from 
whom it was received, advised that it should be kept 
cool and airy ; “ a little frost will do no harm, hut 
the greenhouse is too close and warm.” Mr. II. J. 
Elwes has flowere 1 io for several years planted out 
under glass in a cold pit. 
— S33riting of the Kerry Pippin Apple, 
Mr. Culverwell observes that it cannot he 
grown too much in northern districts ; it is 
always good in quality—the tomtits tell you that, for 
they have a special liking for it. The fruits are 
rather small, of a bright golden colour, often mixel 
■with little red streaks next the sun, which makes 
them handsome as a dish for early autumn use. I 
sent a bushel of them on to the moors for the Liberal 
member of the North Riding of Yorkshire and his 
family in the early part of October, and they say it 
was the greatest treat they ever had in the way of 
an apple feast. No garden should be without a 
Kerry Pippin tree or two ; on the Paradise stock it is 
a great bearer.— {Qard. Chron., N. s., xvi., 816.) 
—- In a note on Frost-Resisting Plants 
which are sometimes found amongst the most 
unlikely subjects, J. G. L states that during 
the past summer lie edged a large vase with the 
ordinary green form of Tradescantia, and it made a 
beautiful trailing fringe banging over the edge 
nearly a yard all round ; as it resisted the first rather 
sharp frosts in October with impunity, it was left 
to test bow far it would live through the winter. 
During the long spell of mild weather in November 
and the early part of December, it grew away as 
vigorously, as if it had been in a stove ; but though 
the frosts in Christmas week have checked its 
growth, and cut some of the leaves, yet, unless we get 
more severe frosts, it looks as if it will survive the 
winter, although the thermometer has been down to 
25 or 27 degrees on three or four occasions.— {Field.) 
in ill cm on am. 
— Jttn. William Hurst, head of the firm 
of Hurst & Son, seedsmen, formerly of G, 
Leadenhall Street, now of 152, Houndsditcli, 
died on February lltli, in his 52nd year. By his 
death the London Seed Trade loses one of its fore¬ 
most representatives. Entering the business at 
the early age of 14 years, Mr. Hurst gradually 
made himself master of its many details, and for a 
number of years represented the firm in the country, 
taking periodical journeys. In this wav lie made 
himself widely know'll and much respected. On the 
death of his father in 1868, he became the head of 
the firm, and during the last twelve years there lias 
been a marked extension of business both at home 
and in the colonies. About three years ago, Mr. 
Hurst became afflicted with an illness which brought 
on a partial loss of sight; and recently the 
malady took a more aggravated form, which resulted 
in death. The business, which has been conducted 
during his long illness by his brother-in-law Mr. N. 
Sherwood, and Mr. J. S. Johnson, will be continued 
by them as before. 
— Joseph Hecaisne died in Paris 
on February 8th, in his 75th year. He w r as 
hy birth a Belgian, hut in early life became 
attached to the Museum oE Natural History in Paris, 
at first in the capacity of gardener, and subsequently 
as one of the assistant naturalists; he was tbe pupil 
and friend of Adrien de Jussieu, and succeeded M. 
Mirbel as Professor of Culture and Director of the 
Garden, in which capacity he superintended the 
publication of the magnificent Pomological work 
Le Jardin Fruitier du Museum, his observations being 
for the most part made from the living trees planted 
by his predecessor, M. Thouin. M. i)e.'-a : sne was 
also the author of numerous memoirs on garden 
plants, and, in conjunction with M. Thuret, made 
those discoveries in connection with the organs of 
seaweeds {Fucus) which have revolutionised our 
knowledge of the fertilisation of these plants. Among 
other botanical subjects the structure oflhe Pomaceai 
received his especial attention, and to him we are in¬ 
debted for the knowledge of the fact which is now 
generally accepted, that the edib’e portion of the 
fruit of these plants is the swollen and succulent tip 
of the flower-stalk. By the death of this eminent 
naturalist, the science of Botany loses one of its pro- 
foundest exponents and of its brightest ornaments; 
and the fact that lie commenced his < areer as a young 
gardener, and ended it as Director of the Jardin des 
Plantes, and President of the Academy of Sciences, 
should encourage and stimulate to the utmost those 
of our young horticulturists who aspire to raise 
themselves above the common level. 
