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summer to solidify the growth as it is being 
made ; they will need no shade except in ex¬ 
tremely hot bright weather. A slight moisten¬ 
ing overhead with the syringe at the time of 
closing the house during the summer months 
will assist growth, but this should he discon¬ 
tinued in the autumn, and more air given, as 
also less water to the roots when the weather 
becomes cooler, with a reduction iu the tem¬ 
perature both day and night. Such portions 
of the plants as are required to bloom first 
should from the middle of October be kept in 
an ordinary stove temperature, say 62° to 68° 
in the night, and higher according to the 
weather by day. 
So treated they will flower by Christmas or 
soon after. Where it can be done the plants 
should be so elevated during the advancing 
stages of the bloom as to admit of the shoots 
being spread out so that their upper portion 
will lay parallel -with the roof glass within a few 
inches. When managed in this way the flowers 
will attain a brilliancy of colour that they never 
have when treated otherwise, and in a cut 
state they will keep up without flagging very 
much better than when grown at the usual 
distance from the glass. The plants intended 
to bloom later may be kept cooler for a time, but 
must not be allowed to remain where too cold ; 
55° is low enough. When they have flowered, 
keep them drier at the root until the time 
comes for preparing them to furnish a supply 
of cuttings in the way already described, after 
which they may be allowed to break again and 
have a portion of the old soil removed, and 
then be put into nine- or ten-inch pots ; plants 
so treated will last for years. Where this 
Euphorbia is intended to be planted out, one- 
or two-year old examples should be chosen, 
treating them as to soil and in other matters in 
a way corresponding to the details above given 
for pot-culture.—T. Baines, Southgate. 
PEACHES FOR THE NORTH. 
HE subjoined remarks on the varieties 
of Peaches found suitable to the 
northern climate of Danzig, published 
last year in the Berlin Monatsschrift, 
should supply some useful hints as to the 
selection of varieties applicable to the less 
favoured localities of our own country :— 
“ When I was living in the milder climates 
of Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium, I en¬ 
tertained with many others the preconceived' 
idea that the culture of the Peach-tree in the 
north was practicable only for such persons as 
could indulge in Peach-houses and covered 
walls ; but since I have resided here I have 
changed my opinion in this matter, as I find 
that both in large and small gardens the Peach 
may be successfully grown on sunny walls and 
screens. The proper choice of kinds is of 
course a chief condition of success. In the 
spring of 1877 a new set of Peach-trees, mostly 
one- or two-year old palmettes, was planted here 
against a southerly-situated wall; some of 
these have already borne frequently, and I 
wish to point out the most commendable 
amongst them, arranging them according to 
their ripening season. 
“ Peecoce de Hale.— We obtained this 
North American kind from France under the 
name of Precoce de Halle, but I regard it as 
synonymous with Hale’s Early, and therefore 
believe Precoce de Hale is the correct name. 
The fruits ripened here from August 15 to 
August 20, while in warmer climates they 
ripen from the middle to the end of July ; 
they were large, broadly round, dark rose- 
coloured on the sunny side, and of superior 
flavour. 
“Peecoce de Savoie ripened from August 
28 to August 31 ; the fruit was similar to that 
of the former, only somewhat more oval in 
form, and like it was of very good quality. 
“ Pouepbee Hative ripened its fruits about 
the middle of September; they were large, 
somewhat oval-shaped, and of a deep purple 
colour on the sunny side. It is a superior 
kind for a northern climate. 
“ Gbosse Mignonne IIative, which ripened, 
from the beginning to the middle of Septem¬ 
ber, is known as a variety of superior quality, 
and in the north is to be preferred to the 
Grosse Mignonne itself on account of its earlier- 
maturity. - 
“Willebmoz. —The fruits of this variety 
were medium-sized, of a beautiful red colour 
on the sunny side, very full of juice, and well- 
flavoured ; they ripened here about the middle 
of September. [This appears to be synony¬ 
mous with the Early Crawford.] 
“ Doppelte Montagne [Double Montague] 
ripened from September 10 to September 20 ; 
the fruits were of medium-size, roundish, and 
of a pale red colour. It is one of the best 
kinds for our climate, bearing copiously, and 
being tolerably winter-hardy. In Holland it 
has for many years been grown in large numf 
bers especially for export northwards. 
“ Madame Gaujaed, figured in Lauche’s 
