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that the tree does better upon the Paradise Stock than 
upon the Crab. 
What is the origin of the term “Pippin,” and why 
is it applied to the Apple? A “Pippin” has been 
denominated a tart Apple, but I doubt if this is the 
full meaning of the term in its present relation.— 
Quo. 
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Work in the Plant-houses.— Cinerarias : It 
will now be time to sow the Cineraria seeds, and as 
the plants are subject to so many kinds of insect 
pests, care should be taken from the first that they 
are not placed near any other plants that are likely 
to introduce them. If the seed is sown now it may 
be placed in the coolest position available, such as 
a frame under a north wall. Where only a limited 
number of plants are required, the seed may be sown 
in pans or boxes, but where larger numbers are grown 
it is better to prepare a frame by putting in a little 
fresh soil, and sow the seed thinly over the surface ; 
if done this way it will save the trouble of pricking 
off, as the plants may remain until they are large 
enough for potting into small pots. As soon as the 
seeds begin to germinate, careful watch must be kept 
for snails and slugs, which will often carry off a crop 
before one is aware that the seed has begun to 
germinate. 
Tree Carnations should now be ready for potting- 
on into 48-sized pots, and if the plants have been 
hardened off they may be placed out-of-doors after 
potting. They should, however, have a sheltered 
position, or, where convenience will allow, it is as 
well to have them in pits or frames, where they can be 
protected from heavy rains. Stopping should not be 
done at the time of potting, but where the plants 
have not already been stopped, they should be allowed 
to stand until they have rooted into the fresh soil. 
Where the plants are to be placed out-of-doors they 
should each have a stick and one tie at least, to 
prevent the wind from twisting them about. 
Drawing-room Bouquets. — White flowers 
Siemed the favourites for bouquets at a late “ Drawing¬ 
room,” and of these, Lilies of the Valley were the most 
numerous, then large full bells, a score perhaps on 
one stem, proving the care expended upon the culti¬ 
vation of this sweetly perfumed little flower. A 
bouquet of white Rose-buds and Lilies of the Valley, 
with only the young leaves of the Roses for relief, 
was one of the most beautiful that appeared at the 
Drawing-room. Another consisted of yellow Roses 
and Marguerites of precisely the same shade. An 
enormous bouquet of white blooms with a fringe of 
Cyclamens of every shade was carried with a dress of 
palest water-blue. Nothing could have been happier 
than the union of colours. A large bunch of the 
softly-tinted Nice Azaleas was tried with moss-green 
velvet ribbons matching the train, while the flowers 
themselves reproduced the colours of the brocade that 
lined it. In another bouquet Orchids played the 
principal part, and a costly cluster of the same lovely 
flowers was fastened upon a comer of the train. The 
brilliant tints of a large posey of double variegated 
Tulips accompanied one of the numerous dresses in 
which gold brocade was freely used. A beautiful 
contrast was produced by grouping together scarlet 
Anemones and yellow Marguerites, but the blooms 
scarcely looked as though they would survive the hour. 
One lady made a great success with a bouquet of pink 
and white flowers. Her dress was white, her train 
cloth of silver brocaded with pink, and in the flowers 
these component colours were repeated. Another 
displayed a bunch of rare exotics of a brilliant scarlet 
tint, which almost “ killed ” the rather fainter 
colours of her dress. A bouquet of red, white, yellow, 
and pink Roses, tied with ribbons in which all these 
shades were echoed, once more proved the title of the 
Rose to be called the Queen of flowers. A bouquet of 
white Lilac was arranged with exquisite skill, the 
sprays bending outwards from the centre with the 
most perfect symmetry and yet a compactness that 
made the fragrant burden, exaggerated as was its size, 
comparatively easy to handle and to carry .—Daily 
News, 
Eucomis bicolor. —A decided acquisition among 
the members of this genus is figured in the May 
number of The Botanical Magazine. It was sent 
from Natal, and flowered for the first time in this 
country in the autumn of 1878 with Messrs. Veitch 
& Sons. The drawing is made from a plant sent by 
J. M. Wood, Esq., of Inanda, Natal, to Kew, where it 
remained in flower for a long time during the winter 
of 1883-4 in the Cape House. The leaves are about 
1 ft. long, also the peduncle ; the racemes are dense, 
3 ins. to 4 ins. long, and the flowers very pale green, 
with bright purple margins. Like the other members 
of this singular genus, the raceme is terminated by a 
tuft of small leaves. 
Euphorbia Bojeri and E. splendens. —Not¬ 
withstanding that these two plants were introduced 
into this country upwards of half a century ago, we 
rarely meet with the former. The bracts of Bojeri 
are by far the deepest scarlet in colour, though 
hardly so large as those of splendens. It is needless 
to comment upon the merits of these charming 
plants, for splendens is to be found in nearly every 
collection of stove or greenhouse plants, being alike 
useful for ornamental purposes in the form of plants, 
or for cut-flowers where they are in demand. If 
Bojeri had the name of splendens, which it truly 
merits, undoubtedly we should meet with it oftener 
in cultivation. Both these plants were found by 
Professor Bojer growing on the borders of fields in 
Madagascar, and are known to the natives by the 
name of Soongo Soongo. They are not particular as 
to what mixture of soil is given them to root into, 
but we find that our plants root freely in loam, with 
a little peat and sand mixed together. The most 
essential point in their cultivation is plenty of sun¬ 
light and heat, and where they can get both, they 
flower freely, more or less, throughout the year.— H. 
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Fuchsia Mr. Stephens. —From Mr. W. E. Boyce, 
87, Yerbury Road, Upper Holloway, we have received 
some flowers of this new variety, which he is now 
sending out. They are of medium size, with the tube 
and sepals a rich coral-red, and the corolla rosy- 
purple. In themselves they would not attract much 
attention, but combined with a very free and robust 
habit of growth, and a tendency to produce flowers in 
profusion at all seasons, we have a variety which is 
worth looking after. It is stated to be a very free 
winter-blooming sort, and certainly is a good one for 
cutting. It ought to make a capital plant for training 
under a conservatory roof, or growing against a wall. 
The Kitchen Gardener’s Calendar. —State 
of the Crops : All kitchen garden crops except 
Potatos, which have been nipped by the frosts of the 
7th and 11th inst., are very promising and forward 
considering the lateness of the season. Peas in every 
stage of haulm development are, as might be expected 
during a season like the present one, making a sturdy 
growth. Sutton’s American Wonder and Sutton’s 
Bijou—the former being the earlier of the two—are 
yielding nice gatherings of well-filled pods under glass 
in a cold pit. These supplies will be supplemented by 
gatherings from Day’s Sunrise, William I., Sutton’s 
Ringleader, and Webb’s Wordsley Wonder, growing 
in warm borders out of doors. 
Broccolis. —Cooling’s Matchless, Cattell’s Eclipse, 
Richmond Late White, Model, and Ledsham’s Latest 
of All are, as they have been for several weeks past, 
abundant and good. 
The same may be said of Dean’s Early Snowball and 
Early London Cauliflowers (which until recently had 
the protection of handlights), and Wheeler’s Imperial 
Cabbage. Queen and Early White Naples Onions are 
turning in well. So also are sowings of Turnip— 
Extra Early Milan, Strap-leaf, Early Purple Top 
Munich, and Early Snowball—which were made on 
March 6th last. Lettuces—Cooling’s Leviathan Brown 
Cos, Hick’s White Cos, and Lee’s Immense Hardy 
Cabbage, raised from seed sown early in August last, 
are also plentiful and good, the heads being firm and 
well blanched. 
Plants of Paris White and Paris Green Cos, and 
Grand Admiral and All the Year Round Cabbage 
Lettuces, which were raised in heat in January and 
subsequently treated as set forth from time to time in 
your columns, will make a good succession to the 
autumn-raised plants. We have recently made 
plantings on Celery ridges of plants from the 
nursery-beds, taking them up with nice moist balls 
of earth attached to the roots, and planting them 
carefully with a garden trowel, so as to subject the 
plants to as little check as possible in the process of 
being transplanted ; they then had sufficient water to 
settle the soil about the roots.— H. IV. Ward. 
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REVIEWS. 
Ros Rosartjji ex horto Poetaeum. —By E. V. B. 
London : Elliott Stock, 1885. 
The authoress, well known in the columns of our 
contemporary, The Gardeners’ Chronicle, for many 
charming descriptive papers, gives the following 
second title to her book, “ Dew of the Ever-living 
Rose, Gathered from the Poets’ Gardens of Many 
Lands,” thus translating with some addition the 
romantic title first given in Latin. In reading the 
book we cannot help feeling what a delightful task it 
must have been to write it 1 “To seek my sweets,” 
says the writer in her preface, or rather in the 
“Epistle to the Gentle Reader,” for there is nothing 
in this very original compilation so commonplace as 
a preface, “I have travelled to many distant lands, 
and gone back to the furthest past in which, so far as 
is known to me, the Rose was ever named.” 
The list of poems, and fables, and romances in prose 
and verse, which will make the book a treasure to all 
Rose lovers who possess it, commences with ancient 
Rose lore, such as “ I am the Rose of Sharon and the 
Lily of the Valleys,” from Solomon’s Song, and ends 
appropriately with “ The Funeral of the Rose,” by 
Herrick, when— 
“ The Rose was sick, and smiling died ; 
And, being to be sanctified, 
About the bed there sighing stood 
The sweet and flowery sisterhood.” 
It seems to us that the Rose was buried by one of 
the sweetest poets who have sung for love of her, from 
Pindar to Robert Browning. We turned with eager¬ 
ness to see what poor Clare said of the Rose, he being 
Nature’s own poet. It is too long to quota, but his 
single verses brought us into the midst of the English 
poets, who occupy—thanks to the writer, and may her 
good taste and discernment of excellence obtain a 
large circulation for the book—more than half the 
volume. So they ought, for what can foreign writers 
say to stir home memories, fond remembrance, and 
poetry in an English breast ? What can they say like 
this ? 
“ Oh, my Luve’s like a red, red Rose 
That’s newly sprung in June : 
Oh, my Luve’s like the melodie 
That’s sweetly played in tune.” 
Or this ? 
“ Oh, sweet is she that lo’es me, 
As dew i’ summer weeping 
In tears the Rosebuds steeping.” 
Or this ? 
“ I’ll pu’ the budding Rose, when 
Phcebus peeps in vain, 
For it’s like a balmy kiss o’ her sweet mou’. 
And more of the like. These verses all harp 
on one string, no doubt, but it is Burns who 
harps, and on that string who can play so well 
as he ? We should like to quote from Byron, 
Thomas Moore, Chaucer, Cowper, Shakespeare, and 
twenty more, indeed from all the heavenly choir that 
have chanted the Rose. But we must forbear, and 
without revealing more, we intend to keep the book 
close at hand and dip into it often, like a schoolboy 
with a cake in his locker—only we have here poems 
that will last for ever. 
Throughout the book are scattered quaint little 
pictures and vignettes, illustrating the subject in a 
very original style, by the authoress’s own pencil. 
