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in a large plant'as’ P. argyrites, as the: variegation | ‘becomes “fainter as 
the leaf increases in age. I ‘saw, too; in’ one ofthe houses, Ipomoea 
limbata, a very pretty annual, but /having the’ disadvantage that it-wastes 
its sweetness on the night'air, the bloom'seldom lasting after ten o'clock. 
HETEROCENTRUM ROSEUMis°a’ pretty’ greenhouse plant, useful/'to 
many exhibitors inthe country, who are often sadly put’to it for stich 
plants ‘in the latter /part of sumimer, when) their shows‘are® principally 
held. Theré'was also a fine ‘collection’ of hardy evergreen Ferns, very 
valuable for those who wish fora continued greenery) It would be vain 
toattempt:a description of the things ‘we saw and the! wholesale manner 
which propagation is carried on, ‘although the houses‘are nobveven now'suft 
ficient for their purposes, and a long series of pits is in course of /eréétion 
in fact, wherever one goes there is accumulative evidence that the taste 
for floriculture is rapidly increasing ; and if enterprise, skill, and I may 
add, in general fair dealing and reasonable prices can increase that taste, 
I think it is due to the nurserymen’of Heise: to say Botte ee: do very 
materially: aid:in developing it.y/909 sd easlo eruHT 
I had hoped: 'towhaveohad a pond opportunity, of seeing eel deciding 
on the various/novelties advertised this spring. incthe bedding way,’ but 
the season has. \preventedvall-that: sI could mot, however; let:/my: visit 
‘be:quite fruitless, and.so have jotted down what struck merasidesenving 
of notice.’ Persons looking at igardensonot:over critically:wouldoperhaps 
not see the difference thati season -has' made ye but when: youvattempt: to 
discriminate between varieties which approach near! to onezanother then 
‘the hopelessness of the task is-at oncesmanifestiysin the!same: way there 
will’ be great difficulty in! détermining:-ase to: seedlings! of) the .qpresefit 
years lisaw oneibateh of Verbenas, for instance; <andit was /almost 
‘impossible to tell what ithey were eLt}would: be wells werevit ‘possible, 
that these andvother bedding» flowers: ushould chave;ias' Dahhas;&c., \do, 
a second year’s trial before sending out. This more ‘especially, \refars to 
foreign raisers, who send out almost everything they raise; for however 
he may be in their eyes “ perfide Albion,” our payments are not per- 
fidious; and Monsieur likes very well the complexion of an English 
letter of credit; hence hosts of things’ come ‘over, which are soon dis- 
carded and vanish from enistence altogether, and often the odium 
attaches to the English sender out, instead of to the French or German 
yaiser.. Let us hope for better things, and for'a more enjoyable summer 
“next year, for the gardener; for only a determined love’ for flowers 
“could have at all kept one up to the mark this present. one. Cho ae 
Deal, Sept, 22. | | ai ti offpgl 
AWEASHavi Loh yor ob busyor adtiw 
Tr has been found by the Fruit and Vegétabl Cominitted of’ thé ‘Horti- 
cultural Society that-the variety grown as Flanagan’s' Early was ‘the 
same as Ringwood Marrow; Wonder, and_ Cotterell’s Wonder,’ the 
same as Dickson’s Favourite : Tom Thumb, Beck’s Gem, and Roy al 
Dwarf (Turner), the same as’ Pois nain hatif extra; Paul’s Prolifie, ithe 
same as Victoria Branching; Excelsior, Paradise Marrow, and’ Stuart’ S 
Paradise, the same as’ Champion of Paris; Gibbs’ Defiance, “the ‘game 
