. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ur readers will be glad of in-formation {if experienced contributors will kindlygive it) respecting the successful management ofspecies which are still expected to be, one of thesedays, the parents of useful new varieties. Of we already know all that we require toknow ; it is of original character, easy to grow andto multiply, and continues well worthy of beingretained in our gardens, although It has given rise tooffspring still more thrifty and showy than itself. Butwhat are the merits
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ur readers will be glad of in-formation {if experienced contributors will kindlygive it) respecting the successful management ofspecies which are still expected to be, one of thesedays, the parents of useful new varieties. Of we already know all that we require toknow ; it is of original character, easy to grow andto multiply, and continues well worthy of beingretained in our gardens, although It has given rise tooffspring still more thrifty and showy than itself. Butwhat are the merits of B. octopetala, and by what modeof treatment are they best called forth ? Can any onespeak well of its performances, either indoors or out-doors ? Great things were said of it at its introduc-tion, and while still sold at novelty prices ; but it doesnot seem easily persuaded to bloom, and two yearsago, at Ghent, they did not appear to expect muchfrom it. Authentic news of the doings of B, Frcebelliwould also be welcome to many inquirers. Amateur gardeners, especially those who reside at. a distance from any great horticultural centre, arenow beginning to realise the truth of the lamentedVan Houttes appreciation, which, when first pub-lished, appeared to many to be an enthusiastic pre-diction rather than a sober judgment. *It is theBegonias turn, he wrote, * to enter the arena ! Andhere they come triumphant, all sails set, to demand aforemost place in our parterres ! They do not indeedrepudiate their chilly sisters, who display their charmsonly within a cage of glass j they readily yield to themthe palm of foliage, so varied and so luxuriant; butthey present themselves to astonish the world by theirlarge flowers sparkling with every (?) hue, which, fromthe month of June to winter, by their constant, never-tiring succession, rival every other genus of exoticplants with which our gardens have hitherto beenenriched. What does the gardener strive to do when hewishes honourable me
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