. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. hich variety, as pollen parent, most of my dark-coloured seedlings derived their origin. Diana has been namedas the best variety for winter flowering. The male parent ofthis variety was Louis Veuillot, and Lord Derby the seed-bearing parent. I noted in flower in my friends houses onChristmas Day Jessica, Sir John Moore, Nelson, RichardCceur dc Lion, Rienzi, Oberon, Brasidas, Alonzo, Salathiel,ffiuone, Hebe, Astarte, Aspasia, Idalia, Imogen, Minerva,Lurliuc, lago, lanthc, and many other of my seedlings notnamed, whic
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. hich variety, as pollen parent, most of my dark-coloured seedlings derived their origin. Diana has been namedas the best variety for winter flowering. The male parent ofthis variety was Louis Veuillot, and Lord Derby the seed-bearing parent. I noted in flower in my friends houses onChristmas Day Jessica, Sir John Moore, Nelson, RichardCceur dc Lion, Rienzi, Oberon, Brasidas, Alonzo, Salathiel,ffiuone, Hebe, Astarte, Aspasia, Idalia, Imogen, Minerva,Lurliuc, lago, lanthc, and many other of my seedlings notnamed, which, from being considered too good to destroy, havefound their way into my friends houses, under conditions thatthey are on no account to go off his premises. Pains Per-petual and Vesuvius are winter flowerers, but not of theflorists class. Several varieties of M. Postans and Mr. Georgesraising I have seen quoted lately as remarkably good I believe that Mr. Pearsons splendid strains of hybridnosegay varieties are for the most part good winter flowerers. John Wbite Anemone-flowered Clirysanthemum. ever tires of the fragrance of Gardenias, or Capo Jas-mines, as they are usually called. Their usefulness forcutting can only be matched by their sweetness. Growers offlowers for market have filled houses with them, and in thisway thej have been made as common and as cheap as Camelliasor Roses. Gardenias are divided into stove and greenhousevai-leties; but the distinction is deceptive, inasmuch as allGardenias thrive best treated as stove plants when in a growingstate. The latter expression again has led to have mostly flowered their Gardenias in heat, andthen forced them to rest in a cool and dry temperature till nextyear. This is, however, by no means necessary. By keeping theplants in heat they grow and flower, mature their buds, andflower and grow again throughout the season. Under thistreatment the plants gain a robustnes
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