1873.] NERTERA DEPREBSA. — GLAZINO VINERIES. 247 



or two fruits — few, it is true, but at this season very valuable and rare, and, as 

 may be supposed, higlily appreciated by our family and visitors. Instead of 

 throwing away forced plants, as is generally done, v;g always make new planta- 

 tions ; and in this way we benefit by getting a full crop of strawberries the year 

 following, besides the chance of a gathering of fruit in autumn, thanks to tho 

 French cloche for its valuable assistance. No doubt this strawbeny has the 

 hautboia blood in it, and hence its prolific tendency to fruit.— H. Knight, 

 Floors, Kelso. 



NERTERA DEPRESS A. 



^-^N the Exhibition House at the recent Old Trafford display of fruit, there 



UJS was to be seen a small specimen of Nertera depressa, exhibited by Mr. 



s!§ Stansfield, of Todmorden. It occupied a 4-in. pot, the surface of which was 



"^ literally covered by its bright tawny-orange berries. It is by far the 



smallest berry-bearing plant that I have ever seen ; even the Cranberry looks 



coarse and big by its side. It is a hardy plant from the Straits of Magalhaens', 



its whole height being less than half an inch ; it bears green flowers, which 



require to be looked for in daylight with the help of a lens, but the berries are 



as large as the old Charlton Peas. 



This is the stand-point where small fruits begin — here is prostration and fit- 

 ness to live under the tempest. I have seen it indoors, growing freely, and as it 

 spreads, fixing itself firmly to the earth by pushing out roots after the manner of 

 Strawberry-runners ; but its indoor-life loses almost all its charms, for the berries 

 do not seem to set in a warm place, although the plant likes comfortable 

 quarters. I was shown a dozen plants got by dividing a single specimen in a 4-in. 

 pot, and this I was told cost only a shilling. There will be plenty of carpet 

 work in store for this gem of an 'Alpine' when it comes to be better known, for 

 it is the veriest bantam among berry-bushes ; and whatever fruits we may term 

 large, this Nertera depressa will assuredly bo reckoned the smallest of the small, 

 — Ales. Forsyth. 



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GLAZING VINERIES. 



'OME short time back I noticed in a contemporary a short note froui your 

 able correspondent, Mr. Douglas, on this all-important question, and I 

 have been looking weekly, but in vain, in tho hope of seeing it discussed 

 ^ on its merits. I know of nothing that puts me out of temper so soon as 

 to go into any of our Vineries and see a scalded leaf ; but this is not all. It is 

 weU known that scalded leaves mean bad grapes, while if the foliage is good, the 

 chances are that the grapes will be good. We are daily hearing that Mi\ So- 

 and-So's Vines are all scalded, and in new houses, too. Surely this must be 

 vexing in the extreme, not only to the person in charge, but also to his employer, 

 I may perhaps be allowed, as an outsider, to state my experience in the matter, 

 and will try to do so as briefly as possible. 



