Ootobor 30, 1873. ] 



JOUBNAL OF HORTICDLTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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from tbe knives of the thoughtless acquisitive. One Goth 

 actually had loosened, during the temporary absence of the 

 exhibitor, one of the stones of the vault, and was carrying it 

 off under his arm ! 



There is a little cottage near the vault whore the exhibitor 

 resides. This was the barracks for the sergeant's guard con- 

 stantly kept there during the time Napoleon was inhumed in 

 the place, and one little detached room is where the officer 

 slept, who came every evening. 



The present exhibitor is an old invalid soldier, a lucky 

 fellow who has a pension of £37 from the E.I. Company, 

 another of £10 settled upon him by the French Government, 

 besides the doles he receives from visitors. The same Govern- 



ment, through Prince de JoinviUe, promised Mrs. Tarbutt a 



pension as a token of their sense of the readiness with which 



Mrs. Tarbutt parted with the ground, but this pension has 



never been paid. The strongest ground for claim is, that 



Bonaparte used to resort so much to their residence during his 



life. The vault is surrounded by a strong iron railing, and 



is situated within an enclosure of wooden railing, such as is 



common in front of the villa gardens near country towns. 



Within are planted some Cypress trees, but there are no trees 



living that were there in Bonaparte's time. Those of the 



; Willows which were alive were taken away in packages in 



' the " Belle Poule," but the dead trunk of one of them still 



' remains.] 



PEAR LUCY GEIEVE. 

 This new English Pear we have received from Mr. Peter I The fruit is sometimes larger than those that are figured J 



Grieve, of Colford, Bury St. Edmunds, whose name is fami- | being 3inches long and 2J inches wide. " ' -'^' - ■- 



liarly known in the 



gardening world, and 

 ■especially so as the im- 

 prover of the coloured- 

 leaved Geraniums, one 

 of which bears the 

 same name as the ex- 

 cellent Pear upon 

 vhich wo are now 

 writing. The history 

 of this Pear is a short 

 and simple one, like 

 that of the Uttle girl, 

 now gone to her rest, 

 who sowed the seed 

 of it, and whose name 

 it bears. Mr. Grieve, 

 in a communication, 

 says — " The pips from 

 which this tree and a 

 few others were raised 

 ■were sown in a flower- 

 pot by a child some 

 twelve or more years 

 since, and the subse- 

 quent death of the 

 raiser caused the seed- 

 lings to be regarded 

 with more interest 

 than would otherwise 

 have been the case. 

 The tree which has 

 produced the fruit 

 sent, and which is the 

 •first that has fruited, 

 has not been grafted, 

 bnt is growing npon 

 its own roots, and 

 trained to a south wall. 

 My impression was that the trees, although very distinct in 

 habit and foliage from each other, were the produce of the 

 Winter Nelis variety, but of this I am not sure." 



PeAr Lucy Grieve, 



It is rather uneven in 

 outline, and is bossed 

 round the waist and 

 about the eye, and 

 its shape is a combina- 

 tion of Glou Morijeau 

 and Swan's Egg, the 

 appearance about the 

 crown being particu- 

 larly like the former. 

 Skin Itmon yellow, 

 with occasionally a 

 brownish - red blush 

 on the side next the 

 sun ; and the whole 

 surface is sprinkled 

 with cinnamon- 

 coloured russet dots, 

 which in some parts, 

 and particularly 

 round the stalk, are 

 so thick as to be- 

 come patches of russet. 

 Eye rather open, with 

 long narrow segments 

 set in an uneven de- 

 pression. Stalk an 

 inch long, woody, set 

 even with the sur- 

 face. Flesh white, very 

 tender and melting, 

 very juicy and richly- 

 flavoured. 



This is a delicious 

 Fear, and has the 

 texture of flesh of 

 Mario Louise. 

 It is ripe during Oc- 

 tober. 



The fruit from 

 which this description was taken was grown against a wall, 

 and it is probable if grown on a standard it would ripen 

 later. 



THE MANETTI STOCK. 



Mr. Camsi's comments on the Manetti stock induce me to 

 put upon paper a few remarks which I made at the opening 

 of a Gardeners' Institute at Darlington, with regard to the 

 action of different soils on different stocks, more especially 

 with reference to the Manetti and the Briar. 



It is a very common thing to hear the most opposite opinions 

 expressed with regard to the Manetti stock by men who are 

 good growers of Roses and earnest amateurs, and it generally 

 happens on inquiry that these differences arise from the nature 

 of the soil each rosarian has to deal with. One man will say, 

 " Oh ! a Manetti is no use with me, it never gives mo a good 

 bloom, and is always throwing-up suckers." Another man 

 will say, " I can get no Roses to do well with me except ou 

 the Manetti stock." Mr. Camm gives a very good instance of 

 how the Manetti stock may be injured by over-good treatment ; 

 bat before he discards the Manetti from that plot of ground 

 and plants Hoses on Briars I should say. Stay yoor band. Dig 



the ground well over, and let it be thoroughly aerated and all 

 the ingredients mixed. I may be mistaken, but it seems to 

 me from his account as if all tho materials were thrown 

 together in a crude state, and not propeily prepared for the 

 roots of the Manetti. And, secondly, I might ask. Might not 

 the weakly state of tho stocks have something to do with it ? 

 One does not feed an invalid with turtle and venison, nor a 

 baby with roast beef, though each might do well on milk and 

 farinaceous food. My experience tells me that the Manetti 

 Rose will stand a rich soil, provided it is not over-heavy, and 

 that in a lighter soil it will digest a good deal of strong 

 manure ; but the instance Mr. Camm records only confirms 

 my previous idea, that many a Rose on the Manetti is injured 

 by over-much manure and over-much coddling. One of our 

 Rose-growers covers his bed witli manure and litter for the 

 winter, and then puts soil on the top of that again : this seeing 

 to me a sure way to provide for Orange fungus and other evils 



