MS 



JO0ENAL OP HORTICXniTUBE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



( Uar 1S> ISM.' 



besutifull; blended. Introduced b; Mr. W. Paul, Waltbam 

 Cross ii<xi&ery.--{lbid., pi. 290.) 



Bhopobenbron Dknisonii. — Flowers white, tinged and dotted 

 at the base with lemon colour. Introduced by Mr. B. S. 

 Williams, Nurseries, Uolloway, who states it to be the progeny 

 of B. DalhouEiauam crossed with B. Edgworthii. — {Ibid., 

 pi. 291.) 



Hyacinth — Sir Henry ilavehclc. — ^Lobes of the corolla in- 

 tense purplo, edged with mauve. The colours blending give 

 quite a now tint. — [Ibid., pi. 202.) 



Pear— ('nil Mons Lion Leclerc. — "This excellent Pear was 

 raised by M. L6ou Leclerc, at Laval, in the department of 

 Maycuue, France. It is not known exactly what was its 

 parent, for M. Leclerc hod sown seeds of St. Germain, Glou 

 Morceau, and Easter Beurrfi ; but judging from the appearances 

 we should be inclined to suppose that it has taken its origin 

 from the St. Germain. The tree first produced fruit in 1828; 

 aad in October, 1837, M. Leclerc sent specimens of the fruit 

 through M. Vilmorin to a meeting of the Paris Horticultural 

 Society with tlie following note : — 



" ' M. Van Mons has not only handsomely accepted the de- 

 dication of this Pear in declaring to me that he regards it in 

 all respects of the first rank, but also, by a refinement of 

 poUtesse, he has exacted that the name of the raiser who paid 

 him this compliment should be placed in continuation with 

 hiB own, for the sake of distinction. This is, then, the Pear 

 Von Mons Leon Leclerc. This explanation was necessary to 

 justify siu?ii a designation.' 



"The fruit is of the largest size of diessert Pears, and is of 

 an oblong shape, uneven and undulating in its outline. The 

 skin is a pale dull yellow colour, covered with russet dots and 

 traces of russet. Eye open, with spreading segments, set in a 

 yery sliallow basin. Stalk from 1 to li inch long, set on the 

 end of the fruit with a slight depression, or obliciuely without 

 any depression. Flesh yellowish white, buttery and melting, 

 very juicy, sugai-y, rich, and delicionsly flavoured. 



" A dessert Pear of first-rate excellence, which ought to be 

 grown in every collection. It ripens in the end of October and 

 a«J!ing<N«ye«iher."' — {Fhrist and JPoniologint, T. 89.) 



GLAZED AND FLUED WALL. 

 Hating seen in " oar Journal " some statements by your 

 correspondent " Beta " adverse to protection for wall-fruit-tree 

 blossoms, I have been induced 

 to send you the following de- 

 scription of how I have seen 

 Peach and Apricot blossoms 

 protected at Haggerstone Castle, 

 Northumberland, and the trees 

 snccessfuUy fruited about 330 

 miles north of London. 



Fig. 1 is an end section of a , 

 Peach wall 290 feet long, which 

 had, some years ago, been arti- 

 ficially lieated at no little ex- 

 pense mill trouble by keeping 

 siiteen furnaces going, but they 

 have been left unhealed for 

 years, a a Are smoke flues ; 

 6 is a Ixiard 1 foot broad, to 

 which the canvas or hexagon 

 netting is fixed ; d one of a line 

 of pegs to which the netting, j 

 by means of rollers attached, -T 

 is lightly secured at about — " 

 18 inches from the ground. 

 In Jig. 2 a is an iron stay projecting from the coping of the 

 J wall, on which the moveable board, 



I ] ^ ., c, is fixed by means of iron bolts at 

 <^ b. At d there is a narrow piece 

 of wood fixed about half an inch 

 from the front of the board ; on 

 the face of this tlie canvas, c, is 

 nailed. The water is thus thrown 

 a little over the canvas, which 

 carries it safely to the bottom. 



The netting is m.iJe in lengths 



of about 10 or 12 feet, and each 



^'8' *■ side is furnished with a number of 



brass rings, and by running a cord altemati'Iy through these 



i«»-^->r ^ 



rings they are tightly laced together. Thus fixed, tbcy arS". 

 perfectly secure from wind, and with some slight exception,' 

 perhaps, at the joinings, the covering is wat«r]>roo(. Th»' 

 openings at the bottom and joinings, and the innumerablai 

 meshes of the netting, give abundance of ventilation. There. 

 is plenty of room below the net to permit of the cultivator 

 pursuing bis operations without its rtmoral. The PeaelL 

 trees on this wall are supported by means of iron eyes fixedl 

 along the lines of bricks quincunx fashion, and pegs madK 

 of the young growths of the Privet. This, I think, is a greafe 

 advantage over nailing, as it docs not break up and diufigure 

 the wall, and affords but very little harbour for insects. 



Tlie Apricot wall is protected in the same way as that on 

 which the Peach trees are trained, and last year the fruit set 

 very well, but dro]vped off by the hundred in tlic stoning pro- 

 cess, owing, I have no doubt, to the roots having penetrated 80 

 far below the drainage of the border as to come in contact with 

 water stagnant and cold as in winter. Owing to the extremely 

 low and level character of the situation of these walls, it ifl 

 quite impossible to have drainage perfect ; but, notwitbstand^ 

 ing, fair crops of fruit are generally taken from these walls. 



The canvass is put on when the buds begin to show colour, 

 and is not removed tUl the fruit is swelling and all danger of 

 frost past. Protection in this locality is not only beneficial, 

 but absolutely necessary for the security of the crop. The 

 spring months are generally cold, with some boisterous, cold, 

 cutting winds from the west directly off the Cheviot Hills, ths 

 tops of which are often covered with snow well into the fipioBg 

 months. 



This mode of protection offers some advantage to people 

 living in localities where it is desirable to have the trcea as 

 much forward as possible with safety, so as to give them aU 

 the advantage of the summer months for maturing young 

 wood and fruit buds for another season. I am convinced that 

 with such protection, and shallow sloping borders perfectly 

 drained, and protected from frost and excessive wet during the 

 winter by means of wooden shutters. Peaches might be growo 

 with success further north than they are. 



" Beta " seems to attribute the cause of his failure to the 

 protection, when he says " I will protect no more," but I think 

 the extreme wetness of the season is sufiicient to account for 

 any failure in fruit not setting. Our trees here (in Kent), were 

 merely protected with Lanrel branches, Ac Peaches have set 

 very well. Apricots have not done 80 Well, but the; ateuot-et 

 all to be called a failure. — Bob. .-: -Mi 



A PEEP AT THE WOODS IN ODD PLACES.— No: 4. 



WHITE CEDAR, BLACK ASH, AND DA6SW00D. 



" What a splendid pile of fencing you have there, Wiiliam t" 

 I exclaimed to a friend as we stood on the edge of a clearing, 

 looking at a large pile of beautiful, clean, straight Cedar cut 

 down and trimmed, ready for being converted into rails, or, to 

 use my friend Wilham's expression, " hauled and ready for 

 splitting." Before, however, we split and use up the«e indi- 

 vidual trees, come \vith me (in imagination), and let us bare 

 a look at tlie beautiful Cedar tree in its own habitat ; and 

 though we cannot expect to make its acquaintance with dry 

 feet, still I feel convinced that the beautiful object itself, with 

 the delicate perfume it sheds aronnd, will amply repay us for 

 all the trouble we shall be obliged to take to obtain a .sight of it. 



The clearing, on the edge of which I have mentioned that 

 we were standing, occupied one side of a hill, on the crest of 

 which we were stationed. Looking behind ns we saw a pieoe 

 of brown, cold, untidy-looking land covered with a litter of 

 leaves, small twigs, and chips, with the marks of more than 

 one huge fire ; and at every tevr yards, or feet, as the case 

 might be, a forlorn stump, standing some 2 or 2j feet out 

 of the ground. This was the clearing, and to help to fence it 

 off the Cedar trees had been chopped (.AngliC'', felledl, and 

 hauled or brought out of tlie bush to one spot. Looking before 

 us who can describe the beauty of the glimpses, caught be- 

 tween the trunks of some noble timlier trees, of a lovely wood- 

 land view, in one direction contracted to the distance of a few 

 hundred yards by the richly wood-clothed hill opposite us, aad 

 iu another stretching away for miles, displaying a glorious 

 prospect of alternating bill and valley, curiously diversified 

 and ornamented by patches of corn. Potatoes, or some other 

 crop, appearing like small islands planted in a lovely green sea 

 of native forest and bush ? Between us and the opposing hill 



