526 Obituary. 



Art. V. Answers to Correspondents. 



Best Grapes for a Cold Vinery. M. C. Johnson. — The best grapes 

 for your house, which will contain twenty four vines, as you say you do not 

 wish for a great variety, are the following : — 



Black Hamburgh, 8 vines; Black Hamburgh, Wilmot's No. 16, 2 

 Black Hamburgh, Wilmot's, 2 ; Black Prince, 2 ; White Frontignan, 2 

 Grizzly Frontignan, 2; Chasselas of Fontainbleau, 2; White Nice, 2 

 Muscat of Alexandria, 2. 



The St. Alban's grape can be had. 



Best Fig under Glass. M. C. Johnson. — W^e think the Black fig of 

 St. Michael's one of the best for this purpose. This we have seen tried 

 and it does well. Others may do as well, — the Brown Turkey, Black 

 Ischia, and White Marseilles, are all excellent kinds. 



Twelve fine Roses for Winter Blooming. A lover of Eoses. — 

 Twelve fine sorts, for this purpose, are the following: — Tea, SoflTrano, 

 Bougere, Elize Sauvage ; CAma, Cramoise superieure, Fabvier ; Noisette, 

 Solfitaire, Lamarque ; Perpetual, La Reine, Comtesse Duchatel ; Bourbon, 

 Hermosa, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Paul Joseph. These twelve would 

 give a good variety and abundant bloom. 



Apricots under Glass. M. C. Johnson. — The apricots you wish to 

 plant along the centre of a span-roofed vinery, as espaliers would do proba- 

 bly as well as other fruit trees, and a very good crop might be obtained, if 

 well managed. Success will depend something upon the management of 

 the vines ; they should not be allowed to shade too much. Plum trees 

 trained in this way, in the vinery of Mr. Strong, of Brighton, produce a 

 fair crop of handsome fruit. 



Twelve best Dahlias of 1849. An Amateur. — The exhibitions of 

 the year have just closed, and if you wish to select your roots now, the fol- 

 lowing will give you a fine collection for a small one : — Miss Vyse, Louis 

 Philippe, Mont Blanc, Yellow Standard, Toison d'or, Boule de Feu ; Fancy, 

 Madam Wachy, Mrs. Shaw Le Fevre, Mimosa, Emperor de Maroc, Sun- 

 beam, Rainbow. 



Art. YL Obituary. 



Death of Rev. Henry Colman. — The death of Mr. Colman took 

 place at Islington, near London, on the 17th of August last, after a brief 

 illness of only a week or two, at the age of 65 years. The event has 

 already been generally announced, and we record his decease that we may 

 have the opportunity to speak of his valuable services in the cause of agri- 

 cultural and rural improvement. 



Mr. Colman has, for the last fifteen years, devoted his attention to the 

 interests of agriculture. He was educated for the ministry, and discharged 

 the duties of his profession in Salem, where he was settled over the Essex 

 Street Church for several years. But his love for agricultural pursuits 

 induced hina to resign his ministerial labors, and he removed to Deerfield, 



