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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
(Oct. 17, 
pourhood has failed or been blighted in apparently an 
exact similar manner to the Potatoes, this field, among 
the Potatoes, has entirely escaped. The inference I 
have drawn is, that the insect (for I believe an insect 
to be the cause of the mischief), finding the two plants 
together, and preferring the Potato to the Bean, has at- 
tacked the former, leaving the Bean unmolested, This, 
however, as far as I am aware, being only an isolated 
instance, requires the confirmation of further experi- 
ment; but I think it worth trying by those who may 
nave Potatoes to plant next season ; and for the pur- 
pose ot exp Iw d that the Bean 
employed be the Early Mazagan. The foregoing result 
is surely a strong fact in favour of the idea that an 
insect is the cause of the disease ; itat least upsets one 
or two theories, either it is not the same blight which 
has affected the two crops, or if it is, as many believe, 
then it cannot proceed directly from atmospheric causes, 
as no blight proceeding from such eause could dis- 
criminate between the two crops (intimately mixed as 
they were in the field alluded to), blighting the Potato 
completely and leaving the Bean perfectly healthy, On 
the other hand, we can readily conceive an insect feed- 
ing indiscriminately on either plant when grown sepa- 
rately, but finding the two kinds of food together, 
taking only that which is most agreeable to it, Indeed, 
we find this method of preserving plants in daily prac- 
tice with gardeners, viz., planting a herb or shrub, 
which snails or other insects are particularly fond of, 
beside another plant which they are desirous of pre- 
Serving ; and in this manner T believe the Potato to 
have acted in preserving my Beans. The plan I have 
adopted to endeavour to save some seed for next 
season's crop, is to green the Potatoes by exposure to 
the light and sun, which I am confident will preserve 
them, having in the Barley stubbles picked up a consi- 
derable number of Potatoes which- had, in raising last 
year's crop, been left as diseased ; in these T have found 
the part which had been affected entirely gone, leaving 
the remainder, which had by exposure become green, 
perfectly sound.—Smollett M. Eddington, Creggan. 
Effect of the best Peruvian Guano on Potatoes.— 
Cheshire Whites : 1st row, farm-yard manure ; 2d row, 
half guano, half farm-yard manure ; 3d row, guano, 
No. 3 by far the best and soundest. Quantity about 
the same. Scotch Seedlings: Ist row, guano; 2d row, 
half guano and half farm-yard manure ; 3d row, farm- 
yard manure. No. 1 the soundest and best quality. 
Quantity about the same. 30 bushels sown to the acre. 
—H. V., Ripon. 
The. Tortoise being oviparous, it may be interesting 
to know the manner in which, the eggs are laid. About 
the Ist of August I observed: one in the act of making 
a hole in dry. soil in a Vinery ; knowing it was not 
the proper time for the animal to bury itself for the 
winter, I suspected it was making a nest. Being slow 
in motion, it was really interesting to see the manner 
in which she made. the cavity, by raising the soil with 
her hind feet, seraping a little first with one and then 
the other, until the hole was about 4 inches deep. In 
order to support or prevent her falling while at work, 
her fore leg was fast in the soil, and although a weak 
anchor, still perhaps it answered her purpose, I ob- 
served her deposit three white eggs about the sizo of 
those of a pigeon, with very hard shells; she then 
carefully covered them up, and made impressions with 
her feet while in the act of leaving, as if purposely to 
conceal the nest. Such seemed to be the case; for 
twice I smoothed the.spot, and found upon inspection 
the same foot-prints. ‘This shows that the tortoise has 
some care about her eggs, though left in the ground to 
be hatched by the heat of the sun.—J. Wighton. 
Atropa Belladonna.—* Onyx” inquires (p.662), what 
* birds or insects feed on the black berry of the Bella- 
donna.” I have observed the berries to suddenly dis- 
appear without knowing what became of them, whilst at 
other times the plants have been laden with berries for 
A considerable time, Though the latter are very poi- 
Sonous, and though the plant contains much, still I do 
not think that it is so bad as has beem lately repre- 
sented. Insects certainly do attack it, and I have 
lately ee feeding fona Pe snails (Helix Hortensis) 
upon the leaves, which they eat greedily wi 
bad effect. Neither do I think Deadly Nightstand ee 
so much of the poisonous tree of Java about it. I mean 
that other plants will grow freely beside it... The Bel- 
ladonna, in general, is: found in thickets, where it hap- 
pens to escape the notice of the labourer, who is sure 
to destroy it, consequently it is very rare; indeed in | P 
some parts of the country it is hardly known. But 
none need mistake it who has seen the drawing of itin 
2 late number, with its enticing but deadly berries,—J. 
Wighton. 
dee Pumpkins,—There has been grown ina garden 
in the parish of Hoxne, near Eye, three gourds. The 
first weighed 127 Ibs., and measured in circumference 
6 feet 2 inches ; second weighed 97 Ibs., and measured 
in circumference, 5 feet 8 inches ; third weighed 58 lbs., 
and measured in circumference 5 feet, being the pro- 
duce of one seed, and, consequently, from one root. 
‘The plant grew in the open garden without any par- 
salen care in the cultivation. The quality and flavour 
much esteemed by the cottagers in the neighbour- 
vei eg Mies them, when properly cooked, a light 
The colour of 
and tle shape 
ge Gourd (Potiron 
ful form and colour ; 
it weighed 118 lbs., and measured rather upwards of 6 
feet in cireumference, having been grown upon a per- 
fectly open bed. The soil best suited to the Gourd, 
Vegetable Marrow, &e.,seems to be as follows: one- 
third road-scrapings, chiefly horse droppings, and. two- 
thirds rich garden mould, with a sprinkling of common 
soda; well pulverised and mixed together. The large 
yellow Orange Gourd is used in France when cut young 
fas a vegetable, mashed like Turnips or Potatoes, and is 
of very delicious flavour.—R. B. P. Two specimens 
of the above were grown on one piant in wo Swansea 
Nursery, of White and Melville; one measured 7 feet 
in cireumference, and weighed 1231bs., the other mea- 
sured 6 feet, and weighed 85 lbs.—S. W. M. [We 
cannot spare room for further announcements about 
Pumpkins; much heavier weights than these have 
been obtained. ] 
Foreign. Correspondence. 
aris.—The Cercle Generale d'Horticulture has again 
taken the lead of the Royal Society, by holding an extra 
show for fruit and Dahlias, at the Grand Gallery of the 
Luxembourg Palace, on the 25th September and three 
following days. The exhibition was well attended, con- 
sidering that Paris, like London, is at this moment half 
empty. The fruit consisted prineipally of Grapes, 
Pears, and Pines ; many of the specimens were equal 
to anything ever produced here, The great fault in 
Paris, and indeed throughout France, is that societies 
offer prizes for too much, namely, for the largest collec- 
tions ; on the contrary, were they to define the exact 
number of fruits or flowers, the collections, although 
less numerous, would appear to much greater advan- 
tage,and be more fairly judged upon their intrinsic 
merits, At present it is evident that a small collectioti, 
however fine, stands no chance against a cart-load of 
rubbish, and as a consequence very many amateurs are 
deterred from sending atall. The experimental gardens 
of the Luxembourg have been long celebrated for a col- 
lection of Vines, the most complete and extensive in the 
kingdom ; and on this occasion Mr. Hardy, the chief 
gardener, exhibited somewhere about one hundred 
varieties, all of which were grown. in the open air. 
Among them were natives of France, Spain, Portugal, 
Italy, Greece, Hungary, Persia, Syria, &e., and all, or 
nearly so, at maturity without any artificial appliances, 
The berries of some were enormous, especially Damas 
Blanc, Museat réal, Malaga, Romanza, Ribier, Ribier 
de Calabre, Balkin, Gros Guillaume, Cornichon, and 
Syrian, The Frankaenthal (Black Hamburg) were very 
nearly if not quite as large as those usually grown 
under glass in Holland or England. The most hand- 
some specimens were Raisin Prune de Herault, a 
round black Grape; Rouge de Rolle, larger than Black 
Hamburgh ; Miracle, black, very large bunches ; Raisin 
Prune blane de Naples, like the Fontainebleau but more 
yellow ; Muscat de Sardaigne, large white ; Romanza, 
much larger than black Hamburgh; Sideritas de 
Smyrne, large rose colour ; Chasselas Napoleon, finer 
than C. de Fontainebleau; Cabral, a large sea-green 
coloured kind ; and Rosse Panse, a long white, In M. 
Barbot's collection there were splendid specimens of |n 
Gros Guillaume, Gromier de Cantal, Gros Ribier de 
Maroc, Superbe de Decandolle, Trousseau, Gros Damas, 
Muscat. d'Alexandrie, Chasselas Doré, Frankaenthal, 
Cornichon, and Chasselas Violet. There was also a 
large basket of Chasselas de Fontainebleau from M. 
Berger, of that golden waxy colour for which they are 
so renowned, and which alone was worth going far to 
see. M. Dupuy Jamin had a large collection of Pears; 
among the finest, were the following :— Passe Tardive, 
eurré Gris d'Hiver Nouveau, Belle Angévine, Bon 
Chretien d'Espagne, Beurré Aurore, Gros Givet, Belle 
de Berry, Duchesse d Angoulême, Beurré de Lombardy, 
Bergamotte de Pentecôte, Saint André, Doyenné 
d'Estrekemann, Souvenir de Boulogne, Beurré d'Arem- 
bourg, Bon Chretien Ture, Napoleon d'Hiver, Berga- 
motte d'Austrasie, Belle de Flandres, St. Francois, 
Calabasse Royale, Bergamotte de. Bruxelles, Bon 
Chretien Napoleon, Catillae, and Leon Leclere. Messrs. 
Jamin and Durand exhibited 100 varieties, and among 
them noble specimens of Duchesse d'Angouléme, Beurré 
Incomparable, Belle Angévine, Bon Chretien Napoleon, 
Leon Leclere, Bon Chretien d'Hiver, Beurré Gris Doré, 
Colmar d' Arembourg, Catillac, Colmar Van Mons, Belle 
Alliance; Beurré Bosse, Lemon, Beurré de Sterkmann, 
Rosaline, Triomphe de Josoigne, Philippe de France, 
and Josephine. M. Goutier contributed six finely grown 
‘ines,’ 
The Dahlias were divided into five classes, and though 
not equal to the shows at the Surrey Gardens, were 
decidedly the finest that have ever been exhibited in 
Paris ; among the seedlings were three or four of first- 
rate properties, and some fancy kinds, quite new in 
colour, and far superior to any English ones ; the col- 
lections comprised all the new English, French, and 
German varieties. M. Soútèf had Childe Harold, Napo- 
leon, Marchioness of Aylesbury, Athlete, Antagonist, 
Cleopatra, Duchess of St. Albans, Gloria Mundi, Du- 
chesse. de Richelieu, Lady Charleville, Lady St. Maur, 
Schöne Erfurterin, Princess Royal, &c. M. Salter had 
tagonist, Adrienne, Alphonse Kar, Gl u 
Charleville, Josephine, Madame Chauvitre, Fairy Queen, 
Captain Warner, Captivation, Mirabeau, Athlete, Lud- 
wig Marquard, Le Domino Noir, Marquis of Aylesbury, 
&c. M. Dufoy had Captivation, Madame Dresser, An- 
tagonist, Mademoiselle Chariot, Captain Warner, Mar- 
chioness of Cornwallis, Roblin, Metropolitan. Primrose, 
Miss Prettyman, Sir E. Antrobus, Queen of Pope 
Le Domino Noir, Sarah, Tilly Mimosa, &c. M. Vas- 
seur had a large collection of 600 or 700 flowers, but 
as many of them were repeated seven or eight times, 
and the whole quite unworthy of exhibition, it will be 
useless. to. particularise them, M. Tollard showed 
Athlete, Standard of Perfection, Mademoiselle Chariot, 
Cleopatra, A-la-mode, Madame Chauviere, Harlequin, 
Cheri Pouffin, Albert, Beauty of Stow, Zeitveist, Bijou, 
by M. Roblin, and clear lilac peach by M. Salter. In 
the whole there were from 20 to 25 exhibitors, and the 
prizes were awarded as under, 3 
+. M. Hardy. 
M Barbot. — m 
. Dupu, amain. 
m Modit Jamin & Dur 
a 
Silver Meda for Grapes 
Bronze 2» ns 
First Silver Medal for Pears and. 
Bronze 35 5k 
Silver Medal for Pines m . M. 
Ditto for Dahlias (general collection) M. Soutéf. 
Bronze Medal for Dahlias .. .. M. Chauviere. 
Silver do. for Dahlias (new varieties) M. Salter: 
Bronze Medal for Dahlias .. «+ M. Dufoy. 
Silver do. for do. (largest collection) M. Vasseur, 
Bronze Medalfor Dahlias .. .. M, Tollard. 
Silver ,, } (amateurs) M, Guyard. 
3i ebíetos. pias 
Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highl dj 
From the Journals of Cartes Sr, Jonn, Esdr 
(Murray’s “Home and Colonial Library, 
XXXVI. and XXXVII.) Murray. í 
Iris impossible for any one who loves White EF 
borne not to include in his affection the author oft Ed 
entertaining volumes, The manner 18 the same, 
mode of narration the same, there is E 
and freshness in every picture, and there is, above 
things, that accurate delineation which never ee 
take the reason captive. Mr. St. Johnis a genio d k 
in station and manner ; while he writes with the co Ae 
dence of a practised sportsman, he never neglects 
taining anecdote and charming descriptions of uus 
We cannot pay the author a. higher compliment A 
by placing him at once, as we have already done; 
ficiently good for his purpose ; in short, he, too, 
too much respect for science to disown her unles 
is dressed in the buckram of a pedant. 
is that his example is not more generally followece 
was but the other day that a very intelligen' 
pressed his regret that an attempt should hav #9 
made by a modern naturalist to’ substitute i ur 
English terminology for the technical Latin of M a 
observing that although it might be desirable to € that 
for popular purposes, it was not suited to science 5 ae 
is to say, there must be two languages 1n Ni 
tory, the scientific and the popular. We ha vthly 
no doubt ; but why should it be so? Of what eal 
able of assuming & 
nature till less 
popular form, it is little worth the m omy B s, natu- 
consists of little beyond the power of running over à YO) 
of barbarous MSIE Rumex, Veronica, and Cratzegus 
sound grandly ; Dock, Speedwell, and W. 
their equivalents, are but homely. " 
that he has made a discovery regarding the foramen 
the ovule of the Rumex Hydrolapathum, people 8 e 
and think him a great philosopher ; but if they kne 
him to mean merely that he had discovered something 
in the aperture of the young seed of the commo! 
Water Dock, they would be better able to judge 
of the value of his philosophy. Let us not i 
misunderstood ; we do not by any means undervalu! 
hnicaliti Science in their proper place an 
Doctor Graham, Erzherzog Stephen, on | th 
Hessen, Fulwood Glory, Johannes Bosse, Capti- 
vation, Josephine Eriau, La Belle Blonde, Lady 
Featherstone, Adrienne de Cardoville, Beauty of Hants, 
Madame Zehler, Madame Dresser, Beauty of South 
Parade, Captain Warner, Alexandrina, Bohemian Girl, 
Marchioness of Cornwallis, Queen Mary, Queen of Per- 
petuals, Miss Prettyman, Princess Radzeville, &c. M, 
Chauviére sent Cleopatra, Stella, Madame Dresser, An- 
e ol 
within due limits. On the contrary, they are indispem?, 
able; but they are much abused, and needlessly ™ " 
to perplex plain people, when there is no manner 9 
necessity for it. if 
We should be unjust, however, to Mr. St. John, ae 
we appeared to rest our opinions of his admirable M 
merely upon such ground as this. We shall, therein 
produce an extract or two from his pages, by Way 
