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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
728 
FOREST TREES, SHRUBS, AND FRUIT TREES. 
ILLIAM E. RENDLE anp Co, of Plymouth, 
have this season an unusually large stock of FOREST 
TREES, SHRUBS, and FRUIT TREES, in the most luxu- 
riant and healthy condition, having upwards o: 
00,000 H FIRS. 
200,000 SCOTCH FIRS, 
150,000 PINUS AUSTRIACA., 
400,000 THORNS. 
20,000 LAURELS, 
And all other kinds in equal abundance. 
As the Lease of one of their Nurseries expires at 
Christmas newt, they are determined to offer many of 
the leading arlicles at a very low price, in anticipation 
of a large demand, and to enable them to clear the 
ground at the appointed time. 
Steamers are continually running from this port to London, 
Liverpool, Dublin, Cork, Southampton, Torquay, and Fal- 
mouth, at low freights, 
Priced Catalogues are now ready, and can be had 
gratis on application to 
WILLIAM E. RENDLE anp Co., Plymouth. 
Office, Union-road, Oct. 31. 
ECK’S, HOY LE’S, MILLER’S, AND FOSTER’S 
SEEDLING GERANIUMS OF 1845, at 20. per dozen; 
Purchaser's selection, 3/.—BECK'S Mare Antony, Juno, Des- 
ircle, Sunset, Isabella, Margaret, Zenobia, 
E'S Au- 
demona, Ros; 
Mustee, Bellona, Arabella, Favorita, Bella.—HOY 
delivery. 
ther new varieties at 1l. 1s. per dozen. See printed 
Geranium Catalogue, which can be had gratis, 
Hybridized Geranium Seeds, 100, 10s.; 50, 5s. ; 25, 3s, 
WanLrAM MILLER, Providence Nursery, Ramsgate, 
The Gardeners Chronicle, 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1846. 
MEETiNGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS, 
Monvay, Nov. mber 2—Bntomologival Si AGT: MIB 
PM, 
forticultural t. 2 pam, 
Torspay, 3 data SUO dm 
Fumay, 6— Botanical * Ma oi HOSPUE 
We have to announce that Mr. FonruwE has 
been appointed by the Society of Apothecaries 
Curator of the Botanie Garden, Chelsea, in the 
vacancy created by the death of Mr. ANDERSON ; 
and that immediate measures will be taken to 
restore this classical spot to a state worthy of the 
enlightened body by whose funds it has for so 
many years been maintained. 
Some barrels of Porarors have been received by 
Messrs. Gizes, Bricur, and C »., of Liverpool, from 
eru. We have seen one of the barrels opened, 
and can state that they are the real Golden variety, 
to which so much interest now attaches. There 
are two kinds, a yellow skinned, and a purple 
skinned, in excellent order, but sprouting, so that 
it will be necessary to plant them immediately. 
AtrHoucn it may be true that cooks are the 
most amiable of human beings, and worthy repre- 
sentatives of the great Monsieur Soyer, yet it does 
somehow happen that they and gardeners come un- 
pleasantly in collision. We have heard indeed of 
cooks who vow that the garden furnishes nothing, 
and of gardeners who retort that the cook is in- 
satiable ; and then, when the quarrel has to be 
settled, the judge between the two contending 
parties has nothing upon which to form his opinion 
more precise than vehement assertions on both 
sides, 
In all questions, and such as are culinary form no 
exception to the rule, it is useful to pin people down 
to facts, which, if on paper, cannot afterwards be 
ainsayed, and an intelligent correspondent, who 
[im himself found his advantage in the practice, has 
sent us the following description of his mode of 
managing the chef de cuisine, and putting an end to 
the possibility of random assertions being brought 
forward in support of extravagant grumbling. 
“Tt was sound advice which the late WALTER 
Drcrson, of Edinburgh, used to give every young 
man he sent out as a gardener, when he said, * Sow 
thick ; thin in time ; and, above all, keep on. good 
terms with the cook. The last injunction, I believe, 
is frequently the most difficult part to fulfil ; and, 
from inattention to it, I have known some excellent 
gardeners, and deserving men, harassed and annoyed 
almost beyondendurance. Fortunately Ihave escaped 
these annoyances myself, but aware of the difficul- 
ties which others have had to contend with in this 
respect, I venture to submit the following. plan, 
which, if adopted in every establishment where a 
gardener is kept, I feel confident would prevent a 
great deal of unpleasantness,. and at the same time 
operate in some measure as a check against waste 
and extravagance in the kitchen, so far at least as 
regards the various things in which the gardener is 
interested. 
“ The plan I recommend is simply to have such 
a list of vegetables as the one I subjoin, printed on 
slips of coarse paper. Every morning one of these 
slips is marked by the gardener and taken to the 
cook, by the person whose business it is to serve the 
Kitchen. The cook sees at once what vegetables 
can be supplied, and immediately makes a mark 
against such as may be required for that particular 
day. The list is then brought back to the garden, 
where, as soon as the articles are collected, the 
quantity of each is inserted and the record placed 
on a file. : 
“ All this, perhaps, may appear quite unnecessary 
to those who ‘canna be fashed ; but to others of a 
different school, who may feel disposed to adopt the 
system^I have pointed out, and. successfully prac- 
tised for many years past, I can truly say, they will 
find the little trouble it occasions amply compen- 
sated by the security it gives against unfounded 
complaints being made by persons who are often not 
over scrupulous in their statements.—B,” 
(Plan of the stip of paper above alluded to.) 
LIST OF VEGETABLES. 
The The The 
Gardener’s N Cook's | Quantity of 
Mark. | Mark, | each sent, 
Artichokes | 
—, Jerusalem | 
Asparagus | 
Beans, French | 
* Scarlet Runner} * Dish 
——, Windsor | 
id Beet, Red 
* , White 
, Leaf 
Broccoli 
m Brussel's Sprouts 
- Cabbage ad 1 
* , Sprouts 
* , Red 
* Carrots of 18 
T Cauliflower E 4 
x Celery * 2 
Endive 
T Garlic 
* Horse Radish 
e Leeks » 2 
y Lettuce we * 2 
* Mint 
* Onions * 
s Parsley - Bunch 
" Parsnips 
s as * Dish 
" Potatoes * 3 gallons 
Radishes 
Rhubarb 
t Sage 
E Salsify 
k Savoys 
E Seorzonera 
Scotch Kale 
Sea Kale 
* Shallots * 12 
* Spinach * Dish 
* Sweet Herbs * Bunch 
* Tomatoes 
E Turnips * 10 
Vegetable Marrow. 
Ifalllarge establishments would adopt this rule, 
and it-is in force in some of the very largest, it 
would save much annoyance to the gardener, some 
expenditure of breath to the cook, and, we may 
add, no small waste of money to the master. 
REM KT 
Ir is now some months since the Freeman’s 
Journal acquainted its admiring readers, upon Par- 
liamentary authority, that the commission which 
was appointed by the late Government in October 
last, to inquire into the Potato disease in Ireland, 
had cost the country eighteen thousand four hun- 
dred pounds ! 
s there is nothing too hard or too large for 
political gobemouches to swallow, this story was 
eagerly caught at by the opposition press, and the 
whole country from Lough Foyle to Cape Clear 
rung with exclamations at the infamous job thus per- 
petrated by the Government of Sir Robert Peel 
From Ireland it passed to England, and at last has 
found a place in the Times, but with an improve- 
ment ; for a Mr. C.,one of the great obscure who 
are permitted to contribute to the * stuffing" of the 
corpulent pages of our contemporary, has accused 
e issi “ pocketing hundreds of 
pounds each, and of putting the country to the ex- 
pense of as many thousands!” Only imagine three 
gent] ^ whose ission lasted about three 
weeks, and of whom one received no remuneration 
whatever for his services, pocketing or otherwise 
disposing of some hundreds of thousands of ee 
inthatshort period. The Irish story which made 
them net 92007. each, or three thousand pounds a- 
week, was rather startling ; but it was not enough 
so for the sensible correspondent of the Times. 
Need we say that the whole story is what is com- 
monly denominated fudge—a mere fabrication, hay- 
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ing no other truth to rest upon than the well-known 
fact that a short commission did issue, which com- 
mission must have cost something. 
Nothing can more strongly show the degrading 
nature of party politics, than that tales like this 
should be propagated by men of respectability. 
Such a case is one of those sad exhibitions of malice 
and credulity which would be incredible if they 
were not of daily occurrence. 
CULTURE OF THE PINE-APPLE. 
Ir will be readily conceded that the diseussions which 
have from time to time appeared in the Chronicle have 
given a decided impetus to the culture of the Pine- 
apple; this, I think, cannot be disputed. It would be 
astonishing, indeed, now to see, even at provincial exhi- 
bitions, plump, fall grown 2} Ib. Queen Pines; such 
things are, in fact, rarities in Covent-garden Market. 
They would be taken now-a-days, not for the produe- 
tion of our English Gardens, but for those fruit im- 
ported by the thousand from our West India Islands 
under that name. So completely and successfully has 
the attention of gardeners been driven to consider their 
position relative to the production of this fruit, that 5 
and Glb. Queen Pines are as common now as fruit half 
that size were a few years back. It istrue that many 
of the recommendations so stoutly insisted on to attain 
this end, savoured of the ridiculous, but it is neverthe- 
less also true that those who had been plodding most 
faithfully and unswervingly in the school of culture 
p ibed by our grandfatl in the art, were induced 
to test the invulnerability of their recipes and maxims. 
The explosion of one of these, redoubtable as they ap- 
peared, and previously defended with so much boldness 
and energy, let in new light upon the subject, and dis- 
pelled the mystery which we were taught hung over 
a very mysterious art. 
Some are foolish enough to imagine that no advance 
has been made in this braneh of gardening, and 
that we have the recorded weight of Pine-apples 
quite as large produced years ago. We are not fas- 
tidious enough to cavil aboutthis; but we contend that a 
mighty advance has been made in their general culture 
throughout the kingdom ; that fine fruit, as proof of 
this, is now common ; that every one who aspires to the 
cultivation of the Pine is convinced that unless he 
adopts such modern improvements as may seem ap- 
plicable to his own. peculiar necessities (such as have 
been from time to-time urged in the pages of this 
Journal), he must content himself to be classed with 
the gardeners of the dark ages. The recent meeting of 
the Horticultural Society in Regent-street must have 
clearly shown how deeply involved the interests of prac- 
tical men are in this question ; for, instead of the exhibi- 
tion of a single specimen of skilful-eulture during a 
season, leaving us afterwards to marvelover it for 12 
months, they are now produced absolutely in shoals, 
and of such dimensions, too, that people begin to ery 
out, the perfection of Pine-growing has been accom- 
plished : beyond this we cannot go! But I shall pre- 
sently show that it is scarcely begun, and that what 
has been done is only the first effort to get out of 
the mud, and that the costly mode which has been 
adopted to get us out of this position, is, in itself vexa- 
tious, and ina great measure opposed to the natural 
principles upon which successful cultivation hinges, 
The systems hitherto pursued have; in most instances, 
frightened every economical: cultivator out of the field, 
and scores of Pine-growers are now content to fill their 
pits with Cucumbers or Melons, because common garden 
soil and stable litter were the chief adjuncts required 
in their cultivation, There were no bills for far-fetched 
manures—for charcoal, or for vats to double distill 
these. We shall, however, by-and-by enquire into the 
merits of such formidable and expensive materials in 
the culture of this fruit, and if I can show that the 
best example of Pine-growing as practised in'amy esta- 
lishment in this country, is immeasurably distanced 
without the aid of these, my assertion will consequently 
be entitled to some credence and respect, however 
startling and vexatious it may be to those who have 
pinned their faith on these unsatisfactory and costly 
compounds. I shall, it is true, be lustily assailed for 
having disturbed the old beaten path, and thereby run- 
ning foul of the prejudices of one or the favourite 
clap-trap of another. Regardless of this, however, 
Iam assured that the true lover of gardening will hail 
with delight the simplification and imp of an; 
system of cultivation on which such heavy responsi- 
bilities have in times past depended. 
The Queen Pine has been the favourite kind, and 
henceis more generally eultivatedin this country than any 
other, and the variety of Queen called Ripley’s is the most 
esteemed amongst gardeners. It is considered to swell 
better, the pips being more obtuse. ‘This is the variety 
principally grown by Mr. Gabriel Pelvilain, at Meudon, 
one of the principal gardeners to the King of the 
French, and of whose success in the cultivation of this 
fruit we are about to speak in detail. Mr. Pelvilain 
also grows the old Queen, and has been successful 
in obtaining a most beautiful and very distinct 
variety, and equal to any of the Queens in point of form 
ever saw. It is very handsome, and I was informed 
its quality was first-rate; but of that I have no personal 
knowledge. Mr. Pelvilain has at this moment a small 
pit of Pines approaching maturity, although as yet in a 
perfectly green state, and will, without the least doubt, 
attain iderabl i 
Ly er di thai 
about to quote, as it is well known to gardeners that 
