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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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November, and thi snow many fine young plants | 
and quite ripe. As we ware he dog to find them, we are | 
1, SE ae ee 
ths al 
ripen and fall either i in. 
ts. 
ow 
Ca ndens, pom ar fulgens, in 48-pots 
than #o . x 10 inches high, with 3 or 48 pikes of flowers 
Om potaloe. —At a recent horticultural meeting in this | 
remiums were arm de for the three t 
g Po tat ok ere were five 
competitors, each of w ag 
weighed as . dpe. 674lbs. ; ae seul Ibs.; 3rd, 
sane a 60lbs. and 5th, 58lbs.—A Towns sman, 
Mr. Rivers, of 
Cored Filberts.—I mentioned that 
nd Cosford 
Sawbridgeworth, had gra afted some Filberts an 
, Welbec 
ro 
to pre’ n them oon_as they begin to “get ripe. | Here being shaded by the leaves and not covered deep! ply 
The soll i ry a ber aeceedly alluvial deposit, taken from the with soil, they are 3 ope ree as nearly as argon in the same 
bottom of the lal ke many years ago. were in dam ical jungles, 
1 P h y that is n , therefore, 
duction. One bed I intend ‘panting with some young t th , to imitat I your wad nature 
i I d damp house is used for the pur- 
the other, with the skins and parings of those used in the | pose, nothing farther is necessary than merely to scatter 
ate es I will pooh sai to let — kuow if th the sp y peat. in of th 
essful.—W. T Cine _ Or, if a house, with iry sp = 
"The Tangeri thei —I w atten 
the Aaesrngegt of this as a fruit Pore the ewer "Olas 
t here, has from six to en dozen on 
of ‘which are that it grows "y, fast, and ses not throw 
it quite ripe ; 3 a “fruit is most delicious, ra “better than | 
any Orange 
with a agen, a arin case, or anoles of the ‘kind, 
ye si = suckers. I had a few m7 these grafted nuts, 
h they were mat ioe pe till very late, nearly all 
and 0} 
ne, a sketch of which I 
send you, has seven ~eyetonses 7 and as many nuts as 
leaves. The nuts are quite 
Tillery, Welbe 
fae vou eo uy 2 Edging. —In the 42nd Lago 
espondent Mr. P. Mackenzie recommen! 
round the spores. Tt t very 0 happens, that even with 
the pert peta Ferns as to vegetate, but then the 
ood order, and this may have been the 
| spores t in go: 
| case with > those used by our correspondent. 
Severity of the Weather. —If you have | not had any in- 
nds t 
Oralis “scetovella as a are for t urf edgi ngs und 
e shade of tre 
i} 
ited last week, you may be inter- 
Aa 
on the leaves ov the 0 
pce carne 
be always reer’ the we wiiet het flower or not. 
x of course will not be so easily kept within bounds as 
e Oral. T hav gene! retty su successful, on a small 
47 
the end of Nov., and ai neil the month of eeetenued ad t this pees of the year. On Monday the 
April. Beautital : as eur little tole eae ne so vss 15th, snow fell heavily in the afternoon and continued 
grove is, and suitable and pleasing as falling for | “for several hours, and during the night the ther- 
edging under the shade an pod Pessy a etry "4 18° ; Tuesday, the 16th, was A erates { 
summer a grea erg it, however, m must be objec- | mild, but the snow, which was very thick on the 
tionable as a permane nt edging i in such a are on | remained, and the night was excessively severe, as I f 
account of f the perishable nature of i ts foliage on Wed y about nine o’clock the thermo- 
the gloomy season of di , and tha’ been, during the 
an edging would be most deplored. I hak the Vinca | night, as low This was such ‘ordinary de- 
ake pre sr Rie to the Oxalis prewragt as an edging | gree of cold, gh i was at first i the cor- 
under trees, especi: art ha Biers and other broad- rectness of my thermo: ; but as I have since learnt 
leaved evergree! eens 5 it will | from undoubted information, that at Bucknell, two miles 
we 
There should be a few stones put in among the plants ; 
five to twenty 
therefore. 
: 
Those who wish to have Filberts and ora in e early 
fearing, cannot do better than to have these gra afted trees, 
5 
ing out the plants ¥ with the rake. | There aresome ere of 
oy f my own thane, as a more or less shelt: 
ake the difference of a few 
sides of the walks in the woods here. Woul 
trichum not be a good subetipute for turf pew ier under 
the shade and drip of trees?—J. D., Blair Drummond 
ly- 
be well to caution gardeners 
resentations 
yxertr iene ould 
against being deceived by the fiaming represen 
of | j 
ednesday night, the frost was very slight, and we — 
ry mild weather. The thick coating of su 
roots in the autumn, they may be keptin ad warf state.—K. erry.—It requires n ragnoned to — it; it is, 
Root-pruning.—Allow me to congratulate you upon | for sale, which has been much the fashion o late. I know | beer, sweetest when it is new, but if not well made it 
your advocacy of the root-pruning of fruit-trees. I had ae experie eae Bh e of the pretended ‘ 1 vf 
known dwarf standa rd A pple-trees _ subjected | to that impro roved’’ sorts which gi s wei out last year at high | but sorts are never fit to bottle. yacrte aapealiik 
pri ices, are much inferior in m ine old kinds known in | should save pong the sorts of Pears that his was made 
ad likewise here I have tested its Hl ffect: J. — seg an of your correspondents reas me if 
Id Pe t and iehiok 
Fu h if Fruit-t nae rstand t! must, that is 
1 credibly informed had not produce ono gon te of | the Fa ms fe oats j pedi aa paaben: ra not | was ever used, 0 used, as a heating phe in 
fruit in one =< os the precedin one of the hybrid sorts. I selected a bad expression in the wey, wer pastes rua for it retains heat for a long time 
ee OF 1859, I had it well Bet arent “aud igs op- dressed saying “ pale yellow.” My meaning is, that Tiebas being | after it is tal sey taped the cyder-mill?—C. W. : 
ith a little fresh light soil. The f ing re 88 of a good gree n, the frui yellowi ripen. I|  Miscellanea.— em ny inquiries whether Salvia 
three dozen of fruit were from it, peers res neh sewage ten the ripe = in three different | patens is hardy. Te last winter without any 
100 fine large fruit have been pi rom S Iti ‘e places, but not toh have observed the colour | such a: as Mr. | ion, except a little old tan over root ; it ca 
‘alled Cuisse Madame, the fruit something ike a Colmar, | Ayres descril g up very in .—You \ eer ompawergae a 
and fit for use in September. However, I am glad to | variations mer dccur both in colour and taste. The eee Chunk stove for a ame EO agg mistake not, it re- 
ad frui cessf t tter of opinion. But probabl res hot coals to be put into i This, in neon 
the same way. Gardeners: would d do well to take the hint, pine ee reg ae ‘th re fr sat q he wi ls between the ect ap and the 
tas Peon people will agree that it o 
REA fruit of the first impression, and not very far removed dener. I have used the common Arno! wy gratahionss 
of having a strong retentive aol ‘to napa on, close upon | from its crab state. or culture sani a flower, for two winters with perfect success. ik requires a zine 
a bed of of clay. — Thomas C. Elliott, Rudding Park comparatively, Je t WI tove, with water in 
Gardens. the Apple and Pear be, tel varieties never been raised, it, which will tl Pp orat _ It will not bear to 
G Cuttings.—In p. 732 there are some re- som? I con 
marks on raising Gooseberries from ace ; but an im- | sider the elements soabieed t in a generous an my stot sid which is 18 bss 15, cage two in very 
portant point when planting them seems to have been | fruit to be sweetness, , acidity, and favour (he Pine-apple 55 ao This is much better forcing one 3 to a 
aan, , the application of m ree quantity p highest of all) ere g _ ~e rer i. frees little hear 
bs moss is tied on the bottom of the c' ut which hi h sweetness entirely (like | ance, may eight or ten hours. 
induces roots to develop ib apne Sonnactnen ) to be the class. I think the| of fuel is about ten 5! ae a 
& proportionate number of fine shoots is made. w Wekies of the: it: fulgens have a portion ie EY. t the of the green- 
the plants are taken up in the autumn, the moss is re- eionrsts Basctnd is idle to pti eee’ taste. der th have a second door, by which 
moved, and the bottom roots only are allowed to rem at the time of ripening h di ets to them. I did not lose any 
ns ie: naa . bene ar a RE 
The Deodar.—Seeing some queries about the Deodar isi ce ail aes oblige a Cherry will ripen perfectly on erwin 
Cedar inthe Ciaroncle, T have sent a few remarks on its iat ne for growing Ferns from seeds, or I have one, the 1 clergy Fe enye — 
culture and introduction here. The seeds were sent by | spores, as they are called. ry ise eid 184 plant OF gers any other Cherries, t Morello, do’ ud — 
the late Willi: i T believe. in 1832, and i in a thoroughly damp spot; but I and can you supply me with the names of or six - 
only seven vegetate ree of re, as that portion of my garden 
young, in a is but of little use to me?—A. Leslie Bransion 
now ll feet Hail, Lincotn.—[ Where the ser tag a 
a met San Mest Kentish, nggecatd or 
being Tada Jargonelle and Hacon’s Incomparable 
the roots Pears ; rand s fe stewing Pear in required, the Bezi d’ Heri— 
poor red y-] 
the pits) Celery—D. R. remarks usual method of 
feet high, and earthing up Celery seldom prevents the frost from re 
ing h ‘ants. on account, as he thi "ed 
feveaer agen 4 eee tance as will 
k | admit of | earth being ing roughly ane up; for he — 
Bopper h = | pi oe 
heart of tl gaat, bat well pressed round it with the 
hand, | the he gro th of the 
-| Celery. He advises every gardener, and 
 eottagers, grow Seymour's s Celery, which & bap 2 dwarf 
voured 
