40—1852. | 
to introduce them as ee wnt he must 
I thi nk, be wrong in his surmises pripedium 
ealceolus is plentiful in the north of Taglans, for 1 
j any years in the northern counties I 
am, and even 
there it was exceedingly searce ; and from the inquiries 
= made about it, 5 is likely it is Tost entirely ere 
o yeire 
—the pe 
Hooker, i in — British 
oods in Euo i — we ace Be and 
r heard of any other 
) was th 
al native. I shall be glad to hear of its 
being more plentiful, but at the time I yr it —.— 
was rare 80. wever, anyone 
su in the culture of this and other 
Orehids of British ori in, will — 85 a * on many 
collector 
to — Potatoes and preventing d 
—— 
hing and pro effects in 1846, ha 
— followed it MP eversince. I very m 
of a light porous covering, particularly for —.— oye 
th > argo irk in ** is neighbourhood 
ploy small scale ; — gos one 
cathe e or r chaff might answ * ur pose the 
drills might be filled with — and bat little 3 put 
over them od hve] gy — planting. I will state my m 
of managem 8 dig the e red si then 
make a 6 17 s deep, an 1 
pra tatoes (ihe n very largest sz), in the 
12 ine es apart ; ; old tan is next put so plenti- 
fully that | A N. is left, giving an 1 ratade ce to the 
drills as if they were banked up for oe ane 3 
kept el y ut no earth is 
the tan, hipon is of itself heavy pay oo A Atte mond 
might ppe over stubble o t the land 
must be n. and m mos ed Toe — Seien 
previous to Trilling. ú and by 2 ng | whole 
Potatoes that I get one-third more weight of produce 
on the same ground 
ea 
several statements in your pages in favour of late P 
and finding that s some sty almost doubted Nr possibility 
of having th e season, 
the ret ement of y young gardeners nA 4 
that I find little difficulty in Te the table g 
October with Peas ided the weather is ay vour- 
able. I have he iO 28), two crops in full g; 
one is Marrow, the other Victoria 
5 another e crop of the former variety 
Marrow. I fave 
in full bioom; ; last year I furnished the table with a dish ; 
on the 5th of No vember: this was not a mere handf 
erops very useful; last autumn I gathered a good dish 
on the 30th of October. I presume many have 
myself as to soil and situation. I live 
588 soil being a 
clayey subsoil. W. D. 8 Deal, 
In a Vinery at this A eo has 
ine has no 
e > for two Di a Meadh 
w ite 
berries pay. ¢ or habe of the pany! * — seasons ly 
the e 
such n cf 
H. e 
to state that the only successful way of eradicating H 
Jones, of Barnet-common, Hertfo: rdshi ire. For 
„and whether their 
visions kaagi sehen ted, and 8 
on oi 
THE GARDENERS’ 
. ———. —ç⅝Ä ! be wets it aeee the same day 1 went into the garden to see ‘two months since. Some of the trees on the side 
the 
age. 
Flora,” reports it as found in | see 
* 
recording their | Herts. 
ET 
er — me E ; and as I tried 2 same CO 
tignan; probab 
although I do not find A 
upon ' Ge ells, Scotney. | vio 
ish.—In reply to X. V. Z. „ (see p. 616) I have i 
to 
1 o'clock the sa ds * I went into the garden to see 
I had not been there more ae 
m the hive that the glass w 
Feb 
placed upon in the ps of ary, a fine stink 
oe 
= 
© 
Ee 
2 
2 
ny 
hives throwing (in apian lan a cast 
is rather 
gentleman ‘eas nly 
been Savage on 
notice “might e been taken 
Robert toes Te dine Cottage, Barnet Common, 
Poor — In a recent Number a corre- 
-leaf Fungi 
in | re inquired ad the cause of orange — on Pear 
lea ves t arose fro 
a fungus 
called « ‘Dothidea colliculosa,’ i but that no Grati rendein 
itself a arly stage 
Te hy — and Siod: 
ding its spores The Dot hides, nt ed, consists of 
on the surface of the 
black, while on 
the underside, exactly beneath these, grow se several larger | w 
ridia — — — tops, but round beneath. When 
CHRONICLE. 
came off ; vas eee was 5 lost i in putting them into a hive, | 
and, stran, few minutes only elapsed when the 
the ‘other —— swarmed also; ad made no 
comb in the placed on the top. On the 15th day 
ter the two hives s I calle Mr. Jones’s to 
n 
the bees of one of the Wen rather in a state of agitation 
so; Pin 
Conifer 
had 
1| —When 
629 
two Some of the trees on side 
facing tl the 2 — changed their summer attire for 
the and yellow leaf of autumn, while others are 
— of their foliage on that side, the other compa- 
rative a ee ning its usual appearance. But perhaps 
3 — be that wind i is shown in a 
e trees is covered. “whe 
quite as numerous on one tree as in the spring; the 
many. C. W. O., 
e other e, have not put forth so 
pow 
us sins ignis.—I have a very fine example of this 
der my care which last year —— one 
cone, . this year it nl but the same limited quantity. 
i imagine, 3 that as it becomes older, we e, 
ce. ood supp lan 
ly of them. It was planted 18 y 
nes in this country ! No. 
field Green 
gh the Aubergine does not ripen 
well in tis country, it er arrives at such a 
te and perfection as to make it a delicate and excel- 
lent article of food, if dressed in the following manner = 
en the fruit has attai a all the maturity of see 
in our om itudes, it should 
“stew — eee lightly crinkled 
urs, allowed to drain. The 
rs 
a little strong miha 
— — of Salsafy an 
ripe, as 
like the = of a Moss, and under a glass i is — 
rent, exhibiting oo at through the interstices, even 
under a common 
off and a ho w ikea a piiat s seen 
escape. Isend you a sketch, which may perhaps best 
illustrate the subject, I have never been able to 
1, Pear-leaf affected by Æ 
2. È 15 idi — 3 — Een — 
3. Spores—reddish brown. 
care an anyihi ng — fructification in the so called 
Dothidea 
swept along the southern coast of En 
ugust, wi 
pe The consequence was that the ne 
plunged into a mid-winter landscape, the trees w 
2 . und e with cris p, black leaves, eas 
ling leaves. — fallin autumn, Twod 
afterwards t the mae beg: 3 w signs of petting forth 
ts, and one of verest sufferers, a fine old 
me: 
in a few 
ga 
to the wood ; autumn tints a by light green, 
the 
ged 
2 a little mnai 
great many bees were out in a cluster i the hive, and Mcuntain Ash es 
pa they ly to swarm, „As the morning |u thed Oak—the ree nee ay be seen in one and 
ly and so is appears to be worth noticing, though | 
might not warm for afew 8 they were in way not be peculiar Wo pce E. W., H. — 
cin se va ve, as my own bees in this part of the country (Sussex) 
same — L e arse atic 
— ae swarming ; | 12 and | wind, from the south-west, which we had here 
ane at this period presents | ra 
in 
a | may chance to adhere to them owt the ng tee 
has | about 
ed -e * ee in 
r | great d Æshna) are 
i grow up ys 
i fortunate i in meeting with such unex: 
The 
variety cultivated was the Werres Aubergine, of 
ich se were dis by the eee. 
Society i in the spring. The Chinese 9 
as well as other kinds of Egg-plant, and — doubt- 
— son good, M. 
The Weather.—Mr. Bree, of antes asks “ if the 
ey epi rac in 3 temperature on 
18th 
2 
E 
prevent sro condensation of pr at on the 
inside the house, which took place toa greater extent 
seem te wherever -= exte air was 
mitte vapour was also condensed on the out- 
side of the windows, showing a ference of tempera: 
of at least 10° n the within and without. 
-east of 
rather having the 
= largest 
. — e aga to the mouth, they deal with 
cally 3 —— iu ar with 
their fore-paw "a seraping away 
their jaws. 
es. (Carabi) and cock- 
n order that 
Pot 
ve | extensively, excluding as they did all sun and air. E. 
Benne nett, i. 
Aloe in Bloom.—There is now in flower at 
the White House, Colebrookdale, Salop (the seat sn 
Mrs. Darb; of cana, o. 
The 
about | stem has 
24 branches, comprising from 13 to 5 
