646 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. Oer 9, 
In the middle of August it became necessary to cut it j by skilful a annual pruning and man miis I e 5 Po ee ee 
down, on acco of its enormous size, to prevent it my visit there the other day, sev old and favou six Nectarines, Ei Re Phillpo Best 
from d stroying some neighbouring Roses, and it it then | | mire in the finest ete of freon such as oint- — Bearmain, Her, Can on Rogera: Bet dah of je Apples, 
easured 3 of 30 m in cireumference, and | pendu-plat, Devonshire Quarrenden, Downton Pippin, T. — 20% Magnum Bonum, Rer. Nectarine, — 
5 feet in height. I have never had an opportunity of Dum oo. s Se eedling, Baxter ' Favourite; Gl den Reingtte — — 8 — and Greenhouse Plants : Glens 
examining it closely, but I clave constantly seen and | Yellow ee and many others ly 8 8 ora, Franck i ergia aurantiaca, Vinea 
d it from the road in passing by, and I have amongst which I may mention 3 e Ménage, rmosa, &c., Mr 12; 2d , Plumbago aradi P 
repeatedly heard from one who has been inside the | Apple Siini met with, especially in W as — Ten Pentas carnea, Erica vestita 
garden that whatjI have here stated is entirely correct. : nh is grown here. Many fruit of this — weighed 20 oz — ig seers i ne —— s venusta, &c.,, Mr. W. 
have also been told that between April and August it each, and I was informed that they had frequently bée enja crassinoda, Torenia — — » inte- 
frequently bore upwards of 200 perfect spikes of flowers — d to weig y much as 0Z, eac I may add, Dav obuz and Rev. T. Phillpotts ; 3d, Allamani unge Mr. 
at once, and that it had not a single stem or branch however, that everything is done in first-rate style, | s chubertia „graveolens, — verticillata, — 
th, Aschy. 
broken by the wind, although in a very bleak and exposed under the superintendence of a first-class gardener. | nanthus Lobbii, Vinca — Justicia carnea, C ° 
situation. I sho ald nad that it is s planted in the richest | Derbyshire Angelonia pubescens, Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M. P. Bees 
artificial soil that can be made, and that in winter it is Potatocs.— send you a correct account of my Potato meee ˖ — grandiflorus, Rar. F. Pullis 
left wholly unprotected. In the flower garden of the erop of this season, consisting of three sorts, as it dis- Prien ae r 28; ora coccinea, Mr. 
pecimen, noc 
same gentlem ere are a specimens plays in a remark ner important tice tha 6 Mr. bankas. a rehids in flower, Dendrobium au? 
of the Myoporum tenuifolium, the two sorts 18 i all sorts do not suffer to equal extent, even t santhum, Phalzenopsis grandiflora, a Catt 
yop , > q 27 — 2 — A — deed and Oncidium, 
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and of the new Cantua dependans; I have seen late. It will appear by the present stateme nt, that 1 ditto, t Harrisoni 
them myself, but I am informed by good a that the Prince Regents upwards of one-third were diseased. 3 1 2 
they are of a size 2 form far ne plea anything ever Of the Farmer’s Profit one-fourteenth only were bad; of ditto, Clowesiana, Mr. Daubuz. Best 6 Fuchsias, Habens 
attained in any of our best managed greenhouses, 222 and of the Red Champion, which is the earliest of the — — the — Un 8 . Elegantissima, 
8 1 believe, ri the soil which is is sve to them. | three sorts, and very handsome, only 1 bushel in 29 Cem of the West, Voltigeur, Be ae eo Splendida, 
; 9 , „ Mr. Friend. Best 
Flowe -= affecte: The ground, which is light, was manured | specimen ditto, Seedlin 51, Mr. Daubuz; 2d, Banks’ | 
James Daten. at beg to state re James Carton ast year for Turnips, the greater part of which was geur, Mr. Friend. Best 12 Dahlias, Magnificent, Beeswing, 
his family sailed from o 590 N Dartmouth direct ploughed in, and no more manure added. They were er Sn Princess Louisa, Richard Cobden, Box, Mr, Selden, 
x x ecta, Princess Radziville, Sir Ed An 
for the diggings, at Port Mlin o n Friday, October y , | Plant ed in March he Farmer’s Profit d by | of Hastings, Toison d'Or, Mr. Friend; 2d, Snowflake Past 
2 the shi ip Jane t Mite hel his eldest son, z years pare fro afew I received fro friend six years Duke of Wellington, Gem, Golden Drop, Fearless 
is you ieat o, and has always yielded by far the soundest crop of | B sane 0 — — peace „N Y 
pi a baby, six weeks old, in all 10 souls. They are well on as well as the largest; sometimes they have been | Ars. A pitta 5 rg Wel slaw Ai 
3 with clothes and japel necessaries for the | all sound, with scarcely any middlings and chats ; 5 Stopford, Shylock, Duke or Cambridge, Fearless, 1 
His passage, and extras, have cost = an exce 1 e when all other sorts are past | of Cornwallis, Empereur de Maroc, Princess Radaiville, Anta. 
upwards of 150., Guiles: ete sents of clothes, seed, The Red Champion 1 also raise bid, from á ings 22 row. — am reedy, a Best 6 D ee Cleopatra, 
This n ee will satisfy the ae that Poets it is a Sioa keeper, but not so prolific as the | wallis, Mr. Daubuz; 2d, Mr. Seldon, ieee 22 
doubted “of his going, and will also let who have Profit. ain Warner, — Ean ouisa, Toison d’Or, Mr, Friend: 34 
y e forward with the ways ** means — A „ 3 , Fearl 
: > r „Mr. st 
ee pae ege aes Ware. | Aid. | Chats. | Bad. Spieadens, Suvwball, Abdel e te 
um, Cornet, Rosy ormosa, M . 
outfit and ponme j . Prince Regents ae ary TE: —_ Enchantress, Elegans, Sir. ameb, Bart., Bes, 
Diseased Potatoe —The treatment I have hitherto | Farmer's Proftt. 1864 43 8 16 ee w. 1 — — 1 Hane äi Reet Vai 
1 pai 50 ‘serv rvation of m A re oa Red Champion j . nu 88 * t 2 Purple riyal, il, Perfume Madeleine, ene r of China, 
0 nguine expectation. o no t, Defiance, y- Exraa— 
take up the crop until the stalk has lost its green F. J. Graham, Cranford. ar. “vi an. 1 1 i 
2 : 2 rsifiorus, elaleuca pubescens, epressa, „ 
appearance, and is decayed, I throw away the putrid — — me od — rata, Cllanthus puniceus, Veronica speciosa, T 
and soft Potatoes, and gei 4 iate covered with a coccinea, Siphocampylus —— Tecoma Bien 
brown seurf, or partially d separate from the Sorcicties, jasminoides, Brugmansia suaveolens, Acacia verticillata, 
general crop, and subject the ca ei a 15 20 supply of i Plumbe 8 Abutilon striatum, He pree —.— 
» lime ashes, or wood as er and Maurandya Barclayana, Orange, Citron, 
well mixed with them. The drying or pried . ot ENTOMOLOGICAL, Oct. 4.—J. O. Wxstwoon, Esq., Pre tiglandaloea, Edwardsia grandifiora, Metrosideros 
of the lime acts like magic o them, an nd oh kis the sident, in the Chair. The risen announced that the Erythrina crista-galli, Grevillia acanthifolia, Abelia 
n a few hours ; so that sent? is iety sete gree its apartments from Old Bond- bunda, Camellia aiani, — permum Fier j 
Fate up, anid can: el — 5 off ne street, to No, 12, Bedford-row, Holborn, where the maneia 1 elaleuca oppositifolia, eo Br 3 
re ae at Pia. Wr y be boiled from ihe 2 future meetings of the Society will be held. A special Medel r. ‘ate 1 cane m e= Mr. Daubaz. 
ether farm purposes when req - The e gen dete of thanks to Miss Br ld, for a further donation 
gst them, I kee an « was read and signed by the members 
among ne, oak. m outhouse, bu buried = Se Y: 1. Edm Shepherd 15 Books ee 
pherd exhibited a number of rare Lepid. 
prin taken near Dover in July; also a specimen of 
ntiope, taken at the same place at the end of Architectural Botany. By i „ Griffith, Archie 
lan 
without the germinating principle of ithe 2 bane Ant 
September. Mr. Sam uel Stevens also — sa 1 4to. Gilbert Co p. 10 (a pamphlet).—That 
least injured by the p I had good meal 
Potatoes the whole of last season when all my neigh- 
and 
7 Hampstead, as wel e od epe. |% * 1 
eir crops. I grow about 80 bags yearly, and use ee sash eee gem osc oure he, | tiful f i 3 
about 6 or 8 bushels of lime or bites for iian. which of Argynnis Paphia r. F. Bond exhibited the ot en 3 . 
is not lost, but may be used on the farm n eilor piia of Anticlea W ata, and mentioned that he lect or want of due appreciation of the peculiarities 
Mares Roberts, Bickington, near Barnstaple, ha boy lately seen Vanessa 3 flying near Cam- f pr aerate’ forms led to the loss of that classical bem 
Large Peaches —The following is the weight of 12 bridge. Mr. Hunter brought for distribution, from the | which the most untutared mind admires. We 
Late Admirable Peaches, gathered in the garden of Uad eelit of the Isle of Wight, specimens of the rare ‘therefore, glad to see any endeavour to revive 
H. Earle, Esq., Allerton ‘ete, onthe 2d inst. “The 1 Suet -e which resides in the larva state kiviai — wish Mr. Gaib success in his attempt 
12 12 weigh ed 5 ihe, ‘tie Jäi measuring = 0 inches in in the seed pods of Iris fcetidissima, within which a te ke how this may best be done for ur 
nee and weighing 8h oz. For Peaches about Perfect insects are found, Mr. Weir exhibited spec 3 We 3 however, hint that he has — 
Pree don this weight may be considered small, but it is mens of Coleophora deaurella, taken in Clover-fields at earn before — master of his his art un 
i eee Tunbridge Wells; and Mr. Douglas specimens o of Ela- | ; 
* ease.—I expeeted to have seen more re- | chista 3 bred from Sison amomum, as recorded 
os rel erence to the request, at tp. 598, respecting and fi figured by De bpa Roeslerstammia pygmæ 
ere ow Doone uiai df ekta e Thinh aonides in burrows in the leaves of a 
die dee e iò E the Deadly Nightshade, having th en to throw ont x 
the Potatoes were affected, and they have been so, more | the excrement from its burrow, contrary to the usual |; 
less, every prsa THe year Thad a he | habit of mining larvo. Mr. Hunter mentioned a new Gra 
but on examining it about » month ago | mode of collecting moths, by placing poms of rag 
Une ‘CAMEL nodi anë m iho hetit of in sugar and upon bushes, to which 
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eg: A * eee eee CF CORNWALL, 17.—At this, 
nobleman’ s garden, not 100 miles from last exhibition forthe present year, the following prises whe | th 
the, eae — of Nantwich, may be found a fine prey e Queen, enn Liege or 3 
oe tigua, et Melon, Ki 
ine of Apple culture in the shape of oh en Mr. Daubuz; 2d, Dunean's Green Pech, Mer. Vivia er) 
alt eat dwarf 
— 1 and wil Rev Best ; 
A b of Grapes, Musca 
burgh, Black Prince, Black St, ‘Boe &., Mr, 
Vivian ; 2d, Biack urgh, Muscat of Alexan Black 
Frontignans, White Sweetwater, Syrian, and Black | of 
Cluster, Rev, T 8. Best! tof j 
Lunelle, Mr. Vivian ; 2d, Syrian, Mr. Friend. Best „ 
Rogers. Best ‘Cathe. | 
