710 THE GARDENERS’ GHRONICLE. (Nov. g, 
rotecting my Potato e If spared ery Aldi; laria picta, Zygo talum crinitum, ad = 
1 8 p dpa E e 2. nie ore, d intend to ad dont the 8 od of Oncid (O. r ornithorhyn chum), Mia rá 
four rows, papa side * — It is 8 from s again, as I am persuaded the * is a good duced Calanthe vestita, a lovely lateslowerin s Pro- 
ee he ed one, G. B. E. "Freshy ford. with large white blossoms having a req om 
i s there is no good t obtain e rit 
pty se tse mip distance. "Pla anting Timber Fy Se In reply to“ L. C. K.,“ who | example of Vanda cærulea, which is found to be hu 
RS asks for advice (p. 694), I say, having had similar trees coloured when grown on the “ eo system? aut 
gee a a an aa sage ee on the same 2 to deal with, do not plant at all; named Cinchona condaminea, to which, howey a plang 
3, sete 12 inches apart * if you do, the trees at present on the ground will ag er | no resemblance, A Banksin Medal w 
s 4, sets 14 inches apart 57 those you plant before they cam become saleable, In | the two E plants.—Some Pine. apples 
The 8 difference there is in the weight of the rows timber management you sh ould plant thin and keep|shown. Mr. Dod S, gr. to Sir J. Cathcart, were 
might occur from . 57 causes; the principal advan- 5 so that the par. is never over-cropped, and the | duced ne dean is oe Queens, each 
tage appears to me to be that the wide plauting, viz me can exert its proper influence ; the timber will then | 4 Ibs, Fleming ` 
os, 3 and 4, produced larger tubers, 3 more not disappoint you, whatever the land may be as to Sutherland, at Trenthant, hed three fru 
valuable for sale, and there is moreover a very na ro pe Will you favour me hope an answer to the sort, weighing respeetively Albs. 14025., 
able saving in sots, y own idea has a ays been that fo 8 question : :— Had any of the Larches, which | and 4 Ibs. 6 ozs. ; the heaviest of these 
there should be a clear 12 inches between each set. were all diseased when cut down. a head of branches | scarcely ripe enough, but all of them were eria 
Should this meet ‘the eye of any ex —— Potato three fourths the length of the tree when cut down! reg fruit, with very small crowns. Mr. Chapman 
gr. it r swelled an 
ject ; all the rows were in some measure diseased, but 3 horizontalis,—A visit to 120 south e France | ripened Black Jamaicas weighing 4 Ibe Jer 
so equally so that when they were sorted and ii has shown me the entire distinctne of this variety of ore Cayenne 6 Ibs. 4 oz. The latter was an 
ruce Fir 
argues that manure is not the cause of the disease, in à distance might be mistaken for "that tee, or for a much cultivated as it deserves to be.— 
which opinion I am inclined to join him, provided the poor evergreen variety of Taxodium distichum. Its Muscat and West st’s St. Peter's, well grown, but 
land is manured in the autumn. This year and last cones also, wherever I had the opportunity of examining | unripe, came from Mr. Martin, gr. to Sir H. Fi 
also I left two lands in my Potato field unmanured, and them, are oval, not globular. It is a decidedly ugly | Bart., of Hill House, Wink ria erat 
n 
I co eiv t colle 2 ' 
Potatoes on the land des were quite as much infected | wish to introduce it. It is however possible that it is E. St. Vincent Digby; Esq., of Minterne, Dorchester, 
as the remainder of the field, but the yield was quite o only a variety, as it does not differ more from C. sem- It consisted o „Mandarin Oranges, the produce. of g 
one-third less, I iays use long ran yara manure, pervirens than the Ioose- headed variety of Juniperus second crop this year, the first in 
over which I spread, from a tank made to — it, a virginiana does from the close-headed upright one. J. R. last; some very | adras Citrons, a sweet I 
good coat of pig manure. This year, out of 500 sac cks French Short-horn Currot.— It does not appear to be and fruit of ‘the Cédratier de Salo, a thick 
I have only 39 sacks put ee e of known either to seedsmen or gardeners generally, that Citron, — is — eatable, but which is valuable fr 
i igs. iler and ote i at from i — 
th Banksian Medal was i 
råpes—We have a large house here used as a | France into Covent Garden market in the early part of Col. Salmey — an “ Apricot Peach,” reported h 
ith Vines, intended as a the season, is easy of cultivation, and more suited to | bea hybrid between an 232 and a Pee 
succession house for late fruiting, and we wish them to some soils than those generally grown in this country. es — of the flavour of both. tree had len 
come in about October, . The Vines have been planted | Carrots in a young state are at all times of the year in raised at Egham Park from a stone brought from 
five years with the following sorts, viz., Black Prince, great request here, and this one, on * of its shape, Florence, where the fruit of this variety is mit 
Black Hamburgh, West’s St. P eter’s, White and * axe from its being of finer texture a d flavour, is much | esteemed. It was stated, however, — n 
Frontignan, and Sweetwater, all of which are referr rred to any of the others for —— cookery, | than one of those yellow Clingstone P. es ee 
luxuriant health; but to our great disappomtment have therefore I find it to bea great sapis ition. Last season n common in the North of — and which are mb 
hitherto failed to produce a crop or form bunches of an both true t | genera 
si We can command heat up to 60° when ‘toting and of excellent aki nn are too 8 
requisite. Advice and assistance are requested to point to be a much faster grower than the common early | The same mse aa a also — ‘hal -ripened g 
out any ceed of treatment your Grape-growing cor- Hora rm. To prove this, on the 15th August I sowed, on a the lar arge yellow —— — — n a 
respondents may think best calculated to enable us to well prepared: piece of ground, two beds, one of each | which is used by the 
obtain the desredsucess, J.P. Di, Blandford, November I. are er Kå side, 26 yards long and 5 feet wide ; they | of food.—Though — a ge on which ber Welt 
—Dry 3 early ossi 
let each leaf lie si ingly in the dark ; turn it over once tine: — r find now, November 4, that the French Horn — were produced, all of them ere. 
a-day for S fortnight > it 1 then be Na dry. is nearly double the size of the other, which makes it Mr. Burns, of — tA who it will be ‘retell 
If this plan is adopted th y will retain their scent. oe more valuable upon the soil in this neighbourhood, | bered gained the prize Peas last time, 
ved Carrots commonly grown are very subject to Shilling’s Grotto as — * ore, sao 
The Hubshee l forwarded a few berries pee th worms, Ko., so much s>, that they frequently under favourable weather there is no 
of this Grape, which aae iR aeo, though ripe, are prove a Henke an failure, while the other has as vet keeping up a supply of Peas 10 
al colourless, taken from a. bunch | entirely escaped all disease, and done remarkably well Inte period. Mr, Muirhead, gr. to Lord ros 
2 fully 5 Ibs. 1 Era the Vine sent A oe Eom in every way. J. Skene, Rochampton, Surrey. at Conholt Park, furnished a large trayful gfe 
h i z t Horn in : 
fruit coloured well; can you assign any probable Sotiettes. 50 pods of Knights Tall Marrow in 
reason — 
any means by which this can be prevented? I ma HORTICULTURAL, Nov. 2.— C. Wentwortn Dirke 
mention that it is in the warmest part of the house, and | Esq., in the chair. Among subjects invited for special 
a t of Alexandria, which is in the coolest, exhibition on this occasion were Chr irysanthemums ; but 
is season ripened and coloured well. Scotus. [The | owing to the wet, dull, sunless weather which has ef Turnip 
cause or causes of want of colour in Grapes is not well | prevailed during the last fortnight, none were produced, quality, the skin being = — moo 
und „1% much fruit in proportion to the except r a which are the only sorts that could be solid, Aera 
breadth of foliage ; and again, too much foliage within | got into flower: Of these there were three exhibitions | that Mr. “Chap 
iven ided.] r. NI 
opti 
pe oth had T 
Figs (see p. 677).—Permit me to inform E. G. Henderson, of the Wellingtor-rond ; and a third the 7th of July. “(Tested 
“H.R.” that the best time for pruning ‘Figs is in the from Messrs. Cha: ndler, of Vauxhall. Those from the be everythin 
nd of March, provided the i 
is disposed to bl E N Hit yellow? With a ep 
to bleed, a pinch of soil *. an —bri ow, with a ints . 
8 it will 1 . f. ee Minon, 3 ink, gre apr brown centre Hen. 
Vine —Your e . W. S.” asserts, | dersonii, yellow ; a white ; and — 
at p. 704, that mildew originates at theroots of the Vine, | pink with a brownish cen — an . Henderson had | 
and that ‘fresh dressing the border will prevent the evil; one named Solfaterre, very acramento 
but Ihave seen the reverse. I have ines to aps ; Ranunculus, saith and | a brown kind 
have tak sn the house, lime-washed, and painted, named La 3 The rest not dif- 
e e er 
taint 
subjects were poorly 
there was a one dish of the 
; the Grapes were all affected | a Banksian Medal was awarded 
ee h ers y valis, where the plants 
man, gr. to 
more or less, and the young wood also, when the mildew J. B. Glegg, Esq. It was stated by Mr. C. that his last tw ; 
made its eee this year. I applied sulphur plantations were now wholly confined to the white sort, 3 in the Chair- 
t J had seen; I had a good crop, and | which is not found to be so attractive to birds as the red 2 Nov. 2.— The President in Lusitanien, ws 
not the — 8 by mildew. J. N., Hillingdon. variety. The same exhibitor also received a Certificate | collection of dried i of owe of pani 
Potatoes eas. — year I ‘had a quarter of | of Merit for three heads of the Withington Red sate presented elwitsch. was Preite 
— — 2 I formed into nine drills 2 feet good firm kind, and certainly superior to Mr. Newton’s collected at —— Bay by Mr. S ne 
Pe hai of ground was 40 poles in length. I exhibition of Nutt's White, which was coarse, — and by Mr. Pamplin. Dried s ae by Dr. i 
— = — in the drills 1 foot asunder. n | dirty. Forem —— other subjects must be mentioned from Tapley Wood, were presented and — 
; an exhibition of 12° young plants of Æschynänthus | Dickson: A collection of Liebe hibited * 
splendidus from Messrs, Finee, of Exeter: from Canada West, was e 
ese obj niv ration, their them: were 
j of u 
| clusters . eo fiery ‘et —— — number- 0 
from 8 to 10 in a head on each 3 a et a 
the flow 
