1848. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 637 
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KN and Verbenas an Brat Pelar- | should find no better use for thein. funds A garden of 1 Wie ie * — Walking through the 
‘ng will. probably be more men 1 h an ever. | them to foster needless and injurious systems. In all | attention attra skid by Ad Ghent, last my 
eie 1 rant dnss andbeenegl that some system of frames, completely filled with Nelumbiums m the e 
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‘ es A 3 l e e pa far. 75 pear them, whether r he bas ever seen the but that it a ee ht gl sides sr mnia er a 
ache | ted. R : plantations zi Speed) is! and if so, whether ne upon its brickwork of 2 feet high, and was formed to 
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beet of your garden, and secure for it a deep | not from any doubt on my own mind on the subje 
it in the nen j ut to sree the spinon of an intelligent and sensible | ever; but that the roots were ue hothouse 
b wier d last autumn r be man. 5 ere to take up this controverted 4 winter when dormant, The pits dade: ex posed eyes ss th 
a! mo Ay hor 2d every portion Well shaken Potore | 0 rie opine 25 mene be an 1 coadj pr in n ost possible amount of light, pi ae ei 4 
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ature occasion. Everything not fit for | for Anem mone pp lite P If any of your readers are un- ance was 80 remarkable that I cannot but wish — a 
es tee eed aliveed ‘es lic tre oe “hey shoal Jose. poenam this charming sogni pit might be devoted to them, either at Chiswick or 
a frames require glazing and painti time in procuring a plant Kew, where they could hardly fail to attract much 
8 N quire g g painting, | of it. It 1 5 to that limited class of flowers ap. attention. Mr. Van Houtte has found Nelumbium 
„14 eh Th Re e 1 T oop Fe proprimeiy designated as “ everybodys,” and as iy i caspicum much easier to cultivate than N. spe- 
i ‘not one re e AREP 1 . the m o be prized. Equally adapted for the green- ciosum, and much more ready to flower than N 
amp m J ’ gnt ot folly ; house, pres window, or the flower garden, it addresses luteum ; of its 3 in this respect there 5 
n itself ue e7 one 145 loves flowers and possesses a abundant evidenc seed is ibited al 
ES Sica T square foot of groun g it in. Blooming at the eae reer of form 
Home Correspondence present season too, renders it peculiarly adapted for de- as 0 hey w „ ripen p but the 4 3 evide: ily 
Pe Fe Trees.— In your Paper ‘of May 27, | coration in plant houses, as well as for prolonging the 8 Some years ago, I found that N. pin — s 
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must render it universal in a short time. Every one Babe Never was 8 Sag in so 
f | who values a beautiful plant simply for its Ee tienen and | virulent and e us a form as at the present time 
not for its ge or rarity, should by all means pro- Its r it effe 2 are nearly ‘comple te, he hardly 
cure Anemone japonica ; G. a fifth of the crop is sound. The very early sown, and 
e Potato Crop.—On the 12th inst. witnessing a 1 need Ju wt re sae but all other later 
labourer, remarkable for his me gardening, turning | sorts are extensively diseased. The poor are suffering 
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ds | practice he has followed for 12 years; he left four roots | out of I acre and 20 rods I shall i have 6 sacks 
in the ground, and on the 13th inst. I saw them taken but what I have are tolerably good, t small ; e 
up, when the jae produced 60 tubers, which 45 were | diseased ones are all wasted away 82 ‘th outer 
ery bad and 15 good, showing | Ena by leaving them in e above were planted in different situations, 
* the ground he would h e of the with manure and some without it, some with lime 
crop; A. Barfield, Dun nmow, Essex. some with salt, some last autumn and casi in ve spring, 
Seakale Pots—I imagin see correspondent will | sheltered 
find composition vases less troublesome pens Seakale | south east border ; all have suffered the 8 fate, 
pots for summer plants on lawns, and less 2 in this state of things exists for many miles round. Rea. à 
the end. They also look han mece 35 answer the never half so bad before ; J. A., Andover. 
l purpose better i in every respect; Subscriber, Hamps 2273 Hants, Sept. 
s| The Pot o Blighi undoubtedly prevails this season | Compost for Melons.--On the 7th of April last I 
to an — — ora al-to that of any former year, My own | placed a 3-light frame on a solid bed of stable ee ee i 
; | immediate ee hood confirms this cpinion 85 5 Not being able to obtain turfy loam, I got so 
id| from the north of pie d); the Potat from the sides of a dry ditch, ant of this en, 
- | gardens being earlier 2 those in the fie * 8 see its air my hills, allowing about one wheelbarrow load 
depredation s there first, and in many instances fe are | to each. My plants were only Aai days old when I 
destroyed re the stent "of two-thirds, and many of the 9 the bottoms out of the p inserted 
fields ype ch have come under my obse eee n are into the hills; eerie about 1 e of the ye above 2 a 
ected to a Motel great extent. — is evident that the 0 ace, my plan ts grew very strongly, an 
ise: an en it is the roots began to penetrate Fie the hills pen — ; 
dis ri. on hich "s part of the sane it first makes its some garden mould with one-third of lime rubbish, 
peara The observations I have made, and the |and placed it a them. is compost has proved 
onelusions I have arrived at r eee that point are very suitable for Melons. 4 pian 1 gave m E 
Ist. That before ever the stem and leaves above satisfaction in every respect. my firs' t on 
na the surface had any appearance of being affected, the the 10th of July. It weighed it ibs 22 and ay. employer 
other part from which the roots emanate was affected | said that its flavour was most 
in the shape of canker ór 3 it may be, and of the 3-light frame was 31 we, fa 65 pa i 
something similar to Telon plants. | Hillfield Gardens, Hampstea 
n| 2d. That the decay of the tubers the ‘black ene on 228 Potatoes on Hillocks.— The condition of 
the stems, and the blackened and dying leaves, are the Pot left 
effects of that canker, and form the basis f or those differs 8 this year from what was observed in 
i em. 3d. The plants being affected 1847. Last year, when the Potatoes were su 
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—— they Dave arrived at maturity, it is obvious that | by corn, after reaping, the tubers dug up from those 
when the outer covering surrounding the lower part of self-planted roots were generally sound. This 
— stem is destroyed, free communication be year they are nearly as und as those grown in the 
le p vi ut off, consequently the e. er. But where the Potato 
struction of The tubers having received a oll . by 1 = ts, i 75 
ar of amylaceo r self-plan e earthed up on ig Aa 
—— “gh that sta te they are mere balls 8 a small 0 hillock, the produce has been found to 
tissue filled aie om the water becomes stagnated, | be remarkably healthy. The reason for this difference 
i ith the stem. | I suppose to ar two as to 
day and 15 ve aggrav your 
; I | correspondents will, no age induce e many to try the 
oes hillock aee next year ; Jp if manure is used, I 
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N g the part nearest.in 1 asec a ve the set. This will cause 
t with the atmosphere ; 5 pw that those which ia is the tubers, ‘onl place them ina drier posi- 
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appeared — in 2 few Bent could I find any pice yes Water as a Manure for er- 2 used 
signs of disease in that end of otato in connection | the water in which I had Flax steeped as a ure for 
wi upper stem, It appears therefore conclusive | flowers last year. I followed up the * e ot thiag 
hat the disease does not pass from the stem through year ; and although I was from ‘gaia or * ie 
bre in uber. 6th. Wi h et to over during which time none of t that 
luxuriance, I proofs before me that the watered with the Flax-steep, still I am able iy 2 
í it is reason- | those Dahlias to mn sm used — ale) ae continu 
t the gross growing plants will decay | to keep ahead s . Thel 
rapidly 5 moh Ss when the upper and | from 24 to 3 feet high, hil ia to which 
under parts cannot act together in concert; but whether | agit o 8 feet hi 
“of | chat has anything to do with the first cause is very un- 
hland certain; J. Grey, Hexham, Sept. 13. 
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