638 ` THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
of bloom, surpassed anything that I have to ooze from crac racks in the asps tap or gnaw, prize was awarded to Mr. Dou las, 
seen. I — not manure — garden for these last the bark for the sake of j juice, + ote they “eo “eat the | For the best grown Pine-apple 
four years, being determined to keep it poor, in order to | bark, and make large holes in the stems ig whole | to Mr. Lees, for a beautiful specimen of th Biase 
try what effect 2 — have in producing | lim mbs are invariably k killed.” 49 F.“ mu mistaken tigua. An extra Silver Medal was assi An. 
good full-grown flowers in cold, worn-out soil. I am when he says that wasps form cells in 5 interior hes Pillans, gr. to the Duke of Northumberland, Alnwiek 
now able to assert that none of my cS. ns had such | his Dahlia stems; for neither wasps nor bees make s Castle, for a well-grown specimen of the 
a blow of Roses or Dahlias as I hay and to them gers esr J. Wighton n. weighing 7} lbs., which was excluded fro oa tit 
I can refer, as they — witnesses ey — tact. I had, gloriosa.— It has often sur — — me that the as not being of Scotch * P to 0. T Bai 
by the of Flax-water last am 5 from 10 to peculiarly exotic characte ter of the ca gloriosa has | was likewise made to Mr, Tem 
12 feet high, soem vith the perfect flowers. 1 een he mean of introdueing it more generally Esq., who exhibited (not for cmp the ia co 
This liqui nure (for sani ves the name) into high ty K W Wie Old Queen, Lemon 
will be found “iol able to N ve — and it is perfectly . and no other plant will endure the and Smooth Havanna. For rept ewe 1 — 
growers of flow find it to annihilate the en-fly ; vigour of our winters, possessing an equally majestic | prize was awarded to Mr. Ramsay; and a second ty 
J. 3 British Flax Mills. [With this e tapes and striking effect. The circumstances of its dying Mr. Bell, gr. to Lord b Mr. Bell P 
d a sample of the Dahlia blooms in | down after flowering, though it throws up suckers oct a prize for Turkey Apricots, Mr. Currie, gr, t 
— but t — were so much spoiled by travelling | the roots, may have prevented its more oe tal intro- | Miss prs rburn, for Breda ied icots. In Fone 
= . of their merits could be formed.] uction. A splendid specimen blossomed with me last there was a keen competition, particularly in Gree, 
22 — Potato Disease. In our endeavours | autumn, and I found some time — caning, 7 flower 1186 the prizes for which were respec rit gained by 
— sequences of ‘the Potato malady, we | stem down that the 1 bibed so | Mr. Cro aaa M‘Lachlan. The prize or Plums 
ought, I thins ‘ be prepared for the worst, i. e., to much moisture, and that in the — fn the Plant, — ah of Gre n-gage, was awarded to Mr. 
caleulate u mi N stay. Now we find that its destruction was eain ; to obviate this, I cut a 8 gr. to Captain F. tere: for ee miian -> ub. 
— ay early — or peculiarity of sub- what I could, and inverted a a garden pan over ington, and v ria. An hon award was made 
stance, escape from or the disease more — throw off the rains. to the spring a healthy bud — to Mr. See Balcarres, Ar ‘bene tiful specimens 
others. Let, therefore, fresh. hinds be grown from seed; | up through the centre of the stump, and it now forms a | of Morello Cherries. The competition in Melons was 
not with the vain hope that they will > 1 proof handsome head, —_— fairly to bloom again next very extensive, but the specimens in 
the - 
epidemic, but with the expectation that year. This I consider is a desideratum, for suckers or | deficient in flavour; t e best was named Prizefighter, 
3 will . roduced which will be comparatively young plants are five or six years be fore 4 produce | a green - fleshed variety, sent by Mr. Lyall, gr. to Sir 
tendency of of the eee to run into varieties flowers; W. Godsall, Nurseryman, Here for J. Hope, Bart., for which the premium was voted, 
vil favor inn endea The Potato Ore have this year grown 46 — 0 of a| The prize for Jargonelle Pears was awarded 
— ae Potato not known in this 8 called Staffald M Addi iy the Earl of W 
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—Is 1. . rong in his good-natured Hall.“ I planted as early the weather per. es 1 * 1 — gi ot Wemyss (a supe- 
— to us to help all the destitute sons of toil, mitted ; the soil a very ites Tight sandy 7 tes previous rior set, Irom Rose tark, having been 
yea, even vagrants, who may even be naves—testing | m had been Mangold Wurzel, for which the land had been | on account of irregularity in the certificate). 
them wisely with a little work first, because “ A. M.” | heavily manured with farm- yard dung. No fresh manure was| The Dahlias excited considerable interest. In the 
having „fed two young seamps “from her table,” added when the Potatoes were planted, but the leaves of the hi 
8 8 p 0 hei > | Mangold Wurzel had rotted on The 
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%%% ̃ ᷣ ͤ•äſ! Banig, shoved gengtalh | Perfection en, Princess Rad 
sensibility has outrun her good sen — —— pr djer mw shortly the whole became a dry black mass. I have, within ee of Cornwalli, Louis Philippe, Captain Warner, 
It is the very fact among vagrant en the last 10 days, dug and stored the crop, not having —.— and —— Sheba; the Silver —— 
are many such rogues, and that me rear | removed the haulm, 2 8 shy ae eee See ithe 2d pri — apn Han ndasyde, 
ss e result is 20} sacks of sound full-size 
impositions are made e the convenient excuse by the| potatoes, 5 sacks of diseased Potato es (not sc so bad as to prevent Practical Gardeners, the re premium was naida 
large mass of mankind for buttoning up their pockets, oe being | balled sad given to the pigs to — — Donald, gr. to Lord Willoughby D’Eresby, 
which i 6 to suggest an o ied a mall s aki — 
5 g ota r y I sacks of cks i ueen of 
. daah: 12 rd rete the small proportion of o Potatoes to i 
successful test of the destitute and the merely the early planting, to the light dry soil, and to the comparative pel Bees he — — Boule de hn Goldea 
‘ asier to feed poor | maturity of the leaves, haulm, and tubers wade “the disease | Fleece, Ye tandard, ‘and Standard of Pe 
Pi or from our table than to enquire carefully attacked the plant. The Potatoes at that time were not only | the Silver Medal, as 2d premium, was 
into their cases, to gratify our sensibility by an easy — pave m prey er pen their 5 Re or nearly so. a * e fu i Addison. In the — are department there was 
ions. therefore, of the leaves and stems were nearly at an en : f 
gift of a round frock than to take the trouble of pro- and I think it 52 fairly be argued that they were therefore this ear rather a deficiency of competitors. The 
g a piece of work for a a —— ree ee ecep- ing prize was awarded to Mr. Sanderson, for M 
ah et that practised on tantly | The gre eater | tub Cornwa 
3 The sets had been itered — and had no ‘a 
been allowed to be stimulated into ature ve; ale 232 s 1 N 
. v. the 9 ebe —I am happy to be This sort of Potato I purchased (with several others) of a Mr, | Was a keen competition in Faney Dahlias; the * 
able to corroborate m r communication . Chatwin,a salesman in Hungerford Market, about 7 years since. prize was voted to Mr. M- Donald, for Surprise, 
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Bridger’s gardener, from Chigwell, told me to-day | that it had resisted the disease with bim iu 1945 and 1849. nen] Hermina, Madame Wachy, an ame Miellez ; anà 
that he used sulphur last year, and that he had ae a other sorts under the same treatment had succumbed to it.] a 2d premium to Mr. Sharpe, gr. to Sir J. S. 
d diseased tubers in the whole piece of Potato ast?) a sinal peo ppr of ae sets again, and last year son, Bart. Several competitors produced seedling 
i te Re quantity (autumn planted) came r maturity, : W i 
e = better crop, he said, could not be — scapes the disease in land where other sarts were ingatan, Dahlias, After a car ia pea 3 fe at 
whereas those not sulphured all became black ; more 1 eo renal sage 5 immunity from the disea s par unanimously awarde e Silver Me or wr o 
than half the crop was lost, and that portion saved small | ticular variety, t coloured seedling, found to have been raised by é 
and waxy. The sulphur was applied as soon as the dis- not wholly escape; gii as the disease as basn very y fatal 2 | Sha: arpe, Pi tfour, during 1847, and named — 4 
i and the plan mti i i nog ti ich ei 
uite | t friend (i ilts ova w — si: blooms w 
ealthy, and ripened perfectly sound. Notwithstanding | it ft with the same . * Wage e Loren less than 14 com peti e forward for the pei prize of 
nis, however, I think the a remedy after all, 5 recording in its favour. Ir is a purplish red Potato, — sized, -= . voffered (through tir the Society) hy Mesra Disk 
d 7 * nd p 
y 1 size. I prefer (as the hook blooms. After a —— yeda e the prize was 
ineige arrives. e Ash-leaved Kidneys | result of ouy February planting to October planting, | awarded to Mr. Veitch, gr. to R. Dundas, Esq. onl, 
lanted last autumn, which ripened towards the end of 8 first, I have found that sets very frequently rot remium, given by the Society, was voted ky Mr. F. 
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ws planted about the end o f Fe! e ipened find that Poritots planted in Febru an an anand éar 44 Lord Melville. The prize of one guinea, 
55 d the mi middle of — at as. time the disease was just = z mat aiy aan Ne planted in autumn. On| the Society) by Messrs. J. Dickson and Sons, —— 
its appearance, and I had them taken up; the STE Resch nap Balle OUTS tune Sates apati three finest flowered specimens of Japan Lilies, 
are now quite plump and sound, with not a j Aen paw E ne or compression of the dal: My gained by Mr. Stewart, gr. to Professor Dunbar, tha 
one to be seen amongst them. It is of no use to plant | practical a are therefore that it is of little or no use | kinds bee Lilium lancifolium album, 22 
fi crop, unless we apply sulphur, for the to cultivate th e P now, excep — the following con- pu — 
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re to air as is compatible with safety from frost. The occasion ts 
is not above a fourth part of the crop saved in this planting to be as early in February as the weather will permit. icone were exhibited, for which 2 
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situations not more than one-cighth part is — 3 e activ iy om afer owth without grossness, and to | g — A 
tad ge in e e oft th iddle | “ give ou e plant soon after Midsummer, No manure to be | 
grea vanta getting ps by the middle gas for this crop. The to be cleansed and lightened by sh 
of July is that the ground can be occupied with green . yp and ‘onions up; Alfred Whittaker, Bech a 
5 id down i por, ington, Somerset, Sept. 1 
e as those to which nothing was hea John ore = 
On, Sep 4 =A Roya CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL, Sept. 7.—This, | to Messrs. 
ruit and Dahlia competition, took place in the 
ions of — and snails is to strew fine anes vm 5 Experimental Garden, Inverleith e peti 
and lime, well inco; incorpor together, were more numerous than on any former occasion, and 
— —— direetly seed is sown, and again when both the fruits and flowers were of first-rate de- pent to 
plants are coming up the lime and soot will form a scription, The day proved unfavourable, but still a 
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