1844.] 



THE GARDKNEKS' CHRONICLE 



1 



550 



oft 



frcelj acknowledge that, notwiiustanaing me nuie 



rir tUi:tT I tBtnteiaed for my old favourites, I found 



™ vaJ almost as much difference between them and 



H^ Cabal Melon, as there is between a Moreno and a 

 Jlaj Duke Cherry. The fruit proved to be remarkably 



of an oval shape, slightly netted, and tinged 



■ ■ SBB»m ft SB A 



a 



yellow preTious to becoming nj>e. ihe nesh was 



> vfife t greenish tinge, epparently firm, but niched 



U Ike month like a lump of sugar. Too >kiu was thin, 

 this accou the fruit as it approaches maturity 

 to be narrowly watched, as it is apt to crack 

 aaortly afterwards begin to decay. I am now of 

 that thete Melons, in the coarse of a few years, 

 ~e the very baft kinds that are at present in 



cnfeiintloo. — .*'• '■• ''- 



Scorxhmg Effect* of the Sun. — Without entering into 



tibt present controversy as to the cause of the spots on 



Tine leaves, I beg to state the following facts : — 



Last year I was rather profuse in syringing my Vines, 



particularly so on two or three occasions, when a hot 



fell on the glass before the moisture had evaporated. 



„ became more or less spotted, and to this 



Injury I impute the imperfect colour of my Hamburgh 



rapes that season. This year I have been very sparing 



of the syringe, especially when the sun was out. My 



bat not a diseased leaf, whilst the Grapes are as 



black as sloes. — A Subscriber, Maids' one. 



CO I NTRY SHOWS. 



The Caapie nfrham.—\\c had long promised ourselves a 



vlait to tiic w of Caiivai »a and Pxcoteks, which 



to beheld at the Coppice, near Nottingham, cn the 6th 

 toforr. rownoph i of the flowers raised, and tl 

 »i* of exhibiting- by the men of the " North Countrie." Accord- 

 ftngiy, we put ourselves ii e a second class carriage v 'though 

 **"" "sorn was aiognlarly onpropitious), and were in about 

 boor* ought to the Derby station. We had not much 

 to snrv .e ex sive buildings, as a train was in 



to i g us forward, and after changing- vehicles, and 

 Joining s«\eral florists who had arrived by the North Midland, 

 OOibound to the same destination as ourselves, we were again 

 (altera few awful grunts and a tremendous squeak) dragged 

 forward towards Nottingham. This distance was speedily tra- 

 ▼jraad through a ! ly cultivated country ; we caught 

 gttnspse* of * " tortuoi; >crwcnt," and " the noble Trent," 



forward, till at length wc neared the town. The 



. , u,tt c a»ght our eye was the Castle standing on the 



jmgt of a rock, j j ,- abruptly irom the River Lccw, which 

 ran* at its base. It undoubtedly has been an ornament to the 

 ■own. but now (t igh at a distance it is an Imposing object) it 

 as a sad memento, with its dilapidated and scorched walls, 

 rernatdc rage and popular fury. We were told that thei 

 **»-«...*,' hls J - ea d when ab*ut to proceed against the par- 

 lE5!!£ y mT"' u an(1 a lar * e cavit - v was Pointed out to us as 

 wr~l JL' C ; bllt ours wasa brief space to view the noble 

 wreck B .cmerg from the statioa-honse,oor first question 

 t ' ^ *•"• Coppice ? »« Thisq.u on wc had not to 

 5 nuLln Cc "? mit , u>c *»t»i praiseworthy foresight, had 



no at eihS ' W1 i .u lurge haud Pointing the way, to be put 

 n» at e, urn, and though the lower part of Nottingham put 



Sl?t^ ° f a lab >' riQ th, still with this clue we 



■oca the maze to perfection, and soon found ourselves on 



J2?ilf • .° f e t0wn ' A & ood mile and a haIf brought 



sYs^« - . V» " ; and here we mav state that we have sel " 



Ol tml , „ a rn raore adapted for the purpose intended. 



kiwi L?? r f .? f f» \ l We fouml a hir S° m a rquec erected on the 

 wsi in front of the house, with other conveniences for the ac- 



*°woa oi visitors. We found many florists congregated 



iZl ° we . r « . not exhibitora, all engaged in discussing the 



-»hm elie \f c - ofthe universal favourite, theCaination. 

 H**mms\ J JPJ !; ^ orman - of Woolwich ; Orson, of Grantham; 

 ILM. L?. u elon ; 1Joone ' of Burslem; &c, &c. Aft. 

 Jad*L u e flowcrs w <?rc staged, and about 12 o'clock 

 iscC i???**?' Mu e&lestonc, rt, and Beard.lev, of 



aa*».I? Mr - towper, of York, entered on their duties; 



fethmirh »h UppOSCtl that lt would at least take tw « h °urs ? 

 iMIssll We WPrf> a » x ious to look round us, more 



oTHE^sS? pp,cc com P r ises part of the original forest 

 tfcaaatkrrf m?C" ooaQ -" Vl ,t!l our hust w e ascended a hill at 

 tfcTtnrrJ J " ouse » a °d there wc had a most splendid view 

 we\°« n ,i Dg C0UDtr - v ^ our right; at a distance of 



wjS*minZ VTlncel y castle ° { Behrolr, the residence of 



* overt U ;• ll • <, • stretching away to tue left, the eye 



cc tw i of Ch arnwood Forest, whilst in the middle 



In in" 1 gllded thr ough the vallcv, its silver stream 



*oog» ajsotii . oc f_ lsional «un-beams, which, dt ta the 



tkn 



»SFr *- rugsled throu & h the clouds. Well, indeed, 

 watered aa Tit f Clatc thc fertility of the " Vale of Trent," 

 Nottioeaam h If y , so fine a river - Llkc a Panorama lay 

 ani ^nt»Mrri i our leet » and °" t'ther side were the 

 •^"•fhUboard l»' S ' u- lookin " at a distance like a "giant's 

 'tkttagQo- *• , understand that there are at least 5U00 

 »* sieli^ 'J 1 i° SUr ^ 8 ar °und the town : to us it was a most 

 ealt th C g * as wc do » the rational enjoyment, the 



•sera Jin h' Ulcse smali & ai « !cn s must afford to th ( 

 '•nnelnded aescer,din g: we found that the Judges had not 

 ewShte hn° Ur st tl,en Ported out at the foot of the hill 

 *Ur cW « ? e atand s f " St. Ann's Well," a spring of uu- 



•orlyattiir H COldwater » and to wWcB t r reat sanctity was 

 •^'aJhpf ° n tne opposite hill, before the axe had 

 - — farm •? which covered it, stood «• Thorney Wood," 

 B * l » tradirir n f nt of the far-famed outlaw Robin Hood. 

 M , ** rr i«iBj«n" 8tat eshe held his sylvan court, and with his 

 " ^ o5?„" P^formed their surprising feats. Drayton in his 



K? wealthy 



ore 



K * UwivnT ,,e to ° k he 8h arcd amongst t 



To WoTbJf Si f° p Came in lu&ty Robin ' s wav ' 



^ Widmi ! Went ' but for ll is pass must j 



Ao «i remedied f, lstr€SS he ^aciously relieved, 



Ana remrrii.rf .C — SKfiousiy rencvea, 



M **T werl?!, , lne wron R8of manv a virgin grieved." 

 ?■**« domain J Cgcnds that occurred to us whilst on this 

 lillio ^ forbai r WC mu5t tal:e le » v eof Robin and his rccol- 

 ■■■■exi on uT-iJ ." ? t8 5. X wo had now arr. I, and the Judges had 



*MlMk - ^ v «rdlCt. bV Which Mr Wm llontnn of York. 





* for i# "iu»i. 



en tk2r Pa8 ?. two had now arr a,,d the Judges had 



•<*h can* ,*l ri ; , ?».. 1 y . vvhich Mr - Wm. Hepton, ot York, 



d one tor Carnation*, Mr. 



second prize for Carnations, 



the 



TSt MancK ne /° r Pic '°'^ an 



ns, the Lion of the Day r Uooea* if roc hkr ».. FK-* 

 Lovely Ann; wa*. mdeed. the^/S . /" \ 



Hakes, and ei .ted universal admhatW UeSetl?* Trol 



■ 

 La 

 Broughai 



- - - - „. ' v ~ — v «n rbv 



. A»ni<i*A Preaamn \ toppers." ■ , r otJ r < , part, we had 



nrerVSvS t7" » ^-'^ «°wer. and must be see. 



ted- Ely'a Caxton 1J., „, rather t bea 



extra condit ,, and Rob H l Beauty 



were as fine as could well be .magined. 



V\e subjom a list of the warning nWr, -< ..j. M 



.-, . . , . - - KoD R °r. ^.vlls's Beau'\ oi t radlev 

 ufton's Patriarch, Hales'* Prince Albert, 1 



R re4S p?. , ;^ L< n , Brott 5bjm f BlyV unt, 0? 8 , n 



Roy lulen's Queen of England, (ireaaeh ilaga fi. 



Mill d's Premier, Squire's > ncU . ^ } M . 

 \N. llej»ton. with ( u-n's Vespasian, Ely's Grace Daj 



ling, Ely's Field Marshal, Ely's Dr. Horn* .,'g Q a 



Uetona, Kce^ 's Rosea, Wood's Queen \ rla. am 



Hector, W,Ison'a John Hull, Ely's < Mr . j. (>ib . 



bens, with Mark Anthony, I 'si, fulll Sccui i. 



John's Prince Albert, Wilson's Fanny Irby, ( en's > rla 



Nottingham Her... Venus, Miss ir an*t > 

 Mr. Pearson, with Queen of Englai 



iihy, Marchioness of Ki.tcr, Pickering's C rate, Sh % 



Wellington, Derby Willow, Null -cundus, r 1 Marshal, and 

 Hero ot Nottingham. 



Garden Memoranda. 



Standish's Nurscrv, Jtagth t. — To those who U 

 desirous of studying economy in floriculture, a visit to 

 this nursery will be amply repaid, and afford satisfy 

 evidence of the perfect pract bility of cultivating many 

 oighly ornamental tribes of flowering plants at a cost 

 trifling compared with the usual outlay. Mr. S. has 

 erected a house for the cultivation of Fuchsias am! ( aU 

 ceolarias; it is covered with light canvas, prepared with 

 Whitney's composition. This has been found to answer 

 every purpose desired, and especially in bright sunny 

 summer weather, whilst the plants are growing rapidly, 

 when a mellowed light is so necessary. Instead of a 

 brick parapet for the frame-work to re>t upon, a low wall 

 is made of [heath-turfs, which, becoming baked with the 

 hot sun, arc almost impervious to moisture, and perf ly 

 effective in keeping out the heaviest rain?. The walls of 

 the pit in the interior of the house are also constructed 

 of dry turfs. There are, likewise, several pits built and 

 covered with similar materials, in which are grown 

 Camellias, Indian Azileas, He^th?, &c. The house is 

 heated by a small boiler and gutters formed of paving- 

 tiles, which, besides being cheap, occupy ?ery little more 

 space than an ordinary hot-water pipe, and no more fuel 

 is required to maintain the necessary temperature during 

 winter, than would be consumed in a glass-house c 

 similar dimensions. Amongst Fuchsias 1 noticed excel- 

 lent specimens of Lowryi, a small-leaved slender-growit; 

 variety, with very bright scarlet calyx and deep purple 

 corolla ; an improvement on Formosa elegans, Magnifies, 

 the pretty little Venus Victrix, Halley's King John, 

 and Sanguinea nivea, two varieties with the n it of 

 ( iiamlleri ; Antagonist, a seedling of last year wii 

 a robust habit, and leaves similar to those of F. cor- 

 difolia, the sepals of the flower being short and of a 

 bright scarlet, and the rich violet petals large and neatly 

 rounded; Attractor, remarkable for i* short sepals 

 and the large size of the corolla ; Colossus is an 

 immense flower, with the colours of thc calyx and corolla 

 very distinct ; President is another superior variety, lrss 

 robust growing than the last, but flowering more pro- 

 fusely. Many Calceola s are still in bloom, but the 

 flowers are much inferior in fcize and colour to those pro- 

 duced a month or two ago; sufficient, however, may yet 

 be seen to form some idea of their respective merits, 

 taking the advanced state of the Eeason into considera- 

 tion. Mr. S. annually raises several thousand seedlings, 

 and has procured many varieties with well-formed and 

 curiously marbled flowers. Of those with a cream- 

 coloured ground variously marked with purple of dif- 

 ferent shades, Fancy, Celebration, Delicata, and Running 

 Rein, may be mentioned as deserving of note ; and 

 Guercino, King of Saxony, Holdeniana, Acme, and the 

 Great Western, amongst those marbled with crimson on 

 a yellow ground. It would be fruitless to attempt I 

 convey a distinct idea of each by description, where the 



lenuy appropriate for planting in 



dwarf growth, and expanding flow 



throughout the sur er seal * pUnts all appear to 



bc J n • «W 1 < on, s^TiMke firm wood 



and abundance of roots, but the flowers are renerallr 

 rather small. 1 i miy be partly a bated U the ex- 

 cssire y dry season and y owing to the nature of 



i.e soil, wluc almost wholly s sandy pe retaining 



moisture much be! than a majo: of earths, and 

 whilst it affords a constant su y of nourishment never 

 exi igtocoerselt iant growth. — (j. 

 Baron*** li i, G /ry -The success of 



Ir. Mills, a; this ce, , ( ber growing, . 



rerasrkible. We have sees just now two fi night 



as a rami »lett 9 black*; ed, w.th the bloteoaa on 



the end, one of which was 22 an 1 the 



are grown in o, * y § improfed 



s heated by a boiler and tanks furniahed by Burbids 

 and llcaly. ' ° 



Miscellaneous. 



Prime Aossnv— We observe by thc I ess and Elfin 



ipers tha e f fi for jscs, bo 



• and Elgin wi, were awarded t Alexander 



1 *nart, ir k in this Beif hood. 



At Iiiwrnesi for thr fr Ab . 



virr, Naj -on, At arles, and Desr ns; at 



I jin, fur 1 ne lCrUtaote 



Ne plus I Stuart, Aurora, Madame Bureau 



> luke (hsHei J Madatm on, - lira 



Sylvan, and Uugerc. ffitt mmsd : »-iccnted 



variety is one of the moit mag >§ea ever frown 



A the Athtiof I*# -T!.r<c consist 



■ ! V( V o, , tnd 



82-5 soluble salts. I he , , Ul , <*„. 



phosphate of 1 e, with some j 1, .tgncsia, 



alumina and j 1c of 1 ol ar- 



onateoflii iste of mago i ; there 



is no > a present. The 1 r sonsist pi ipally of 

 slkalis i, aulj ifg » phospbi< 3 



hosphsies, Iphates), and traces ol metallic chlo- 



e§. 1 he soda c intly amosni I i 1 per < i. more 

 than the potash.—^ wn. ■ int. ct V rm. 



pad .—There si eau il varieties of 



<■ Hepmtiea in M. Van lioutte's c ' ent 



e are rose-colourc rc<i irml . pale lilac, and * e 

 (1 -coloured, v manv other tints, an « % 



■"I i I the if of the sti— ns. K-tch of these 



varieties has s d t name; they are still new, and 



qn at a high price i:i th<* catalogues of this hue est* 

 blishment. — 12 



id /-mate *f Soda in l/ic Vr. ration of ('offer. — 



M. Plci el states from experience, that I nfu n of 

 roasted Coffee acquires a far supi r taste, and is ren- 

 (1 1 more concentrated, cons tly that a much 



larger amount of b< can be prepared from the same 



quantity of Coflfee, b/ adding to ie boil ; w«t ust 



before pouring it over the Coffee, 1 , ystalliaed 



caibonate of soda for eviry cup, o \ grs. for every half 



of Coffee. — Med. 'Jahrb. dt\ () r. St., 1843, 



Octo 







.. »w at<, eti thl T„ Ult » t,cns » ol B.-amcote, near Nottingham, 

 i^tham the th CC S n ? lan of p 'Cotets, and Mr. Pearson, ot 

 "••S^were'iinL ■ . rom *'hatwccould sec, the Nottingham BA r t hlndi Quppt 



I? ** ffjtm^lFi ' acco ' - ll " ,r °y ^ »how being fixed i T^,\l 

 *• »*d ad Ki!!! m ~ Jn . fac « w« were informed that they were all "« Montmorency, 



ment me cniei auracuon consists oi an exicusnc ""^; 

 of Perpetual Roses, which are floweting profusely. 

 Among the best are a number of crimson hybrids, sue 

 ss Madame Laffav, Princess Ellen, Prince Albert, Lady 

 Fordwich, William Jesse, Queen, and Manhal Soul;. 

 ( )f Bourbons there it also a choice eolU many of 



the be^t of which were not flowering: Celi re, a fine 

 soft-blush, Queen, a large salmon-pink, and Bouqu 



p nerfect masses of flower. A 



were perfect masses 



bloom* ii .t cre ,nI °rmed that they were an, •■ .""^T , * " • r -.. — - 



f. teuton's firiw.'ffc vera A^toiniv » wr!i vairiptv. with (ipfn rrimstin flowers, calleu 



CALEM II OF O VTIOXS 



For the enntinsr It 



I.- ATORl£s, A 



I Jtsv n ma\ jet be well* ed 



with water, ami < th Irj i. 1 m tt 



stove i c wat this time, 



a> pei l earlr in the day. c house may 



early he a i a strong sun-heat 



At t on, v. at* a> rig off, a high night teas- 



peratm ii jui a as wh« <:yh icgin 



»■ i i m> In dull weather slight fi m. e u»ed ia 



ime, i air may be gi • to the pit 



C ten th 1 v r as thc night 



cns.ii a g maxim, and more a cable to thia 



any c . as it is generally occupied at 

 this season With a mixed c< ol (lowering plants, many of 



which are p r 1, rc^ e but 



little waU i a low temperat> C '*e 



Primrose, th Chrynanthemu r pi. it* 



flower on ot aa», be duly alien*. and 



s< i mis a ed to bloom hi pot ic h ng 



should i be sown. ere, however, ie prac dug 



11 iweis in spring has become general, *e annuals have been 

 rded id m; cc», a they o< room where better 



t! -s can he wi 



pits St.— These ate ally copied with half- 



hardy plants which grow freely in such placet in the ant u no ; 

 ifhmanc be drawn off at nigh in dews, but dee ad 



them par y from heavy -bower us rain ; 



a' e same e admit large portions of air, by tilting Die light* 

 at top and n. This is a good time Ca-nelliaa foe 



blooming in the spring, and also to graft them in cioae frames, 

 without artifi ial heat.— I;. Ii. 



1I.-FL0 1 . IARD AND SHRUBBERIES. 



Oul-d<,ur Heparin 



It i« gra* when so many gardeners are complaining of 



u»:a ness o he season tor flower gardening, to 



it tiierc arc -me I e country who have no cause to 

 .floplain. I am, how« r, afraid that those who speak of 

 "present appearat " fnrgct what their gardens were like 

 fr<»m t ie r He of May until the 1st of July ; which is a moat 

 ma? -nisM cuaaing the general effect of a aeaaon. 



r as mycorre? ice extends, and it is byn<»mean« 



linv I are com pi a ig, and 1 know that it theaeason near 



e me' lis has not been a bad one, I for one am not de- 

 airous of knowing what a bad aeaaon is. Howerer, this is not 

 =c for . u when all have expretwed their opi- 



oos I may then probably be induced to reply t P«dar- 



ims now require to be propagated as e l r ** P°** 



me of them, more ospoeia t&e »ng growing 

 var s, are very liable to rot on - r they are put in the con, 

 moic especially if the season ia w« hat reason it is an 



excellent plan to allow thc * **•? ° r VT^^SJ 



they are prepared we they are p" He ground. The toot 



of a south wall is an esc nt place to ke the nottneeo 

 lent kinds. Smilh'a Jimpcror, ¥ fft, the Globe Com. 



pactum, and Brighton Hero, are the be e strong growing 



varieties. The! z more and ( >er n Scarlet maintain their 



places in soma 



and though deficient iu foliage they 



