1—1853. | 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
5 
drawers or boxes, to be use 
If this had Err refully done, they would 
iginal fr ре ness and beauty 
10 this 
m well grown 
specimens of yx bei now so highly prized, it 
suffered from the general management of the period ; 
i mart 
ei 
were no gardening periodicals "to 
convey 1i instruction, and to illumine the nies path 
e no exhibition ns, so 
e inexperienced 
us youths were frequently imposed upon by 
the er folks of the profes 
Although the Aphelexis was well known, and was i 
any collections, i ime before it made its 
member 
2 hes uu day advanced the sun 
brillia 
E 
Ф 
ed as occasion required during | 
у ate, ча 
-|informed was а Red Hamb 
as | took ае of this е was in June, 1850, 
ence over T terrestrial vegetation ; oe peta of the wd 
lexis began t 
miniature sun w. 
beauty ; henceforth i 
with exhibitors, and is eee 
that skill and experie 
ultiva 
i 
m y when the sun shines, 
it 33 suffers: — hier carriage, 
To the f flow ho m 
"The sii 
5 а 
spring advances 
lengthen and 
and plant, n 
a interestin appearance, 
advance to M eser and before they are expanded, a 
be cut off for future es another 
bloss begin to 
our or five days ; 
mass of roots | 
s shifted, it may at | 
these plants are 
ed to the healthy and 
irect rays of 55 a with 
aution of shadin ng ihe sides of the 
should | je protected from 
Ў ins ; but the 
advantage, until the chill of 
arning to re-house the plants. Tassel. 
Home Correspondence 
Red Hamburgh Grapes —I did not see the Re Ham 
burgh Grapes at the Hor by & Eius John Taylor, jun., but 
not Esquire," cultural Society’s ace ie 
the 7th ult, w = — your * i 
distinct h as is the — 
the Black k Ham 
of a “ bullet-headed flaxen-bai 
Saxon," from a dark- 
bat n abili 
same 
ruit, does not prove it to 
gie which produces 
et 
а 
t became an pse favourite T 
х c and if, on the following se season, h 
rapes 0 ac. 
on the ga 
from Vines trained to the back wall 
Many others besides ox Taylor a 
names Black, Red, or Bro 
insi uL distinet "ааба; sequence of 
classing tl ne, fruit of a black 5 5 is E cia 
ae as sort dia nol 3 з red. I am 
mbur, 
Zephyru yrus,.— 
are of opinion hao the 
a sent 
no t black, dil yet 
йерей d jk to bé scion М гн сае 1 5 vour. I will 
say, that I have found what would have 
as Re 
be very convenient distine- 
oul retain dic con sistently with the 
evidence I Vie to the contrary. Som p ъа best 
gardeners Es the country have pesi the am- 
burghs ith ordinary care; but арй, with 
all their. skill and haye failed in dé oing so; and 
this, in my opinion, is a pro wu о ко distine- 
tion has no real existence. R. 
not think there is à Red Hamb dr Gra um Ther 
ine in a lar ouse here, which, Judging, from 
appearance, is i t 30 years old, and which 
urgh. The 
e замет Mee thinned, and ái 
to cut they we o black as I cou 
wished, but cer tial: eos were not re sn 
year and this 1 were as black a 
The men here tell me ‘ous ey n 
8 on his Black Hambu erf a 
shi 
€ is perhaps the 
ost effectual Aem - еч if applied the moment 
— fungus makes earance; but it cannot be 
a giv 
a little 
t di 
e should then be b 
kee nay it from seething at the|u 
a temperature of 140°, applying it 
je sofas 
0 
it with the wate 
ce qi amit to 
orm m 
eto 
MT 
= 
ET 
this way Thi 
of a pest which, of late years, has committed su 
not only in this country but also on the contine nt. J. 8. 
Dura . of Larch.—l have cd » late epe 
debates jo the durability of Larc 
- vour 
e 
, се ег kinds of pester ме 3 shou "feel obliged m any vern 
you ee. d kindly fa 
the res ates of t 
= € ot t Agricul 
mde ce 
ulture " Loudon sa: 
e Pi 
fifth part 1 
superior to ma Oak in stiff ess, in strength, and in 
resistance, or es power 3 — g & body in motion ; 
55 it is inferior to Mem 
on The Larch t eA Vile кечи; m 
m breaks 
2 
хе windy but i 
The. ‘durability ‘of the 
8 is superior to 
When speakin, ng o 
i the Larch, it is always to be un 
do 
re is 1 
me 
t 
first season 1 
whe 
y as when ie a 
: ny 
n quantity = 1 
ringe. Employed in showy, 
been ces to rid my plants e effectually р 
1 ha di oil м 
РИ 
— e Larch. The Larch is 
r Riga timber, i in stiffness 
y be upro i 
of all the above 83 as belonging | th 
erstood to 
by estee! 
resting. | Golden а в was then 
the ki 
reddish colour when e I have also — Larch rails, 
eur o three inches ta Rie эса n inch, at tke 
end e e bein as fresh as when put xi a Patterson, 
Maris 
Zand —The preparation of this, as трд 
ea 
practice of a t all washe 
chemin in the’ two Sicilies ; and if the French w 
add fre the wood- idus) iti is 
e of h w 
ien 
0 onn 
then 
merica aga 
potash has a good e 
Has any one tried this “latter alkali? I 
for it costs less by one half than pot — 
Syrian Fruits, &c.—In Neal's “Eight 
Syria," the author gives a brief, but pleasant account of 
delicious retreat at Suedia, in 
— whi 
fresh wry inviting fruit to vary the insipid flavour 
esr What is this fruit, and has it been intre- 
ced into eve nd ? speaks of “ China 
Pee size of an ostrich em oe teeming 
elightful perfume.’ is 
ени. it not be wo 23 ME 
гч оп 
a 
er my notice, › 
банане n Phblished i in 1757 ; in 
early spring id 
rocus— 
Pla 8 ез spelt) is 
the e giv y the French to the Diospyros Lotus 
vider fruit i is D s little esteem. The Ааа із well 
h known, and is hardly distinct from the common A. 
alis. 
he Golden Pippin Apple. —At p 791 of last year’s 
рн it is related that t on the 7 th Decemb: er, the ene 
ned on an east es fro 
bushel in 
equal plenty vih — old Pearmain, and old N 
If recollection fails not, the usual price stint tite e for 
all these sorts varied from 4s, to 5s. a d while less 
teemed varieties were from 2s. 6d. to 3s 
a тэке common dessen Apple; 
chosen for s 
it was wing as & supper dish, 
adding in abundance seems 
lden Pi 
in 
though never used for p 
to prove а — chat ti 
ted as 
= 
Е. 
3 à = her agents had u 
‘ale at price of a guinea a bushel. 
— this qe have Le the Golden Pippin never was 
e tr 
ards, so 
gravelly bottom, standard of 
a, | healthy, and bearing abundantly, to my knowledge down 
at э to the year 1815. B. 
ip Growing.—That Swedes i in rows at in 
lume, 
stent proves ; and the crop of the pang 
of 27 tons, ‘with 240 bushels of early Pota 
