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Normandy," I must say that I never. feund one such 
instance in the i 
14—1853.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
: £d» 
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ed by the generality cally amateur 
especially i in towns. Now, I assert that $ 
worn-out kitch ae so 
8 7 me gens oi plants, and that i is sorae- 
thing. Mick 
gardeners, 
will render 
re than 
— e er 
constant use by the market-gardeners 
around the metropolis a about 70 years ago. They were 
ll-glasses. common n bottle 
bee 
liberty 2: "x put on over each hole of Cucumbi 
half a acres of market-garden purchased for 
easure ere could. not have неј 
asse they 
that time, by degrees, into general use 
they were considerably күн Mg SF rug HA be 3 
t the same time, 70 the Drumhead 
as made for sending to our army in A 
tho sol solid е of one of the 8 weighed a Ve 
mory fails эч one immense specimen was f ound 
15 eee nearly Olbs., and up to 40 Ibs. of solid re 
not rare. 
Zz he Trade. A good deal of gomplaint is made, 
and justly so, оа ей] dalip talogues containing so many 
varieties of icular vegetable, but it is in reality 
acknowledged бьшо vari 
Á Scotland w 
world; and it would be highly desirable that all th 
varieties of vegetables should: pass 
I before the publie took any notice of them, 
little rimulas, o sag 
only de fs fassines of D ones ? Thel latter 
2 A. H. 
agree 
l regards their convers 3 t having years ago 
and for several years 9 his advice, and taken 
the orchards ern di 
TOM ot Ao QA, dre Biv in my 
w a Norman fi 
signifies “the vines 
eee 
by chance? Now, we all know what 
confirm m ot 
ass, he has said about Joanneting and Quoining amounts to 
i j j When ħe |p 
t' garden 
at all is palmed upon the gardening D 
some special 
od 
.| 7 feet an Ti inch in girth ; 
the Kirkes’ seedlings have proved to be—their Golden , 
G olden Reinette, Scarlet Admirab le, Lemon 
M 
the remark is applieable to Dumelow's 
Seedling, which i is dar more popularly ун һу the 
name of © PM ington A still * Pyrus 
—— it is 
I only suspect that it is so; but hav 
suspicion, I cann 
the 2 2 name 
will E it so called by 
in the first edition 
of the Soeiety's Catalogue it is s called " “Cher y Crab” 
ns 
a, | by universal consent the Кер one? 1 am 
Z believe that.* Pyrus? is so w 
on he alread 
thing that is 45 to 
that he is determined 
бааз 
him. I really cannot help thinking 
to find fault, for he is not o 
athe 
2n of Peter Pie] d or "Old Hu ph rey ; and if 
to “a nice little book” in — LE way Ef am 
sure и will be ue 4 em ag and interes n- 
nI — nk * Pyrus” for his suggestion about 
g fru Анн in te Ya d * but Lam 
Ft 6 ad 0 are. 
doubt, pretty уе fou old айы iio. vices as Dickins’ 
arland, or elderly ladies like Hoo 
di 
Pyrus to practise that system 
Lende 8 Dr. pid eg ЕЕ Robert He 
y formed, 
y, by chemical anti tidotes, 
що not many da 2 E à catalo 
mikes A not — pombe 
ing it, I found the above 
— owing that 
his- esculent at 
satisfied there 
not cogn 
offer Дк packets eae he may 50 "induced to 
of which yey have 
larger, than 
with Ade it fn viapo, ИР" éolour of a brownish red. It is во 
melting as d € perfectly and rapidly in the 
is scarcely wá i piquant ; it bears 
| abundantly as sti pyramid, Thom 
packets of Labu 
of Ancram, which m — = gf feet from the ground, 
packet contained 
n the eit bein farm of Kirklands, 
which is 4 feet 4 pety in ci erence. Ihave not 
Loudo ipis rboretum а — but are not these gigantic 
Lab at least, the atia exceed in size any which 
I have one seen. 
Achimenes pi ious s 
pale, green white, or wd mi абы | 
streaked and spotted flowers it sends fort en — er 
cultivation. Z“ In Mexico,” says а 
па, 
jastem.” Fro 
ipeo snomer al мј of the Mam has become general | th 
. | the leaves, 
y possesses, that he nds fault with ЖО pot 
E weg 
They are, no | Same 
root- | tha 
pt nang, i 12 eee any means ? |; 
rev 
Large Laburnums.— A friend of: — — apii two | | i 
gat] from t 
one packet from rn in the park of Sir William Scott, bord 
f 
this | r 
into pe A, uy" | 
Achimenes meer A: rocky p not much shad 
where it scarcely a more than 5 inches 
seldom producing — 
m thi 
2 
(wi which they will do in 
into small — — them in bottom 
ak vn for forcing. When 
m in pots or po of — 
diameter, and 
show flowers, neue. the 
draina age. When 
of 
future period to know iie: 
ers in ihr resting se 
war ancis uns am orn 
545 vanaplantin g s 
«J. B.,“ at p. 197; res 
Rhododendron, is = correc o other 
plants here, of + e sort, ees —— i] at the 
i i When ted, they 
ve 
been united, and now t orm one d mass, 70 
y yards in cireumference, although they have often been 
a алд (reduced by the knife. W. Smith, 
K 
Netherby, 
Effects of the Winter near Dublin. — Strong healthy 
plan ants of Cupressus drum and C. lusitaniea have 
а из par a иши» injured ; ee 
near them, and rather more exposed, is quite 
ае ought lender continued growing up the end 
tha, w within a (ge yagda of ib, sro are much 
utiful Ceanothus. divari inst a 
the only one that has suffe 
leaved Cherry, Cerasus ilicifolia, 
olium, have been slightly inj 
the 21st об 22d of March we had 
Our Mae gne ón *. open wall 
canvas, however, suspen 
й раи m blooms from being injured, 4 D. 
Pup ae . Burns, Ез Knockmaroon 
ait: ^d уйа IE 
iu EM of Vi piis бе my 
"nope by esame men 
t added to it, d code d nnd 
colour it is my intention to — 
Possible. It is very parr ondition, . aut 
different from pte it ram been in on other se: 
bunches, and are very s strong, without so po stem 
oots as they have previously had; they RR. ш 
mys. 
—Papers have lately 
e "to destructive birds. 
your could 
"ns 25 ai Ut ойнор, 
correspondent co the birds of 
would soon 
which he 
* this | speaks, he 
uM uin Эй шегере. A 
