THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
me Correspondence 
"rum еы —I һауе ch 
here are 
cont of 3 house in the 
es all colour ай а al black, P said n be 
high in flav s the or badly а 
fine berri 
andria, white, black, and Grizzly Frontignans, Black 
RIT and Black Prince, all of which bear amazing 
erops. J 
xs ‘Pear In the West of England there is sold 
in the mar wan bert rry, on a long stalk, of Nie fie ма 
~~ the Service Berry, but brown, nich i 
ten hie oan ‘ike the Medlar. It is there called 
the Swallow Pear. Can you inform me on w ree 
it grows, and wate I could procure some o of them? 
E. W. С. 
otato Disease and its Prevention.—On the 
tom 
T | feet 
bois d feet hi ish. 
e The Holly 
treatment having been suecessful last year I pursued | 
the same with equal success. Anne. 
ir. eg me one of Тш 
с horo i isan menin 
remedy for an A 
made frech e of E: inche 
having made a grow №; y inches 8 
he summer. A AD point v land loo 
3 PRAET ef е small Scotch Fir, quite E 
e the sea, ои istrict, The plant i is now 
Tree. Het ubtless have the 
by the куна laureate, Southey 
ple easing ines ai poetr 
se lines there is а peculiarity 
welt 
р 
оп ће 
provisions of an all-wis 
requently occasion le ак mire in the vegetable, as wel 
as animal kingdom; the truth of which, however, in 
this case » pare alw ways doubted. A friend, in the course 
of this mer, having c hee my attention to this 
to him my doubts 
commence as 
O = amm — ever stood to see 
an Intelligence so wise, 
— nd the Atheist's sophistries. 
Below a circling fence, its leaves are seen, 
Wrinkled - — 
No eu — — their prickly round 
But as her owe here’ nothing is to fear, 
Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear. 
1 e dte ured by the in of last 9 
he i 
the superiority of — 
| his b — ng р 
m = y being accorded to 
ement there 
2 the m 
n 
» ages d the public. 3 — eiiis of whic 
ad does „ — th 
— pattern was еа 
іп агу і 
5 0 
he supplie Hortieu сага] Soci 
that 
arty. 
ving young man to be ji 
by statements "holly for by anything 
appeared in these columns. 
Perha 
se there can be n 
eh n] 
Striking t —A friend of mine | 
Petuni any o others in pots plae aced f 
cold — ee exposed to the E neither s А 
ene ith gl have, on contrary, p 
old frame, жге Л shaded (when: 
and kept — till It ht 
ook wre 
consecutive rows d early Potatoes. The fir T love to view these things with curious eye, E 
Pow was left untouched ; the second had all the tops eut —— ve — or the Holly tree nóng riim; whi t his: look vigorous, Ho А 
е ground ; tt the neve had the tops cut o . Can emblems see, 18 this t 1 ht that in striking cuttings necessary 
ie manner second row, but was Wherevith amie to i et rhyme ; shading ‘and closeness were indispensable durin ё 
over with 3 or 4 ‘chin Ed nice mellow soil; a rooti e co ith hand.glasses I 
the f had tops n the same manner Now in my re dits on p „І ha sume it i the nd ent e i 
as the s second and third rows, but was covered with | been led to consider the tendency in 45 Jes eaves to grow of the juices of the cuttings ; then, I ask, if this is 
a thin aprinkling of quicklime in a pulverised state. smooth, as merely the result of advanced age (in the | the system, why do not the said cuttings evaporate whe 
On taking up the crop on the 17th inst., the experiment | tree) ; and accordingly my opini t the real} we strike in the open border—entirely exposed? G. &, 
having been tried for a month and a day, the result was | peculiarity is expressed in the llowing very et А Fitzroy Place, Kentish De [Whe the 
as follows e first row with the tops uneut ced | stanza, which occurs afterwards in the piece of Southey’s | favoure gardener with his presence this 
(1 give you the exaet 83 31 V psa is 31 of| poetry from which I have already qu Le A ewe now and then is all we have been r^ 
‘which were diseased ; the second, M the tops eut off, „And though my youth, as youth is apt, I know, —— 
— PS cgi 12 of ‘which were diseased ; third, PIR iin harshness show MIR Pea Peckin ng Birds oe P 2o In Cheshire 
with the covering of earth, 130 e к; еһ Won dw — мече dem d birds that peck holes in of Pears 
Sander 8 were diseased; and fourth, which was Tin the smooth h emper of my a uld be blue tomtits principally, p^ v — either do . 
covered with lime, 118 fine 1 of whi Like the hi — gd leaves upon the Holly tree." same or come to the feast after the hole is 
was diseased, and this might have been affected before the A Country Clergyma garden at y, near the Castle, every Citron 
periment was tried. It may perhaps rthy of| How to Dra ORAE etrical Pear.—Having seen, at | Carmes was pecked as it ri this year, and Fon 
ark, that best sample of Potatoes was from the | p. 534, — — for drawing an ellipse, I now sen ы е, or any sweet is liable to the 
covered with lime, and the ob па from the row with | a plan for drawing a geometrical Pear-shaped figure, | these little depredators, a however, are not guilty of 
the tops cut and not co anything, the former which is is as fo lows —First, ue ti : circle as in t ra as supposes, but 
of good aver, der latter v jall. I seco; etch, then draw the two diameters, | extremely е good Pear e will find if the 
only regret that the — ele so small a = Dears With wall hole are left Аел, з the small holes 
seale. As to the he lime, pA. 5 Mee soon become large ones. M. F. sat 
teracting the effects 3 i M 
b ici on i y, I have not the slightest ‘abl : 
it wou well for gardeners an ег аке ndence, 
a trial of it. About 3 bushels would ‘stile fora statute 1 oreign Corresponde 
A Turnip drill, in the f a more con- Unber this title I pro ; 
venient husbandry Lire would apply the lime, time, description ei 
objects of natural history which I е 
in Py 
is situ 
ries, a few miles abo 
j a place favourite 
on the 47 oreigners who reside in the 
While the latter, which is гае TE BNG eranium, A B and C D; next describe the cirel ^d iG 
; è e whose centre is|be in Canton a few week Id 
the former, pil ngs the | Z, on "ie lne € D; n draw the other circle it a visit in арау wa b t 
still retain their ch Last | centre of which is F, on the line A B. The radius of | known in this part of the world as an 
n of Flowerof the Day, ‘heh sent out Фе circle must e one-fourth of the line С D, and the | scholar, and to Iami 
f : o led i t s емтр ius of 1 circle F e rs of the — 5 4 В, which of Chinese notices, which appeared very # 
not agree with | will give geom re req " Moor 
Uem that marginal variegations | Carhead Gardens, Yo rkshire xui K ©: obe Ьл i 
y employer purchased, about a year Bats in Churches. The parish’clerk а our ch eem H i 22 
ronilla eoronata, about 6 feet high 3 at a very large and ancient xp eme has uid Vi. " the pire a wh A d uel азали 
Bday y from top to bottom ; but| more than 40 years, and is well bnc * же diately admitte mine The 5 view from the entrance 18 
i red y 1 f only is variegated, while the other | nuisances which bats мдей: says, that the church w easing, and particu striking " ld: stranger 
is eovere T vin foliage entirely green. N. Miles, | never more free from them than at the present time ;/Sees it for the first time. Looking “ 
чч. and this freedom he attributes to e presence of that sailors ` i 
йдеш. I have been informed that | useful crea the: owl, the festhers of = h he wed m each side 
tual ШО, for Vine | frequently finds in the ch whieh doubtless | is 
makes the bats its prey. Cart та is wn 
Oak Dise —A e I send specimens | kind of alcove covers the en 
d, has attacked a great many of the Oaks in this neigh- | with the walk, and on each si 
ists of ood. The first symptoms of it are shown by the | low walls of ornamental erben, 
ved leaves turning brown, and in a few € shoot d or small lakes, whi on 
syringe. | up, the least pue ind main seen. Altogether, the oe 
e 8 =й prt Bue ae this disease pre pretty orname 
Potato | vailed in some e-fourth of the shoots are has a striking effect, and 
ove | ing. I should ^y ‘obliged 1 an your corre- oe ge 3 meet. 
ght | ғ nish me — as to the Chinese thi 
s the atmo- oe of the evil or whet or not it is gen neral, | өзм 2t COM rug se: 
ring of C. Booth, Belmont, Barnet. Camel 
анн» Garden Wa Walks.—My attention has been | 
| would 
LS eager Sept. 17, where in answer 
it is stated that 
^ Hogg's 
