662 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
: 
[Ост, 15, 
in obiaimmg оне periect iruit irom a bud which I inserted 
house in 1851. 
rs' description 
m 
described i itas being a fruit of don — finest oe 
and th 
respects, anything of the kind they had ever gene 
before. Jam mes Napier, Corehouse Gardens, Oct. 6. 
—The blaekbirds in some parts of 
e Pears that are 
ready for gathering. A neig 
very short ti a 
plen 
a near 
with the exception of a few planted in han "d ashes. 
aller th 
rs|from those in forced frames, which of 2 are 
t in the LR 4) [E wea TE 
tops, and all now examined have ~- NE wy | 
iseased, to the full as much as thos hand, 
ver 
have placed 
е ona de 8 mee oie ar^ 
маче expose 
i o do 
and I wish others 
do with it 
Meeting of i "Vilage Ao MA Prot at Thorn- 
Hall, S: e yea memorable 
wo 0 mma in y 
any ew), whioh one expec 
to ponder upon as 8 
ham 
orne as 
to see fe in life, an 
havoe among his Jargo nelles ; there were ty of | most wonderfulamong pos 2 Ted mena. 
birds Él but they became rather shy in . it requires all our patie andar’ of c wei кепи 
the tree where so many of their companions paid their | us to bear mmer wit a mn 
reckoning so оберіг, . Mackenzie, West Plean, Stir- | wind "d. rain—cold, bitter, kie din drizzling, un- 
Uing.—— With me, near Tamworth, blackbirds not on istakable w Englishm shmen are always grumbling, 
Pears, [2^ eat mer half Ar, unless prevented | say о б 0 neighbours le mor channel abont 
by sticks a foot e. 
T'ree.—1 spento — y years ago, when 
I read — lines by the late laur on the Hon that 
Iwent i d 
Mackenze. 
of my life in the midst of perm nr. 
and my experience 
it is also pany bros able that a variety may occasionally be 
ch the whole plant i is less prickly an com- 
ul x» is l cause. 
There are at this time dozens of trees s anding on 
Epping F Forest, and particalarly on what is called the Upper 
orest, in which the leaves 
at 
ulated at the 
margins than the perd ones, and the whole appearance 
of the „рик раг о 
degree fi 
f 
„ for 
es, say from 4 to 10 feet i in het ‘erally е соте 
with berries, and the trees mention bear fru 
certain shape to retain 
pring leaves to a — em ry altitude—but may 
— this be attributed to the pruning? J, R., Hammer- 
ecame qui ustom to speak of it 
as the‘ s Life of — ” Wa луда $ —— 5, Blenheim Place, 
St. John's Wood. 
é Red Hemi urgh Grape (see p. 630.) — The ы 
Gra 
узш grown under glass, may or may not becom 
ircumstances. Heat, light, 
t súp 
ears pas ve 
good crops, but never until this season 
have es been really black, and such as the Ham- 
n will ‘always be if the conditions necessar 
may be approved o ma: 
black ; but the ium of black 
a Gra — 
as evidences of high cul- 
assel, 
dti Potato Sets.— Althou; ough many haye given 
f ials in Professor Bollman's 
d | it was rendered 
r|Iw 
If you will be 
› driving w 
4th of October, the day fixe 
fit de jar ain I 
n. Lord ker. E 
"d 
A 
e poe Society, th at Tho m has risen up to be 
a child of goodly stature bidding fa to rival it s parent | 
he race seful and rational enjoym 
jigra ea меой elements, its mee tin 
h was as successful as any of i ts predece 
st € more instructive b 
lecture from Professor He 
ur m of the ‘dude abutting on the garden were devoted 
o the exhibitions o ay. In the quadrangle, which I 
will 9" first, were arranged the productions of the 
mem 
a aa with each other. In this department Dahlias, Roses, 
likew of | con 
a е if the та e * the N e canning to 
sis 
of | Thi 
; and — 
and 
nslow. Two tents and the Gad 
Lo 
Lord H 
and hats to the men, a addition to 
th 
and gowns and bonnets to the ESI 
ost ki d Di p 
be deem 1 to 
nis concluded the 
rbenas, and Zinnias, amon owers, were con- 
spieuous, and many of them excellent speeimens for the 
sea The first prizes in each were carried off by the 
Re nch, the Rev, T. Sill, the Rey. J. Beding- 
field, and the worthy rector of the parish, the Rev. 2 
James 235 evices іп ere very 
superior, an especial notice. In the centre of e ma 
the table the ar d WD and motto of Lord Henniker i um ying. 
were beautifully worked in flowers of the roper and planted with some of our rarest Pin shrubs 
colour, by Miss Western—this obtained an extra me intersected "^ alleys of soft green velvety well mo 
that given by the society having deen carried off b ‚| йз P. Douglasi,among the well grown trees, is ve 
beautiful lof а ith y scenery, oid The gardens aud conservatories are under М 
land bridges, old stu covered with Ivy, and an arb r| © а of Mr. Perkins, who is a very Шеш 
| of shrubs containing a pair of real, lige ote парна 4 | and obliging person, The church of Thornham, whieh 
a novel effect. this was a |i y most beauty 
wax figure of 1 most gaily dressed with flowers in | restored at his lo ordship’ s expense. Henni 
her hand, which she was offering by an in- rep ted the county in three Parliaments, aue 
scription below, to * Professor He low. 4 p. orator of two severe contests. Не was one of the few m 
the day.” I mustn it to notice a very pleasing | who, havi ing become convinced of the wisdom oF 
nursery and boudoir, with cradl d baby and all, | sity of Sir R. Peel’s poliey, 
which was aaa y st ug Henniker | servative constituency, resigned his seat and 
Major; and kites, baskets n by the Hon. into AF liſe, an act which was never 
Major- He — iid "edward неа each trying to be | ci b чилче party i 
the gayest among the gay. The firs t of the Ake tents w ed y a a sing eral on of the m 
oductions sand | w as going to say of the fickle 
it is here where the success of the e el is шай! у tested, 
уе: rei glad to find a manifest i 83838 nt in 
ee of vegetables. Potatoes, е слм азе, 
їп fair UN The flow 
ning to one tonio 
two or three pri 
the sp 
are — 
were given as an encouragement © 
ns. The seco nd iont е ае и most of 
ens mentioned as being in the museum 
t Hi teham, kindly brought over by Profir 
Henslow for the occasion. In addition there were some 
ү 
0 
Charles 
od 
e theirs hs inspecting and eee their pr o- 
ons, the cottagers were taken into the muse 
ee e ear 42 Henslow's lecturette upon the 
ario hings em bite ith th 
minerals, r des 
гострі 
ute and у 
ery pleasing exposi itio n 
pas Mr. e, and a kind and hum 
Lord | Henniker, closed the 
Ж A оды in this tent, the 
unequivocal signs of malady, and Jost the whole of their 
prizes 2 the 
Lord an 
e day preventing a promised 
trom Mr, Bree. i 
midge 
Cottagers’ tent were now delivered b 
Henniker, Spades, rakes, forks, hoes, | 
of 
3 of the Wheat 
d Lady 
om | pleased him 
the seat vacated b 
a yog oem who vee an 7 
P.S. Since my jast ie ok 
465 1 4 with —— that the ev. H. Kin 
pin Waldingfield, has established 
Henslow read i Henslow ;" for 
* Cirrhipeds ;" and for skulls read 
he rev. gent! ill be 
in his ehurch я 
with 
ү eee, trouble in its application. Gui 
it ure preventive, with but reis pm 
it is а with the syringe, prev me caused 2 
wa 3 М 
That little ог ne utn р. 
plication when mixed in 
Timber Pelli ing.—1f old Evelyn had 
present day, I think Mr. Preller's inv 
highly, for he seemed to 
felled over c- and when the нр begins И 
із very subjee 
Winter, it neithe 
1 меп alivoat 
er 
eut 
