THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 24, 1857, 
size, and gg HE of petal to such Roses as Baron; the 
Prevost, La Reine (when fine), Souvenir de la Mal- 
maison, mentioned our corresponden 
e gth 
ein 
a Hébé, were aa a g dominant ; my reas 
so I will s riefly. The finest we of 12 years ago 
of the nue Sof in Reine, Baronne 
fi ards size and fulness of | 
wg 
adame Mass Raglar 
others, or so the anii of shape a Madame Vidot; 
s lasted so K as it did ; st in 
had Mr, ‘cram — 
and my apparatus, 
mage ed i ill u sa £ assert 
n my n any- 
before the. publie: to 
am free to state, may | be 
confidently that Mr. 
piia, but fair play, and now comes 
in idka east as far as he i is concer ned, without considering 
e laee rar his difficulties to the inventor. 
Cramb 
Howe 
his candour pie 
cement he 
ase I could 
e Mr. 
the a 
adame Domage; to say nothing © 
delicacy of. colour of the former, unlike a ore 
Pie than any ‘he a hag 9 ary of La Reine or 
Souvenir de la Malm I am somewhat surprised 
ago 
rdipar 
should set 
pg affected by either too much he 
too great moi isture. To conclude, I wosia: mgt to nen 
that I am 
Iam sorry to say, otha charge 
sum for new Roses that have not been maficiently ‘ted 
and that are ultimately found te be deficient in som 
good quality or nee rr gg rate ra all; 
but to settle this —_ ala on Th 
tation in saying that the Hybrid aeons ie ak 
10 or 12 years ago a not for one moment to be com- 
red i form, arity of — ~— or 
colour, with that asp of Roses of the las ASODS. 
The following is a list of some of the oerte Tiaia now 
in cultivation, whethe ae ers or for pot purpos 
rh lRicaut, Hybrid China a most lovely pane for size, 
g, and A “tones in a sen t for 
E- 
un 
asson :ani e Rose 
most regular petals, larger a." more ‘finely pima 
than La Reine, but of the most = crimson lilac 
colour. Madame Vi ps om Pi M. as 
regards size, petals, anyth 89 more finely y formed, 
the most delicate Tht posi blush ; an ena site Ros 
large in size, fine vas 
; fine pink in eolour ; a 
ose, somewhat after the style of Madame Masson nae 
lan, General Jacqueminot, : brillian 
ense colour ; rather flimsy; however, peen 
Gener: P.: somewhat 
mn type, very fine and perfect in all 
respects. ~~ Vietoria, ogg light 
perfect in shap 
aore of Suthe rand, H.P 
No. . China: old, but: exquisite i in 
é in o de Dijon, Tea Ros 
llow, mos 
pr grower, a suitable for almos 
on of. the Hortienltural Society 
in June arses and look forward with interest to the 
prize sche «Scott; F. H: S, Hornsey. 
ing. ae Kour desire to afford 
didly that he has ire to disparage 
invention, I eosi observe that I take this assertion for 
all it is worth, r gaat 2 will all your readers. Mr: | 
Cramb my stoves 10 years ago, a 
and as 
pirate but. superintended its workings 
himself, or left Ae atha tote of his gardener. He 
tells you e that be sg brought on his 
success 
— a z hn to say that I had no 
upon the its of our present system of 
mame ha in contradistinetion to that pursued b 
ae 
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á 
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= 
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timonial in on favour, 
masi 
" attend- 
ie 
my astonish: 
hich s 
+| the Jisceiation Sra whic 
aere furnishe 
under 
ree 
<2 
a i 
whieh, with bya noxious gases, 
lap Who wonder 
he says sco. er 
at a scorching Februa 
of 200° des 
Se nts 2 Suris Is 
uch combin páa ea 
Acebauailen hea 
hands of so 
& perpetra 
ease ple oe advant tage, os 
t| the hands of others, it is- wor 
tha Not 
prta oe ~~ aea Mr. Cram inteligent gardener 
too his 
Vin A an a ong a to say that i in this, canes also 
he used badly or rather over-used a conirivaree which, 
in judicious hands, answered er a earo for which 
it was intended; and if he had sought adviee and 
assistanee from me, instead vi giving “his candid impres- 
sions to the public, I shou ve been able to have 
a him that the oe he used, and abused, has 
iscarded some years ars,and I should have 
im en 
to fasten upon me the responsibility. By-t 
an me tosa tIh lway 
nat gardeners found it difficult to get sufficient heat, 
a here I ie d a correspondent candidly condemning 
my system for givi much. Robert a 
Double k eA wi you inform me if there is 
such a sain. asa double Convolvulus, and if so w 
it is =o ? In 
e-bye, per- 
and ¢ 
" Giai and tried n Sa 
n ;| have never yet su 
| vegetate at all, or if it did, nothing but yt 
] 
| last Number that 
colour, | bro 
t free bloomer, and gs robiat and} di 
d 
t | power is not to say the least lessen you 
means and are oe goin z aa sy Sen wean fairly | ‘ 
easure g the 
eee at a high price ; but although I have pur- 
one enr san frequently, I 
ded. Either the pen would not 
sin gle bli yt have 
edding 
[There is a double Catystegis 
a. ] 
‘aching Seeds ix Glycerine.— Having noticed in - 
coon aria ott oan and oily na 
of the albumen, Himalayan seeds 
in a decayed state 
ex o 
me make it appear that the tina 
ed. If ave the 
tried, I shall have mu 
glycerine, Geo. F. Wilson, prira Patent ‘Candle } Works, 
wxha 
destroyed ?—I have noticed that i 
now | you to 
Grapes with equal 
a fire flue, To this I wili make no 
idea my | 
re Rose 
the spring îr æ Mareh m a ‘nea pm at kynn wia 
mg t 
hich i 
bind T have this year n r over all tes do 
he buds of the Briars themselves always seem to be | 
left carer E Y. Z. 
Cldaker s Grape.— Observing in your last 
Number that you recominend Oldaker’s St. Peter’s 
Grape as a proper sort for a late house, might I beg of 
o describe wherein ear variety rs from West’s 
be ami ee raised by a 
| 
Ie seems to differ 
he last me i 
at 
much as the bunches are som more 
ne in all save colour: ; 
ry much shouldered, and of a much looser charact 
ving waded 
osh, and the two editions | en 
ete Grove, a Mr 
r 
vines 
serts, Seriously, sir, Mou thing in om as the 
late ¢ 
s. 
ow | been i a durin e prev are often | an 
entirely bieked out and destroyed, either ra pA insect or 
Ca tel S 
ry sawd Jo on, é 
e information respectin zthe applicability of sawdust 
e | purposes will bec in pp. 55 and 56 of to-day’s Paper] i 
La onde ope best abe ie 
am | u 
of the sao eae Society, i inas- 
and 
fiat mev any aas. ; in Si 
our nen Pe meal in a the berry, having the appear- | wi 
Auscadin 
whilat ee eahibited, from the oe ie Gardens no tell 
He 
while. conversing with “him h 
of Grape cultivated as Oldaker’s St. Peters, or Oldakery, 
West’ 8 St. ar sy is ah papam in the neighbour! rhood - 
e planted in 1818 at 
oseph 
s of it w 
n OT peii aN 
and after wards, he 
Po » Esq, 
filled with the intih var skar we yanas iba Tima 
loaded with a fruit, io excellent con 
February. d by Mr. 
ne ee sh pre Howtealaral — ty w 
me excellen eh va maoy 
although the bun 
that de 
own rat obit, g eee rey ith: ee p- jie 
aa that—“ The Vine ree s freely, 
earer 3 ihe uagh at first showing are = soll A and. 
este are y become: 
long with la ho gi The blossom sets ; freely, the 
berries are rou E and grow ofan even size, and if well 
thinned they soon become large.” With regard to 
Money’s d West's. Black Ste Peter s there has per much 
i istinet | 
naon., 
Banks 
h hg atthe’ 
you have fav 
,® 
qualities ‘requisite to constitute a first-rate sort 5 but the 
EMMIUS MHS var 
became caufficientiy known “during: Mr. Wests 
death Mr. G 
ver 
life-time, — after 
posse of his a oun 
reen, who 
i 
wn a few plants 
z 
were scattere 
ood r. Green let the groun 
maker cae his- daughter, who was his head-g 
and w very — eee to the Vine, let thinge fall! 
into a o that in a few years the ground 
mee, who 
poor gre 
produced < aes edingly 
* the ant grows eye im a proper 
will ss again south wall.” 
in existence, be yo different from 
oe that 
rop.] 
in 
depended on. While 
oh _ Sel vood, x a oe to employ & a sawyer for 
sible man, of good feeling’ ; and 
sage os he bad 
ndant r 
po “ at ibat lepers rh 
Soci 
We — starve! All of a 
ha 
Ptit the 4 
I am a little petap a d suggest that. those + 
best. at all events 
the zin 
a sponge, and the ey freshen up npbeaatily. 
hole is drilled through the labels, an they 4 
wi 
but teas they cannot be put in comparison i 
Pear Grafis—Is any reason 
there either * 
science or sp epaianisi aie Feree 
expressed by M, de í j 
[ER 
Pear graits pie Sgt trees 3 
r to Sir ' 
meas — beens non resis | 
le house 
ere. 
dition in 
got 
anal — of the high 
ram 
destroyed" 
r Grape soil, andit! 
It must, therefore, it 
Ol : 
which we would advise you to plant) inat ! 
Sawdust.—The apt ma upon the she l 
, | and non-conducting proper sawdust i 
pair the 
ianen of caw sit e = 
arish of St. Pane 
est pot of this Grape as to all the - : 
