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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[FEBRUARY 21, 185%, i 
tell me that those blundering mariners of antiquity 
knocked their war ee Seylla in their sig to 
>. Ce rbdis. You the 
rs, why do you go ck 
"Theophrastus t Am SI not 
that “Mary to Anna “conveyed ?” 
r don’t Te those Ma sipa and Rom ans. What 
hey to 
S; pia gab our i 
pen pales little “excited » th told their 
hey felt saci acy our 
asn ° the * * then, 
back E ak on atures ? Our d ent is 
respectable enough; but ldon” tboast of that. Those pw 
North Bri gt gas help eA they say they 
won't give mer friends (did you ever know 
a Seo tehman Pa een anything my wed fleeting friends are 
on’t believe they hav e better 
n’t th 
will von a tet i me another tim k Mr. Paul 
what he means bra * co Rarely ts n this 
wondrous ball;” my old friend and acute lawyer 
*Aguesseau could make ‘nothin the sente 
plumes. Surel 
sent my affectionate. pauaaaaten to the pond 
a ; I forgive him for his “lighting 
remarks ; but as F Frenchwom 
me any more I will appeal to my “ beau n 
Batailles, will see justice 
Laffay (Remontante). 
Gold Fish.—I have about a dozen gold fish in a con- 
crete pond out are three or four com- 
g 
an, if 
sab 
in which 
mon Water Liles fim similar to mould on dees yi 
fruit seems to grow upon round the mou 
and eyes, and extending over the agora y die 
Lilies flourish and bloom freely, and the water is clear. 
ter ac oom fish ? and what can be 
ve also s fine plant of the 
c 
of potsherds, broken stone, pe pos 
it is throwing up four or five strong fronds, and is now 
very flourishing, and has been planted about 18 mo 
o 
nths ; | 
u 
I am | England, tt it is far from pues as: valuable c 
= ~ same 
ir Blandford, Feb. 1 
find a = account 
disease ayo eo f t 
ct at p. 3 of our a a 
g 
disc 
e ewe interesting. 
, What, with favourable treatment, she may yet do for p 
|v aging ia her p progeny y perhaps as much as the Oak-o 
at pre sG 
lad 
5 
extent of’ hi der coppice ood » ural 
arrests atte tion, The rop (if it may be so ania 
consists principally of Hazel and Ash, with in n 
parts an intermixture of a fe "a Oak saplings, 
apparently struggling for existence, o to eri 
we Kps ngs of the coppice, leaving them naked Ef I 
may so speak), thereby inducing unhealthiness. Som 
it ist be admitte omparatively eiA sit W 
the best timber trees of this description n eat 
a valuable size. There is a pretty large area of an nd 
on the estate the woodlands of which I have the 
management un rt crop, e average 
s. per 
ol ved edy a 
th young 
he 
have got 80a 
space of hily ashes grt and in the 
s. It has re posi that an 
ame situation 
eration the insufficient shelter c 
0 o the p pngna cutting it sustains, the follo 
sta a ah wi ‘ts 
at itis 
na under ‘illage than co 
ing 
more profitable to have cake 
ice, 
ooti ng per acre, gz. 
Rent received for the the ae trenched = acre per = 8. a 
‘ 10 
Ditto, "ditto; when under coppice wood, b 
It will thus be seen me aes =H 18s. available for 
the 110 p t. pe 
on. I nv 
compound. interest that yo nt äni ed from 
at s rvals, as is generally done 
when ety land i is hee ene etna y 
is only obtained 
in regar coppice 
ave no dou papos respecting i it 
= “a r properti song ould t 
rongly aes nest to give this pees sassa 
prem: àe on. W. Brown, Wood Manager, Milton Abbey, 
been more 
17. 
ussion upom Roses amusing |t 
has 
ot see that the information | 
ned to better account be 
ante it 
e consequen 
e oe 
e “our old fav toa 
m the rent. 
n oe of cama Duch =" 
Jeanne ie ne, Louis se Peronny Orta, 
Dom ind A RIN It will ern 
my remar es nara Pom confined entirely to the that 
and why should I, or any one bii 
from any ot othe shies when only 48 varieties ar -a 
More Nar more beautiful, or sweeter 
o be ound in the whole mee: vs the catalogues te 
48 varieties is a small collect ot Roses a Bu 
and ars are many who will perda more; Twil tee 
fore _ them to the Bourbon class, and here are 1}. 
‘real gems” for exhibiting Acidaliey ; 
Cuv 
Teens du Coa George 
rset, ri : 
r e, Louis Odier, ea Pry 
Souchet, Souvenir Phe la Malmaison, ie Maree hal dy, 
Palais. 1e next are 12 more brilliant for display op 
gronping—Dupetit "Th 1ouars, a He 
e Quin mer Pacha, arq 
O e Moyria, Pal 
kamo "Prine Albert, Sa (ao bilan but mut 
in), Reveil, Souven rere, Souvenir de 
l'Exposition, Vicomte de Gana = nthe Bourbons ssis 
continually in bloom than Hy ass d Perpetuals, fg 
ned with 
and of yous: stn mi 
ntly very lasting ; ia they are not so sweets 
Hybrid sapra The habit of the lada g 
is compact, the oriege Ripe ag Sa deep a 
i 
tl 
surpass 
Paul Ricaut, ‘dota de Manly 
e e still to be 
perfect, and beautiful. 
Coupe d’Hébé, 
Ville . Bruxelles, La Vo olupté, Triomphe de 
k ule ase Letitia, Kean, Pharerie 
nae t (H.C.), ‚General e E 
Fe ng a ay of the ‘hee t ern 
and then 
Sa some ne of Fs set a 
Non 
ht 
pa which would add amoge to the 
of the Rose garden in summer, the Perpe 
managed, a keep sine a suceesn 
| until late in What I have written 
for those asking yr Ae (in i 
ing on in your se and likewise 
it was 
meant wa cop out the opinions of others 
at can of we is Be th ey are “ 
old Roses ;” bnt with two or 
è have named in the above sehostioiil) they are 
sota below ee this day. He 
| I imagine 
el “ chaff, 3 
best ths 
ri 
fallen into an err i 
ne “ Gloire de Dijon” i 
nde w of norli 
I don 
sou, ght as yet been found. If I rightiy understand saying it could sot e n out oors norik t 
Pea Tops.—Having several ik of old Peas by me | what is ial by the am ae ered into the Trent. This is jammy g at conclusions Wilk 
last year, I at in s during the wi ion, it is not which of the two twelves (named ‘out — trial, or avy information it 
thickly in shallow They me up ly by “ A. R.” and Mr. Paul) is the best, bu ich are the | I reside a good distance vote of the Progr i 
strongly. When about 5 inches a I cut Prva off | best for exhibition ? en an exten- | of ae Trent, and Gloire de Dijon stood out here 
close to the earth, and them way | sive cultivator of ce ies sale) for gs y years, I will | this winter oe the 1 iat savis when the the 
br ge ge a done with “army? of water with A lid | venture to meter was dow ther Ta 
off, I dished them up plain, in the same way in which w ourbots 
I do Jerusalem Artichokes, an they made a ar summe ‘thet 
dish. Itis the “additions” which spoil the flavour D byte 
me them disagree with peop can wenden to s comm tion. the le beit 
a form one of the most delicious of vegetable | over the class of Hybrid Poias which are now sọ | pe oe es and that is worth knowi g for itis 
slp ames Outhill, Cam ll, London. popular, and very justly so, | find a difficulty in naming | sple Al as a grower for sale I bart . 
i < s West’s St. Peter's” Grape.—In 1836 pie se 12, for eon reason— n 12 a rked pao bat, little j in et of the new (especialy f 
erected a r with a view to carry out the system ers so nearly equal to them that it is really last season), nev less I do not condemn them < 
„growing Vines in large pots, by of stems ‘dificult. to decide. ews ever, a gs considering have said all I can (honestly) fo or those that have beet 
coiled round the of each pot, a plan |all points, including consta and habit of try, Bo OnE 
plants, &c., the following in my opinion are b pb 
12:—Duch Mon er, Ge: they 
ie de eee, e raaa Guillot, Madame pms 
Guinnoisseau, e Pl adame they arene 
Vidot, Prince j es Fleurs, st a 
ararasan : cm ve are ect in outline, full, of cut aghi 
medi size, free blooming, egg d go and in for pro of er ale 
of growth. 1 will no 12 patrin medn vee precast but not in a mabi y 
inferior to the above, but unfortunately yi few be them be fairly tested until season, W wg 
are dwarf and rather Ses in habit :— e Mie, three may be fit y for the best ye apr 
oms | Baronue hore Gener: eau, ear Conteliane: three others wil y p yee to mera 
; : rs|G — mer Ca P>, gee eed her — mainder will sink into rete pe | 
A set eman Lamoricière, Madame Phelip, Madame artell, one durin t three yg Gt 
very thim, t the ber is gd pap l í my oes i eget purpose ; eh oses Fay Quee a gj Bossiers, bert BU | 
e berey dark shining | I have just named are selected purposely for exhi ip ng (a Ps ictoria, velt 
mgs is extremely delicious; the only | as cut flowers: or as single blooms, he! ease ounce RA von ye Queen V ed upon us by w 
e af Th ties Ok renders it liable cloning, loving neighbour we mnel and Ye enlist 
honea it is x Soult d fatai caa og diigon to crack, but nevertheless they are very, very beautiful, and sentout with as flaming descriptions as any +7. + ire 
cape n or c n and a or tliree others are m magnificent. es supply, and how have phem n d the test 00 
vad e, Cg to of packing for safe | But the pagsara of Rose ers (in private establish- years? It Maii necessary to watchful eye% š 
' ng. p a e on icing so ments) w m more show and display in thie | al from such as i yn! 
ppe in =a from the open air Grapes.| garden than for purposes of exhibition, therefore | from whence real isitions: roned. "Thomas vale 
Vitis, OR not aware is mafiei wil now st for that p r- M wu. Fork: P ge 
ae ai est’s St, Peter’s Grape has an unusuall will name 24 of the most brilliant and magni onverting a strong Clay Soil into a Kitchen Garde 
T ficent, i. e., those that are either very striking in colour, In 1848 I ged in where T? ing 
and noble in a ce, with other indis- ployer ht about half an ‘of land soil be 
ee properties combined. The brilliant are—| his garden of the railway company. The ‘P z jit 
co Vikto, Duchess of Norfolk, Géant des) been taken off for levelling the with, ma bee 
ant s General Brea, eral rag minot, Jules | a solid blue clay. pets expect that it PS ade 
| Margottin, Le „Lion des “Combats Lord Raglan, | much him. I well drained ‘i 
a e Fremion, dex. ,| deep and trenched 2 feet dais and them 12.0 
tanderd. of aca a Triomphe do Parin, The noble of ro ehaldrons of os 
a Alexand TERETNE: DAN. > Baronne i ut on it and well forked in. After 5 ` up 
ronne Heckeren, Caroline de Sansalles, C ee $ a those: gros 
