THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
421 
Joxz 13, 1857.] 
—— 
in the 43d vol. l. of the “ Comptes Rendus "ok 
Cucum e flowers were carefully 
removed upon oo first pienine of their buds. The 
f ercurialis annua, and those 
lebogyne, Cannabis, and M urialis, when 
kes place ages “4 ie intervention 
igma and 
te is a 
the diva ary 
he oe when the pollen io 
n poe a 
s here ese ia re- 
ferred to are of great phy ierg a est, nN 
that the embryologists have cette their dispute 
+ eo origin o vibe vet 
ge reca 
hl ras sp 
within he pollen tube, es above question of vegetable ejo 
ae field for the exercise of c 
Cok, 
ew 
nd | boys 
r it mie the tree pasa 
This 
list with gum from Norfolk, but these are sanae 
sarily well fi neral garden purposes. C. E. 
Wells, Great Hi Zhao Court. 
"ge w Tree.—Having see 
Paper a pal of a large Yew tree growing a’ 
es p: whose girth a ye feet from the 
was eet 3 inches, inform your 
rs that t there is heir in the Prin efir at Darley 
Dale, e, piae Matlock, Derbyshi 
n at p. 365 of your | 
on the boughs was so larg 
used to climb up and get into t the church roof 
Be es 
s bough 
sheik ernoon some six or gan years ago 
Darley Dale 
Gas 
ay 
H. Smith, 
QUati ies; 
the stench is so offensive that t you cannot breathe i in it. 
Will you ae inform me what he had sepsis ter do to 
get rid of the 
h 
o (even Schleiden A 
uisance? M. W. K. [Yo 
rid i it, eph = waiting patiently for a iar time, 
oving it 
by re 
Liliu m giganteum —If an y of gopr Norfolk friends 
have nob seen this in flo ower the 
se will f sbs bly 
ri a s omiy 1 13 inches from 
wi th t the 
Sia of t) the largest leaves 
are 32 inches ‘ie 16 inches with- 
h ac I should think is 
kisss 
would advise large sheets 
i r; they m 
be buried ; plan is to collect the 
moths, whic y be fo he proper 
mean oa on n thet rans the — J. 0. W.) 
e for. as the Potato 
_ begin to show th theives 1e let the gist baa 
them ast Sa turned d in), an iately afterwards earth 
once for ugh the 
pi : tiqua 
Psa laid under the trees, the anore of which should | b 
This will dislod 
orm |foliage is 
ve ap curious 
m why so 
are found in the rid Hgts se is that they 
of Jessamine enue either the igi 
| Spanish Jessamine, or 
ar sent you IIb. 
of my Blac peony os rea the open groun 
which I am now E a at 2s. alb. Cultivators gene- | 
rally I find still EE to grow Keens’ i 
ich will not be ripe yet out of doors fi 
James Cui, Rarer gece il, June 9. (The 
re large for the kind, and well flayoured. 
of growing his ee or a crop is now beginning to 
some time. 
e specimens 
The utilit 
—Not having seen pmd previous = 
ount of a monstrosity poua K the inclosed I have seni 
it for your inspection. You ih atit isa jack 
from the haulm of a i Potato d he point “of which had been 
ent down ma ried at the tim % saring up, and 
which has r ted i in the o Potatoes at 
the mh, ye may add that it, el Be oft shiek t 4 inches 
from the surface of the soil. Thos. Young, 
instances have been observed in creating variotios, spw as with 
sath Gilbert’s case of the io boar. Now, so ysio- 
ists have miopie. fact by the 
aT that the mother “had ghia: re, inocu- 
lated by her embryo, umed in a a intent form 
the character of her first aaa and thus 
her porns ge progeny. And really t e Laine 
case this view not so vtltery ase 
pear. 
to think they 
he circulation of the 
On one of my branches sits, evidentl Me bud, a 
tuft ‘of Purple hp: and that brane h has al |l Purple 
y 
Tar.—A friend has spread a quantity of this 
do 
to | by 
cannot get 
tw 
long at opposite si sides of the tree rie each a 
s ish 
Cytisus. Some other branches 
n size, 
Im Soasi ement of the Potato.—It occurred to me some 
run rit that it might be — racticable so to alter the 
constituents of the Pi i 
te space of ground to test bs experiment 
propose fairly, bo I suggest it to the notice of 
+t | those i in the possession of tracts of land, market 
re- 
out down to the centre 
d | Pea 
hers.. I ee ae 
of the 
iroi be deposited therein, the pieces so cut 
be inse: again, the 
eed by pa meal; 
should ~ the ones chiefly Kip ak upon, though 
might advantageous oculate nih 
È pa 
© 
.ct 
= 
z 
R 
; 
; 
so, how 
ia padari to rticulture ; our wi of vegetables, roots, 
and seeds for wje nd is 
in ats. «ang "a the vast riak atag 
o 
prac 
ully the ehcaperet and 
eatin of Tonies throughout the world. 4 Botanical 
an Sti —A correspondent in your Paper of May 
29th mentions that this failed to preserve 
—I hope Mr. Purser will comp’ 
his hi highly interesting ol observations by carefully noticing 
veet the an n his Laburnum are sterile 
Would Sa not be wae ‘desirable if Mr, 
race the course of the influence 
urea along the stoc 
paca: obey gas 
flowers in in, the midst of 
the red racemes, and 
a branch 
am, | ] 
seedlings flo g 
“Treatise of Husbandry,” 1 
find by inarching flaking Phe striped 
sort, or th 
or t r Brazil ki thai t 
agor malignity which R tho ‘whiteness in mya) ge 
of “the first mixes itse 
y 
um them | in ype h with any other maker, 
fair P that we should have an 
g present. I woul 
t Chiswick, 
them teat a the cutting part t 
introduced by Budding, 
Were exhibi i Specimens of them | juices of the plants by ingrafted with, "that hse Teas 
ame. all at Chiswick the other m ay, wn as they ua me infected and tinged in e places w and to rs fall i paa 
May h the way from Norfolk, I fear that distance | white colour.” He on The | ime us Srs and so-called improvemeni ttle more 
them ; pesmi enseney. to S tami at me | change in the a of the sn James Fervabee, 
"Perfection 2 ces Phoenix Iron » Works, ne ar Stroud. 
rlen mono), 2 exhibit t|. Pines.v. Gr apes. should feel obliged if your eor- 
0 in the of t ch tell me how far the cost of growing 
London age oseum at Kew, and I learned that the | were he inoculation became variegated or striped.” lg ¢ ge by may 1 
Street, “pout for them is Mr. James Revell, 272, Oxford | What Bradley mean by the Brazilian, Indian, and and if i ge ge ge AB ge og 2 , 
The prices e mine from Mr. Killick, Penshurst, Kent. | Spanish Jessamines ? Are they distinct species; if so the and how I may get the best account of the Meud and 
g by 14 PAY are as 27 in. | case. is more strictly parallel with the Laburnum? | Hamiltonian à how Mr. Barnes’ open-air 
5 1 i Bradley also states distinctly that if the bud of a non-| system answers? G. E. S. [We hope our friend 
variegated be i ed i the b ia I £ The ang a 
lant becomes variegated, but in less degree if only in- oa ape eh lly described in our former volumes. amil- 
: asint roe rived Kear ton’s oen Da ones Pine Apple should be studied 
stocks. Every one has ru of the famous case of Lord | for the practice 
Morton’s e te aaron i h produced a hybrid foal by a H antais dp Exhibition.—1 submit that 
whose su l } ur comments apa weds ee oe 
| weredistinctl marked likéaQuagga; indeed Crystal Palace Show he prizes for Peaches, Roy 
find a | barred on the the legs than the real hybrid. raga mE ea Gee Me Centering ur G Mills, Esq. ; 
