582 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
inglis B; from being what, beemployed. Again 
f Brussels, who has kindly sent us a | our English Oak; and the bark, gain, ula 
tomate are fot in leng = at sm growing | tanners call “fatty,” is stated to contain a large nae | penae (p. 36) says he peta: TA 
as a - ndard. On this length of branch:we count ang portion of tannin. Now, although a great admirer rries are coming into flower.” Tn the 
upwards of sia -e fruits, notwithstanding the un- | the Lucombe Oak, aiy ich is ‘planting moar a one of “the |e to to ‘ie ~— “mulches in aa 
4 can therefore matoh most ornamental s for plantin a count: me to do so, o it alyas 
favourable ee en of the variety. ° The fruit.so | residence, I am inclined to think: t  aualitigs of ed done at noth periods? [Mr. Cuthill: vantageonsdy gy 
i and bark, i equa 0 ing i 
orni 
E apan Pigeon: It grew in a warm eae eltered or more; am I doing right. Ere an 
a a ee seedling were received with Se | arauan The trunk was straight and destitute |a fruit so a that we a 
above,» but-not at all-to:be compared wi with it in poin of branches, excepting at the top. It -was sawn | attention to the minutiæ of it its porn s 
flavour ; the flesh was not so juicy ; kernel bitter. RP up into 4-inch planks, and afterwards exposed | Bir ened 
3 for a considerable time until properly seasoned| Large Yield of Potatoes. —In i ai last 
á for use. The wood in this ee was found to be | between some newly put in Gooseberries 9 a 
ARCHIBALD GORRIE. rather lighter, less compact, and of a softer nature Potatoes, at a distance of 5 feet. ha 
BY GEORGE DAWSON. for working than that of the common Oak, from taking them up last week-one: d 74 
va aoe the Northern Warder of August 6. which it differed greatly in appearance, being — “te ae, a 15 re 5 asecond 1], $ 
; : : by | The 
ithout maibatinic A ea co ed | this an unusually heav 
character as a contributor to Rt Rural ppsa of Britain, | from one:another. For “sewers work it was employed variety I do not know ; 
whose writings have been long justly admired, and as a poe in different ways, and in of st: rc was.ascer- | up with some late Regent: 
diat the glory of Godas th egarding pe ar ios ae par tained to be fully pesi to that, of. well seasoned Oak, but | tells me that it is Fox’s Seedling. J 
scat Su 0 ne Pa Seat to make-wiser and better | Strange to say sons e articles of household fire that | S i 
e of all ESN pes into contact with him. Mr. Archibald | were ata soon. a wed symptoms ecay, an Alonsoa 7arcew 5 
ny Si was born = the L Aika e pet pa Perthshire, | at ie end of an years.were all pierced with none a poo re me rar sy that is na 
“depen sation?’ dai t ys esameas if they had been o iennial. I have prov s by keeping it two 
; ct x tion.” This: fte rds | worm- p me 4 eepmg i 
E tassios An ATI Nin, aa areni Aiak bark was similar to that of the Turkey. Oak |dw Old Subscriber, Brompton. (Thenit ert 
which will be indicated by the fas we have to gnon a (of > Se mbe ‘is no more than a Seay aes ee to be nO a he 
A pe ar E lag Sat a i Apt merely ar altho Dahaka | in tannin is:very m — j ; 
agriculturist,” favourite 
speni res ve Sp ene gen am becam eara je his eys ct ome disliked Thi s however I believe i is nothing the size geas our maprah an one, tee a er > 
Logie H ouse, under Mr. Peter Barnet: e Father, ot the Mr. Barnet | | more = please i ne 
; fterwards became Superin' Oe ead ete a | it is found that any oe kind has been mixed-with the | C.. R.C. [ Yes, it imbad ae acemosus] 
anai a ate Srey rs Edinburg, From gie | bark of the common Oak. B. Clerodendron feet 
Perthshire, where, under the then eset Mr. Miller,| Ridge Planting y Pota Sae mations mode of | the flowers of this ornamental 
Bae with, George Don, the celebrated 55a com. | planting has: been adopted here this year sector’, ware ea cultivated as it deserves, 
— | to nom ae earliness, and ther ie in some measu perfectly har i 
sady « cpr his n pa ee eae a P — dipara of the as ns | keep off disease. The grounf was slightly ary: and at this time flowering pro 
he had ¢ ith “Wall nut- | pr dug, part in autunm and partin aan ing. Aline | my blossoms 
Loudon, hero hs pies d himin sala ath the, an EA 1 as stretched at two feet apart, and yi ran s planted ae ae paron W. bef 
h ae pee alih the surface of the ground at the usual distance asunder is beautiful. We never befor 
bs eS aeaa e, and was continued in the row; the iaiia then went between ‘the lines pand n } so 
he close 20 that | tale ented writer's usefu 1 life. | And A ndrie. 
r Me left with the spade in a ridge-like form. The} pulpfrom th 
tinued t % 
mae with ag paaraak A A knoll a eaey Cottage T ealled o was that I had Potatoes a week or more-:earlier | [Not:that we know of. 
Paps a brae,” having, re balere, been Planted wih we: than my neighbours who planted in the usual way. os ye Ert Ih md m Ara 
eræ chiefiy obtain rom Mr. Loudon. During as t a ave ts e corr 
Sean. emis resida om tho tins ot Amnat iiy the Carme | TOT fo ihat oE dorar yeu, AS yet tbe tubers |-asaa on cage 
factor, on the property. Durin peti aig ble portion of | are free from disease, although there is some indication | to nyiak: ta upon it that w je sil 
that period he rented the noigh baang farm of Spanry, and | of it in the haulm. However beneficial this way of |dug and manured the slugs are in number. 
se eee rire 6 Sree ar e haiaren improv: — planting may prove, it cannot be .expected that the | Rooks are of little or no pr pine enn 
ia aeres tion and o e yon jen in eropping.’ He reached the | produce will all keep es as as = sets w from | Quite accidentally I-have had one in rie Pedara 
vine old age of 80, ‘and was cut off by an attack of bronchitis on | Potatoes half of which were diseased, and re have | the Ser maS -e in EEn a payee 
‘gts ; : n been ee on the same ground on which they | harm t 0 opema 
ornamental ts al favourite pursuit,.as will lon; agai 
hod sifted by: the. ii cna sega : a of pN ts. were last year. This mode of fe tubers; th ou will perceive | the ari ee = too th wiit reen ie 
upther ts whina gaon aat a TEE smost 3 obviate saturation anh =“ t 7 — ne e bottom o = panulas cr gar p oes ase 
y „his life. A gean aona trees may | the furrows sacas ein sada are no 
) sy en se or Gage is go iol “init stata eae Pota nae E nh |T. RTs Pete 
$ PETE mt that amiga [ove = the i ni et under Sheen rthereby prevent ing cme ee 
fore e Pansy, tana, om mre tain. ments to mness. n, I may state Societies. 
that while > digging up the aiani the ah old. sets came up 
Pipe Ls wean 
Masia” "i in a which: we e ind the following miio of ri celebrated a | as e erdan as the new tubers. 4 Subscriber, 
oceur throug Sig aje icul 
BOTANICAL OF j 
288 Ra of two ears pi icked i ina meN on fe, farm of Flaw Craig, oe Fleming in the Chair. Mr. 
Carse of Gowrie, in 1830, since which period it has been grown mee of Floris orists’ Flowers.—I can scarcely believe ia i 
by Mr. A. Gorrie (its discoverer), at rene! Fie eg hence ‘its that s a “G. W. L.,” who has favoured you with his views | of photographs of mi 
, i isw 
ront 
floris 
4 í t. . . ‘ , f 
kooki ine} betes ane f „and | Complaint is but inaccurately set forth.‘ It stands thus :|'tions of various w 
mene fortnight phone: ‘the phe Ararat a poet Shibs. (W. We have a shrubby Calceolaria called “ Dazzle,” not} specimens o 
bushel heavier than the Chevalier. (See sa Saar tents Jonrpal “Shrubby Dazzle $ it was so christened on account of | Peter ` 
2 A. s brtcht wallow round | its bright colour;-is such a-name inappropriate ? ia | had 
ji trans- $ y ‘ 
parent aa A e ee ee, | <The Kigaer if thi appellation had been assigned to | wild stat 
f Hida villosa E added to the list of British forage plants by |a white flower then might “G. W. L.” have had wage weed. The 
p : f e> F 
o, discovered its seeds in a cargo of Dantzic | reasonable ground for complaint ; but as “The Ni n Certain 
Mioa and Pointed ma its ‘es anplicability as asa “ice ih Dahlia happens to be one of Re darkest flowers atk | Plants.” By Mr.G: La 
‘Rescue Grass estuca e ior fertilis), whieh was, a stbequently I again challenge “G. W. L” to point out in what con-'}after briefly alluding to M 
panied: an 40 he intendano the wood. t. Grass | sists its inappropriateness. “For Pretty Poll Geranium | seeretion, stated that the 
fie Masa) t to Cultivation (Lawso: «Taeatise or on Culti- read Pretty Poll d why should not a flower ll | of this sub 
vated Grasses,” ia’ ma short, abe cultivation of the ne eee ee ee eS oe 
natural Grasses, . pee fa ed him a | #3 a bird be thus designated? I admit t I canno 
; í gna vegetable 
paue, or i tal eae eee Few rural .writers | so readily defend “ Lollypop” as the name of a flower ;'| position as rames, oft it twenty years 
Eee, EE abe but time has proven this variety to be a bon-bon of the | referred to Dr. Carpenter's vi 
Z 80 3 ropriate 4 highest merit ; ists ; | edition of ‘his “Principles of C 
a that ‘hia oparit Ratorod:ot merit; for constancy- no better flower- exists ; | edition f ‘his i 
‘wonld beani maids - | 80 page is this the case that I nea cheerfully engage | and especially called atten’ 
bytes eter a store Ouse, Sie ‘to prove at the close of the coming Dahlia season that rapas a K 
gp mmunicating though to others “Lollypop” os ee oa more frequently thn [in animals’ from 
Feel ont te or ie oie fom uch ‘any other variety. J. 2. k Wis deedouks, ini 
been received; | became .so € excretion, 
aps to him insensible) operation. of Bia pewerfally original aie Baibara 1 should feel obliged Dy rent from it'for speci 
mind me aise eon mee ia dy wad was sg some information on the following points. ‘Mr. Under- | the process by w 
pagese thought. ‘And in this fasii in the.case.of ev hill i in his oper a m hlet directs thus ©) :— 4 ion, in 
gp inn (p. 
the vo e cate aon PLAT op BES, syi owe “have Tong | ninii g -a and the plants are ready even this has scarcely 
most o ions. e aye io . z 
regarded Mr. Gorrie as one of the most intelligent wri on p e anag soil. hard and -well where — are to be For: 
d Scotch it screen e ragos has prot bight 1 aaas . ye P se me ey dave Siete? rnc © ware? na? yet the 
an otchmen will do we ch pees off . so = ni aes ii sec 0) 
one who in his quiet and uno Dre life has done great and Again 8) — tee | face nor into the eavities of 
a :8): rry beds must never be es ee nor 
genial writings, and by iis improvamonta in the art of rarat | forked amongst,” de. Mr. Cuthill,inhis maar Saleen 
Badastry.- Anaad corage bas” ong been in our minde the eann wboery grow ings * —— Inst: P does n 
Dow. Hast t Number you on “ in cltvating 4 ees > Strawberry | or Pee 
um 
Mr. Cuthill neither digs between-the rows nor mows © piber to the animal 
Home Correspondence. the foliage,” &e. ey learn ‘t t wo ‘expe- 
mbe Oak.—In looking over a few back I at ee as to not digging between the | were | 
Gardeners’ Chronicle I met with some interest- | rows, or, if I infer correctly, not within a foot | of the plant, 
: on the re oo and bark of this variety of | or 18 inches of aati but I wishto know whether | and referred 
h the of the Dutch hoe z i 
: is represented as being much | this restriction the use 
; and harder to cut than the wood of| keeping d ether the: should 
