710 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Octozzr 17, 1857, 
height of — 15 feet, 6 feet of which are covered , odorous. In order to attain this object the roots are illustration ofthe article b M.J. 
with blos nj Ba ds. Although I do not recollect its paer with fragrant manures. rs ith a decoc- red when I w n Malta y 26 yoan el 
Bidli het before, I re member seeing some in bloom | tion of Roses the discoverer has been enabl sled to give tree menini died if p nted o hear th that 
a years since at Dulwich. With res espect to shorten- | the Rhododendron = sik erfect t fragranee of the Rose. | old Fig tree that tied died sáli that therefore fm 
ing the pride I beg to differ from Mr. Cuthill; I have | In order to secure a essful result it is necessary to generation of trees had dec cayed it when 
grown it on that Boat and have ee my treat the seeds of the eter to which iti is desired to give | for the thriving of a new generation if planted, 
crop one-half; I allowed the remainder to grow t fragrance. They are steeped two or three days in the | we any experience of this in the Fig orchards at Have 
full height, and oa ‘lied being side by side I conser required essence, then dried in the shade, and shortly | in Sussex ? Geo. E. Frere, Roydon Hall Diss. Tarring, 
it a T d those mn ge to be i are sos f it is sc to to ses the ignonette Pepper. — Dolby’s Cooks? mii 
equal in coy and quality besides having a am ural odour of the plant for more agreeable or | p. 349, says this consists of “long pepper, , Dictionary, 
tidy appearance, and they are not table to get blown | more desirable, tho strength of the e essence is s doubled or | mon, cloves, coriander, and mace,” Girdin er, cinna- 
about by the wind; indeed, as a rule I generally | tripled Lar. egetable Marrow, §e.—I LAVe tone 
shorten the stems about the end of July; for grow plant. Tn order to make the artificial odour permanent, shop-window a Vegetable Marrow 4 feet iuta 
h à ng 5 feet in circumference, and 88 Ibs. in w, weight; a fen 
th i : 
their growth until put a stop to by frosty several days in the Kes pr or3 yea rs, And thus, also, | ille or Gourd, 8 feet 2 inches in circumference, 4 
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weather. Edward Bennett, Perdiswell, Worcester.—— | it is said, a gardener may a is pleasure cause ariel man in this neighbourhood has raised in the open 
The flowering g of the ae Artichoke is not at all | plants or trees to share caste ‘akong with each other, from seed which I sold him a « Honfleur Se 
oom on three different} by boring through the stalk, or re or perrin an | which is now 143 lbs., which I believe is the largest 
casions in the ye of I Devon between án and 1852. | opening infd which to pour the fragrant ingredients.” | grown in England, as it has been grown without a 
The plants which flowered were grown in very heavy | —— I am afraid it is just possible you may not have seen | E. Persac, Exeter 
soil, oo attained ri height, “of from 8 to 10 feet, | the Morning Star newspaper of Creare the 13th inst. —_ 
a good crop of first-rate tubers. Æ. J. E., | and therefore ews you the re piragaph from mit. æ 
Roehampton [But S. Devon is not Middlesex. ] Ought we not to kam grateful to the Emporio ocietitg, 
Filbert Pine Strawberry.—In glancing oia time to | Italiano for giving us j intimat of this w onderful “ales ee 
time at the several articles and advertisements which | covery! Only fancy a cinta eo ecoming « aie household | HORTICULTURAL, Oct. 13.—W. allowing ae 
have appeared in your columns res orar $ sen excellent | god, and by its help converting all living trees and coroner in the chair. The following were 
Strawberry, I notice that it is still advertised under two | plants—Deodars to Padslidns= froth their evil ways. S, viz. 
names, and that Mr. Myatt states at oa 679 that | Turn out, turpentine, and enter, Frangipani! Do com- ple Gaimniche; Castle saudi Mayo. 
“there appears some mystery respecting it.” To pre-| pliment the Morning Star on its botanical knowledge, Lord Bosto: enep ear Windsor. 
vent confusion I will proceed to give my experience of | and vee t let its light be hidden under a bushel. aeei W. Landon n Bog, N 5 Road, Ham i 
it, and should any arise hereafter it will be fairly | you not make both gore contributors? Willia J. Straith, E it, Great Tower Street, 
eable to those bere whom it originates. I do not | Dean, 5, ei Place, = loug J. Tomlin, Esq es End, Ho: 
question nerd Mr. M is the raiser of this Strawberry,| The Large Vine at Hi n Court.—In reply toj R. Gunter, j jun., Esq., Perah Green. 
but unquest -a he came to this part of the country | numerous questions iili sateen by the remarks | Professor Henfrey, Turnham Green. 
ithout a nam ie — eo Seer been nameless at | in your Notices to Correspondents of last week, I beg| S. Carter, Esq., Battle, Sussex. 
mm of the half eain was growing pre- | to air such of your readers as may suppose me to be} Rev. E. Nicholl, St. George’s, Cardiff. 
its being srl rne to the Ro by Mr. Turner? | in fault, that I have nothing whatever Mo do with the| Miss E, H. —— ware pea Godstor 
ie certainly came here simply as. a seedling Straw lar: nse vine ¥ justice however to the intelligent man; Mr. J. Mann, Brentwood, E 
and unnamed. The qn oe is whether the Filbert | w anages t, I may be allowed, on the authority of} Mr. J. R. Challice, rie Ivy Bridge, Devon. 
e be or be not the same Strawberry Mr. Myatt sent | men evi ive’ lived in this neighbourhood for vette 40| Mr.D. a gr. to Sir B. Howard, Bt., Craven 
Pin 
out in 1849 as «Myatt’s Seedling P” Tf it be so ita appears | years, to say that they never saw more, nor yet better aanren 
strange that so Bone Be wherry was not known | bunches than are now hanging on the tree, nit prera! Mr. E. Godfrey, Knap Hill, near Woking, 
till five years netri piesen Mr. Turner first | it could not be in better health. To prove this I appeal Be it man ne porta np that a ee soi 
sent out plants of Gt under the name by which it | to the thousands who have visited Hampton Court Gar- | meeting w 
is here, é. e., the “Filbert Pine.” Of cours _ it | dens this season ; and I can assure those who have not, Fellows Some “ns exhibited. beyond jr came cme 
wi a and Mr. Ao t might, that they will not feel eon if my the Society’s Garden. J. Luscombe, Esq., of Lower 
es credit for bringing it before the pili a a a | will only come and see! James Donald, Hampton Court. | Knowle, near Kingsbridge, however sent two noble 
is wi i ist in cleari th i i inaria falcata, a kind of 
low price. It is with a view ens of Arun 
matter that I refer to an article of mine which appeared | great many very small bunches? and that the whole| which lives out of doors in that part of Devon- 
in the “ Florist” three ye: seg es itt a perir number is not less haa what the guide book says the | shire, attains a y size, and forms strikingly 
of the fruit), and which ran Vine =x eia ?] graceful objects. specimens shown measured 
essary SOR the Mgr anton whisk in perfect’ Polygonum vaccinifolium.—The present beautiful menki 20 feet in eri Along with them were 
passes all other kinds, it is not without fault; aretly, the dentition of my plants of this induces me to ask if it has | also furnished from the same favoured dimate 
rosary are tender, and very aN aave. a to ever been tried as an autumn flowering bedding plant. | spikes of Clerodendron fætidissimum, which is found to 
pointed, aalr uh. oks lastly | The rapidity with which it ae the surface of a bed; | flower profusely and to be perfectly hardy against 
few soils are suitable for its cultivation. A Strawberry of fine | its easy eae rooting at every joint in suitable a south wall; Allamanda olia from a 
texture, more hardy; Hipening: better, and of equal dso ma“ doil $. e. very sandy peat or le afio à and a little loam; | servatory where it had been in flower for many 
Ibert Pine it possesses these p e cumiitten e The fruit is the neatness and closeness of its fol iage wae not in together, requiring only the temperature of a hot pit 
larger, and remarkable for its uniform shape and regular out- | bloom; and “ becom last no pe its not requiring | during winter; two hybrid Veronicas 
line. The colour is dark red when fully and much housing in in winter, being perfectly har carat these | decussata, whose flowers had however. all 
SB ergata amn an Se i Dliegs: Calg. aial: and recommendations ‘sata it, I thi xR very desirable | shed in travelling ; unripe pods of the golden 
nonia Tweediana; andso) i 
| Ho: ion ? If 80, 
py of Keone mame temi as well as that of ‘Filbert.’” | what amount of nutriment do they contain? I observe |v. 
orist,” Vol 4, p. 27 the deer devour them voraciously, and I have toe e means 
It will be seen from po above neve at that time the that pigs will eat them. If they could be co ted | g eas may therefore be said to have eS hant 
origin of the Strawberry was unknown ; as will also be | into meal it would form an invaluable sabolitute . pi pig. fon for oes in their way could possibly have 
i exhibi 
seen in the Gard Bia. Chronicle, p. 677. Those of | provision at the present time, when this article 
your readers who have grown a “ ratt’s Seedling,” | at such high prices; i there is such an ursery, near Arundel, none its fm 
previous to the time at which the article a in ab nt crop of this fruit, which are year of Apples and Pears, fair specimens of ‘Haverkal af 
the “ Florist, to give a ome digiously fine, and which in y places are trampled that part of Sussex. Mr. Howlett, gr. at plan of 
+ under wn away as waste. G. Tt Norwich, sent a better model of his net Pije 
mystery Mr. My: refers. We > Be church, Hants. [Horse Chesnuts are acrid and unfit for shading and protecting hothouses than’ 
wherry a M tt »’ which more re- | fi animals ex eer, whose the great 7 entire roo 
embles the “ Elton ‘ Filbert”—other evi- | able to resist their action. Pigs and sheep will eat them | June last. He covers the outside of the 
„is eantime I am glad to be but thrive is said, i beeraka. ese i 
of thin s 
pening andshutting by mean oF 
which can be set to any angle at which nae 
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dence, r, is needed. M e o indeed, that 
to state that the “ Filbert Pine” fully sustains the a goats like them; and we are told that the Turks ppm 
c : with them into flour, men they add to the pon pe eee 
pone E Turner sends out. J. Powell, Royal | winded find no modern on of | proper to fix the louvres. Of course m 
re this story, hin sins Jire onipin with ‘the. old | other matters with enine ett a 
Pine Fitre While shifting my Pine plants a botanist C who described and figured the plant | important item, and on this point Mr. rariny aah 
that had : Gk the ghee a Pine leaf stn Year ago nder the name o Cast “1 have hind estimates mado of the coms o ý 
rat hai been partly l covered red in the plunging materials ps our correspondent in Turkey will some day tell find that 6d. per superficial foot would 
of the bed. T us if the seeds are still so emp 1] Stiegl Tam not,” he adds, “so sanguino as to expect ty 
ous esperii hi vi 
Lares a cord to ey ie i Sraa bility. I) have bat a | a price for any lux Can hes. 
ury. ou get me eaa Bh ce regard- 
s of cord and a leaf partly manufactured for your | the best ive | i 
inpestion, T should be mipi Šen your opinion as a mode T ridding Soe ieee ae ar ovi 
whether the numerous old fruiting plants annually japonica.—There is a — of t handsome 
thrown away in — might not be converted to shad 4 in ia jor flower here at p bse: t. me japonica 
oa iat ea tt purposes. D. D. Davies. [It is well known | has stood in our grounds for the ‘aes six years without ba! 
= ani of the Pine a is very abundant as any protection, but the points of the shoots are year braces. aa, ee 
bh = : + The fine Man cut back. The plant in flower has been grown for the| From the garden of the ving ‘ratenguses) which a? 
it, But will it pay to make string of it here, ‘instead | last two years im light dry soil where it has suffered | with wt em ak and 2 
of ey oad can Tai atd p is a point about which | very slightly from the frost, and to this we attribute its | at present ex negro pes 
sika talis, = 
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Man. 
sod, ifect of om Er in | palates 
