774 
——— 
Acacia Julrbrissin and =a gigantea, which do not 
erer apn? ht eget 7 species 
ber sea for three 
without losing their power, 
thee ee only -4th = the total nantes operated upon 
are, Cucwrbi pepo, Xanthium macrocarpum, 
quat Be ta pame PIE communis, 
mi "Ephedra distae 
Sepe the extr KAN sai urrence of circum- 
SB 
pu 
out from nurseries were attacked b 
some fungus, and the e 
obyv: iously the intere 
considerable proportion fails, he fresh 
procured from some differen 
how that nose 
as possi i: as they are a prolific 
y the 
vils ae it produ 
st of every nurseryman 
plants which he sends out Pres’ be an Tii 
t quar 
advise Rose- 6 apes Lame to sen to this p a 
= arises prin- |in 
ul 
mycelium of | 
ced. It is 
e. They should 
avoid the age of cub-toated igo ez as 
| Portland 
e | by Messrs. 
to be had? J. B. D. xcellent 
cement were exhibited 
an White, 
plasterer could m he 
e 
aires by numerous black 
ing effect. you as 
Salhouse at ich, Je: [The hs 
small, black, and stabs ad 
ol 
some good seeds, Tf 
lad of a furth palme | 
Berkshire Champiok cumber os oh i 
all, 
p enty we Rout be 
ith Alph. e Saa, in addition Phan disappointment which they . 
of transport, which is so frequently referred to, can have | often cause to the amateur. well of in your columns, I wish t poe.. "aoe i 
y a very small part the diff f the! La > Or es—Can a any of your readers inform me | fact that it is the best Taa. with which I 4 
plants of the present and geological epochs; and yet | what are Grapes? | acquainted. I have grown all the leading sorts for ae | 
the number of identi cies separated by vast seas, | In two of our Bae they are grown with Pines, whose | last two o yie alon a with Borkahiny Champion, and not | 
and whic e currents alone could have transported | proper warmth i e: l poep too great for the Vines; but | one of them ya ws on an average from 18 
from one continent to another, is so considerable, that three other hous t to us in Grapes beyond inches to 2 fock i in length, andsome an na straight, Ri 
the idea of the ee of centres of creation will | the hir eek th : Somia the gardener has never | early, hardy, a gooi patak and crisp. Tt continues long 
every day a Ao obability. Comptes Rendus, | been out of the parish, and we do not like to part with | in bearing. I cut the first fruit on the 16th of March, 
24 Aug., 1857, translated in the Annals of | him. I esence of wasps and flies enough of it aipa raps im last on pi 10th of October, ont of the; 
Natural History. to account for the early finale “of our fruit ? If so, what | fr Nurserymen should 3p bis good things that 
is the b y to exclude them without cutting the a will I satisfy both gardener an ter ; and this Iam 
rai too short? W. me one refer me to any | Sutton’s Berkshire Cade will do. 4, A. Arnold, 
Home Correspondenc printed Vade Mecum for the management of hhothouses È le to J. H. Gills, » sd. Bick 
Large Melo of Sirpin bas | 9, D ugenta Ugni.— e that I hore seen, hes. 
asked whether a Melon 16lbs. weight is not the Sundial,—The following is a very simple and very Mees ney eh with the 
heaviest that een grown in this P beli 
sorry I cannot find the memorandum taken at the time, 
but I have a very distinct recollection of a fruit (the 
plant was raised by myself) grown by a neighbour o: 
mine, which weighed - em ge encom full 3 feet 
6 inches in circum: rot Finest pa 
another fruit of 1 tbs. was a ated rather 
OA ant day ANNO I belie + Prone the 
seed from a ee served at a “table Photo: ‘n Switzer- 
land. This was about years since. a since 
a fruit 14 Ibs. weight, a 
e the Ispahan, but flatter in shape, and Penutifally 
istid. The flavour of this was excellent. I not 
however now grow any variety but one called after Ba! 
ener, Austen’s Incompara ost 
delicious fruit, an thi 
kind, an uisit ur. I can strongly recom- 
mend it. T. “Phillpotts, ‘Porthgeiden, , Truro. 
Flue Covers.—At place I have used both stone 
and tiles for these The a are by fr the best, both 
for the bottom and sides as well as for the top—the 
covers that I e 18 in has long ather more 
than 15 wide; they dished and hold about 3 pints 
; f a e 
as well as Stourbridge. Should “ r 
wish it, I could forward him a cover as a p 
our correspondent says that the construction of flues 
been much neglected. fact is, there are few 
places where they are properly constructed. ve 
the management of flues where they were little better 
than smoke drains; those that I have had constructed at 
this place answer “well. Robert Cassillis, Gr. Mrs. 
ier Jones, Elm Green, Cir er. 
Batat asin May last I planted in 
font Dioseoreas; ‘ye 
about a 
being taken up 
; a of eti when 
ls were 
month sin in pi ces by 
carelessly, ‘the bihar peo 15 i 
To-da; 
; its length was S17 in The o weighs 
branched fro Bie o eye. “into Aer "the one 
24 inches in in length, econd is tos inches, 
d is 64 fares ; ubers 
ad had. The 
they i. was trenched 2 feet deep two years sin 
ur Years 
tobe of Ae pa eink 
| e kind of soil, which is -a 
shady pink in the 
great admirer of the Hydrangea, 
or or ee of Fungi attacking living own i and useful plant 
roots.—We have rtunity of inspect- | cheap stone sundial, suitable for a corner between tory or greenhouse in early spring, 1 
i a specimen of the eid pak oned by Mr. Fleming | paths; its design, as far as it goes, is T merada of flowers rem a long time 
in the Gardeners’ Chronicle of Oct. 31, 1857. Wej Churchyard Draining.—Can any of readers | a great quantity of cuttings ly in 
find not only that the loam is full of mycelium, but | inform me how a drain mers wet eiichyeda? The | formed buds, from theblue plants 
that the mycelium p from ecom is a strong clay, but any amount of fall may be had, | i hn 3-inch pots in the same soil the 
organic matter mixed up with the soil, a fact which | The difficulty is to avoid i Merani the graves and kept in a cool where | 
confirms our notion o: f the ee > using compost in The churchyard is int by a foot path under of roots. In February 
which half d which a main drain might be carried. the same soil 
of wood form an appreciable pe art Te Tei is ae sewer, to| Pampas Grass.—Will you be kind enough in a Vinery, 
be supposed that in here the roots or base | me what is the proper soil for this Grass? I had two pan aire y 
of a plant are attacked the - Tas b plants a~ about 4 feet apart, near a pond; one cold ho 
in the soil or anything which it Ag: i died ter, the other is in vigorous health, but I | I felt ei at that period, 
hg just taken up two Rose ose aoe we pi dread the winter. G. W. bo believe it to be as a fine show of blue ones; all 
sure were attacked by fungi, in the opea illustrating | as a Reed, But it evidently likes stiff sil desired colour ; 
Mr. Fleming’s specim -n ype that the] Late Peas.—What is the latest period Green Peas | pink. 
whole structure ron riii which | can be grown for table in the ir? and what sorts | rai 
was Pheer op out in every direction, tat Gan was not | do you recommend for late cultivation? A Constant | with man 
indication of its being derived from any | Reader. [October may be idered as the latest | greatly 
pando sara The roots in fact of both the tees we ere | month, but in favourable situations they may be 
clubbed, and we have uniformly found that plants in | obtained ing are 
to which plants sen 
s| iginn for 6 be good eno 
pe age rm, cenit 
or moulding iè recommended, 
n the sun heat gets wea 
Garden Walks. 
ugh to state 
—Will some of your 
what is the best 
If a tile 
where is the best | 
