Novepen 21, 1857.1 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
789 | 
On their re side they have the usual narrow 
on each side of the midrib, and seem fro 
At first sight it might be taken for the 
Torreya 
n Kæmpfer, with the Japanese name 
h down 
rthern pro- 
nucifera figured in 
Faor eae | a tall tree common in 
vinces, 2 ing in structure 
any respects co: ndi 
Of this nail “a ys that the rer ae 
ovis int "remarkably astringent, so ind 
to be uneatable. They e, however, 
eho very ademas although omawia purga- 
ive. An oil is pressed from them in aian ee 
ing purposes, ee, reste the Chin 
Ni i. But ona comparison of Mr. Fortune s > phint 
ose ene specimen of ‘the Fa, 
lite rof. Zuc and which co: espo ie elk = 
Kæmpfer’s pen the e following aifferencés are observ 
able. The lea aves o e further , more fleshy 
ashort i Deserves point the 
ed cla e! 
Chi 
vince of apran Sue it does not grow itigis than 
an English Pear t: 
Siiotlior cpg is whether the Chinese plant niin 
not e a station on the mountains of the _ Eastern 
Himala In re allich 
in ie 
named, further 
two deep parallel fariom on the upper ae of each shaving 
Home Correspondence 
The Metropolitan Parks.—There are fow of the 
readers of the Gardeners’ Chronicle who remember the 
state in which Hyde Park and Kensi Gardens 
to be some 20 or 30 years ago, and contrast it with | 
their present pnts a but will 
that those places of 
opinion | 
the community. 
k grent Sei i in these favourite | 
nd fo y years availed himself of t 
unit direct public great to soot 
various ng in im which he es og they might be mad 
more interesting and enjoyable by the great mass of | 
Although his views were often regarded as cf m 
e epaian sere itis due | 
e of the m 
of 
are 
more than an execution of Ka of te plans of 
ns at Bayswater, an 
from the old dilapidated wall that 
ilar evergreens. 
was the progress te ate those days at t 
aera ga at least 
and F. 
such matters, thas it was not ore a BS 
cer several represen 
the gepe = Bayswater for th 
acknowled. d to bo a es nui- 
he present 
it of 
occasional thinning until last sic cha the 
ea occurred 5 makin g this part of 
as a as 
now offers to all 
age ves of it as of the wras delight- 
for exercise 
ice! the prian The spaces havea the 
on both sides of the walk are filled with 
Sadsemrance at this season of the year, and for | me 
ng 
| plants have attained the 
kernels are oily and | it 
muc = so 
t rarm 
the hint 
clai 
of terminating abruptly with 
duall 
e pro- | be 
some time past ttracted ren attention, and 
£ 
have 
been the subject of general ren 
Firs 
the va 
e 
ful accounts have lately been published; only a very 
small number have I found sufficiently pe ams Fr with 
botanical matte zi able it aey arm Seg 
In passing along this beautiful walk and adm 
outline, I could not ‘onthe regretting that sate 
of a more healthy and better description h nà 
e been keri 
ay answe 
sem 
new entrance 
eni rae wey could ray © 
removed m 
in their present situation. wh 
the iron railing 
d the border ren negn N it almost impossible for 
e | any one to make out the na 
b- hall ‘from 
agree 
blic resort have not only under- |P 
gone vast alterations since that time, but have been | t 
60 
erection of | ful 
‘oods | all which is, I conce 
the parties ake had the operons old on th 
dome þe 
it except | the 
“th Novem 
Hyde e Park 
o those | form 
and the E 
| Seite Gta an > 4 
mes that are 
them. If the confident i I have ventur 
hort raga I feel co ident it would be appreciated - by the 
| 
iin to t rapes grown with the Pines, “ 
ab 
There are oe of those in ‘ie belt varieties 
to ms 
ar a 
7 sold in London in 1856 by some Frenchmen, and 
has a good character where it has been grow 
for forcing. 
Melon Pits. mae et a large Melon 
pipes all round in ber (inch thick } pe 
too instead o 
room for the "o 
top heat, but my gardener complai 
ficient ae, -heat, therefore he stops u 
ha 
«| best descri Melon frames, 
s|In my opinion all straw mats are very injurious to 
the putty, — = timber, Constant Reader 
rapes. correspondent 
í 
cessful unl 
imp 
ess due is paid to the 
'ines throughout the 
he G 
whole season 
oF XY 
will not succeed in preserving them to a late period of 
ent very diflerent 
os, adds "S, P, A.” he 
onght to have Grapes beyond the mys week in Sep- 
aaa T. „It woul Appear that thet three houses are 
be su 
ment of wage 
pect 
of heen is s that the Grapes are all ripe together {the 
7 n are ce named in his — 
uay the houses n March, as he 
closed early 
finds the buds are are swelling fa -= at that Duas presuming 
this to be the the V will have a tendency to 
e | break annuall al that ri 
y our must, 
yay arek quite a pm yi . May I beg to 
rect his ention to me OE. by which he will 
the 
ira) ya 
offer were | winter months as in pentan mg we Ses a 
|honse o of „Black Hamburghe, which are so 
u 
trees and shrubs 
I presume me the alterations now in 
that it it is intended to 
m the M — 
shit T have n 
which they never knew |: 
Bayswa rt Aone It ose 
= © work being properly executed will be more ies 
ee A a an of shrubs than they were last 
arria ing Timber.—In answer to a “ Welsh Squire,” 
who asks for information as is to the expense of injecting 
in the French arias in one of your late 
beg to see the 
successfully 
tall tree with a i tubi in its branches, 
e tree in les 
r hoisted up in 
p in the tree, because no higher 
had, but in Wales this great expense 
might be of course overcome 
roots and cooling the groun 
iene of the ns ri kinds do loose 
his met” by the above-named processes. | p 
‘ouses.— This new notion of ee Rivers 
bedd bes will be, in soil. 
your died, mi ‘wil be, in wet soi us a little of their ex- 
of thi we 
ager vii —I have in a p“ Diehard- house a 
bush of the Early Malingre Gra 
Royal Muscadine. Now 
e anything about 
carried on, and all fru 
| 
his 
y leading water to any | grow ing Grapes amounts to three Vineres a oe the spare 
ee, Somerset, 
|i he foliage [the leaf sen 
ct 
. 
was green and 
uary or February I will paes or Jast Febr 
rapes wag nion. On the 5 Poh cag some 
he pony exhibited > te embers of the 
Pom olo lacs tee” who were pleased to express them- 
—“Grapes came from 
selves as follows Melton Constable, 
lk, as an exam ple of am- 
rgh. rries were esti coloured and 
it ae health A pos and full of wy were in 
ot oiin an d such as woul be They were to 
by | pA method of 
ent, if “S$ S. P. A.” oe e 
happy to — Cag wih oe details. 
rdener 
ir. 
apea ren 
Pas 
Ga 
Fastin ings, Betton Constable, Thetford, Foka 
tarred Pe at ent Mea are in 
you 
ealthy S Bi aa that modation for 
height of 40 to 60 feet above the felled space in two Pine stoves, he may reasonabl nay eee 
| Edgings:—Some years since have | at his table from nine to 10 months the. 
‘asked for an edging which would not- roai the ex- | year. The Vines in the Pine stoves 10 mentis De 
f Grass. I have used for five je Saxi take out or in at pleasure, so as to give ry facility 
hypnoides; it only requires cutting over once or twice for resting them, and they may p 
in the yea cutting in as many or more, | intervals according to the ay gd as 
and is at this time and all through the winter a Grapes cannot be long in the moist 
right of a nasty dull blue wee warm oaea of a Pine stove. Your correspondent 
such as e Grass is during that time. It has never | says his Grapes are a y the third week in Sep- 
been rene ey tember—why, that is about the time his late house 
a Orchards.—A correspondent tends drain ning his | should be ripe; and then, su the border i 
d  croband 4 fee APs jeep. Will he seiere area Tr all that can be wished, and that pr tion 
to I recommend his rolling it in wet miee with a very | is paid to ventilation, and fires I w Ax 
heavy roller and keeping the wn very short. |to keep away damp (always prana D. rig a 
Our farmers allow, purposely, their “site to “ d” | circulation of through the house n : is 
’ | the orchard, and in ens eae ae plough the orchard, | going), t in cases will hang in good 
small-rooted trees a condition till February. Some light airy material 
or flies, until 
oo Every pot plant be cleared from the house 
ous to rapes ripening, as the ton 
hould b be kept perfectly dry after they are 
pussies t “Calendar of ” will furnish “i . 
with info management of Tis 
| ffs will 
ger to sg, the geet and frui fruit 
he roots are 
y gk 
the öpen border they 
