790 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, [NOVEMBER 21, 1857. 
t ark but d , wh tem nero of ; unhealthy, dirty, and green manner of kneading it belon ngs. R ext best an 
rarya y tapear mba take enre sag fo exam ex A m | br ead, vans tra hg would soon show a more encouraging amerson, from Mr, ee tall ta tm 
frequently, removing any decaying o hi. this greed rex nt in the future est: of the City ical | Mr. Scruby sent De a 
I have kept Gra is until the early freed ones hav ah officer. I have taken Sa 4 = aap ‘ltl ee Satter $ Annie, an pae Danae deh » Gen, a 
: ustin, Forest Hill. | pamphlet of mine upon the subject, an ic ee SE 
boui i ly for as Mark Austin, Fe | eis dost your attention to pp. 50, 54, Also a loaf of | came from Mr. Hollan of pee, 
ne | brea at has never come i r 
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netting, such as is used to protect Peach trees from frost hand at all in the eer E. Stevens. [London | diameter, covered with rich crimson 
ii alien: choses so that the lights will slide up and | bread is so bad an article anir willingly port the | which were the ae of everyboiy: aie adiit 
down without interruption, will be an efficient remedy; | loaf received from Mr. a sting ri excellent. | to this he had i e plants of Duruflet, Cedo Nalli, 
but improper ventilation and a damp atmosphere are| Flue Covers.—It isn e years since I conceived eg Pinio d On and Comte Vigier, Mr, Wortley 
the greatest evils to contend against. Äri a free |a -great Rre y to a common dishe ed flue cover, wed compact handsome plants of this Clase, The 
circulation of air and a fire lighted i morning | recommended to “K. L.M.” by Mr. Cassillis. I ha nae were. Duruflet, : rilliant, in Drin, Riguigui 
occasionally to expel damp, and loo ns a ates any observed that when the flues were ee with or Cedo Nulli, and Sainte Thais, These wi 
berries that are decayed, Grapes might be had in perfec- | tiles for a aati = saa “— o good as bouquets of flowers. Mr. Scruby sent Trophée, Dri 
tion till the middle of me uary. J. James, Rossall Hall, | ja jen com used, a he same | Drin, Duruflet, Madame Roussillon, Bob, and Graziella, 
Fleetwood, store tied unt of fuel Prt path peta ce nage same effet in the Of cut blooms, Mr. Wortley furnished 24 beautiful 
Pear Rot.—All thee rop off my only Easter Beurré ae as the other. This p no doubt, caused by the | specimens of the following :—Themis, Platus, Ari 
ear Tree was pulled perfectly dry, but most of the absorbent nature of the dished covers, ani er ch kept | Beauty, Annie Salter, Lysias, Goliath, Nonpareil Met 
fruits were very much spotted, and they are all turning the interior of the flue contin spine damp, and from Miellez, Pio Nono, Aristée, Dupont de PEure, Rosa 
dy at the spots, and some have decayed. The| which, where there was an accumulation thew ga Mystica, Hermione, Madame André, Racine, Versailles, 
C Kate, 
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it in the same loft is keeping very well. Can'a ve unpleasant smell was emitte d. h e| Defiance, Elizabeth, Stella glo ; r 
reekk ve vio a aAa m of the dished covers is to give off a Bis ure | Marquis de Molleville, Stafford, Dii ia a 
to prevent a recurrence of this? The soil is on gravel, by evaporation. Now a do not a tate EN say, | The next best blooms in this class came from Mr. Bird, 
but other trees in its immediate vicinity have borne that the oe of the dished covers usually in use | who sent among others Anaxo, Arigina, Themis, 
healthy fruit, and the Easter Beurré crop was a good is so great, that not aoe of the water used is | Trilby, Goliath, Queen of England, Non Madame 
one in quantity. 4 Fe os fe a =. S., Croydon. n off by evaporation to the atmosphere of the house, | Lebois, Hermione, Stafford, Versailles, 
Cheap Vineries. i on um, 
n wit igne e he flue, where | Pic lla glob 
description of his ip. Viner ry that I Kitt nar at it is not only doing no go but is positively detri- | taire, Albyn, Warden, and Dupont de Eure, 
once to erect one, 50 feet long, but on seeing J. Ellis’s ai To — these objections, | u 14 years} In the class of 12 blooms the best were contributed 
int i e covers m wi | 
start ig Th mon tile by Mr. i : 
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an abandonment of my project, and now ath z think | outs of the aeli forim and size; eng 14 inches, | of England, King, Anaxo, Goliath, Nonpareil, re $ 
mine a hopeless affair to expect to get ripe and good- | width 7; inches, and | Plutus, Christopher Columbus, Trilby, Dupont de 
flavoured Grapes in a cold Vinery in North S Stafford- | \N 9,.inches. thi ck at the, YEure. Mr. Oubridge sent Nonpareil, Arigina, Themis, 
shire, wh even in the warm | A Ù BDKGG ends. The ee part Madame André, Queen of England, Plutus, a 4 
climate of Essex. Howev ever, if you say a may go on | is about half meh Kate, Dupont de l’Eure, Voltaire, and Hermione, i 
with a fair chance of success I will at once do so, deep, and which I had glazed, so soe no aii f | James had King, soe: of England, Themis, i 
and shall be glad also of your advice i am penal saat ina | water could take place. The tiles, as may bep pane da ey | Goli ath, Nonpareil, Dupont de VEure, Anaxo, 
M rden is rather a steep slope from east to paag not separately dished, but os Gren a continuous — P Micllez, a and formosum, 
and as the Vinery — ory ar m peni you ad Of six blo — bane) sent Queen of 
will much oblige. J. B. [The climate of North Staf- common dished covers, if glazed, ‘eo baste the pur- | kinds, Mr. Wortle 7 hed M Godilersn, Ki of Anemones, 
fordshire ïs i ithi £| pose equally well, and there will not be that nicety Gluck, Nat @’Anjou, Fleur de Marie, and Nancy 
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T ia tlie icine ail soon ait 50. or 60 feet? A reply | theat a covers are ee peg fine | must be level, fey the e| In the interesting class of six Anemone flowered | 
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London, where “Vigneron’s” Vinery is situated, that ¡required in keeping the flue level. ” Blue covers, ~ de Sermet. Mr. Bird produced in addition to the sorts l 
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some caution should be exercised. Build a house 20 | whatever sort, should be very carefully put on. Mine just art i Marguerite de York and Eclipse. Mr. James 
feet in length, and try if Grapes will ripen in it; and | were care fully bedded with fine mortar, gauged with % ele arguerite. 
then if it succeeds make it 100 if r required. It may It Sas plaster of Paris. Previous to bedding, each of the | At thel Da of the room, which was tastefully arranged, 
slope from end to end without “ steps.” was rubbed down at the edges, and a fitted, was an immense plant of Vesta which could not measure 
Mice.—Can any of your correspondents advise me | SO as as to. have as small a joint as possible, n ore than; 1 ess than 5 feet in 1 height and as’ much through. This 4 
how to preserve Crocus roots from the ravages of mice in | zee ofaninch, ic. with ee putty, , and risk | | formed a good centre piece for the exhibition, which om 
spring, which have hitherto destroyed the arrangement sand. No plaster of Paris must be used in thejoints, the whole was highly satisfactory. i 
of my spring garden, and detracted much from its | | I hes had a flue re fitted i in use for er years, and it ee $ 
2 =: I know that rosin applied in a “quid state is now in as good condition as when put up. If Notices of of Books, | 
to Peas and before sowing effectually prevents their | “ K. L. M.” would like to have one of my flue covers, I | 
Beans 
ie attacked by this little pest. I propose using i: will with pleasure forward one to him, if he will write 
a powdered nee mixed with sand Fopma Pi my — us | me a line to that effect. While speaking of flues, T Cultural Directions for the tis Si with Select om | 
roots, Carrick. [Any — Anaa can trap a We | can fully corroborate the observations of a Cas sillis 3 Sorts, &e., and a Calendar of Operations. By | 
on. . 
one French cat keeps |as to their general construction. Tho ee tainly ar Cranst Houlston & Wright (a pamphlet, pp. 34). 
rarely built as they should be, and yet ome cases sa my author of this useful little treatise is a 
ae cannot agree with those pes ag oiera they are preferable to hot-water dec at all at King’s Acre, near Hereford, of whese 
peculiarity in ts I prefer for keeping late as heated short notice was given a week or two ago (p. 744). ke 
deep erai Apne ran en wip a absorbs moisture to a <n ti extent the pages of the pamphlet before us aiig een oi: 
oured flowers from being piata amongst Fir trees, | than pipes, and this, in the dull — of —— is of experience as a nurser has shown him to be me 
and for the i following reasons, At Enys, in Cornwall, | the utmost importance. Henry . Ogh ener to needed b ee of his customers who, after buying” 
where I lived for a number of years, they had t the | the Earl o of Abergavenny, Eridge lain, Twabetig pra trees, scarcely know what to do harro them 
Hydrangeas by hundreds in the home plantations, and | Wells. ough we Ros other woh on t 
there they grow very well indeed, and under Fir, The Carolina Poplar at Dauny Park, near Brighton. ti is due to Mr. Cranston to say 
Elms, Oaks, Yews, Laurels, Beech, &c., the e plantations —Can any of your readers obligingly i nform me wher re may be studied with advantage by ‘aah 
being of a mixed character, and the greater part of the | I may find an engraving of this tree? E. W. 8. His advice is strictly and ibr 
gróund of a good rich hah loam, generally resting upon| Oaks:—Is Quercus robur, or, as it is called by the what 99 people in a hunok chiefly care tor. E 
a rotten flat, inclining to clay—a bottom through | nurserymen in Scotland, Red-twigged Oak, superior to extracts will we trust lead to the i ot Sas tes 
ich water soon found its way, and the oe seldom if | the green leav variety or Quercus sessiliflora ; be in 
ever suffered aon lengthened dry weather in summer, tn I ordered eer. robur, = tg planting some | 
and to see the Hydrangeas as they flower there is quite | years ago, there are a great many of the green leav ed, y 
a treat to any person who may not have seen them in | kind amongst them. Perhaps I may be mistaken in is, I doubt not, a more 
Such perfection. The most essential thing in assisting | Supposing that the red twig is the Quercus robur, and. disa in o 
them there to become a deep distinct blue was that | there may be ec ing else to mark the distinction of first 
they were well shaded all through the summer from the | which I am ignorant. It a appears to me however that he wi 
sun, as those growing in shady situations were always | the green sonal sort is the freest grower. A consider- taken in han 
_ of the deepest blue. One season some trees were cut | able portion of my young Oaks and other trees has most beauti 
dow exposing some of the Hydrangeas while in | been nied by rabbits breaking them and probably 
flower, the colour of which was a pleasing blue m the extreme carelessness of people when cleaning 
a being ex exposed for ten days to the ae ‘of the | them in the home nursery. Will this be injurious u he li 
ek -they soon turned to an unpleasant rus rusty colour, | the trees afterwards, although the wounds are almos 
_ T bave seen om some A aaa there producing yearly | all healed over? The forester here says that it afin 
60 and: ds, measuring on an average not be any disadvantage, seeing that the trees are now 
“inches in args 7 eae Se beautiful blue; |in a healthy state. G, F. H. [The wounds 
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and Sheu A a a eee a Me RE Red-twiggod and Green- = ' expel 
— they produce along ak the Leycesteria | leaved Oaks. For the om ifferences between Q. pedun- soils sit ns: the result is, as pia 
csa a very pleasing effect throughout the whole of | culata and sessiliflora we must refer r you to the vey — the whole of them die, or if “they and aré 
the autumn months, Geor ge Dawson, Fulham numerous discussions that have already appeared in o operation oe fail to produce a 4 "ae 
‘Bat. reading Dr. “Letheby’ 3 | columns. ] Baria gone before season comes P? ito kno 
and statistics upon disease and death, e ee | of course is di and gad not m 
investigations “All classes have their Societies, | = ie reason why 7 his Roses do not grow i paving sent 
isis being the malady of bakers,” | frequently the nurseryman i -o of the 
es, “ But surely the fact that par- STOKE Newrweron Cavsa SANTHEMUM SHO | 
can be wat easily apportioned am Wednesday last a 1 ma b is o 
ong place Tuesda: 
hope that with ordinary lisede, Church a a he ere there was assemb! 
ence can very much diminished.” É 
ls 
ho had w J ere particu well grown and fi 
The result to me was | A ’s sorts consisted n, Defiance, Phidias, 
lived me | Christine, Plutus, and Madame Came 
can count young men, ' e, Mount Pi 
ims to the “baker’s | Pilot. Of single ‘ r 
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the disease. Now, sir, hada magnificent example of Anni Salter, which though | In such cases the 
seen eee: —— > Sa a a should be p 
