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822 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [Prorom 5, 1957, ! 
mien the rove Gale whine ee 
dag the crops were. a grievous failure, varyin the front for 2/. 5s., and — the exception of two; Ezra Eagles es, Esq., Dame Alice Street 
e-half to jin fifth of he é S) yona. Still ‘ether doors for either end, here was my material to work Ee it, Nicholls, g Es. Summerfi ricld, Bente, E 
in ake s same soil, I saw the nother allotment, with. I fixed on a south al, a which I planted the} mr @ W. Prana. ae om Soy Esa, E Mary Chehing 
whose allotment I bole. was manured vy dung | rafters and placed my lights; got a jobbing ashe! anor, ya. Cubitt, Esq., M nt pea ie Ade de kite 
scraped from the road, digging up a crop ‘which fell | with my gardener’s assistance, to put them up at an pu Picardo, Haq. iP., Ti P ark, padome 
little short of a sack to the pole, vith about a dozen | expense of a further 77., intending my Sardanes ps any | Mr, James Barnes Fhe sands, Albans, ae, 
diseased Potatoes in the whole. I conclude it is tole- | leisure time to paint it iy and « out. Thus p 1see I} Rowland Brotherhood, Hog, Chip cto 
rably well ascertained that the disease is w ar >et; and | have a house 60 feet long, 10 feet 9 inches wi de inside, seas fie Tenor, Bsa. MP, Canwick Hai, 
that it is developed more or less according to the condi» | for a sum wader 20/7. I have planted inside, h in raised Thomas Evans i re) tendoi Park, Ci Lincoln, 
tion of the soil and state of the weather fe the critical | borders Soc for the purpose, = Vines to go up the! Robert Mariott, 4 r House, near Arundel 
z eriod when iw tuber approaches maturity. 4d Rosas | front rafters, the roots in the borders extending 5 feet} Thos. Chamberlayne, Esq, Cranbu near Swaffham 
Early Trees.—A wie was asked this spring in| inside and 4 feet outside, the tates being well concreted — Protea =e pr s 27, Sussex | Square aater 
your eh (w which if my memory serves me rightly | and drained ; and against the south wall tor training late-| 34; ‘John Wa Maes Stockwell Villas, Stockwell 
received no answer) about the habits of an early Beech |r an i all I have n 
T lge | i 
ee, on the road between Tunbridge and Seven Oaks Vines in bord feet and as many feet | Stephen Lewis, » Roehampton, $, 
I have noticed th question now cect - iewat i feet being between the two a Ath ot wp bitten pes 
and can assure the er it always , as us Mr. ers’s Vineries. Henry John Spearman, Tag.. NOA Old Kent Roag, ' 
l three weeks to a month earlier than ns neigh) For Ahi (no mean Ay oint to be > considered) I have a| -A ohn Robin, Esq., West Kirby, Birkenhead ot Durham, 
bouring Beeches, of which there are many wooden shutter 9 inches in depth, w entire; yy H: i Seerliog big met ie Bees Tue. 
however, until this year observed the fact that it a length of the house, and utile the back of the brick wall Wm. A.T. Amhu, at, te 4 dlingto ouse, 'utfield, Suey, 
retains its leaf a fortnight longer than any ofits neigh- -|Ih I have another opening j h the of| Jam rd, Esq., Surrey Cottage, B Park, ra 
latter peculiarity I shoul t have ex-| 6 i scion unning the whole length of the back of th ae oe Esq., South ; Clap Pa 
cted, but rather the revers ionally | house, and e ed and closed at pleasure; | peaa en Pas Rtapiefoni, Cam 
noticed a large number of see from it, but they | but t re good ilation even shutters Henry Miles, Esq., The Downfiel d, , 
do not retain the early habits of the parent tre | closed the lights on the roof do not fit closely to the x x P Carnegie, Esq., blethmont, ie 
same precocity of foliation prevails in other Beeches | plates at the top of the wall and o he front upright Tos nati p irag ag , Dnia Park, Arundel, Susser. 
al green sand range, but it is not ve equent. | supports, but are so placed as to allow air to circulate] Joh Cattley, Esq.” Shobden tag: nant 
Nor d anything in the situation of the trees som | t h an inch in space left for this purp o rai Francis Edward Robinson, Esq., : 
it in any case. It appears e an individua | or snow can however possibly get ou may doubt- Ra f. aar, Tg moleton Rese 
constitutional peculiarity. J. ess say, why all this rigmarole? Be patient for a few Mr. S. Finney, Gateshead men on Rectory 
| t i y, ead Nursery, Newcastle. 
Bata I f your corre- | moments and I willtell you. It is my intention (D. V.)| Mr. Samuel Broome, The Garden, Inner e te 
spondents oe us with the aite. of theis ultivation |to obtain such a crop of Black Hamburgh Grapes from | Mr. Wm. Toog 
of this fenders warm and sunny year ? I have just | thes woh es as shi 
had a 
apt me of a is a fall er 
years south, weighing 1 1b. 11 oz., and I learn that | put to in S buildin ng 
some of the same crop reached 3 lbs. I hear also of wood and iae h: Si 
mens ee ith 19 Ibs. grown from strong roots in | looking and the most justl i y ; 
Ts neigh J. R. garden, but if looked at closely it will be found that the ‘Lodge, 
Orchid. Disease Being a slight sufferer from what | woodwork has not se ee Ge srg se, N. 
rs to be ye so-called — disease, I have been without paint. Ido intend to ruin my Vines by G mal hear Beccles, 
much ayeni in the respondence which shawn psi hs a hurry for a pny and shall be satisfied to wait} H G urray relay, Ha Esq., Cally, Gatehouse, N.B. 
lately appeared in your c colts re especting it, ars from this time, but I shall at that time be| James Dolman, Esq., Bath Lodge, Surbiton, SW. 
h i r co ndent “M. J. B:s 
wever risk your correspon e dis. of Leo puzzled, ue to a arhonta; if I do not get] Thomas Hancock, Esq., Stoke Newington, : 
pleasure by saying that I do not agree with him that from 2 to of Grapes—the borders having been pote Zz Pd Epema deian Hed Glanton Northumber- 
over-heating is a primary cause of the evil, when the | made eae: artem, "the Vines from Sawbridge-| ‘Thomas Bewley, I > te Newtown Park, Rock, Dublin, 
temperature ranges from 60° to 70°. I think your cor-| worth, and the aspect south, drainage first-rate,| Rev. James Williams, Tring Park, The Park Deby. st 
respondent “Gleanings ” has incidentally hi upon the | and nothing more to be desired. What I have done Peace fg inc g ae AA 
origin of the disease (however scientifically its|others may do, and I would strongly recommend | - Thomas Clapham, E ., Stackhouse, near Settle, 
action may be explained), when he says that it proceeds anybody having the requisite knowledge and the} Je nae Saa Colman, Esq., 
from cold nights immediately succeeding the heat cf facilities at hand to set to work and knock up a strong| It was announce d that another 1 if for the elec- 
summer, when we are loth to give sufficient fire-heat to | house for r Grape growing ; for be assured that by paying | tion of. Fellows would take phog on , Dee. 15. 
evaporate the moisture which from the kinds of|attention to certain an in border making materials, 
treatment pursued hangs on and around the respecting ventilation and pruning, success is certain, anniversary 
‘whole plant, after perhaps a scorching day. Such the crop a highly remunerative one. I believe myself | iets ‘fs he inthe me Now. $ oe Burlington 
then being the case, I maintain that the proper | acquainted with all the above cb Sma for success, the | House. Pron t Lord W Wrottesley, in delivering 
treatment is to slightly raise the temperature | pruning and training in the first instance excepted, and his annual address porte ergo ene ‘science 
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and decrease the moisture, when the evil will imme- | it is on these see I “wre be greatly obliged by adviee since the previous anniversary, 
i to dra a 
Atel bo arrested, the wall will dry is to eect magneti MA ea a 
cuticle or epidermis will collapse and leave a black or borders inside Vi ineries ore uld be watered at all or not, Adverting to Gear "Sabine’s joak y of rpn 
a r . area of the decennial | ia and 
inima of i with t 
‘pats on the sun’s afer 
ek im Cay f yo i hi 
disease e ] eum was l h infi m TE here 18 any pean Po i se edition broad re 
in the same situation, and the result in both instances | office in London at which i insurances may be tte tions at the mouth of the Briana as river, 
was as I hai stated above; the whole collection was «age damage to horticultural ces pets Ae by hail, | of Arctic Ameri that Kea p 
then placed under nearly similar conditions, and the|and if so favour me with a word on the subj ect? found the neutral point ne Babon tib 
result was in every way satisfactory. The enclosed leaf is r. S., FILS. or “ disturb int Bar 
ier to moist t tis sapa m nish bly z oro Government are to be ai 
recurrence to moist treatment even for afew days. It teti is interes! 
i Hog : eived that the mischief is s ing hve = Deletes. ye a Weve wpe emg mene | 
centre of the spot looks as if it were punctured, n my| HORTICULTURAL, Dec, 1.—At a special i stion, that 
T Š — speci neral meet- | the geographical 
case the disease attacks the thin Bia of such plants as ing held this day, the following new Fellows were promised Smt a vessel to exp 
: aga Riar as m nse nal ag a ones conjunction with Dr. Livingstone, 
belonging to Aerides, Sacco W: L. “The Fare of Scarbrough, Sandbeck Park, Tickhill, Yorkshi i . j 
Vine. Growing.—I have about 40 Vines in Vineries,| ‘The Earl of Shannon, Castle Martyr, Count: Cork, | Africa in the course of the x 
The medals in the g 
extending about 150 feet frontage, and some of them are| Earlof hone 95, Eaton Square, and Crum le, Lisnarkea. ; 
The D f Dalkei 
not yet in a fruiti ng € on. The Vine borders have| The Marl of Be ores ne ‘Eliot. Cont wrat. ue 
j on principles dictated common sense— | ‘The Earl of Rosse, The Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland. 
By ww bridgeworth. 
the Vines are to be grown a rich maiden loam, top-spit Be RB Wn ogham, M.E., 5, Hamilton Placo, W. 
from T field, mixed with more or less of old manure and | Sir C. Wm. Codrington, Bt. À 
: resent a a Sir Thos. Buchan Hepburn, Bart., Smeaton Hepbum,, rant 
A a fa gta a war mt aoe et 
OF BOE yeu on. R. or Clive, M.P., $ 
hry dvised a pes I may take up the me The Bt Hon. Thos. Bralkine, Fir P iaig Borsley, Hànts, ches of i ifie 
or shoots fron main W. —< id, Caviegoran, County C b 
Vine, the Vines being planted from 5 to 6 feet. fr Erle, 4. Park Crescent, Regent's Par ; 
other, d ; z 6 to 10 feet Sir John Ord Bart., Kilmory, hi p ead, i; [shire. 
each Te gen _ #9 Sir m Mon ery, Bart., M.P., Stobo Castle, Peebles- 
is that one De. Brunch Daens Ca ne |: Canh Mr Deora Wickham, Dundrum, Dobie | 
insufficient, and I think that at least two branche. Stephen Tan oiuming, Bart., Altyre House, Forres, 
pruned and trained on t spur system might bel Robert pete Pue e eie A TET 
allowed without either cramping the space or AeA Btep! i h, Esq., Strand- on-the-Green, yw, 
taxing the capacities of es Vines. Mr. Fleming’s James N Morreil, Eac me” Headington Hall, near Oxford. 
account of the necessity of coner reting the Rebates. of| Mire One ae ire, Epam Be, Bernas, Burrey, 
Vine ig set me thidtking, and reg 1 rdell, Esq., Ab tsfield, near Chester, 
of my Vines bein lifted, the soil i Esq., Binfield Manor, Bracknell, Berks. 
y, 
arcourt Powell, Drinkstone 
apy wg i nay San aik 
and ement being comparatively sd., P., Kirklees Park, mo 
put np a 60 feet 1 ks i 
m 5, Gloster = Rod Pa sag ey N. wil 
aoe yeaa ore: 
D., F.R.S., Sandford Park, Oxon. 
$ fie Ciia 
