$ 
Truffles which. art binned an 
836 
long slender pods in the Take of DEVONSHIRE’ 3 
iswick ; aad in 
iety’s 
on i Valonia Oak (Quercus Ægilops). 
column will be found an interesting 
Gordon Castle, in whic r. WEBSTER 
the effect of the siisiraee djan Apples in that high 
latitude. 
letter trom 
ut we must remind our correspondents that to 
npea their on noms useful three points 
ust be atten to. 1. The locality must be 
exactly indicated, well as any peculiarities of 
2. Real names and addresses 
which there are many. These are points which we 
trust will be anes to in any information that 
may be conveyed to cases of doubt the fuit 
itself had teal be i for then the accuracy 
of the statement will be made unquestionable. 
A PAPER on the cultivation of Truffles by the 
head gardener in the Royal Gardens at Herren- 
hausen has lately a 
tural 
to our knowledge of the subject, but as it shows 
st dition of the question, it may 
have raised Truffles artificially, n 
i es, it was found on inqui is 
method could lay no claim to the title of cultiva 
S 
could from it, sowed them in 
indifferent piy, end after fa years obtained 
crop in nine years becoming 
t. This is is ‘cha a prenien which is constantly 
followed in Poitou, 
a. “acorns § 
va appears rgadhoney that, 
dealer in Truffles, has persu 
rere to persuade others, 
am pegs tly the growth of the 
asserts that a species of Cynips pierces” its capil- 
slide and that b 
a Monsie 
ended elf and kas 
that Truffles 
Oak. He 
f 
ifferent species of Cynips. There 
greatest confusion in his notions 
ungi. pages are devoted in the 
journal from which we quote to this subject, but re 
it is really worth scarcely as many paragraphs 
and it has not even the merit of novelty. i 
Seren j 
ing the ruinous eftect 
tions g 
. se grounds of collecting the $ 
hich are unfit for the market as well as | shown 
the larger ones, is ver sa to the sain: of certain 
ee es, which have been made all enn 
ore ane 2 Bareika. 
similar Ry Pree which were 
by Conat Noé in the South 
prasy a the insertion of Truffles 
arings, in ground dlae naturally favour- 
able to ae, wu growth or formed of different kinds of 
organ Out of four varieties of soil, which are 
RAK x AE eaa one only succeeded, and 
at the hea Even in pee „however, the 
Th A rel of sce ry 
fo iprint folowing out as pdy st 
the Horticultural | 
n 
y | specimens 
sa 
per, after a few more 
e of small size, |; 
Its. russet, 
ME ealtivati tion | 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE: 
[DECEMBER 19 1857, 
| possible the method of Count unt NoÉ, and trusting to 
the soil itself in which cate naturally appear. ” As 
far as experience at present goes, no compost t, how- 
ever judiciously formed, seems likely to give pro- 
fitable results. M. J. B. 
Ir is seldom now that Pears of the highest 
casey. are added to our Coego, Some have 
one ON some. another. This ripens unseason- 
ably ; that is too small; a thi ird is in need of a 
pesn didai, as happens with igri d’Ango 
léme and Beurré Clairgeau ; th e api 
vini tender de impatient of our yade springs. 
Cross breeding seems to have once more achieved 
signal triumph by producing a variety of the 
Pear to which none of these faults be 
ascribed. Ripening at this season, portly and 
s 
g such sorts as 
he 
. | the Brown peie ia anak and t 
Chaumontelle wh 
2. Victoria Pear. 
‘ Victoria” ae sending to London at the an 
e fruit, and also some grafts 
our request for the Horticultural Society’s Garden, 
It was there regarded as a first-class 7 fcr nd it 
has since been ee cultiva marela 
em 
1. Huyshe’s Bergamot. 
ted in 
and elsewhere another £ ica three 
Pear trees produced two fruit, and this year a 
, which hae enabled Mr. Hvuysne to 
r examina ation. 
ae 
ai e gla 
the skilfal hortlgualtnrist to 
it is a Sees e handsom 
aa rather darker on one side 
fii the rather. Its flesh is — that of the Brown 
f NSEL’S Bergamot, 
ás rich and melting as in either of those famous 
arieties. In this singular season, when no 
will keep, it was Fit in the end of November. In 
ordinary years it may be expected to be fit for 
table by Christies 
Victoria Pear, though very good, is at the 
same time inferior to Hursue’s Bergamot, It 
i erie est light gr 
fles 
flo 
tage Rye is 
ad an 
rent a a very important addition to our teak 
What will the third of th 
prove? It has not ‘not yet fruited. ei Seedlings 
im A Sh ago vismentien WA 
columns of the peculiar c nditi 7 Our 
famous old Vin é "Seinuines ii ions under wide 
one of her Majesty’ 
at by the advice of ee: peorien, 
new house has = built over it, the een 
bei 8 feet long by 19 feet wide. È 
aroy covered by the ine, sadat = cae 
with truth that thi ina i 
Leviathan of Vines in Engla bac Sirus. 
ERSIAN INSECT POWDER* 
_ WE are indebted to Mr. Neumann, Inspector i of the 
of the carat which i Prone the Persia inset powder. 
W s uain 5 
Pyrethram 
ne 
cling the insect. powder, was de 
s h Russia aN 
° 
ral 
S 
BraS 
noe 
oh 
5 
4 
E 
c 
fr m ia by the Caneasi 
ee eens Ser this variety iS 3a veg ae ‘dine Isthmus, a shoo it is an old i inhabitant bea 
at “Clysthydo n Rectory karni retigtihe t | 8 on the continent 
years ago grew t ree plants of Pears raised from ffore the appearance e AT aa fais 
pips of the Marie Eois hybridised with Gansel’s | in the West ; it is however so a indan fa i eho 
Bergamot. Of thes three plants one produced | sure means of its destruction cannot fail iira 
fruit four or five years ago which he named the | fully acknowledged. On this account Mr, ions 
made some experiments to show how far Pyri 
m co’ ng 
se their p 
conipletaly, when removed from 
their ral and climate. The author 
pen therefore frst to ascertain the virtues 
rethrum, before he and 
. He collected a 
m 
This. verifi induced our author to cul- 
tivate a ree pe a of the plants, to 
ch as possible, and submi 
riment. Notwithstanding, hore he 
incli in 
ears } troublesome 
blossoms ] 
are just on the ai gre 
shade. quite , call i 
placed in a sieve, whose apertures are jost WHS “which 
to let them pass. ‘The calyx leaves, stem ri goret® 
are left behind we thrown away gire ergs R, hongt 
are then pla a plate Eea aey enough t 
boen laid du pipera “and left till hey jo minntes Tae 
