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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 







317 



CHOROZEMAS. 



s tre generally considered by amateurs 

 jT t0 cultivate ; but they can be grovvn well by 

 the following method. The soil should be a 

 - ~j neat well broken with the spade, but not sifted. 

 SAEtime for potting is March or A pril. Care must 

 *km not to over-pot the plants, or injure the roots 

 *•?* ..... *\, A/iil must be made very firm and 



sun 



and 



i\ 



f> 



and 3 are arboreo-maximum. 



All have stood 



The 



• . 



this winter^erfectly, in a very exposed situation 

 flowers of No. 1 are not as large this year as last,' owinz 



laJ *3 ' \u Tge °? e > 8 ftet hi 8 b ' having been mored 

 S« All are free flowers, having this year from 



M to 40 heads, though only tlie second year of blooming • 

 they are about 20 or 22 years old. /. JR. [These 



flower q wpvo av k;i,:* a j -x ai . .« - .1 — L XIIC '- e 



pad about u« *""*>•*% r f . . , 



..?!L V should be placed in the greenhouse in an airy 



Ctiia and not crowded among other plants. It is 



*fe well to keep tiiem in mc grctunuuao «u*x» 6 ouumici , 

 JUt in hot weather they should be shaded for two or 

 « * % -•_- 1~« — They require a 



tain 

 three 



take off the bottom leaves 



keep them in the greenhouse during summer; 



_i — jj k e sna( ] e( i f or t wo or 



un shine. They require a 

 renonable supply oi wtuer j that is, they must not be 

 ^oddeu, nor left too dry. 



Thev may *> e propagated in the following manner : 

 the cufticgs should be tak-« * ff ""^ —^ft.ii« ™>™~^ 



while the wood is young 



^ t j^rp knife, and make a clean cut' horizontally 



jolt through the joint ; the cutting-pot should be drained, 

 tod (hen filled to within an inch of the top with the soil 

 ibore mentioned ; on the top of this put a layer of white 

 »0d, into which put the cuttings, making a hole for their 

 It ception with a 6mall stick. When the pot is full, give 

 tbem a little water with a fine rose ; after which, place 

 a dean glass over them : in this state they may be re- 

 rooted to the propagating house, where the temperature 

 Should be r<>°. They should be shaded from the sun, 

 which can be done by placing a sheet of coarse paper 



flow 

 tural 



era were exhibited at the meeting of the HorticUl- 



hvhi U°T y v\ Tuesday last ' as specimens of the 

 Hybrids to wjiich our correspondent referred in his 



papers on Hybrid Rhododendrons in our columns a few 



Z fc Jf a 2 ' m 6y T G aH hi R h -e°loured ^nds, without 

 the least bemi.h, and extremely handsome.] 



I he Wide Mediterranean Heath,— This 

 believe, the first instance of a white 



being, I 

 variety of the 



the glasses 



Ai soon as the cuttings are rooted, which may be 

 wn by their appearance of growth, they must be 

 jotted off; but care must be taken not to injure the 

 not*, and they must be shaded again for a week or ten 

 daya, until they make fresh ones ; they must then be 

 gradually hardened, and placed with the old plants in 

 tie greeuhouse. Alpha. 



morning (say from 6 or 7 to 9 o'clock), because I found 

 as the day advanced, and under the influence of a bright 

 that they became particularly vivacious and a*tle 

 were then caught with difficulty. However' 

 although I did not try it, I entertain no doubt that by 

 means of a fine gauze net they might even then be 

 readily captured. I may add that a considerable 

 number of the male flies were caught also ; I shall be 

 putting the estimate low when I say fifty. Robert 



Grey, Hadzor Gardens, Droitwich, May 8. Through 



the middle of April my men were engaged before 



breakfast in catching the sawflies that were nestled 



m the Gooseberry bushes, and sometimes got nearly 



a pint of them ; they tapped the bushes with a stick, 



and the fly generally darted to the ground, where 



it was secured without difficulty. We adopted this species' ever "disc~over^77f Zl WUUe V , anety 0l the 



plan some weeks before your Droitwich corresponded So^ >' et " ith ™< 



account was published, and there cannot h A *.w ^S fron \ £ *^ ^-^^2^ 



aA M .. , |. . 5f the dark flowered variety, which I now enclose 



ad consequently done no having every appearance of the trie Erica came, about 



^ fly, which is met with iretr^je^ 



same time, feeds upon the eggs, and therefore should obtained information 1 keb t ea d me n«S th* ?«I S 



plantation. Should they appear, we shall have recourse 

 to hand picking in the early stages, when the leaves are 

 only eaten in pin-holes, as then they are found in 

 numbers of 20 to 30 on one leaf. Those that 

 escape this operation, and get distributed about 

 the tree, we shall powder with hellebore, as! 



poinds wilir rWith T? m8rk€d - SUCC f 39 ' • Ei § ht yj an y <*senti.i characters 'which " ^"'dSSHk" tins 

 ES 7 f ie US ! d m , , s « cce8Slve ^essings and dwarf flesh-coloured variety from it. On *ein* m 



cell t no e t eP l oTr" 8 .° f 'Vm r ng , b ^ heS W IT' 8h3deS ° f C0l0Ur ' 5t at onceoc^urred to me'fhaT, 

 thev a" i„ f a I InZT r Tf ' ^ ^ >*** ' h - e L 0Ur ° ther native s P ecies of Heath ' a white variety 



!o e ^crir t ir^oni 



the 



men 



harm, as they lay but once. 



.. — . v . *.*w county of 



Mayo in April, 1852, when after a long search I found 

 the side of a hill covered with Erica mediterranea, a!l 

 very dwarf and varying in tints and colour from the dark 

 variety my friend sent me to the ordinary pink state 

 Finding that the case, I saw there was no chance of the 



true E carnea being found, this being, no doubt, the plan 

 taken for it ; and, indeed, it is scarcely possible to fin 



t 

 find 



ravages 



neighbouring plantations, 

 the caterpillar were 



where the original of the plant I 



COMMON THINGS. 



Rom received from nurseries in May, and during the 



lumraer months, in a growing state, should, immediately 



tffer being unpacked, be placed in a cold frame, and if 



mor weather, shaded a few days, syringing them occa- 



!!rL ^ 8IV,ng them water from a P ofc w ith a hue 

 «*. The first three days keep them close, afterwards 



Sw 1, *7J ua \ tak}n S the Kghts off at night, if still 

 mther and the nights are dewy. In eight or ten days 

 ■Vmiy be planted out without any risk of their being 



«,^ • lu e,r gr0Wth ' Some little variation is re- 

 Huireain the treatment o f ^««*« - — 8 — ■ --* -* 



witii their balls of earth 



. , , (j , - r °ow inclose, after searching 



miinv nf *k« * i a - ^ , unchecked ; two days. I shall hardly ever forget the effect produced 



i^ a *■ . -—. . 



^ „ U1 lhat can g rew ™ such profusion at that early period of the season 



Our Pear blossoms are much which can only be understood by those who have seen 



Erica cinerea covering a large space of ground in full 

 bloom, lighted up by the rising or setting sun. D. Moore. 

 Glasnevin. 



tbecked 



■ft^nAfk 44J T""' —'doped in Moss; these, it 



S to ^ have l ^ en S' ^ in ***** have 

 *« token out for convenience of packing. If in sprint 



«*mmer they should be placed in a cold fram ? " 



e, with 



aS-fiiJss esa-s. rat: 



*> Sop the BUeding of Vines. 

 •* w the season, 



^t£± fi . ne , P °r der in a mortar, and tW 



** in the spftcnr, 4 '.'7 v ^»^o.— When cut rather 



titkt 



P^te ; th 



with the 



a pressed into the pores or tbe wood, 



*^lly ston^thrvf ° r , by M y other meaiJS » w iH 

 *»» fco/e er P ? ° W ° f 8a P' S ™etimes a repeti- 

 ^ r? * DeCeSSa 7 « not well forced into^he 

 ****S the c JT Ud " not Properly covered. 



^•irnr^ ^^I'r^* Ca ^le grease also 

 / *sts in preventing Vines from bleeding. 



arrive at perfection. ___ 



injured by the late frosts ; the Black Currants are con- 

 siderably affected ; the Plum, Apple, Gooseberry, and 

 Red Currant not materially hurt, but in some planta- 

 tions the Plum is likely to suffer from grub, *s it is 

 already preying on the'young leaves, but not visible with- 

 out close inspection. R. Varden 9 Seaford Grange. 



Camellias in Cornwall— In the gardens of J. S. Bed- 

 forl, Esq., of Pendrea, near Penzance, I noticed a 

 splendid Camellia just coming into full bloom, and bear- 

 ing upwards of '2000 buds and flowers, all fine and 

 perfect. The size of the plant is 7 ft. high,; 1 1 ft. in 

 diameter, and 33 ft. in circumference. The gardener 

 informed me that it has been in the open air throughout 

 the past very severe winter ; but a slight covering is 

 now thrown over it, to protect it from the cold east 

 wind and hoar frost. When planted in 1848 it was 

 only a foot high. Delta, Penzance, May 4. 



The Crimea. — As any anti-scorbutic is too valuable 

 not to require notice, I beg to recommend the parties at 

 Sebastopol to examine the rocks on the sea-shore, where 

 I have little doubt the Crithmum maritimum will be 

 found, as also at Scutari and other places in those ' 

 latitudes. During many years' service in the Medi- 

 terranean I never failed to find it on the rocks, and 

 made an invariable rule never to go to sea without a jar 

 of it simply preserved in vinegar. It is a fine anti- 

 scorbutic, and one of the very best pickles.I know, and 

 a most useful palliative to the salt pork and beef. There 



Protecting Wall Trees.— The following is an account 

 of the protection I used, and how I fared, during the 

 severe frost of the 4th of May. My walls are 12 feet 

 high ; the outside course pitched asblarM stone ; the 

 inside, excellent brick, with a 6-inch cavity betwixt, and 

 binders every fifth course and fifth brick, the coping 

 projecting 5 inches, and throated 3| inches from the 

 wall. That portion of the south wall occupied by 

 Apricots is covered every night with woollen sheets, 

 nearly double the thickness of frigi domo, reaching from 

 the top to within 6 inches of the ground at an angle of 

 J 6 inches from the wall ; the sheets are fixed to rollers 

 in 1 2 feet lengths, and can be let down or drawn up in 

 a few minutes. Under such a covering you might 

 imagine all is safe, but not so ; on the morning of the 

 5th, when I went at 7 o'clock to draw up the sheets, a 

 most beautiful crop of fruit, varying in size from a pea 

 to that of a marble, was frozen quite black ; conse- 

 quently I let the cover remain down some hours longer, 

 for fear of admitting the sun too suddenly, but all to no 

 purpose ; 99 out of every hundred are completely de- 

 stroyed. I may also add that a Bigarreau Cherry on a 

 different part of the same wall, which had a double 

 hemp net and new Archangel mats hung before it, 

 •uffered equally with the Apricots. My own opinion is 



<** 



«M 



isappoint- 



spring 



ilh 



If* 1 « f ^eir ienoth * n f back . here to » ^If or 

 r*/wng plants Xl' f In , seed P an s, indeed, in frames, 



** «• li«t e nr? edy enou 8 h ' but w kn set ou 







hard 



nter. 



ably 



&**> 



2*el>nute. ] V fi£- y , I f MacIura >» unable to do 



***** 



aptBriB 8flia y iii«ijr e i. e ? perie ? ced litt,e difficult y 



"Inch g,ve ex l9 tence to the Goose- 



^^; fli r tw 



* *: "** <« *wc?S£ ! he 2 3th of April the * fi «t 



Wa *% cnS they Were not at a11 1'velv. 



Si*' *i7 Z } ^ r ? ed 0D SOme ^cra^ 

 ^.that n o„ e S^i? , !!^_ 0lr ™ the . g r ««nd. 



hidden by 



is little doubt our soldiers and sailors will be yet more that no coverings such as are in present use will save 

 « a. _ a ,i ■ , . . . £ ru j t f rQm ^ ne e ff ec t 8 f guc |j a night as the one just 



mentioned. Thos. Henderson, Gardener to P. Qarforth, 

 Fsq. f Coriston, Yorkshire. 



Natural Mushrooms, Beurre Ranee Pears, <kc. — The 

 Asparagus bed, from which 1 obtained a fine supply of 

 Mushrooms in April (see p. 281), still continues to pro- 

 duce Mushrooms in great abundance, of the quality of 

 which I send you a further illustration. I also send a 

 dish of Beurre Ranee Pears, instancing the excellent 

 keeping properties of this Pear ; and I may mention 

 that the crop of Beurre Ranee was saved last year by 

 the employment of straw mats, which I use extensively. 

 | The two samples of kitchen Apples sent are much 

 esteemed in this locality, viz., " Betty Geeson " and Nor- 

 raanton Wonder [Dumelow's Seedling]. They afford in 



ves the best proof of their good keeping qualities. 

 W. Ingram, Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Lincolnshire, May 7. 

 [The above were all exhibited at the Horticultural 

 Society's meeting last Tuesday. The Mushrooms were 



extraordinary specimens for this time of the year]. ■ 



Iii the spring of last year four trenches were made 



These were filled 



with some horse-dung direct p 



with some old linings from frames (all horse-dung) ; 



accustomed to salt diet before they have done with that 

 inhospitable shore, and any anti -scorbutic to be procured 



on the spot will be acceptable to them. W. One of 



the Crimean scribes has found Dahlias ! among the wild 

 plants there. I dread the want of water for our troops if 

 confined to the Heracleotic Ciiersonese in the summer. S. 

 Rapidity of Growth of Pinus insignis and Black 

 Italian Poplar. — In the early part of the 

 of 1852 I had a present made me of a Pinus 

 insignis. It was about 7 feet in height, and in a pot ; 

 it was planted in a good soil, a loamy red sand, and 

 sheltered by a plantation from the north. The spring 

 following the leading shoot was 8 feet all but 1 inch ; 

 that is, the plant had gained that in height. The next 

 year the growth did not exceed 4 feet, but lateral shoots 



S* 



7 



' - Parched on th -~"*v<=u oDservation, 

 *, tES *« flies - e9 ' Wh,ch h; 



\"VC A ^T*i * w - * these 



were strongly sent out, some from 2 to 3 feet. This themsel 

 year an unfortunate occurrence took place, whereby 

 numerous trees suffered, my Pinus amongst others — a 

 fall of rain froze on the branches, to so great an extent 

 as to load the trees with incrustation of crystals of ice, 



whereby they were torn and injured. One branch of the r o — • 



Pinus broke off, the leading shoot had been long upheld 4 feet wide and 1 foot 6 inches deep. 



by a strong pole, the growth had been so rapid that my ~* :tU *" J J: — * r 



gardener was fearful of its breaking ; about 5 feet, how- . . - y 0/ , 



ever remained unprotected, and this part was bent down ! these beds were planted with ridge Cucumbers in the 

 by the ice, but not broken ; it was braced up, but I have usual way, but owing to a disease then prevalent among 

 my apprehensions as to whether the leader will show j Cucumbers, they were useless. I therefore had them 

 much growth this summer ; it is now 4 inches, and may destroyed and the beds planted with Lettuces inter- 



perhaps reach 



shoot. Whilst on the subject, I will just give you the 



growth of a Black Italian Poplar— it was planted by me 



take to fli X i th f. effect of in the spring of 1821, being about 3 feet high ; it was 

 flatter thlv 0r kno ?, k,n e them thrown down in February last, and found to contain 92 



5ft 



^5?J have bcen3r? U ^ became ***** 

 ^ *° "^1i to V^ ,a , to *»* one. I attach 



Wtead 



ln S to thf.il. a \ . " IJC# x a ^tacn 



* their destruction early in the 



2 feet ; here it is the earliest tree to mixed with Borecole. These still remain, and are a 



■ great protection to the beds. On the 27th of September 

 we commenced gathering Mushrooms from these beds, 

 and continued to have an abundant supply until the 

 frost in January, which, owing to their not being 

 protected, stopped their growth. During that time we 

 had them in such quantities that many bottles of 

 ketchup were made from the overgrown ones. They 

 Hybrid Rhododendrons. — I send you flowers of three began to produce again on the 17th of April, and con- 

 varieties of hybrid Rhododendron : — No. 1, the largest, tinue bearing as fine and good flavoured Mushrooms as 

 arboreo-catawbiense, is the one I referred to as j I have ever seen grown in a regular Mushroom-house, 

 equalling catawbiense in size! and arboreum in colour. I have now covered them with lone litter, and keep 



feet of timber, allowing for the bark ; this increase was 



got in 34 years. E. Jeffrie* Esdaile, Cothelstont House, 

 near Taunton. 



