THE b^RDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



regarded the original plant in many cases 

 it dried np the core of it, and the leaves withered op and 

 rotted off quite black. But next year, In 

 almost every head destroyed up came others innu- 

 merable, which had shot out of the sides of the roots, 

 and so my enemy prevailed the more ; and with all I 

 did, they seemed not to be diminished, till, at your sug- 

 ting off the heads, this year, 

 instead of pecks being carried off the lawn, only pints 

 have been cut off, and the plants are obi 

 attenuated. By next year I fancy there will hardly be 

 a Dandelion to be seen, where there were hundreds 

 three or four years ago. Addio. 



* J ling plant of 

 It was left 



of Vegetable Lij 



towards it 



isr'r, 



planted ij 



■■ 



rlen Arage, Arrach, or Orach 

 and called Ml re gardens in this 



part of the country are without it, for it is a most de- 

 sirable vegetable. Indeed, I may say tliar 

 more especially now that Potatoes are a failure. It 

 comes in at a time when it is most wanted, viz., the 

 beginning of May. It is a hardy perennial, and never 



the stalk, which is the part to be used. Tie it up in con- 

 lay it on a drainer in a vegetable dish, an I 

 with or without melted butter, pepper, salt, vinegar, &c, 



any kind of meat, roast or boiled, and particu- 

 larly with roast fresh meat, and boiled bacon. It 

 forms a good substitute for Spinach, Cabbage, &c. 

 No garden ought to be without it ; about 50 roots for a 

 small, and 100 for a moderate-sized family, will keep 



then let it grow like Asparagus, cut off the dead haulm 



done too early, and severe frost sets in, { lgnoma radicans 



trunks rest on sills at the bottom, but how secure 

 not appear. At top they are roughly adzed off, t 

 into a groove in a piece of timber, which ru 

 whole length of the building, viz., 27 feet 4 inches. 

 Deams forming the walls are 6 feet high, inclusive 

 sill. Mr. Suckling thinks it probable that the portion 



i long again. He supposes it to be Oak, but othe: 

 lentions have supposed it to be Spanish Chestnut 



Hints for Amateurs.—' 

 tinct, pot and bedding out 

 an amateur's garden, and 



" Cofta^Maid * 

 ',', Queen's Bouquet 



'', Lady Plymouth 



_[Aug. u 



: elegans.—A plant of this 1 



., being a native of an elevated part of the Organ 

 aios, Brazil. That it is capable of being culti- 



so, I will give up the well at once, and build a tank as 

 directed by the Chronicle. Any further . 

 thankfully received. W. B. E 



Hot water v. Mildew.— I began to fire a Muscat of 

 Alexandria Vinery on the 1st of March, having pruned 

 it for a general crop, though it was in a weak state. 

 Trench Beans were raised on the flues, and when the 

 Vines were m flower red spider was spreading from them 

 to the Vines. I had heard that blight and mildew were 

 Bad havoc on Vines in all quarters, and, 

 although it had not made any appearance here I en- 

 gined the house with water at 130" ; - 



the ripening of 

 bod a full crop 



i better berrie 

 year. In a greenhouse ^ 

 pearance of red spider, I di< 



ie on the Vines 1 



man a monta ago. I applied hot water as above, and 



when the greenhouse plants were renm 



the heat, and with that continued the application of the 



viul?nc e e^Hne e bl?^ e i s a :; 



"'■ " '"- -''•■ ■■ ■ ■ ■.: : 



the Vine to its pristine state for this se 



> pervade its whole system—the leaves of the 

 ripened but less perfectly, than" 7 tha* irfthe Muscat 

 hense. Thomas Torbron, The Grange, Leyton. 



f of timber, being formed oft 



visit to the gardens of Messrs. Veitch. 

 porters of it, will testify, for there may be seen a huge 

 bush, which is literally a mass of flowers. A Devonian. 

 Polypodium Dryopleris and calcareum.— I have found 

 both of these on Symond's Yat, a limestone rock, on 

 the banks of the Wye, Gloucestershire. I think they 

 are both the same species, P. calcareum only taking the 



North Devon. 



S; b s' 



To Advertisers.— Much trouble might be spared if 

 were 61116 ? ^ &d . Verti8e in the Garden ^ s ' Chronicle 

 which they wish their letters to be left, and the forms 

 under which they intend to receive them ; it would save 

 gardeners a great deal of suspense in waiting so long 

 ^answers, and, what is more, the vexation of having 

 this should meet the eye of « C. P., Cranbrook " it is 

 hoped that he will take the hint, and that I may be the 



Jteietfes* 



Horticultural, Aug. 7.— J. R. Gowen, Esq., Secre- 

 tary, iu the chair. Messrs. Fairbaira, of Clapham, sent 

 a collection of large and excellently well cultivated Cape 

 Heaths, in beautiful condition. They consisted of three 

 ; Irbyana, a very fine speci- 

 mue. A Bank- 

 Apoth< 



flowers, if they could only be had • k ******& 



best mode of managing it-X^^* 1 *" 

 plants of a new Peruvian Oxaii, ■ 

 species even grown inthegree: 

 fromjhe open^ ground, from *&*££* 



::■ • •■. ...,....,. . : v: ; . ' 



and better coloured. It received a Certifi*u!5 I* 

 —From Mr. Henderson, of the WeUinrt-^Si 1 * 

 came a plant of Pentstenaon cordifoli^*3 

 "— ese^ 



in this country sufficiency loD^t"^ ** 



ena flowers, as did also M^HanLj jfiV 



Certificate of ] 





hibited byl^JoKL*; 

 Sir J. Guest.Bart. They consisted of anoldWJik 

 and three Ripley Queens, weighing 



On one of 

 DavCgr 



it being cut, it prove 

 3anksian Medal w 

 Earl of Tyrconnel, 



of Black Hamburgh Grapes, finely swelled, nipe 

 fectly ripe ; but insufficiently coloured and muehip* 

 bv travelling. One, a fine bunch, to which » Bui- 

 was awarded, weighed 4 lbs. ; the *ta 

 1 oz.— Mr. Turnbull, gr. to the Duke of Ito 

 h, produced a dish of Brunswick Figsand»k« 

 ;k Hamburgh Grapes, medium sized todM 

 and covered with bloom. A Certified d M 



MedaT^wa? 



2 lbs. 1 oz.— Mr. Turnbull, gr. 

 borough, produced a dish of Bru 

 of Black 



black, an 



specimen of his oiled c 

 posed as a substitute ft 

 garden of the Society a 



the pretty Apricot-coloured Cur 



plant called Tritonia aurea; Abronta umteiJM -• 



— and a yellow Portulaca ; ^2^3 



g°J e rytJ2** 

 lg - tL a wTte variety of Salvia p. J-^g 

 funeifolia ; a highly coloured « jjdtaj £J 

 Ja acuminata, from a cool P 

 pecimen of the red flowered ^ ^ 



', - ".;.'■•' - - : • 



plant of Mimulus tricolor, a ■P*JJ mHol) » 

 pretty flowers, but having a delicate co 

 difficult to cultivate. It may, to*""** 

 agent m the hands^e^kdfttUy^'- 



Entomological, Aug. 6.— J. F. »» irt-fc |* 

 > chair. A very extensive c ^^.^, vA * 

 •per India, including many W - 

 3 cies, was presented * W»*!$Z*» 

 re English insects were «^ Pre**^ -g 

 Lmlet Clarke, and Mr. Lam»- **T w.*lf* 



, inMcte.imlud.og D»»J »g Ibittd uj* 

 ,r of It. WjJJS, •*££ 



