THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



[Sept. 22, 



, and if their f 



sunlight, tht 



Too high fee . ^nder such 



- properly elaborate the rich 

 sap that is rising in them, therefore they ought to he 

 starved as much as possible at the root, during such 

 weather as we have had this last spring. James Cuthill, 

 "$£L of Neat Gardening.-l often feel obliged 



ISiiV^St FVX ot U %Tl S -Id 

 rather have ordinary things in perfect order than many 

 superior plants huddled together, and full of weeds. I 

 would wish to see order not merely in the flower-borders, 

 but also in the kitchen-garden, tool-house, and every- 

 thing belonging to them. With a view to promote this 

 may I suggest to your readers how desirable it would 

 be that every horticultural society should give premiums 

 to gardeners, who can show that they deserve it, for the 

 eeneral tidiness of the premises under their care. 1 

 believe it sometimes happens that, for want of some 

 such encouragement as this, horticultural prizes may 

 lead to neglect of the general state of the garden, on 

 account of the gardener's time being principally spent 

 in raising some particular choice fruits or flowers, inis. 

 I think, is buying gold too dear ; besides that, it leaves 

 many pains-taking men without tha' 

 which they deserve for their general a 

 thine placed under their care. H. G. 

 Hardiness of the White Indian , 

 this Azalea that your correspondent " S. a. ».' wants 

 information about, I can inform him that I know of 

 several that flower as beaut!; 



in the open ground, without any protection, as ever I 

 have seen them in a greenhouse. A Subscriber, Tun- 

 i Potato Planting.— Regents, weighing 

 f the average weight of J oz. each ; they were 





bridge Wells, Sept. 



weight. The former produced a crop of 21 t 

 the chain, and the latter of 17. The difl'ei 



Fn" y The tu* 





I Forty-folds were thus a 

 ground in February. The produc* 

 cellent, the tubers being often o 

 weight ; but the crop of Forty. 

 Small sets of Early Frame produ 



, on poor g 

 sets : whilst late kinds, early planted, 



)t tne former is I 

 nearly a pound 



^I g^returr 



I also cut Walnut- leaf Kidney in crown and bottom s< 

 The former were planted in the field with excess 



with the rot. The bottom ends were planted at 

 Bame time, close by, in unmanured ground, came up 



in highly manured ground and heavy soils, ev 

 thoroughly drained. The late planted also are 

 diseased, but the early planted, on poor dry soils, 

 manure in moderation, have almost always succt 

 These crops are generally good and sound. Sigma. 

 Adders. — In my communication on the subj< 

 adders casting their skins (p. 582) your composite 



incorrect in calling 



e of the eye, and which in the si 

 mrface outwards, sufficiently c 



particular observation. Of t 



theory of vegetable 



e economy is deper. k " T1 OI l "« icavoo, *u« 



performed > the action of the leaves is dependent upon the supply of 

 absence of - that amount of light and heat which each plant requires; 



"lish flavour in the Melon does not follow as a 



rf necessity, from the result of heat, light, and 

 healthy foliage (of the 

 favoured), then this p 

 physiology falls to I 



Conifers at RedUaj.— \< m 



,ta growing in low, damp, and shaded situations at the 

 otof the Andes, it occurred tome that planters might 



me to offer them a hint with respect to tUi 

 founded upon experience. I planted the fin 



Redleaf, in the lowest part of the gardens, m a cool 



uation, having a confined atmosphere, corresponding 



th the place above described. It produced very 



;orous growths, but the latter ripened imperfectly, 



i the consequence was that all the young growths 



ide in the year 1837 were destroyed by the ever- 



smorable frost of January 20th, 1838, although the 



plant had a thatched frame to protect it at the time. 



In the following year this plant was removed to higher 



ground, near where Cunninghamia sinensis was growing. 



The latter endured ' " 



er a low one. Profiting by 



Cryptomeria japonica on high 



probably it may not for son: 



' ' in low and damp situati< 



o contend with frosts er 



Webbiana,at Redleaf, 



alluded to without 



the hint I i 

 dry ground, in 



throughout this country, the loss of th^ofb^^ 

 mated to vary from two-thirds to one-hatf^W^' 

 quantity planted is so great, and other agricultuS ,5 

 duce is so abundant, that no alarm seetns tob ^1 

 about it ; and prices are lower than last year J* 

 they were not half what they were in 1817, ' * 



Crocket, gr. to Colonel* Ferguson, for Belkgarte and 

 Royal George ; and a 2d award was made to M» 

 Reid, gr. to J. Syme, Esq., for Noblesse and George 

 many of the competitors producing very large clastes 

 of fine fruit. Fo~r Muscats of Alexandria, a 1st prize 

 was voted to Mr. Lees, gr. to the Earl of Haddinln • 

 and a 2d to Mr. Baxter, gr. to Sir J. G. Chit, W 

 For Black Hamburgh Grapes, a 1st award waKfe 

 Mr. Ramsay, gr. to Sir G. Clerk ; a 2d to Mr. MWi. 

 Ian, gr. to W. R. Ramsay, Esq., ; and a 3d to Mr. 

 Rennie, Inch House. For excellent Frontignan Grapes, 

 a 1st prize was gained by Mr. M'Lauchlan with white: 

 a 2d by Mr. Cameron, gr. to S. Hay, Esq., with 

 Grizzly; and a 3d by Mr. Reid, Millbank, with Bhtk 

 Frontignan. For the heaviest hunch of Grapes, fit fix 

 dessert, the prize was awarded to Mr. Marshall, gr. to 



r* 



Cunoquhie, t 

 fruit of Ripley Queen. For Moorpark Apricots, list 

 prize was awarded to Mr. Thorn, gr. to C. Balfnr, 

 Esq., and a second to Mr. Crocket, Raith. Thepria 



height of their pj 



spring, for 1 te pr g fro 

 variety. Worked plants 

 making great progress 



ge 16 feet plant at Redleaf, whicl 

 ey promise soon to attain th 

 rent. I am of opinion that thi 



dly shaded from the sun's rays 



purchased in Bond-street, in 

 cones of the Cedar of Lebanon, and that from the seeds 

 were raised several plants, which now assist to f 

 lish those gardens j before his death, one of them g 



plants of Abies Deodara, from cuttings made by 

 1836, are now upwards of 20 feet high, furnished e 



tionately with their height. At the present tim 

 ever, the abundance and cheapness of seedlings ] 

 raising them from cuttings unnecessary. Joseph 

 Shorne, ex-gardener at Redleaf. 



Alkali Works.— The Yorkshire jurors on a 



Prior Works at that station, on the line of the Bir- 

 mingham and Gloucester Railway. Viator. 



Kidney Bean Seeds.— Though it is well knov 

 the ripe seeds, especially of the varieties pre 

 white seed, of Kidney Beans, are much esteei 



.uthfield Black ; and a 3d t 



lite Syrian. For the best grown Pineapple, the pr 



gained by Mr. King, Musselburgh, with the Breda. For 

 excellent Green-gage Plums awards were respectfreh; 

 made to Mr. Miller, gr., Culross, and Mr. Thorn, New- 

 ton Don. For fine Plums, exclusive of Green-gage^ 

 1st award was assigned to Mr. Goodall, gr., Newbatte 

 Abbey, for Washington and Victoria ; and a 2d to Mr. 

 Mackie, gr. at Larbert House, for Orleans andVictom. 

 in Melons was extensive, and two 

 prizes were awarded ; the 1st to Mr. Aitken, gr.to 

 P. G. Skene, Esq., for a green-flesh variety ; and I 

 2d to Mr. Lees, for Prizefighter. . 



The Dahlia competition excited considerable inter* 



there were many admirable stands °^ fl ° w ^ ^* 



Purple Standard, Torson d'Or, Mr. Seldon, ww™* 

 Lilac Standard, Shylock, Marquis of Worcester, 

 of the North, Grenadier, Princess RadzmUe, ,&r*J 

 ward Antrobus, and Crocus. In the competition WJJ 

 practical gardeners, the highest Pf ™um was vow 

 Mr.Macdonald, gr. toLordWilloughbyd^Eresb , Eg- 

 mond Castle, forCapt. Warner, Duke of Wellington,^ 

 chioness of Cornw: 



produced Cleopatra, 

 Mr. Seldon, Shylock, 



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first be supposed. They should tl 

 served either with gravy or melte 



At the Chepstow Horticultural Show, held on 

 4th of September, a silver cup was offered for the best 

 Stand of 24 clusters of Roses, containing not more than 



both disqualified by the judges ; having one cluster 

 each stand containing four stems. One of the judgt 

 Mr. Reith, gardener to Lady Smith, Ashton Court, i 

 forms me that they n 



udicious act.] 



their flavour, provided all other conditions necessary to 

 the rail perfection of the fruit are present. I imagine that 

 the inferior. ihvou red Melon*, of which Mr. Glendin- 

 ning speaks, must have been unripe, or the leaves of the 

 plants must have been destroyed from some lack ol 

 attention previous to their having completed their func. 



production of welifUvoured fruit. Melons have beet 



e, which had been prot< 

 i leaving home in May 



rotected from rain and 



2 houses, as also on the Vines in the 

 being planted inside. The result has 

 •ly all the Hamburgh Grapes in these 



oaent has been in every respect the 

 year, and to prove that the guano 



1 Hamburgh G 



been used. The guai 

 King William-street, I 



of Mr. I 

 of excellent quality. 



... , Tl 



mouth, Sept. 12. 

 this stab 



it :!-:.. i 



Feu, Emperor of 

 Scarlet Gem. A 3d prize was voted to Mr^wji^ 

 - rs. H. N. Ferguson, who produced a stond * ^ 

 ;e flowers. In the Amateur- 

 sst prize was assigned to Mr. 

 h, whose kinds were : Beeswing, ***$* 



ovfmen^^ 



"'"Vachy, He *£ 

 Surprise, M ra .S.Lefevre, r rgeC^oi, } 

 Adolphe, Harlequin, and Erzherzog. -j 

 mium was voted to Mr. Currie, gr. to w 181 

 for Mirobolante 

 Bijou de Chloshauet, Victorata, 1 



luced the following :-M»dam Wa $J' M«* 

 nise, Mrs. S. Lefevre, George Cjstw^ ^ 



ls^prize wTsTwarded "to Mr. Pow, ^ 01 T a >* 



burah. Admiral Curzon, Prmce aid ^ * 



Lovely Ann, Beauty of Woodhouee, £ ^g* 

 Wales. For Picotees, a W P*J^^ ht> Esq, !*£ 

 Mr. Henderson, gn to C. 



Irbey, Maria's Sylv: 

 land's Hon. Miss A 



. I •".'»-""•- ■• 



_FoulisforP^V 

 Jane, Red Rover Grace ^\%. offered « 

 Prince Albert. The prize .of »• for the JJ 



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