646 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. Ü 
ted in soot and salt, which did not turn if a few earlier runners are layered, — e -— TT i most important applications «f organi ; - 
| d b rodueing arts, viz., mre om others, aaa 
excep: those plan 
"wells any of the others, About the laiter end duee fine trusses late in autumn, an 
ich | th i 
à under пайва 
ridge with the ѕраде. ^ І had them all lifted a few days | spondents met found this variety subjeet to mildew, in ge seri ч" is no longer confine d ofn "y 
a and to m rent satisfaction they had all escaped | and have onsequently spokem against it ; if sulphur, Р miae benefit of 5, cx afew,b itis ti y 
i Ü taf ws uncovered, and I am | however, is apiid Фф the pipes or flues oceasionally, no | ing amongst all - members Teasing and guy | 
sorry to say that I had not one sound Potato to апу mildew wit appearance. Ed dward Bennett | thoro roughly ca Ln 
set planted. All the Rose leaves, Peaches, Freneh | Perdiswell, Worc » "е attainment of thói? деше. 
and eommon о] Endive ar к gue I leaves here, | | Veget etable Pitchers, um san y other day such an ex- | a clear, methodical, and witha 
are spotted aud b , just as if v had been |traordinary sport of nature а Lettuce leaf that I|results of his own lon 
sprinkled over them. i. Jon Morgan, Pers Wa les éould not help eutting it iid Гетеа ng it to уоп, | | tainly entitled to their thanks, w 
Weeds on Walks.—1n order to prevent weeds from You may not receive it in good condition, but the leaf | may say or think to. the contrar 
growing on walks, put a Myer Pu gas-lime under the last | was perfeet i in itself, with a stem rising from the Loy de | the many excellent treatises on adis 
inch of gravel This also helps to bind the gravel. | of the leaf quite ера and supporting а perfect green appeared in the ge r language, th x. 
J. W. R., Bromley Hill.——The following is the way in | funnel; the curious thing is, that it shows no о deformity, | still wanting а work si to бо - 
whieh I managed walks when I was a gentleman's | and might belong to a plant whose natural habit was to | M. Girardin п (being зача, uM deliy 
dener. In M situation I held I had three miles of | grow in that way—not а bad idea for a tropieal elimate. | to the working-clas sof Rouen) y 
i i h ў ar ford. , enda. 
Notwi 
gravel w walks. to 
ec 
vi freeze the gravel in the mornings, [This is a very eurious monster, analogous to the pitcher are brought prominently for 
I edet the labourers in atia the walks with а fam g 
half worn out Birch broom, sweeping ba ith and 
forwards, ad then E with a new broom what nd d 
the old ones took off the surface. When tha“ ilis Chemistry," Profe 
ere towel with moss 16 bw scraped off with a hoe Metallic Elements," and 
e broom was me: днее qe A 3 is Brande, suppl 
praetice for 6 looked as fresh and clean h of kom d 
i E eos ыы gravelled. Last season very X sitilar class, which е бул to see 
few weeds made their appearane g ummer ; following extract will to 
е 
` by performing the operation when frost is on the groun 
you gun ошу remove all small weeds, but you sweep off 
ost о ]owi 
summ Doeks, Thistles, or Tonos" appear, 
eut ж their crowns, and put a little salt on them ; you 
will not have to repeat the "m twice in one pláce. 
9. Taber, Rose Cottage, җы l, Witham, Essex. 
Profits of Pear Grow observation of M. de 
e PAR 
Numbers, effect that 
England, from mismanagement, 
is tributary t apani Pears, 
induces me mark the hi ү 
03, 
EB 
О . po t improvements. 
been able to purcha able mii pre 
first-rate winter fruit, such as | disagreeable e 
Winter Nelis, Be \ a species of bleaching, or fumigation 
er Beurré, or acid, and are ly pae 
Me ^ m 6d. & piece, 
suppose 
DEPRI. da at 6 feet apert, 
room 21 
SEN 
good mr surely ought 
io produce zen Pear rtant ; they diminish the 
each ; but let us suppose ae 2 i y : ndary f a tion, 
every other. tree is absolutely by ME ота esu prre 
barren every alternate year; im w 
гай Ur e asas um are d referable to е Y 
t. us art of which is dissipated 
the boiling coppers, hari. CT be 9: 
d 
the present rage for bitter small 
We cns a: R» 6d. per tree, or 152] pe per acre. e. What the of Quassia. атов; 
tented with 52 per cent. "be! will ay the grower 1 ДАР "в 
Now 100/, an cem seems. an an m id even ib \ оры employ ed, | 
allowing that the trees, at 1з. 6d. each, must originally у | шр Аршка ук жд шохро a more or | 
have eost 907, and that annual expenses, such as rent, QU | id ja vg figna mg bi eaving m 
bour, have to be deducted. Hence we ma NM 
> at Pear-growers are driving a "el E Ч + diferent nt from that? 
lucrative trade, or else that amateurs must not, on an y ig ly bitter 
average of years, expeet a return from their pyramidal Moans une pae 
trees of even six good fruit from each, The culture of - жр Айч ЧЕГ. 
usually consi more profitab did | quantities into this country, 
pyramids. If so, market who almost always | of its employment for these 
t standards, will y realise larger profits than that occasionally appears on the linpi of Cabbages, an brewe ^. 
those I have indicated above. S. B., Bromley. example of which was published years since by De by a refer to the enl. thorities. 
Quilill's. Black Prince Siruwberry.—l think it but | C^ndolle in the Transactions of the Horticultural nials ef ihe лен chemi а | 
just to Mr. Cuthill to add а few remarks to those made oelety, In a scientific point of view the importance many other notions, re 
last week by Mr. Smith, respecting this Straw of such € scarcely be over-estimated ; fi of Cocculus indicus, opi th 
Y I am of opinion, has no equal as regards produe- they assist їп demonstrating the vemm fetis | P9 have their origin in 
tiveness ; and. with a li erance and accommo- | 1 Vege etation there goes on а жаы process wholly aurea which tbe «0 
dation, it may be had in fruit during the whole season. pem of the property o f forming en vities by the divulged, and are, to 2 Се 
I find it most useful for early foreing, there being no ateral adhesion of irme leaves... We have in these үнү, 4 los of 
difficulty in getting ripe fruit from it early in February, 2116148 the true explanation of the pitchers of Ne- titioners, and by 
and in keeping up а constant suecession until ripe fruit penthes an а іа, of the so-called; but-errone- and, no doubt, obs 
h oors, The earliest forced plants ously-named, ealyx-tube of € 1 such and other MC т 
should have their blossoms and fruit stalks eut off and and e like vm has been inted out, and dealers are 
out into а sunny border about the middle of | w^ ае, surprised to find it tB а unnoticed in py. | РАО сю ев and 
A succession erop should be turned out a Balfour's & Dutines- of Botany," a copy of which ci арыык It is ys у 
поп later, r successions at intervals after. | 193 reached us.] of dh ro me. 
vail mna NT dep wp A constant supply ——Á— шт taps ol thosa s consult i 
until November, or if slightly protected, and the fr ,498 may, comm r X 
ортогу severo, thop. wil ee until the middle of j3aotíces of 250065, Poisons,’ if you desire fi 
mber. .For some time past I ha n gatherin "io and we. will now resum 
Dece ve th 
excellent Strawberries, and I have no doubt that I shall The Subject M. M 
A : atter of а Course of Ten Lectures on so 
Mea s a д yos to e. o — 1 ара е — z Organice Chemistry. By чы history “усту”! 
) 4 those „for the m ran ngmans, Fep, 8vo, pp. 382. | about ts 
Ет P осе in а shady situation, and | Tuis excellent little work contains the EE the ^ Ha ^ ir aps the interests "P 
"up strong trusses of bloom b. ri 10 farewell lectures delivered by Professor Brande at [as no were not unanimous — 
P 8 oom by the end of September, or | the Royal Institution, The subjects discussed] аге bused dit, others became its p° 
