866 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, (Ssrrmware 10, 1864; 
to recommend t lan he has adopted, without any 
Botany, is inclined to think Se they are of 
charming blossoms, there is at so small a cost 1 d Salida fear of being kot by the results: 
also to be secured so luscious Ar pos cious an Nr saat ; modern intr: honcsfos£l de may be said of the woolly sakes ^ te 
adjunct as a p OHT ORG and well-flavoured | The v alluded to oe whieh vip called Pear and Apple, as of the oidium of "v Vise d 
esp of Gon? rom vuelo air ia ore nam ingen i ie 
1p. y it will be reme ectua les 
form, depres:ed at either pole, with a pa mealy bug, but it should be applied when an Wood has 
Li alas were minent umbilicus, and attains a larger diameter | become ha nde ened, 
_Amona st the seeds of CucURBITS W N of 54 inches, and is yellowish when ripe ve already briefly alluded to a ¢ urious 
kindly sent to us last spring by Monsieur mes and ornamented with dark green spots; the PEETRI p E to the DEVELOPMENT m 
were those of a Melon (under s M" -— Los umbilieus prominent, mpm ed ya bee T Bups, vouched for by M. E. - m. e of the 
— whieh h “ad been pronounced b» Morsiour network and marke es T E d jd sa Py x ane oof ostentare we subj a B The 
ori imi 2 ariety 0 in a m 
— En Ji teehee anion: who explo red | the similar spot. Itis tee MES tim M y omplete version, gleaned from the account give a 
Botanical riches of A igen ith , he Flore des Serres. 
the most delicious of all the Melons.* Our — une is well known that many pomaceous trees may 
were as widely phe mr as their number would intergrafted, and the practice is in constant operation 
allow, and three which were given to Mr. EWART, in nurseries. Cratæg ver - Ri E t and 
em est on pe. or ic urs a, an di sateen ue may 
or f They Har a o the same type as | be successfully MAN: — - - on height to obtain 
t of large Melons; the leaves being | vigorous and han this is what 
d, appears ur have uA "o Kn ‘the oi n question, 
Dr. F. Ropicas, the pea of the Vor 
€i a large size, obseurely five-lobed, but 
tely and strongly eup-shaped. esiwblishuient attached to the norum add M NN 
State, at verdi had grafted in a ‘thicket Tung ai to 
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ecg rete AN his quoda, a dormant bud of the sca t Cr ; 
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forms, though all evidently koe run to the s 
variety, the seed of whic um be pure. "M 
July. 
| attained Meri 2 inches in Jen ees X je era 
was elli 
ribbed, with fic interstices “all's owing short 
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of the iusertion o ofa bud, though it is well "known 
been inserted. ‘The young shoot was absolutely a adven- 
titious. Of this fact, which, M. RoDrGas observes, 
y firm e No re 
EA Ramee lest yog Hs i0 AM mos | « he White Prescott Cantaloup, the colour of which pical apain: We leave it to Wein ee ‘seal 
We could, how n io [gt e length of saying is hitia with a a fem t ie spots, but when ripe, phenomenon. i aining in. 
the flayow rior hat of a Ps owish, spotted with chestnut- brown 93s and itself the vital germ of the Cratzegus can have been. 
but lh E pee nR ind e umbilicus large and corky, as in our third borne along from the point where the eye was inser 
A ; MAG ariety. The is | e bud has been fi . - 
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grows to a iva size, and where jud The Seedling, is very different from that before us. | Nevertheless it may be remarked that if 
poet season has not we think been favourable | ` ire J. B. half the natural | pests et occurred, it may very well have ve posed 
th —— development of t —— We mentioned at p. 631 thst a tdbecriptia: n had 
cate The nights d Bon d been been set on foot for the am of REPLACIN i 
Proben = os do t dry days, and all 1i tl t| Baxer’s LIBRARY, which been DL 
the fruit we VAN se mio € ipee rather | t Rivet of the AMERICAN BLIGHT or “Wooly destroyed, together with his piate a by fire, 
prematurely withou t givi thè most ne either by means of the use of oils or of the| now nder- 
Perfeot growth, with a du fut reda ze tc rapid | essen v of turpentine and lavender, writes M. DELA- | took ki. o receive subscriptions are able to report a con- - 
fruit i. ees, and | siderable lis& of contributions; and they pensi 
principally those of the greatest esult it is| meution that several bo ical authors have beside: 
oncluded, to be attributed to the i yar eks of the | presented sone of their own works to Mr. BAKEB, - 
means adopted, inch. are bot th expensive and | difficu lt t| while others | n possession Spare copies of 
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work on Melons des a eultiva dee med JACQUIN, | the hope that tk eife ing t ld not t —— Those w ene da ries q ARMES 
which, though rough, scam. "tolerabl our | affected, and by thi t | for the poms ity of their spring flower-beds, may bê 
ore globose m. Our author observes | rid 5 — when lo! in the acy of PD id iie ded that this is the season for t ones tis a 
that the word ought properly to be  spelt|four found a large number of m espalier only because it is necessary pakume 
it is deriv Lo d town ia White "Calvit os, full of large woolly flakes e [orien g the plants sails sir ato b blossom, 
the Papal dominions called Cantaluppi. In this sheltered thousands of the insects. If it is tru more t reason, namely that, vera 
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od ls en very generally "Pipe then this new invasion must be so arded, for i nat The secret of its cultivation ie © 
ER f | attention to this idiosyneras 
i] (e mil 4 bee sand. 
Li om Rome (some 15 miles), and | vitz armed himself with hard a between th end of August and the middle of 
Melons were first agra ata there, aecordin to vided with a ut Pen ie this and boi in pans of li Lais 
A ro, 
1495, and fr m ' V é "emm 
thence to Spain, England, the Netherlands and | cut away the ay “tumours cpp x: the due. pair of leaves (besides the seed-lobes) are to be pricked — 
ermany. ‘they sometimes in consequence bear | 9t the "insects, many others hp had taken refage oi singly in pans, boxes, or pote, the latter if intended. : 
the name of Italian Melons, It has indeed been | bout them were brought to light, and these were|for blooming under glass. From this momènb iy 
dol at dé GARI emer a = ms x sored Las ing. similar Det the age say - t enina to be kept ca 
A with water x oiling for the purpose by a |a mp, and close e glass, their m 
of EA Mithridatie war by LvcuLLUs, but the lighted stove. "This completely destroyed them; for may not be forced. If intended to bloom in the 
notiees of authors are 2 obseure Cy doubtful ground, they may be planted out in light, rich 
thet ALPHONSE DE Can DOE who is one of our | continued to shoot. ei produce as before, ia ne y in | soil, im partially shaded situations, or in a north oF 
best a reasons | health by so powerful a Remedy, Er summer M. erage ect, and will require no other attention 
E ed are detailed in d work on Geographie Peay eat don nd in another part ot his garden, some Bue poistin during severe weather. Thus 
of his finest brini cordon Pear trees to be covered Burg in ordinary seasons, nm 
* The ticket which came with the seeds was precisely as | with these insects. Bat o on the occasion of one of D blooming m in April, and continue in flower six oF 
T end e carne albà! White- | ] in the month of December, he|eight weeks When potted for growt 1 
s — a rs Not yet entivatel pepes had the satisfaction of showing = priory. M they will often commence flowering in Mareb, or even 
oh dan I GL AL Vet dacquit beer and immediate efficacy of this hot-water | earlier, aceording to the temperature of je he ) 3 bub 
from the French. Witt 38 plates. Quod |f All, writes M. DetaviLie, who have tried this | as rapid growth is unfavourable to the formation 253 
indo, 1853. Pp. viii & 150. The work is (a ple Midi, have had their trees quite cleared from | compae! - ched specimens, it is s 
» bat it: M rons quantity ot these formidabl ies, without any other eost than | them in a temperature which j st excludes frost 
Sikia sopsared M Paris i |t ofa little charcoal or a few faggots; and he con- | u ne thay ar are well ere e growth. 
epeated he may vent ibn 
