DECEMBER 3l, 1854-] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
plants of Rhododendron formosum, 
1868, , flowered this 2 
on 26th no tie 
15th A under — 
mar iem 
run past flower 
Ls the e growth are 
partie node rt, the greater chances of Biwer 
er th 16 Rhod netten has become such 
a irt plant that — are giving | 
their — sitention tà to tis 
and foreign tarea ns 
named kin 
Ww varieties ; 
they | m that ne British | France. 
rate ' upwards of 800 
y head Gronéde raised 
Londen year 
the 4th Angust, "2 not flower — year till the| Pavies, they attain 
which ing n Englan 
yellow alin Peach, although in "some ssn seasons quite 
nest yellow 
| Peaches co those o been raised in America, 
probably from the Adenirab sirable Jaune, which has for very 
many years been the ane yellow Peach cultivated in 
Owing to 
these yellow 
h outed - sate and cultivated without having received | being rich, sugary, and Apricot-like in favour. One 
the unmanageable titles bores = some of h Kei ne of the chief points which cra of pepe" most popu! dar asa arae d aii Pe. 
Roses. Theset of M pes m. are now pág im dap is, | xp fanciers should P in view, is the rearing | is Crawford's Early, and when grown here in 
it appears, of Italia 4 we sorry to say | of a stock between pm nsisting of those Kinds ho suffi the trees to bear but very few fruit, i& 
that in » whole "di ss UK not y or with one | which naturally bloom duri the summer and|is very rich. But perhaps the best of all is the 
wh age was worth "ike. as a qu flower. „They autumn months. The winter and spring months | Golden or Yellow Rareripe,* properly in pure Saxom 
are well represer by numerous free blooming} “ Rathripe,” or early ripe; this is as early as Craw. 
and pues d bad h kind d it is quite possible to mature o m ord's Early, and remarkably beauti th its aah, 
may make something P: i ia and we trust wid pn varieties to suit the late lowering sorts, and thus per- | cheek on its deep orange-coloured skim. If a very few 
may, for a gr reater variety of good striped Verbenas is| petuate a breed of summer and autumn umm = left on the tree soas to attain a large size 
very desirable. These Italian striped varieties are um- | numerous as the spring flowering kinds. Tt is n 10 inches in circumference; it is a very fine rich Puis 
evenly flaked with purple or red upon a white ground, | ascertained fact tbat Rhododendrons flowered. without but if the tree is suff too many it is are 
as in the case of MIRA. not bordered with white ihe| worthless, Theset ieties as far as is : 
like the English varieties before alluded to. mere protection of dion. continue their blooming | at present, more wu > of extra care in their cultiva- 
season i ye w Ameri Peaches; but & 
SOLANDRA GRANDIFLORA. or varieties forced into bloom by artificial means, or| sort called Exquisite, hich ripens here much later 
Or Tak even in the open air, where the unce arn s the| than the above ; and another called t 
ate d a Dor variety of new plants has been | weather often experienced d the winter aud | received from U ru bati vw» 
prp ta r gardens, and amongst them many | spring mo has also a tendency to i in the sunny climate of Catonia dt ip ud aet 
which must be egarded as Gable acquisitions; but | period of flowe: ing many he f house of the Rev. T. Bréhau i; orchard 
while welcoming. as these, we should take care however numerous, are often entirely destroyed In the South 2 E ^ 
Hey to to fy k the good ats plants, which i$a thing very | by frost. To preserve the blooms, -y 2 generally the Susq gs mates Ta which may be 
i P good old subjects may be classed th —— — — @ conservatory, a -" t . th P 3 and hihi perse yellow d 
5 me $ h posu It is indeed a remarkably fine | to ‘the | borders a again as soon as the t€ of flowering | States of North iain, a duchy dhe will nian 
ke Mud uu tiw x M Ar, oy Favs is over. Such plants, however, never hav the as many “ principalities and powers” — eir 
8:— ant | | t d India—many that are doubtl 
about April, and give it a shift, putting it into the y oubtless remarkably fi 
stove aln them d a Bohn mid aea for a nader ae without artificial heat, as practised at | there, but in our mild even climate a 
plants re excitement afte FpRD tting. Her iest or fho Coor O eo the open 1 
should for it is a plant of AT " DRUMSMEUON. (copied from the um HM] ioe vehere I give Sir Nature ben D 
free growth. “Attention must a aid to nip off the Drumsheugh.) the vatieties abo " 
of every shoot at n CS i fourth joint, and Date of the Date of yellow p wee Loni ea the flowing rod 
repotting must fre as the gr p Name or S Y. First Bloom | Passing out | Bergen's Yellow, large am € ^ — 
the branches meanwhile xA stake d and trained S Expanding. ui. m. | Cole’s Large Y llo des se be pe 
a shitab’e shape. 2 e ma of the summer the Perry + Qaiwiérd's 
should be moderati vér the soil should b be pom m» acorde aom m s s D mah — e 
i | , Ne. i 4.|NoY. ds » | Yellow, very late, ripening with the Sal oven 
kept rather dry. Tf it i7 s pun well, the plant may be M k variety as $ » o» |Feb. m ond it vell way, and, eve 
started again in April as before; it will not require * lanetara » 29.» ht 10 » | the end of -Octobët: naar p re ones un a at 
repotting, but perhaps a little ae reiini, For Jb does 5 pr es adi. R PE IR a most ‘remarkable Poach, it 
not require a very large pot. The same attention to No. 2 Lb om 1% » |. 1b » |and downy; of a dark drab p ae 7 
stopp ing the pes! m t be given, and aboub the] atrovirens... «4 » 1% » Mar. 7L » dms Is is üwstibeld di enr rd 
nid ot h ace m wh ote s pn n well filled Clinton... RN : xr J | ay d n hurseryman w v Jews ppm Po 
` with short shoo We pla re cU to à , de d hail 8% a | ugusta—now 4 
greenhouse, ai EU should five d little wate When fave. —€— [April T z fey P ý rase juioy ;" ere Ti In CF fcio mang, 
the shoots appear to be e tlie plant | Nooleanum, standart «|e be tn 28 a inole " of Fi s bably it aby 
pee Re pl at kh i aspect, c So ad d hot «| 8 M 5» SW) roro a tance, probably its parent, it is not 
gradually -allowed et NH E" the leave ‘ "iw Jioc UP Labor 
drop off. It is on these short growths or spurs that tlie Albertus arai - “| es ds Mag 13, » ade pt e — io B 
flowers are produced. Before the frost sets in, the wallon var. =|» Bo» |» » H [em b Ə more "bendtifel ‘the conn e a 
plant I ^ e oved into the coldest end of the Cv : et dis : Q7 |» A, » |the Golden Rat vers n ws (o ipmen 
stove, or into an intermediate house, keeping it quitedry. meme i à s » |a. 3% » |large and well-ripened the rin s Ea Y and if 
agan March it may be be ) placed on a shelf at the back ol hei We od Scott .. vow $905» fone re ' |they are better liked by 74 ond eo aan Man Ae d 
pi ng lec at Rist, bat each o pallidum 5 k a Gs hei than by Peach connoisseurs 
end iis very a giving 3 t Lits Logs toison — zat - hee $ iaje The Peach “ Téton de Vonta” described in um 
E 3 I tt -| » LEM ” 
rege id as aka lg orth a more | pim pe eds Ww, t" 5^4» |were g s it 
liberal Agi y v Soci p occasionally a little -— A er clis d ac j^ > here Apr“ type Of a recy the ame, diano ds it is, 
manare mirer Yenosum ..  .. ye oS i. 8% 5 my experience, merely i send aU! 
Alter t be plat ua done ‘blooming, it show Baguiatom nigrita sion o p w pune i” that very old Peach accurately Dir- 
treated as as belor grec n it will not nies Aureum superbai een Um ML e Bourdine, Bourd by 
repotting aps for but only a slight Qoraceum .. —.. n| w 5 » May W, » |logistsas well as doctors tbatiio i oen be, 
dressing im m e owens a Aser ge, bell: | Captivation "|^ BU (due a "| that as the Téton de Venus is also described by him 
shaped, ane: of E a yellowish white. t mpos i Sir Isaac Newton « % » 10, , |as ripening only a little later, that when so described 
goos ty mello s loam ; and the pon pues Psulla ^ , 5» 5» considered ds distinet vatictiés, Séedlings 
ained, Tse. rown, Exotic Nursery, Tooling oe tabu -ı Regier sine a eet cipe Hd E ^ [of the ce as often give fruit with the 
Palchellum alb sc epo Bm Leow 1B. nipple as withou! 
THE DRUMSHEUGH RHODODENDRONS: | Auran emm EE “| 5 15 » | » 1$ » |i season or divom we rem s Pu are 
Miss WALKER: of hengh; lias succeéded in pro- | Brayanum " no leon | a . |Boudi seems quite enough for this excellent 
curing a set of Rhododendrohs, so that one or other of | Pastnosum ;. E ^ 3» » uy 3» ne eris Late Admirable, ur a Ay a Ch 
them shall be y — during 12 — months. E Lilac E Jone 5, » |» a » a, ^ Desse Tardive, Ward's Late (an American 
We append a list as they came , h » |» W y Pesol Pa pe a dS -— the BÀ are 
into blooud, amd the duration of the flowering of each. Cr gael ioe ed lee e d very nearly related; they all 
This lis, we tetist, will be found of importance to | 1, dyed from the Scottish | oe : 
Rhododendron’ c rs wishing a collection to Et Hie or arly Grosse 
flower in suecession duri: the y Had any of h (p. 1159) is Me i moon A described 
plants been subj to — -— for the purpose | THE PEACHES OF THE “ pron FRUITIER.” | the “ the arin Fruitier.” This, it seems, is not a seedling, 
of hastening their flowerio| a register would be 1 vade * A dmirable but in a a ge h of the ty| 
fallacious; but as all the plants were exposed to the| THER are several va eti $ lese o t eb aly fruit, as do the trees propagated from it ; 
same ccc mapa becomes the more valuable, | Jaune ” Peach (see p. 1159), rag os oni in the ae a it is an excellent early Peach, with np — im. and 
| beautiful flowers as the nal In seasons i 
Sach ety commer in bloom. to be planted, the trees they produce 2 at L yellow. | tens fully 10 i E bo th "MH Yo pl r Pea ch, 
Pepoobed ünt te same variety will flower excl at the | Mee Peaches—some 2 large, with s T. ll but, like the Mignonne Grosse Tardive of Lepère, it is 
same period each year, although in many cases they nw T kai ir g in the satie ay: is M a de Ia my fined w "ask that this end M 
are not far removed. For instance, wd ES " Dd d otiyinated froin & a sporting bran 
this fine 
ec parent sort, and the two o varieties 
ce of Peaches. should 
bh 
viis wi hen wet and cool, ma Pears ripen 
in autumn, entirely contrary to our Epiat T. R. 
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ORCHARD MANAGEMENT.—N 
