52 Queries afid Answers. 



Trevor, Tlngrith, near Woburn. Rhodochiton volubile, grown in the open 

 air, from Mrs. Lawrence. A miscellaneous collection of flowers, from the 

 Hon. W. T. H. F. Strangways. Epiphyllum trunctitum, from Mr. Dennis, 

 King's Road, Chelsea. Chrysanthemum, from E. Johnston, Esq. Two sorts 

 of seedling apple, from J. Cobbold, Esq., the Cliff, Ipswich. A drawing and 

 specimens of the Bedfordshire foundling apple, and specimens of flower- 

 defenders, from Mr. T. Levitt of Wandsworth. 



Also, from the Garden of the Sucieiti. — Specimens of sorts of pears, and of 

 dessert apples. Of these it is stated by Mr. Thompson that the pears are all 

 of good sorts, and all from trees against walls, except those of the bergamotte 

 cadet; and that the beurre d'Aremberg is not so good from a wall as from a 

 standard; and, at the same time, the trees are not so hardy as those of the 

 glout morceau, and that, on this account, the latter has the preference. The 

 apples are dessert sorts, kitchen apples being of no size worth exhibiting this 

 season. 



Art. III. Queries and Anstvers. 



The Manner of making a Peach taste of Wormwood is, to set a wormwood 

 plant, root by root, near a peach tree. A large green plum grafted on the stem 

 of the long black fig has been tried here, and answers very well. {Letter of John 

 Ford to Mr. Ellis, dated Rome, July 8. 1775. Smith'' s Correspondence ofLinncEiis, 

 vol. ii. p. 64.) Are such absurdities as the above still believed in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Holy City ? How strange it appears to us now, that any one 

 should write such stuff to Mr. Ellis, who must have been known to be a scien- 

 tific man. Can any of your readers inform me whether such tricks as that of 

 pretending to graft a plum upon a fig are still played in Italy ? — A. B. Lon- 

 don, Feb. 1835. 



Freeing Fire Stones of Flues from Smoke Stains. — Can 3rou or any of your 

 correspondents suggest the means of getting fire stains out of a sandstone flue ? 

 The outside of the stove is covered with large clouds, as it were, of smoke 

 stains. Do you think that any chemical preparation could be made that would 

 wash them out ; any infusion, for instance, of alkali ? — JJ. R. Alton Towers, 

 July 14. 1833. 



Grafting Forest Trees in Parks and Plantations. — Why should not gentle- 

 men head down oaks, elms, horsechestnuts, and other forest trees, and graft 

 them with the finer American kinds, in the same way as large apple trees are 

 headed down and regrafted in cider countries ? — T. S. Hereford. 



The Red Spider on the Ribes sanginneuvi. — Having several plants of this 

 beautiful shrub, all much infested with the red spider, though in different parts 

 of my garden, and though it appears on no other plant in my possession, I 

 should be glad to learn, through the medium of your Magazine, whether the 

 plant is particularly liable to the attacks of that destructive insect. — T.. IV. 



Currarits and Gooseberries for Wine. — What- is the most suitable variety of 

 red currant for growing to produce wine ? The largest variety is generally 

 chosen by gardeners; but, considering that the largest grapes are never chosen 

 for planting vineyards, in wine countries; may not some of the smaller va- 

 rieties of red currants be preferable ; on the same principle that small and 

 harsh-flavoured grapes are preferred for making the strongest wines ? Will not 

 the same doctrine apply to gooseberries ? Has wine ever been made from un- 

 ripe currants, or unripe grapes, as it is from unripe gooseberries ? — Id. 



Melons. — Might not the smaller kinds of m.elons be grown against hot-walls 

 in many parts of the country? If grown on a peach wall, furnished with a co- 

 ping, and a bunting or net curtain, the latter might be let down in cold evenings. 

 — Rusticus in Urbe. 



