THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jax. 19, 1856. 
iso Squash (Pumpkin), the so-called | tw 
is aana or Cu ae 
P: ape wo Squashes, if regard be had to the origin of the 
Ma 
Be na hs Turban Squa 
name, derived from ‘the language of the Massachusetts | 
ians, by whom, according to Roger Williams, this 
ef fruit owas: calle sk which the 
qui quas 
ith various otl hers. | au ome peas from other 
The. variety introduced from Valara by Com. | Indians of New England cultiva ted this kind o 
Porter I became know wn aera the used it for food ; vn man T thei 
he e bigness o of soveral 
an | | colours,” while ot thers are rene M by C 
England, both for the table RA fo or stoc 
pate the 
not have b demonstrated, 
h good which ‘the Society has 
ons, I fancy that no sm: 
“ Peo eople n 
for 
o longer 4 hibit 
their 
ture, but oar and ners for the ee they can 
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Granting u to be true, “ F. H. S?” must 
oblong, on shape, of a ner sid 
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that the abus zy f an institution is no o- goo od r 
But 
hen ripe, nearly smooth, and very slightly | puckered on the margin, of the 
that 
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why i 
an a e form 
furrowed, and often grows to a large size. It readily | which in France is called Bonnet d "práre, prabab! y 
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but ew it. 
infe: erior to it the prototype 
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the: Middle and aa States than in jel England. | in the interior of East t Florida, Toro ie the tops a 
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, viz., frui 
reputation ot being most liberal. The 
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The Turban, a Acorn Squash, | the trees, 
the frui paa 
because when mall it re cain somewhat | d size of regis rms us that 
at : 
t | compete in 1 this class “put up” 8, 12, ant 16 dishes 
each 
an an range. Mr. Nut 
$ e Cucurbita pili- | | the warted Squash, Cucurbita verrucosa, was ‘ culti- 
Tt ‘sometimes pone to minage vated by the ee ie the Missouri to its sources.” 
| It has generally been supposed, on he n oriy of 
| Linnzeus, that aream me sar bita o was 
turban i in shay ape. 
dishes. For this the gold medal is awarded, 
Mr K: 
Several of „the „principal exhibitors have to 
native of Artra On pieg to the 
| weighed 10 lbs. | account of it given rd Dr. 
» but a small | 
nts not natives of the vicinity of Astrachan, but cul- 
d PEIS 
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RS from whom Linnæus 
received N ig pee ar I find it ein in the list of s 
s | plan 
” you m ust send „On 
The; aol a Aes for ‘eile use 
to the best autumn! al Marr Th rey 
ual in quality Th 
exotics as rhe dian Corn or Maize, with which 
la paramere directly or indieaily from 
We also le Lo: 
The plants of the foregoing Valparaiso, or Potiron Ame- 
group. 
I repeat. 
one more sia than make ‘mney, and I need not tell 
arn from Lorche that this 
in form, being sometimes Pear-shaped, that it 
metimes” variegate ~ in wae with ties and | ar 
tet that the shell se instead of little boxes. 
ere we have plainly inated ae a. Phe aera, 
d Squ: 
common Pumpkin, or Pepo group ; th 
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varied 
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cucurbitæ) at the roots. Their fri p h | whi 
common } 
and more tender rind, and “inode west and 
kind of work. Cou and managers ink they 
e very generous (and tiio they are, mpi offer as. 
aueh as they can afford) ; but “F.H. S.” may take it 
for granted that exhibitors make grea ater sacrifices than 
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hard-shelled, and variegate: 
than n money incites them to action. Geo, M*Ewen 
The Scotch White Cluster Grape. —This was distributed 
grower and very hardy, with large leaves, but „Slightly 
uch ‘crowde 
as ornamental oh ae m and 
P ref similar authorities, „we cone clude that Brea jaag 
onanan w, England C Crook-ne ck S quash,” as it is f America, where s f|} 
only ‘ges rrectly called, is a kind i. "Pumpkin, them were found in use by the — gin "the 
pn sty species, for it ‘has as pre its iden- | countr ttled — ea 
Under t the, name of Cuc meloj ppa i o be in- | 
tity, to our certain a ever since e the year 1 686, | 
when it i eribed by Kay. it has the 
colour o or the C 
= gla is pean Kaliope Saos | 
phem, but is easily Cymli 
and Southern Stat 
l e Mid 
AAA: ; its 
Pos ts berries are d in the 
bunches, and r require sev thinning’ It is an old 
m of a persistent A seS E its perhaps ini fran Squash is another ayoyi Tor 
celava: ted The arrowed fruit-stem. Before the si Fa p and pe hin or 
tion of the a ens Marr arrow, i was raised i it callop edge a ‘abu more or less 
the name of “ Vroege Vanderlaan,” and “ Vanderlaan 
mt era T 
by 
ere 
have received it from Holland under — 
ain. ay “and rare —At the end of another d 
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quantities ere ta e 5 it measures poka 10 or 11 inches i in 
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remar! y 
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ence | warted sur vias 
ampkins, w hich» it alisha entirely superseded. | transverse diameter, to blo 
Many farmers now use it instead of ' Pumpkins for cattle, 
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om stem 
It varies in form, being Ae Salsa much thicker, 
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g less binated or top-shaped, when it a |t 
much more nutriment in proportion to its size. It | the name of Bonnet de prétre, or Priest’s cap ; perhaps | future. “Will a any | of nin " natacedliad 1 co. n- 
varies considerably i ds | this i ly i rigi l form. Other arieties, nearly in ae judgment, such a cause may 
are those which are very much curved, J, are sometimes seen. The Ye kof Agricult ihe t in the extensive rainage works of the last a 
at the stem as at ssom end, and of a rich cream š years ? In K ‘ Prout’s pidawentar Treatise oe 33 
colour. Some are green, variegated with cttatienlouted (ee AEE S aS, it. 1834 
stripes aud spots. Some are bell- shaped, or wi ith a very Home Correspondence of the total rain-fall due to evaporation from the surface 
b ìi igl estiarats rapes gh was pleased to re . 22) | of the and “drawn from the 
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the pence ot ¢ 
and on the one hand, 
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sree for the nec! being solid — bv. asa texture, is H.S.’ in reference to al past, seas ‘uns encircle our sl eran? on the other. Dr. — 
the best part of re can be — cle future | of this Society. Undoubtedly upon | Thomson (who estimates „the mean fall of rain 
T nk no — if ot exposed to Teui i wii Th rs ach ‘ge | throughout ) attribut i 
when On account of its | degree “the stability and progress of scientific associa hes to this latt q while Dr. Dalton gives 13 7 
sae a \feuitfulness; and its ange eeping qualities, this tions. The ey c culti vate science for its own sa ake li ‘ 
is perhaps the most valuable ese T the New En ll th in England and Toker leaving 23 inches to be 
land farmer. It is said to deg in the Middle minds of “thie Stamp. But I distinctly differ from evaporated from the surface of the land. These two ) 
Southern roe ae eae: pace? Porter's Valpa- | « F. H i 
raiso = — kindred variety may be better adapted to Se propa bee the Council to hold „them i in London. not much was known accurately on the e subject, Ha it 
the © e that a 2 Wo 
‘The be a p epes y summer a 1 autumnal shows. If a large hall | not the drainage of late years, by withdrawing the water 
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sen oe a seems to 
and dwarfed v ety o! 
t I am of opinion that a series of rooms 
smalle: er, h 
more rapid] from the surface, decrease the amount € of 
piaty 
straight neck, mates of sen pad. interesting ; 
a dark and dirty buff clo nn It comes rm rate, bie nt ther remightbe the | Orchidroom, the Roseroom, the rivers; thus cutting Awe a A bee a oe whe 
eating early, quite as e autumnal Marro nds main of our 
and was, indeed still i > given esteemed as a If liberal prizes were offe red, supply of rain? Doubtless. sions “meteorologists have 
egeta! le. sae ‘the Sosy ” might count on a grand exhibition and | considered this subject, but I to hay 
Tl of The love of flowers and fruits will|met with any discussion of it. Any information of 
i “Wha cal 
furrowed, and ronal: 10-ribbed fruit, wich a a ee sd aies 
and fin he I icul vi 
value associations ii 
according tot y the. Mapp ness toes confer o! 
kind, tl “PHS” 
erpina esteemed in the making of pe and 
_— seeds received from Paris, under the 
Squash, I raised a fruite xactly 
at of a ner 
yellow fles 
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remarks would, I think, sali interesting. A Cheshire 
Subscriber. 
Cucumber Disease.—The ee I ge ee bodice this 
malady leads me to think that it i 
t on by impr tr 
a thunder-storm 
xternally, and entirely wi 
Nevertheless I rer it rm Custard 
is merely an improved variety from the 
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to ising 
at the time I solely ‘attributed the cause of the disease > 
second group probably | as na yesterday pa the Vice-Secretary of the Horticu 
central Le of the two Socie a 
apes eS and 
Three years ago I had ae pits and boxes, : and all all 
tural gave expres eeri to Ea paan rga "Rowe 
exhi bited 3 pri 
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fered 
| patent. The capital Pte aero in this one pine toe 
the e 
y | bearing fruit abundantly and of the best quality ; 
on the amount of attention required bei reac 
to air, i sarees I happened to pass 
5 ial pao ter than it should have 
as | of ne _ rare plants, but for whieh many must have 
i phate n. $ lorious groups of Orchids, 
d on them for a crop, 
ested i itself quite as boldly a5 on 
+ + jose 
too, might not in this E Ra SA have bee 
“colony among the Indians in "North Carolina, pe by | the banks of Roses ched w e scorching ray 
early voyazers in the W est Indie ae aie take 
ds in we oat seen that even 
by I had some more pits aring order, but aa 
attended | to, and out of these I ‘contd cutting ag qua 
ith th 
might never have apiti heavenward thoughts ; the 
beautiful "Peargoniums with the unique ‘ 
another to the common stock. een to the | 
has, doubiless, improved their qualities, 
scala Diasa them to sport in numerous varieties, so 
that itis now difficult, if not ae to determine so pure, might not have been 
Perchan ce, 
are mere varieties. 
the | be observed, 
_— sess to its 
ts | grown 
ings, ie 
l t had = not been for the Horticultural Society. 
t 
those were cuttings i taken off the "disease seased 
; and more, Begs: wer vil 
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A third ins to be described. The repre- | s maS lants and fruits from eve ight | it; we generally are of mildew, and we to be 
the C melopepo 5 emas ve told of th the tireless ficma gr vast ales ta same of this dias ae. MLeod, Wiis mt 
Peto It ineludes all those kinds and the of England in the cul £ the | Hereford. — In June last I placed two plants 
led y arts of e recreative, the refining, eleva- |“ Walker’s Rambler” in one of the th a 
er while > they are ‘soit | tgs and instruetive tendencies magnificent | planting them close front parapet, to be trained 
der the gl Both plants grew luxuriantly, a0° 
‘and tender, and in a unripe siate. "Th gatherings of the peopl ding far beyond tk 
