THE GARDENERS’ 
Aaea 15, 1856. 
CHROSIGRE. 
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anaual visit, so „as to whether it will gro of Cabbage seed is required 
they came late in n autumn. J. ro my | gi give a a fair mene ap in sinc ia pure p jn only a si forarod of aaaea a ins is s20 lbs. w eight per acre. l how. 
coloured Rain.—On Satu the ae = dame top dressing of guano. Also if heavy w not rod, in which case 
uce 
r 
Disc 
Candivmas day, the morning ous ing 
warm and bright at Whalley, Lancashire, sere 1 = 
the highest tid 
888 seeds wi 
, aad whether the sand would require sarig 10, 000 roe H also express: 
P.M., the sky became suddenly overcast, w 
flashs of fightning were epee: by torrents of rain 
for ai: hour. ‘The rain that fell was the arti ot pale’ ans 
y say 
or nearly 18,000 seeds foe as return pi 
| 3000 lants. Ishall not pretend to say what amount 
of 
ra ained 5 also the best way and time to >A 
saan rei in these cases, 
t 
waste there really is ex nec 
otherw = a 
‘ane it. f Subser 
Durability p Laroh and other Posts.—Are there ar 4 but ne ertainly does appear to be very much beyond 
4 tifie grounds for a remark in the Builder that if what n be accounted for unless we assume the seed 
Larch and other ‘timber posts are ra receiv: ved the assistance of ng graiiam 
LI h t OCI D 
ures me hours gh teaming The rain-water e.s of or 
he rain- 
some of the houses were emptied, as it was useless 
ii a mixture. After 2 0 ua 
T 
downwards they 
than if used i in the canner manner ? ? sig Abell, Limerick. Seed Cooking. —We thank, you for the jars 
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am 
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lw ear from the simple fact that Tester A is 
the 
of the Ribble, and & sat evening was again warm 
"Ratti ion pt p. 154).—Try on at a Sy om of ; pes were 
a tarred | an a house only 6d. 
clear. How is iy di: scolouratio on of the water to be 
accounted for? of ti 
of similar and is the effect beneficial ? | brick all round under the surface will at tn a sige | 
Ou these points Isl rout like to have the opinion of | able effect if your rabbits are not very determi ind 
your readers, Nemo. 
ftl these flowerin 
gi 
them at once sa; ys 
noney thrown a ving acy want a pes oll 
consolations I am daily rewarded for my hi 
outlay of oe a ten pound note. Well apf aaa some 
kind friend say if my woe is hopeless? The soil is 
rather a li she em: e du ug holes A r them hakt 
- Bå filled si 
Susjed turf and black meia I, but I 
lower. saang aie if I can “pert 
on "tae o, blood manure, &c., hd different 
Man Company,” and 
am wi 
ng Grafting ng. 
ad 
proportion, the last price being belo 
each Houses.—Having erected ine each h 
or glass lean-to’ s Asante ms garden walls without ire) 
argonelle Pear was aprir hve to you tn me i 
and will a foal in your volume for that year, p3 ‘768. 
oe now repeat the diagram with such alterations as have thought some pins pa be induce rite aee 
Bon Chretien. Bor Chretien. treatise on the e subjec t, or to give the necessary informa, 
Ribston Pippin. Ribston Pippin. hist or two on the subjecy 
would be aaa a favour. Thos. Broadwood, \7, 
Cadogan P 
Siberian Crab. 
Siberian Crab. Sorirti ieties. 
Medlar (dead 9 years, 
s 
the food th bs will luxuriate in ? or if 
not where I can get it, and what to get? My neigh- 
bours are all laughing at me Boys da folly, so those who 
will help me ti ty frien 
to A Farm ix. [Don Fate Tri h Peat. Your | 
ced iy os ‘well era. if LP hed Harö gaixed your sandy 
the peat, p Saas Gia is not too dry.] 
The 1 Bufalo Berry \Shepherdia gent ea). —Some 1 i w 
Cinsi ree oan a bore fruit for 4). HORTICULTURAL, Mar mg an pe Genera} 
(died last year). — Apple. a ao assembled to- ae en receive slain: the 
pple: mit ttee a appoin nted EERO (pee P. D,“ to nvestigate 
der ites i is best to 
EAA be r ne as to the De the Society.” The 
Black Taunton Apple. & —— Bishop's Thumb Pear. pes of Salisbury yara taken the chair, Mr. 
odson, the a of the Committee, read the 
Beurré. —— |ó — Quince (dead 9 years). | following barsada 
. Fiy: ya i quiry haye t from time to time, and 
higan iii P after a full nd e gw ation nat the accounts, have great 
Flanders Pippin. i 3 Scarlet Nonpareil. pleasure i rting that they have been well and correctly 
Ie kept, and do andit to the Offii ots of the Society; nor must they 
p ES o e Gia anal: omit to acknowledge the readiness of those Officers to impart 
Blenheim Orange. B opie every information which might aid the inquiry. d 
fore they p ed to the ant ae of the next part of their 
Downton Pippin. E Borel Wilding Apple. | business, your mittee think it necessary to state, that all the 
Jargonelle. P se argonelle. nformation which has reached them concurs to show that the 
llows are extremely anxious to e the Gardens; and the 
Fe 
Grafted in 1840; all | $ 
tion of this “fruit bearing” tree, taken place in it since that time. hate op ih rane yrei pA pie A Alt Sew 
imported some hundreds from the ve as oe ay pein iant, and bore fruit last year. F. Davies, Per shore, adil satin enna ioe aian leio salianti fons, Jndeodj i 
these Papen č A. Downin; Be, ae a laih T ahihi Hsi SRE i almost mee to forfeiture ofthe Charter, pri - gidra 
nurseryma Sade ae A chai, rememb , were all|  Pea-lea, s many s t the excel- | incorporated expressly, “for the improvement of Horticu 
sent in alts, it be well known, diæci joious: I lien ae a i soup permit me iol state t on t ever snee i all its branches, ornamental as well as useful ;” and it is obvious 
> that it cannot be sririetically improved, if no example of improved 
Pp oars eee pairs with nets hope of obtaining fruit i h at in your columns, we have had it | practice in the cultivation of fruits and flowers can be exhibited 
ce between the q! is pr ronounced by all to st excellent ; p: aminti aa if there were no opportunity of testing. the 
FS tr sch S wh in "Books being quite apparent |e li ee Pea re cali Sania wea + ane brs rai bei 
Ganka A 
h Victoria Mar and Thu ns Saas D ; i, 
crew of sail ithont a shi oe 
- These trees bave blossomed every year | me a a of “which answered well ’ They were grown | In answer to this it aan) piat jat, according 
t abundantly, to li A propounded by the Council, enough of the Garde où was to be 
4 retained for experimental purposes ; ter this is = sible. The 
unfol iing their flowers the first mild ‘days in February, | off before cooking. ‘This gave them a deeper colour and | jive of Devonshire hae signed tth ei Committ “La his 
and then being killed by the first frost, I have never Be substance, ome vast ens is required for Baudet agent, that ety m pinth-ens ; his Caco: wikis 
obtained a berry from the Two years ago a | up in the mid The Pea leaves must | let us ty a mere a or dacs s, and throw up 
pair of young trees from layers in a large pot, | however be put us th Tamda of an aparine bak | E aas airas ad et iho dh hn cake of these ra 
tying their stems t , So that their branches should | to bring the soup to pe reen Mint is of coi tiani Mirin Ba cet hen aag iein pie 
je mingled. is pot with its hopeful pair I placed in | required and other things to Sapar Seay palate, but this | valuable and diversified | collections oi tly- ‘and. 
orchard house ; they both blossomed in February, | a cook well knows, . B., ps ia; pe AEAN tee iat i 
me ZE e wor an ere you ar A 0; a; 4 
, and ks. to the dry atm si sh te not suffer e| Seed | d Sowi ving. It would dieen > fom the evidence’ dhis: names, and cha: = young garde E au Odili piini by. whieh 
from the frosts of March, so that last t Mr. Hall Maxwell for Scotland, the Police | gardens and parks may be adorned. But the Orchard, however 
wanki En tasting real Buffalo berries i in în England. Let | of I wh and the Poor-law Commissioners for Eng- | little it may be visited by those who repair to the Garden only 
me quote Loudon* and then y hopes. “Its land dee the following is ele probable quautity. off Inna | oprane of to eee the Bower 16 © Saul nae vains 
frait, whi ich is much relished in America, is aroi the | under = — for which seeds easily adulterated are | its yalo Sere ts reece te bere ‘ch of 
size o Red Currant, much richer to ‘the and | required, time to bring Nea A tate satt to perfection. sorts 
in every branch and | | SEEE | pao | STEFI i ans a iieiea are rashly or hance praise fed baveto be triod el 
Mi nglan: cotlan relan ‘0 names verified, for they are 
Epa Sid in colour and shape like very ier | a oe 3 7 apee ae ved and dese! eee I they possess : me 
8. ere cres. TS, il; 
than the sourest Currants ever tasted ; alas for my i urnip . ..| 2,267,200 | 449,372 | 366,311 8,082, 883 aadit tenet thought fair to soe me og by unfavoarnb 
hopes ! ! Stilltoa ia i mouthed tired buffalo Bunter w with | snes path aad: csi E as | ga 22,278 201,838 | they es ried for several years, ah se they are aie 
noel red Currant bushes in view, they oud pro toMy boctn | Carrots... s | vs 2 13,829 | worth! ess (and t ita: a Daai, the oao pit very many), their = 
AEs nio eia i 24,080 | 102,628 | Places ha supplied by otomi Mik have to undergo 
uch richer” any Currants, n the same way t Ee a P 7 | same jeng#l ee tens but the result has n, that. though 
a eu crabby Apple eaten in the aiie ofa hard day's the seeds required for this | some of the more recent introd re yet young, and have 
A sh o0 otin g Sy bol viale tn 1 Au August wilt ave a1 acreage may be ope as follows: mar nae = ore full ich th yet the Orchard contains almost 
a ry variety oi baste: i useful in this country. 
tone Pippin flavour. “TLR. ——The Shep-| jo" aa tie ponai a worn How great, then, vantage of this to the whole of the 
3, but it | Carrots, 51bs. ” E ia le REE te 3'057 British Islands, ‘eth ah direc! sree and indirectly! for not only the 
has never produced fruit. We a At t of no o value | Cabbage, 41b. n 4oy oe CR ae a eee Society Se ne ee ee pan of 
as a fruit-bearing oor la ‘or this country, pr summers | £522,064 of a mistake i ae name, but-those top caer being Fellows- 
being too y short in our atitude, Osborn d Sons, Pulham. | of the Society, depend eni for the supply c of Leite Gardens 
but if 25 5 per cent. of these upon the respeetable nurserymen who are, e same assu- 
oie is bad it is zs that wi ance that the trees whiehtthey purchase Mes an 
a, power > for reman: heat, and so it has, as all | 
black coloured sul nave. And so far well, “me 
it has an ee on power of radiation, so that 
wili produce the he extremes of hedt n and cold | 
number of choice trees thus named, fro: 
age is about 1600. i 
Since, ‘then, it would not only bea disaster, but also a disgrace, 
to English Horticulture, if a Garden of this. description Were 
sacrificed without some overwhelming necessity, wenext 
— loss of more than 130,0002. Let us look at the 
r from another point nt of view, Amah that a pound 
pry cont of three of the ve se s the follow- 
quantities, viz. :—Turnip, 248 128; 2 Mangel, 1 2 520; 
difficult 
unless the heat that it acquires by me be retained by”) ing 
to the task d avert this 
— such as Gulliver's philosopher Sinan: MET. Guni and | calamity, for with the Gardens the Society itself mast stand 0 
was employed about. This ox think his ow: a I have not ascertained numbers, pedia eared Pr 1 AA 
idee tg =o not disprove it. In Turnips foot apart will h ther |, We he conclusion that much may De at 
experiments in ‘tg | more than 43,500 plants; and I believe that of Cattle | DY, Toreanising ng the Pagan eon Hy ‘Garden, t present, 
favour in viel Ade the d es at noon is Cabbazes 10, 000 is the r. | for pranan ait of the Garden there are tw oy 
19°, and e igh T tag 20 that it ee a more un- good, th fi | with a salary of 1907. each, both able and excellent m pe 
steady temperature than w 7e was not applied. the s fiy or other enemies, or Ibs. of F Turnip | eles oharka pone. pas herve te mee e eaey. 
s ii ate +. | seed ought to sow, not an ne but 17 acres; 6 lbs. of Bren the —- attainments of the Tiefi tary it is impos 
aaieentag, walls black. @. S. Mangel not one } lb. of Cabbage | si ak too highly, or of the advantage which the Society 
acres ; age its 
ho —Having a garden on the south coast of seed no tone a Of course I do not | bas d nee ¥ riya ertions "tp maintain p 
‘running down to the sea with a warm aspect. | fai airly by the Society in this,—that its officers bave laid 
though rather exposed to wi gales, about an acre | because wesi koa how much the oe crop su ers | | bim the whole pamapa eik: minute details, in Garlem 
of which oes , I have been advised to from a variety of causes, Sti ill 17 times more than is. ellas in the co mdence, and have exacted more © + 
plant t profitable crop, am (hia than any one man could usgfully rm: and ley 
} 1a Ei dai e case is fi! d by a i ecen roposed 
would be grey obliged í for 3 information “sa Pog x of ps q | Council; iamays 0 institute æ regular stem of inquiry int? 
your readers who ł b „This panar anes | ay of importance connected with ture, throughout 
a | the how m, by means of <n Committees, whee Te 
pNP EE AE oe a onder ah Stephen | — ee se out. pn anann anann agricultural pe gaeran ties Goutal form 5° 
