858 
T ee T net ay wet ietam Teer pt Serene E a at” 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 20, 1856. 
may be that he frond g a Lar good tool. et = I use for diggin: 
pane wet. They are ‘fastened on the blocks by copper hat tl identally oligocarpous, “if gly) when they get on cae 
wire, but soon their Toots cling to a like Iv. vy.” In | and k t lifted tl end them to o pot bey me they make them equal 
answer to a another >| apparent, the inherent vitality of the ‘ronds sufficing to 34 pew for » E. H. 
Paxton says i io Magaaine of Botany, yol i ix, P 9, bl eronica. Veronica, 
that Messrs Loddiges make t of the di sadvantageons conditions in which they were qe brid between V. decussata oy a seedling from 
Cocoa Nut husks split into halves slightly iat ‘; placed—just as buds are sometimes produced on spec v. speciosa, by which you will perceive that the habit o 
the aste ether with eye wire. mens of plants drying f for the herbarjum. nis „wh 5 
The | are attache da Il tl y if (as seems not ‘immprobable) t the the paai is quite distinct from that of both pare nts. 
pth ee water to d Si g r| A Dew Blaa olour e — area beautiful lilac; 
of a t h dhere to it se fi d spore- yr A the spike se as howe mall, and not sufficiently 
— ores with ‘their muricate or “granulate outer fi 
Sp 
-A 
evidently 
ti 4 On Eth 
ish Ferns—In a small book on British Fer 
raig publ aby Mr. R. Hardwicke, 2 26D P Duke Street, 
agate lly, d Asplenium palmatum introduced for 
e asa Britis 
which cae burst, these latter 
soranras as ae ‘might well be buried : amongst 
This athe s 
a itish Fern, and said to have been — that the spore-cases had 
pea in E , and Ireland, Woul Though we unable 
inform me whether this account may be considered as | to pe ‘slaty or to confirm Clarke’s 
correct, e Fern treated as hardy? S. V. [You shaman, a egi pite; ve lieve that the development of 
will find that we have ourselves mowed to the intro- 
duction of Rae lant into our list o l tof fi WwW 
Gard. Chron. 1854, p. 270). We fo not heyy that | what appears 
n Great 
be a gra Sh production o of rohan 
tion after the pane has been formed. T. M. 
g variety bp 
Potires 5. Books, 
A Guide to the Propagation ion of Plan rt of 
Mltiplyng Plants by Sen Cuing ane > be. 
[Guide ae &c.] B Carriére. Pp. 271. 
irie agi 
The ghee of rie volume is ady known to the 
public by his edition i in French of "tendlicher’s Conifers, 
oses.—I hope you will allow me a little space in 
Paul’s communication on Roses, in 
and by 
Place ved at the head of the nurseries belonging to the 
ateurs want a little more of their 
heard of it otherwise than by Mr, Har: answer to Mr. 
Ice Stacks.—The following method of preserving ice | No. » 48. 
was for many ye ars successfully practise at Hatt pr 
Castle, Aberdeenshir f th dik 
ball h or 
before I hive. do; 
tunities of acquiring practical hope» of the art of 
propagation, such as can o; e gained in such places 5. 
ig or ‘ 
and as a ready ter. + a EEN ind, h 
over hich was is ce oer foot in “thickness at ria keri ‘shoe Ewy my ot 12 Raves, us fi pote. ht is ave as ossesses the power y communicating his kno v e ge 
“ar, learly and precisely to others. Wi se qualifica- 
diameter, 7 feet to the eaves, and abou beter yd? damida k 
point. T tehed to bott f they a re, I am very sorry to think that “dealers? me 4 = «i me pian Bsr a Beige 
a Ih to = tas oe thick. A va again extsiuen should so mislead persons s who w ish t o bu uy, gwia veut pit a poral M: Carriére? 
thatched Oe ae mo io) 1 Poa s) ¢ (aie j 
2 feet 6 inc n thatched with | the different Roses but from the descri tions rerai pages ; the subject is in tru readbare ; but what 
P do fi lain detailed 
straw, we ware There wasa given. I will j e pla eae te 3 Panl’a e ons fr d nd is what is most wanted, pii etai a 
drain from a centre of th ing to tk i e Roses he selects, as given in the doing the various works of the nF 
É: ors tap ee below its ray surface, The Chronicle wa St explain Catalogue for for — 56 3 perhaps this the matter is divided under five principal 
stack wile | bps x 
Ve have a very economical plan of preserving ice a Can CATALOGUE. 5 s Seetls ner ge various ar A TAN had am: 
this place. I had a circular hole dug in a dry ban L é. — Soiettnia fine, Rosy pink, ti ince ed with lilac, | “? Sees TENGON P hardy anc 
with a north ex and shaded by trees. The hol but very paperst magnificent, very bagsak full, | tender ; 3, of propagation by layers, 4, by cuttings, 
is 12 feet diameter at to nd 2 feet at m, 8 feet e ee e Pi la he Sy aa egin men Ay arate. | 5h atone om he” = mage opin owe S 
_ deep, a common drain at bottom, the outlet of| Gen. LE gg a ose, Rs, s Furpiish crimson, large and Sich ae peg RA a piy in ee 
which flimsy, fti 3 t- 
om is a ve! = with loose rubbish’ to prevent | the ow Ted en y y in : has been refined upon we should we Be speaking 4 
a aparte,—Of indif- ermillion, glowing, very | our ow: tr and mysti ll at 
I put about 1 foot in sg o of faggots at t the bottom, krent Mee large and full. it. vies deg: a spot on whic 4 light 
than 
straw (Wheat straw is best) 
un i f 
s put 1n, we 
roma till ihe ole i H at 
Pts shape of a 
then a covering of Fern 2 feet thick, w which i is ‘thatched 
Laurel hs, The h 
over with n I have 
for fi R 1 ft 4o answe 
ectly, viz., it secures a good supply 
ing summer and autumn; in fact, we 
e 
r Mde. Laffay.— Rosy ¢ 
cupped and psa Rg sar tt oldest Roses in 
Willia: eds ra Pea more 
semi-d lac, — very large and 
very dou 
Here, too, is the description of the same Roses by ie | 
of the most eminent growers, Messrs. Wood E Rive: 
Brillian 
the 
fine 
La Reine. ~ Brilliant rose 
colour, immensely large. 
glow one of 
largest, seal pred ct, and 
sto exh 
Purplish crimson, tinged with : 
li 
rubbish, 
Ned 
— Deep ri rimson ; 5 
one of the by 
; aid 
sorts va we E have “bon 
afts Palladius, Thouin, 
still a great fav: most excellent, 
General Jacaneminot —Rich Purplish red, a large and fine 
velvety purplish crimson; a Rose of the most perfect shape. 
superb show Rose. 
Wi th 
liam Jesse Bright rose, Ligi crimson, tinted wi 
highly 
to any great extent when the operation is 
pereng Math hole well tat Fe up again. Toure the 
During the | 
| 
ery large, scented, one lilac 
of f the finest. 
eet is not in Mr. Rivers’s catalogue. 
| Now, one thing seems quite clear—either the dealers’ 
| oatalognes are intended to iako in the uninitiated by 
se the Roses are what 
out ice every day, a ek 
RER, 
I say they 
stant” had appe e should nothin 
Cleft grafting 
] 
ead of the 
Daten, Atton Aiton, and so on, we have th ie hogiien 
ing over e think | it will be admitted that 
differe 
TABLE OF GRAFTS. 
Div. I. Grafting woody plants 
SECT. 1. Sea with branches 
Groupe 1. Grafts _— 9 aa neran scions 
Sie, teenie 
on bearing wW: 
above ground with barren wood ripe and pro~ 
tected 
with young wood, or scions im 
leaf 
parts oa: cau 
e had 
it keeps. I = not oan ow e smallest quantity | to do with it, but not a sy lable me ins “defect i in an with oardel 
that would keep your corre- | catalogue ; and I said in my c unication on R oy Bide grafting wi ei wood 
t 0 a ast one ; but I oa Crown grafting do. 
but rule is to hao ra tons. I have no | too, ea ify teh d bl in Mixed rag z 
doubt that were the pit made double the slagje. we could | its elass ea tote with it, If you will allow me, I | shuttle graft do. 
keep a supply for two years. Jame: ‘on, Homme will nating" eek send you a few lao on Sine. Englis! h grating ( S 
House, Herefordshire. Paul’s list of S but — I must stop. Ihave only to) y -raftin 2, Grafts by approach 
- _ Anomalous i —I take’ the | tell him thatso far from having “just awakened from a Saab oe 
sek of same Ja you in reference to a botanical | long long sleep,” I have b been wide awake a long long SECT. 2. Grafting g with scion s having neither branches 
fact which I accidental! inted with, and nor woo having 
which I ar tdi trusi I have | which I h sheet seen a dealer’s grar ion. Amateurs 5 e as ee eee 
cultivated ium marinum for some considerable | buy experi as well as Roses, and if they take my | p sa: n 
time, but ha observed any trace or sign of | advice, they will E look before the ey re 3”? nevertheless, = {rma a dormant eye f bark, each having 
fructification upon any of the fronds. In October I cut | I ‘shall mane — Mr. Paul or any of the large oF ademas beers k 
some of the ds off ; they were in a growers if t esac usa true and faithful list of eet 
~ with tee mould. In about a fortnight I ara ae pia a worth their price. Æ. R., Bromley. Flute grafting Í jatera] 
required the pot to put-some other in, whi 8 a Forks.—You say you “have seen most Tasc: 
very much i to see ogo colour so Is of this kind, the sa of which bend like iron sett ST aaiae ein groma 
. > Cleft crafti: 
peculiar to the Ferns, and on examination I found tha ms don pa repr er 
ion had made its appearance. I immediately pen I ‘bere tried more than one maker, and ‘from | Central grafti ge toy pe 
showed it to Mr. W. , my s who was | many years’ ee en y ` This has at least the merit of being intelligible ; 
ag much I was. advised me to bury Dasani Birmingha er, that it is susceptible of 
more, wil t; the | who wants a good sure they w will not bend | ment. We e may ibly select occasionally some small 
ere . Thave sent you a specimen of one, | like iron wire. I ion Parkes is ser p= aapi maker, portone, g of M. Carriére’s book for trans 
and I think no ne of the man ual him, o sosla sae of hens about to receive 8D 1#. 
hich it well d In the meanwhile an 
esas las IE Ath. N+ fè a = + aap show how the treats 
ie! (th 4 aott subject. oe ble 
4-ti op thinks de nds | the and situation suitable Jor hat 
eres Lied of 4 ground am about here is pen With some few exceptions, sandy soils, comet 
— elly, for which we use the 5- fork. The| moist, are best adapted fi eee pt eNe 
rai it, b alah so mg ts this mode of pro; tion is emp) : 
g | from Couch and other one is the E Ahah Ei ibe 4 
best, = would do for "tgs in rong clayey soils. | in i pees 10.007 marsby 
e | I ean only say that w pad iheoaiferks Son alesis ro Indeed meadows, or A 
never bap a almost the "i soils in which 
set ce spade at rest K k aene in thi i Willows and Poplars 
“W.C. 
“extent ee 
cas fugit pe ly small, 
small jobs, Aani sent. you this for the benef of 
your correspondent’ 
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