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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JANUARY 14, 1865, 
simultaneous fecundation by neighbouring Wheat- 
flo owers, I allude to ға ue only as showing w 
s kind must be iege n 
во | the о 
d riley ^ zt Senses to reason from 
with | 
| substance and meagreness of outline in the bells, which | 
Те ft them pu oar en A iun double varieties 
ow the double flowers are to be se 
Hyacinth bred in "d | сабе E 24, 18, or 12, with 
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| less direct sur sunlight, the fruit will ripen later and will 
Tf the house is paon with the 
r thr ree exceptions, and among the op new 
f bl 
the other, to allow general theory to une Да actual 
experience. 
WO years, maris 
eh 
has poet Tho D 
k 
Almost M, experiments and  observ 
e been upon plants in a име of culti- 
mesticity. In the wild sito: 
hybrid races, must be added the destruction 
ensuing from the want of the ера and assistance 
afforded by apex care. Of this a curious instance 
is mentione d й dron, in accounti ng -fars the 
tt which 
арте they are рач. to 
devote piec n to their "produetion, 
liking for the Jarger pi more substantial 
bells of double flowers is again taking root; buf per- 
fection is sought for chiefiy among the single flowers, 
We are thus on een x another сее ms large- 
belled kinds, of wh eirs orm 
> 
en ab our lends north and south the crop will rip equally on 
both sides. n „is сносе onderful pr y be. 
effect ted even rith, the smallest hirisa on this m^. 
er A litt model i possession 
thiuk of only 8 feet equare j “and anding i e cold climate 
land Peak of Derbyshire, had Vines planted in ít three 
sn ago, an sie "mrs ini to their 
orous growth, owed 
асет of very fine ar, Жүн a e: h. the 2 
а м — crop of Figs, Cape Gooseberries, 
wes uit, allo f whi ch r ripe ened exceedingly well, 
ou t v mà with a зз smail flue н а handful o ot 
in Snowball and rines А Yan 
and La Grande Vidette and бай зэ in ч Ыш е, 
ж certainly rising in favour. Many of the sin 
seeds so Medis d under cultivation: the structure of the 
e germination of the seed 
exceedingly difficult wi По - raneous aid in forcing 
it into the ground. All te to confirm the now 
wild state 
spikes е — studde d with bells, are however 
varieties їп each of the three classes of colours, Mn | 
ded. Sumuel Нететап, 
» Јањ, 1 
а ouses at Seaforth Hall.—In ong c 
tion е the garden doings at this n sal id hav 
recently” publis hed, the writer, “J.A to leare, 
wanting in that shape 
to bring them a 4 the level e progress attained by 
other florists" flowe The large-belled kinds I take | 
o bet ofthe ** ours g” flowers. Some ofthe bells, | 
ypes o 
as for instance i in Madame Van der Hoop, are uei 
f 
y the 
gardener there. So far, however, i is thís drei. (ire. 
the case, that I have the beat authority for tating 
the garden structures were designed entirely by Mr, 
emp, of Birkenhead Pak, and that they "i erected 
TO 
as they 
makes them so attractive, e,and w n fu ally | 
rölesi, ҮҮ, as much dh of symm эла as kai be 
his plans (the he 
the direction of 
gent clerk of the works he's applied y: of the 
Kem в book on 
dne. Ж giving үй. апа Lg a Cie of these | seen in a finely y-formed and fully developed Fuchsia . The details, In the new edition of "Mr. 
hybr tS s of disti ш races cannot be too uch depre bell inc s 
cal t is an attempt to give fi hich 1 бей The blu Wee white | the whole arrangement are inserted, and p» Plan i in- 
none, (лек individuals with pr ы over- in already feri [ws of this character, b ut je des some уызы that have not yet been carried 
loading with practically useless matter our floras and 
һал. was | conversing during t the ни т with а "Pris tabing at Exhibitions.—As а i 
the саа in which future researches on 
hybrid are like ly о be the most usefu 1, it does not 
cele 
rated Dutch grower, and in reply to my remark that 
English | ue мем taking the бы. 1 have just 
of Darwin's тама pu and exceptions, as confirmed 
о number of cases of ster! "i ity in hybrids 
that the preference was alread 
парна: in Folland, and that ndi were E on у 
as I hav 
with a v w to procure suc ch flow ww d 
it 
by Naudin. 
wil орго the well-established ones 
But Naudin's hypothesis of the intermixture 
f parental essences "e 
hich peas ultim dr wr us pu urther 
insight into He hitherto concealed (iced | fecund. | cen: 
ation in 
be done in the 
Practically also, much is to 
Hybrids in our 
observati ера of plants i ina wild State. 
aracter- 
istics a siete t that it will be years Бе a stand | 
exhibitor of 
e wers at some of our peiucipal mee exhibitions— 
—perhaps 
d of the employ 
of 12 large-belled Hyaeinths shall be staged ; it i is 
rely, bowever, in the future of 
This will necessitate the recognition of the ids 
of “shape = for „the individual bells i. our Hyaci nth 
pr t the result of design," > опе of your 
Ж тузом. буз says that 16 is a matter of £. s. d., and 
the xim : 
Now, 
| of hape i in the bells; 3 
that a spir irit of emulation is no motive at ail in getting 
pf exhibition. - D agree with ** Florist " 
that tl 1 ede irn bea 
| of this desired Farsi in x both bells dnd ke Quo. 
to me much 
dora 
less freqasnt. thami in the south, for e Д" 
perhaps, th Dii, 
and of propagation by offset to а T seo, is 
greater їп the north he south. Is 
his 
e | communication Was at Tut i in п supposing t "this hr to > be 
ENEE c 
Hom 
Castle Kennedy Fig.— . B.” in er 
aving аеш 
с osely. allied to 
Thesea ud similar q 
species races as ye 
M d fixed ? 
| I must do him the Á— A Jc! that i in 575 last c com- 
munication i do nk he is bere truth in в pin. | 
it to as "the ge Brown or Chest 
Tach ed to to be 
= єс 
be well worth the attention of botanists resident in the | “S. B." says—' It seems probable that the o 
country, who have leisure for Atali apporte by formerly neglected tree at dii remained the sole | 
riment, From the President's Address at Anni- P nasse gs ч this kingdom of a Fig cultivated by 
whi 
versary of Linnean Society. 
EARLY ica BULBS. 
TuE Нүл 
ттн {һе Ся few ind on the 
par. I| 
conclude m 
m 
I have occasion 
T7 [3 3 
and priz Р you rrespondent's expres- 
ЫБА of "lent аказа. ебе, е as in 2 case e other 
gentlemen's amusements which he instanc which 
I think perfectly analogous : he ist he exhibitor ] e operly 
speaking, though м mede think fit te 0 аек т 
does) after deducting travelling e =й И 
о give the vé ут e amount or T the e 
gardener as an өзүчү ent. My ow he is 
content with this ; trip fi f p t 
the exhibition, with - his day or two's holiday, 
an nd „Ше opportunity of i | 
ler, 
painy hri ben fees recently imported Adam 
the larges e Brunswick; this was known to 
Yet he states that im 
ig he kno 
um He 
d quality, 
and 
speaks highly of its ийт hardiness 
nor does 
liability to in wet many other thin 
skinned fruit E desiriptión icm very closely 
e of the new ' flowers 
an 
a dod parar е dispemging z of p except its | Du 
hibited by the о rs, and 
the season; and does not thi 
generally leave. the matter entirely to their gardeners 
with the character of the Fig vM wes as an 
vivate 
ghly 
Should be always employed, a 
warm m when the bulbs are pla aced i 
m 
Ње” fruit is 
a 
than 
glasses k dry place—not a cold and 
damp td vieni is p етет 4 or them 
cupboard in a sitting-room where there is a fire is the | 
best place for | Шеш. Wien ар? to the MM Dd 
violent variations 9f tem Kee 
but not i 
he glasses up sp to tie brim with water 
aud keep ibem in that conditio Avoid g 
it bo [à hern 
fue sort sot fruits. In ey way it is probable the o Fig 
e roduced 
c of i AS deis grown her 
ies extensively cultivated hee 
2. Mersbal 8 who lived. upwards of a ury igo. 
is duties ы him to frequently reside оп the 
Continent for is well-known 
taste Por ксы would doubtless ' induce him „to 
ese opportunities for 
Figs and ot! 
eig 
wi enim i: and see who are the persons who erus 
m w of practical gardeners, an 
there are intelligent жарыке as well as m 
eners. 
mi Ee hey are amateurs in the real sense of the- 
of flowers. t 
hem wh 
here, 
pue 
е; 
go боз must be р: 
pua. Ta кик a practical ers and 
lam proud to c him ee , appellation, bringing both 
m phoit and ha he work; and if I were nof, 
| in this oiee state in Эл кияу, seasons 
2 in y ~ With a very 
ew exceptions, single flo: only in water. 
The noe of opinion that has taken pla 
during the past few years as to the comparative value 
of double and —— t ^m еа of remark. 
=, ә contem 
In was given mporary :— 
н; кыд аа а assent to the к-к: 2 ie 
nd in competition upo 
The та eme 
superior single 
had “а poverty of 
to be 
the latter 
[e 
licere with x their cms rivals of of ted doble Че dua | 
despite the enormous tr ngles, | lean 
Aem x: 
| duced abundant crops of zd fruit, Уін асе 
Castle Kennedy, Stran 
бнрн теру to the inquiry of your 
ent “А”, in Paper o£ Dec 24, Ltd 
Patent Span 
conséquetice ripe 
to 
ed —— or rearing quee 
earlier than if the house stood ~ porum маг а е instruet; 
вау m 
n justification of 1 
own judgmen t in 
w 
a right to claim 
! other lean-to side facing the north, and re much 
| “ praises ? too, however Ier share them — 
