198 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[MARCH 4, 1805, 
nor, w lens possesses a magn ni- 
Kempsey Alicante Gra e, which, sif п шу memory 8 вегуез x the Royal Society. The ne 
mà киеу, is as fo lowi: —Some few years ago, а | ying Port of 3000 linear sums. i 
one of the meet a of the Bri — ^ [secare фет 
Society, which it is to be re retted no longer exist s, | a& Oxford... à 
saaa Wü ih Grape а ta size were exbibited. | гин =: of P Plaati few days ago I was 
own — тт они of Fern бъ. ауе вн. m 
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to have come from Kempsey, in осе er- beati and pariet з white. Boris it с 
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berries; the bun 
ies regularly set. After Liboc өст из m ЖУЙ —]t may interest some of уоп 
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х — 16 was decided that the varieby was unknown, | one of the prettiest and "v. distinct of its class, has 
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tinguish i& from other kinds сосн dir the the south of дена since 1855, or years. 
name of Alicante. In common with  other| When visiting the principal nurseries й — 
members I received some cuttings, and in process|some two years ago, 1) Saw at опе o them ii 
of time my Vines bore some fruit. Much to my sur- | particular, several fine plants of this species, bnt 
prise I found it to set badly, and the bunches to be al о hem were in large pots or tubs, 
rather long and loose. The berries, instead of being | апі on inquiring why they were not planted | 
ovaland swelling out like those exhibited, were long | ont, I was informed that they would not stand 
and — — some of them very large, the | out during the winter, ч wero always moved under 
ое and stoneless. I confess P I „маз | cover w) when some frost set in. Now, as I Бейеу e the he cli- 
I have always considered togbe демден эй i 
and has been|variety. If I unders — rightly, how 
the Radcliffe ket stees for the diu Museum | is a seedling raised at ог near тамо 
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p 10 or 12 years "Ад - ai such is 
ould tend to —— r. Bennett? 
o pose in reality t slit Hal 
send you a few for trial. If you think 
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1 А е last week Febru 
of the grower—I think Mr. readers to learn that "th is Libocedrus—in my opinion сертин them, whieh is, simply, in a large 
altern ayers of 
tion, and the flavour excellent. e shall 
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the Figs at the proper season 
Sorittie fes, 
NTOMOL 
sent by m take. On inquiry I found ial this was | | the south of Ireland, I hare always hitherto protested | 
not the ei Soon she seeing кт Vine in beariug | my plant with a large pot im inverted, or a ry» 
wi h Я T 1 itt 
Aug ‚ Вһерра ard, Edw. , Sheppard, and 
OGICAL: Jan 
lowing gentlemen, inel Меште W. Wila Me. 
ар. With щу — 
rede the ые | 
8 x s | 
Duis po 
them good fẹ | 
in of your Co | 
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our enis iaka the best way of Y preserving t Conops 
be смит 
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marked deviation 5а ihe usual habit t of the only why it is not more ally nit "€ in| 
Black Morocco in the bunches and berries of those sent | Кайсар W. E. G., Belgro - Queenstown ork. 
to the Pomological Society toda the nameof Alicante Ro, oyal Albert Grape.— — Bin my last сойо 
was made i^. subject of a rigid inquiry, the lt of column йаа Чон his Grape, I have 
which, as far as I recollect, was found to be the treat- | received, amongst other letters on this uan one from 
ment of the bunches by Mr. Cox, the gardener, who | wh ich I venture to give the fo llowing extract :—“ Hir 
most carefully fertilised every bunch with the pollen | original Vine (says the writer) was brought to this 
eother kind of Grape. o, i to — is ү o he 
rries cf Grapes undergo at a y It was firs 
NI ET Us ae with foreiga оте |D Detroit, Guernsey, in v e year 1842 or 1843, and some 
siz + wh 
i. e. with pollen taken from other kinds of Grapes? If f | bune hes of immense were sent 
‚ we m much to learn. 7. Z.——The e of Prince Alber t A his "birthday ; е» the na 
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r grow. ey 
arrai : м» моу where I qe p» pan there, T by mere accident only the original stock has | 
rui th 
crops a Grape Ih: n before, pe w | 
quiring the name of it I was told | m y was е "Black | it, and in course of time that, through a change of 
Alicante. Iat once saw that this most distinct | gar cim was cut back, and a cane grown from the 
каре, 
sent me when the wood was ri In the course of a year. In із уау only has the ety been preserved 
: | of esc Wallace, seria: vu an ut. ems 
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dent and other officers were re-elected. 
| delivered an address in w which he reviewed the 
| proceedings an см past year, as well asthe gen 
the address a vote 
progress of nce, for which 
thanks was pas 
Feb. 6.—F. 
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two prizes of five guineas each, to be awarded attie 
end of the present year to the authors of the two bai 
$ rsk on subjocts connected with economic. 
Mr. ibi 
ji eye pipa however speedi 
i no rubbed over the емей puts Mn 
f it, > ich Mr. Ingram | original stock below the йыр - ich bore fruit last Bond. "exhibited. a fab e of piros 
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pe. 
couple of years Mr. Meredith began exbibiting his fine | Some eyes from the Royal 
i yal Albert ч Tee sent in 1 v eaptured at Lerwick in uo n also 
samples of what was called ‘Kempsey Ше ante;" at Leamington, fr у Bombus Smithianus, White (Proe. Linn. бое), l 
siands. 2i 
might be a distinct variety from Mr. whom the Vine at Perdiswell in all probabili ity w wa а 
which. he kindly sent ed Mr. season, and m emark 
1 able genus Co hus from А. 
unen us < & Ме. "Moreti 8, E judging аира in fach, i5 iere a liou Avi йа ad an it | had — -— found in tho Son 
ва Maie. Тара чаз a ow, these justice. These. remarks bear out ел у what I have Algeria. a, C: aleut мася ка 
: tated 
this 
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Ingram's, I wrote to Mr. сес th for e of it, | procured, Lm us "eet cs Stadt X жеч in the | stated that he had recently received 
of it than other | T 
of being 20 years о old when saw dien) and if ие | пз йоне! the 
2 e spot in which the original Vine is | ever, that ec had rp 1 най d rhe 
Meredith's and Mr. Cox's, | known to exist, and as there is a possibility of ^ arre Mr. J.S.B ef io Р 
ed t 
the Y "Vine must have ‚ been in the co pads for m an eye fro this Vine, Iam pleas 
P. Раз e, Esq., President, in the Chir, 
the 
riptione 
oot 
I hope Mr. сат wil tel us what һе efforts iit b n 
ema of it. Ilearn from a neighbour of his, that he тыны Be - Оден На а E 
* Mr t : 
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„ROYAL HORTICULTURAL: Feb, 
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a neighbour some Vines to plant іп a virt ә four тйл res his Grape. That there is a variety |i 
ing t tolo 
д о amongst them one raised from mama s | of Vine in cultivation under the name of Royal Albert, Society 8 ied n, which also furn ished TA entiti 
Bnat Ham well-managed potfulls of Lily of the Valley Deu 
ae well known in this neighbourhood; 16 was grown а 
h 5 
week in тч. san ven v vcra зне д os ^ ern EN 7 аай і а € an — s^ еч - f —— панаа 
was exhibi splen. ition | 0 26 spi 
Darst the ater woul wem ее са till iare had it — у "e ч. тр show in E Toe Hull, Wow le the эе = ялаа ебет - prm a prettily 
that gen " an's ieri Mr. William Collins, in small lavt of -Phal hilleriana, 
огу many of Sion beso” ditio to trace tho origin about the year 1845 о r 1846. One bunch of it, |s soma ш, Ho da 53 ide i finely 8 
; publi, ce — ом ate m rs T believe, ааба соси 5 and 6 lbs. The origin of ch gly in blosso get with 
ng ape—at least its first introducti е? 
Жунай prow it till it paa ina —— ed. or гоні | country, is well уан. è In the = 1540 Ме, © -« riore wie гарат ü jm x М, Ва! Г “ү”. 
-— ns ез indi їз coming та ны aa "né ei mas ham, к! т тшек Йе a Vinery at Kent’s Green, | ОЁ дырдай serere ct 
oec fi Bros p ae тыйт ngst ot as also putting up some | variegatus from 
reputed origin of a Vine is € e , When the | glass у min in Ee Irland wo Jersey ; there he saw | Irish F e» s h 
been done in more tban one case vitia Vbo ius eps wing under the name of the Prune gr. to C ә im Cahill. | 
in the last half d'Hiveror Winter Plu um, He procured a couple of plants, ыбы, Pesce Donato 
oceasion, a small supply came 
d 
biegen: evidence era they buy is what 16 is |t am ed, to Fr ai — "basket п 
а = 5 tibns eis gite | Sor a vs some "ios gem dt Tik ewise produced to what rrin iom -> belong 
Alicante isa great favourite, I have often said suce == e fruit, ce was there чалай Меса Albert. шау be added that the Society's 
am still of the same opinion, that itis , n ese two Vines, if сае о doubt be the | begins to present а large am r 
Dee eic acte a ad чө oldest in the 1 kingdom. The et af Кеш Green circular stages at the ends, and al 
when its good qualities beca i дъга RIS t t ing-flowert 
iem o rdi = emere m м эч | bea - еони it was cut - and p fruiting н а akso о : ow 
А suite ota te Grapes are in | at least it was so eee s agar old н is та entes ашан promenade, Саш 
peo ри ion which, tha s to Mr. Meredith and | upon my situation at Kempse c the rove tM character, iens 
опе or wo others, is being verified. As hep » Б апі well worth in 
01 i to how the prefix =н spect н 
ау “йе attached to this variety, I muserefor | this BON шы iu plant of graceful looking Treo Ferns, Di 
i be foun: 
TERRE Ч "Transsetins of во Pomological | Me, бышы Mi калан tti e ard (н 
al years, "but not being con- 
8i in poin 
—A lens of the extraordinary power of | in cultivation, it ensem ge rta varieties shen 
Court, near 
Messrs. Powell & Leland. This is ego kind. It was a very нон s other 
your 
Society;for the years 1857-8. John R. Оох, Crown East very fine fruit for nd пулпата ичи ы» с tormina | verae semet 
idered 
TS, W may 
NITED HORTI 
Mierotcopes. Uxr CULTUR 
" focal distance has recently been manufactured | room for т a more d fate of its parent, to make | first — of "this Society, s 
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у, -— 
the highest known lens previously made, -— 
5th of а ind, described in last years Proceedin is ren and wur inde very similar in general M 
appearance to the Barbarossa of the present day, which Newton, are acting as Honorary Sce 
reet, Stran: 
Shirley. y Hibberd, G 
of ice. which were d к ~} f 
m 
me ford 
