ius 5 96] TU GARDENT, RS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 293 
| ear roe st А nee зр, wi ith Ыгын Perfection close in their wake.| — nm e c à 
ng at the same time the ar ihoo air} Mammoth is a vari y somewhat impatient of hie cia ence. 
Doa but n vour of the late wrinkled kinds. | cold an ey or late situations, a constitutional Gra es for чү Mil fM Welle’ 
{ рф attain this result, Tert d ҮҮТ кле? һу i more robust form of Veitch's x G tl 
n order t dier habit, an tand varia- i g 
^ Dwarf Gem w the best of t e | Perfection. is of hardier habit, a ns ia- | elas 1 Р. 
ing M. an operation bic of climate and soil better n Hairs’, and it is > xe кару XE h, upwards iba É ihr 
ap making s elections with аге „persistency. , altogether one of the est y^ frapon. For | relative of mine, Heh ey no houses, but the Беата 
should always be sown i a 
ЕЕ the result. Dr. Maclean's first fruits were two wo Д late, as in its caraos; stages of growth it is impatient of jarge не еа d EIE Na frm — he 
inds, known as Harrison’s Glory the erop | Vines were trained so that two leading sh 
Eh both ro Peas, the first x а green | ad in consequence. - Dixon s Yorkshire Hero, from | carried to th e right Ma 1 eft S кайы сайа pem 
colour, thelatter white. As these proved spare сгоррегз | the tria Y vM lengthened they were pegged do rmly. From these 
in cold and late localities, they are gradually giving| ment on Veitch's Perfection „predicted ; but then it two ehem stems, others about a foot apart were 
place to better sorts, t the tain there E ағу р ш, an unfavourable —in the South of | trained ards 7 or 8 feet against the wall, and 
із still a large demand. : very wen ngian a east. x ж. ie та мет. tian Perfection, d fastened by strings pusod thr е а we fixed rings for 
r. Maclean's, and is now, thoug bea ropper, but it will require a е the Са to w. the 
ety, as popul ever. After the es ni moist etel i aid weather to bring out its s а 
variety, a first-class oeiy w wrinkled Pea gaot It should not be condemned till it has 
bnt wanting that fulness m flavour which some 
of its successors possess. _ variety known as 
Dwarf Prolific, combines earli a flavo d pro- 
p El a kable degree, and bi 
e-spread popular Among 
e| E Pis Epicurean, somewhat late 
ood the test of але season's cultivation. Quo. 
VIRANDRA FENESTRALIS. 
than Advancer, Mons. Soyer, Essex Rival, Sea-green 
0, 
іп 
T (еш elastica). The 
most extra or rdinary product ctio 
Кр. 
untry to 
ns. to de: met with i ur 
troduction С. this 
the Rev. W. Ellis, who рл " d it in 
ight 
ke a Eur: leaf of i Lodirubber | 
Ouvirandra is o - h 
perge down roote 
rowth of the versn 
T..J., Emswor 
| m a iet The ota wi is a list of the quan- 
which roduced in the 
Mr. er. ese, Little Ge Madiga, фин pages H about 
Princess Royal, Prince of Wales, and Wonderful, seem | since, along wit t fine ДИ, Ea in the 
likely to " йө staple Peas. Prince of Wales and | case of other меге, e xr а were at р an Ma а loss 
Wonderful are both dwarf white wrinkle rows,|as to its M prope: и Ад atment, but pers 
the mee de we but both very productive, and | enabled u e the difficulty, dx ra а dut 
vour, Princess Royal is а round ho ow to шапа E: MT 
white c m. way of Harrison's Perfection, but е, most convenient vessel for its growth is a larg. 
tly supe е it. others have either become | tub, some four or five feet in diameter by two feet 
Tet, or ve Te faled to gain робо, though a "This should be placed in a tank, and tonk in 
possessin 
exce ellent qualitie ев, There is scar cely 
Zo 
any 
эз а new Pus, especially from large wh хра houses. 
т" ар а new өто ОШ; it has scare ely haq | 
as the 
he 
igher than the MR 
as the water vi want т, off at times, The 
temperature of i the water should range from bu to 86° 
a fair ti 
ti is tag б the others, гэна л into dme about 
the same time " NG itch's Perfection. 
rotation of crops, pom Early 
of some 
in 
done 2 AN tim 
and a il 
d | fine. 
after 
firmly сотр Ты 'ut the pnt is small, the p should 
- of t 
not low s t rain- 
r, previously warmed. The best D: is nd rich | 
Ms oam v whioh ee lain i - а heap outdoors for at least. 
12 шо and has been frequently n d over to 
sweeten 16. 
А good time fon potting is the spring, but it m 
"mex the plant is growing Ey 
-inch pot, place a piece of tile over 2 hole, 
d ud ith 2 loam, which should be rubbed 
hole in ги centre of the un 
with 
Take 
receive я acing it, press tur 
stand on another inverted i in the mi iddle e tu b, so 
Musbr oom house here eng A - 8 ft. long and 
4 ft. Gin. wide, from Jan. eta to March 6th :— 
Mus 
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7406, Ген an average of 22, and 
S every day. 
|! Robert Stokoe, — 
of the water. The erani " the tub should bo covered 
k 
: a fom 
s about 4} Tat ғи 
n 
quali- 
І эз : ultivated every- 
г Фуча а 
Sall Fears m raren К 
cultivated ; im m ET one t seldom | 
ache broken 
potsher ashed ca Over these should be ad 
white МОДЕ or spar, to the level of the pot, but this 
should not be AA d higher than the soil the plant is 
We 
| The Knowsley 
| transmi ssion of hea 
clos 
| gardener, a 
e am much t 
management of a ge establishment, I should be 
one of your co 
ntribu 
uestion as to the 
1 % 211.3 
growing ір, it is liable to interfere with the 
young leaves. "The white stones Pie to increase the | exceedingly glad if some f 
bigis of the tl tful 
tog er advantage. 
q 
completeness of the heating arrangements in the 
ars to TO 
pure rainwater and p laced in the tan and o 
e next morning (the dps duds) this айыру ot 
water should be pour he tub towards the 
side in order to swill of. г Em h that may have 
e Песна оп the surface. This willalso change the water 
'su ffici ently for the well- doing o the pla nt. Great 
Pine stove. “G. H.” appe 
| co H 
a 
| pe - stands at p. 125. 
io the roots of the Pines will be 
reine by evaporation from the pipes which pass 
| through the rubble beneath th them; but my tutors эб 
мы: 
the water, which shou 1а be as was ossible ; 
„Меат at - 
pert 
віш 1 a moist like ma ixed wi 
М bs Е irm E itself. will 
thi temperature of the hou o may геј 
to suit the other plants grown i EH for the Ovid 
being sev veral inch hes under will be 
mans mpe: 
Me same, thou, c the. езге, 
d our of Victory, which was a little 
and more qroduotire than Imperial Blue 
m 
Stock of 
f it em че obtained, 
qe eat bearer; it is 
ppm and even when apparently 
ea X rida tiem маты when cooked 
arket t gardener's | a 
wn to 
C ere 
too old th. 
Pu iine 
previously warm 
e е 
taken out of the tub and placed in the tank, The tub 
should be emptied and washed clean, and then replaced 
in the tank and filled with rain water, which should be 
ected | p 
mi 
- When the plant is of meras strength it should be 
rough 
deposit water, which would run off, 
n of i On the rubble 
behind a 
similar manner to that in which the Bof. RA resists 
the ingress of carburetted P ond or fire-damp, 
e plant € e a shift 
ed. If t 
should dr eni and then placed at 
e rubble, and that phá 
pes ub; 
еб di 
і 
rests о 
heat warden to у= Pine porn ira "e| 
steam, is then a dry heat. Ishonld like to know if 1 
nformed, met wiebe ge it 
сен нысу or qm the orsi ime of gs 
Should be ast 80°, the atmosphere humid, 
nd t the house wel edel, as the Oavirandra is very 
impatient o of exposure. Should anything settle on the 
leaves take а 
the Pines monid be cooked like steamed Potatos. 
А Young G er. [We shall have something to say 
pymes this, shortly.] 
Physalis. —One of your correspondents mentions 
= ун ent occurren peot Piipa нй 
be e frequen 
annuali grown 
out the country. 
pro 
wW 
ho ee m v variety by 
uce, | pipe syringe, and placing it 
der the leaves, syringe 
gently upwards; the ги shonld be handled as little 
as possible, When first introduced, i 3 thou ught 
at the Cape. I think that this genus requires further 
examination, Don (no MN GÀ places 
P. pubescens ап P. peruvia in differen 
e i n win rni 
| that it ought to go ibit d е When 
wi О БО. € 
an indifferent stock 
iik d кашаны | 
and со изра worthless UE It is 
glazed o ines pans, or glo obes, and p 
the shelves € ie house, the dp are » liable" ~ ime 
в | chec ks fi he variation of the mperature of the 
ri 
т from vu vi 
and | 
Sid Tin dr ru w, 
y Prolific, Garbutt's 
E and Lord Ra 
glan, gener 11 
"ig identical, now ME Lov inp! 
f | wbich is а great enemy to them, as it ів almost impos- 
sible to clean them without i injury. 
the рибәле now indicated. 
cireumference, or 4 feet in diameter; and Mr. Ellis 
| admitted ed that he. hi ver seen a finer plant or finer 
' leaves in its native country. Тоз. аст? Tooting. 
It measured 12 т іп | ou 
ascertaining, as е thre if there 
be "three ques one of t the. нє delicious А pee 
If roots are confined in pots, or if planted 
vi m arid sunny place, ре fruit may be 
land. Under glass 
en ен n the open air in Engla 
without heat it would, of course, mons and possibly 
might grow under tbe shade of Vines and. Peaches, 
