868 _ТНЕ GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [SrPTEMBER 16, үр; 
their southern relations grew i in, still er one their | the root. In the month of May this — а fresh (1853, p. 279). i asa om Dei Кт 
superior value. In the reyes of Riga, where these ак was made outside, and young Vines were intro- | not injured in 1852.8, lowest tem Shire, it тщ 
trees һауе been антона y the hand of Xue, they | duced, The old Vines being planted inside rupe опа. (1853, p. 261); “ап bu perished ” in m ian 
are in general all very da, having Ton: reached and left to take their chance. A little extra heat was р, а: and was not hurt іп 1859-60 (18 (1854 
maturity, E fac t which, taken together ith t push the newly- lanted Vines, when, stran s also uninjured in 1852- -9, at Biddul 5. 30), 
у, the old Vines broke again regularly all over, x (sse. ja 293) ; at Turnham Green (1853 z: 
to their more rapidly- -grown relations in da eee bave now September, a fine crop of Grapes beginning | at Vinstone, near Plymouth (1853, p. 278). I ); а 
James Grigor, Bedford Nursery, №. И. colour, , They are vigorous and онен with Bn it was not ез? at Bagshot (1854, p. 358). Mer 
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AMHERSTIA доза Pull beca vernum. — Wl p: James Dick wide. In 1860-61 1 did not ok at Kew 
THIS grand tree, Which h me to us from the East son & Son's seed warehouse at Che r I saw your |р. 830), where Dr. Hooker tells me that the йш 
Tei ев, nts note (р. 819) abou "is айс ulty s temperature was + 7^; at Abbotsbu y; Dorset 
about 30 years. I believe het for the first plant that getting this plant true, or getting itat all, and I imme- | p. 698, see also 1859, p. 949) ; and at вини 
d England alive, we are indebted to Mr. Gibson The ey had it, | Torquay (1861, p. 434), where Mr, Garland, ty 
now Superintendent at Battersea Park, who succeeded | I w told, “in the nurseries at all events,” but hav ing gardener, informs me that the lowest temperature 
in bringing it from the Botanic А at Caleutta to inier traversed them, we were obliged to find out| + 13°. Mr. Standish, in his “ Practi x 
Chatsworth. Although, — e, not a new plant, | Bulbocodium among the * mixed bulbs” alely arrived, Planting Ornamental Trees,” states that in the аці 
Je et it still remains exceedin gly scarce in our collections. There it was sure enough— qs "brown-skinne ds urdy of 1851 there was a fine specimen of Q, glabra, three 
„ whieh. could ng well feet high, at Holkar Hall, near Lancaster, I think 
is not equalled in beauty by any of them, if surpasser I found it-catalogued at 3s. per dozen. y es from the above accounts that t the three Japan Oaks 
by any plant in the vegetable жь рада family ields had it cheap cec а бойоп houses; n дон all uld ав well as the 
many other fine things, e Browneas, лу аз bulb- seller haveg it; and Iam qui Bay, though they might be injured үө, wind; but it is 
Сомї lleas, Bauhinias, Erythri ы лын Масипав, | that іп get than one place n Holland it is cg А rh ra dbi : Q. кре АЫ would be harip esi 
Wistarias, &e., a strong-growing gu either shrubs, ef d , or md. bul. Аз before remarked, 16 | Loudon, i Vol. III IL, p. 1943, ss 
creepers, or tre es; yet, fine as they аге, the Amherstia | is most diat inet in colour among small early spring het Q. reote dei Tm dry and arid pisa. " 
ranks above them. ali. The eds ndulous flower Анко; MN pa some buds appeared Sore. ground | think of planting it in a dry and stony ids. Have 
racemes, of the richest vermilion апа Prim give it so during th ast spring, several weeks be fore the snow any of the Himalayan Oaks mentioned in Lou 
p the | © Arboretum," p. 193 (Bohn's edition), been intr 
easily сч plant dag ste Dutch «1 l gror it plentifully for us, е, p are they likely to be ар ardy ? А short time 
The late Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing Park, was and m ake ‚ cheap as of the Crocuses, When go (p. 7 92) you recommended hie Maples to be 
one of its most suce NU Mu de The вр i tensively propa, gated; ther ere a small plant of 
collections of Orchids, Heaths, Azalens, PA and e the buds are тороло, үн опе way or other iis Mr. Veitch's arrg japonicum еа арра 
Greenhouse plants, that ex ч; Objects of universal | most attractive for several weeks in the vi ery dawn of | raised from a cutting; would t they not dapes 
admiration in the tents at Chiswick and Regents Park, | sprin: g and таму {0з rank аза асн spring bulb. | larger trees if. grafted on the Sycamo а 
n for which we were indebted to the skill and love | William Robins —I beg to say that I see by Taea , Stewkley Grange, near Leight 
of plants ssed by this de lady, have Moe of еле аА memoranda made in Switzer- | Bucks, 
never as уе Е rra by the e forts of any one | v -— the plant in question is to be found only at 8 Strawberries.—Fragariaus, like Rosarians, look 
individua ü ar Branson, near Martigny.. The observation of | with anxiety for novelties. Strawberry rüising. ва 
вееп dent that he had received other things | very interesting occupation 
of that, at iu shoving п E. of its aiy. At last, under the name of Bulbocodium hiuc pe эта ns less one, Mr. | i told ide Uk out of the thousands 
however, it beca e too o large for the house th y early in the spring I found a group of two|of seedlings which he had raised, he only * gained 
allotte А to it, hree roots of what I rap ЧО be Bultoendium, two really good ones, viz., Eliza and the Royal Кыша 
Botanic Ga ne at Kew, where it grew Jed s | bui which I have since thought might h bee The case is muc e same with'seedling Roses 
well for some years, апа flowered beautifully, дды e | unseasonably poen Pana of ave a list of Strawberries to be sent out by 
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Anette had to be removed into another, hi i m on which Dae were сирні France. Of those marked thus.(*) portraits ham 
i There is a Mh Шо, son of a Swiss| been made. 1. Boule d'Or (Boisselot): fruit larg 
rom the removal, and never regained its Pn, Botanist, livin at Devens, near Bix, in the valley of|sometimes enormous, roundish or cockscomb, 
bath pe beauty. e Upper Rhone, Vier ede rm seeds 2 plants of all | glossy orange in colour, seeds projecting; flesh'white, 
If obtaineà as a young plant, it should be grown on the choice Swiss plants. Doubtless the Bulbo! oco odium buttery, melting g Bert е. ann, highly flavoured, 
as fast as possible, by -repot e in ыы уе «i: 2 bardy t, bearing well 
again in the middle of summe ving e а | direction. J. H. М w, Bro. меїгу. гі pening ` the d season. Perhaps 
shift at one time, The branches honid be [e aci Large Peaches. am sun А : M AE Rem а tre койко Bin (месе. murs 2. Carniola magai 
d wh r1 n height, and are of very heavily laden with fine fruit, a Peach measurin » (де dae splendi fruit of pe hs oni pci 
sufficient strength, it should T jd in the тонон Me ighing 10 "- The|bright glossy vermilion, seeds pro 
where de is inten ded to be grown. I should advise a roots of the tree in епо avé been continually | pink, h llaw. ie he core, juicy, die ing, Me 
d by digging the border in the r regn ular order of ne a eger aroma. Plant very hardy and a gres 
ч зза А ie ne T groovi ppi g umstance which places it on quite a | bea 3. La Mauresque (de Jonghe): fruit 
from the centre, to ta orm а crops, dee different footing | from that at Lambton Castle, which i 1з | me sium. size, oval or conical, dark red, nearly blac 
towards the edges ў u^ as to draw off any ully ripe, fioi projecting ; flesh Ыоойте 
wal e sides of the might be | Mr. Stevenson also gathered a large Peach. W. Umney, solid, ‚ juicy, very sweet, with a rich h Hautbois flavon 
of wood of the size required to give a moderate кеу Gárdeser to C. Buxton, Esq., М.Р„ Fos Warren, 
The depth should be abont 2} feet, and plenty of drain- | Cobham, Surrey. 4. Sir Harry Orange (Makoy): this ө. phas 
age must be used; the plant in the beginning should Odontoglossum  citrosinum rose PAT: attention | resembles moneat the famous Sir except i 
be kept well up, ‚Эв iti is sure to sink. Ву the time it | has beon directed to a remark in your last paper | colour, which is of a beautiful ias range. The 
next re sides will not be required | (p. 847), to the effect tha t the flowers of this Odonto- | flavour is exi inte and unrivalled, Extremely recom- 
во рер, E when d re qui ires its final shift I would glossum, fi y me * ner's work on nded. 5. Topsy* onghe): fruit molum 
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Тһе вої hould be rich fibrous mellow loam, with | by Mr. Warner from his collection, and if the colours hose at the medium 
plenty of grit or small stones, beaten up together,| were more intense than usual it was Nature's faalt— Nantes* (Boisselot) : fruit of Чыг size, "oval or fla solid 
merely picking out the large rank roots. The plant | not mine. W. H. Fitch, Clayton House, Ki bright glossy crimson, seeds projecting ; fesh шы 
йош rained on wires, the length-way of the house, eget Oaks.—Can xd of your correspondents juicy, sweet with a brisk delicious tum 
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required to fill t oof, the | the Gl ogue of Mess born & 8 Fulham, аге | have had for several years. 16 is like its e 
e ofi the shoots should S tied. do rakai y rea боов | sufficiently hardy ai suitable for n: as single| and is one of the very best foreign pe Chil 
the plant to bre ak. This will check the flow of sap, and | s Specimens in parks, viz, Qu ub sclerophylla, Q.|at all points, лаа is ever been here. xc lé 
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rather impatient, of the knife, The branches | Q. glauca Thunb., 9. serrata Thunb., and Q. Ма ту егор t ИЕП: Thou gh a stalwart plant it throw i 
ar be all trained on the e wires, as its blossoms are | Humb. and Вопр. ? This place is about 500 feet, above | its beautiful Dey v tresses above its fo i 
pe endulo ous ; if otherwise the beauty of the flowers is lost. | the level of the sea, and is much exposed, especially | the Siberian osts cub them up. na extrà 
rather freely if strong cuttings | to N.W. winds. In the winter of 1860.1 the shrubs | runner, of pr wienn and the ps i 
are taken, with a little heel, naen they € ipe or | here were much less injured than they were in Man- hardy and healthy. I recommended it pedo are 
snk three parts ripe ap hould be ged іп | chester, where I reside, or even in low places only а | article. Strawberries that expose their bes 
bottom "um pel few miles off. The Common and Po ortugal Laurels | precarious croppers in valleys. куел S i 
E h nw T is grown should not be too | were not hurt, nor was the Aucuba japonica, but this | situations. Spring frosts do m f the plant 0r 
ty of heat, moisture, d shade | last was = 5 sheltered situation; Laurus nobilis near p Observe, nothing is mid o No.1 
e jedes the young yen from. burning. ps syringe | (one of which has now been planted ut of No.4. No. 2 is the Mie фе App Straw: 
must Dus sed freely on all occasions when. the tempe- | 25 and is 8 feet 4 inches in height, and | is EM at at the rwy t appears to be 
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This fie plant is worthy of any trouble or expense, | shoots to the length of 3 or 4 inches; Laurustinus| Peaches and proh from NETS 
дй, i» pem in which it was E з T deserve the were killed to the ground. The Gum Cistus has been | sent you three sorts of Peaches, and three о Їй 
e Amherstia c he same house would | killed in milder winters. On referring to your back |grown on my bush trees in the open 810 
be suitable for growing al rua jm Ferns, в, | volumes [seethat two Q. sc sclerophylla were killed downat | any protection whatever. They "s 
other fine-foliaged ni, cem Brown, Exotic Bicton, in Devon ‚їп the winter of eT gas di 67 which make a good succession to earlier 
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uut Extraordinary. —An early Tu at Stoke kil tack to tho old wood in r^ ONE e Gien young Peach tree КОКЕ here, evidently 
i was started in the September of last year. e was zero (p. 4 tandish | which had fallen from a neighbouring 
pe ough this was not out of the ordinary way, forcing tell me that the lowest temperature. in зр nursery | planted it into a ndr 
ng been commenced ata similar time for арава: ча i: e ili 860-1, an юа аа : «rome At | where it is now a healthy shrub а А 
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