1060 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [NovzwsER 11, 1865; 
—— == т r {һап females? Treatment may hav , that Marie Louise ; its colour, whos CENE 
diver errors, Thus Professor Daniell, of meteoro- something to do mh it. Mr. Mitchell grows his generally yelow, with large blotches 2 of ripe, is 
logici wet cd states that in tropical climates thesap | Nepenthes in gu sh ady stove in what might Бе |so he russet largely Utere а 
never ceases to flow. Professor Sacci states that the | called ^W "moth: h but Mr. Veitch grows his | ui time "en bes aing is October an зара. ро-и lis 
heat indispensable to "vegetable li life is never r suspended сашшу „shady, niist, y amà tropical, and in his case the | varying, as is common -— Pear ember, 
in the tropics, which enjoy an eternal summer. 16 ів tendencies so far are ret rogressive in pitcher-bearing, | soil, and seas а It ecidedly А ре NM EN 
scarcely nec essary to say that these statements are € reproductive, therefore progress ive, as regards the | an nd worthy of cuu hee tion, Variety, 
incorrect, ecies of tree — its ape ee multiplication of the species or variety. J. 4. о. 2. Conseiller de la Cour, alias échal 
or in other words, its natural period of r which —— | Cour.—This in some soils and under good cat s ІА 
all functions are boe) If, as s another Шнор . jone of the largest dessert Pears, havin thi e 
hastad th J ardon ol Һе dun; NEW PEARS. attained the Mis of 19 ounces at Cannton Mee 
rain, causes trees to аата their functions, yet itis| No. 1. Marie Louise d Uccle.—A variety of Marie | near Newark, Notts. It seems to succeed well į 
equally true that these very same ciroumstances do: ri i-e so named from Uccle, a village —— | northern counties, its habit being remark ym 
prevent many Thi y llent Pear differs fi typ 1 and P and де! Ks not inclined to ш 
activity. ere are but few varieties of the P, 
The ишо, horticulturist tells us „that the pro- succeed so well 2n the Quince ey 
duction of flowers nion oi ihe bud or graft with the 
ing functions, and that plants aft ter dns t v ave cue of being perfect, and its growth in € 
rest, This cannot, however, be universally true. We vium 6 2 o" мк ud en ripe ita 
have man h o and the Jambool B skin 18 of a yellowish green, its flesh 
which ripen their fruit just before the annual rains. ing an d,—in some seaso ery рет 
and no sooner do they feel the influence of these, than but much depends upon soil and site, which 
they start off with undiminished vigour, throwing out influence the flavour and texture Pan 
leaves and young branches, which are to bear fruit the to an extent almost incredible, On tis 
following season. Trees of this kind have a prolonged whole, this fine large Pear deserves a place 
period of activity from January to September. in all gardens where a collection of of ay 
16 is evident that tropical trees do not obey one| ` extent is cultivated, 
general law, and that what acts as a stimulus to one ONERE. 
we v no e: on another. 16 may be that each Hom e Correspondence 
speci s regulated by a kind of special vitality, . The Golden Hamburgh Grape.—I sd 
which atmospherie o changes of temperature, moisture, obliged to Mr. Busby for calling my leis 
Ther Agere Е cue neral law, but if there is, it n) pod weder uc Me e : 
э ; 
seems to have little connexion with, or dependence bunches of pn 4]lb. in mari ш de 
upon, external circums s ere asked, what berries 3 f 
аге the immediate causes 0! arance of Spring, тш, wid 46 ЖЕЛЕ iie А hop 
we should say that they were water ascending in the where, With r to its carrying qua- 
stems of trees under the influence ы physical y eE l lities, I have had some experience in sendin 
but this would never accou О: ropical Sprin it long distances for the last t her 
taking place at the very perio it inv id not travel so well as Black 
mum amount of moisture in the gr гаду, wel Hamburghs, Muscate, and other Grapes, I 
the air. о closely we may investigate еМ was not aware that it ever been 
of seasons, to account for the various appearances in fro; fruit- 
tropical vegetation, we are brought to the conviction shows,—in fact, although so sl 
that the causes lie too deep for us, and that wherever its nppearanco on the exhibition tables has 
the vital principle is active, the investigation is beset been very infrequent. As I have said before, 
ith insurmountable difficulties; and tbat we shall it Vs a noble Grape, both i look and in 
probably never discover why the Cotton-tree flowers in flavour, when well grown, bal it will take 
January he Tamarind in June; or why the same all Mr. Busby’s ime e up as a 
order always prevails in the leafing of plants ; why the favourite variety, for som e of. he best сї 
Birch should invariably precede the Oak, and the Oak vators of Grapes have filed. М growing it 
the Asb. The Book of Nature e presents us with mysteries successfully. William Til A Mh i 
g alvia splendens. — This fine 0 
be content to be ignorant. N. 4. Dalzell, not half i ‘much cultivated as it ought to 
ЫШЫ: be; some cuttings €: ew mi^ 
were planted out in a border no! ашу 
жш sis em ы she Int No. 1. means favoured а yet hice 
were at Edinbu: peculi dfi that of the Gansel’s Bergamot t, and by the -€ of September were 
prp ete 4 fail to ev hav oliced the пада —and also in growing freely when grafted оп the Í into Meca all аги eai yr p ires 
example of ite! Атан whieh was regt: by with balls, po on the spot, а 
Mr. Mitchell of Hamilton Palace— —a plant q te 7 fee 1 are the m a кит bx Hy Lys 
d cloth the conser see огу, — ling in 
nt growtb, the majority of К: ahata | er таур Rigens treito jn the same 
with huge pitchers. As I have had an opportunity of мау. $ eedless to say that care ч 
seeing the plant since, and noting its strange physio- require easily 
logical character, I wish to pem whether the varia- pir it Hy deterret - the attention that 
bility it exhibits in piteher formation is of common necessary for success in its au 
occurrence in that variety. The lower pitcher-like app 
dages are much inflated from th se to the centre, ёд zique.— —Your correspond 
after which they become gradually contracted to the untry Ladies? (see р m. 
mouth, and hang very el ly; they have two the rules for Bézique in Vol. 5 of Mis 
prominent win lanted оп the ridges which Magazine, Nov. April 1862, ps 
ui parallel from the base to the mouth of the 138. P., Clifton, Bedale, 
pitcher. This appears to me to be the normal form of ve бада Practice of Fi this mot 
these tendrilified Jeaves, but the younger = appen- rejoice to m кю memo sy i 
t app and but for teresting subject, whic! str: 
eis being the produce of tbe same plant, might be still oo i". understood í ern e 
considered as belonging to quite another species. Those ood and practical gardeners. 1 bm to, 
eferred to are widest at the mouth, measuring there will forgive me if I call his e t state 
2 inches across, and tapering towards the base or а ent, but an im of 80,2 
сив: and what is most singular, while the mouth ment on the mo tant рош p 
ch mo bstantially adorned with the over- which he says, “ Heat exerts, ап occupies # 
ori id peculiar to the race, there is an almost and diffusive power; the аг becomes 
total absence of wings, and the ridges, instead of being eater space, and со sequently bot be 
parallel, converge from the mouth to the base, This is ghter." This is of course ed Wir vil d 
no isolated example, f peculiarities apparently goes on * Now, ЕЕ ag the 
Шер зә more a AA ре eb айу; rom in ылы Ыы course prae just as на т 
is appears face of heavy air, 
quite a physiological ph Piei used ең as I i. both seen ok water." Would it not pi “ 
fact, in tho сме dE AE unb М а agir les re 
31 1s : being j 
таен ане; г dave s0 far had cm dm all ance to the cold air, which, d tori! 
their example drilifi alwavs sinks below it, and so shall see 
plant Let this once be und bem" 
oUm. which, when ipee des and set proving oi ой з their | fewer of those sliding top 835" por 
own account, produce риса up to a tage, “ give air,” but in reality фига, айоо, вві 
hi Pm of od an e aea ie 
in turn forcing Ou 7 
e to the eye. Teapa ртр moisture in whieh vegeta admitted at të 
Mr. Mitehells which has not produced a pitcher for lights. If the cold air 18 ventilation wil 
wo years, but it has flowered, and turns out to of the house, fres ору of fresh ti 
be a female. E loge -— 2 its bearing flowers, be ins and a "3 йош injury У 
ог its sex, has anythin its not producing provided night and а ie enormous Ж 
pitehers, I am not physiologist паа to know ; albeit. the plants and without but now, 1 bof 
10 had given up bearing pi itebers tw elve months previous | - of heat caused by the old, ventilating from 
* ng. ief, if there be any nim nearly exploded net терий Ы 
hitch, that it is at attributable to sex. I would therefore | Quince stock, on which it soon forms a robust and above. Mr. Fish is quite likely to d0 
like to know whether male plants are more freely prolific ndi In shape it often approaches nearly | facte, but his statement w will be more 
