THE GARDENERS' 



CHRONICLE. 



ii to i iie to the surface, ami, unable to resist 



till they die. 



of Btr opgtf reroedk 



it of Seeds. 



that 



at 



th*ttfl»<luftUy become eorert-a with a white leprous 



km. lad t this is r bed off, there appears under- 

 tmth a briKbt red we ; in this weaken* i state tbq 



may be 



ibe eorreot, tl ioat down the stream 



AooAer curious < -i-uiMtance is, that there need to be 

 innumerable quantities of minnows, now it is quite a 

 difficulty to hud any. Then surely must be some 

 teeret, widc-spiaaduig cause of tl r dimimshment. 

 The destrucr e effects of manufacturing dyes and tilings 

 Of that sort are immediately apparent, but these subtler 

 psfaiiOSL which can thus be proved to be baneful in 

 Smaller streams, my be doing their work no less surely 



slowly and mmm in the larger salmon rivers of 

 Inland. I tliink it is a point well deserving attention, 

 and further in v< stigstio and, if needful, the application 



Moderator. 



As the originator of the discussion 

 « n timmbiect you will portion me for suggesting tl 

 the aoie appci d to "An Old (JardenerV' remarks, 

 p. tt)4,b calculated to -top the discu ion altogetlnr,as 

 gardeners who are under the influence of those seedsmen 

 and m rymen who patronise the long list system, will 

 be afraid to take part in it if their names are to be made 

 public, and the '-trade" who can give the most useful 



•row .11 of all, are not to speak at ail. I was first 

 induced to start the subject from a discussion which I 

 had at one of the meetings of the National Floricultural 

 Society with two of the leading wholesale seeds- 



t, when I suggested the propriety of their 

 submitting their no - I ties to the same test as 

 florists did their flower**, and they immediately said they 

 should be glad to support a Society for the purpose. I 

 have reason to know that several of the*tr; <l ' will join 

 the diseus* '• uu.1 impart some very useful information. 



To the trade it is a matter of <|uttc as much importance 



that the I * should I d of ail but really good 



articles, as it is to gardenim We should then only 

 have ti> keep half the number of kinds in stock, and 

 should sell all we buy ; whereos, at the present time, we 

 annually many pounds' worth of seeds, three-fourths 

 of which arc thrown away. I was speaking with Mr. 

 UtOTies, Mr. i {anbury's late gardener, a day or two back, 

 about Broccolies, and he says if a gardener can manage 

 to get the Walcheren, and Snow's Winter White 

 Broccolies true, " he i ft worthy the name if he cannot 

 send them to table every day in the year." He has 

 done so for the last three years. Here, then, all the 

 Broccolies are thrown to the winds. W. P.Ayres, Brook- 

 /audi, BlcuMualh. [Our reason for objecting to * the 

 trade" is merel this,— that interested parties are not 

 fit jndges in their own case J that is all.] 



//f -rmcltum lamteum.^l have a quantity of excellent 

 •sod of this, gathered from the crown umbels of tine 



tlaiifs, from i i j to upwards of 12 feet high, and I would 

 & happy to distribute it among such of your sul seribers 

 asms wish to grow this splendid biennial. You may, 

 tnenfore, am: tnoe to your readers that any one 

 applying to • YV. C. G., Post-office, Sandbach, Cheshire," 

 and enclosing a stamped envelope, with applicant's 

 Mdress, will reoeive seed in return. Af. IK 



/few to Cnm a Small KitcImrQt- n (see p. 693). 



— I have to thank your correspondent " Vectis," for 

 gmng his mode of cropping, as I consider it a step in 

 the right direction. As he so strongly recommends his 

 plan, I should feed obliged if he would answer the fol- 

 lowing questions, namely, where does he grow his 

 Carrots, Unions, Beet, ft*, ? for as I read his account 

 he apptars to devote the whole of his garden to Cabba-e 



der- by 



aponaria calabrica (recommended originally I believe 

 by Mr. Beaton), as a bedding out plant. In a well 





selected parterre garden in this late season, I find it the 

 most beautiful plant now remaining. One long border 

 is covered with it in full perfection, and it is like a 

 carpet of the most delicate pink. Now is the time for 

 those who care for a parterre garden to make up their 

 minds what are the best kinds of plants to stand from 

 June till the end of October, and longer. Dodman. 



Cot's Golden Drop Plum.— Mr. Rivers states, in 

 reference to some specimens of this Plum which he has 

 sent you, that they were shrivelled through the dryness 

 of the atmosphere in his orchard house. Now I beg to 

 ask, is it not the nature of this Plum to shrivel just 

 before getting ripe ? I have invariably found it do so, 

 and I have heard others complain of the same thing ; in 

 other respects the variety is in my opinion second to 

 none. If it is its nature to shrivel, it ought to be made 

 known, as many employers, unacquainted with the fact, 

 might be induced to impute it to want of skill on the 

 part of the gardener. /. Steel, Clitkeroe.— Seeing that 

 Mr. Rivers has succeeded in keeping Coe's Golden Drop 

 Plum very late in the season in pots, I send for your 

 inspection two fruit of that variety, which were grown 

 against !i south wall, and gathered this morning; my 

 last dish for this season will be sent to table this evening 



I have been successful in keeping this Plum 



I take care 



awarded for the ripe fruit 

 Fleetwood Bart., £nbud ^ff*^ 

 bunches of Oldaker's West's s?^ 11 ** 

 variety for hanging Ion* after ;♦; • eteT *> 

 ling. The sax* *exhi^ 

 I produce of a second crop tZ^ * ^ 

 i year, and a dish of excellent W?J 8ame ^ ^ 



Forbes, g, to the Ito rfajfefrfc^j 

 came a Imuel, of Mi,™. wei g l,i„J. i jj?™*** 



Black Hamburgh, weighing napeetSS 51 *. ' 



and o| lbs Concerning the latter Umo'LMV 

 however hat, t was not one bun ^5*3 



Concerning the latt 



it it was not i 

 bunches all produced from a common . • " ^ 

 Banksian Medal was awarded -aSV'S* W * 

 cated Black Hamburgh Grapes, fc? J* 

 and perfectly ripe, from Vines that had - 



i 



what 

 unwarmed 



Mr Rivers calls an « Orchard-ho? 

 mea rouerhlv confi+TMmr^ „i,_j ... ""j 



ghly constructed shed with 



agfari* 



(Nov. 4), 



late for two seasons, in the following way. 



to nail as many of the summer shoots to the wall as 



can well be got ; the fruit is then nicely shaded from 



the burning sun, and as soon as it shows signs of ripeness 



I cover it with a close woollen net, in order to preserve 



it from wasps and beating rains. I believe that the crop 



this season would have hung till the end of this month. 



William Culverivell, Thorp Perroio, Bedale. [They were 



somewhat shrivelled ; but very good.] 



Cryptomeria japonica. — I entertain a very different 

 opinion from your correspondent, at page 660, with 

 regard to Cryptomeria japonica, not being likely to 

 form an ornamental lawn-tree ; for I am inclined to 

 think that, where the soil is suitable, and the situation 

 not too much exposed, it will in the course of a few 

 years become a very graceful object, and have a striking 

 effect, either as a single specimen or in a group. The 

 cause of its sometimes having a sickly appearance is 

 probably owing to the soil in which it is planted being 

 of a stiff clayey nature, which it seems to dislike — as 

 well as a dry poor soil — but in a moist rich loam it 

 thrives amazingly ; throwing up a leading shoot in .the 

 course of the season between 3 and 4 feet long, with 

 branches in proportion. I had one plant that seemed 

 very unhappy for two seasons after it was planted out, 

 and made scarcely any progress, until treated with a 

 little weak guano water, which had the desired effect of 

 restoring it to a fine healthy green. I have since had 

 ample proof of guano being acceptable to this plant, 

 and I should recommend those who have any sickly- 

 looking specimens to give them a little guano water 

 occasionally. I feel confident of the result being satis- 

 factory, provided care is taken not to make the dose 

 too strong. M. E. II. 



It was stated that there had been an abun 

 in this house, without any mildew, and CL 

 had been found very useful in winter for k£EL 

 trees, Aloes, Fuchsias, or other half-hariHJS 

 require little water. A ("•«*;«„„*„ ^ ,, . y «■■■ m 



A Certificate of Mer 



was a 



Mr VVoolley also sent apunnet of the same kiadoKW 

 ?, Whl0 , h Mr - Rl , vers furn „ished specimens on the 



the other 

 found at 



week, and 

 page 678. 



of which 



C 



sufhcient for a fam.lv, provided they are well supplied 

 with otfier vegetable* He states that having his ground 

 JJjdy he was enabled to get in his rotation crops without 

 Rouble ; what crops does he mean? and what does he 



octette 



Horticultural, Nov. 4.— E. Brande, Esq., in the 

 chair. W. Banting, Esq., H. Edwards, Esq., M.P., 

 Kev. J. Thornycroft, and Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury 

 were elected Fellows.-Of subjects of exhibition, Mr! 

 rraukhn. gr. to Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing-park, re- 



Potatoes, and Peas : also whathedrWu-.M, ti^rCil ° ' r ™iiKiin, gr. to Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing-park, re- 



when grown I as I haveXavs fo^lJ^e^C ^Orchid^ ^ ?*$* ^ & ** fine ^^ 



sufficient for a familv, provided thev are IreU Smnl S5 ?■ i ? ' *T^ whlch were two V^ts of Vanda 



with«thp..™«nf*ku„"i , i-l : ■ u " ie > Me .*«-ll supplied tricolor, two of V. suavis. two line .«««.„. ~r n„. 



the useful 



Clithtm. 

 Cwmmh 



irclen 

 , and 



Steel, 



Disease. 



thank your corre- 

 Webster, for their 



Might 



, I beg to 



spondents, Meaers. Graham and 



communications respecting this strange malady. 



t at bath a t r Sf ^ C V Cl U the -™ e >-- n I" had 

 «•* bad the means he need ; or, if he adopted them 



S to uTr te , 0t the , CUre b these tw o 



mentioned SeTt ' tV" ^ ^" tato *— 

 of it I wn„i . ,? ? f the fxxa ^ «>M to be the 



jJL! OUl, f_ sa " V '. t . hatm >rropoBition remains 



la 



to m rtain 



ie, and 



answered. As 



cause 



yet 



fi?rss S" ^rttsSiS 



tair ht 



to Saplti bUb? " - ■ttT^ *? ** t0enable * 

 iL "" 'is caused ' - P ons<>,ati 



that it 



1 



on to be told 



obstinate to w B ^««£ n JE» when that fun gos is 

 over, I trust th.^W ^ e -' - ^^ders. 



as 

 How- 



tenacious; bnt, haVSbaffl Ti 1 ' 1 " 11 * wiU P rove less 



and some' oth«» S S^ 1 " 6 »«- ^ "** I 



inelinp.l f« fc-i: :. !? rei «ove it, I am th* m »„ 



some others tried to i*™^ . 



more 



tricolor two of V. suavis, two fine specimens of Cat- 

 tleya labiata, a striking variety of Lycaste Skinneri, 



Odontoglossum grande, Cymbidium gi- 

 ganteum (misnamed lancifolium), the beautiful 

 Calanthe vestita, Miltonia Candida and violacea, and 

 some others, including a so-called new Oncidium and 

 Odontoglossum. -Mr. O'Brien, gr. to G. Reed, Esq., 

 Burnham, Somerset, sent a curious, rather than beau- 

 tiful new form of Myanthus, for which a Certificate of 

 Merit was awarded—From Mr. Woolley, gr. to H B 

 Ker, Esq., came blooms of the charming terrestrial' 



1Z1 ca "w h vl r ae ( ^ lo ^' ne ) wfihchii, S 



Zkct ' J? , e f atGd - Were ^ mo9t « sef «l 

 subjects for wmter decoration. A plant of the 



former, which had been grown in a 6-inch pot, was 

 reported to have had 15 flowers on it, Si Z 

 at one time, and which lasted in perfection from tEe 

 to four weeks-Messrs. Veitch produced a Tl en der 

 Rowing white Dendrobe (D. alhuni), and i Pie one 



! hot of P } gena f ia - The fl0Wer3 of t«o latter resSne 

 t W *i * ma ° ulata ' exce P* tha * they are larger and 



furnished a lai-e and vir'v^fi 7, Lawren ce, 

 Salter, of the Versailles v.,-— ^ ttava )— Mr. 



some accorart ti h 

 lhey were not larpe;taiJ 

 iruit lor tins time of the year. They had been! 

 from dwarf trees in the open ground, where for 

 received no protection. From the same gardeS At 

 came fruit in good condition of the « fart nxiZt 

 bearing Raspberry;' which has yielded asueeSiJ 

 fruit ever since August up to the present tiae^fe 

 Martin sent specimens of a seedling Apple ud 8 

 varieties of the same kind of fruit also came frw *, 

 Salter, of Hammersmith.— The Garden of the So* 

 contributed various Chrysanthemums, among i3 

 were some nice Daisy-flowered kinds, two Cat 

 Heaths, Epacris miniata, Achimenes coccinea, C«. 

 panula garganica, and a large collection of Petnul 

 Apples. Among the former was the beautiful P* 

 called Forelle, or Trout Pear, which proves to bet pd 

 bearer; and, although the tree blossoms earlier te 

 almost any other, yet it has withstood the £ 

 have destroyed the best blossoms of other kindsdnof 

 the last two springs. Fruit was also furnished of Bat* 

 de Capiaumont and Beurre Bosc, two fine PeanJ 

 especially the latter, from standards, and also of Haah 

 Incomparable. The latter has the character of las 

 excellent when grown on standards; but frommfti 

 is apt to be rotten at the core. A variety of 

 evergreen shrubs and trees were contributed by it 

 Hon. W. F. Strangways, from his garden at Abkft- 

 bury, near Dorchester. 



The following notice of an alteration in the bye-Ian 

 was read for the first time. " It is proposed to repal 

 the following bye-law of the Society, viz., Chapter <» 

 Art. viii., < Every Fellow may at any timecompqai 

 for all his future annual contributions, by payiu: 

 times the amount of his annual subscription ffldfc 

 substitute the following words, ' Every Fellow may i 

 any time compound for all his future annual confrh- 

 tions by paying, when first elected; 42/. 10*.; attheal 

 of seven years, 311. 10s.; at the end of 14 J«^ 

 261. 5s, ; and at the end of 20 years, 2\V " 



Microscopical, Oct, 22.— Dr. Arthur Farm** 



chair. Mr. Shadbolt read a paper on the spoiW 

 certain fresh-water Confervse. The author stateJJJ 

 in a previous paperjie had described the coll ^|™* 

 the sporangium of Zygnema quadratum, and f-™* 

 into a stellate body resembling the species of tt« |JJ 

 Xanthidium. In the present paper he dcsmjwjj 

 minutely the changes which the sporangia or »F« 

 Zygnema quadratum and Z. varians ^Jg' - 

 conjugation. The stellate sporangium has a «ww« J 

 pearance in the two species, and marked df ereD T & 

 servable in the form of the cells of the Alg»JJJ ^ 



He had observed bodies ot J^J^, 



small, and arranged in a spiral form. In ™iW*Z; 



development. 

 racterinthegeneraLyngbya,Vesiculifej%an 



In the first, the spines 



bins' 



second, the Bpines were very mmute. , ^ 

 exhibited leaves of the Maple, the «n der .V A M 

 were covered with the pupse of Cassida ^ ^ 



the developwe"* 



rftk 



e con****, y 



mav be due to other cana^iJfZ 6 2.^* l ,,aces 

 «»•« to overcm,. it An SS ^ le artlhcial remedies 



The« pja n „ llave gtood ^ ^5 



' 



htllat 





the open air, 

 ;htest pro- 



auvmg the last two winters, without ti. '" v"1 " l 



g J- '"-AgapanthushasbCStil^ ^ 

 Ilumb^o Larpeotio forms a verv'l ? ', .*"* ri *««g 



bloom of the Royal 



of Nrmphaen cserulea, and „ „ VWCi . Wlfn n . . c 



N. Ue„ lal a, ,m fr „ ra the „ M „ hi™' *- - 



Wat,i lTVv eek8 ' a ^ ain se «t a 



drawing, representing this creature- was 



Mr. Busk drew attention to the ae ^';C" fu«ii* 



Diatomacea. He had observed, in a sp«* . 



Bacillaria, that several in dividual V Ver nas sed «* 

 membranous tube, from which they Y^ ^ ^i 

 occasionally retired within it again. ^ £j» 



were read, Mr. Shadbolt exhibited^ ^^ 

 nema, with the stellate bodies, ine nw weree xtfjJ 

 recently presented were on the table, ^ ^ fff ^ 



aK «f°tlie Society- * 

 microscopes in the possession ot w« 



Howard, of Bolton, was elected a mem 



7 



tly presented 

 by the members, with the 



Ittbfeto* 



open 



autuimr 



to.1 fr« tt . K . 1 ' "££ '; ' ™> *><«. b, early 



jour readers *tt^r, r i ^ « i . , J rwnt.^ Did anv 



my advice last season to *2 



grow 



w considerable quantity, Mr. Davis' o^ f S ?\ VT UOed 

 baskets of Muscat of A 1./t.,„, • i \ Oak-hill, had two 



fine bunchesTbut tho^e - ' " ° Ul ° f W,,ich C0Iltai »ed 



Portrait of Prince Albert 



while those 



in tu >u ,n ° ne of the baskets were rme 

 m the other were not. A Certificate S 



„ „j . former o^TZ 



portraits, drawn by Maguire, hns, . t))e fS ^pj 

 been mentioned by us as remarkable to ^ ^w 

 of the likenesses. We are happ) artlS t htfTJ 

 announce that the chef d '«f^ " J - or tr*it ofJJ 

 appeared in the form of an adniira^ *? Jfr jftgj 

 Albert, as patron of the Ipswich WJ* ^ i^bJJ 

 has seized with much skill the ^^e.^W 



expression of H. R *^Z?££e ** M 

 combined it with that digmfied man 



