

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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l am of opinion, however, that Strawberry 



*^seoM ta ^ ie •*■*! aiul not the cause, of the disease ; 



"J? th tuat notnin S like fun ^ being discovered 

 • he dii isecl ^lel° ns nrst examined, tends to 

 JiijniruV" tn * s °P» n ^ on - ^ ne M^ 011 1 myself examined 

 •* pcs ^If ronl the same plant as those upon which no 



fJV u jj be found, and it appears to me that, being 

 2? a little longer than the others, fungi had made 

 !wm appearance. This induced me think that the fault 

 wlTt the root ; not in the shape of disease, as the plants 

 **j\ luxuriantly healthy, but in the food they took up 

 ^assimilated. I was the more strengthened in this 

 telief as a Cucumber, growing in a large pot of dry 

 EL* rubbish and leaf-mould, was free from disease. 

 L:- vea r's experience however, has proved that I was 

 --,11^ ■ for Cucumbers that have been grown in the same 



were this season, utterly worthless, from 



not constitute another 



-hence the 

 difference in flavour, &c. ; showing that unless you have 

 the proper constituents proportionably in the soil it is 

 impossible to arrive at perfection. The first two 

 varieties (Mr. Cuthill's Black Prince and Kitley's 

 Goliah) which Mr. Bailey speaks of as being useless 

 with him, are really— I was going to say, the most useful 

 to me. I will say conscientiously that there cannot be 

 too much said in favour of them. When I first came in 

 possession of Mr. Cu thill's Black Prince, I own that I was 



time ago, in an article in your roiuums, Uuu n uastitcn 

 to him by a friend who had receded it from Aberdeen. 



This, t '.'ether with his 



•iption, led me to susj>ect 

 it t<> be identical with the Black Seedling, and pre- 

 vented me from purchasing it, I slated m\ opinion 

 to several run rynu n, who mentioned that I ought 

 to make it known, but this I alwa\s delayed, thin king 

 some of the Aberdeen growers would do so who might 



exact 



only at the Tarriff Horticultural 

 this vear, wh 



vari 



any kind to the root (and 



^terial 



, and no application of 



jany 'were tried) seemed 

 19 exercise any ameliora- 

 te influence. Finding 

 £js to be the case, I had 

 neourse to sulphur, which 

 jnlv had a powerful 

 effect ; for, by its means, I 

 bare been able to cut good 

 Cucumbers from plants 

 from which, before I used 

 the sulphur, I could not 

 cot one that was not more 

 or less diseased. I regret 

 that the experiment was 



made toe 



for any positive conclusions 

 to be arrived at. But I 

 would recommend a second 

 trial of it. I applied it by 

 filling the pit, in which the 

 plants were, with the fumes 

 from a hot flue, and by 

 making a sort of paint of 

 sulphur, lime, and clay, and 

 using it round the walls of 

 the pit. John Middlemiss 9 

 Bentkam Hilt, Tonbridge 



Wells. 1 beg to inform 



* An Old Gardener," that in 

 October, 1846, my plants 

 were as badly, if not worse, 

 diseased than I ever saw 

 them. I dressed the frames 

 as described at p. 694, the 

 mme month. In the first 

 week in November, I made 

 up my seed-bed, and in due 

 time the seed was sown. 

 I never had plants cleaner 

 and more healthy through 

 the winter ; and in Feb- 

 ruary, 1S47, I cut fine 

 fruit. So confident am I 

 of success, if the means 

 that I have used be strictly 

 adhered to, that I no longer 

 dread that once formidable 

 enemy. I forgot to mention 

 in my last that the flower- 

 pots must be all washed in 

 scalding water, before they 

 are put into the frames, and 

 the thermometer immersed 

 11 the same. Thomas 

 ^foter, Shouldham Hall 

 fardens, Norfolk, 



Tree Leaves. — In addition 

 to what has been stated by 

 ; An Old Gardener,^ at p. 

 ™i I observed on the 20th 

 ^atant, in driving along the 

 foad from Boston to Spald- 

 *& in Lincolnshire, that 

 ^ny of the trees retained 

 their foliage after the severe 

 P° 8 t of the preceding day ; 



adeed the country had still the appearance of autumn, 

 *e plantations wearing their autumnal tints and the 

 jhick hedges full of leaves. * Several of the " oldest 

 ^habitants" of the district allege that this will be a 

 &vere winter, in consequence of the reluctance of the 

 fr^s to part with their clothing. C. P., Boston. 



New Strawberries. — Mr. Bailey has suggested, at p. 740, 

 *& admirable scheme for testing new fruits, which is, 

 that an association be formed to decide upon their 

 merits— each kind to be sent for inspection at least 

 t^ce in the course of each of two successive seasons. 

 Thus far I agree with him. It is well known that a 

 at many people get disappointed in regard to new 

 *ts, which is principally owing to parties who adyer- 

 *** them being over anxious, and not giving themselves 

 tune to prove the quality of their productions. I 

 do n^+ i, ~ ^h Mr. Bailey in dis- 



both as a forcer and for the out-door quarter. The 

 Goliah is worthy of its name, it is not only a fine large 

 fruit, but with me it is also excellent in flavour ; it is 

 particularly good for forcing, being an excellent setter, 

 and it ripens a little earlier than the British Queen, A 

 few years ago we much wanted some seed varieties of 





not, however, agree 



cardin 



^ost of which I have tested. I think that it is doing 

 the raisers of such fruits great injustice. I will not say 

 fcat the varieties which Mr. Bailey discards will not 

 Prove useless, if he oblige them to feed on what they 

 [ e % do not like. In most cases we find that both 

 hybrid fruits and flowers require treatment different 

 fr oca their parents. What constitutes one variety of 



Strawberries, and now we may say with confidence we 

 have got them, so all that remains for us to do is to 

 study their nature and wants. I am of opinion that 

 we are not patient enough with our new fruits : I speak 

 particularlv with reference to the Strawberry. /. «.— 

 Mr. Bailey's article upon the formation of a society for 

 ihe censorship of new fruit* s imilar . to •? f^tional 

 Floricultural Society, merits attention I have no 

 doubt that such an association may yet be established, 

 when the buyers of fruits will reap great advantage in 

 not being imposed upon, by purchasing what # they may 

 have had in their possession years before, as in the case 

 of 'the so-called CuthhTs Black Prince Strawberry, a 

 variety deserving a far better name than that given to 

 it by Mr. Bailey ; but at the same time it is not new. 

 I have known it for the last 15 or 16 years to be 

 extensively cultivated by the market gardeners about 

 Aberdeen, and others throughout the country ; being 

 as I understand raised by a market gardener here, 



named Black Seedling, which name it still 



this district. In Edinburgh, I believe it 



So that 



of the fruit was exhibited by an 



ed his plants from England under 

 the new name, that I was fully convinced that 1 was 

 right. I may add that it possesses all the good qualities 

 Mr. Cu thill has given it (except lateness, which 1 know 

 nothing about) but it is an abundant bean r, of excellent 

 quality either for table or preserve, and very early, if 

 well cultivated. As yet 1 have seen nothing equal to it 



at the period in which it 



comes into use. P. Fa$- 



onhar, A ber d tm uh ire. 



The Black Prince is, 1 1 nk, 



very unjustly condemned 



bj Mr. 1 ley. I hare 



grown it the last »ur 



*<•* ni) and consider it 



the best early M raw berry 

 that we have, and it cer- 

 tain! ;• il n moi prodigious 



bearer. 1 never know it fail. 

 On the 14th of last JuBS 

 upwards of half a peck of 

 fine fruit was gatl < red from 

 a bed in my garden, con- 

 taining only 1 plants — 

 mum rsof the pit •* usyear 



Of Goliah 1 know nothing 

 but I consider Hyatt's 



Kleanor a splendid variety. 

 It is certainly, when well 

 grown, the handsomest 

 Strawberry we have ; and 



although rather acid, is a 



very Jine flavoured fruity 

 and unequalled for pre 



iog. lhary DoMtdayg 

 Epping, A >>rmbi 2G. (We 

 shoul think that these con- 

 j ting opinions indicate 

 pretty clearly what degree 

 of unanimity would be ex- 

 p< rii need in the proposed 



new society. 1 



Pampas Grass (Qynmnm 

 argmteum).— Amongst the 

 in any rare plants to be seen 

 out of doors, at Dalkeith 

 Palace Gardens, is a fine 



specimen of this tirass, 



which has been in flower 



all through the autumn* 

 (See annexed woodcut) , 

 To those who admire the 

 beauty and elegance of 

 Grasses when in bloom, the 

 Pampas is well worth going 

 two days* journey to see. 

 Its rapid growth and 

 gant habit make it a very 

 attractive and ornamental 

 ohject forfric ng the sides 

 of lakes or rivers. The 

 leaves grow in tussocks; 

 and the largo culms, which 

 are 2 inches in circum- 

 ference, rising from the 

 root, being crowned with 

 2 feet or more of a panicle, 

 of a fine silvery gn jr, give 

 it a magnificent aj pearanee. 

 The panicle is in the form 

 of that of the beautiful 

 Amndo phragmites. This 

 admirable Grass will be 

 found to be a great acquisition to the ornamental 

 Gramine* of this country. D., Dalkeith. 



Mr. Ivory 9 * Chrysanthemums (see p. <4~).— As i 

 have seen Mr. Ivory's plants, I feel it to be my duty 

 to bear testimony to their excellence, for they were truly 

 magnificent, by far eclipsing any of the London growers 

 productions which I have had the pleasure of seeing. 

 John Patterson, gr. to the Baronm ^^"* ,. 

 An Oak growing™ a /^.-Having ™^> ™ 



in this part 

 I will thank 

 ents whether 

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growing on uh; m»iAi^ www, ~. -, -- v 



the same twig, the circumstance being nei 



of England, at least to the men I employ, 



any 



. Firstly, the plant ts a Horn- 



- «• ±i.~ a flair ift nnt 



circumstance 



and 



retains in — -, — - 



noes by the name of Malcolm's Seedling. 

 here is an instance of the multiplicity of names, which 



to be all cut down to that first given it, viz., 



ought 





acknowledged some 



[Two small errors mrK ner~. - -—„ , - „ 



Uj not a Beeeh-t r Second*, *. <£ » JJ* 

 an Oak, but an accidental vanatir 

 leaves of the same Hornbeam, 

 which naturalists are familiar.] 



Plane Tver Timber.— A corres 

 page 725, as to the qualities of th 

 tree. At Bessingley, near Bnd 

 Riding of Yorkshire, are some booic-ca* 

 furniture made out of the wood of a Flane 



at 



son 



and other 



