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THE GARDENERS ae [JANUARY 80, 18 
this intery at i ‘are in im flower except 
an S pal nd bo beset Scarlet | 
Pel miums, Cine ia Sophera,; Lin igynum, 
chod i ablab, Nicotiana sm and a fe others. se j 
a 
£ 
how beautiful. 
than t 
Doli- | the p kay ac 
ut | bea 
“Tpomea Leari ; bunches are long and co mpac 
oval and black, the flav 
and s well. 
t, the berries are Ben f “occasionally tobacco) ae the 
our is a but like. all Pete will certainly try some of the 
the skin is rather thick; it isa in a time is drawir ng very near now when 
l houses with th 
hes I saw were ri “fie 
The i ey wao tn | aad this w pa be the best possible $ 
es 
et last S pale and, considering that th 
d, a 
combiiation of c at 
of the bright San at "iar es Ea Poinsettia pulche errima 
mingled with th e snowy flow Brugmansia arbore: 
and set off b liage ? what can te 
more Mimoni than ina contrast. between Tpomeea 
palmata, with its rosy piept rath Bignonia 
stans, weighed down by its numerous large „racemes sh pur 
yell ‘th 
a hou ‘hes Saas were wintered, and consequently 
plate ‘fs Teak was kept during 
from p 
severe weather, the ters were, notw Pam ae very 
little RAREN on the 8th of March, when I saw them. | more than ealised r. Rivers 
These facts, in my. opinion, show it to be 7 ee 
n ht t the very best Grape in ee, or late| & 
‘oa a I believ s e the Messrs. Ba ckhous of York, |“ Sign a” may be able to spare the little of his 
e sp g 
hint or tw Who would think of 
the whole time “of the | Vine, seach, or Nectarine, if certain of suha 
f £ ld say that “gi 
ost 
TR "judging fr rom what ĮI saw in 
t Sawbridgeworth during the 
‘be ab 
possess at he stock o 
should like to rhe it, t 
A l ai re it for them.” 
s Grape in April, 1855. It therefore now he me wall 
any person time to give us a lesson before 
the ey w I presume, be ae to | earnest. ., Forest Hill. 
Baas ie is the. account I gave of Chea eap Vineries .— A fine Muscat of Alerandy 
} 
“late p » | but never showed the least appearance’ ofh al 
ce’ of 
are beginning to be S periy wee and that ere | not co to destroy so worthless a: plant without, 
i yi with its. large $ 
daabh ‘ f Taan ities iig yaren around. Vhat long it will be found to be “one of.the be : b net the | the effect: of a covering of glass; I therefore p 
adds not'a little to the charm of dens of Egypt | ve ery best Grape in culti ati ion for lat es.” | 5 fearon 4 Emerg oe a oe in, long 
ï 2 Pal d Banana trees,.| B lä ' 
whi s oH 5 re B taauaae 65: the y le. The 3 AAT “that Mr. Foster, the raiser, was ely > feoti I high, a the more of! 5 fet om from. the 
a liarly beautiful in the autumn, when | to reap any solid’ advantage from the wide spread | which the 
thel aiast Wenches. of. fei i me let hue, ine ation aru +3 ee ae is destined long to | under the c foot The pene at the ren 
and their long peduncles a rich orange ye now ful case, as the building- cost 13s., and the two doo: 
y enie not neglect to say how much the pleasure of Gr rape eg om fifo k “the t e” Iwill now give | carpenter’s' work, including locks, hinge 
ens here is. enhanced by the song of the night- | the origin of this Grape in the words of Mr. Foster, | about'6Z, The-effect pe = ar was 
inal, the bla ckbird, and of variou s s species of warblers, from a letter of his now before me. “Lady aea crop the first summer pee fine; 
hese 
poe the doves, are rema Sa ably tame. As for the 
sparrows, nothing can e ee their pns ae impu- 
ence, and i tomary t 
fro’ m piy the rooms. Ina à hous s in, which 
Black „Seedling. Gra 
Morocco crossed iy the Sweetwater 23 years ago, ea ever ripened well, asr I have -therefore nown 
was sent to the Messrs. since, | the size of the: plàni ma put Pri. Han 
| The most singular thing was, that from the same eer on. each side. Enco by t 
there should be two varieties—a Black Grape anda Bince built two Roser ""Vinerions 7 they amn 
Whit 
was raised from the Blac Podada s very large; but i cannot say ti 
In onet not 
e ae Th 
resid 
As I kept the window of this: 3 m clo aor 
s to i 
virtue of come previons right of AEON E reg tanh ack ch o É Gea i 
oosting every night ina corner of the belling “of. my | had for her Inne, oe hgs kp ing the Grapes she sent Err sorts—Blac 
k the gir oP wank caved White Mi 
dant ,, but 
nia te 
of a ning apart ae 
times happened that, at poe dawn, rae iende found | t 
themselves shu ut in ; they would then effectually attract 
tak 
claim the cr Ma of rais 
my notice b ry 
I was too glad to get up and release thems but see 
Shere 
varieties 
eet of te c origin 
they: never failed to return every, evening to their 
In our new Protestant chureh the sparrows are a positive | 
uisance,, for’ they, Keep aring | ùg has got: in 
Divine service that it is next to impossible to hear the | not it ought. to have some other name than. Lady | duced 
i are very | Downe’s Whi i 
The destructive aam of the ens here are. ants, | Seed l, Stourton— In look ni owntry: so large: as: last 
note book för 1846 I ‘tid not ‘following: —“January 24th, | the first Catalpa trees: that:was» planted: 
‘illiam Temple 
rwigs, snails, slugs, mole-crickets, greenfly, scale, and 
mealy bug. ae of. be oe also been known to 
ravage the gardens. 
| desideratam. T. do. 
y time in 
ling.” M. Sau 
Visited. Poa oh ueh. 
important Eien gher re late Black Grapes are a 
does not keep so well. The “osama whicl never f rien aivi 
were Sme from Tady Downe | of well: ripened Grapes; i 
bur; 
J 
suc 
of this Grape, which, T. e of your: co: 
ts trade” or not as yet; i 
ary 7 
Saw some very fine blue-looking | of Sir Willi 
ga ein a state of preservation that,| to bear: fruit till 
snails from the _ i hing ie done by the Arab gar- wk not ee “copa, covered with. loom ; | — inchesdengthingreat plenty, and: 
eners towards ovis the enemies of the ba iamen, bunches e,. berries. thick Set, no shanking, I various delicate seeds; 
The ants are allowed on in all security their | was told that ita was a, sodig Ta ised th ear 
bos work of niischie and nd they do SS abet, espe | | before.” The Vine'to, all appe e less. 
cially to plants in pots.. G and scale, &c.; than six or ht years old at that time, so that.the 
est and destroy and shrubs, but the har ae Grape in question: Sop be much sho years old. 
notices them par ad or, at all events, cares not for them, | On referring to your volume for 1846 I find the follow- ent 
The gardens iefly supplied with water by-means | ing statement :— “My, Foster, gardener, Beningbrough | Dee: 
of the native water-wheel, or sakeeya ; m ke Hall, exhibited a seedling black Grape, which was-said | hanrin Ham 
s $ been introduced; and wa i 
a e steam-power in some the re Rey 
pests. The water-wheels are turned. by a pe 
oe x, blindfolded ; and the keeping of a number o 
animals to lyw. water to a large garden uci. 
i expense. 
ie Arab gardener is averse to any labour that 
s pre- 
e pa otice to- Corr: 
the f footsteps of his forefathers, and dislikes innovations [s 
and suggestions, res is nai urally thrifty, sap e 
3 ii that 
vers the Hi Heel Soe 
e 
en: The natives: co mailini Rue v 
eee Basil and Majoram, those pot herbs pik the | 
figuring in the Arab nosegays among, a ponis | when well. 
“bloom,” 
of ote. flowers. H. H. C. a 
attention tothe merits: of thi: ey r; for. 
oe ” As: many, of your: readers may not 
we seen. my, in the. “ b” E will repeat 
them here’: ro Hicone of. the Vineries. in. the kitchen 
bunches of: a. Grape which believe. 
vi beyond. this neighbourhood, but 
ly Downe’s Sending It is a late Grape; the 
ly succeeds. 
ese: his Pane Sh iito, your | 
bringing before 
of this enimi which is-called | do: 
b a: stated, 
antionali imour report of th 
iety. is is Te distinet, a not of eden to the Lady Downes Teedling: 
see men any award as 
t 
bate — of 
2 
as| Backhouse, and to espa for causing “also ate td 
br a rhea in the arose will ibang soe 
Peter’s, and I think the Barbarossa also. W. Jacks 
oe $ 4 Š o! 
ii respo a; Bedale, We donot agree. It is as. good ager 
surprised to find. that Mr. Thomson haa seem thi “Sigma's? fak 
Eagle E. Henderson's Catalogue:for the. first. and. oa $ oiy on 
in the numberof. the “ Florist” 3 1855, L de Satur se a i egor k 
i T ps 1855, 1 drew | Saturday last respe ting: Gra 
fashioned sort Tarbes, 
v gier rare 
the exact origin | of Tad Tend s | ing it'to be upon. the 
Seedling, Black Grape w would say. it. was a ay of | than.the Seen 
y 
espondents in the same | Barbarossa and Lady Downes 
in answer to “T. F”? “ “Your In your last week’s: Paper: Mr. Watt 3 
“ges is at present: sufficiently v 
one to 
; ; wnes 
into the hands K a -| earlier and with eee but D 
to cultivation, “hat dea PORT 
n noticed. Down Ei Sprit I “et eg eigen pi the 
whole. w 
ly is.a nice looking Grape, mad A 
g i a fine 
ethene read the many com- | 
as Paper, as none. with 
mention on 
peak- 
è 
(ali 
hienas 4 epeng 
one, of. a ide 
for I ott stick to the syringe 
: o been. Will you ba M 
by Mi "Fle. and others, of JO i 
by uaa £ pour ! 
