128 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. | FEBRUARY 20, 1859 
MACCLESFIELD—its parents being the Brussels |as a pauper for relief. But ‘pauper- -mindedness’ is a | | beauty, has only of late years become» See 
gen pa one of the ordinar y varieties of Kale. | disgrace to any man, rich or poor. | flower.” With all her glowing colours 
PRIO e very intellyzent nd clever| “Those who under any cireamstamces have beco once rich mire: she has been woef, y Wang 
bta: f th a A ar : rae shape; and ave only to recall, in proof, 
seeds f which he ferti- | bliged to trust entirely or lar, zely : paris i ief, | of Roses, as exhibit ted scme 10 or dozen yer’ 
lise d with the Old Purple Broccoli, and thus | men hie. eg pact cannot ot possibly KEk o an | Blooms large and beautiful (if you did wa 
in 4 ~ | allotment, and it is contrary t j Yi ; 
ad at has been very aptly named, rk id “T have taken ae to ascertain what actual prot, | the gree eye”) were plenteous; h t 
po netivenes end hardly charac pai the ‘ Cottager’s | in money value, a kni tment of a quarter of an acre | ia 
a ya ae bas pa £ grown „Mr. PRIOR for aa bring to an allottee who 
| On avera 
its a Š g ght to secure a | ew and ] T us, 
thoroughly ‘tested | both at Midgham Park, and at) profit of rather more rn 5. oe the cost of | We may confidently anticipate from the 
x E urseries, Slough, where i as been | manure. An agricultural labourer may thus add ae minary list o l » Which a ; 
tae ae extensively—and found not only to be | fourth to the income he can generally make by | Impression of this day, that we all 
by far the most tender of a greens, and | wages alone. But the advantages of an pore ‘or | judi ee ence Bs nt, a satisfactory s 
-f exquisite flavour, but to possess the collateral | reasons I need not now refer to, are not restric isin | and a ndant display of the best Roses ms 
adv. gof Bal productiv n | the money value of a crop. If therefore a labo n rbe a and 5 perik trust that the undertake. 
ever excusable for not laying by, aia by litt e, a | be so liberally supported by all lovers of the} 
meet the charges he so long oe or w: S required | that the P may be worthy of th ; 
The small ce 
of transit, were chosen for sending to the recent ex- | cannot often be justified in appealing to the parish as a | 
‘hibition at the room Th the Horticultural Society panpe r in such cases, after his EEEa tee 
arcely conveyed a of th extent to which an allotment allows. 
(i 
E 
L it should be s Vif 
vigour, some 4 feet high, and covering a an aaie | dese trials. his Cerasi 
space, clothed to the ground with its immense pro- | “ If any 4 ig es donbt the ee jae at ae |. No tree or plant within “the pat of my 
duce of Ereg like shoots of an agreeable bluish | I have arrived in regard to the value ofa allotm is so eiti infested with Aphides as the 
tin h : pen eins 3 still mor re | t0 o an ray ural ae I will ind him ee a Cherry, the a Cerasus of Linnæus, 
a o 
en 
a eeable rie n. The seed sho a 
Bhar the close of March, for — ane suty ny am 
ung man. 
e b; ir insec i mi 
deep and rich soil, an d ample space must be had “scared pes ‘allutnands ZA the time when the | broken up by their Ep enemies after a time i 
al 
ag r icultural labourers were over shy of Kar them, | not again become established upon the samet 
loved for the plants to develope themselves.” he e cultiv: ated them well. But he w <0 foolis h, onam ike Cherry within a wo or two a 
us the spring of 1 LES planen Sere: invaluable ope w zae epithe t individual appears to be destroyed loni 
and really new aca at the mand of | the illicit He was detected ‘by oe covered to be planted upon one and ano 
or CUSTARD SQUASH eE the Cor- | Excise tran “was heav ae fined and oe produce | young leaves. 
TAGER’S KALE, on his allotments was seized. This sold a This s appear as 
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oh 
sore y aa, and- realised 207., which I am| leaves began: to pet t forth i in te spring; the 
old its full value. If then the o viduals being hatched from eggs which we 
Tug appendix to yy Bitcham ‘Allotment report, | fits of Mis allotments Le averaged as low as the preceding autumn. All the individual whe 
wile a copy of which we ha een favoured, | for each, there will b l. fairly pte fulia bred during the spring and summer a] appear tol 
arg to us so fall of information ‘useful to eh | pon 136 allot ie _ “one farthing of which they some of them with win ings upon m almost 
ain ence 
° t wings. The 
occasionally bestowed in a careless off-hand manner, | are hatched from the eggs resemble teil 
w hey ar 
NO toi 4 s4 lé 
ourers o of any co untry di ot that we hope more | ate See o the wholesome Vows’ sat feed coloured, none o Seat erie of 
3 il be o given to it. assured that we pd done good, or at least podeayonr ed | most of the orders of insects un 
The main Prane of this appendix is, we | to do rai ae feel certain, or at Pe suspect Be their yomg alive 
‘presume, to announce the decision of the judges in | we had enco p of the | weather. ruddle aroun 
2 tompetition between the allottees of Hite hick afili under Saos of the leaves as closely as they an 
and those of Bromborough Pool in Cheshire as to the In spree we have ae to eal the attention | themselves ; paded they often are found 
merits of ta Fates and Onions grown by th portion of the colony standing upon the b 
= ively. The specimens, 14 samples of Potatoes | b e village ‘competitions, of which the instance | others, requiring only sufficient space iene 
yea of oe eee 1a Mian, and six samples pefe us—that of Hitcham with Bromborough Pool insert their beaks into. the e n tea 
ugh Pool, were examine s yet we suppose unique, for arousin credible, I 
' arin EEL & Ramsay, market gardeners, desirable home spirit wiih Belgica er it cca A ihe under surfico of a sm are sino ae 
ef Battersea, and their decision altogether in ee ation, will contend with good effect for the| jon d hal ake ride have counted up 
favour of the Hitcham allottees is of course| honour of ‘our village.” side ae of np ahi ek 190 of these lice. 144 
with satisfaction, though without con- eaf was = more demas covered than pee; i 
ceit, by the Rector of Hitcham, in the pamphlet be lady who rules these mame it is The two surfaces of a small leaf but an ot 
before us. e Rey. Professor HENSLOW says— ath loyalty and f 
“So it seems that our eight years’ experience has oe “Gimes e in a heart and the | % these in 
ibute : : 
n thus 
b praise m 
e n of fi 
tha, like true E Aish the a mrt like to be bea A 
tes ng Scents ds s! one = $ rig revi geen pe ten, | emblem is the Rose, and her sons A her da mape namely, between the Ath a nd 25th of J 
I kope t they will beat us next time, | bat I do hope that m it well. Whether it be that joy of our child- the dates entered se times in m; 
konrad experience will bring them à e wild D ag S : m beng 
anā that we shall find it harder aik gre pea $ all R iath by some rustic swain for his sweet- | run with these vermin, their black bodies com? 
the prizes ye we have had as yet. But if they do heart; or bud of Eea China,” daintily | only the under sides he À 
-beat us, I am sure we shall be just as ready to offer our | culled An the conservatory by some graceful | stalks, the tender succulent ady of the 
eongratulations to them as they have been to congratu- , her: | times the green young Cherries heir si 
late us.” oa A Rosebud set with little wilful thorns, a swarm of flies, wasps, and nd other i 
fn the award of the judges is the following weet as English air can make her ;” them to feast upon their honeydew, keep 1 
which as being g eneral interest, we whether i be the glorious old “Cabbage,” en-| buzz and hum around the infested trees 
extract for the use of our | throned in ug bereft of its handle, an adorn- sunny days. The leaf of the Cherry, 
“ PEE E, ing some ooit age home; or pale ‘‘Niphetos” in : 
attend to both in TE to be u baila I points to| some gemmed ĉon uetier ; whether it be op ier one seis corrugated jhe Oe 
“ Potatoes.—Plant early in March. Use pa sized Po- | “ Banksiæ,” in shape no bigger than an agate | 5 become slightly rolled. The tips of the t1 
SA nt or sit ee bi inches from row to row, 1 foot from | stone m the forefinger of an alderman ; or some | and the young lea g from 
Sèt to sét. For g Tand eie on mir and gt na ast go “ Gallica,” si in circumference as alj aed Atos ah x Sot arated by such & 
"often yielding heavy pi injures t belle ie our modern t or peeress we 
previous. Hoe bo with a S-inch hoe as soon as wiht idea, then, of a ‘Grand National Rose| their natural enemies and a 
TEEN. — aime gue oe three times between ow” doth sw cetly recommend itself to English the tree and multiplied in sue 
id ‘iis are told t that the Queen of the e | Aleh ug singe havoc among 
e Wy, EAD hnchal. 
i ae fs 
average crop for Oiar 
infested in in some ears, I a koe 
f the blood ro: al, er y 
Professor Henstow’s further remarks relate y Lee with da lice as they 
m both of the home allot. ae ay off to ine "Field KA ithe Cloth o boy "Gotd| te e present evident i 
h 
i AAt at uture competitions ~ Hitcham te!” $a th ha ng a sen could live 
ly pageants. Nor need we ¢ hesita tha 
ngs pA eao or us Boos them ee tey of gb or Ò flies upon 
exhibi erie Coccinelli 
ets | 5 
a here. Among the rules eee ot Hitcham | for ae d t this on be 7 
wee eS . ground 
tion of a very necessary condition. We ~~ it aaea l 3 «a sight to rs an old al — 
go oe e of the Sree ey z Dan g. 
49 sein ome year, or dor ed attend in his} _ 1t Seems strange, on a first consideration of th ` 
‘ula the Comupiiten:deltde that | matter, thatthe ogg Eare not hav ve previously | afterwards uy a in 
have justified his his appeal to ee oe er p the an ezlive ez exhibition |* aphis co be found A s 
el forit oe although the Tulip, ig eg the Dahlia, and | ond had nos an a fe 
os Poverty iso no disgrace. A poo able | Chrysanthemum i ach proved themselves slain; as h n as 
had ioe 
contend sgainetireamatances tt Wak E hav: a pan sufficiently attat ny make an independent | others which 
pod a-conilition in which he may without shame appeal | show. But, truth to tell, the Rose, With all ber these, tod; it appeared, 
