| FEBRUARY 27, 
154 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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dl ewise earliness, productiveness, short haulm, free- | favour of my plan w 900 lbs, of Grapes, 
aon om disease, and long a for a large Po tato lb., would be 45 whi peas rhe for the sae of | whi whiter, We intend 
is eo hollow cand cann 1e Vinery i ear, if it can. be put up for seed bs fow iair the forthcoming Season, and havey 
ud y boiled. A worty or r hollow- Mr. Warner ‘aye i may sult of our ey 
` hood (South Devon) we can ripen Grapes m the | pega & Co., Cen e Aven e, Covent Garden's 
one is is general y more waxy than a rough one; a burst- middle of pe ge prenens fire-heat. Devon ony.—W hat lant is the Hebony of Sh 
_ is story a tie M —Johnson’s History of English | I cae to the well known n passage in x 
us thet in the reign of Edward TH. Sleeping within mine orchard, 
t 2 bers were cultivated ; it is x aake | My cust were al ays in erison 
je ja | pon my secure hour thy uncle stol 
the crop profita ble. rt piece varieties can 3 however, to consider byas Melons were likewise own, | With juice of cursed Hebony in a 
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great point we wish to overcome; and a good keeping pags ai s of our I., 1602 te a ti <a stilment. 
variety that retains its pakaa A indispensable for the | superior Į is a question Derk saps pao a ft the 
sake of affording a supply up to the period of Mid- | favourites of this monarch. “I ee ve nae says Sir ee h oe ntho nig f Notes 
summer. The history of thos e that are general fa vourites | Henry Wotton, writing from Venice in 1622, “the Be rpg a lee z on pa oa a 
now i t Melon seeds of all kinds which his Majesty vegetable world, o put it to you, 
by your readers, and I trust that your i eand | a expect, as I had order both from my Lord Holder awkeh Pe D 
who are in _ possession of the origin of any well- know. ess and from Mr. Secretary Calvert.” Stephen T À e t 
ne commentators on Shakspeare s 
Henbane, an im 
4 Switzer was a general gardener and seedsman of the 1 
Let us reason “together ig see if we cannot cc me ta of Anne and Geo A as a native of | en diffic Ra ii sugg 
some good under standing in this hitherto neg fi | Hampshire. In 1706 he was employed under London how di ae is to obtain j 
matter. I have grown 02 is called eo panta] in laying out the grounds of oe pe : a ——_ of | Henbane. Were conjecture adm 
these ewe four years, The Fluke being the greatest pet | the Melon about bloat Melon seed, its r of | that Hebony is more likely to have been Bellady 
of the day, the history of this sort I am sure will be re ad | sowing, &c. He reproves De la Quintynie f or depending Dwale, from whose gu 
ith interest, an n vouch fi s correctness, | for his supply of te on such M ut for | can be pressed out with ease; and w 
having had it Mr. Holland, Manchester, from | table; he says one or two of nang hanan, was employ ed by the Scots in poiso 
whom I purchased my first 14 bushels, Until 1854 | ripened ought to be allowed to grow until r abier soldiers of Sweno’s Danish ge d whe 
very little bad been heard of this Potato, so that | ecaying from over ripeness, which is best t His statement is curious—“ Missa magna vis 
eo nA Mh be KON a when I state | from. W. H. vini, tum e viti tum ex ordeo confecti, ac 
n year: am raised| Rain at Cobham, Sgt in 1857. herbæ cujusdam veneficæ cujus n 
from seed. Te. is Poca ty: some at cop a es ye betwee n | T. Pts. | Scotia nascitur,” and when the invaders 
the Pink Eye and Lapstone Kidney, but the follow ing | Ware ung 2 or prou forward. 10 ~ of these good things, King Duncan admitted 
statement plain! contradicts it. John ornen, ahand-| March oe Onli rie. ranta ORED :: 3 yy | and Banquo into the city, who fell upon the D 
m weaver et occasionally a farm labourer, of Birch, | April 1 39. | October 4 83. wall l: ost of them to the sword. i 
near Middleton, cashire, first rai F m | May Paty) November 1 45. |is orth reading ; ai Buchanan’s description ¢ 
a seed apple, taken indiscriminately from a field of = “ Ias - me patie 048. | Bel 
bh ae grown Ti Cit at ey aa Farm, and near eas 4 | | Oni4idays .. 2% 62. Á 
resi te in e sowed the seed in aa own | Carried forwar i nde a 
small and it produced 12 plants, one of which ay be T S Malese orth. ThE Foei, Correspo — 
was t si Fluke; the Siers ‘ans of little oa a 7S or, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, in oye eb nat Soo bear 
thrown He grew the Fluke several years, a 1857, b pets s Rain Ga pie reconnect yes ay Mi 
occasionally made P ts of tubers to his herak January 6 Ja ae forward .. 33 oe ~D vem last I mentioned that 
am to a neighbouring farmer, who has sold February 2 98. Augy 1 a © = of the Days pis ng Mo 
large quantities of them, but Turner himself never made | Mare 5 90 Posen be yee ve ich w expect somewher Christmas. 0 
one farth by the way of trade. In 1852 Apel. 6 92 plokis ee 7 09. oon feel | the OROI ihe drains in the vicinity h 
iption was got up for him chiefly through the jomi k k November .. .. 2 48. atoning Ss ges prepa g 
exertions of Oswald Dicken, Esq., surgeon, of Middl July i. 8 99, |December .. oaks OM. 
ohn Lanckshire, farmer, of Li Teaton, saree 
s = Earl of Derby subscribed 107., and the Earl | Cari = ea Treby, „33 07. [Oni97 days. 50 47. 4 
52. The amount raised was 1157., with which off, with 
a small life annuity was purchased for him, but this he| _ Zim at Burraton, Sheepstow, Devon, in 1857, sdt mee x ters, “Tho ver ie a A 
: enjoyed a very short time, as he died on the H aes 4 
oath Filas, 1854, aged 72 years. As before stated, | January .. .. 5 Brought forward = = |: 
evi hat variety he took the seed | February ..  .. 3 92 | July . 3 
apple, but the proprietor of Langley Hall Farm says ; ; 5 ok, | August 1 33. 
he never gre tone, neither it eve n 6 98. a : : y a 
in the neighbourhood; but at the time the seed was} M ass Mo November... ee EEA 
ee poring. the the aE thig| June... .. 79. | December .. Frs]. 
variety t mblance, more a > Sig h € i 
“in the eye. ° Edward "Bennett, Groto Sir O- P| poutiedforward 29 00. = ee Kingdom "here tho whole. body of watt a 
be A BE, Poratie, ‘Woy castor, P.| Henry Terreil. na Darro w channel phe rushes down among 3 2 
eekly x 0 oam. came evident we 
; 4 g odium <Atriplicis—Now' that wi ehm east ope sinc? => ets ak so geen E by boat; and bein: doe? ie Men slight fever we remit 
foe. Derg orca, [OG | Bongan oa ere aaa 
I would est a mode of cultivating Chenopodium| » 1 i ee OTR see 9 . 1,02 
= some a a horde plant. I believe it is not valued | > Be Sane ete ee tlirongh a cpio 
as uld be, perhaps from its growing in some soils! Feb. ‘casein reset ST Bec 
to the height of 7 feet, as it did with maa year; but.) » t those August 6 tepi ines 0.04 Faun, and Sweet ] Potatos Dla ations of : 
fo) season. I contrived Repetto: its luxuriance, ” 2 » -I3 -- 247 | on than we have before witness p 
obtai a = ” re : es inato four deep, which, when earthed: up, 
š pa AR T the neat A; s bed of a London marke garie 
1 ; 10 3 oyn | stown extensively in wet places; I fin an 
2 = ay Se | eee renee ce E 
‘glee $ SA s A ea -| a perform the labour, women being mara 
Plants in a pot, 6 inches across and pinched of the| » 3 7 = < Mess. OM eke read and on ot parts of potas, whi 
when they kta a sia ig » 2: » 15 . -- 0.14 | Rice plantations, its huge feet sinking deep 
in the season. ‘The fi rmed one noble plant, ee May ‘ 4 y SEUS a n soil; it also delights to wallow like a 
Borers bes a pot, zo cou m ee Ae to such parts of m pete Nov. 5 peeps oh gee 
their lage size, which ‘ane » 2 eee » 12 ieni rA 
eat 3h foot scat tha da they look | a “P< ecs T ese 
beautifal till inin November, aa also formed lovely | ` ,„ 1 Pees Dee ark Ss 
for eu! “ie ne when finaly taken up. I| » I » H 0.66 
stecnphy aioe ™ the cultivation o very proe nenal Ce +3 zs ” SA -- 0.13 
plant. I obtain the seed for mine from Mr. Thom et a H fs Re RY Ga 
of Ipswich, whose catalogue first induced me to try it rone EAS OA AAS 
As Í raise them in a cold frame, it is too late to ripen Carried oe 14.77 Total co + 98.65 
se see ee Richmond. St. Gee ae 
Planting Vines.—The following method I have reason | am highest, 884°,’ June 28, 
to believe g Thos, Howe 
plan. my tae S ago as Slams yee a Vinery| What is the best Protecti SEO a cultivation. 
five years ago next May. Iam now forcing the fifth | be much obliged by the experience of your readers as to 
, on a Charlesworth poke? there are 16 bunches | the comparative value of the: Ear a ei anara 
pes on two spurs clos he base of the stock, | for protection of fruit b on wall or espalier 
uld average from i v S “bs. weight if they such as Tiffany, F; rigi Domo, &c. In estimating the 
could be all left, but that is not more than one-third mek 1 t of price should of 
the whole number on the Vine, so that two-thtede must | be considered. Far North. first 
off. making a Vinery the border should be| Dioscorea Batatas.—Your correspondent “ W, H. 8.” 
inside, the Vines should be Parga at t regular | must must indeed have been, as you have remark, unfortu- 
3 (4 feet square), which w ive 16 feet t We HA.” | oceans ty the to 
e, train them upright i the ost oe none pashs niently call on us we shall foal pleasure in sembled, when the i toy thew ; 
¢ the four upper buds to which should showing him a tuber that at the present time weighs | ampullaceum in fruit. ‘ 
ained horizontally at right ; angles; in two or three | 5 lbs., an hi 2. 2 feet 4} inches in length; its aan aiam oa m, and w 
years each spur would produce th in tk ion was to some “checked M “paries ‘ 
“ll, say on an average 1 lb. each. In a Vinery of Mr, | by its reaching a bed of f gravel. We must observe Lint, aides yp hypnoides (N pecs 
Meola ae oad feet by 1 2 fe et would be ni age aay this one has been three years n abtaini ning | With large m: 
size just mentioned, bu soe fo 
75 Vines Aea tha ould yield 900 Ibs. weak growth, four of which, out of the few we gos left, | The ‘heat « 
Ape On the old system, at 4 feet apart, there would | weigh 240z. With regard to its quality as a table 
ie 25 Vines, which, with 20 Ibs. to each Vine, would | v vegetable, we think that if it was mas! ar being 
- farnish 500 Ibs. of Grapes, giving a eee of 400 Ibs, in | properly cooked, it would be difficult to tell the differ. Fears ties at Ne ot vessel 
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