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greatest value in the eyes of the producers, who | observations of our French friends at English [frait trees tre : 
assure the public, each for himself, that his new | exhibitions, we suppose they on Bi pape br saibetom (ality antl SAANEN 
seedlings possess the most wonderful qualities. |tomed to excellence in this fruit. How mn yr Tkstly as boin 0 y 
Among them many sorts of very gre ue are | may stand in Belgium we kn Emt a de | which has 
certainly to be found, and it is of the first import- | JoNeHE’s remarks lead us to believe that Straw- | ethers we are le 
ance that their qualities should be made known pf “in in Ms oe is in the s EN 
upon evidence that no one can Me Se ac position as one, however, ima ed ; 
are others in mer of which nothi be | gine that ar rieri ‘this to want o skill in our | i¢ is not, and that desirable 
honestl nst which buyers ‘howl b 2 continental ds; it is their climate which im- | days that are p 
guarded, Sem oe new fogs ab good ; e | pedes their progress; and Hs ours which helps us | be looked u 
good and not new; s her new no i pie a along so pane pie The Strawberry demands a wie E. g’s 
It is only by the joint tain. of 2 ae Sadie having | cool, dai and that it seater easily find at us t A pu c I ventured to call their utii 
no personal interest in „y ecision that may be | gore Etel T ETO PE ins menades ag 
arrived at that in this a separation of the Sener improvers of the Strawberry upon nere A Eirgis rer el a “oe à 
sound grain from chaff Gai corn can be effected | Pawn were the late Mr. ANDREW KNIGHT and ane L AA which the great fault 
in er deserving the confidence of the public. Mr. AMS, of ae n, who before 1823 had eta aan r atmosphefe le surf 
This was one of the plans of the Council of 1855, | commenced experim upon ae the Ameri- which they are heated or cooled: AMI AAA 
and we rejoice to see the present Council making | can wit ree: her Stvkevberrics in r to impro eat and injurious extremes to which plna 
preparat to carry it out with vigour. Our|the quality. Out of a multi meet f failures there | Fre always exposed. A glass wall, similar w 
information leads us to believe mi = Committee | was at last be sen by the first great physiologist the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, 
ae nted immediately after the Anni- be famous D and Elton varieties, whic! glass to cover 2 feet of surface of soil, anf 
rsary in May. ve laid the franaation of the whale of Myarr’s that quantity of glass only inclosed 40 shih 
The constitution of nag Panen the limits of celebrated kinds. It was by the intermixture of it exposes 20 feet of surface to the heati 
erican Strawberries, par ee ee arers but de- afto ct of external agencies. It is im 
ts action guide it Raye 
wh t i 
wi 
crate te ed | an 
2% i | Blak Strawberry, bee: sary beats at all, that pare Sass 
arrangement could work well, and honasi 
re glass walls never making way 
aried inter ami Berg some n ilis discus- | the new race was established, is was the 
sion would b od hall mt efore be | true beginning of all the a provenieata that have | a ow wa heel matter stand with g 
happy ffected. The success of KEENS was a hee 4, rehar' ones are is idl aking 
op bp su ete es we cannot but/mere accident. That Myarr had some fixed prin- Sen T think. deserve ate tees Tio p 
k that p “itowing iets geen be in all|ciple of action in a new varieties, there ait tausleulbaie i pers as childs pla 
; first - Has ariety any | ¢ o doubt, tho are unacquainted with | sanea] for a little wool”—but t f 
mah 2. o eke ‘nature it its merit? 3.|its nature. He seems ‘to have worked ‘upon thet orchard Houses fruit cultdeo ii ee 
Is it so different from other varieties as to deserve varieties of Mr. Kyicut T. That he sea aie laws of nature are inverted, until plants 
cultivation? 4. If so, in what does th d ed by his h| kae are better gro wn in pots t ec in acd op 
consist? To this would have to be added, when a Queen,” the fat poate Bh yet here fn’ any ou a trade sp 
variety is approved, its history ; that is to say, its 
a the place where raised, „the e year when | 
country. DE JONGHE been aoquainted | a 
quarters of | at 
as a means of gettin: me na a geet anti 
a high price it may answer very w 
Wak what has been doing at the head-quarters 
ermanent horticultural i impro 
erry ajaa , he would certainly h 
oe. et of maturit whole 
Cam of aes eaten trait, | 
Ji rning the T on Se s pro- | 
a fancy that is likely to pr 
O 
d his once 
gressive improvement, to w ich 
P | A 
Such materials would rapidly accumulate 
form the foundation of a new ces logue of fruits Messrs. Ho ooper, H mien See : 
i a gre: wan verybody wi would | + = One Belgian friend pits the qualities ‘indis- | 
na communication with such a Com- | pensable to a first-rate Strawberry to tive heads ; 
) y if any failed to W 50, iate would be it must be hardy, have a good habit, be a good 
bad epee eh of their o giera arer, have fusty form it, and excellent | 
The only risk of erroneous ju nt would con- | flavour. With the exception of the first — Y, 
sist in taking cli aa as that by in which all English Strawberries value d in Eng- 
which new fruits s aula be: poeri neee 
indeed to happen b: decisions of the Committee | with M. DE JONGHE. re are other attri- 
would lose their v: But we can hardly con- | butes which may by no means be overlooked. The | 
template such a Mez rovided sufficient care is | frui e so firm as not to be y bruised ; | 
observed in s ittee. For assuming | unless a Strawberry will bear well both panting | 
the members to po E his i necessar “es alee has little value; and c 
Yor! Edinburgh , Or 
e therefore eee believe that t hg 
er that tl their decisions s would be looked at as con- 
t garden walls are not "inexpomlll 
sibel well co pod ed wall will cost from 
per perch according to locality kad p 
gla azed frame made according to Mr. 
est timate could be e p up, at 1 10s. 
D 
Ix another column will be 
tion concerning the 
found a communica- |! 
n 
sbattuti derang ment. 
immaterial; on Semih berry produces a conical 
fruit, in another it is hemispherical, in a third itia 
is is quite i apoi ially in those which have a 
to “c 
2 of c others for any soe x “i sons. It i 
is only when 
the ‘‘seeds” are prominent and over numerous, as 
in CurHity’s Black ht on a anything related 
to form is regard ed ; and e nin this vari ety its 
bea 
commerci ore i 
I = been = into this sr fed omen b 
rem ars esponden| 
aarin the DUGA a eke ick is te h 
for horticultural pu: erm 
little attention to the aetna of Me Ri 
d house advoc 
in the communication 
ce of all 
| ish Queen, 
o chan to obtain the well known helal or any of that race for flavour, the Roseberry, or 
variety that his , and of Wrruor, not | Hudson’s — or U's Prince of Wales, when 
of wh ings now remains in estimation. | 2¢id is wanted; Krens’ Seedling, for abundance ; 
e are also informed that Hooper and Hovey| but. on p- account rte the pe d of the 
“ t result,” a r mistake con- | Hautbois any of the Chilian race be per- |7 
sidering that the “ first result” hed been obtained | mitted mi e in “aol the t has a 
S before those pan were heard of. And |‘ t tendency to sterility; the last are 
PELVILAIN, of whose Strawberry merits |icurably woolly, watery, and insipid. What 
st g is known i try, is placed among | May be done with the Alpine is at present un- 
the pioneers a J gen would immor- | known ; and it is upon its effe ing that 
talise. Witho nding to reciate, in any | attention should now be fixed. It may possibly 
ey = erar of ise gen Fe eo must e tess an extension of the wberry season ; it 
hat his Rin « should not have | ™ay unicate a new flavonr, it may even 
where the Strawt incre tiveness, But this is mere conjec- 
oo one ‘of the most "S of our 
| RT om ‘t seeds” to be Aa rde 
| would aa 
As far 
stocks to breed from, 
Q 
mules with the Alpine 
mm 
produ But 
ture, none of the so-called 
that have hi therto come to our knowledge sn 
fruits. à 1 Le I 
E indee eminently the land of the | b y 
i ‘ass ae at tly heels: y the new GORE RINE ER 
edition of the Bon Jardinier, fos the ARE GARDEN WALLS NECESS ARY? 
s and Turnips, and ex- 
I 
English origin. We cannot say 
that excellent work, Ae 
e past re 
some will appear 
|“ Are 
w, a piercin 
so! 
istering ma 
such a question 
a fine E o and ju m the | 
d. co 
is at present known the E 
best 
gi NE 
3 look but ‘Me. B 
necessary 
nent shelter—as supplying a large he upon “which 
ates to have sri 
oneln sion, tically [have 
could put up good glass at the price 
e roofing of pottmg 
erections glass is infinitely ge i 
less than half the quantity o 
mitieeide in every resp potting 
glazed and heated; they then make 
mur for the «10,000 plants” in wint 
a garı 
taints no necessity for root stores, 
thrust int 
| arc 
| Someof the} houses fa Singleton were T 
oh 
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