THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. £89 
By this means s and colours, and placed i in proper positions. | will have the goodness to find room for this refutation 
days or even more, dic Along “ders they do pretty w ell if there is plenty of in an early Number of the AE Chronicle, J. 
a ke Sues in which we generally | sun ; but we have found that Linden, Société Royale de Zoologie et & Horticulture, 
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a weather. th a west aspect they grow unnaturally high and | de e Bruxelles, 2d 2 ow; 
is extracted from my note nap re flower badly.. ‘The more open the space is the better | Mignionette Sauce.—Some time since, in consequence 
os wall ; peri rather | and oval and circular beds cut out of lawns ma ake, in | of an old Fr = gah ry book having gine Po the 
royed on stan but ant | our roma n, the best situations for Dak alia cultiv: ation. aboy ve- named condiment , inquiries were made in Bec 
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pe T excellent aN smaller ats 
walls. Beurré Diel, 
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gat which does ri Those who have no stock, and i nied ei ata, es various suggestions were made as to 
oe rassetty t seat er; “ses no’ ae, as a ae should make themselves MATET with was meant by the said agent oe Althou ot the 
wy well on Quince stock. Autumn Ber- oo sorts by means of friends or catalogues; or, what | matter is but trifling I am con he t you w ill be of 
oth from wall and sta: tandard; grows well on | is better, put themselves into the hands of respectable opinion that the clearing “5 1x sed nomena 
ine de Malines excellent ; hardy ; grows | nurserymen. We would advise that the choice “howl s always worth a moment’s thought and I therefor 
Quince. Hav had fruit of this variety till | be fixed on eet kinds, the habits of which are yr om to say hat while walking the other day in the 
May. The at late Pear now. Compte vast vos eets sof “St. t. Omer, Isaw in the aind w of a first-rate 
lent from a wall; small iron standards, | L ieties to mix witl g pa bottle filled with small grains a little 
Ogee grows uh ge the Quince. old lock, = l only è two of thêm. di d well. The fl bt ih eda seed, labelled “ Mig t 
y fine fro a “pall hardy. | were good, but the growth seemed im aie d by some | with oysters. ghee | ibaa a sample. It is white pepper 
wall, but hard and | cause unknown aes us. Perhaps the extreme nto cing to crushed into small gr ranu ulati ions. It thus appears | that 
west aspec ‘Gite des Carmes, | which new plants for the market are subjected has g besides their 
ils, but anes rankad and ais. some influence, and we » shall probably find that, this | of eating oysters with white w wine at breakfast, ve 
althoug h the trees seem hardy | season, well, when trained by a more | also san tioned entric mode of seasoning them 
Doyenné été, excellent and hatad method. Make your selection fr ds | with whole instead of ground p pepper 5 aah mystery of 
n the Quince. Duchesse | which are known to be unobjectionable, and get your eo nette sauce is explained at t is ce 
oured ; tree tender and of | plants as carly a as possible. A Dahlia in a pot, in a | piquante flavoured with this special anaf a of pepper. 
cor parable, very large heal althy g April is worth half a dozen of oe 
tl } arly in May. Take the pots Bor ners and Garden Produce.—Is “T. J.” aware 
uince. Does not bear | th 
rp Crassan ne, tolerably g d; j} h $ 
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y shelter Test in a frame or perenne repot | that oli M. P.s, and private gentlemen who re eside i in 
. ardy ; grows and preven See a getting | London six or seven months in the year, have their 
on t and keeps well, but spindly and you may r reaso ae them to be| vegetables sent them from their own gardens in 
flies’ ret highly erfid and thriving and flowering when the he pee es sold in| the country, in some ins : or 
é eau, tender: has never | Ma ay ling ger on and perhaps never make strong plants | 300 miles? They prefer this to buying them in 
rré Bretonneau. 
fruit; generally cracks to the core. | the ai ao on. Covent Garden Market, because, notwithstanding the 
e bearer; very goo But most gardeners have old roots of Dahlias, and | heavy expenses ' carriage they find their own ve 
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avez, good, but scarcely this is the time for propaga ation, After all that has | tables to be cheaper if not better than London ones. I 
s very tender; tree | been in gardening books, alma- | could name several gentlemen in this neighbourhood 
Beurré, tree very hardy; | nacs, and weekly cale ndars, it is surprising how m much | (nearly 170 miles fro m rE who have not only 
and are liable to be ignorance yet exists as to the be at method of training | Seakale, Asparagus, &c., t Cabbage, Cauliflowers, 
st rate. Beurré | new We were told by a ne eigh- Potatoes, and Beet, sent ed as they come in season, 
arge, good; ee vigorous. bour a A v fays ago that he Shad: “ put in his Dahlia | and yet in the pr of facts like these, “T; J.” maintains 
ardy, gre eat | bear this climat ich means that the old tu bers are put in that country grown vegetables are 70 per cent. dearer 
o the Crassane, the fruit of wo dither i perish in the ground or p London ae can assure him tha: 
Gabbe and gritty. Van Mons | dozen shoo the warm weather co at | of the gentlemen who adopt the mode I have escribed 
e ing their vi 
Al fo of suckers, 2 
ty. Jargonelle does not | Gooseberry and Currant trees, a cutting should be | canbe. It appears to me that “T. J.” an 
fruit, always rots at the cori taken when the shoots are 2 inches long, and struck in | debit the whole expense of their gardens the 
K uise Bonne of Jersey, excellent, | a gentle heat. This is the p scientific way, and if | veget etable accoun nt. Is it not unfair to charge the 
hearer, and grows well on the Quince; among the | the plan is followed no suckers can well be p ropen t milk- 
Pears in a thi is climate. Gratioli of Jersey, | But our own plan is less elaborate than this. ji ing the cow, or Peka feeding the pigs, to the Cabb age 
Monarch, good from a off a a sma all | piece of mies vith each shoot, ey the account? And yet the man who does all this 
il prons vigorous e Quince single worked, es more certain and easy than | expected to be ot a classical scholar, and is 
hardy. tian, a oar from wall. Moccas, | by cuttings, which are ren to “ damp off,” rm high | paid less wages than a bricklayer’s labourer 0 
erly, a useful late Pear. Napoleon, large an nd | de: legree of fart is brought to be ear upon n the These | whipper in would accept. 20 Gardener. 
be hate p pey, the blossom t pr steele for of Tam sarpe to hear that in all England and Scot 
a Cour, large and fine from wall, |a time. When routs are formed we remove the pots t impossible to find a 
ene cat upon the Quince. Baron g 
‘haumontel, tree hardy, grows | into their places. the absence of be - H. . 
on ‘the mental Ries as a standard, but does Bu t it often happens that Dahlias grow very large | 266) advances in support of this fact, I cannot persuade 
rré Tuerlin I their b If to adopt the same opinion. If “A. H. F. C? 
arg oarse, but handsome. ‘Triom mphe | open air. This i s an evil, and should be prevented. In | and TAN: ad really possess a garden, and have ever 
ARN a fui r quality tree hardy. Beurré | large ACE propagation must not begin penp they will 
ee bearer, but of very indif- | but when the amateur is contented with Sea cae favour your readers with a or and creditor account: 
"Dah eiti gesik ia grows slowly on | Dahlias they may be turned out in the middle of April, ot thei eir gorda for one season, showing _ the amoun unt of 
issime d’Hiver, an | provided protection is carefull AER every n ight. produ 
T very hardy, and great bearer ; | Large flower-pots will do better thar d the expenses incurred in raising what may , 
i .well on the Cao pan cover up with; and some years gan aS S A rmed nursery sacks Sai as s baine out and other 
Tg, a y most useful hardy a Pear. | say that no frost will hurt plants so sheltered if the pinati ated 0 lace durin the 12 months. 
Patten plants propaga aie gt 
| 3 Matec hardy, bears hel Rites vers pots are kept $ on ti till the air 
Eeh “soda e TAutomn very attended to they w trong, mowing, sweeping, ring and cleaning, are expenses, 
tal ee 
and make roots so ea rl that flowers 1 ma, antes looked for , to be kepta 
detent the ae above eT irvited Ee AR eg? is be ny ma y pecuniary 
ti de F s, Alexandre Bivort, Winter tha, middle of May, unless constant pot shifting is |I once mse as gardener in a aca tad 
ai ens), ern is d'Hiver, Me ark, | resorted to, C. R. and often heard complaints pone ee the 
expenses of the garden, and n and that 
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p usette de e Bavay, and many i but Home Correspondence To clear up the point I dre 
- Mee e not proved sufficiently K hazard an opinion | M. Linden’s Nursery, Brussels.—Pray alee me to of th 1e p pen es ed in ‘the ato of art ani nd 
Vhastone P n our climate. W. | point out an error com itted by Mr. Moore, Į and that part fo: or w which 
ian anmure Nursery, Roky Ferry. unintentionally, in his report to the ig Dubli 
== Society, reprinted in your Number for Marc Did | The fo ormer T Ariea, market garden and nursery, 
AMATEUR GARDENING.—THE DAHLI A this error mer ely concern my own sialic, I and kept a daily aonn nt A Bira Ri nin year rh Bes the pii; 
Hollyhock contends in rivalry with Mr. Moore could o a few the midst vet 
Mit think i iw kee to a i mly see w rarities in the midst | man’s prices, together with the nes thereby ee 
The f is likely rive k wh ot of what is probably the largest collection of new plants | i incu rred. My e ve no novice i “x ad Cos 
rm a flower is very beautiful, but it | in Europe. B ti unts, which satisfied him that he 
sis on ther for its successful bloom- | the Royal Zoological ‘and Horticultural Garden not only hed his penny’ s worth, but his rent and taxes 
Eln an The Dahlia will bloom till | Brussels and the late Surrey Zoological Garden reat paid as well. Iw uld recommend all gardeners het: 
is in damp and rainy weather, while | culated to injure the eRe of the establishment a debtor and enaditor account in like manner 3 
mie eet rly in the autumn and under my € directio on, and it is really my duty not to | course I am confident will ee more satis 
® Dahlia is also a healthy and neat tradicti 1| produce a better feeling between the ee ; 
which the Hollyhock does know 1 not from what malicious source Mr. Moore ob- ployed than at present exists in many quarters. syed i 
have been Be tne green, iT information, but I can assure him that this | one acquainted with gardening must know that a gar- 
Sinking bce 8 > it looks the same in gar den has never been a place for fétes and public | dener’s calling is one that requires the mind and ] 
it. proceeds, = img blooming of the Holly- | amusements oie Pete Were it indeed devoted | to be always going, and that judgment and foresight, 
ail ve? unsightly stems, and the such purposes ing would not have deigned to} as well as practice, are pier sera Nature will 
by at ma earl nd he must be cons 
riod. We do | give it his soy ga nor would one of the greatest | not stand still, and 
shall fa owth s See Holly- | nobles of the kingdom e been its president, and I ing on her during night as well as day to i 
no ve much soon, but | should for my own part me wade the directorsh’ ip a n her operations and defend her from the 
og ought to exist very flattering a appointment. No, sir, this establish- PETAR with w. ch she is surround 
T to bear is 
rate per. 
mind place their 
garde ` | been dishonoured by such fêtes as those o whose capability is equal to. 
Fei ante for v gte small | Gardens. What has probably c _— ‘he stake into thé gent to be Sas if they pay a few shillings per 
end inds are chosen. There are | which Mr usical bai ds (con | week 1 more for such a man I am confident that they 
en should be large, first the | certs veers ldi f the season find their garden less 
upin a wah = me ar week d ng the “ne Reaver = as is the case in the i$ E and give yb not entire, satisfaction. 
ts fali ondly, ur Hor. ed I would not hesitate to offer my 
o] age ‘forbid anything jes paea eR m between which, ane p pa “ A., H.F. C.” Unless his place is notoriou ashy: 
hed a Daki large garden nothing | Surrey or Cremorne, no one has ever thong o ‘of esta- | Erprodactivor or m a y where the requis a for 
ias, if selected ey blishing any comparison on that account, It i} extr remely expensive, I would 
