THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
670 [SEPTEMBER 4, CA l 
3 d his executors, overand 
he erounde | to the college by Henry VII. and his e prepared readil i 
digger DE BU in i ay tos oy rom, e mee, an 1068, “King abo ove the neg he gate eo the co! calles pan witnesses or ai Pre’ Raptr aly = i 
William 1 Rufas, by liee p for Bt >, pad g p: $ Walden P E Askd x e age s, Jun., Woodhurst neat i aire if 
f Westminster Y ae where Wethersfield | Bask, Ponle a ee = a! ail joi a ey oa “story, concerning” wand y 
la; ardefield Par i em as vill b ; ; ih m % 
e: Eng glim Ni te webbeth, oF ia ‘he Wei, Essex, and some from Gentine) in Cambridge- | 1844, p a 555, ‘The specimen af ae? one iar 
a Dut 1 that the Hollanders shire; the timber of th bs. was orn Mr. F Poster was very ben Barle re fora 
pling a PRN from Ireland with Oak, for|from Wethersfield, If this a ‘ae , Hales, being | ee cy to become vivi D or 
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~ ct doe: de he pre-| Ireland, and tradition is ve were ; la = x don’t know what i is ais Trg i ped 
MA a et f the probability | county of Essex ever grow Chesnut trees tor umber | as scorn rea ct a mare to foal 
pr Bag ir age PES preyed y ys ed; ahi must regret that I Le ba had no ere of in- | that whenever. this sw oak nee re ta er 
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É f roofin pega = PRI . pecas of wood called Chesnut have been kindly Cooking Custard 
vee af J. a of tha he d by Mr. Rowe, taken out of old pees. at some ane peel Ani ete eting de 
i pport the leads of the magnificent | Gambeidgs, both of ' which I RETA are Oa ie vel a s | however Pa before ia 
i alip Smee Hae, nied was huianniae piece sent by iug’s jor s = and th boiled, Beg 
in hat s von Tie e shoud have said, as it was , not Stanley, near Stroud, lately pulled down : it 3 Js | a fine is los t; for whe ae ee pka 
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of Oak br oug proba t from these ee ye L thir uk it by no of the pen pel g gateway of New ee lege € ea: sE» ie ie i m they ah shoal ane ea fats 
of gra is the charaeter of the Irish Oak, particu- | first fi the gatew ay. oT is is also Oak scraped with a spoon bell b: “4 skin, squeezed, 
larly i in nah sibwations and a dry h a that t zy ther Oa E Besid sh i gb se fi c beams, it is stated that &e., and served u ip like Turnips. Ripe Marro 
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ELKA ue ay aJ W wt hi di Chesput floors, | if true, is much more solid than. the i ott 
article. of bark, permitted their Oak. to be jasa big tele; i same Se an ancient house ; pe Sag oli young should be boiled longer When 
felled in winter, geo free ES sap, might haye | Mouni Edgecumbe, Devonshire. But Mr. and saved for wi i ) i 
induced the ogia architects ay give ES the Damant, of Plymouth, accompanied by a gentleman may sort; „when „yomg, to those who rae 
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fe allowed. that od posto Caii state of|for me the presumed Chesnut floors at Mount Edge- | more satisfaction than the common kind ps 
t after so many centuries, seems very well to nen They- pronounce them to be: “of what at | its ar B James Cuthill, C 
è laying was young. Oak—excepting. that | Fruit Rooms.—In r reading Md of Me a 
thata sale. was made of the finest timber of Shillela|in two or three small window recesses, and.in the | Thompson’s work “The Gar ri ae é 
which. remained in Charles the Second’s time into} margins to the hearths, ranges had been employes | Serve that you very Properly tament t hnt mpl 
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constructed on piles driven close together to ia the Sas of the drawing ron but they appeared t ia and gardener as to the “proper nce 
the number of several hundred. thousand. In 1669 | have been used in repairs.. The floor certainly w: t| room.” Being mysel “ta 
William. Earl of Stafford furnished Laurence Wood, of Chesnut, Ae: was that wood employed at Ge ‘n the finding the subject both as to constraction 
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1e negad Baaren now sold for 502, and are only |. That taking into consideratio: on. all the evidenee you could put me in the wa 
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into Shela “that bane ot al our timber, iron. forges | been used in medieval buildings; therefore all results | such as, the best form to be adopted, the proper mata. 
and fur it is pA what which have been fog mt gion upon. the eee of a| rials to be used, how to be lighted, if at all, and how 
Jalela kl mast inva made n the co of 2 mber must be valueless as:regards | ventilated, and if the trays or shelves should be of wir 
years, which t that timber. aud if galvanised, or twine netti the size of mesh, 
seer ere”, for the present. roof cing of Irish That ¢ certain experiments would appear to decide | or of wood — fact all such information as t eot 
Oak is who, in his “ Icon rra published | that small scantlings of. Chesnut are quite uak if not | struction an anagement as the a 
in ina po ded dicated to Louis XIII. of France, men- | superior; to Oak for several purposes, “but the wood of | position of goer om ought to permit, and the 
tions that the timber of Wesbniucter ‘Hall was brought | old trees is unfit for any situation where an uncertain | amateur sers ordinary gardener Tee, oe rE 
een Uyclopædi i Vest- | load is to be bo: as: it. is brit t 
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minster,” its being of Irish Oak, but states|than Oak at the time of fracture, and therefore is svc one Rose. m send you tiwo blooms ¢ 
it to-be of Chesnut. from ee and Mr. Nightin-| tougher. Its toughness seems to permit it to yie athered from the standa: 
gale, in the “ Beauties of England and Wales,” palarat ‘| insensibly | i ines quarters. The colour’ is 
that it pone esnut, - ‘sepbosted Ware : then once, more- in the mamner: of | flow lowers are rather smali and much 
, however, was employ by Chane V sel than i in n that of ee is well-k p ti 
Cre reigned "in. Franée-as contemporary with i alice have. raised a doubt. in. the With me: Isabella: Gray has 
Richard IF) for the roof of the libra rary of the L e af our instructors, before. they affirmed | abundance, not a tenth part of which bas 
and it is so stated by I “Abbé Sallier, ‘in the. Introduc- so stony that Chesnut timber had been largely used | none equal e speci i nt 
tion to the eloge a at the “ Biblio fm e du mediæval buildings. “}not suited for: an: out-door Rose, unless 4 
Roi” (of which the 1 sie i rg Sy ne ioe a south wall ; it may th re mae 
meheng Uses obs Ahh PEE EA blooms o: larger size. It will also 
wri kang. Consequently imay to o inferred that Irish Oak e Correspondence fine- variety - Jno. Cranston, 
r. Of course} ZUZ prom or wing Lime and Sulphur as a Remedy | Nurseries, near Hereford. {The blooms re 
ry p oo elaim the cul = ‘first gone these| for Mildew and Red Spider.—It is (peke ise that or 30 lange aa hie 
historical facts" mow. Pa bab as. they an laid /snch’ an authority. as Me. Riyaa should i ROAN | furnished ed by Messrs, Panl or Mr. Gia 
nant for heir rey lition of his “ Orchard House,” page 100, give such an | bury (see p. 638). Th The leaves however were 
may perhaps assist i tin Preventing the fut titi qualified recommendation of the Rossall ar = true Isabella Gray. 
of the common £ the. “Chesn > dy for mild d red spi Iy Gardeners.—1 wish, to Aman VS 
without. the at ae rot Britton and rasia ole esis followed. the directions e exactly. Í Ar “tiled engages himself as pi some ener ought to ena 
sete Shee agin Aa of Oak ; neg ‘redgold, in | gom large fame pots (11 or 12-inch), putt T have now a person: who ama 
thefirst (820 it edition of hi “Carp informe us | Hiasi e (with Vines over head) 30 feet, long and high wages, and whio has some taste in: ribbons, aoe 
that the 2’s College joy at Cambridge, }'12 feet t wide, th dging ; but he 
= y be ci a Sete ple of the durability of Chesnut | size, og in a small Vinery 24-feet by 9 feet, three in a| flowers nor: grow winter 
Pinn of the church at, Notre} cool V ar i Di feet behiad] by 12} rg wide, in upon ‘the | irre 
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} es; that: I sprinkl ith water, and then added to | kitchen garden is quite 
= r o which the timbers each ‘a small band of si papae: On. opening | and in-door shrubs are- 
ere snpposed to m n this i every Vine leaf . } 
| md army whe found the pretended Chesnut to} killed, not ma ewe pl Abe aa but also | this m informed. that his 
i on ee naga it is probable that a eloser {those on the borders of the-orchard ho e.. Upon | ordered to attend to such things, and: that 
to he of Oak.” prove the roof of Westminster ab Peaches and Nectarines it has had no effect, with | engaged in considering in what way? 
oe oe ber agers aap Bedi tony inatia nt ns the exception of killing the red spider, untick no piv | more decorated. Do you think this 
ia thar ezamined oe essai apra, ished, t it has most effectually. The Vi ines in: one .house Aa ri = 
and found itto be of Oak, with a fine kind o fume Ban 
PA h e year—all destroyed. by. follo: the p pr 
theses 5 SAs K dat saya s Mr. Papworth, x Pam mento sanctioned. by a we oldes wing a reco autho” for July the following statementi—* 
roof was of Chesnut.” ely that the whole | rities in horticulture, Why Mr. Rivers “should publish | of Camberwell; senta quantity a of W: 
Mr. Papworth then’ deseribied the differences z a ne for red spider, kes Meee ise omc could have | pa: has sent:out as ae Boe 
ructure by which Oak tanben mA be — to be a ay poise | 
to be of Ch Gi o S z ece ssi argued that the kind 
esnut. hilst t there I obt [ 
7 o Ia i, =e pe obes r inspection I find that t Peaches ectarines , Figs, 
berry. He state 
gallery, pen ie in "1640. | agen E J Elton and other Jate 
The sen is very ae ; but it is Oak, not Chesnut: |. Raed special vas the tap Hovis a tha ou Te tter a aa cok took. the crop. was pe 
ae in his seierrik work.on “Timber Roofs of asai Mr. Foster of Hont Sate kari yonr. ; a if 
dle Ages,” says farnished the partic a ex 
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we been of Oak C n the years with the same r : jeved it 
C esult, I beg to | Black Prince, and believ: 
a Monasticon” of Gactel 1 Hymel, of Kis taken the requisite av hen Hane Sian ge = me impregnation by British Queen, 
im Northamptons hire, there is amim in this result, The Oa. 5 size, SESH) conical, li 
© misunderstanding : * ane ome ary cabo ith ther neonas 
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T structure, still said to and the 
St is reported “that the fb aad the prod next year has-been Barley, I am . 
i only one who has thus sueceeded in thie locality. | of opinion that the 
| the chapel fi. for the upper roof I shall be df 2 | than the British ine wae that ita oe 
i aem tonare been given | ninaa D At you on will, make thia fnot pma age contributing a variety to- desserta : 
