SgpTEM BER 18, 1858.] THE GARDENERS’ Stem teh Nar 703 
as Thomas Daintree, Esq., in sun 
"Coe weed saw a splendi ROLENE. 
Ta ioia menr C am ram ee ea m i 
s fro 
The di 
gagian > } 7 feet 6 nag 9 high, 
om 0m rata 7 fe 7 feet, the whole 
be = wb he fan. nl nu abunda 
veing "t e ea "its fruiting, ad tte. vow 
t 13 done, ‘afte neh jn eo : i ves 
British Pomonocican: St. James’s Hall, August fruit wass mall, ‘ ra Are ese ses 
19,—H. G. Bohn, Esq,, in dap chair, 141 same =a bat the others-are ee 
i ee the tap: tot a ground. | were elected. A subject was- again brou aait before cme also is the parent against a wall Soy ct 2 
sifally furnished Eeri G. Holland Ackers, Esq., | notice which had been se discussed ra the © previous oi. The fruit was about the sizeof the Roman, much 
C W. Momsedon, yotton Ci ashitëi The fo meeting, viz, to consider the means bi est pressed ; “sow a orange; flesh also rich orange, 
preten Halll, aen Wellingtonia (growing: in the | to collect from ae localities vey jie aika urate in‘ | soft; flavour’ very little; stone pervious. It was not 
geide dimensions ofn oll ialinatni Q to the present | formation: as to how far certain fruits were affected by considered that the «pily wonld be of value for dessert 
park bere) from t such yeas ni ances s very good 
ae- a medium, or indiffi ; to the end that. the Society oF its fi 1 
——— oT oircumatorence | mn might > abt to decide, for general information, what} Plams,—Several toes collections of Plums 
Height. Diameter. apenas kinds è best adapted for cultivation under each | exhibited, the most’ remarkable of which were, the 
verry Y circumstance, essrs, Serutton , Busby, following . :~From Mr. Wighton, of all, a dish 
me Salita: Inches. Inches. Moore, and J. Milne were appointed as a committee to|of remarkably- fine Green Gage, from a very old 
is ; meet at “half: past 1 o'clock on the 9th of September, | standard; known to be only of the second generation 
=" ae 103 s. ssa to cons ge the subje ect and races cet the meeting on | from the original tree; though exceedingly fine, they 
j: ere not pi 
t u: 
f cee dite v ith a vie ' yi 
eed “i 10 | Of fruit jaid before the mbit, the following were the | gen pa dish: of Violet, a very hardy 
1 4 77 155. _ | most interesting :— ty of the Musel ti Ìk; being 
uber 18\..! o St pie onari D 7 Grapes Mr. Melville, Gr. at Dalmeny Park, near propagated by suckers, mda a-great fix aana in’ that 
Jt bas had no EAR of any sort, an xia: never had Edinbu: ret, cin a win | “simon Aires, oe byt > district-oni account OEM itè always produci crops. 
sy disease 5 it is so clcsely furnis! a with ek following particulars :— s raised from Cannon The fruit-is ke oval, ste the ee oF al 
hut the main cannot be seen for nearly 5 om | Musa t,i impregna gnated by. the White Nice, the object Damson; Senareen ua att slightly. acid; pobily 
ion the |. Charles Ross, Gardener, Fairlawn |}, ng to raise a variety which would set more freely, the: shee ar kno as the Violet 
Park, | d pos ssess a hardier i ia de e 4 a 4 ne was said | Damson: Mr, W. Ta Roles o oe Bert ab ae G. Round, 
Judges of Pine les —I qu uite pOf Very » Birch’ Hall, Colchester, sent a Seedling, as the 
(see p. Ae) in his rema: marks co, a ‘to ‘the | habit, These 3 app be fully ng 
t agg hee at. the. late oatg 2 by at the b in an indifferent position. The fruit. was below the 
Garden. It is only one am ine containing on itself, and its w: ites three wong medium size, oblong; colour greenish yellow; stone 
pasty instances in ‘which poor rit are robbed at | punches, two of which were aa vanced to morse adhesive ; ok og a variety called the Harvest Plum, 
qoantry shows of their -earned nate As | the free-setting properties of the atiet at this season | which -is in the Kent market gardens: The 
respects the Black Jamaica Pine Apple I ca mot imagine | of the year. The young w and leaves were very flavour an general es 9a gee were not considered 
how the could it by st Ex. i if not first strong, hairy, and deeply vei g good pari to a ake $ orthy of cultivation. 
or vas it not worth an a prize? They like the Barbarossa. The ate were „deeply cleft, | Francis Davies I rPe rahore, sent specimens 
hed it in their power to make extra awar rds, and did | coarsely a and very acutely se rrated. a heh said: o | of of the » Brandy acs wiide were in a be gok condition 
à leas di i ducti } t, was small, and \e ruit was 
tion. I trast that in future men will Ly appointed who | | ripe, bat Gees to have set freely; J berry. ab h aay r: goak size, slightly pker very ripe; and 
understand- what they have to judge, a sid size an nd s hapë o of Mu uscat of A Al exandria 3 skin "thie ; somewhat para, colour Paeh zars, ay 
who to whom honour is due y an 
opinion that the An at the late Man ctveate meetin ng | Muscat, but not richly so in the state of ripeness in vinous. mS va | t tif gr 
we bound to offer some exp) a, of their conduct. | which it was exhibited, It was impossible for the 1 
Nowe of them I a hemi ept Mr. Errington | Society to speak decisively regarding it, and a desire | Jemmy Moore cal vary, Shey to be a “great 
knew anything about t. Will) ie therefore be kind | was expressed | that it ‘should be Sed before them again | bearer, appeared likely to k YP 
to tell us by erit guide and C. Lee sent | In ap ce it closely resembles De: enyer r’s Victoria, or 
the Pine Apples; wat were the points he| punches of the following four vietii, which formed | Alderton, from which, : Ep. it differs in its fesh 
as 
to yay perfection; as e one at the! part of a co songs r collection — had pon ry in | adbering to the stone, instead of separating as in the 
thow formed a different opinion from that of the) Fran nce; they h hàd not before the fr uit, but had | other variety. Jemm Cont ye, also a local variety. 
judges in the “ter of bape les? Some even This, if distinct from Magnum Bonum, is only so in 
awerted that t Pine in the show was awarded | of first-class table fruit. Those sent were the first that | being somewhat arge than the latter is usually seen. 
the first pe an oght t o hn ve been d isqualified. AS | had fruited, and they expressed their intention’ of| Mr, F. Dancer, of Little Sutton, sent a collection con- 
I had not ar opportunity of a TN the Melons, I will | frui ting atid exhibiting them all see sending them taining, amon gst other kinds, ‘Chapman’s Prince. 0 
„r SET ut, as Vehb only way to make sure of their ets Wales’ which is the best variety of the Orleans section, 
Preservation p ia ve mnie is le every | They believe them to be seedlings raised i in on and | being equally hardy, larger, a and pointes ; è: sh more 
of a large crop of Apples, it appears worth | Italy within the last few years, To acecow t for t the | na and flavour sweeter. T his ety © of Orleans 
pen rendre — a more suitable method of pre- ~ of bloom on the bunches sent, they A that | is eally useful as a dess wi ¢ fruit. 
u e introduced than our own, wn in a house slong with young’! sized purple varietyvof ae Mus cla or rom to be 
by Baas i in October at 4s. or 5s. a| Vines, and ; nares ee 
sack, and, h defective means of keeping, hardly to Falloux“: A Grape of tik of the Chassetas section, but not | for preserving y 
be had in March at any price. We must look to foreign | nearly so” An PA i pry i flavour mt 
countries and imitate their methods, especially those | exhibited rowan arr AUAA ency ee h ay 
ed al . in a 4 
as in the United States eg tothe ia. In America it | bunch was long, compact, and appeared to fringed ose, “Tae | pi vant 
ape thas i it is much the custom to dry the fruit | cclour pale yellow,a cep amber; form of berry class new kitel t 
pack it in barrels, How this is managed at a oblate, irregular, those terminatin ' branch’ of Saat aloo bp Mr. Turner, of Slough, to t 
cheap rate it would be useful föras to thea Another | butich being the largest ; skin tough; flesh firm, juicy, | js considered 
pe is mentioned i a the novel of the “ ME oa Wide | moderately sweet and musky, separating’ easily from | much resem} A 
orld,” by Miss Wi g to be a custom | the seeds, which are few but large. It wasnot considered | green colour. Tti 
in the aoira Apple r A o | likëly, from this examination, to be a valuable addition | ness ; less acid ; its zor 
form a “bee” or social rear “ ebin the ae are | to varieties in cultivation. Ulliade an Grape panos subject to be bruised when gath ed 
pared, Ri the invited | of the Hamb ection. Bunch of moderate size, and! makes it i + 
guests, the return beiga ners nce; these | compact colour black; berry slightly oval; skin thin;| boila into a ‘pale. 
i mer aA Sn thread in the kiteen orother flesh tender, very juicy ; eg? Ori. very sweet, more so} Seedling, a 
‘warm Sa he favourite | than Black Ham n= | on less vinous luscious. bling the New 
aA — le-pie- with i Pampa and Apple | Altogether it was ered a variety which the Society | compare with 
sauce with whe Can an reader say: glad to seo agin Call: of the | been requested to 
whether this Sarre oat and if 0 wint St: Peters section. Bunch long, black; berry rather | small, and 
are the advantages P“ again Dr round; _ about, in thickness to Black fe Cl T subaci F Feffe 
Clarke, in his famous Travels publi in in n; says St. Peter's; fs! hi tender, juicy ; flavour very sweet, but | fine Cellini : i y districte of 
that the stall id « sel] A in the slightly as astringent: If Kang well it may be a losing fa = Peete istric es: 
spring which they have a remarkable m ae pre- | useful - var coi of this section. Another ;* sent | account of he tree Tieng. er e 
serving through the winter, tho cots t gain in- | without a was believed to be Duteh Hamburgh. | rable to ascertain e: poate in what eaten yee 
prido, aaria thin was contaivodl” inch Ts thisstilla a secret ? Me v: “Pämonds, of sperm poeta af exposures this tendency has Pp a. fae of ane 
“rien vance ire ere ote ha smere- ve > oy wil hs _— oe be teed iat ¢ ‘meeting, his 
weal succeed doubl account of kable tree of that well-l Y| kind municate, r 
p a bd the mode > practised ta non the Breda, growing in’ the rnin of Joseph ape experience regarding it, saog full aigam ticulars con- 
“ Dri y Pip- | Coleman; Esq., eo ee Turnham 7 cerning the circumstances under which Oe 
send rmand 
che | peor = which they are 
cannot be a x pge method if | 
a 
Ano’ 
are deficient is the preserving vegetables'on’a la 
ele scale for the winter—not in the ee 
a few jars are set eee: for pic ones but o 
large seale, so that the dried i of the day we j the | 
should ‘become an use; : A 20 Ah g LASIMATIAN ‘ 
and reported to hi ‘bout 20 | with its charming figures of Tasm sca 
should not be enhanced ot ayo than = yeu ago, and to have produced a very’ heavy crop 10 | seventh number is now before us, r athe A Mosses, 
f preparation and the interest of money invested de- | years since. Mr, Edmonds introduced the matter with | of the Orchids and Teresa fa care of Mr. Wilson, 
ands: We hear of dried: for the: use. of | the special object” of directing“ attention; especially par a se Taw ta Hi m ‘irawing 
flats; why are they not to be: bought cheaply | amongstamateurs, to the great importance of thinning | our cory Anstratia ñ Orchids 
Private individuals in winter, when in many districts | fruit, when’a’ tree attempts to prod alent an "e Pa deat A the a x has ye 
‘ate the: sole-vegetable? We laugh. at: the | quantity in proportion to its size and strength, that it ol. Fitch 
Germans for their tion of Sauerkraut, and at | may ly mature a'fäir crop; and mäy not be's? produced ; “the excellent etches made in the 
Russians for theirs of sal er during | weakened as to be incapable of producing any another pr iter oa t eret by Mr. W. A 
pe hae at-all- events they have contrived to pre. year. Mr. Epps, of Maidstone, sent pont eae 
when the TaT? rala the produce of summer to-a time said to be from the Moor ees in’ 1847 Obs y apon the Pro cess Patented by M 
some of | fields refuse their supply. Information” from ona fine healthy standard ont ar ; quite F: ereatione spon and Presercin ng the Deceased 
Your correspondents. r T| Fee a very early, 
believe interest i e e al ogaati : Aami ; re oe pene DRE WN te | Falcone agers) ny ot lesen 
