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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 765 
iy to agriculture are s0 y to agriculture considered by English Angevine. ‘The Gra consisted of sorts whic 
th i rted b “Ee in +} rapes consisted of sorts which ripen | 18. 
Both are therefore well support r b 
; SMalthy classes, and our large plants and large oxen are | | those who had seen the fine Grapes shown at the | ripe and aa pcr Te tin thes are ase brown, and 
| the pride of our own eye the admiration of those | Crystal Palace a fortnight previous. There were how- | mon fl no kee 7 ey t ‘th pone 
l of onr Continental neighbours. In thes respects t vi promising kinds from seed; a circumstance | the pA emd f pater ak pak on to 
an bald at: Panis ast. wosk appeared. fo SOE | 008 Seldom sees oes bay were eatibitel aowi bat | erd joey plant Sat t bushes—onl Filberts, for Pilbara 
from the English shows, by rt ofthe of a business | grown to perfection. Th rey bl = X i $ 
transaction. The test part of the articles aged the plants in pots, which appea' to be ani irovo: t kos ep i Kyan only belt n Nuts 
were contribu’ age a "9 eget as Se ei “ome sae our so pangs of awry had ag t, as some ra 
tations. Neither very Showy een sina! nds | knowledge cou: obtai the manner they were " 
aa ‘con po hard fashionable people pe leaiiectel. At a rough gosn I shield ony tho freie] qugighe see 4 Daop Mele ons Wii 
the ps Elysées and Bois ulogne in | averaged from 6 lbs. to 10 Ibs. each, though the plants than rt oth wo garden = si omy l of si aa 
eee, rE oe Oe, “any of the two | were in pots not larger than 12 to 13 ron ther. Stop up the holes and ll them with 
days I visited it, consequently, s0 as money j|with the pa departm eai was t g e t an the cog 
ed, the exhibition was not nearly so | trees in pots an d tabs, f exhibiting Then we yon wil na the w tat the he so is Koy 
Ziur bind in England. It see 
edited for 
Sod middle 
——, of the Palais de 1’Indus 
y- 
of the ‘eadin 
e rather cal- 
for the purpose of tiranti pis ae practical 
class of society than for amusement to the | 
e was 
one end to the ae, aa some 
were the following :—In 
seri i 
al aes f i 
a | the different methods of eA ns dding, pruning, 
training, &c. which afforded much ee a 
were closely in : by practicals and a 
wn me para of the manipulations aj appeared in 
ob ppd some progress. 
mens of Lantanas larger, better douse and 
in every Wa 
y, tha an I ever saw them elsewhere; } but the 
ject. ere were 
many examples es of “Igname de la Chine,” Dioscorea 
ear 
tter, 
one of zinc; both bend 
ere | best; buta ‘deal of 
p 
ttached | hand-glasses, 
longue 
holes. You ny Ap then = the i pA vith "ns 
or Nuts, put it on a couple of Cue agli ao 
house, and whelm the ee pot over it. Take care < 
keep the pot-holes open so that aie et hrough, I 
wot ke fe Pe. Walnuts fresh as new may arch in this 
t the Walnuts are clean before they are 
-| pik ta 
20. What a Hand-glass should be. 
Don’t bave a lead one, unless very small, nor yet 
and Good i 
he neck, or put 
ang as od like as? 
unless the place 
te pir. hat no pei can 
pay ‘of the top of weg — Chalk lan 
, clay is 
within 
is best for 
e Correspondence 
most effectiv 
-| a French climate did not appear to me likely to to super- 
sede the Potato at any very early date, The fleshy 
favoured 
from 1 to 2 inches in diameter at the thickest parts. id 
for ane 10, 1843; but I do 
of it in 
usen 
with variegated foliage. 
group, 
atan alensis, 
plan Musa zebri 
Demotowps isin Dasylirion mexicanum, Astro 
oe ake 
one 
pods which 
form: 
Orchids and 
hich were all small plani 
y M. Ludd 
EM 
Among | rather osteton 
man had| Ala 
Areca lutes- 
ovica “atrovirens, Cero. | thick bulbous stems, 
atania rubra, ag area pram were exlibited, which are little known in| 
Eng 
among which | of 46 ki ind 
D. congesta, sort. 
a i, Pandanus utilis, and 
Debris, père, had | t the 
om of 
ae ae on plants of 
rospilum, | 
soon be in most collections, | gen p. 
er. on’ ybserv concludi: 
rns and Lyco- which admits of being largely rerig on, 
former | men 
group, called by the French “ Cerfeuil bulbeux” Me one 
phyllum bulbosum, which has not hitherto, I be 
been used for culinary purposes i 
rance. 
Ned “ Radis noir,” 
ich is a va ay with 
as well as many other culinary 
shaped Tarni 
4 y 
wig ‘our 
gai 
we way it proves a nuisance. I 
notice | of | the © occurrence rane any of the species ak any 
are 
on than they are 
much commen 
chal Sup whe tr eaten and ie ee 
ct ea of flou ee each 
e dinge of pers mp ripen 
attached to = viz., the time t he seedling was 
periods at which they me planted this yoan, kinds 
ee on the youths who spony rm 
4 ete) 
H- ua babi is me their argo no 
visits to the surface must have tended to kee 
"What enemies 
i 
ist 
iR 
OOE 
ji 
per cotati ti oor ae mn fee 
n French horti and agen at no distant 
iod. There things in this 
these brief rem subject 
a shall only 
one rae feature which differed from our ex- 
was, I St exhibited b 
cerulea 
j few 
Ia 
ttle plants bearing considerable resemb! 
known A: me 
Another very 
in flow A th i 
sik had not ote in England were toro anaia | ticulture and agriculture, as well as on other 
lance to the| of rural reproducti my. 
næctochili, viz., Pogonia discolor in P 
ives of Java, = exhibited by M. jal 
Ramus, an aeantinis: 
o, and I 
ro coger + fe ars [am 
. | there her instanc 
| Port lott ‘Chant se C 
sem specin 
yed by som 
admission to the stove. 
ag open ground, but w: seen afterwards. 
ones on the Deciduous — .—This year (so 
f 
i 
il 
ie? 
_— 
60 el pees 
time it has been s 
ashiobury Park, the 
rices 
the treatises were s0 from 1 
at which they seemed to Me bought up aed ed 
D. M. 
nurseryman, 
chiefiy of M of Sammie and Echinocacti. | 
oper of the rarest 
— 
MR. GLASSE’S apo are sr —No. Ii. 
a large arge specimen o 
fusely ae sean 
ens of 
which was 
16. How 
it till ey boa arate ke but 
alae at y Ata S pe ng they ar ie little 
the bud be m id 
a) that the bulbs 
Look to the bottom 
possib’ ly can 
soon Bane à 
innin move. 
| be pho i it eof the “4 
A om nt that has been 
3 trunk i 
| from the groun 1) 14 feet 3 inches round in 185 
Lin r that tree also 
am, near 
nire whet 
> 
" Hedychium Fardnerianum.— 
flowers of this H on rowin which has 
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Roses and fe Chins 
a snd especialy > ina Asters were ane 
The fruit 
t is grea 
x method er Teall is se 
 greffes de boutons à fruits” which t 
oma nt are in England 
Ta on 
estes, 
Hn the French | 
Tia te 
i 
i 
at will rely angie a ged 
ma une ¢ 
TEE get thi. i 
a taste 0 
let if den pe plenty. If go E keep — ld they will 
iter like s hey Hyacinths 
Hien and fio 
If 
sai td an ga half so — 
~agsap mm The i e spurs were 
eut from the trees to show t 
latter proaicea no w 
fruits, in clusters of threes and fours. The 
goulkime, 
uds inserted, which 
anode s, but only E= fine m 
ci- | use men 
ia Bone of Doyenné mn Duchesse at ea water 
Beurré Clairgeau, Belle de Berry, and Belle| it. 
and White. 
i ow vd 
tat M pe or 
pone Fi 
Si aili. If you have a little cream at han 
This hia makes es an uncommonly nice soup. 
f water; d as when they | pash Bar i = 
if you a forse een ee 
wer i 
Scotch; they are the 
as Large Ye ellow, Cloth of 
make White Gon Gourd Soup. 
o. 9, only instead of Pampkins | ground, 
unripe; and instead of on 
d add w 
a 
ii 
8 
a 
eet pea 
is: girth o at 
Panes 6 feet 1 Taa. girth of on at 6 feet 
4 feet 8 in nches ; diameter at 6 feet 
a the gon 
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