880 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Ducennen 4, 1959 
fi lo Corixa i The other, identified in 1831 by | black, whereas Santerbun) aad SS 
jos is a good time to purchase Plants | or bl ooming Eeay cog Pa those” sold in the market at | is whan f leah, (at ave ae oy č te = 
Wt 
ext season, 
F K Mexico, eked the na hocolate. But this 
Whit panties RN (continued). The eggs of these two species are attached in innu ial diffused till the cant i es Pimp 
Queen of England Versailles ee a merable quantities to the — leaves of th e | pale chocolate and white, ma marbled vig 
PEA R ‘Rival Carex forming the bundles which are eposited in the 18 given off abundantly as soon os the ti 
Purple. water. rnd $e poe’ an oval form, with ps sor ar its deepest tint, but the fruit, ig berry acquing 
i ing Grand Napoléon at one end and a pedicle at the other extremity, ia tion as to flavour when the berry hi at its ni 
Annie Sal Bixio means of which they are fix ed to i small round disc, | its ine marbled. At the late a 
Chevalier AA Stafford fru tat St James’ 9s Hall agnifcent diy a a 
Plutus Arigena Tonin rib were fi rait in all the 
Temple of Solomon Brown or Red. Am ong the Th ger and then T 
ee. Auguste Mie and prin tt faed one over Eois, thero x are S ound ad see ki was curious to. taste t ese, but ed 
Phidias (new) Mount Etna others, which are larger, asked, and very properly been refused b having 
POMPONES. and which are fixed to the same leaves. These ong to | official, I had not opportunity, although P the ehie 
White. Dhi “$905 another larger insect, a species of Notonecta, set M. | less scrupulous take them from the dishes srt 
Cedo Nulli E a pl uerin-Méneville has named Notonecta ee them to their mouths without ‘let or ‘nae, 
Bijou d'Horticulture Helène gar Journal de Pharmacie, as ailatol in the Phar wo most respectable firms, Messrs, Vej 
1 rown: ceutical Journal. Son and Me Lowe, have 5 
Yellow. ted each im. 
TO Eais = Poea Eugenia Ugni, | That cireulatel by Mam 
? e is the one tha 
hs ANEMONE FLOWERED. ve Hom ec orrespondence fruited with wa The baie i m ae Years bys 
Reine des Anemones Margueridette A Pota aes resists Disease.—I a ART you | deeper colour in the leaves than that _ growth and 
Madame Sentir Purple would na? roam for the following Prien ent of facts: | Messrs, Lowe, which latter has not as then 
Mr. Gush —Mr. Thomas Millar, a gentleman residing i thie Now I was anxious to ascertain widie W 
Brown. | nei 7 me | wh} x rtp pe 
aS stews Re! neighbourhood, some four years ago, o w oh 5 whiter ppe Bese the BiN Nish the produs e 
Éx be useful to add that the majority in the steam-ship Africa, was much | Messrs, Lowe's variety, or a more complete 
may, perhaps, be useful to a e majority pened with the action of Potatoes used on board. ma of Messrs. V $ T r : pn 
of the large and beautifully grown plants, which have | Upo; n landing he asked for and received a few tubers. orre spondents ‘an info oak MRE me” Pea tr 
been so successfully exhibited this season, were mere He arr ived home in June and planted them; but from from ‘the Bie re sae 
‘from suckers or cuttings put in in November last year, are so late the produce only amounted to a few tech berries of a more oval fi kivá 
and kept in a cold frame through the winter, two or | small peri ripened roots. They were preserved apicu ul ata, William Masters, FHS T me 
three in a 5-inch pot, In February they were potted wit: h great care, and planted the following year, when t in flavour, Nae hoe a plant oh 
into the same sized pots, pinching off the points, | the return was 2 stones. Persevering in the ex- | tained from Sone Veitch. ] 
year 
S pots, pinching 
kept growing steadily during the spring months ; periment, he planted his 2 stones in the ak —One of your correspondents the othe 
pont of air is given them on fine days, and they are | 1856, when the produce amounted to 24 stones. y sakes, va are Cardoons to he x y found and hor 
kept well watered in bright weather. They are shifted | In 1857 he replanted, and the return from the n Franc 
into larger pots as they require it. Good drainage and 24 stones of seed was 400 stones without one dis. eu Siia vated ae PRN blanched bY ta Po 
hg 
rich sandy loam suits them best. eased tuber. In the year he supplied | Celery, only much higher. Hi mtn! market 
Large varieties for cut blooms are not stopped, but | some parties in this neighbourhood wi with small quanti- | Esra si bey alayi ‘oe eac E 
are allowed to run up, removing all latera rals as soon as ties; they are prepared to bear testimon ny to the ket id pe J he rag ond a 
they are half an inch in length. itt Bingpa geared produce, ™ their enti other o be seen ns any r bok E 
to produce more than from three to five blooms; and to ae what is of important, their dry and floury | once Pita a winte von ries 
have the latter large and finely developed, weak I iquid conditio I confess I w: mrad -megardjig this every French table as re o "their “ent 
n, must we yk Asp gene by sca the planba are | Potato Chei my rst Diba was its merits; | “the roti, i 
lm active gro y these means flow ce but after going to the gréund ~ "sadlenvoning by |v vegetable has a determined “mo 
obtained measuring not less than 6 inches in diamet digging in pape Os of TAi to find PANEAS PRE bari ir 
= uber I was disappointed. But. I did find a crop | not usually consonant EUT T 
DRETA OR ANIMAL BREAD, OF THE | of Potatoes yeiio Say gee has never been |a good plat. W. Me Necton, Norfolk. 
orien A equalled, and h: taken home a few and boiled| Black Damascus Vine. —Severăl a} 
them, for tei ay ge oury I have never | haying been nec i 
` Tx the“ Bulletin de Tn Sait 1 S Impérial Zoologique | seen them surpassed. Of late years much _has| fro; 
| fr e, not t 
@Accimation,” M M. Guerin-M: published a | been written concerning the Potato pg a pion observe to 
very interesting paper on a = ae bread which the | tion, cure, &e; ut after a trial of fou wet | time to signify their wishes 
areata d which i th e noth ce has | letter stamp or two for 
three species of _hemipterous insects belonging to the | stood the test, no blight having ever been noticed | reserve the number of eine 
rieri to i either in stalk or tuber. I consider it would be an | them to their addresses as directed. 
- According” to Craveri, by whom some of t f thi “ae ; 
Mexican bread, and r the insects yielding Bi were | Voo through England, Sootland, pet tings for n next santhemums.—Allow me to. si 
brought to O Europe, th ese insects and their eggs are | season’s ar pa apah vy Braw 0 your L! sdpoaret ta 
very, common in the fresh esh waters of the lagunes of Pap er. the er pp come | Chrysanthemums 
Mežzico. The natives cultivate in n the lagune of Chalco | thoroughly ts “the pa ; ar s foal: assured the is there represent 
ban Sara of these reports would be that ‘aie is seedli a them, 
deposit their eggs. Numerous orien of these plants | = a Potato fit for any egak: =e from blight os | ticularly mentioned. Permit 
are made, which are taken to a wily ap sr serge“ co, I shall be glad to any questions, ika was raised by myself i 
_ where thiey float in: great num umbers in ter. ET yoke columns or "by ana contd pondence in| [tis thus described in 
insects soon come and deposit their nig rs meres da —— to this matter. Alexander Kobold , Powers- | © Queen of England ( 
and in about a month the bundles are removed from | court, En nniskerry, County Wicklow. large and full, unequalled 
the water, dried, and thon er wth : re merin “Tiga = ng .—It may A in the “recollection | time it has aoe a 7 on pee 
le insec our readers that iving oe sf 
tovered thom. These og epee are che ping | 
‘put into sacks like fiour, and sold to the people for | in the pate of & each of p 40 ri wide gira were | it has also Mins fe 
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a 
2, 
or biscuit err yer which planted Apples, Pears, and Black Currants, and that | Memoranda.” | 
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sj i Th gating the whole of the ridge. It | flowers which he exhibi 
a fresh spl of eggs, aac process | appears to me that the above plan properly carried | claim as raiser, espe 
meyer ae sabe syle ni of sir ssn oute would answer well for an orchard ; one water- variety that _ I se 
slebeibag 8 + 
qua the wat seasons; and if liquid manure | under the name of Stoke : 
Poor phage a afi taser are apte and sold | was pate tary so "mth the better. At the late | season another old flower, 1 
food for In Mexico these dried insects are | splendid show of fruit at St. James’s Hall, several | as new under the title of Sir 
the and markets, the dealers stipe d dishes reminded me of fruit which Mr. Beach eer Nursery, Hammersmit 
baer schitos, „just as in Europe t showed me wo = p autumns after I saw a i qana 
n your singing birds. oe oles His fi was finely shaped, large in size, Sisi in the habit t of recon cut 
appears that these insects have been used fr thin skinned, ‘bight glossy, and rosy in colour; very affected by the epidemic Somes a 
nang a Thomas Gage, a religionist, who sailed | diff I am |the ground. I have soresl D 
says, in articles sold i y orchards now produce as well as er and have invariably been re I 
markets, that they cakes made of a sort of P he be pre ry their soil b loam neighbours. This year 
scum co d from the lakes of Mexico, and that this | but on the other pag in the case of a hung ry shallow Pota toes, some in wy: 
a oo towns. soil resting upon clay or pole the fruit + is literally | a piece of meadow land whic 
We rantz Mayer, in his work on Mexico (Mexico as it | starved for want = peppar food. It neither peas well, | last year, the firs 
as + Soe eof it ote My sys: ~ the lake by Teseuco looks well, nor well, Renewing such orchards Erse I had 
occupied in collecting the eggs oi are, as, i ing cow- | rear om 
n on plants and — ie g _ them 7 as, fbr jnst si d helpt pees # aei spring. Up to t 
as places Cl uai for > the c nsects. These eggs, called the land is thin, not cropping pores the trees would equally flouris 
gee 
cak 4 As the h: be cut > 
es re- | enormous quantity of fæ dug in co: or the : with the exception of the 
under 
ga d long | also the | giving directions t 
before the pe ar pan when made i eg wg t gemon oe pbosda o| th Im of all was to be 
Sei of fish, as a sim 
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into 
ng dug 
ilar taste and | loss. wish to know now is white any one 
the roe 
aee in France, and | adopted the ri system for an orchard or not, and if | were to be a 7 
I think these eggs may be con- | irrigated, &e. been ” Tames | When returned in the 
and T found that they are not rejected uit, An aes T gaa sarge stalks of the main 
been wiling for ears to pin my faith 0 on ay Gardene oe ng beds, per 
ae, Porn ts reporters have competen! n information ant a A i h 
ling 
parti 
oie raa Not that t b o ar as high favou i 
s f ed, A vd tly has been 
of water | auth ties shen st ther SS the aoe -Fot | braces st 
by M. | instance, over and again have the writers in your | ance Semel 
named by him | pages declared that ripe fruit of the Ugni should be | the P. 
