JANUARY 81, 1863.] 
back, w assume the norma al typical form ; or 
whether they remain permanent, with а tendency to | 
greater alienation from it. 
The idea of a Species etim plants has, probably, 
f Linnzus been dealt with — 
arbitrarily e it is at prese ent by Briti ish author 
ill again 
THE GARDENERS' 
КИШ иннаа ннан — ——— 
neglected and allowed to run wild, or carefully bred | 
structed to make an exchange of s d Bark” 
plants for six ык small rooted са ot V ice 
опаа. to go on with the others to India, which 
nn 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
ases were put on board the. Peninsular bi 
101 
п abie di : lity.” there has lately 
considerable абвод оп ће е judging of к 1 
зя nk some defi code of r t be =, 
оп о, aud ju 
the properties of 
The 
Oriental Company's к Ї 
"o ene ire on the sam day the ship sailed 
M urit ві е code a: n са voyage the 
why icy not fruit of all k 
1006 1 On purpo 
am ings t Grape gro wing 
av 
insufficien t gr rounds, whilst others group a lot together | w До old and we ее uir Pros ovest ign their Considoration in Le matter of | 
as slight varieties, which were formerly held as species. which kept the deck i in a shee mely : flavi „three e por oints ; ; colour за nd bloom 
xample of the latter, I need only refer t 
entham's - * Handbook of the British Flora,” | опе morning I qi ia I might venture to open the | points ad he new Заоа of appear: ance and 
where, at page 559, will be found grouped үө cases. This had not been Чой more than half an hour, utility, ivo Leer . In your remarks on the late show of 
D T paniculata ат е eR Ses x para- | when a little rippling wave broke against tl oi s the following Mesas терер the 
doxa, as for of one spec Now, these are by the steamer, rose hi gh int o the air, and then fell in early 7 балд: m Brighton—"* that having been 
tunit y ыі: аба х den: m] va be ен dis- 
I had fortunately op 
under the advantage ofa more southerly climate 
only half of them, which bowevar, if lost, would have 
bad enou u g on the glasses 
ois typical forms ; and this Ik 
than Mr. Thomso n's, they wer rer icher i in flavour tha n his 
cultivation, L3 come distinct from seed, through 
the 
DR generation at le leaves of tbe plants which had received the sa 
This leads me to observe on another genus, which con- | water. І еп carefully removed from the surface of 
. tains the gist of this communication. The difficulty of | the cases wet soil, which, if 16 had been allowed 
defining what are called species and varieties of our |to remain, M ave killed, or at leas: y 
native Roses has been long felt, yet few direct experi- | injured, of the plants, and w үе all 
ments have been made, I am aware of, to assist in proved тече огу. On reachiug Alex dria, the cases 
ese es. Fin this the case, I | were ed to the 
e 
t | clima deg or sun ha 
т: 
Now, e had been given to understand that стей 
ffect in giving flavour 
ende du on the circulation ated air.- Mr. 
\ een “ started on 
the t of ға ust,no fire heat being used till hac 
e 1st 
into bloom. After t i 
discontinued till the beri were stoned, which took 
e put into an old deep boat, "ыа w ун tow: 
us, 
quay, adjacent to the railway term by a from 
the northern counties an d under um ect in | steamer. Considerable difficulty was s experienced in | which time onwards moderate fires were continued till 
this b cal garden about twenty years a ere emoving the cases fr boat to the train. The не fruit ripened." g Grapes ripened in th 
they Egyptians could hardly be persuaded to carry them | summer and autumn red I believe the expense for 
in their distinguis ng features.. Twelve years ago we | proper s , they hoi sted чиа m on their shoulders, some- foriti will be found to be far less, for no artificial 
raising the 
hin; 
egan a series of experiments b 
om seeds, 
osa tomentosa, js erniea, var. 
scabriuscula, Engl R. Sabini, Engl. Bot. Suppl., 
and Rosa Forsteri, В Plants grew freely from 
n they proved, almost pun карн E 
true to the. typical form of the plants the seeds wer 
taken from, the principal differences dins ight 
of in their corollas. From the fruit 
— — the first поз, a —Ó E gm 
edlin 
араї hich also flowered, presen 
results A tho angai each plant атна бурку 
s hon Wi. Б вргап If ther 
fore bos pon do not prove specific identity, "ess Е 
certainly show that the kinds I have mentioned are 
not such slight varieties as some may think. 16 may be 
that others have tried similar experiments, and have 
obtain which this notice may be 
the means of dd d 
А number of forms of British and foreign Н. 
were put iM cultivation dr the purpose of ca 
experimented 
e un-|and по off w to way 
: Аза pre няе mim e deri dria, ind derived i 
R. Gr P. M. e ha d t 
53. 
heat i is required, except at the time e are setting, 
ise ran 
and ves Б Неге re emain cs 
winLer 
i there 
| nearly 
Betweon ра and Cairo the tract of country 
hieh forms the valley of the Nile is a vast 
ЕЁ 
y 
with little mounds (ma 
сонау inferior to the 
and or of Inani The only door they hi 
was a smal 
, 
h Plain , mottled of them| December and January, ther 
оред АЫ) which are strewn with buen bricks | matter, and nbere there is plent; scope for 
and gie ‚ On some of these mounds I observed assem- | pu objection 08 murdering Vines by 
b low wretched.loo —€— ud hovels, which are | winter " work, M yet the system go 
in large establishme 
on— Ж 
my opinion, the greatest ir in Мы, 
ев. 
to pre ү peg Here and there, over the fac e of | o 
try, are коп many canals О: чаг -courses in | 
д А from 
- нет time the Н 
n вн a nice crop ripening in Mar 
Apri n бе iis ve сэ if жалей к 
the year ош, "The been an exceptional 
e with me in v Хат kp ite Grapes, for at the 
mburg pa се в St. Peter's, and 
аду Dorne s Жее АЙА ar 
аз Iu ally 3 +h + Fin 
d of ы the wet 
peer ng around the base of е Date trees— tie Pho 
dactylifera. 7 
ws on the morning of the A кучон. вы 
веейв they 
their he qu те ат even where the borders were 
well protected. William Tillery, Welbeck. 
Late Pears.—So much is sai 
have been collecting specimens h 
ing and tasting, and I may one dy find time to com- 
t: беше so mixed as to render further | o h I arrived at шо, I we way 
ссі "use elige s yet I believe, with patience station n examine the e plants, but am uires nt munieate the result - the benetit of ma — 
and perseverance, some facts of much interest might | they h the night, along with the Wi thout, however, waiting till lei d for 
reight, to Suez “On learning imme- | that operation, I bl 
of this gen C present there are a number of seed- di bere voie to че telegraph office ай аы ched а qualities of the bapti sei E г pui ke specimen of 
message to 
+ Chas 
mpany's agent at Suez, instructing 
PLANTS OF PERU кзы VIIL 
(Continued from 
Conii — disombarkation of the cases at 
Southam mediately sent to the India 
Office of sm сема Кү, Ld. of the healthy condition in 
ed 
1 shaded from the rays of the sun. 
e cases were put in a safe — e, and | 
My order were well | 
attended to; for, on reaching Suez, I found the 
on board the steamer, and mo efully 
pre and AE ga leaving ja 
coverings and glasses from "the 
the plants with fresh water. They still appeared 
healthy; but I yc assured by the officers and 
je € S iara ar none of the plants would 
Sea 
duce over "us le 
and se ee | 
this, sent to end by Mr. Van Hose "а ур. 
p ба 26), and proved to be 
Brown Beurré at its best. It would have kept T I should 
As plenty of time is still 
ten to com 
which the plants r England, and that they | ays voyage on the Re uring | groun e Lord God to grow every - that is 
might with safety ы sent оп аб once to India. Next | the ive following dira the glasses were removed daily, pleasing. "to the si ight and good for food, and th e Lord 
day, however, one of the foremen fro Gardens | апа the plants sprinkled with water. Not one p g f Eden 
came to mpton, with instructions to bring the | during the voyage down the Red Sea, although the | to dr and to keep it." Im ly áfter is a 
cases to Kew ione delay. They were in eere d шры rature was very high, ranging from о 105° | notice that 5 per cent. would be taken off for cash, and 
put into a van taken by rail to Kew. From the Fahrenheit. Im may, however, mention, that more | по sre for packing. This is the most striking i 
railway station fer were conveyed iin f 1 g on of the old а « There is заа 
waggon and hand-truck to the gardens, and placed in put n board a mer than the treatment they the sublime: to the ridiculous," I have met with, 
one ке -— bothovses. may reoeia durar y eedem. it e einablanched| To see Scriptural — intersit with the 
when 16 was seen that, notwit к | бае previous to the time of vr maa and if the quálióor of Eon li з ныр new phase in the 
the —— temperature which the plants|voyage be a long one, then they e sure to di e, for it | art «з uffing. Anti- Hi 
had been subjected on entering the ish Channel, ions of Seeds. 2 Фаш e to direct attention 
they w ill, as has pins in a healthy a and | circumstances justice cannot be done to -— while at "m to the subject of garden rorem "Et h as lately become 
vigorous condition. Dou wever, were ped он Dee owing to bad constitutions previou advertise acie s. You 
by some as to whether ey had roo у еп gendered, and being shut up in Wardian cases, where 3 have only to state the size of f your gat n, and u will 
speedily decided; for on several plants being taken ел they are ї — eat measure depri iv ved of light This 
of the soil, the numer oots attached to them at | еу either off by the first I thought was a capital id lem, р odio 
l that e was no deception in the|the leaves, sor push forth long watery shoots, е) when thinks your man, as it enables him to get rid of 
ls were then made for sending the |ex to the atmosphere, wither and shrivel up till | many kinds of seeds of questionable quality. I confess 
plants. by ship round the › Cape о of Good Hope to I ndia, yii get а pn mri bert 088, Southern Slopes | i t I fell into the trap and was induced to write toa- 
-— А t azo, May, 1862. espectable firm, which, у= my purpose, I will eall that - 
high temperatu re experienced during the voyage on of essrs, A, B. & Со., catalogue I had ti 
the Red Sea. It was likewise айтар, ed before ship- morning received post, 
E the plants: her ican Home Correspondence дай ions, A wh 
tt should be removed from gie and that ,, Late versus Early Grapes.—As the. first skirmish i їп | clergymen, lawyers, &c. 
O SNAM. Mp ated and established in fresh battl to A. B. & Co., and next day І 
me — Before this plan, twi had e late ones shown on the 21st inst, I now beg to |sent for my 
Office orders were r from the India | = the challenger for another trial of strength next 
med гена Ше беш сиге of “Red Bark" | year. Should puoi spare my life till January 
nd 4 ч ег lea Southampton for | next, and I am in the artis intend showing at | He к that some 
cmm ria on the 27th instant. This was undoubtedly | the first meeting of the "Fruit Саш: in that month|to me, 
rn that could have been ; for, | late-ripened Mill Hill Ham! „ West’s St. Peter's, and altogether omitted; - 
althoug atal results to former collections were against any sort of early-ri respectability of н 
Ec the heat on | brought forward, and to all ence їп their knowledge 
Sea, yet it might reasonably be doubted | Todd Е ^ сак Dis hend, and 
E were re in a condition to 1 
== айар pescar i ion 
id 
me thus; for certainly, i£ I irc 
