364 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [APRIL 18, 1863, 
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attention to these anomalous Fungi, iL ed th als, for itis decidedly which, owing to the English sailors се Шеш їп 
e of the best of ome introduction. Of Lupines дыган е antitie perii РУ had а opportunity, 
Sclerotium into інте тн perfect fr fru 
The Seleri otium itself presented к curious tm 
pearance, т су lindrieal masse 
Yariously combined tror nd anastomosing | 
reps ch other. The eneral hue was black, 
n parts t 
ere was a "inge of green or reddi 
brown, and the who le was naked and tolerably 
ev One or ker oft 
those e - d er bus and h badis insignis | a prier ing tery and deat ith, the nativi 
б m AUT arkable E the well con- d bs “Kil J [шз ;"as үсүн sort is the most delicate of 
Malope grandi- | all the varieties grown here, this seems very proba e; 
randi- 
кт may not be the same varieties, but 
ers The p see and „Brusse 
y i 
are cream Sin ur with a black 
o Mr. Совкктү, ЖЕ after three 
in a dam 
lata is retty, , and 
[insignis is Min vimm EE new Varieties in this seedlings жш here, for, Kowevue кч the trees 
TES "ich b e g^ early bloss «кы - Bage. 
Ту : 23 ess arm sheltered sites in south, 
шаа its cultivation as a standard ашон а lapelas 
most ет лба бнз 
y way са ; 
fi 1 tulacas, Thellusoni and splendens, 
6 | 
us че 
dou ubtedly Non devel oped on the dung w which | 
entered into the d of tho eon ЖМ bed, 
which consisted, as 
dung. Mr. 
1 EM а curious 
fact in the history of Mushroom growth, apart 
from the Lg mE interest attsehed to the species | 
itself. M. J. B 
are flowers for tne. але: апа as | low 
—— — ÀNENUA 
such will ever "hold their place in 
class cereal for preserving) аз compared with the 
splen 
h iw» dr 
tis which es ha: such as hot dry doct Padi sesion 
np rockwo rk. 
| Si lene Atocion 
hy of a pl 
is one of the prettiest amongst it — y place in the 
the dwarf pale pink Catchflys, sand Spe eudo -Atocion orchard hous ве, whic h s ems the (EM above all 
|18 still tal, of larger g nd Acn cipe а no vell 
lo Good double М lds E] е iant, or the ripened frui e span-i зе, say 26 or 
а.) пей, dt vr emet ы 1 в, are у especi cially 24 feet wide and 12 feet high, d el vendan will 
d odes house. Inaho ouse 
| n трен wey : буге Eh t of such dimensions the fruit d d and no injury 
another of the Marigold fami sa particularly доң which in April are often вов severe; . 
| elegant dwarf ш its orange-yellow fl ar apprehen 
withal. Then there is the Tom Thumb breed of A а — town in France on the Rhone, 
N ums, of whi t leas scarlet, the — is famous for its pie "and two or „three earl - 
d the dark cri v - —— telling flowers fo 
|m: either in beds o: hodanthe натан | — One of them, the Early: Peach Apricot, | is one of 
quite echipa old Manglenii, г as that is. Тһе | опг finest early ке rts, and yet su 
Visearias are both graceful in habit and attractive in | of some of the French gardeners m have, after ] 10 
blossom, especially that called V. oculata splendens. | years а plication, ay recently received the true kind, 
с rtainly received from three or fi 
ety, ch 
nearly as Зан as the Moor Park, and ripens аз 
Sar 
finally, there is д сака which in 
pesa as the Red Masculine and 
lat 
в one of the most 
u 
one of the best of common annual creepers, well sup- | the ^ Abricotier Pêche Hátive d'Oullins," but when 
ported by Major Convélvülumss and Sweet Peas. The|the trees bearing the name bore fruit, they proved 
varied Marvel of Peru, with its she owy and scented anythin E Lt. early. About тее bes since I 
Ossoms. eceived the true vari whi is 
rdinian; the 
And, 
e до state, with mixed colo ours 
gardens, XP naivo of the whole s series ; in 1861, ripened on the 13th of July, and 
£s lat pem d one, is good e теч Tay € on t t The onl 
This is particularly evident at the present 55 Here: then, are some of the best of ine Annals, = Apricot approaching it in size is the Large Early, 
when we are besieged by inquiries such as thes т and new, as they stand in our ганад We h whic ze peces very inferior in flavour. 
What Annuals do you recom dan nd? Are ther | Бу no means exhausted the list of worthy subjec vid from ty have been raise 
good novelties this year amongst Annuals? What 
Annuals can we trust бше ын e to buy, after having 
been disgusted with the advertised "choice collec- 
tions?" 
With ing any specific replies, it may, 
fore, m prove generally useful if we just run 
over the invi i f Annuals, and tic th st 
noteworthy amongst them; by doing which we shall 
doubtless варру the information sought by our cor- 
responden 
o£ т everyone would grow Mignonette, ns 
vins and Asters, sid few c omit besides ‚ Con 
vo. Eve 
ere- 
Rev 6 - aes — Vicar s Alford, ~ most estimable 
has b ll known in th 
d her 
it is — with the Peach Apricot, so that маб 
but those who have по previous experience to guide 
them in making a selection, will do well to confine | now look forward to a valuable race of very early 
their choice within the limits w indicated. Apricots with large fruit. 
The hard- eiea d 80 m used for food in 
regret to have to record the death of the | warm climates 
e floricul- and tarts; a variety 
called Duc d'Ecully received from Lyons, seems a 
ts, but also as a successful cul- | growing and free-bearing variety. Thos. Rivers. 
tivator and Ve rire "I the Auri icula, 
man, and one who 
FISH AND FISHING.—No. IV, 
Тнк weather connected with that grand climax in 
my Letter TII., that great catch of Perch, that mar- 
vellous ** catch, " militated most deci edly again one 
SE — 
ArRrcoTs,— Without the aid of th e orchard-house 
secdling. Apricots, e tedious to rear, for under the | 
е ог 
; it is qui bie наа whi ese 
is taken or common ase. Among annual Stocks the 
new Large-flowering German Ten-week, and the new 
Giant Pyramidal, a $ і few colours in each, will supply all 
Ru isa pe p|of the theories -= — — — * fish wi 
sorts, sach „as the Moor Park and Peach Apricot, but | 106 feed when abou! fall; aa made 
little Still, like all seedling ung "shin rand o 
"x they are interesting. If the stones. are planted I had begun to Ө ЖУ the science y of Fis ар, an 
they come into bearing, and with 
ordinary wants; these last are indeed the finest of a think o$ the mysteries of i Е 
annual Stocks. of "os the Dwarf C them px uary, the young plants will soon make their ap- Met A learned most of the sinding, there 
flowered, the Pæony-flowered, and.a good quilled pearance, and if frequently shifted 1198 larger pots, | and а ung hand, had һай some “views,” 
strain are all need be r, the int | th t by the end | the оцена were also conn ith шу 
propensities for enin 
ing carefully 
igh 
of the first summer ; but to ы this growth they juvenile 
1 
wi now sold in sepa- Кае have bottom-heat, and be under glass all the | fishing grew, во I found that those theories were full 
rate col ired, but it looks ена. бл. for | firs vanmore of th heir grow h. Inthe Naso following x Mme iem cases—so full that t I began i 
general ригро: Convolvulus minor no на сч а (һе (they ma wn in the com m orchard-h k for a primary а law of na far above 1 
rich dei Has blue бен called monstrosus, which is very nch 44 and about the fourth or fifth pine they arh theories for good ог bad fishing days - 
attractive, Among Larkspurs, after the double-lowered |a wil come € bearing. The great object Shall state those theories presently. І have jo 
Rocket Larkspur, the most desirable is a double|the raiser shoul d be. to early and late на for that primary cause for years in з 
“шы Ленага form of the WESS. kind, en а | йез, for no Apricot сап excel the Moor Park and look for it now into my -- brain, € 
color elegans. = и поп са for а | Peach in their season. Тһе most interesting addi. | Vain. ` der sn kooti 
moment with the incurved series, which some seeds- | tions to our early kinds some recently intro- | aM iege узе fM а” е to 
Эчем їп sili composi ositum n, and | duced inian Apricots (Abricotiers de Sardaigne) ; | that it requires far higher ialog зе. І га 
th of the Musch Musc! race, the sm kish Е the difficult question, 5 grante ed t 
bere: ваг СО 
ined 
great interest and — xi E y bearer and delicate grower. Óne of „these ' “ Sar- But I have a fancy that a combination of talent- 
whicli we may notice a few. Acroclinium Dan? varieties is, however, much perhaps, in one mind, else i isi onjunction of minds, 
i caet andi Sot three ой iti ltimately lead to some good result—not useful 
E sow отео and it to anglers alone; not useful glers and horti 
or P 
des чр Which no one should omit, there are 
pacity can ever colve it— 
es that it isa «Тһе wind bloweth а it listeth," &c. 
Apri i with these combined * those who go d 
аге: most | eeik i ipee: considered AS oder ires of m кыырт ES here == i A " alone, кк е о nri fancy 
а н о bu igation of this subject as connec 
lifolia, is another оз handsome апа Са ud not Ey em, consequ: мё Y it is noi eH лат perii de fishing may EO useful MEO. At the outset, I 
kia pulchella pulcherrima, and fore-| The Kaisha has reproduced itself, as has the Large = it - t we require а singular combination of great- 
pleno, both high-coloured, a are fine i in their ау; во аге | Early, and the Peach. talented meteorologist, el 
, latter| - Apricots, like тч other of A: long domesti- and nra all conjoined ; and 
pure white, the | two, former differently makai ed with баш. fruits, seem form from which, entand persevering observer on э ree 
Tue one of therichest and | unless crossed, м Pies te but slightly. | "T дан is not to be discovered 
most foriferous of annuals which yie ld pure intense| Thus those culti largely on the hills of In beli cause of the шап 
orange-coloured flowers ; so also is Ез um P. and e e the East, i small and firm-fleshed, | the best anglers M nine 
e an us i ба ER the cause 
and habit, is very diferent from the сорты of f А рн somi SEE стен t Ma zw y 
Eschsch. Se Gia tricolor and its differen oven one remarkable for their Td Тохан арль It is a subject 
аг Ара оса ер of dwarf ies ; and | gr with small leaves н а spreading habit, ав if | has ever en! to 
t far removed from them are the still prettier — Көрө would even here form emselves in: ped] ask the best anglersto solve, you ask in vain. 
showier amongst which tw. ior Gon , inhis * iu the reat "mentions," How is it the fish won't. 
Linaria Ченде эз. эмм the vast number of Apricot trees grown in the oases, | “Oh ! not on the feed." 
of rich deep purple fowers ; as also does а | their fruit bei largely, stewed, and forming | further аз to the why w! 
at бары, umbellata atropur-|a valuable article of consumption. Some writer was too low," or “ too high," or 
Linum grandi- mentioned | Masculine Apricot ав tbe wort “ too much " or “too E 
mson, sh :|too low," or LI high ;" 
di 
creme aes 
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