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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETIK, 
APRIL 18, 1863.) 261 
specimens of skilful cultivation, from Мт, Hill, gr. E Haddington, came from Мг. Parker, of Tooting.|recou the minister, some t 
Е. Sneyd, Esq., де ud Staffordshire * These | Various collections of зге ved Begonias were | suspen. їй tho Pane о over f aiino 4 
were shown, M ated, а examples of wn, and we also iced a Ls oup of s m another; but the poor mothers were regardless et 
: ^ led Cu the 
tbush, of Barne 
m all. They tosse 
чн year's ripened fruit. Ir. 
e has never been without Grapes fit to cut any day 
. Of dessert Apples, the bes 
29 
pples, whic hire 
e ning, and Norfolk Beefing arley was placed 
ата with Wellington, ИР н Codlin, and 
Norfolk Beefing. Whiting had a very fine dish of 
Mr. 
net which looked as ы E уо! Кар perfectly 
seedlin i bu 
for onth or tw 
phe esent R^ = 
jlotitts of 33ooks. 
Tales and Sketches. By Hugh Miller. 
Mrs. Miller. A.& C. Black, 1863. 
ook will afa add to its author's reputa- 
мус: an zi perhaps he thou ji so himself, since m 
ive 
Edited by 
ng- 
‘that the 
Let's р all the 
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4h 
dones чете peace was restored in in a peia mina. n 
t the 
* tales sat sketches ” mM s widow n 
the world, seem E ice i 
papers for У pet 
him for ndr ЕЕ: а тт, 
ever be lightly dealt with. Who can "tell h 
the retrenched or alter 
t they were written аб an early period of Hugh 
Miller's career ; and UR therefore exhibit the 
Y, | polt ixity and w eakness which 
i nal or all bat master minds. 
Ingram 
only posthumous, | 
e usual accompani- | 
ies were in less repute in Cromarty ever uu and 
were never more charged wi E the stealing of children, 
s popular belief is in no small danger when those who 
pipere P ein {о laugh at it, be the laugh raised 
more interesting passages will occasionally 
mS. "the perusal of this volume, but the main por- 
tion E: it is а ponderous and hr "oia that we cannot 
| recommend any one to make th attempt. 
rec ceived M р ча of The ar din 
ipe vin more rye than i in з England, ince. the subjects | 
Ё. 
e of m more inte rest to а Sc otchman n, who besides will 
4 
днл Бан 
r du ED кч s The beauti- 
fally parte ‘drawings piz the later pu represent a 
ка prapor tion of th f Ре th 
wg e 
wberry, 
а es omising kind; and fine examples of | 
e 
Demy Seedling Strawberry, Norfolk E Apples, 
and Empress Eugénie and Cuthil's Prince Al 
са in which most of the dialogues are im 
He must have a mournful temperament, however, w 
how Who 
rt does not feel ойр by the dismal melancholy of 
Cucumbers were show: Mr. 
is qui uite an exception and a relief 
to find 
E. — Esq., Bistern ub. Hants. 
bitor had likewise good Portsmouth Broccoli, Early 
Cabbages, ean other vegetables. Mr. Terry, gr. to 
L. Ames, Esq. St. Albans, also showed a small col- 
lection of vegetables. | 
Examples of Dr. "Watson's Fern column, a brick- 
li 
Perhaps ү is Poe its possessing this distinction -— 
we thought * Bill Whyte ” rather the most interesting | 
of the set, although Mrs. Miller is evidently etg in 
doubting Ee dede uS = ере соно e: Eier ee 
sad m ial aste1 life, 
t 
A 
of Ly new ones pru have been hig of are 
not оа зы; ating. 
| Poi ermoz.—A large handsome pde зе 
ellow ; fruit) slightly tinged with red, and sprinkled 
| wit rown dots; flesh breaking or "half perenni 
| granular, cis t hat perfumed, and slightly astringent. 
А third-rate Pear. 
чт (Gu uf 5» gne. —The plate correctly Hi niin a 
Шу spoken 
ЕБЕ 
аге 8 
much mor: о 
coloured contrivance with р rojecting niehes on the 
sides for the Ferns to grown in, surmounted by a 
little vase, verii de a glass shade, Меша shown by 
Messrs. Rosher, of Queen's Road, Chels: 
poet for 6 int ue As for the “Recollections o 2-1 
g, which is, according 
f. Decaisne, of English origin, and must not be ond 
белд with the French la P. (и, uf, а summer fruit, 
Wiat 
Burns,” Mrs. Miller candidly re arke с 
shar are in the dialogue ' the reader is the best judge. | 
a comparatively inferior sort—at least soit proved when 
AL BOTANIO: April 11 (Second. pee Show). 
Ee of Azaleas, —— of handsome little 
well-flowered plants, wer re 
by Mr 
этой һ. 
r. To dm, man таом опе 
or two fine ki nds, the most str! rikin ng among which were 
President, Perfection, Duke of Cambridge, and Dr. 
Livings ex From Messrs. Smith, of Dulwich, came 
double "white variety called Flag of ‘Truce, 
rner had a si 
Of |n 
en Louiáé v. 
in considerable number ate and East 
from Highga 
and collections cf Amaryllis came from Mr. 
t passag ic 
ion interesting as as emng us glimpses into the old Scottish | 
> | life, as differ 1 be 
о 
ted | Saxo 
Aud we entirely agree with Ан er. „Occasionally we 
meet with descriptions and shor 
m the modern English as can wel 
imagined, 
account of the festivities аба **lykewake ” аср with 
of the s сее nity l. 
и little, for instance, y en the following | kno 
. Poire de Saint Gall: syn. Poire au Vin.—This 
- ideas ий а funer 
аге | probably bears allusion to the wine. ‘colour of its im 
when ey young. Only fit for stew 
Bon Mali: Кон —This is vidt is now well 
own in this country by the name of Nelis d'Hiver, 
or Winter ' Nelis; and admitted by all to be, as s regards 
“ It i в | flavo avour, a P lt isod 
t yet 90 years since aly Де in the hl 
Highlands used to be AA with music and danc- 
ing; and even here, on ый, келн of the low country, 
they used invariably, like the funerals of antiquity, to 
be the scenes of wil es and amusements never 
on. ber how 
d 
introduced on ж! other occasi: You remem 
fi of A 
гч 
n idea: ere the most natural im 
^om If Bnei e was вв hungry ws supplied it with food ; 
if thirsty they gave it drink. Our маре cestors 
Barnet, an 
Parker, of Tooting, — Messrs. Cutbush. 
f which were exhibited 
iss Clarkson, ОР. goes Road, St. John's 
and Messrs, Анап of Dorking, were well- -grown 
a similar ey 
made their seasons of deepest grief their - times of 
„етее merriment; and the more тд regretted the 
dec be gayer were they at wake atid. а 
manes spe а m Messr rs. Ivery 
sent the 
of 
T. Б 
us Stove and Greenhouse Plants, e collections 
fune 
die ee the 
were exhibited by Messrs. Lee, 
$m 
ow meg 4 very old man, 
d 1 
kki died in ттр same town in 183 "ih Fruit of 
first received in England by the Horticultural Зд 
from М. Stoffels, E ehi n, in 1818, under the name 
of La Bonne Malin 
иге — Fruit middle-sized, roundish or 
i “ФАРРА, the eye йаша with five pro- 
| tuberances, more prominent. Skin smooth, yel- 
lowish green, with борын specks of brown; flesh firm 
or but half ES + very juicy, iwa perfumed. 
ason : Februar € ril. Its principal recommenda- 
| tion i is its long ke 
x Esperen : otte D són —This was — 
of Ghent, who 
| nit ruits, to one of which to 
Soldat Laboreur] The Езре 
ог e Pear, roundish or bergamot-shaped, gree 
& Co., Smith, Williams, and Cro ; А г put 8 fat a 
several beautifu erga came from Mr. Wm.|the deceased. м little, did he t d 
Paul a nd Messrs. Paul k n. Among м еее | ‘that she „vould be the last to dance at poor Rory’ 
ch wson ;efebre. President. 
| ers andrich. Season: March, April | One of the 
best late keeping d 
Beaut E Waltham, Lolia, Senateur Vaisse, Victor ho scene here described could, however, have been | Poire X^ Dame.— 
MA: Model of Perfection, Gloire de ioa Madame | matched in the sister country of Ireland, where super- | Bergamot аный [CY the E зем Ва our Autumn 
urtado, in, d the Hi ighlanders | Ber, gamot], а and it 7 — sold in the markets 
de St. Joseph, Mrs. Chas. ardin, | are met with, that their common origin mig zht almost | for ; bu а bad Pear at its best, and 
Vicomtesse Decazes, кү other Ду fine kinds. | be inferred from them. Oneof the э-н beliefs of the | toot: rapidly, 
T Mr. Wm. Paul also came a well-bloomed бойоп. that of tl agen —A middle-sized roundish obovate Pear ; 
f Roses in mera Of other ds. of mg эй тА. а wit егей changeling for "their babies, а: y half-melting; juicy, but not highly riii 
педа E Co. sent the graceful dark g 
Dracæna Rumphii, and the brilliant Tro QI. Tall “ 
Fire, From Mr. Wm. x то the СЕКЕ Ма 
nolia, named Lenné, and Mr. Bull sent the pre tey 
2 sonos argyræus ; ЖЫЙ А useful meris species of 
Pandanus хенд sura was shown b 
Мен. Smith; the ber: Tradescantia аы 
rely о Aralia Sieboldi, and another 
Mr. Williams; Cu 
of Уу: 
came boxes of 
Ver! iba 
Cinerarias, ы rid and 
а collection of pei Ferns, ы 
таге апа 
other д Mr. Willia 
nd this 
was believed Í in Scotland up toa late dete, | in illastre- 
tion of via Hugh Miller p an amusing anecdot 
“ The fairies were in ill repute at the time, and 
ар December. 
Briffaut. віле, pyra amicas skin 
fore, for an ill practice of kidnapping ауе | aite, 
eople шш 
be 
annoying momen in ihe straw ; and no class of p 
could dread them more than fish aers. 
length cured of ‘heir terrors by being laug 
Шет | ТЕЕ when all the men were 
d at. One 
child. ey then 
deserted hovel to 
diras А mes xu В vulnus Эм E 
children an he stran; ess voices, they w 
ағ in each. Тһе 
eriana, and — Ivery had an inte- | 
ну group Double rimroses, consisting | 
9f white, з yellow, and crimson sorts. The 
found а changeling in 
scene that ed Баев description. "They 
to the lanes like so ereatures, were only un- 
white - blossomed 
сема мад S. Messrs. Е. G. Henderson, and 
the pink-tinged white Rhododendron Countess 
and ае and cla Rip their hands, and rushing out 
hinged he iore to fud АЫ: calamit 
Down came the women of the jue 
| 
in 
But they Ras at 211 n are subject, that 
an abundant 1 
—Mediu 
ded - green, T oth 
Я ing, 
ЧЕ 
у o universal. | is wh 
of|and give advice, some recommending them to have 
