SEPTEMBER 12, 1868.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 869 
f their appe - се and flavour. The highest coloured | Britain for architectural purposes at the great |how Cinchona is to ptem eap cerea 
M eoo and the most inferior in flavour I hav iil monasteries at Monkwearmouth, оп the five: | settled, and that i is what I I MN bos: pr pira 
this season rea been — from walls— the Belle- dci леу at Jarrow, on the Tyne. The Venerable have been settled big ad nevertheless, and if, as 1 
farde e Ro, sy ino ou - dis pa айла in — and Bede, r first ecclesiastical historian, who bar 
t in ave а om th century, relates tł lish or En glish- 
Mer] Td “Noblesse, tho Ma ta, ma | his tenuere the Abbot Be evel pa for artists | been to pronounce "D ums as ке reci ET 
iwo D Thi however, no rule, for the | beyond the seas to glaze the Mon Wearmouth. | word, not derived fr i 
conv: y have Be exp erino ced by many culti- É v and St. Benedict were, in rd PX great pro: | is sounded gutturaliy Tike the Cisek ж, and this would 
om : both pois and profess ers of literatur р “аш the fine arts, and they m- | be the e proper Sp an ish | ap mg - on also, for we need 
js can M DN truth eic ө havo нба some very ene" from all par * G. B." suggests we 
es from orch house trees this season | give splendour to ide churches and , inspire their 7m must do in such a case. There can be no reason for 
- fruit properly thinn eye 1 the trees standing in| eiples with а lofty enthusiasm. Such was the change em e а Ezul. 
the full glare of sunshine near the glass) of good | made in their churches bý re use "1 eed instead of| Јо t five years ago, when making som 
реч tha emery ed. — fruit, ws I|other and more obscure substances for windows, that | repairs and Tadd itions to my house, I was compelled to 
have bee a loss eo Asa rule, half | the unlettered people avowed a belief, which was | сиб through the stem of an Ivy plant just жез the 
nie. nci тала а et тала should handed down ав a tradition for many generations, | ground, removing the lower part of the stem and the 
occupy the емде portion of у н orchard houses | “ Pens it was never dark i in old Jarrow Church. ione | Food. І did not move the upper part of the stem and 
extreme га ity o the b hes, from ort of vague desire to 
h ien g a sort of vague des see what 
From what I have said it w will pit g borough in 1616, is evinced aby) | ld become of them. Their subsequent history has 
“ what Mr. Thompson says wit foll t i surp rise sed me. , The stem an nd branches, after a кре. 
rays being weakened by a s n fen erm re padi ”| wi ek Castle Car in 1573 :—“ And beca 
in "passing through glass, and “ ys sed by refraction,” | extream 'windes, the Б of the dine к this | merely alive, but apparently in a vigorous acidi 
my rmometers bave shown strong facts to the|and other my lords сн and houses, here the So powerful is their vitality that ‚еу аге rapidly 
contrary. A temperature of 95° in the shade, and 110*| country, dooth d c gi уа нь yt уеге goo 
in the sun, is very unlike that given by “moonshine,” | whole leightess of. кобу, windowe, at bl I may remark б чой Ivy plant, the 
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g new brickwork, йү 
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ага an attempt to grow Peaches in it is not quit рр lyinge at e of his sad tel t| tem of which was not div ide d,i wing in the imme- 
vain as to attempt to grow Cucumbers by moonlight | and houses, and duringe the time e 2 1 Ја і that The ranches of 
only, as ет suggested by Mr. Thompson. absence, ду others lyinge in the e taken dow tie two Plants i “interlace, адн it has been suggested to 
Tt is very agreeable to read a letter like that of Mr. | and lade up in saftie, and at sooc аен ав ег his e that the med pmt b derive pedet 
T. (page 822 ; its Lee ih — sound and good. I lordshi рре ог a su иө lye at any of the ion its more fortunate Бар, er. It аа етв д 
have given nothing but:p te in reply to his sade places , the might then be set uppe of inform me EX the phenomenon hts bes 
interesting t uns "ii m поб р us his d by the above shpposition, or sper Ico T: 
n of“ В. T., but i f shall ї together with the ri rick and mortar to 
тевр nsible for all he „Says by giving ; lis name in fil, to be uel ” Ву а Maid бабе the н which it ус (тты can afford sufficient. nourishment to 
of window. „от cro wn glass Gr reat m у plant. My gardener ill be ready to show 
all tat I have said by omitting the usual “Т. В. and 1 what 1 Hier e im препес v^ described to any person kon 
signing myself й ma 
Thos. Rivers. & few fü m о these monastic ecu р ts In de may tak terest in the matter. 1 may ədd t 
year 1618 » Adm iral Sir Robert Maunsell erected glass- | ber ка Ta "plante ein be over 30 years old, e| 
works at the Ouseburn, Newcastle, which were carried about 9 inches in circumference near the ground. 
RITISH ASSOCIATION. ei without interruption ns nearly the LUN of the бё. В. Моттап, un , Kent. 
7 sent century, when they were closed hen е | ` Triomphe de Hollande Strawberry.— Last winter a 
Tut zum cd see us EE mensi British Association M held d meeting in New- nurseryman in North Holland саре - means of a 
however s ire ritot to oor tonii there were x large beautifully coloured engraving, а new Alpine Straw- 
On # le багай of Oinchonz in India, b DB producing berry under this name. Altho: oug h A had my, doubts 
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11 f fant 
y Mr. 
25:3 h анта upwards of new I never- 
ly иш а anis js AID, Ok ihe eir M itin glass. These manufactori ries have now ce Abe о ex хів, theless ordered 50 plant s of it for tri. А ег having 
from Chili and South America was being exhausted ре chiefly to the introduction of sheet t glass tested them carefully, I have come to the T 
that could know how inestimable was the work o this country, and the comparative ely low pri that the famous St wm тту question ing 
hi f . Markh: 1 м T} eudonnaise" or pomum ved 
dumped ohh M e eds, Каша. meta i ircular shape, which of course involves a consider- | Alpine, a variety 15 ago at Meudon 
only that the plant might be grown in other countries, Paris, by Mr. pus , and ` easily obtainable in 
but t the bark of the young tree yielded a much redi: in жы all window-glass is used, and the knob | Franceat about 5s. а Е ete oubt the Triomphe 
hat of 
larger proportion of Quinine than that of the old. | Or “ button" in the centr e limits the size "of не window | де Hollande, accompanied by the tempting engraving 
-The good bli wd ds 
жон 1а lt f. the culti- | panes. Тһе pu ic taste now demands panes of ES just alluded to, has also found Ма way into England. 
vation of wp uie th ы зе fields сз, ушр Ше е ы dimensions— ject ЕРА atieinod by t "tbe of | If во, , alli interested in the y easily ascert; 
any | Sheet glass; о: : n is the | the € i ; 
1 ай лозе СТ unt | palm of greater er brilliancy, yet et it n appe PR «Та Meudonnaise” 
of the expense; and the result of the recent dis- the light of an effete manufacture, and will gradually s Zes Sablon p Franee < 
coveries would be tbat Leu ree when prescribing die out in this country, as 3 ss ug done on the 
bark alone would give the preference to young bark. Cont inent. Flint t glass, the oss the ancients „Roses. —Now “good Hybrid Бе Roses 
[ge y M ROW S ене к гб? de i tiful, I nk. Yn should ffered in classes 
rs PL sot ur isl bl n this | confined to such Roses, say for tus puer 12, 24, or 36; 
i iron ox cO ppe dr table; ünd rolling i it into a sheet of | To cality Pe. “Tt is more n probale d that its and во „for Bourbons, mm dr Teas with. Noisettes ; the 
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e thickness, was first adopted in England, in Мав, т first intr odu iced her А еа сь Тара: Bourbons з Бети 
ап j 8. 
E I - ATTE dete dere sd сенен por m orks in this borough in 1616. pe — the kinds might be limited to 6, id or 18. 1 
iu nua object trusses of Roses, and I do see n d 
| single nds ms should not be shown of Roses as well as 
the e Puede inu, of ius bi in о district. а Hom me с хан of Pinks, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, ай a Dahlias, 
Ia that size and refinement са 
blown las ark at tbat pl andie Vine Growing in Yor aru etes hat Mr. 
manufae! ане а tinu ued by у vom who | Nich yas considers his vocis (see p. 845) worthy of bined i € igit bón T aba ey certain n that 
originally e established т until 1845, when the pro-|record. Every practical — will however -— at|no adequate по tion = at some Roses i a 
abandon b; e u 
ate. 5 ауе һай 
ity ' hinery over man ur. n thes ine d^ 
Blown plate glass, “wbich Fa the great original of spot and st tartod several two-year old Vines in & tis yere are е Lr nir de la ooh, Big ла! 
the art in all countries, depended entirely in ny eti hi ent M arying from 60* to 65". ‚Ву the latter end of May |; е V lin di ve ipe Hg Mn imm It s like 
f s exte: a giant Countess Chabrillant i in shape. P. 
on the stren 
muscle of the individual олы» chef. Ф euvr provi ng cold, I deferred planting out till about the | 
was about four feet long and two and a half feet ende middle of Lem I then planted them in what I con- 
whereas the cast plate is made by the co-operative sidered a well. prepa red border ou tside the house. Sot КАТА 
efforts of 20 men who move from the furnace ће | They d 
crucible in which the material is melted, and by means | бош 25 to 35 feet in length. Опе Vine (Pope's Black 
ps Ta machinery roll it into a plane of any | Hamburgh) grew to an unusual size. ThisI did not 
ired dimensions. The record of the ally manu- | cut back to the base as I did the rest. Early in 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL: Sept. 9 (Great Fruit and 
Dahlia Show). —Hardy frait was furnishe d on this 
3; but 
à d 
fict. e ген Jai South Shields, in 1750, | spr ot 1862 all broke vigorously, showed fruit in lof Grapes and Pine pr 
tant, an. à [айана qurous pr i oof of the infancy | Sundance, a and by the middie of June I had some of | the d display hol not so deren et as autumn 
о Шев е р | ће very b tG oh ever seen in | fruit-shows usually аге. 
t 7 S ш the Pope's Ham to bear| Collections uit.—The & of hesa байо from 
than bunches ; I know is Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nursery, Slough, who had 
tting of a Vine; : ing I examples ptt cime B Turkey 
this year 37 bunches on the same Vine, W — 
2to ib. ns r b. bunches were not Warner’s Red Grape Currant, very fine Williams's Bon 
to | quite the first but ti ies were quite | Chrétien Pears, Morello and t 
ines. Am other collections, of which 
y 
as large. e bon exhibited Grapes at our dot at York | Orange Nectarines. eei Boinn 
0 feet рег | іп нолае off the same lot. І ow ed two bunches of|there were in all six, we noticed Double g Rasp 
01€ las M At ano! rries, White Du 
bunc 
usqué, which сате іп for a prize. ther | berri x pon condition; Vil ovs Diak 
ocal show I i wo magnificen Meni of | berries RU Mum. Phéme; Ribes ull 
rolled plate, has been e ctured | Muscat of Alexandria, 3 Ib. weight, which the judges | Drop, — Apples; Black Hamburgh and Muscat 
S Sunderland, by the spirited firm of Messrs, need perfect. This I simply state in order to | Kerry ; mnd Barrington and Téton de Venus Peaches. 
Hartley о. The invention is due to Mr. James|encourage those who - ing 9 dishés: Mr. Turner; 2d, Mr. Henderson 
1 ; who has had the p: gam et establishing | the first time, for I believe that no sort of fruit will e 
а new branch of manufacture of great publie utility. | better repay the н of doing the #їїпргүгеП, than caches —Among these me” good fruit, espè- 
new article somewhat resembles unpolished the Vine m I may add that t! above results have p a ее from Mr. Kaile Td what was called 
plate glass, but is lighter in substance and emi-}been accomplished within а ile end. € s if еей, | B i nt 7 - of which as cede 
nently fitted for roofing and other purposes ue peser tin tow P. T amet Shom оар Dawson саш ‚ very fine Violette 
e = but well coloured, Mr, Snow 
Fro 
on where translucency only is required.| ^ Cinchona.—lf, as your “б. В” says, |t 
Ordiary "windowglass was fim teel n Great it bas been already decided- by competent authority йт, noi v 
