THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. Laas 
PETUNIAS.—| realms of conjecture. Evidence of a tolerably 
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vered on and after the 1st day | positive character already exists in the article of 
le glass. We have th 
v R prove worthless ; and even should they attain any 
wi 
d package (or free by post), 10s.:— 
ae our Beau parfait, Cœru! ra 
ecti 
size, they wan at present scarcely be saleable. 
y of gh altoge rg T worthless 
May, icatis 
iat high! recommended by Pro t UN f $ s 
Mr. i ena Mr. p LW. G. RENDIE, | trinsic cost being 16s. and the duty 15s. They | preparing j ass t 
carsery, Plymouth. —A: vil? se _____._ | ought then to be sold at the present moment for 16s. | even for the real Trail a biedmane 
Seek E CLOVER, 2s, 6d. per b.—This new | 2 gross, the manufacturer retaining the whole ames are giv a 
: jase id. 
; ; mon Trufile. younge 
; e o ning ; it is not o -much viduals, though black rere are known by the 
i an immense GrP or AAE EA r Pasturage. Also, the im- w wine-bottles w eigh, an an average, l} of and name of White Truffles, when the veins are not yet 
geal a MANGOLD. WURZEL and the YELLOW | are therefore sold for d. per lb. A square oat distinctly marked. These are comparatively worth- 
en Fine selected Field TURNIPS, embracing all | jf } b hy ] 7 : 9 x . p 
LOBE, ditto. Fine StH Sonts in cultivation —The above | Of the best sheet glass (Ne 3) weighs 2lb., and | less, as the aroma depends in some measure on the 
had, with every particular, t Wanner & WARN i 
p 
m o. : s k are known 
Séedsmen, Æc., 28, Commi, London; noice VEGETABLE and bottle glass made into sheets, inste ad of: bottles, | of French Truffles, others are called English Truffles ; 
oe ee W. beg to refer to Harrison’s “ Flori- sieht sell from 1d. to 2d. per square foot, if it could ut though specimens have been 
TOI Cabinet” f for this and the two ae Se EE ai these names, we have not perceived any specific 
Selec ted List in the previous Num PR Bs How far that can be effected remains to be ascer-| difference. ‘The smaller and less valuable species 
Ria | ea ned. Weare > aware ad gre ee n glass i isa more, in-| are thrown away as useless, and very rarely, if ever, 
} CARNATIONS, aor’ AS 3 ANIUMS, | f, d tha anw to market; at least, we have taken every 
Í GROOM, CLAPHAM RISE, near LONDON, “Bat paio ROM Lip Hee opportunity of examining the Truffle-baskets in 
A. * det Sed N excise ae not pe sheet ‘els to be made Coy vent-garden market, and have made inquiry of 
Poist EY To HER MAJESTY ae QUEEN, AND TO HIS | the oreen bo nis a wnr 1+} b 
y 
g de: alers 5, 5 have never been able ol 
entry evidence show how far this hard, and oe any except the common species, Tuber æ 
a me lon exc me = mater’ it may be rendered more hr present fin Truffle of Pie dmont has not been 
8. 
10 0|™ 
1 
me sgonbio than it is, at present asserted to be. und in Great Britain 
00 th 
K E 1an | taste and strong odour r, resembling somewhat t 
pnas in 25 yom ait ab pita : ire soda-water bottles are made, i Garlic; its minutely granu ulated pale par a 
once per per 18 0 perfectly yell sed for nearly all purposes of es yellowish green surface ; its pale reddish flesh, 
“UU TANCIFOLIUM ALBUM, ‘good bulbs € each z s|" ivation, if not for all. which is not unfrequently variegated with red spots, 
3 epeciosUM Pre A ditto 12 Now le = pe this material, he or occasionally the whole internal substance is red 
“TL Gaoom begs to say his Catalogue of GERANIUMS a 1 lb. to the square ‘foot, ee manufactured in squares | like Beetroot. It is very highly valued, and sold 
Bem Plants is ready, « gaa will be forwarded by post on applica- | 40 inches long by 12 inches wide, could be sold forjat an enormous price, though sometimes pretty 
ee raed ereo ed eet d 7 he mountains 
: p oot, a ê $ h ei khat oe pad u 4 Mer a 
z eners are doubt for a moment that an immediate | and hills of Piedmont, as in the neighbourhood o! 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, ar enormous demand would spring ae for it? | Alessandria, on either side of the Po, and possibly in 
$ r os ia Why, ae would not be a mar re r in the | no other country, for it is not certain that what has 
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, coun ry wh pe using nee received by botanists from Bohemia is the 
MERTINGS PE poon WEERS, it to the capita’ te Bat we must | same species. It is to Piedmont, then, that the 
ee not inl in anepatios of this kind.. The hare A tion of the cultivator must be drawn who 
Fumar, May 2- Botanical oe ut oe is not caught as yet, and we cannot sell her skin. | wishes to procure the true plant, and when once his 
Mosoax, May 5—Entomological + : . + 8 P.M We ane Taik, mention that these conjectures | efforts in regard to the more common Trufle have 
Seer Mayo Forticuleiral, Ginawe sda pete res not so wild as they may seem to be, for we hear | been crowned with rar we doubt not ra z 
i ta 
A 
Th cep RTO, in dealing with the Grass question, 
wehave confined ourselves to the actual state of the a Ib.” * What such a nthe may be ur for) White Truffles were formerly procured in great 
abundance from Africa, and they have been found 
— ins capi by the es ge cers. ree species 
esume it we have had leisure to consider "o ieee of the new system of TRUFFLE-GROW- t present occurred ; of age i eat 
the points adverted to in the correspondence which | 1 the public ; but t abundance, but net iden thal. with a uropean 
0 Ean of old and new prices has elicited. it penn ‘that a umia part of the ayete sar species. Of. this e have recei eived spain but 
or ourselves and the pu rpose of this panah we | pends on the collection of the spawn, which, with 6 an 
oe es for the price of gl ass not em- informed by a correspondent, can be pecs Gay — is a species which bal been ons in some 
in garden n very dark nights, and is recognised b y its shining | abundan: by Mr. Broome, in A at 
ar imo the proper chases for plate-glass, if we | as brilliantly as glow-worms. As, ‘i owever, our] Spye Park, in papige sand d, which is 
ae wre vince = that value of th i ies, of which | di stinguished b being, unlike on common 
communicate 
a great variety of species: 
ade gulate, = Sb toast affect, the | one or two only are ae to be vd any use to the | Truffle, wr of ttle cavities which nici 
other. We shal = st ag come back to the plate- | cultivator, it will be cessary for him to guard | with the outward air. It has been named Hydno- 
ges er, ag . . , | bolite eae ei. This, or at least a species per- 
. ave already stated, what is vate a Twenty species, at hel have been enn in this | ae ‘resembling it eetri , is sold in immense 
which to hattichttare t is all-i pa country, and it is pro ene that, ere long, num- | rs in the sa at Prague, un nderthe name 
c enormous Senin ma ex- | ber e greatly increased. It i ~ “principally t y% Czerwona Tartofile. Of its merits our informant, 
n glass, AY or | the indefatigable Remate of Mr. W t does not speak. 
It mus ver or our knowledge of their occurrence | The English s NAET e at present t found, are too 
; it must be very s rong, or its |in Great Britain. They belong to three distinct | small to make t of much importance. 
prove to be dearness ; it prta e very | types :— Of the third series pe p= above, aig is sisal 
he most considerable part of | 1. The real Truffles, which are distinguished by | one speci r hich | 
rations the mere appearance of the | their bing of aclose, fleshy texture, marbled with | sidered edible, Apii Broomeianus. It is 
nt. At wae no such glass | veins which contain the ee in tr a i 
rent sacs; thei e L 
anspa- wn unde 
-g heir structure is easily ascertained — name -of the ë, and is preferred to the 
which only re ordinary microscope. A very few specie We cannot say jiha we consider 
N. lee in a azing. a sheet- s larger or smaller c avities when cut, hét | ere its aroma, very tempting, but it abounds in 
j is far too dear ; fifteen pence a foot is a pr rohi- lis no diffic ulty in discovering the group to which | myriads t that its 
an his moment, to be | they belong. eat merit consists in the soy ite: brown which it 
ill wait till| 9. The Poffball-Truffles, which, tho ugh rough | communie esse 
hat it —_ land granulated externally, are at once "known by Tris net probable that it would meet with any <a 
t shall their soon becoming dusty wi ate They occur in |in the London market, and as it belongs to wies 
urer shall hiv vi immense quantities, and are g par tar, more | different order of fungi ace the common 
eep up prices by koopa down | common than the real Truffles. A w quire, probably, a different mode of 
d we entertain a con- | wholly unfit for food. cultivation. 
lower nee will be} 3. The false Trafiles, which present a multitude The _ author of the presant remarks Rae be 
of minute sinuous man E Sih appy t f the Melanogaster to 
will be hereafter, it is Pu ffball, whose walls clothed with a dense | any one interestoù in the Sati and to give any 
ete etell. hen the paper- n = oe vertical ll: surmounted by the | information he may possess on su uch es as may 
ates 
S65. a ream for ad papsi Thes not easily examined without a | occur in the aaaea of any “ee engaged: in 
eved that a better article | pretty ‘good gla | making experiment: n Truffle-growing.—M. J.. B. 
remained | onl species arara j the cultivator - BR A 
ise laws to the firs and third sect ConsipeRaseE doubts having a as tot 
w to use the worthies | | OF Aine real rafes there is i one British ee period at which the Auction Duties seu T 
m to pre- cian as ot as they are at prese rtain mage ered are authorised to state that the Lords of the Trea- 
use, iran merce ; di a a addressed a letter to the Comm Ts 
eon oy which a noki penent know what ree large whit sie 8 fle, f Excise, authorising them to reg to Sage 
nghill, d red by Sowerby, really is. The common Truffle the duties ones auctions after the 8th of Apri on i 
hindi of the finest | is known to every cultivator by its fine aroma, its con a nedim consenting e 
Jass-makers. | large size, and its rough hing gant ii a the ultimate > decidan of Parliament. 
i i i at Britain m 
VOF thelr n aoe bling it; ; ‘and should the s spawn of this} Ir may bei poe those who wigs, ar s 
erhap: would probably grow to a | for opna upon x . pruso oF Fme 
sanake as the refuse of the cotton- large size, and pass un observed er specios bya a — to Siar Evaro Sonat, tor trate 
essary to travel thus into the R an d white species woul d probably effect of some Electrical arrangements in the Gar- 
