Aru 16, 1859.] 
of the Stort, atributary ofthesea. Pruning: ng: 
ight summer pinching in June em July, — 
shoots towards the end of August 
— 
ure replanting, some leaf mould or 
ani the 'caleareous sand common to this 
tree; two shovelsful of the 
former an ll mixed. In March 
vem same e y of soot, as to Apis is given in the 
me manner. The Pears are all on the Quince stock, 
— the —.— on the English Paradise 
The day after the — p Secretary received the follow- 
- letter — Mr. Rivers, which he copies in this place, asi 
the — which was desired at the gn ting :— 
& forgot to add to my notes on Apples sent, that they 
very old, dry, arched ur under 
wy s g- -shed, the average v winter temperature of 
whic’ 
about 50°. Air is antly admitted at one 
aa flows gently per 
crevices in a ver yo old, ill-fitting door at the end 
ite to the wire grating. haz observed 
A have kept 
t 
n Apples quite soun 
e fruit 4 is gathered, and, withou 
THE GARDENERS’ 
dition, but of the same 
e 
Kirk’s Scarlet Admirable. a ec also — twi 
valuable kitchen varieties, not hitherto described in 
tle Major, a medium sized oblately nece : ple, 
erage diameter about 3 inches; eye open, clean; s ong, 
rather slender, deeply inserted; colour pale greenish "owed 
rather densely covere ed with whitish spots, tipped wi rown- 
russety specks ; flesh firm, juicy, and ie d acid. Poor Man's 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
339 
as on all hands admitted to be superior to any br 
forward before at this early 3 y -— 
Hyacinths, as l; the cipal feature, 
and a — number was shown tia D on any 
occasion, These, Whether for competition or exhibi- 
called forth 
tion 
Profit, a 1 handsome, oblatel ruit; colour pale 
warde d to 
rizi 
9 — mar UE eig "near Bedford, 
gardener to 
Car . — collection con- 
tained 8 of Pears and 23 of Apples. 
No particular 
may med, that it was — 1 
guish 2 — kinds had ‘been kak on the stra 
— itt are 
asy 
that choice fruits 
Fruit. Met "o 
absorb the flavour "t ^ 
vegetable matters which “they a — o laid upon, = nen 
for a very short time.) Mr. M‘Laren’s 
* any c -smelling 
n cked in, 
Easter 
Beurré, Nahin: juicy. à sweet, the best dish. of "the ki: = rical m 
der t the nd s notice during the — 
melting, and good flavo ied. 
evidently over- die, 
as Ribston pe 
ich had come u 
e 
Golden Russet; Cou! 
d Wyken Pippin were good, juicy, SUA well kept; 
the rest of the varieties were kitchen Apples, in good c 
kinds as thos mentioned in the 
Semen aper Mr. Holder, of R. tribut 
arge interesting 
late. 
and well co 
aape, excepting Bon i Chrétien d'Auch, pora was sweet, 
melting, but astringent. Bergamot d’ ES speren, just ripen- 
ing, and promising to be ap —— The other kinds dint, 
— of a S — ly have been improved if they 
A few, — as y 
Harvey, were Aree. i 
dessert kinds 
r's * Boston. Reinette, Court-pendu Plat 
fey, good), Cla; Pearmain, Braddick’s Mapana (rather 
and Dutch onne. e re kinds in collec- 
tion and which were chiefly kitchen App! iem n good 
state for use, and were as follows:—Caldwell’s Keeper, 
Northern Gree: White Stone — Norfolk Bearer. 
Seedling, Goose! oy Bedfordshire Found ing, . 
. De Bar! , Cuisse Madame, Reinette 
New Baldwins, T revizand,] Hatuette Diel, London Pippin, 
N by very de dry pu Brakes (Pteris aq — 
eq! 
Petter cem T wd ever keep them before on the shies 
of the fruit- -room The ples were laid i in heaps on 
3 
and 
ured, but gene- 
trays or stands 
f 
Wi 
»* 
y 
the 8 * thi idious. t to these 
were A . pots filled wlth spikes or clusters of the 
allied fa uml e 3 Na 
nspic ter 
le e 
presenting, edidit pur 
and rose, sometimes beautifull 
om 
foliage from view. The 
1 flower sent for exhibition, presenting, in its 
ds of Daisy-sha P 3 of richest purple and 
lilac, an agreeable contrast to the brighter hues of the 
Rhododendr anh were inters 
Rhododendrons, “bot Dee cho icest hous 
ns, frui 
of keen vegetables, the produce of gen- 
amples 
r from market gardeners in the 
temens . ns, 
neighbourhood. 
Among the articles for exhibition hayas — following : 
—From I n n barba 
a variety witho 
Ho — collectio, with 
icu 
betwee! . cinnamomeum, 
whi E Mr. Handasyde were also sent two nice 
small specimens of Rhododendrons, viz., pyl um 
and Keysi, the first time whi have been ex- 
hibited in inburgh g n- 
good in flavour, os dr; ngst yr pples . Tw 
ish the Royal Russet, under the synonymes of Bu 
Russet and Silver th The —.— dishes were of us E which deco orate the in front 
same leading varieties as are rated in some of the other | t 
collections, And not suffici ently remarkable 4 e spedaly Mess Dickson and Co. exhibited various rare and 
detailed. Mr. Newton ( . Graham, Esq. f 
brought a collection d 15 Vires of Apples, which exhibit toi interesting plants, A fine cease an ts mero aent 
the results of some experi he made in different | g gree dnd sent 
very but barely ripe e Plus gue em 3 
oe very rich. They had 2 M. — 
lath shelves in a fruit-brcom. Mr. Swinerd (gar 
Swinford, Esq.), Minster te Isle of Thanet, Kent, sent — 
interesting collection of about 20 kin — pu * g fou poche 
of which Passe Colmar and Be 
which 
ascribe great im RM CENA y leaving th e door 
om f * ance 
and Tuy up ; Ne 
—— ag pi ne "hal melting or ure 
er he ry like the m 
tinteres' 
pareil, firm, juicy, and delicious: Flanders 
e), ovate, eed our rage e lemon, scattered over 
o! 
1 r, Sweet, and under the 
ot Ran — 
high flavoured; Easter Beare é, under sper 4 petu Winter gom 
sane, past. The Apples were plump and tender-fleshed, but 
not juicy or high flavoured ; the best wer urt-pendu Plat, 
he name d Sam Young, under the 
usset Nonpareil. Mr, Swinerd sent the vri a 
ars concerning the mode in which they had bee 
that the Apples and Pears have been 
kept in in 75 * — of the old vga y a of. which 
are 2 feet thick, and — feet fro e 
north and east walls — iN the — € 
— eh mi Ms 
as 
Geraniums, Heaths, fads, iy of the Valley, 
— 
3 the ind baing rer e 
Lawso 
her t, well 
erp? was much pe 
umber we belie 
with green 9 
&c., and a “ Bride’s” Bouquet 
A fine row of Hyacts nths, eight in 
which vr ee the front of the platform, ‘were: f 
em ds eig 
ug 
we riegate ed pla — among which was 
d po Pavetta Bor ca, and several new 
Bego Mr. T ra: athe: exhibited a fine collection 
flower, E and other 
first premiu awarded to a collection by Mr. John | the naturally damp x 
Cox — to William. Wells, Esq.), o Kent, EPEE 11 | flavour, and were rich and juicy ; but those in the dried sand gon atd: 
kinds of Pears and 20 of Apples. Th ere also very fine in | had lost all their flavour and — of their j pee — of . in r, Epacris, a h 
— N “n neto over "ripe. KY v eee New ioned, ti y r, amh L init —— à M sudo ja ooded plan: M Aleti er occupied also a con- 
stances soil, been orme: si experiment wi rii sani ut envelo; each irul s + 
reports. The ATR generally from walls, and and the | ina piece of thin tissue paper, and that they had kept their | Siderable space with greenhouse plants of various 2 
rd sof fi from 15 to 30 old; very little | flavour much better. proposes, however, cason to Ferns, and other interesting productions. M. 
c sil thinning the branches; great | tako e it of the XP preserve S hai 1 rare and interes EE 
r, | e Toh — ree from | them in each e three ways above-men he | ments of new. and vari iaged plants, and under 
th folla — wee the EN may estimate exactly the results of each. nie t llery an. extensive les in fine 
— 2 m juicy, and rich in flavour; Pearson's Pe Plate, „preservation. M 1 
* The D amber wh laid out singly on the floor of an ady juicy ; 3 page * paes some fin ode with 
upper chamber when gathered, a kept Fariet — specimen of i m erum , and Camellia Spofforth- 
open, so as to aff S wi a esr i Ventilation, for two iat EE — — bou E Rer etie Ios jana. From Mr. og tl sent for exhibition 
pente: they were s he best selected, a "e don. RÀ La "of No. d; — — some elegant Jardinibres,. Aqui x 
us pham, sent a nice co comprisin ^ 
* E» wrapped e: ely yin pap paper, E AE in layers Ped oi a Colm mar and d Easter Beurre. Pel Sey ast ix juicy, et nots.” W. M. Ellis, Esq., fnere A and finely 
p lai s ut not not high flav e Witte, very melting, ry, and — 3 of Hyicinths 3 in pots. E 
The layers were * h other — Knight's Mone oh, pro: mashing d | been room without aj m - 
Phi 
aid, show may lished in pd * 
Notices of Vooks. 
— — 
ane d favo 
its E ET 
street, but upon 
failed 
we have to disco 
Lists Recervep.—Ge 
ld | [west are built against. with other buildings. _ The 
e fros “The -— 
id dat "holds 16 — of wat 
sible for the frost t 
room is entered 5 a „trap h 
tight. sh meth and Al 
TRADE 
field) Deseripti 
phlet of 1 
bedding-out 
Vilmorin 15 Co.'s s (Par) Supplément, e. ( 
fo thei: List of Tree Seeds). This às an imp 
y h 
" 
issued b. 
never use anything but — —— 
s 
le ai room, and hutt, m the door of the sik hl, 1 
e 
e, lige, juicy, sweet, — 
onoga d ob, firm, and good- 
en es e (under bed its 
) Royal Russet, 
dee 
Pippin, King of Pippins 
ane Yatieticn De vem 
ö Winter 
MEETS 
Eum. has 
main, and 
Lord. Stafford, Cossey — Norfolk) 
ppl 
rs and TO! 
z as examples d ae — 21 E. -— long du pho the fruit 
The fruit was * though the skins of som 
trees, where they — d Yn i eu gn e they fell off ai 
and 4 
were — à brui 
HORTICULTURAL OF EprNBURGH,—This ring: - 
hibition of ag fruit, e beer took p! 
the 22d Though for at iq years yr 
n 
da 
wet by * 
sa e ic, yt 
1 die s Babs 3 erai Beon To fon : 
oe the attend- | list 
attentio 
t nly many x 
m Chili M Cal lifornia, but it the 
te the e nens come f oe 
ich some account was g 
e on of ? 
3 "to most of their | 
— e drea from the nursery they 
