Jorr 30, 1859.] THE GARDENERS. CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTF. 637 
are scarious on the margin. Spikes 6 a|quainted with the wretched and a: She King ot Luise in my opinion deserves r known thar 
terminal spreading umbel, at first Geer scor- 3 John Cranston, Nur. s Acre, frites — it is E. superior rd any y other, 1 would aen 
id, and gradually sotidiog, from the base u di Am nav 0 e plant of it i C of “Salt’s Crimson Per- 
e peduncles half an A long, PIi Tr ansmutation of Corn. —Walking through a feld | | fection,” an ni 2 Erg — feed = the most 
ovate bracts a t their "has frm an "p ego ave ny attention him | respectable m he kingdom, whereas I 
8 mbrica ue on short p calyx | to the nclosed seeds w which he did not t kn ow the name | have not Bom 1 * sort poer uri for hink five 
E ts of two persistent hy siiis Ec whicl h are right " but oe told me xh he fide the Oats had turned years. Perhaps I oe to say that I — all the 
aud left of the axis; they are nearly 5 emar- o them, which I consider could not well be. Will new varieties of late years, suc as Maclea clean’s Early 
undulate on the m in, obscur Scarlet Nonpareil, Salt's Cimeo Per- 
gina 2 rt fection, Champagne, Anderson's Princess 
— - of a pale rose colour, soa EE Eee nacre Se o ii iaa Roval, beside those of earlier date, such 
= d green gt Petals four, ie » dis AI Vittoria, Grey Eagle; 
M bert, Victori y Eag 
Brigg colour, 1 shorter than NPN ( V d i its fie 
the afte of Chein ne opposito the : — 5 
‘ pod the others — with them, I I sell it at a higher price than any other 
d e e aor. fowo f variety. Although lhave no doubt that 
in — other Portulacacew, and in , KENSINGTON GORE. H R A vegetables and fruits, it varies 
a with tate, remaining attached to i didi c aic d reumatances, yet 3. think 
the summit of the youn i an ' iC wall d es» trial by every gardener. 
The stamens are coser i iha „ Leo Marke EG 23 
t t. d insert ite three ! rge » fth ardene’ ow Red 
of the petals; the fourth (belonging to i decere e — a ed 
— the fixed b i Rheum undulatum. very good, but 
the e : not superior to — 5 T the same breed 
4inally. The ovary is globose-ovoid, much 8 that s 722 2 DUE Io beg 
8 = 10 o “Mao *. esc po i an observer of a xs e — rab as 
Style ' our corres nt . Waterton, bu 
which arise from a 9 placenta. Style A 8 ag — with him. fot 
slender, as " iden — undiv v t * i $ ar gremios inm 
the sti de nu and three-lobed. ` B 1 
Capsule men din N compressed, i E e lea : give - — 
two-valved; the valves parallel with the © r1 eing “ nearly innocui vat N 
persistent sepals. Seeds lenticular, black 2 ! the contrary, I have 2 š E a 
and shining, with a crustaceous testa, E i great enemy to the cultivators of Vines, 
- bryo hippocrepiform, embracing mealy ; i phe etta — = — — 
umen. 1 H H Seasons | ffered N 
This remarkable plant undoubtedly ; ot only from having the — À 
pane to md jul family of d Portula- i ] bu * bera 2 d ink bi 80 
from the des 
oa its to be am * ah of * e 2 little animal, but it is right 
Chilian on — aai " Fenzl. In Eo that this aem of h 1. Pm ursuits elei be 
the latter, however, th thet i is but a single 2 pu————— IA known 2 „ Norfolk. This confirms the 
stamen ; the ovules nly from two us i tale of. jo see p. 621. os 
four in number; the d Fin is very shor H Winter Cucumbers.—1 ae) beg = 
as aan as two-cleft, and the habit is E i Po is ie — d orien 
ere 1 5 
“I have dedicated this genus to Mr. to grow Cucumbers, and should feel 
Isaac PREND of Cambridge, Massachu- i obliged to any of your correspondents 
setts, f nown as a botanical ; who would inform me which two sorts 
drauf 8 and especiall — the ad- are the best to grow in the winter months, 
— of the Unite of — ra of the 5 bees to sow d ng 5 
nited i enable e 
and Dr. "o vnd wi p Christmas. I have been told that some 
The plant at the forks of the sorts are vs tter than other s for winter 
Nozah pom - a the f foot- nd of the Sierra ^ 7 foreing, a 
Nevada of Northern California. In flower 152. 0 = di ‘appointment through sowing the 
re RE a ag ng s 
W. ps np Bore Pegs.—As I wanted a great 
Correy the fore- — —— 5 mmm number of these this season for Verbenas 
i x Mes 
reves! ul ween them of four 
smelhystine p — three of which embrace by their 
nvolu te base e stamen each; while the fourth is 
ENSINGTON GORE 
As it may be rabie to con 
s und o 
which it is to form the "sf Hertel 
Society's Garden with other open spac cdm don 
we have caused t. companying groun abe be 
prepared, in pei f E known onin E e the a 
Rege 5 th . 
Kens cam ee S po uk * shaded that T have not only had many equal but superio: 
epended upon for gene 
| purposes, but more 1 for early foreing. At 
— time “Sion H was the gardener’s sheet 
nchor for earliness wah} eee and for size and 
quality edd al the for ? was eror 1 h 
e kin he for rmer a abu ndan er but defi- 
men 
LY xperi i 
that this is er too stro I mixed it m =i n 
ng. 
ET it we rn has inj Ael ang — of the y 
x 
vim fruit of ame length, solidity, ia and 2 a 
toriously shy r; it therefore occurred to 
[that if I could obtain a cross between two, - 
bodyin the free properties of t! 
| 
of the Hoya carnosa. | ia. $a 
stickiness left — the 
ou say what they are? Cwro. [In what Beeotia can „ 3 t 
Compound. | his farmer live? The seods belong to the common |round 
Rose Lelia.—If “A Rose Grower” will wait until —— lens ‘Broil secalinus, He might as well fancy i 
the weather " has become cooler he will find that Lolia| that his hens were turned into Guinea fowls, because he |r 
i ; ith 
a „but quite superior to, Louise | found one of the latter in his try 
Peyronnet. Its colour during Tot w eather is pale rose, Is the enclosed true Truffle and fit to 
xad son somewhat pe that of the he — kind; "put eat? It grows under Lime trees and Beech trees at this ed stat 
t other vh cue it is mueh deeper and quite distinct. | place. = e iin Ne „ July 25. [It is constant endeavour to 
i falta th ^ — not so long in in the See and — Tuber æst not T. cibarium. In quality it - me n 
ull in ^ e re, whic ter are not. ve to the li eee but may ＋ substituted for it. i as. Craig, 
Ecc und of Lelia is free aid Wa 8 t Pisextreme dictt fuot — tomy 
— which alone sters Prince of I have ms is extremely di among Cucumbers. Yours is 
d be s afficient to recommend it to all who are ac- fibres. for your inspection a variety of [omes — w 
