Novemner 26, 1859.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
our best anthors, | why | all that 
would be found without its equal in any clime or 
949 
rough and very y hairy; ; leaflets « obovate, e, coarsely serrated, 
first- po 
e (D e Jongh M middle-sized, of a 
r good, 
La 
engi shape, D red; flav -— rm ety 
ot, how * — at present, as it 
ing the w 
really necessa! the man desirous of turn- | country. 
S mi oe to the culture of frui plar nts This one fact alone, that as a society you are able 
flowers in California, would be to purchase a few | beat the 2 y^? 'ought wt itl 
book learn all that can be learned of to be a sufficient encouragem: ient for you r continue 
scalis A from r combined — You have reason to be p roud of your 
ntlemen, we cannot learn a s of horti- | success ; culture, or 
ise adapte to the soil and climate o of California knowle ae vof as constituents of her soil or effects of 
4 book extant. If w why this| climate, you have mastered, i ditione of at degree, many " 
didis or any other for the promotion Y our horticul- | the previously unl f bot h; and if y: 
ture ? "Ys it purpose merely of annually gather- — no faga them entirely yur 
toge 
Bibiting them here as the eba 
for the pp of a few ert dollars ? Rather let it be 
said that it is for the or ^f our horticulture, 
h 
ex- | pose: 
and mig 8 to good 
e discovered some of their palis 
account, as this exhibitio 
most clea’ of proves. 
Go he ene once 
l "is r your ambition flag 
more to your noble work, nor 
; let your valleys | 
by assembling together th ie practica 
| earer. Further trial is + re oo 
neces 
| — wise de la Tour Maubourg. — See Vicomtesse 
Héricart de Thury. 
Ne Plus Ultra a (De Jonghe).—Fruit large, of a sin- 
gular oblong form, dark red; fare solid, rich, and 
t 
pleasant. Leafstalks hairy, the hairs —— ressed; leaf- 
| lets roundish, obovate, rather widely se fated. 
Oma acha.—See Eliza 
of Wales, Cin ee middle- sized. 
or 
Pri 
conical, right cer fles rather acid. Leaf. 
iry, the de — Par ido izontally ; leaf- 
An 
» — lift ‘their Vine — to the foo! tlle, 
8 aam sag eer the’ Knowle soo pra th ne ex- pass them on 474 upwards t to the mountains, until their ] ts ale d glaucous beneath. 
perience ri the move l, f try, the land of Pri my Det 
* ing the prac- ut this, t : nid lof. England (Cuthill), s middle- 
— e Lp ers 1 ing tt systems Ein gold, dta. and flow d siz peso or roundish ovate, with a neck, red next 
are leading the way and successful horti icul- ledged as the Italy —— merica, the Vineyard r the | the sun, pale red where shaded; dist prominent ; 
ture, adapted Aad Antis air ponis condition of soils, peip] the floral] and pomological garden of the | flesh pale red, whitish near the centre, irse rich, 
ten, Abridged from the Alta California, Sept. 20. with an agreeable aroma. Leafsta 
Who among you, what horticulturist here present, w spreading or vi i € € All pesos ate, 
ask, ever thought of writing home to = friends i in T arply s serrated. undant bearer, and wortby of 
Atlantic — England, fo 7 — tion as to the NOTES ON STRAWBERRIES GROWN FOR | general viria AR 
t mode of cultivating a ga x: a country in RIAL AT CHISWICK. uby (Nicholson). —Fruit large, roundish, dark red ; 
which the s ean shines perpetu — by d and no rain cu lecti ts fle E pale, soft, with a large core. Leafsta m s hairy, the 
falls—or next to none—during the w hole six months of | THE amination 9 * collection trawberries | hairs de epressed; leaflets oval, sharply serrated. The 
Ze? at Chiswick, dad deputed to a | 3 of this pro ved bad. 
It is for us tol P I „and not | sub- committee of the Fruit Committee, which met from Sir Walter Soott.—Fruit large, oblong, pointed, 
for them to tell u | tim e to time duri Ting the fruiting senso Ps , and te sted the | deep red, w ith prominent io flesh pale, 5 but its 
us it is that I quality rid not neo The peti is of d 2 
directly opposite opinions on the same 8 and yet natio he excessively hot dry sags a Png , how. habit. I. talks xu hairy; leaflets roundish 
both may be right. We will i nstance the practice of | ever, 2 ble to some of the late v: 
irrigation. a ten years’ expe- | had bee X ge and prevented cire "uad B Stirling Grati iz Pine I Pruit iter ovate, prei red; 
rience has clearly demonstrated is better without being taken of them. The —— ix ere but of second-rate quality. Leaf- 
irrigation than with; but this does — = e e shout it desirable that end more complete collec- | stalks rough my likewise hairy, becoming brownish- 
irrigation is undesirable, use ions should in future season be planted. out for the red when old, resembling in these respects the old 
met by some of the best and most — hortiou Hudson’s Bay Strawberry, from which it seems to have 
turists and fruit growers in the State - the pote rsa on the 2 The following are the notes and obser- | been bred ; leaflets obovate. 
tion that irrigation is the basis of their success; that | Vations made:— riomphe.—This so 3 — the Hudson's 
without it they might as well abandon their now Ajax (Nicholson).—Fruit large, roundish, deep os wel as to lead to the conclusion that it is probably a 
calyx small, reflexed ; seeds slightly embedded ; 
successful and profitable pursuits. 
practic 
ent ; of f circumstances that have not A nier us, we 
h 
ways 8 
with irrigation everywhere if uld, and| 
Et cin — in very many localities. hito it has | bea 
ll irrigation will Ye 
ecessary, yet after a 
— 4 ‘thousands of acres of our valley lands; 
et plant and sustain forests of orchard | 
rees 
and irrigation will yet 
i to acres of 8 from the grosser 
' our an m in zuxurianee 
n nm 
And what is ei e locality wi os 5a toa a lange | te 
part of California for hardly any two places veio the 
climate, and should iege climates happen to be 
— td deem er ern — it is 
spei much less to the 
future of our teat, that we have these 
of soils and climates; they secure to us 
= fruits of t zones, mingled with p^ of sel 
the tropics. Here, in this Hall, as — [e cie of Cali- 
we find the Orange, the Lem and the 
that have grown er "ide "i side with 
iym dre one Apple and the Pear, 
rege m truly Cora gs eer th — 
2 
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3 
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$5. 
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H; 
2 
Bg & 
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Red 
gE 
EIE 
pure, even waters in them would have | 
ice itor vH 
! 
11 0 
ng from it. Its aroma ee resembles that 
lin 
of v Vicomtesse Héricart de Thury, but the latter is 
* very 
in the 
Belle —— v his is said to have been obtained 
from the old Hau s fertilised by the Alpine. 
Aren 
I 
appeared, however, wl be exa € the | same as the Pro- 
dific or Conical Hautbois. 
Po oa si Queen “Seedling 
conical, dark d oes point of 3 ihe r 
uie was found to be so much inferior to the 3155 
Queen, avv . 2 70 "y rain eim to vided ot worth growi; 
EAEE 
ovate, but irregular, ub. requen int; 
egi, rm , f o of the he piant Father 
ply 
cous beneath 
aris (Pelvilain). —Fruit large, N asa, 
heart-shaped ; fl dps ig hout, firm, and v 
acld. Leafstalks slightly hairy the hairs depressed ; 
aioe roundish obovate. 
dessert. 
22 | Thu: 
Elie a (Myatt).— Fruit middle-sized, ov with a 
neck, Tight red Apah pue ne eid: - e outside, whitish 
cellent. 
t are depressed; 
The fruit was considered too | 2 
or 
s Dele de Trévise.—See Vicomtesse Héricart de 
tal E ec 
times five, very large, won tesse Hé ry (Jamin).—Fruit 
gether the — is of extraordinary vigour, but a shy middle-sized or large, conical, vr E — seeds 
e growing too much to lea bright 2 5 slightly imbedded; flesh pale with 
t it answers well in forcing, its e vigour being |$ scarcely any core; flavour brisk, rich, cod sweet. 
| checked i in consequence of the oramai of its roots Ripens early, or-sboub the same time as Keens’ Seed- 
ots. 
ling. Leafstalks moderately ai 
posed ho: pr a but on the scapes and runners they 
leaflets 2 obtusely serrated, 
| smooth 33 somewhat hairy beneath. The plant is 
xU. = 
e = = T 
E p. Oak—Fertile Er of 
3 
This ie sent for fr the winter shonid e 
merican Oaks 
uent by their cups, like Chesnuts. I., Abbots- 
nro's Cannon Boilers. eras gre A 
pe of the 12th inst. re 
E 
for 8 beautiful in hortienl- 
y tien kno mongst us; what cares 
Fong mit " think he loves hn; and he 
5 — he before woman 
his efforts in horticul- 
HIER 
pei 
jJ 
Cabbages, and 
more fruit 
H 
H 
ecessarily ——5 pem on the 
E OON 
sn ‘confine to the production of high 
produce 80 
at home, and it should Soo 
Leafsta Fig ce pene hae ‘hata: | 
leaflets 8 ioi ted serrated. A 
about the middle season. It is 
and will 
other 
e of the 
side, and aal . h 
red prominent; flesh ra 
ing to do. or animate creations 
to be pleased at the 
; € "This i is your "third annual 
; the second was better t 
— — of 
fullest 
vet — m mare the display of 
uty, fairness | 
| solid, mera a pink core. Leafstal 
slightly "irs ihe hairs grades Tatts aden 
€ dea. — of the fruit of this variety is variable, 
| but oft 
á plates, cstern cing the cost of — peo t be Zl. 10s., 
* of a 
this er, the 
remarks on which are entirely without fant T 
shall - giad — vou will insert the followi n the 
called at my w T told 
n Mr. Ellis 
iron boiler was 
would requ His reply 
take out a — eylinder — a the purpose of 
putting in * va in. Cannon boi * Sim eR the case 
told him must have ne e doors, bars, 
gs used for a 1 boiler would 
n boil er, and without 
ould be inter- 
nd. piu only. Having sold so large 
Mec dires at 
been 
a Mb 
more careful 
loes not cre and more 5 
Fil L basket AON icholson). 
orn N — on the iy ot tech pale ter with | 
hollow core, and possessing but little flavour. Leaf- 
stalks very heavy; leaflets deeply and sharply 
eter 
ruit large, roundish or 
9 — in 
ison be made, 
excellent, with an agreeable mild acidity. 
serrated, is 
nd Chief.— ndish | remar! 
aito Tight red; fesh pale red, soft, cul ph very ce 
