Janvary 5, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE 
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“I have found,” says “the consequence 
of this so fatal, that for mey years ant (though 
they have been welcome to walk the rest of the 
garden), I have been obliged at that time of A — 
to say their entrance into the Mellonry.” He 
eal about fruit trees, but he evidently "iid 
by freedoms the ladies had taken in the gardener’s 
absence to satisfy their curiosity.” ‘pi 
also bothered him as much as the ladies, 
another book, published in the reign of 83 and 
— cated by — P 
a of a sophical History of Plants 7 N. 
— M. D., ‘renee of the ee — Society, and of the 
of Physician , 1682; there are eighty-three 
pa araara plates of — — ene. n plants, 
eatly magnified to show t cells, & Esser. 
the Gardeners’ Chronicle, p. 759, of the last volum me, 
for in addition to its being a good oe to ee. in 
r beds. 
— was an roe 
species, at a distance of 1} foot apart, with a carpet 
formed of Viola Bluebell, and a few plants of Abutilon 
Thomsoni, variegate variety, do amongst th 
and the various colours of these plants in Fist and 
foliage, made it very attractive object in the garden 
In addition to its bei 
nd of May, givin ood display of bloom 
throughout the autumn. . cardinalis ty 
icto. ich has dark bronzy foliage, is by 
tricts the roots should be t 
and placed in cold frames. 5. Elkins, Trewsbu 
— One of our finest beds in summer * 
belia cardinalis, variety 
8 Victoris, which has dark foliage and more 
intense bright coloured flowers. We at 
d 4 few degrees of frost, assuming they 
have been properly hardened off. Th munity 
from injury by slight frosts also enab hem to 
last mu uch 1 in beauty in the autumn; indeed, 
Early plan ing is one of the secrets of success with 
this plant 7 — if they are not put out until the usual 
bedding· out time, they never do so well. We gene- 
rally oh them 2 in April or early in Man, í filling 
in with Alyssum ame time well 
at the a 
8 soil, p a kirsak be bed bein 
them each year 
ias flower, 
ive with the light-coloured foliage 
bed i is made 
of the Alyssum and t he dark leaves of the former. 
Lobelia cardinalis is — raised rom seed, which, 
if sown early, will flower the sa e year; but old 
plants taken up in the autumn a oweri 
or put thi 1 v 
FRUIT OF THE EGG-PLANT.—I believe that the 
fruit of the Egg-plant (like that of the Tomato) is an 
excellent dem or those suffering from liver com- 
p 33 d | countrie re 
it grows, it is very much vegetable, cooked 
ked, an 
Brirjal. Curried it is delicious, it is a toni 
and alterative, I believe if fruit-growers 
direct thei i the culture of this plant in 
this country they would soon e ve 
re At very little 
Aubergine, sometimes see 
fruit of a variety of the — Ep.] 
pres vag TIGHT STOKEHOLES. — Your 
ndent, * P. R.,“ in his note on the above, 
» Ps 758, in the beak volumes. says 
corre- 
that bricks and cement are very expensive items 
and walls made with these materials 
for after a few years the water will surely find its 
way through them, and no Ee will render them 
watertight. e have here two iron tanks put in, 
inside of brick i 
iron filings, w 
out the water. Our 
y Mr. Hazel, of Dorebester, and the former has 
been surrounded with water nearl 
the past five w 
tank 2 feet or so below its work, with free circula- 
tion, rather than 2 or 3 feet above i it 
elevated reservoir, 
boiler, Per haps some of your abler readers will giv 
their experience of aboveground boilers iior. 
W. H. S. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
MARKET CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Ir is remarkable how the old Source d'Or, with its 
bright orange-buff flowers, still holds its own as a 
market variety. It is grown to an enormous extent 
because it is so attractive and so free, and on the 
whole, so well managed. It is one of those warm 
colours which attract the eye and allure the sense as 
the period of mid-winter is reached, when bright 
colours are need contrast to the prevailing 
dreariness without. It is said that W. H. Lincoln, the 
large vary Raabe variety, is being grown for market 
because of its bright colour, and is ex- 
pected t 3 hails as popu ular as Source d'Or. L. 
Canning (Craig, 1888), is also coming to the fore, 
and though originally classed as a mid-season variety, 
is proving valuable for late work. Lady Fitzwigram 
is proving an invaluable early Merten and appears 
me Desgranges 
and its varieties. It is 3 new, but rapidly 
its way into culture. The new white Niveum 
is also a very promising g late white variety. In looking 
at the display in the windows of the flower-shops in 
London, one sees how the white Japanese prevail over 
the incurved, indeed scarcely an incurved variety put 
in an appearance at the Christmas season. 
2 CurysanTHemums as Wixpow PLANTS. 
n enquiry reached me the other day as to whether 
any vee the early Chrysanthemums can as 
window plants. The required conditions were dwarf 
habit, hei ght, and 
the production 2 flowers as large as those of the 
later- flowering a farther stipulation being 
made that the jän were to bloom in — and 
these conditions appeared to con- 
narrow the selection, I applied to Mr. l. 
Shoesmith to make one, and he recommends Lady 
Fitzwigram, white, to flower in August re a 
ber; Ryecroft Glory, August and Se 
white; John Shrimpton, e ne, yellow 
Souvenir d'une petite Amie, white; pia . Canning, 
white, very late. The culture of such may 
forth in a few words. The cuttings being sinned, 
they might be struck in a box in a window, and ke 
through the winter, then be potted singly in in mall 
pots, in larger ones, be placed out 
the April or early in May, and returned 8 
the pear Bey to bloom. Success in such a case will 
depar largely upon the skill of the 
on given to the plants, and the convenience 
for Re them. 
SINGLE CHRYSANTHREMUMS, 
There is this advantage ee 8 single Nese 
ant me, that a num 
flowering. I have this season er, a sm sas peter 
tion in a cold house, and I find the three latest are 
the Rev. J. Renky, amaranth; Purity, white; and 
Admiral Sir Thos. Symonds, yellow: the last ‘quite 
fresh on December 24, though in a house in which 
eptember; Com 
with shi: Louise, blast . 
no fire-heat is employed. The three varieties I have 
named are all large-flowering, te the blossoms are 
is this advantage 
too ` a collection of evergreen 
plants, I keep in my cold house 2 the winter 
Aralia, x, Saxifraga 
Yucca recurva, variegated B 
ligulata, hardy Ferns, and such like, the single 
nite line of cleavage ma become ae ed A One 
— shown i 
—a course 9 might be followed with 
advantage if the bunches are shown in bottles of 
a meed of praise is due to 
William Wells, Earlswood, Redhill, for t 
sistency with which he keeps the single varieties 
before the * at the various eee and also 
4 
T] 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Mrs, LANGTRY. 
This single-flowered, sweet- Chrysanthe- 
mum is one of the * useful of the section for 
decorative purposes florists in this district 
pronounce it a gem 9 their work, giving a colour 
that is scarce at this season. B. Wadds. 
LAW NOTE. 
BOULTON & PAUL v. FRAZER'S EXORS, 
hancery Division, before Mr. Jastice 
diisi Boekess & Paul v. Frazer's Exors., was an 
action commenced on September 17 by Mesers. 
Boulton & Paul, of Rose Lane Worke, Norwich, 
horticultural builders and wire-netting manufac- 
Frazer’s Executor 
sopiri catalogues, also that the defendants 
wrongfully and without the consent of the plaintiff 4 
copied, imitated, or caused to be copied, or colourably 
2 2 an d * ch i 2 * 
1 0 ating any catalo 
dene of the — ig in the plaintifs’ 
ing or colourably imitating, 
catalogues, from copy : 
and ere exhibiting, distributing, or otherwise circu- 
lating e colourable 
dra 
, — 
imitations of w o 
