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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
hardy-fruit growers, and the eures, obtained yogi 
m miiia nt to convince the most sceptical. If th 
direct action of the colouring- 
us 
matter which the soil contains? Z. 
— I e to differ from Herr Leichtlin 
in “his — iena “that “soil has only an influe nce 
on the flavour of fruits and not on their colouring,” 
as a 
brighter colour to some kinds of fruit, and that avery 
autumn panes Faves. seek ie 
ere a 
fresh ferruginous loa am su 
Pearmain and the 3 5 varieties named w 
on colour, I have found soot useful in this way. 
W. R, Streatham Jill. 
MERICAN GRAPES IN ENGLAND. My e 
. with these varieties is confined to the Pin 
rry Grape and a or American Fox Grape. 
A Vine of the firat ies a space i h 
of the early here, It is very easy to 
5 7% ox ai a very . are round, and o 
sooty blac the flesh very pulpy, and with 8 
peculiar r a "partaking of the Strawberry more 
0 are yt fond of 
them, others say they are foxy. It is not a good 
keeper, and soon shrivels when thoroughly 
and the r ec erable tim 
to ripen. I do n 
irty years ago paid great attention to their 
caltivation. * and hy bridsing A with well- 
nown varieties in almos ible 
berry, 
* without the Tox flay a Sak pr ae of 
netitution, and 1 think it is now nearly lost 
< . — 1 py that 3 are berry Grape 
is thought highly of here. Bailey Wadds, Birdsall, 
I em sorry I can t on the 
subject of Messrs, J. Carter & Cos * 1 respect- 
Some years since I received of thirty o 
forty of ines from a 
rage dent in Florida, with a request to try them 
NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS (Miller), oo the 
recent notes an have appeared on this sp 
reference has n made to 
pirates mrtg Milter 
1: . A . 
N. pallido-lu teus — — alter ait re bre 
vi bis conduct to thore 
d 
ureo, I found this (1711) in ah orchards an 
loses adjoining near Herneey Church; Budd, Herb., 
exxiv., fol. 30. We are ee to a 3 
y det rmination of Buddle’s specimen. 
Syme pfen She dats Pet. H. B. Cat., Ixvii, p. 8, 
Daffodil ;’ and this fours has been 
. amplus, 
ritannica, where, of course, the species 
; to N English 
s figured ; 
Rey. Adam Baddle, the contemporary and friend of 
erbarium now forms 
Na — History 
Herbarii eer 
Keke 1713— 
M o James Petiv 
nici Clariss. D. Rai isms 
G. S. Boulger. 
GRAF TEO r As the growing 
season is again — e up wish to relate my 
afted Chrysanthemume. 
ants in the south h of 
ent a differed from what 
ad been e pa af the pe s an ex- 
The varieties Sarees were * follows 
| | 
Scion. | Stock. | Date 
— jai 
Charles Gibson a| Emily Dale | March 6 
Princess Teck... Prince Alfred March 6 
s. N. Davis i | John Lambert March 6 
Hero of S. 3 | Alfred Sutton arch 6 
I also employed several other varieties as stocks, 
nothing 2 new in grafting the Cnrysan- 
eee ey te on tain late- 
flowering varieties in time to exhibit them beh 
with earlier ones at our local flower-shows. The 
results were, so far, satisfactory, but key “would 
have been better had the stocks been rather stronger, 
or earlier propagated, the cutting back of the stock 
being a anne check to eee, that are late eme 
In proof of the success of my operations, it m 
mentioned that at the reams W Cyan the- 
exhibition my blooms were lat i class for 
ste ‘in An pire Me toning the lot Jodie three 
bloo va and — —— — the ese 
— Foii matted plan The m 
by ordinary cleft grafting, keeping them close under 
band-glasses till a union took place. The hand- 
glasses were toot in the kedeh in which the bulk of 
cuttings were rooted, i emperature ranging from 
45° to 55°, R. Watson, Elkington Hall Gardens, Louth, 
A LILY EXHIBITION.—At last I am gratified by 
seeing a chance for the Lily; we have Rose shows, 
Chrysanthemum shows, Carnation ety & 
now at last there is to be a Lily sho 
espect, as I see by a 
, 111; and Å hope all Lily growers anå 
ily ee will atrive to make this, the firat Lily 
show ever held, of vant thteheat that no future year 
will go on without giving due honour to the Lily, my 
especial favourite among the flowers. Alex. Wallace, 
THE LATE WILLIAM THOMSON, OF A 
os —" Howl Fir OF CLOVEN 
8 
of those higher qualities * our 3 friend 
ia the com egree. No one could be 
of a ee of William Thomson i 8 length 
penis aa wr fs conclusion that he 
tone, an atmosphere, if I m ne : 8 A — 
ne ed 20 be eres Roce better and the 
veral occasions I was struc 
onger, On with 
under — He beheld . — 
CHRONICLE. 
jured. The flow 
inches of snow. C. Wolley Dod, Edge Hall, - 
[F eervary 9, 18%, 
port of tte 
taken from a self- reg 
to the air at 4 fee E from the ground 1 4 
n six 5 nights. Several othe 
1 5 i 
have been calm, 7 50 
wind. isy and the dm 
yprius, seem at ma i 
wer borders are well protected ) 
it 
SOCIETY, 
— — heh 
BIRMINGHAM GARDENEBS’ MUTUAL 
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 
t the fortnightly meeting 
ARY 28,—A 
intimate, coe chiefly based u 
rner, Professor 3 
Special reference was m 
ment to the access of 1 
agittaria, 
and p this r easO 
airs, bristles, or opposing 
d rained f 
— 
ges 
rotection has 
8 on leanne poe stem! from. ph 
stance ex upon 
steps, he is at once e effaotuslly 
