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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jone 22, 1895, 
two months to come. It must ria admitted that as 
is 3 seed, the 
of very 
an 
special significance is produced, has 50 away. 
Ross. 
Mr. Thomas has recently made a long, broad 
border, and planted it with some of the best hybrid 
ls and Teas. Each line of plants from the 
front to the back consists of from nine to twelve 
se plants are now bloom- 
bushels of flowers. 
farmyard manure, and the soil is kept in a moist state, 
the plants under this kind of 
in beds and bor 
vel walk leadin m the entrance to the gardens 
and Mr, Thomas's s piber he has placed over 
over them ; which when they bave covered the frame- 
work will have the appearance of a line of floral 
been pla 
of what he * under the name of the Crimson 
Malmaison, a vigorous variety, with large full car- 
. 8 ; and atrikingly like 25 it not 
identical with H.P. Edouard Morren, a garden 
Rose it is excellent, whether new or old; or ‘a old 
friend under a new name. 4. 
COLONIAL NOTES. 
RICHARDIA PENTLANDI IN ITS NATIVE 
HABITAT, 
As I have recently introduced this variety into 
England, it may be of interest to those who possess 
to know a little about the 
manner iu rave they grow in the wild state. This 
variety is to be found growing like the old R. 
mthiopica i in “ome „clumps in low-lying swampy 
land, 
isolated specimens, and always close large 
The tubers are always from 9 to 18 inches 
wherever it is possible for it to do so, they get under- 
eath the boulders, The soil is mostl 
loam, with a surfacing of leaf-mould and rotten 
wood, The only place in which I have found them 
is what is known as the Low or Fever Country, with 
a very hot and rainy summer, and a very mild, dry 
winter, This tuber, like the Caladium, loses all its 
fibrous roots annually. Chas, Ayres, Nurseryman, 
Cape Town. 
JAMAICA, 
_ We have received the 8 of the Botanical 
by Mr. 
contains tue Report of the Director for the year which 
ended March 31, 1894, and comprises the Reports 
of the Superintendents of the various Botanic 
Gardens in the Island, notes on the uses of botanic 
gardens in 3 4 4 1 e 86 > 1 1221 
in the experimental cultivation cf plants, the pre- 
paration of products for m scientific study, 
di- trit ution of plants and seed, and dissemination 
of 
information by corr 
and by practical trainin rmation on the 
conditions neceseary for e n &e. 
NIDAD, 
The Bulletin of Miscellaneous 1 e Royal 
fee Gardens, gare * 1895, contains 
papers on such jects as Pipe 
Na Simaba 8 Spathelia simplex, Sabal 
* 
mauritiiformis, Oreodoxa regia, a zunshine re- 
0 b 
Jor 1894 of the Royal Bo 
by J. H. Har rt, F F. L. S. Superintendent, includes, a 
creasing importance and value of the various depart- 
ardens. A meteorological report is in- 
ee As regards the Brazil nut, Bertholetia 
excelsa, the writer saya that ‘Oar trees wi em an 
excellent crop during the past year, and we have been 
able to supply many of the neighbouring lend with 
plants and trees, The shells [capsules?] are es- 
z : . x 
plan h 
Sarat to the Brazilian product, as generally seen on 
the markets.” Altogether the report is a highly 
satisfactory one. 
JUR OU DTR. 
By Harrison WEIR. 
‘opyright. 
(Continued from p. 625 = 
Havine shown that the old Kent, Sussex, and 
Surrey five-toed, white-legged, — fowls were of 
many colours, and that the variety er- the eee 
was a white fowl, and a were repute 
as among the best ee poultry in "the world, one 
b 
is led to ask, “ Wha ecome of all Sans 
rose or single-combed 3 that used to adorn our 
southern homesteads arrayed in all their — 
tinted feathering?” When 
eee or ee these colours, 
ot win i cease shown, and thus 
became 18 2 ‘i stamped out.” Even at t 
present time, though the prizes are not unfrequently 
e 
game, the muddle is worse to contend with, and the 
mischief done cannot be eradicate 
It has been contended that crossing with the two 
first breeds gave greater size. But this is not so in 
reality, for those of the old breeds have been known 
to weigh as much as those of to-day, and this with 
smaller bones, and less offal, 
old breeds did not exceed 10 lb, for the cocks, and 
8 lb. for the hens, Yet this was conside red to be 
= doe of enough fora really g 1 ghtly so, 
e eee, fowls now bred for “ the table.” 
Again, a table-fowl may be far large, even 
though of fair quality, the wing, for instance, is said 
. 4 No 
a to 
be placed in, when possibly the small sized delicate- 
fleshed wing of an old English game fowl was 
expected. No, the large - boned, coarse - flesh pt 
poultry of to-day are a decided e, a 
sooner we revert to the old breeds—the plump fall. 
breasted, square made, short thighed old English 
five and four-toed white-legged one—the bette: 
will be, for then we can not only contend against 
foreign imports, but possibly, may also find aae 
markets than our own for our superior goods” 
this respect, 
What is wanted is that all the pure white-legged 
five-toed fowls should be placed on an e equal footing 
ere might be 
classes for large sized four-toed white te-legged varie- 
ties, and for smaller such as the old English game. 
t has often been stated that the old English five- 
toed fowl did not breed true, but 
bred itself, for there is no point mo 
the fifth toe. It will appear again a 
the breed has been crossed ont som 
with Cochins, Polish, Hamburghe, | 
thus it is that it ed 80 long, and 
thus it is that fowls with little of the old Rala 
form and blood in them have won or bee 
it did when true 
re persistent than 
and fir: n where 
pure, simply because they had the fifth toe, yie 
is no doubt, however, but that the old five-toed 
in the e irona, spran 5 — existence, and 
maintained in all its usefulness and beauty until the 
coming of the Cochin-China. When 
ffa 
mended is the breeding of e! aaa the table of the 
stamp of the true old southern > aquare, broad, 
full-breasted, white-legged, — and fairly 
close-feathered bodies, with white meat and white fat, 
If 10 Ib. is the maximum, it is well; let them be any 
colour that suits the fancy of the owner, 
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» and ‘thong’ somewhat amall, delicate, 
sar there is the old Game, pure 
d and unsurpassable; thus it 
oe the old ph vealed) coloured and other Dorking 
(five toes), the cross breed with the old English: Game, 
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another craze 20 sprang up, that of crossing 
(a cross-bred 
is much less, and the te 8 
ter, It is a mistake that is doing grest 
ar to be hoped, will soon be rectified, d 
the pure breeds resorted to as perfect for “ the table, 
(Te be continued.) 
THE BULB GARDEN 
WHITE MARTAGONS. 
Ir is not long since I wrote to complain that 
White Martagons failed in my garden, a8 aue 
introduced into it from Ireland. They did well 3 
This year, however, they seem pre 
lease of life, and clumps which — oer e g 
nearly ten years are again as fine as ever. W. 
the cause is the long rest of last winter, 
unusual wetness of last summer, I cannot 21. ‘ii, 
difficult to assign causes for the behaviour of l 
which cannot be made to ei by 5 
me of them, pah L 
from see 
above ground, Others, as L. H 
dense, after disappearing entirely for a 
reappear and pay off their arrears by 
flowerings, whilst others, as L 
disap Lilies are most ca 
likes and — which can be reduced to 0 
Nec modum . habet ; nequo que consilium ratione mola? i 
Tractari 
4 Wolley Dod, Edge Halt, Mage 
