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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
(Juxx 27, 1895, 
over-sung, is ever new and ever original to him who 
looks upon it for th A 0 
which (to turn for a momen 
of our hand- book) is located in buildings extend- 
ing over 9 acres of ground, surrounded Ьу а а anden 
ated f. 
Altogether, the enterprise is an important 
gives no mean indication of the wealth of 
resources, both actual and mental, possessed by the 
ingenious people who have originated and carried 
it дег 
мт тар 
8 RIDE. D.C. 
* November, 1877, I found floating ges at 
und- 
5 Oase, at King's ari in considerable 
ance, Sci wh evid 
pes from Фе йт either of - — 5 itself or on 
me irpus was a 
with Péicisis Scirpi, D.C. ^ which at that time had 
Britain. The 
size, and for some 14 miles above the town is tidal 
It rises on the borders of Oxford and Northampton- 
shire, near ч kley ce ns an 
area of so 100 square miles. The prospect of 
localising the affected Вас was 1 1 а уегу 
bri ous attempts. however, have 
to time lodi made. The Sci cirpus is 14 5 
enough along the banks, and in various drains 
and ditch in the fens, but never 
able to come across the Puceinia in its natural 
The river Den a m nver to 
less an 1 species, and as it, 4 ncommon, 
e doubt, could it be f owing 
y, — uld little e difficulty in making 
t its life а сло nia is 
Жр, to have its Waden on 
ter, 1894—95, I made an 
archeological excursion to Earith, a small town in 
На antingdonshire, situated a few miles from St. Ives, 
on the river Ouse, Ia o 
its affini 
n the d мг Сенгор, MR No, 27, Herr 
ietel, in a résumé o n years' work on 
odat’ 
rewarded by finding the JEcidium nympheoides in 
sion at e place in which duri ring 
winter I found the Puccinia on 
bus f ing "в statement, The Scirpus 
№ elo growing abun abundantly in the River Ouse, but 
the parasite, 
— did I find any "Villarsia in the river itself, 
тунар Plowright, M. D., King’s Lynn, July 22, 
T oo INDIA. 
- QALCUTTA. ROYAL BOTANIO GARDEN. 
„ое ZA Pose ‘improvements effected during 
н its history since its foundation in 1786, and hm 
an be had by purchase at the garden gates, & 
зе кот: Mene Thacker, Spink & Co., eme 
Cale . 1 
VI 1 Lloyd Botanic Garden йч there 
is apparently tou or Rotine ta to 
oes not state how far it fulfila the: purpose for which 
it was Aiai es established, of bringing together in 
one place those specimens of the не 55-Й: flora of 
Hi — which can be grown at the 
elevation of Darjeeli 
VEGETABLES, 
ST. DUTHUS PEA. 
Tuis fine Pea, which was awarded a First-Class 
any pods have fewer than eight. The flavo 
is first-rate, and its cropping ose every- 
thing that can be desired. Why it not taken 
ong ina 
Although sent out six years 
in quart packets to the trade, I 
believe, which Tek. as if there was not much of it 
ed, It is 7 mj Pea, 8 ok so well 
known as it ought t sample of pods 
round sent by our . fall bears out his 
nts, E».] 
РЕА, RENTPAYER 
Seeing the interest you take in good vegetables, I 
have sent you a sample of my new Pea, Rentpayer, 
which I think everyone will welcome, a it is what 
has been lacking. You will see it is a first-class 
Pea, growing 1} to 2 feet, strong, it robust in 
habit, If you saw it growing, you Tee say you had 
seen E like it for crop. It is a cross between 
Duke Albany a nd Little Gem. I intend to send 
it out this coming spring. H, Brownhill, Sale, 
[ nt is all that our correspondent says of it, 
and the Pk which number eight or nine in a pod, are 
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in fields, it would do without sticks, but in the 
richer soil of a garden it would need to have short 
ones. The "e show at the upper part of the stem 
for about 1 foot down it, Ep ] 
оор Pra. 
This description fairly ae to Sutton’ s eros 
h has 
wfat, a medium, maincrop variety, w 
done remarkably well in the ties at eee 
Chiswick, this season. r, Gibson, the gardener 
,d it ing Pea in its section, 
It bears a large number of well-filled pods, the Р 
ing of good quality. From pl raised from 
seed sown in pots arch 25, and afterwards 
р out, the first gathering was made June 20 
ы height of the haulm is about 2 The 
Pea at Devonhurst this season was that good 
Ringleader, gathered May 31, J. B, 
THE WEEKk’s Work. 
nc choosing а coo 
M NIE hpg ~ as it is a plant that ша runs : 
i. ane ions, 
е 10 and the poorer the 
SALSAFY AND icon АД A —1It signs of run- 
ning to seed are noticed, the flower- ral ma TET 
removed, or the roota will be 
e quite пве1е 
: BBAGE-8EE een ез 
being mpo the spring season, Tye. 
commend that at least two sowings be mad 
forthwith, and another at the end of the month, 
re the paper P р м un 2 first week in 
ugust. sowings are t 
in colder districts, and — ers sp ap 
kno @ impoverished. aving dug and 
levelled, A trampled the land evenly all over, and 
raked off the stones, mar 
seeds very thinly iege if it is — to trans- 
era straight from the beds, aps a better 
way is to sow the б — thickly, and 
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prick out into other beds when the e 
e two p f true leaves, "Very ear 
and large plants result in the Cabbage bolting in 
th eason оп 
housands none bolted, and nearly every on 
ese we 
good planting of 1 Coleworts may now be put 
out for late € 
CAULIFLO 
should be made when 
WERS. А sowing of Cauliflower seed 
Cabbage seed is got into the 
Е 
‚ and it is eee properly, it 
still my favourite ай. Sind Caulifio 
MISCELLANEOUS —Any gro ed. po of = 
summer crops may be planted wi 
Asparagus Kales. Purple and White Sprou! міц 
Broccoli, and ma Brassel Sprouts may be plan 
the qua in is not deemed equal 
to the probable jq 
HE FLOWER GARDEN 
U R UM 
e single and double-flowered 
anted extensively ; the single varieties 
good single-flowered varieties are rp 
scarlet; The Bride, white; Cœrulea, blue; and 
Garibaldi, vermilion. The double and singl 
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le-flowered | 
large and brilliant flowers, as h? 
also the double French Chrysanthemum flowered. 
Good varieties 
L'E 
r 3 in the 
lgens 
Уй" w-wood Anemone, A, ranunculoides, and th 
purple and white pasque flower, A. Pulsatilla, 
alba, and the wood-wind flower, A. nemoross,! 
pu =н varieties; the varieties of A. appennitts 
а. and А, a. rosea, eas воші ы 
grown in сет garden; Н. angulosa. 
alba, Н, cœrulea, H. rubra flore-pleno, * severi 
мүл” b htest and 
or Squills are 1 the brig : 
ee of spring-flowe bs, Scilla s прно Ё | 
bifolia are the 5 to flower, S.n | 
other ieties are Така and all аге Tec 1 
vari 
planting in mixed borders or as edgings 
other plants. 
FRITILLARIAS, including Crown Imperial Lilith T 
ате showy plants for mixed Б orders, үт of the 
u ra, 
F. r. variegata. Fritillaria Meleagris, having a 
snake’s-head-like blossoms, is of slender 
growth, 
GLADIOLUS COLVILLE! ALBA is useful for! 
and early summer flowering, and “should be 
before the corms begin to 
beda = cst should be 
short manure Ph Ds the winter. 
