Jury 27, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
107 
ENQUIRY, 
much shall learn much." —BACOX. 
US EDULIS.— any reader say, how pe 
— this plant are made use of, во as to 
edible? In their natural state no one would * 
to taste them more than once, У. 
to obtain an answer to t 
Specimens should be good ones, 
carefully packed and nwmbered, 
and not more than six should be sent at one time, Leaves only, or 
Florists varieties cannot, as a rule be na 
Grape-growing for Amateurs, 
n on: Upcott Giu, 170, 
o: A Subscriber. 
y E. Molyn m 
„ЖЗ Wi 2 pric 
Вкесн: E. M. Р, ix occurrence of laciniated 
leaves on the Beech is not uncommon. It is an 
instance of bud-variation, or ''sporting"; but 
whethe ver former state 
things, or an оа n to new circumstances, no 
one can te e Fern-leaved Beeches of gardens 
prs originated in this way, the '*sport" being 
n to а Beech stock, and thus propagated. 
Fb hcm G. W. sends us flowers of Carnations in 
which the stalks are abruptly bent downwards. 
We do not know what the cause of the distortion 
s, but we suspect it may be the result of 
puncture at an early stage of 
CmaxsawrHEMUMS Diszasep: G. Harwood, 
plants are attacked by a minute mite which 
punctures the young leaves; the fpi us Botrytis 
then settles on the wounds and spreads. Spray 
thoroughly, so that the buds are soaked, twice А 
week, i: a deep-red solution of potassic per- 
mangana CM; 
IN de» AND Prar 'ТвЕЕ5: 
Neither cause пог cur 
urned, also ait 
ruit, application of manures 
containing ammonia aE the disease . ©. M. 
INES: The di y no 
black-rot, neither is there any «еи of any 
сее disease, Not having the roots under 
proper control i « undoubtedly the cause of the 
leaves — fruit pius wrong. 
How PEAT BEDS ARE ForMED: "We cannot do 
better uz give you the account by Spender in 
the Transactions Bath and West of 
rmed by the decay d индже (чч life, 
chio] that of moss and heather on the surface 
of the ground, which forms a mould t that increases 
with a yearly-increasing 
Ages afterwards the isla are found in gs e 
belo f the bed. T ro- 
tected the growth of the moss and were vig 
by it. In the lowe: 8 peat 
ormed 
decay of squatic plants under water, which ane to 
the bottom and fot 
—— ones an the Romans, who = 
y alarm the floating for 0 m 
Zuyder Zee, 4 these f parts of h 
ugitive 
hae by ropes fixed to stakes fixed in more solid 
Ілона: G. V. W, Physcia ciliare. 
Mzmary-svo: М, T. G. G. Should use the XL All 
Vaporiser, 
Nauxs or Prants: Correspondenis not — i in 
this issue are requested to соти? the number, 
„A. . Rose, garden variety; * апесї 
arte misiwfolius; 3, Veronica longifolia var. rosea; 
4, ongifolia var, alba; . nitida; 6, ү, 
media.— ur; alega officinalis alba ; the 
Crown Pea (fasciation) ; 3. Spiræa Lindleyana; 
4. godes argopbylla; 5, E pungens,— 
Jones strœmeria aurantiaca,— V. T. 
E 8 bulbifera; 2. Pteris chinensis; 
3. Asplenium viviparam.— бат bell, Eu rium 
„ Ber 
ре Vi 
soni; 3, n ; 4, Dendrobium 
bicameratum; 5, bium sulcatum. Th 
are probably the species sent, but the material is 
c 
e ourselves to the 
es,— Tilia 
No N inaria cymbalaria ; 
ea Ptarmica q б, alium 
inari i m vulgare. 
1 tea; 2, * Ра of 
Lathyrus iw] often erroneously called Lord 
—A, 
Viola, во far as we can make out from 
such a poor specimen.—G, B. Chrysanthemum 
— tum. 
So omething in the n or the manure 
к cockchafer and wireworm do much harm 
Roses; Hoss Florence, Rose double Macartney, Marie 
Leonida. 
ғов Līme IN THE Sort: V. P. Pour some strong 
sulphuric acid on to a little of the soil in an 
earthenware vessel, — if effervescence takes 
place there is lime prese 
uU B. J. — z the leaf is йил 
ome varieties; the r part of leaf 
— ws disproportionately faat, probably from over 
stimulation. 2, Yes; was not the ammonia in too 
lar “т cam to the sate ^ 3 E 
Toma THE BORDEAUX Mixture: = 
A, К. The — has been given in 
hang a copy of it in his potting-sh 
= n case of need :—Copper sulphate, 
unslaked lime, 3 lb.; water, 40 gallons lace 
6 gallons of the water in a tub or barrel, and hang 
in it 4 lb. of pulverised copper sulphate in some 
Slake the lime in к р vessel, 
as i — it up, and 
used to 
and pumps without clogging the nozzles. 
аге not v esome, and when several appli- 
pap are to е at — intervals, 50 
even 60 gallons of water may Always 
mix = Bordeaux in wooden, мее st or 
essels, and the fittings of the pump, &c., 
prise be of brass 
Tomatos Ls ket Gardener, The soil haa 
othing to do with if, nor the e manure you have 
employed, although the ex atmos~ 
than in a moist one. 
The beginning of the Black-rot. 
Toxaros: 4. P. В 
Cut off all the affected fruits and burn them, 
8 the Bordeaux 
Can end men of the beetle which 
са шо the fruit sent 
VARIETIES OF FRUITS ғ 
Red Currants: Raby 
and La Hátive for very early use. 
a sweet, rich fruit be wanted ; and 
44 with 
i 
Fertile, ^ 
Е very — fl -— and ] fruited, Prices 
about 20s, 100; new . a little desrer 
than this, "Blac k Varieties : The Ogden fo 
use, and Lee’s Biack for general use, i 
23s. per 1 bree 
n early varieties of any kind 
r dozen, 
which to plant red Currants, 6 by 8 feet apart. 
Black Curra 0 feet in 
rich deep soi 
if bus rries, 
ata 
line of the plants, or a trifle m 
the line, which is better * fet a apart; or they may 
be leg 3 fee 
canes restricted to six, the canes being th 
self- Lee ee The Gooseberry for * гм 
132 Industry, or ч for gathering 
а В-ды. as well, then choose Hielander ог Lan- 
cashire erm e per x "oe ii Currants ; 
distance apart also the 
VIRGINIA быы Е, ry Vitis (Ampelopsis) 
hederacea, It is | and to have жне introduced 
from Canada or the northern 
1629, and was originally called Heder quinque- 
folia, under which heading you will find it in 
— ictionary, Of course it i is no Ivy, but a 
Viszs: J. W. e shanking in other years was 
due to 
the roots Paving g got 22 down in a border, 
which, — e the great length of time that has 
el was Mad». has become in an un- 
th 
nae get wag Your a, escape 
е from shanked berries to the great 
amount of sunshine having ed the soil toa 
depth excessive 
amount of tran ion ved 
thus preserved, to some extent, а ba 
requirements and o кра should examine 
the border this year as as the ү is ripe, 
cutting the 3 E "bottling them 
border is fou 
border with — soil, 
rainage is well provided for, в 
soil does not exc fee Vw 
above the surrounding level, the subsoil being 
clay. 
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