SEPTEMBER 28, 1895.) 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
369 
deserves to be made of Early "wie а seed- 
Ий peste by Mr. Rivers, and one the v 
Apricots are 
он» almost exclusively for planting against walls, 
as bushes 
pots, and an excellent lot of the 
lather were of splendid appe 
Peaches and Nect ғ, as everyone knows, 
receive а large share of — from this 
firm, and trees of most kinds are prepared 
for planting out-of-door positions. Damsons, 
Raspberries, Quinces, Crabs, Strawberries, Goose- 
ts are all looked after, 
but we must paes from the out-of-door department 
to orchard-house subjects. 
Fruit Trees Іх Pors, 
If favourable terms are used in describing the 
general condition of the trees outside, and the 
success ке methods of culture adopted there, 
what m е say when A = the cem 
house à — ? How highly must we praise th 
pyramidal Peach trees in — the y^ es and Pii 
in pots, and the marvellous pot Vines, Here we are 
dealing with the specialties of the firm, and with 
culture tat is fr 3 imitated, “ses " never 
bee in any other place, us look 
at a 8 of Pes ie ата ho ouses 5 
of pyramidal Peach-trees, really pyramida 
each shoot as жыш as a placed, 
perfect in its way as 
Azale 
and altogether unique appearance of those 
trees fr 11 feet high, must be seen to be 
believed. Then what crops "air carry ! tree of 
ripe, and upon this specimen there were about seven 
dozen fruits, and of quality. It may be useful to 
remark that these trees are potted into оон» 
loam and one-third decomposed manure, and th 
twice during the 
kiln dust and horse-droppings. None c the trees are 
rooted through into the borders, but they have all a 
mass of fibrous roots at the top of the pots, attracted 
у the surface dressin 
d 
potted the following season, they are taken away 
and as much of the top-soil removed as possible, ind 
кык XU On the other hand, if the tree is to be re- 
рон t is taken out of the pot, and the ball reduced 
ус one-third by a special tool; and unless it 
is ju be grown on to Ад size, it is then put bac 
into the same pot, which is well cleaned and 
thoroughly drained. In this way it is remarkable 
that trees are kept in robust health and capital 
arin ears and years i 
f many of 
ME Rivers. seedling Peaches and 1 Nectarines, — 5 
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many year li fi 
роз, The list of Peaches raised from seed br * 
Rivers їз far too long to be given here, but we are 
indebted to this firm for ay standard varieties ; 
and the Nectarines, with sam 
numerous, and include Rivers’ Orange, Spencer, 
Lord Napier, Stanwick Elruge, Pine apple, 
Humboldt, Al Victor, and last, but first in 
portance, Rivers’ Early, raised by Mr. T. Francis 
Rivers, and certifi in 1 It is said to ripen 
кине days before Tora Napier, Alna this 
variety has become well distributed 
as they have grown, were noticed, 
чан э см Pears, and ан. we cannot now dwell, 
well d 
large house of ding Fig trees in pots we 
would mention in order to recommend this crop to 
м who have never tried Figs under suitable 
There is — more телда crop, ог one 
ess will better repay labour and expense, pro- 
viding the fruit is liked, Plenty 5 heat, moisture, 
° 
fixed, and shows an aperture 9 by 24 i 
ir with n З АЁ ки уч 
, 
anda g tl ts, and 
в simple method of pruning, which consists chiefly in 
thinning the shoots out by removing the least desir- 
able ones altogether, and a little stopping of gross 
growths ‘he ti summer, constitute satisfactory cul- 
ture, We have only briefly mentioned the Vines in 
pots for foreing early next ве ason, When these are 
seen, lised 
here is comprehended at once. It is not safe to 
quote figures, but something like 3000 have been 
grown this season 
their own recommendation, 
— say of this establishment must be o 
ur notes are already longer than we had — 
METHOD OF . 
TOMATO-HOUSE 
A new ventilator, designed by i F. D. Woolf, 
Severn Nursery, Shirley, Southampton, for use in 
early Tomato, Vine, and. годик houses, is illustrated 
by the following figures 
Fig. 69.— 4 VENTILATOR FOR EARLY FORCING-HOUSES, 
e йе. T йн... х i ihi dps Js: dé y T diss Е eet he api a 
жее OL ie 
No, 1 represents the front view of — ventilator 
when fixed to the hot - water pipe, and show: orat 
front 18 i 6 SN through which heated air passes 
into the 
No, 2 ot seat the back of the ventilator when 
nches, through 
which the аас" air passes from No. 3. 
No, 3 has one end fixed in mes outside wall of 
the house: es which a br ick i moved, the other 
end p -—À the opening ^ — of ee 
shown 
d air passes through No. 3 from the open 
into the back of ventilator, and is heated to the tem- 
perature of the house before passing through the 
perforated front shown in No. 
The ventilator is made in sections, and can be 
applied to any existing house baving a service of 
hot-water pipes near the front wall of a lean-to and 
both walls of a span-roof house 
The patentee, Mr. Е, ‚ Woolf, Severn Nursery, 
` Shirley, Hants, claims that by its use a constant and 
efficient circulation of warm air can be maintained 
night and day at all seasons of the year, and that it 
will prove of great worth as а потене of disease 
in Tomatos, 
ARISTOLOCHIIA NOM IN. 
14. 2 
ARISTOLOCHIA elegans. ' 
nd figured in the Gardeners Chronicle (n. s., xxiv. 
(188) ЕЯ 301, е 64), from a plant —— by 
талата it from Беа. 
wem es the place cited, that the plant 
is a native of Rio, where it was collected by Glaziou 
(n. 13 * whose specimens are in the Kew Her- 
е also to say: —“ It is singular 
botanical district, 3 not previously have been 
introduced or deacr 
But it would appear not to be a 1a of Rio 
Piet or ghe ы the province of that na 
withstanding the specimens їп —. Kew чт 
labelled “ Environ of Rio Jan 
known th 
ome are 
esides Glaziou’s specimens 
there is one at Ау — of the same species, 
from the 3 interior of Brazil. It isl "adi 
“Оп the Parana, 26? AV e 
This was received at aa early in 1883, but th 
specimen being a poor was vd . ae e by 
Dr, Masters, or more pidtiably not seen by hi 
Aristolochia elegans is then, in all йз бен xd 
home on the banks of the Parana River, some 700 o 
800 miles westward of Rio Janeiro. It is true that 
Parodi’s specimen is doubtingly referred to this 
species in the rome Magazine (t. 6909), but I see 
no reason for the dou 
Тһе most теша fact in the history of this 
plant is to ew days ago Sir John Kirk, 
who has lately returned. fon m special mission to 
o 
seeds of what struck iari asa 5 —— ornamental Ari 
tolochia, which he collected near the landing- place 
at the mouth of the Brass River, W. Tropieal Afries. 
It w the herbarium 
but if it is a native of the interior е. of the latter 
country, this explanation seems hardly sufficient. 
On the other hand, it is — . e м 
із a native of Afric n Bra The 
t Africa атанан and have become 
80 печтин naturalised ав бо have every appearance 
of bei ing at home, Ta this one? W. Botting Hemsley. 
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STRAWBERRIES. 
As far as blooming was часе in these parte, 
it has been a marvellous 
абыс plantations 
and where they were fortanate enough to get 
there , While in 
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badly, and in mo А SE ig the plants suffered, 
and the fruit was deteri 
I am induced to ake a q^ remarks, after Zr 
Mr. С. Wythes’ note on the subject. My soil is 
light stony one, resting on gravel, &e., 88 ay 
nat t suits Bri 
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immense quantity of oug 
the hot dry weather а number “ went blin 
"id а good crop of fairly large айа ошу- Чатты 
t, and fine in colour—but п urious 
aae to notice. Mr. G. Wythes calla the British Queen 
а late sort, and yet it ripened some of the berries 
рум and equal with the Vicountess Hericart de 
bed adjoi the latter 
· Thury growing in a 
drought and heat had 
cases, Still, as it is usually а good bearer of rich- 
coloured, well-flavoured M I have p it for 
another year, Now of Wate As to its worth 
generally, I may say I like it — and it “жй done 
well, € fruit. ors delicious, One thing I may 
me I have known persons able to 
eat this variety without the inconvenience that has 
too often arisen after partaking of Sir Joseph 
