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THE GARDENERS’ 
Sir Charles erar, and some others, 
erloo " was fairly burnt up. 
17 was nearly useless. I 
think it is an uncerta h 
soil and season “ just right,” and then, in my opinion, 
it is distinct, well me having, and by its peculiar 
vour, ‘stands alone," Of this 
bed, and hope for олай things пе 
Now о pae to another «ey - White Knight.” 
o be a capricious i for Mr, Bun- 
ome others, hav n it out of their 
yet with me this grew 
strongly, bloomed freely, and bore some very fine, 
excellent, and well-flavoured} berries. Everyone 
that tasted it d more, and I may add that 
it was quite 2 to, if it did not surpass, British 
Queen: So pleased am I, that I have planted several 
lour 
& light bright vermilion 
on ce ho sunny side, € reat diem to clear white, 
with white Рег the season and soil both 
suit; but however an may be, it was “ very good," 
arly. 
Of course, for next year I have н T: & Y plants 
of Royal Sovereign, also Laxto of All, 
A. F, Barron, and a sort I hav S Ael found 
B 
very re berries, bat of excellent flavour. 16 
covered closely with seeds, and dull in colony, bat 
with rich red ра хў в & very atrong grower, and 
hardy, and I ject in writing is к 
point out that as зм position, and seasons vary s 
much, is it not well to try some sorts that es d 
amongst 
ish Queen, 
г. Hogg, and with me White Kn ion Harrison 
[m Sevenoaks, 
HOME GORRESPONDENGE. 
UNDAY MORNING Poir I pape 
Oa the afternoon of Saturday, Septe , there 
wasps ( Vespa 3 ll to our 
Peach-cases, 1 — an onslaught on 
,more especially the latter, 
most to налза ilele + speedy disappearance, 
that made me resolve when Sunday morning came 
= 
ч 
rui m 
e time we got t 
meridian, and мае: 
тоге іп ciara of the e 
was the evening befo m and 8 inous 
a foo ooting had they | obtained, “that it was completely 
fruit with any 
nable degree of safet ty. There 
fruit w. 
dislodged. oe to this end it 3 to me 
that 1 them to a dose of XL АП” 
Me Two of these _famigators bel procured, 
2 could, We stood safely outside, ex. 
ceedingly ы, ee Meses ы the glass 
and final death in this fetal 
— — It was 
Was 2 
to wing, 
also 
blue- bottle flies (Callipho omitoria). These 
fought against the nicotine fumes much longer than 
the wasps, being evidently much stronger or less 
sensitive in n le. iratory organs. On this 8 point, 
some entomological reader might kindly throw some 
light | s for. ree „edifi cation, Whilst looking on, I 
це Ul UH€ Y 
SpUIIBIHE 
Lis made a fresh 
FRUIT-TREEB ON OUR HOUSE-TOP PS. — res 
recent leader on this subject recalls many efforts 
һа considerable portion 
these 
roof culture is th 
hardly charge any additional rent of the tenant for 
ng his roof with plenty of fruit, and thu 
r beauty. As you 
rope erly observe, tenants need greater, 
nat disturbance, as 
ly taught in the 
culture as to be able to make the most 
of his small holdings, allotment gardens, and house- 
t The latter, though so seldom turned to prac- 
clothing. But surel cts are 
he sleepy disease if anything can do 
e Doe ems or ing 
say how soon t startle 
the natives by growing n useful egga of a ali shapes, 
colours, sizes se-tops, How grand and 
gorgeous our Marrows and Gourds would look on 
houae-tops, үн scarlet and other runners 
would have garlands o LE as well as send down 
bushels of sweet = 
d ose 
© 
5 have 
run ild on use-top oses, Honey 
d Jasmines, Clematis will hasten to clothe 
their fs with fl , however, may be 
gathered, as well a3 pleasure, from fl 
Covered with Maré:hal Niel or other Tea Roses, 
such С orys, n Richardson, Nipheto:, 
climbing Devoni б ге, Le е tops 
might be covered and coined into gold. Then asto 
fruit. е 80 d in size, so different 
in aspect, that the whole of them may be clothed 
Ye s uits of Е“ sort from the ЕЕ Grape and 
the w me Pium cid More ilo 
Che ata Hardiest for the north and in, tenderest 
to the south and west. pples ears, Piuma, 
er ee qiiae. Apricots, (o rapes, Gooseberries, 
Curran 
m 
Skilful preparation of 
raising of the trees pos 6 Tm to а foot esc at 
the roof, 9 inche 
flowers, e ^ advocate 
protection for 
Fig trees on roofs, experience is that they are 
= eir safer, more fruitful without it, The 
aro heroe is h of last February, and t ead 
CHRONICLE. 
[Sur AA 28, 1895, 
oi Figs with and without protection through 
hat differe ence there 
Figs in the 
in 
regimen, from the frosts of winter 
owever severe, than the chills and changes of 
ring. veryone will admit that t 
8 
tected Fig finds itself in a very much worse vital 
og pE to contend with our erratic 
springs than the unprotected one, which hag already 
withstood du winter in the open. D. T. Fish, 
t con 8 come under th 
п and Picotee digress still, will 
diy ч orm me 7 AN ме 
cows, and flower, and dun — way to 
them from seed or cuttings. W. М, 
DOUBLE DAI8iE8s.—The chief cause of the neglect 
of these hardy e in spring bedding, i is no doubt 
their average lateness in blooming, Could anyone 
introduce a variety that would begin to bloom from 
the middle or end of March onward, then a great 
gain would result ; commonly they begin to flower 
from middle or end of April, and are usually at 
their best during May, that is be late for b 
most of which bloom in April o bedüiif plant 
for producing a carpet of — can be be 
t he blood red. Т = M and 
Mottled are also effective, We asily have 
Myosotis dissitiflora, our earliest Forget me Ne 
which should always be raised from seed, 
d April ; also coloured Paine Aw 
arly Violas from old plants, Aabrietias, Ar 
Doroiliénii plantagineum, and some об peur 
hardy things, and to have Daisies u e later ui y 
summer beddi 
(51 [n 
exigencies, it would matter less, bu! where those 
exist, then Daisies р too late, The plant 
reverts largely after a few years, uch in dh 
regard 8 colour at je in doubleness ; and although - im 
a “double” flower, the whole of the organs a X 
а ый xi not au uppressed, hence the planta fill the 
flower-beds with seedlings which of itself becomesin _ 
time a nuisance. 
OAK-GALL AND OAK-APPLE.—In last week's 
answers to correspondents it is stated that e 5 
. 
et 
Oak-apples, Your reply was right, and it w. wrong. 
It all depends р the nature of the 2 wie whas 
was intended thereby. McLachlan, [Oa 
spondent's йоны related to the Оаро ит 
thought, but the wording was not too d 
point, Ер 1 
НЕВ АМО MDC - THE 
— 
went up 
deners of the opinion ns ing toa 
it was not worth the aedis to симе a tne Pas 
Whether 
arde Іс 
attention, the — — not continue. 
wever, is certain; it is depending 
old trees for throwing ges —- of 
young trees of good one well € 
to, will afford, ia the 2 P josh 
t 
pa à 
e have heard 
