$крткмв®н 28, 1895.) 
THE GARDEN? RS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
371 
results, Ia the less favourable parts of the country 
a full south aspect is necessary, and the latest 
varietie ould Бе  disca ‚ the fruit not 
in each never 
gets any sun * er 2 PM, and it is from the t tree 
on these walls that the best fruits are gathered. Oae 
which te 
i ing freer from insects, and requiring less 
water at the roots and overhead syringing—in fact, 
it is seldom that water is artificially applied ; neither 
mulch with manure, but 
ood sprinkling o - , carefully king 
itin during the early spring. This dressing benefits 
e trees wonderfully. Thin training is another 
point of impo; hich is practised, so that the 
fruits; that val 
follows quickly, and Early 
time, while Alice and — are not to be despised. 
the mid-season P 
and Gosha 0 
ton, Gladstone, and Admirable are useful to 
the Of Nectarines, Lord Napier, Elruge, Stan- 
wick, Pine-apple boldt, and Pitmaston Orange 
е 1 ly Nectarine, 
and one was ia my ie, has а future, is Early 
ivers, w ten days earlier than Lord 
Napier, ers h е very fre е 
uits are very luscious, and re 
years ago 
the entire allotted space and more, some being 
t oss, When these trees had 
been planted four years, Ї was d lift 
t but as I was to get 
covered, I left them alone, with = result that 
as the tr rew they soon b to fruit with 
great freedom. "That the je 1 es and pro- 
bish. All good cultivators understand the v alue of 
are grown, and the 
amount of this should always be regulated in ac- 
cordance with the natare of thə soil. H, Markham, 
Mereworth, Maidsto 
EXTRAORDINARY SINGLE LEAVES ON THE 
VICTORIA REGIA.—From the measurements given 
the Gardeners’ Chronicle of 
leaves of the Victoria Regia in the Royal nic 
Society’ den, Re k, London, it would 
appear as though some of the leaves upon a plant 
of the same species growing in the M Botanic 
са ма учее larger. ave never seen 
plant, or one with finer leaves, 
than the he Shoe Be og Tae 
growi 
— p" 
showing above the surface of the 
л o-day, September 24, the largest 
was 7 feet 33 inches in diameter, inside 
h а turned up margin 3} inches 
1 епб о 
The next largest 
t 2 inches. Then une are three of 
7 feet | 1 К and two of 7 3 feet; = younger leaves, 
= 4 feet — — feet. There are also 
nt three vet Rear h leaves 
ler om cut An the t eni of which measured 
member of шы {гайе, 
three and 
upwards of 7 feet in diameter. All the above 
measurements were taken inside, without gne 9 
the rm, st vary from 3 to4 inches in dep 
Willia 
CHISWICK TRIALS.—I can quite understand 
"A, Dis ’s” reluctance t et ora or reduce frivolous 
and een “trade " 
instead with what Mr. W. TT 
to the occasion ome perform similarly interesting 
carefal wor sphere of horticul- 
ure, a r а as 
tertaining from Chiswick, where the materials 
might, I think, in time be found. 
9 contemplated by the Council, the с 
mittee e, in for some aoe of attention — 
— n. A ‘‘ wake-up” ht do good. e 
can imagine “the wr — * T over that Bean, and the 
“© purposeless result ic desc by “А, D." The 
do not expect much 
because of "so many. claiman 
in the field,” is too bad. Chiswick — * and could 
select an n work a y if it v 
to и апа ы ня will кй ite rr bes wi 
ounds, and its the mark, till it — 
the plan in іе" а ы dee well- conducted country 
establishments, of forecasting and estimating the 
hand, Some г 
ording to а contemporary, was supplied by one 
А fraction of the 500 received 
rks the « 
over ү: IN , but the 
appears to to have been sorting out the 
number of xo “ duplicates 
much alike." such game worth the powder to any 
one but the 444 who sells the plants? I noticed 
ассо 
mainly benefited, —— of the vegetables *' tried ” 
ean ye be proved by cooking. Were they tested i — 
у? Ik not, red vere of the committee i 
not са anything. 
ЕЕ'8 LETTER.—Permit me to ва 
t the “heckling” to which Mr. Sme 
may, probably, cut both ways, if p 
I hope, as an outsider, that the блай = кре 
2 without reserve, if forced, no ma 
appens, I trust also that everything will Б pus 
lished for the benefit of that multitude н horticul- 
t oughout the country,” who, we are told, 
are consumed with anxiety on the куго, but of 
which there is no sign, if we except the 
mall section who are making all the fuse, 
Ecovinetel hortioulturiate of all degrees take but 
a languid and casual interest in Chiswick at present, 
but they might be induced to take more under 
different circumstances. am sure you 
would your numerous readers 
telli y what the functions and powers 
uncils, Boards, and 
are of the different “Со 
ic 
Society, and keep жди За | their proper 
le to gr out how - business 
al Society was — 
ow that business lene in- 
t I do 
т depend — sv. 
volving much vaster eid, 
on 
ir au the €— the secretary, 
d p^ eae an occasional quorum 
aaa while DP their duty, would 
rari anie де brook that dictation from irresponsible 
members, which a few г: fellows” of the al 
Horticultural Society seem to regard as their special 
privilege, It is, no doubt, dreadful to think of what 
may happen if Mr. Smee should be deprived of 
udges from Chiswick w to 
store his c ence, 
ke а trip to the provincial local ows any 
where, where he will see the rente dealt out 
before a discriminating public, in a manner above 
suspicion, whether as regards “| cal influence 
or good jud t. I await the Council's justifica- 
nothing to fear from the general 
turists weird the country if it acts wisely — 
fearlessly, At pre =m reported gene 
к» “indignation ” ке" utter sham in шу belief. 
SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON CARNATIONS 
А N HALL, CH E in ©; a 
fe s ago, and in the company of a friend, I took 
the opportunity of visiting th dens of Eato 
Hal r. Barnes, the head gardener, himself kindly 
conducted us over the more interesting parts of the 
be seen 
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disease or an о 
They are grown principally, Mr, Barnes in 
to supply cut bloom during th 
SEEDSMEN'S TRADE MARKS. P quie is an im- 
cepisse seed, and the Pate 
ney in return for a right, which by virtue of their 
— Аин professes to give him protection upon all 
” А i in 
рї т Ч ve crops for 
seed, some nes its wa m the bands of únor 
seed- distribu still bearing the original name. 
Many will bey it is still Shephard's Kale, and so 
when a trader 
hawke w 
attached that will show the buyer w e is pur 
chasing; if not, at i use of a registered 
trade The was never in his 
possession, the crop may not have ha ry 
care bestowed upon it, and although there be 
secret means adopt p it true, any o 
tribe knows one oe a variety will e$ if 
roper situation, and rogued and 
e — 
question altogether, from y fact that the old- 
tashioned growers who rai these varieties pro- 
bably never had * idea et protecting ere ore 
under the Tra 
RED-FLOWERED ТЕЕ: — I have read 
3 C. W . 337, with 
to the rare and on forgotten Dendrobiam 
вау. СЕЕ е dried material 
locked up in the Reichenbachian herbarium, though 
it cannot be said that the species is yet adequately 
