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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Окбкмвкв 14 1895, 
bbits, а remarkably good trial was afforded. The 
conclusion I arrived at is that no plant ordinarily 
grown in N is proof against attac 
soil, a stiff clay, and is grownin large masses, 
nning up from 12 to 16 feet, un it 
abounds in all з1229, from tiny обаа? upwards. Tne 
rabbits were so pressed for that they died by 
received the least ірјагу, but several of them are 
espect, Yew, Holly, Portugal 
Ivy, of this last they ate 
and in one inatance climbed a broken tree 4 feet, an 
4 feet above 
in diameter were barked clean by t о many 
died of poisoning by Yew and | other “herbage, that. it 
wy 
its equal for covert pla ТЕСР beaut. 
is well kno and apprec 
position, as choice thing o Divers, 
Belvoir Ca:tle Gardens, Grant 
THE IMPORTATION OF HOR 3ERADISH. An 
pleased to read your article on this subject ^. 
the last week's issue. r. cannot 
too widely known. Horseradish no s has no 
у 
now at restaurants, or greengrocers, but what 
one could eat a dishful, comparatively speaking 
Then all was Eoglish-grown; and 
apness of production. 
One seldom meets with an 
ra, 
one's youth, : 
The foreign r аге cultiva in а mos 
inexpensive way, and are sold at a lower price 
бе of production is here. I wonder 
aglish cultivation is very 
e crowns of 
per acre for planting oniy, The 
to the асе of 
‚ full 
of er, and not s piece ot d gh root 
e come over pack 
Chronicle, p. ; 
representa thia n itstrue character, 
—— 
few years, The 
colour i is 20 distinct from any ү ат 20 рей 
I sa 
all too it 
stand. I regard this J 
best introductions, and one t 
wherever seen, E, Moly 
at will find favour 
-LIME.—I can assure ^n 8 
oR a. " that gas-lime, used in the fresh atate, i 
the quantities I mentioned, it in tha way directed 
in my Calendar in the autamn of the year, will be 
certainly not have recommended the use of fresh gas- 
pos without having fully tested it for years, John 
mobert, 
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE SCEAUX.—I find this useful 
free-flowering Bagonia of great service for decoration 
t ves d inserting pins in light sandy soil, 
e ЖО, апа iin thi 
= боч with ordi- 
the summer, manure-w 
LATE FLOWERING VARIETIES OF CHRYSANTHE- 
MUMS.—Several of your correspondents have lately 
spoken of varieties of santhemume suitable for 
owering at d iatmas and later, but none has men- 
ety wh sider the 
best of all for t the purpo This variety has a good 
it, and, being а good 8 it make ong com- 
pact bashes from 3 to 4 feet high, if stopped once in 
the spring; and the bloo j er o 
specimen eri ier if not disbudded, as sprays. 
L y two plants were grown side 
by side with mr Canning and other late-flowering 
varieties, none of which was & in usefulness 
or А ів irty str 
n sprays unthinned have , 
white te Boreta, slightly i incurved, young florets distinctly 
be ere mistake appears to have 
ка patting.» up ‘thie bonch, however, as the 
thinned shoots аге 
are — ero тее As and S and 
lite iP e © lemon in the ` are pre~- 
„и, апа E ‘breed floretted one 
is ie decidedly org Ep ] 
large n trons 
EAR LUCY GR —I was pleased to see 
the Pear Lucy Greve Seared in your last week’s 
c and to re - gy lines in verse 
by a felt. | parent, ера in memory 
of Мв little — — Tend her seedling Pear, 
Partly the touching incidents connected with 
the —— of the Pear, I got a maiden plant of it а 
number of years ago, but at it has never fruited ge 
me. 16 is on the 9 on which stock it — 
weak grower, — — shy bearer. Howev 
— of seeing Lucy Greve 
TREE-PLANTING AT EXMOUTH.—The inference 
to be drawn from your note (р, 650) respecting this 
— that the system has only but 1 baen intro- 
duced, imes to the generosity о of the Lord of the 
any of our principa e reg were planted 
several -— аро, others were plan t season, 
only brings 
Ex mouthian, ot, perha 
the best that could be chosen. Still, the only really 
unsuitable one is the Horse- Chestnut. ] 
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SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
DECEMBER 10.— The meetings and exhibitions for th 
-— on €— immediately preceding е Christmas 
n, there wa 
ar e in the case of the Fruit — ittee, whos 
members hal to take leave of their Secretary. A re кооз; 
puni in самаш with Mr. Barron's ее eat from this 
i to on another pige. Notwithstandiag the 
W 3 upon the committees, the extent of the 
exhibits was not larg», and two of the long tables furnished 
за ient accommodation tor them all, excepting a group of 
Chrysanthemum plants. Orchids, cut Chrysanthemum fruit 
and vegetables, and a few miscellaneous plants of interest, 
H A th hihition 
Comp 
Floral Committee. 
€— W. Marshall, Esq., in the chair; — Me:srs J. 
r,J. Laing, Н. B. May, Н, Herbst, В. n, R. Owan, 
o Doui J. Junk, @. Gordon, W vom 
J. D. Pawle, H 
C. E. Shea, J 
NOD rome veg C. Blick, G. Paul, Н. Н, D'Ombrain, t 
Harry Turn 
га: 
eii ria in), came a number of cut spathes of 
hybrid Anthu йаша, pall of them pretty ; ; also a panful of well- 
g p a very pretty little T 
from China, with yellow ^ secti blooms during most of th 
bees ivr 2 
J. ETI-Po£, gA ewood, Cheshunt, agiia 
exhibited the plant. of eren ia x incomparabilis, raised by 
et Pieter plant s of seedling varieties of Prim 
sinensis, illustrative of an 3 at strain, but hardly in fall 
flawe: er, were show bs Mes rs. Hy. CANNELL & Sons, ave 
8 resi ani Alphonse Bouvier, the: latter à ey prr 
tive crimson- 
„ The Gardons; Dropmore, exhibited a е 
ріапіз іп теа ot Oxalis innen: 5 8 specie 4 bearing sma a 
themu ns were again shown by several — 
ed occ 
IRO! : ge, а Hil, Sussex. 
lar, e blooms were a in & stand in 
effective manner, and the decorative value of the very soft 
ellow: ms was ыр illus 
а n : number 
of seedlings (Silver Banksian Medal). 
p of Chrysanthemums,shown by G. H. g. lie,. , 
A 
Chislehurst (gr., Me. J. Lyne), was c ed of plants of 
eanette Sheehan, a sport f the white-flowered Princess 
Blanche, with yellow flowers, ronzy centre. The 
last, 
pretty а ымы (Silver ап 
A new patent Orchi l-basket was exhibi bited by 
SEASELL & Son, 135, R'chard's Road, Heeley, Sheffield, the 
chief ianovation in which is a Wess daped top, by which it 
is claimed the water given is throwa to the centre of the 
compost, 
