194 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marca 18, 1858 
dto the fact that |of Peaches each, at a sacrifice of sie, AD 
bloomed here quite late last summer. I th a pin Ab w - 
have been as late as the end of "September or toate | two fine old Chesnut trees close at hand, and some | this is ps ng pey p I am prta C 
of Oct 1 cold for pega Elms, and everything else in the shape of vege- |as a : i ae re ly a mde tea D 
it. to ripen, y seeds were put into flow s in a | tation ali dead and dying from n the poison ons vapours KOW, pens peni ce = eee ae we of bec favoris a 
warm r on May 1, 1857. The stalk age leaves | arising from the gas works. This it er this wae Ei vie Al 
remaine: aes een till nearly Christmas, Bi they were the p Barn in the pits and houses, so that they io ait ‘or beeen ot Paull fe $ eih AP. i 
cut down, 8 feet in height, igo any appea oo of Ea iged bey be removed at a great sacrifice from suc sven : = P e Of 
forming seed. Probably the seed was sown too late uences; therefore let you on A sae how | and hea! $ yoan n a = m 
last season. I bave just ta Ki more for another and ie afew anything ikea gasometer ear his a tile a ve SSE 
aaay trial this year, and if more successful I shall premiers without a proper legal aon against smh a | play” to take in Ty the 
mate u ac a be, with the fact. An Occasional sance, am surprised that e measur not |a peck of Pea es an f m 
shi b a (amidst all the talk about sanitary improvement Spann clay tue tien trees in pots p 
Potato Disease. —We cannot take up either paper | to prevent such places being erected in the midst o ave c 
ui Lan gs fk a cure for the Potato disease 5 dis- dense e population, filling the air as they do with gren : lag ar — Soe by 
> if vall trees mt 
sea advertised which will prevent it, some particular | cit where thousands of hk are obliged to dwell. | neighbours large wal 
kind of Potato which is sly from it, or mi peculiar iF any ny one doubt this let him pass by when thas are e Ò mgt or perhaps A = 
mode of preparation of set or soil which will counteract dr rawing the retorts, and the wind is settini ng towar rds r two on them a Be a e be: 
it. One might almost suppose that with all tl ery thankful pcan tee bo S Ahes aiti = 
preventives d -cures the disease would cease to| to get at least a mile on the windward side of a gas Have : een wool g k E = 
exist, still it does not, yaaa those repellents | works. hf Hk > squ ae Wi" i 
which are brought to bear nst it. Some i. Are den Walls necessary ?—In l ance with, | the sae 0 kei . a e rarer ror ~ 
least by their way of r work a vould have but ita account of, the ert Ai Maii in the | been under a delusion and addi € 
mn _ it is in the soil, others the t it is in the e “ey > I am now building a span-roofed | I like his anti ipated “glazed promenade” for fra f m 
mospher: tato, structure. to, be Aspen Bi carried round 2 2 acres trees ; ; but 1 wish he had told. us us something he has dæ em 
= that the Potato will become ere se exterminated. of ‘alla land, nn tego | 
How in the name of wonder can I proceed with such t n g bui ildim for pa th tate ith ereis notera $ i 
conflicting evidence as thi I say if the disease isin ia: s, Ro e &e., ra praj jet Pi have ng had in ‘a view Se Pa Coase ota o othe = park ete a 
ri ie proportions of the structure will be as : 
if nie if Soi oy hig Taaves Re ae tt À r io with on trial: 64 feet Aik 28, height 14 feet, | A Deluded Old Man. é “ea 
descendi or io sap conveys the s of|outer walls 4 feet Hgh with double promenade from 
E , how is it that HAS a PE of the | 3 to 4 feet wide. ouse (and as it progresses the Foreign Conners t z 
tubers are di: eased, when they ought all to be so, ag Mae A ie bog) a ber be filled with OP WS Erorzson= ihe ae er has been without ate 
or less, scoring to natural law s? Let us ha e the fruit trees in pots,” to be arra fringe mission very severe, oom veraged now a 
cause, then w: wil Siide-cure e; qM: near the outside walls, the next trea oniba Ee ta A e freezing. Te d ; a 
effects, we ‘ane es. p Akia ro w? larger on on stems to be gradually people do not recollect such a protracted vite. me 
. Veitch’s Perfection In your Nu of Jan. reased in the next fo mine ng to the height The plan of using sulphur for the disease in fa 
A iced a ent respecting this Pea with of ed roof; by thi every square foot of having h been largely employe ed oe A 4 Ge 
which I quite and Iam of qe that those | glass is occupied, and the" frat is brought near to the up ag of invariably a very bad t oy 
who grew it last re should inform others of its rare | glass "Ove r the promenades the branches of the trees oft 
Having for the last fi ears grown all | the | are to extend, whic h from the experience I have had in —_— vot 
new kinds worthy ot notice, T “Taheaitatt ng] thus pen ged S cieti eties tion 
that t for a second or main crop “Veitch’s Perfection we groves ane = S gates = gs arte 0 sá in 
in every respect “far ween any sort I have ye et a perso ely to embark so much capital, or un E the: 
t e, unless I had thoron ae —— awe 4. ET D. Hooker, he a : 
seen. ] Last saamen: when my late employ er returne large | ghly Shik abd if a 
without h to be derive from pot culture. I fully believe that | Tomkins aemet prai ara of the 
as he a in| agg. id hai exclaimed “What pot culture will foie T, ee = it will prove far | gathered last aren at ES T Eo 
kind of Peas are these? I r really never tasted s chil Aoa ROR rcial speculation t than | building site, “ae? esthetics ae 
delicious Peas!” and the next day he p em to plan itherto. a ist most inly forth B. Ward, Es presented a: para ; 
greatly, saying that 398 ni hoped to es that to trees planted si Shai ea á bly white or fat turf from the ‘dened p erri + 
sort, as he thought there was gore: it. |“ A. P. W.” may be a Mechi once and about to | In soa ene iesp pote eo 
The was said by all . Tt is a ats onish the horticultural world wi iginal that“ of the of Si 
prolific bearer, producing pass this simple | ir under the black turf, per resting on on bs”. Ni 
sized P; ly less t} Sa ers; if so, the sooner | wet it is tough and unctuous, but becom f 
I would therefore advise all h oI i the potter, "ie aks e such con- ae character on drying ; it is very inflam 
this kind, and I feel confident tht after coin onee | fidence of hi e Fopractibility of pot a general | the arene oe it is qui c 
tried it they will never again be without it. poe ou peran nt system, t RA? a piibu ably prast ised | by whom ple was u 
MArdell, late Gardener, &e., to the Viscount Feilding. | it to some edteit and might enlighten us farther in — aro = ies > 
Oure for Red „Mildew, §e.—In your tnd 4 th the view of obtai from hi Gale? utiful specimens of birds 
-of the 2d Mr. James describes a method he employs to | valuable information I would put a few quest na, E and insects, coll i 
ened ow * y &e., Viz pots half which he no willingly reply on finding Wallace, were exhibii 
ith quick lime, with a handful of sulphur, &e. Th e has cut all out. I wo do If the | The followi wer 
rather wide directions; if Mr. James would give the | pleasure, if he would permit me, of cting | Pseudocentron ostachyon. 
ities required for a house of a given size, I operati 1. I would ask him what|by Prof. Lindley. 
for one should feel obliged A friend of | house or houses he has with trees planted in the | Orchid, to i co) 
mine applied the above, (but I do not knowin what | border? 2. How long he has had these trees under | Jameson in the valley of Lloa i 
proportions) and bi of the 1 which | his care? 3. A ees planted out always healthy ? | ar e furnished with a long slender Tie thse 0 
et made me rather Se omas | 4. Does every twig set well a a it? 5. Hi 
~~ avi ving observed i in your colam are E forcing-houses Peach &e., occupying pomana Lycocton 
and lime for aia oying red 
gardener i th eh followed ne Sections: 
pA asi, 
were pt di ly kil 
h 5. 
snjured. 7. Z. S» March 
Drohard Bomas. Gardos 
ed, and prot 2109 Strawbe: 
ed. and other plants sunk bie r 
a space of 1 square yard, 
nes, 
“with | = five, and si six dozen 
formed by the excessive clougatin of the 
“a Poy P 
he border. 6. Has 
any jit tree planted ont? tath 
many trees in Aak has he ever had? an 
e any means of forcin 
. ov or 
ch thus forms 4 
within which the wii Ties aieiai The g 
larity i in this instance stated to 
a statement with Zegard to ihe sang of a gant 
pe wall, a 
p yess enee 
worth Tittle 
be an acre ond a half i in 
which was ‘aie 
with a wall nearly 750 feet long, h Vi 
such masters oft their + piston 
-with Melon and Cu 
at 
orohar Bouie house and stoe 
in, 
for a ieee AR Miei by all the old:fashi 
not bourhood for building a a 
g this system ? 
g it with fru 
Printet 
red most are now sending rote Si eai almost 
ily to learn ‘the siten of my gai 
getting rid of 
er b 
allusion to “ 
a high price” I consi 
Ere 
ESELI 
KENE 
eidi of f plants : at 
e 
from its base in fe - Bos oe a spur, but Eoad 
orkaan eA thin the sheath. 
the ral sepals its a Seraing i 
katri contination eo IL) o of “ 
to the shia by 
The ter part of the oe bore rel 
ea 
they any while dies are areal ed ins 
of the order. Like the Onc ‘ain of the ne 
by this time he os “himself have felt ashamed of | cree 
ping aano rae have 
small c 
subject to spring frosts. giving vent to ntiment. I am a great friend elles many form clavate horny stems Ie 
Timothy, March 9, d wiae Breadley who has pr o horticull eer paiticubily to that branch of it | the Faini ; de 
menade of considerable extent under his charge on I believe a wide field for dis- | leafy branches. In the majority the 
. Morton Peto’s place, near Lowestoft, favour ee finstion ` is i nd if “A. P.W? w come | flowers is some shade of pi 
with his experience a jar yi us with some of his original and | tute of all col except g 
Gasometers and Vegetation.. Pipe years ago my i ng? 3” he ptm: a ing | siderable gro i 
a florist on the south Benett on the world at large. aks rich yellow tint of their 
of London, an ruit Trees in Pots.—Alas! eth I, an old man, have | which contained a sketch of the entire 
kinds of good aariaa iis plants, At length one of gan become a child, and learned to like“ ‘child’s play.” | the species into 10 secti 
icle in | external characters just 
_ to =. the old gardans “belor onging to Vauxhall, ay Feat t Number s signed “A. P, W.” ve for some | Aclinia, it was j i 
150 of his greenhouses, &c., and as soon | weeks past, during the cold easter! rly winds, been daily | Pelorias or transformations 
Bies ad thei ads abon walking in my orchard house enjoyin the charming | regular stage the parentage 
t got into full working order, we began | temperature o and 65° ; occasionally i clinia of Griffith, was 
to wonder ever was the r wi lants, for | potted trees, watching their numerous blossom . arcuatum, The other genera 
instead of havin (as was the custom) nice bushy and admiring the promise they give of an abundant bwhish sonaa. much. horken 
A soft-wooded “ stu fi,” the leaves turned crop. Nowand then I have found myself cogitating | of its embracing ‘some of t 
yellow, and looked pictures of mi if I should allow pie Porat te eA ‘sive genera in cultivation, were © 
the sam Bh wre he | or Are a f fruit ti I might | phippium, An ei 
‘imagine the cause of their fall. not venture to let one or two trees give me six dozens Le. ater eag 
