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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
Tottenham. The other two are in the hands of Mr. 
W. Allen, Mount Pleasant, Norwich. One, of a 
bright yellow муен ope in all qne will 
very similar to Л d Mr 
r 
identical in colour it is awkward to have the one 
thing sold under two different names, and 
one that has been longest before the Sale em 
have the priority. As it would appear 
hemum Society will give 
rmation as ii their difference or simi- 
larity of character. R. D. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
AvsTRALIAN Pears, especially Glou Morceau, are 
` now to be found in the shops. The same kind, of Eng- 
lish or French growth, is likewise in season, Easter 
Beurré Pears of probably Channel Island growth are 
exceedingly fine; Knight's Monarch, Bishop's Thumb, 
Madeiran and West Indian Pine-apples are iere 
as also are black Grapes, such as Hambur me a 
Colmar, and white varieties, Muscat of ANI dria and 
ira ar 
arly Broccoli from Conil а 
part of the teni the late severe weather has 
not reached, have also arriv Cabbages, apart 
from Savoys, аге scarce, although Greens are abun- 
In cut flowers, which are now 
ing commonly seen, 
5 m i 
ars Roses and dark ‘fas or eres 
Batailles and Général Jacqueminot type. Your 
grower, when he has found a few plants that suit his 
customers, will go 
n some grep: of different colours, 
as red and эм, in th ; Hyacinths, Lily 
ofthe Valley, Tazetta Warten. Camel llias, Callas, 
Bouvardias of all colours ; Lilac, bleached white ; and 
many vote of ei comprise the bulk of the pot 
plants and cut 
THE APIARY. 
BEE-FLOWERS. 
m Enca carnea—In further reference to what has 
` been said on the subject of bee-flower: 
x Gardeners’ Chronicle at P. 11, I did 
. convey that the plant was wild i in Derbyshire, but 1 
believe it ma gathere on some d the Scotch 
‘moors (?); yet no doubt i is grown i 
‘Matlock, —À at Mr. Smith s ийге}: 
xtant for early feed. Years ago I 
were as effective this 
onion are in 
тею во charming 
an object аге the bits of decayed арб the foliage 
— bronze and gold—lit up with th ight crimson 
f the berries. А bed of this pretty rab i is seen to 
perfection in Augu st, when in full berry, after an 
evening shower, with the setting sun shinin g on it, 
the tiny crystal Et suspended like diamonds from 
the beads of co 
It is difficult ie procure seed of Melilotus officinalis 
this year, but the other sorts can be had from any 
seed warehouse. Mr. Ingram is, I think, wrong in 
saying the seed of Bokhara Clover does not emit 
fragrance. If he will procure а packet and try the 
are м it ina drawer, emma for years 
will emit the odour of new-mown & 
mild анал е “lant natural feed for bees is from 
the flowers of Ivy. Corkaigensis 
© 
BEAN WEEVILS. 
HEODORE Woop has lately published in 
from the m 
tion of the c 
for a time plants viel from 
show no sign of weakness, tab [o 
period arrives then the blossoms produced are few 
and small, the plant withers and sometimes dies with- 
out producing a single pod. Further experiments of 
FIG. 29.—BEAN WEEVIL, BRUCHUS GRANARIUS. 
. Wood, made with five different E 
showed that bg total — y= so greatly di 
nished as to leave no or doubt that the 
ould render 
service ан he would tell us divi to ive the attacks 
of the weevil, 
VEGETABLES, 
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LEEKS. 
Tmar Leeks are coming much more into use as & 
Mira than in previous years there 
This is shown from two considerations— 
las iui greater breadths are being so wn by marke 
gardeners ; 2d, 
served up with some savoury sauce they are worthy 
the attention of the epicu 
Kixps or Lexrxs. 
The Scotch are ae cultivators of Leeks, and the 
Musselburgh, raise T. 
nym, and which was raised b 
recorded thai Mr, Henry has pies aiii QV 
— a 
weight hd 5 lb. each, blanched to the length of 
in and measuring rather more than 12 inches 
in меш егепсе, 
obtained from a home selection crossed with a Dutch 
. The Musselburgh is also 
Scotch Flag Leek, and seed of i 
soup, or “cockie-leekie,” is a vigere dish in the 
Scotch restaurants, and so 
of London have it, a 
previous year whe 
made little growth comparatively, owing to the 
mec 
The inary London Flag-Leek is that most 
rame, ы grown, and is found very use "d M d 
ordinary purposes. 
ish ботын аге vn Lar, 
the Giant Светай which аге кобен, ind of the 
London Flag, but of hardier constitution, answeri 
to Henry's Coldstream, and that latest improvement 
in the Scotch Leeks—the Lyon. 
LEEK SEED: WHERE IT IS GROWN 
The great bulk of the seed of the London Flag Leek 
of the best types is saved in Essex ; but our seasons 
ae so terse the crop is as often a failure as 
to the exceptionally fine character of 
f а good crop of seed is confidently 
Seed of the old Flag Leek comes 
from the South of France, where it is largely grown, 
and where the climate is favourable to the pro- 
pte of seeds ; өт this type produces а — "m 
otch varieties. Whe 
seeds are placed thinly 
and the plant thinned out as required 
thus avoiding transplanting and ensuring the con- 
tinuou 
wth of 
their great size it is held that tho Scotch 
are much better flavoured than the smaller and we 
moner types. 
How THE PLANTS ARE Grown IN SCOTLAND. 
mii veniet and later in England, Leeks are 
own for exhibition purposes, while for 
e much better 
:ed-beds, 
ruary, if the s soil is 
in which the Leeks are planted out is deeply dug and 
heavily manured in autum 
rough during the winter. 
thick layer of a rich compos 
is made it is filled with wat The Leek is a 
ed 
grows rapidly and becomes 
arthing-up is is strongly recommended by some 
cultivators, and it is essential to get a long blanched 
— it is all the more песе mel eee 
uired for exhibition; but the 
the roots, and so they нен 
into the soil, so as to get we 
then carefully laid upon e sides, and githered up 
by women, who wash them and pack them ready for 
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