118 THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jaxvary 29, 1887; 
есч Ан is bag by the teachings and appliances опе pria for a collection, m must "rec forfeit all 
of ture. such an organisation as that of his chance of £5 or borrow from a M^ and by so 
i i oing pu another = of ey б ани rt. The n 
t an anliness is not always strong 
enough to stand д st in ш such a case; and 
wh he turns to such nefarious practices, 
another time, until 
wrong actions by saying the same 
and if it is fair for others it is ‘for him. 
eard some of these 
there no in trary 
I think detection is not so i “7 
imagines; but it ld ire ng ion 
among the h pa exhibitors to n d а — an 
us ve s on m legs, in 
d tead 
of supporting him self on those of te der n чанагы 
W. Н. Divers, Ketton Hall, Stamford. 
У; “ 
rrespondent “ B." "о а man of many 
rks c ing the 
x: flowers which he mildly “ا‎ rr br 
are alm olutionary. It is s manifestly unfair that 
one exhibibitor should “ dress” another's flowers, but 
su 
ts the condemnation o 
Pears cumber the gardens throughout the country, the whole system of “ dressing” which “ B." terms “a 
: ameless, and which may n ild species of deceit.” But how can it be deceitful, 
ously e room for those ie nasmuch as the slight manipulation some of th 
merit, whether old or new. Th е Pear flow: dergo improves their жиеш. t d 
gress have not yet been published, dt we зй told. not alter the distin ing’ of the species ? 
may be expec long. Potatos,Peas, and all A Carnationremains a Carnation si. It is inability, 
kinds of hort uce t through not deceit, that Prevents the pub m bringing 
a ordeal, and published for the benefit of the — « is eir pets to t tch fection.” 
С — x arge. school of horticulture could ably “В.” is aware vp the tendency in 
established in connection with such an instituti ‚кыз for t 1 it, p lli 
the youthful mind could be taught the rudi- a d man -—— ge я" 7 agens ling out in 
ments of hort iculture, floric ulturearborieulture, and the flower. This ten ме ds more marked among 
theoretical instruction could th , nsequently “exhibition blooms.” 
on ical demonstrations. Would he have them exhibited in this state? Is the 
nding such instructions need not neces- grower to be prevented from staging them because he 
on of gardening unless their js not allow athe make them presentable. The 
t direction, or in "cla stimulate s the production ofa de 
inters or artists in general could of Rond ch and when a natural ision 
in such a schoo fails, artificial aid must be called in, provided, f 
ta made to include u t is ied too far. does * B." 
instruction on the general conformation of plant hurl the weight of his remarks against the section of 
the nti s, their ' flowers” alone ? x ion 
This will be be evident to those who know the ice of “d ^8 consistent 
М ‚ who аге igno t he ought to object to the tion of vegetables, 
simple rulés проп which natural classification depends, and ask that they bé exhibited in the con- 
ical blunders. Whether the ji are taken from theground. I believe the 
1 followed out any of the above avocations or National Chrysanthemum Society e provided 
pM d'inmocen Mong = ана. looms, but they did not 
> : bees meet with the requisite t is hardly likel 
monies could ent fail to be of to him this matter will induce any society to ve the 
ly or by ad ancing him * beaten t , in order ulate that flowers 
life, eithe: 
the social ae. and the ج‎ ofi his dcl hbouns. 
exhihited as they are grown, and wi o aids from 
H. [If a flower lack regularity, colouring, 
and outline, if it эр i stance, no amount of 
gar- Pipes will make it a ссе object to place on 
FRUIT TREES AND BU —Every 
dener knows how destructive bullfinches are among 
ete son, and o t 
onl exhibition table- hat, as a matter of fact, 
rry, Damson, and other fruit з at only good flowers find favour even with the dressers. 
‚ not only spoiling the crops for next 
disfi ring the t эте instances ere is some n 
gu 
qun them "entirely, especiall 
 Gooseberries. have tried several aee but 
— Tha eed of reform in the 
system of holding pete menos there. is 
find won. to Ae cen the "ol y bird i in pias chet ч <i 
he 
= 
> 
ЕЕ 
= 
ght—gener- 
ayay By this means, we have lately that were only to be rought 
vans, Strensham опе occasion ; besides ету it would E affect 
in 
caught four day. W. Eva 
Court Gardens, Tewkeshu: Wretch ! member 
“the Selbourne rne Society ! To [ е. 
І Free say that there is ае а merit їп гетри. able 
to put a distorted flower er o shape, as there is in 
tying a pr out to the best advantage, and if one is 
to be done away with, the tà must is 
tn on can H ad 
hould екеш the eerie dn in either сазе. 
However, I ime that these matters should be left 
Gis oF to t e judge e ques- 
tion of dis| idi ‘xinbitors is a serious one, and I 
— na 
OLUS CARACALLA.- ж observe a notice of 
the Phaseolus Caracalla. I should have suggested 
to your correspondent to add that that plant requires 
plenty of — oots, and strong dry peat for 
flowering. ve grown it many years in my 
garden at жон. It flowered in the very hottes 
han a p 
when flowers were few. I grew it 
or 
gro i 
rotection, but these points are 
Juring the flowering I “ae it — on plenty 
roo 
of wate d flower in a 
pot, but very meagrely, Nein: in the ^ie it is 
ery vigorous, I should suggest that in England it 
should be planted, in good and deep against the 
back wall of the greenhouse fully d 
sun; eee I wou 
its roots in the n ted, I believe it 
would flower out-of-doors in England. In the autumn 
it must be taken into the ho repotted, 
pruning the roots. I have followed this plan suc- 
cessfully here with а у хему ae of 
у i wish I knew the nam ws and 
flowers magnificently in Malta mi "Sicily, "but which 
was killed by the frost the first winter 
when left in the open ground. The next — Ikept 
it under glass (without heat) in a large pot, which I 
en t in the spring against a Jg "where it 
flowered as well as he 
autumn I "took u 
ou a gre 
e flower is large, of a dee 
purple, and grows in debis of which ман six 
or seven are open at the same time. Tusca 
RTIFICATES AT SOUTH pape SE AM 
public is 
because if the plant 
it and five against it, ME h 
EN vote ord for a plant, no one 
voting against, although some of those who do not 
vote feel that the plant being thus certific gets 
more than justice done to it. e ‚ап ays 
will be, differences of opinion about the value of new 
a illustrating this, I may say. 
quite the remarks а Korolkowi 
with 
discolor, at p. 80, wnt was tail een to see it 
haying received a vote ; лй їз — 
in a contem mporary mm p "follow 
ugly name for an unlovely plant, which is i secl 
showier than its. elati ve, K. Suwarowi, = h has 
been grown in gardens a long time. It m y Бе o 
The perierit frankly records = s opinion е. ће Раі 
im question, and criticises it a the face of a 
unanimous ” vote. 
, however eminent. For my own part T 
трче errem correct estimate 
