January 29, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE 
153 
winter, because at the end of summer the old root- 
d the rot often involves the new 
dite it is therefore better to detach as 
soon as оен б ut the wet summers and autumns 
of our climate encourage nae gro 
owth and flowering, 
EUM $4 d 
befor 
natural tendency to rot at Nu root 
vel Ё 
sa, of whi ch 1 hat e seen these bu: 
y оу 
bur о save them from vermin, but 
I think that when so treated the bulb always rots. 
C. Wolley Dod, Edge Hall, Malpas, January 23. 
EAS. — What variety may be den 
minated the ee Early? According -4 the records 
made at Chi Gem 
le Extra Ea and S 4 
First Early, were all r ady on Jun e 28, sown and 
own in the open air. The last эб appeared to 
be selections from the old Sangsters No. l. Next 
came Surpass William I., an excellent garden deseri 
not so curved in the pod as William L, and a 
ropper; this was неч on July 2, and with it First 
eta te, also ood and useful early variety. 
«e Special Early, Day's Sunrise, 
та arly, a somewhat tall-grow- 
n turni 
prove v 
one day late. Ithink this i ir none to i 
of the best Peas ze sm en 
теве 
William I. ready pe July r d this 
said to conie a list of varieties turning-in 
Within a wosk of each other. R. D. 
THE ETHELS == 
Having read the se ge of your able corresponden 
PR.: D,” ting the "S ы-н these sports 
from the well known um Ethel 
- are probably one un tie to em "him that 
ET. are д distinct, е was observed w en Mr. 
came to Norwich o 
ae ке with bli 
. blooms side by “side. it was immediately seen that 
М. 
н vh Mes. De Jones was several shades 
ter, consequently they are distinct varieties, and 
n. 
Fic. 39.—MR. J. HAWES’ WATERING CAN. 
so they will учам ргоүе {о be bong per 
pers t the xt autumn W. Alles 
EE FLO —I cannot claim to be 
anthorit ity on bee ie - their ағоаниг flowers, as all that 
ii 
know respecti ghi been esed in one sea- 
son; and may wed to mention as encourage- 
ment to о your corre cc dents who write the Apia ry 
ioi that it was ^ igh readin 
my desire to becom 
a bee 
trust others have mit infl ike man 
Е $ 
2 
fe ding hoch , and I think 
ntly in dean 
be ш ы attention 
he had not previous ay witnesse d 
declared he would plan 
ssom. I е 
upon his house- top, if there was 
any ‘likelihood “of its seceding t m 
uin nosum is much ас едпе 
оттоп Lins is past, is visited by vast 
numbers. Where ornamental trees are appreciated 
(SEE р. 152.) 
this variety should not be overlooked in planting. 
here is a fine specimen on a lawn here which is 
s invaluable; we have prepared 
rows of this vegetable, which after 
sprouts p the n w ill be allowed to blossom 
ording í i 
succession, and a ars experience 
hey ill be profitably made So iter 
directed attention to t ay in which the young 
t ited ; I 
матта noticed this, and also that ume visits 
are paid to the Jerusalem Artichoke. Thos. Coomber. 
LOBATA,—It is Lesen to be able to note 
the FelitrodiuetiOn of the peculiar form of Mexican 
ed, named 
indwe after the late Maia Minister, 
: “Wh n originally i uced it con- 
“sidered suitable for greenhouse culture only, a 
ing of a somewhat weedy habit of growth, proved 
under nho too shy a blc ; 
and th re fai o get generally cultivated 
Now that it is considered a fitting subject for out- 
E er cult treated as a half- nn 
ik > 
Lob ап permums, 
all deserve more frequent culture, though, for gor- 
geous display of foli merous twin-like 
upri ight red, wearing away to yellow 
and white a has c isti 
ite colours, t. 
if taken in detail, iol ient nil. 
besides of continuing to bloom until late in the 
autumn, until destroyed by frost. William Earley. 
SINGLE CHRYSANTHEMUMS.—“ There is room for 
all varieties. Let us " А ла ә of as many 
dis mp sections as we et: " vide p. 10, Jan. 1. 
'This is true toleration. “Wh should one proscribe 
what rin maylike? Ladies are very pleased with 
oses; they come in usefully for 
cissors cannot be alle ага 
cutting e wed ne 
show bloo This section improves every year, 
mee is easier thas to grow them from seed, sida 
there is the infinite zest in watching to see e if you 
may not t get : Mond good double among the seedlings. 
hin X or віх w 1 
Seed s 
bioom Profusely if oo in the customary w 
even plan warm corner in the dodi 
ене re the 
Mr. n , of Swa 
ng petals, magenta ; ү : 
Anderson, pure white ; Mrs Sq ‚ TOSY 
lilac ; Gus Harris, Queen of the Yellows, Helianthus, 
Miss Cannell, The Vir arigold, an 
rem, 
ifferent, and all certificated, I кайт. W. = 
Clonmel, 
E LATE STORM AND TREES AND SHRUBS.— 
o see what 
was 0 
and so given n wind purch 
man beat much of the snow 
of айне da japonica, covered 
with bud 5, “= broken off, and ‘а large Choisya 
ternata had some branches broken, but а "e 
Photinia jelai e бк was pene isah = = ig 
Rhododendrons in t 
y bra 
broken. eco doce Wali unprotected, Тоо» 
perfectly fresh and gree е5 ings of Sikkim 
Rhododendrons, not above e ani high , do not seem 
o have felt the p Ilex инна is very little 
touched. T he s ong 
the road to the sick by great stale o of branches 
m 1s ur p 
with Beieken interlaced seem сае аѕ protection 
for tender plants. George F, Wilso 
Е нели OF THE R. H.S. COMMITTEES.— 
TEES." -5 HS appen 
to think th that f members of the Floral 
should vote; the fact is, that in aa 
ex re can bae а боя јара. 
instance, а cna or 
hybrid Java "Rhodode ndrons: 
t. e same reasons prevent. 
signing their names to notes in the Tanai a might 
make them object to the names of the voters being 
published. George F. Wilson. 
Miror a orp —Is the — Femi 
doo Some of the le — 
tellu us s that the dián d for г зно 18 falling 
з hat it is difficult to bo seil them. But they 
are t small forecourt pe in the - uburbs 
of towns and cities, where, b reason con- 
fined space, something tall is таны, апа movi 
