258 
THE 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[ЕЕввгАвү 19, 1887, 
VEGETABLES. 
VARIETIES OF EGG-PLANT v. CULTURE. 
Now that the Aubergine is habitually found in 
our markets in late summer and autumn, and you 
quote prices of them as of other vegetables, ee 
&c., it may be presumed that these fruits—like t 
Tomate, which was looked upon so suspiciously a a 
ears since—are destined to become common articles 
But whether this 
greenhouse certainly, but the seedling 
e and flowered early and well, 
st blooms proved blind and fell off. 
So persistent did this habit riety that only 
ago 
not develope at all kindly i aps de aotielpatad ^. * eggs." 
I noticed similar каша y own, shown in the 
best collection of g d - year, and am 
na 
Dec favourable one—may not have been favourable 
tot 1 he ordinary white-fruited variety. 
your readers with home-grown "eggs"? William 
Earley. 
NONPAREIL Green-tor Rep BEET. 
This is the same Beet that was referred to in th 
Gardeners’ Chronicle of May 15, 1886, p. 628, as tors 
much grown by the Cheltenham inde et garden 
y years, aud gardeners and 
in this neighbourhood have grown it largely ever 
since. It is a dwarf green foliage variety, and there- 
fore not fit for wer-garden pl xen he gar- 
ners hereabouts prefer it to all ; first, be- 
large quantity п а small 
врасе; рж жек Зу еме ‘the shape of the root is so 
good, being that of Wood’s Early Frame Radish, 
t 
cause it has but ДЕ, ч foliage, Kem there fore а 
be grown i 
and scarcely ever forked ; third, iens ae the — 
edly : 
ourth, by reson of of the fact 
that the earthy taste i ү 50 a n other 
kinds. It is, as stated in the Gardeners’ > Chronicle, 
a shy rigid in fact, їп bad seasons it is difficult to 
ripen the at all; but we think this may be 
remedied by having the sé seed grown on the Con- 
tinent, where the summers are longer. C. Diminick 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
A MANUAL wi ШЫ ы, NEU CULTI- 
ATED REAT BRITAIN. 
Part I. reae: James" Veitch & Sons.) 
In the notice accompanying this, the first of the 
ay :—“ This manual is being 
contained i in the manuals hitherto in use. The rapid 
extension of Orchid eulture during the last quarter 
of a century, resultin the increased taste 
for and appreciation of this beautiful and interest- 
ideratum which we are now attempting to suppl 
The a nt ‚ place, too, еа by Orchids i in the 
amount it of practical and eit faforküilioh respect- 
ng them disseminated through its agency has also 
stimulated the desire to obtain all the biting facts 
: in a condensed form, to which easy reference may at 
со om voi With this lucid and modest 
initial number of this 
. None will 
accuse Messrs. Veitch of AC ird into — 
for theirs is the oldest and the t Orchid estab- 
lishment in the world, and чан one from whie 
bec large proportion of the new things figured or de- 
cribed in other works have emanated. In their study 
of Orchids, therefore, over so long а period the authors 
cannot fail to 
class of orchidists, and the equall 
botanists and plantsmen who are 
piers + all parts of the world. 
he nk under notice AG ere cdi as 
1 be devoted to the 
vatis no more perplexing 
genus could be selected i begin with) it may safely 
interested in 
а subjects 
relating to Orchids. For the scientific classification 
and f eed of the Kane yia keg t trifling devia- 
m ngemen Bent and Hooker as 
ані in their enel га is followed, 
the whole being set forth in as plain language as 
possible. The part devoted to “ Odontoglossum " 
extends over eighty pages, „апі is profusely illus- 
ings of the leading types 
т Species a varieties, together with, in many 
cases, illustrations of the view of labellum, 
n, and cre hich are of material assistance to 
the observer who would acquire an intimate k 
ledge of Orchids. Still further assisting such 
observers, and giving information in which the whole 
subject of the geographical aoe of the genus 
Odontoglossum may be seen a glance, are two 
age pus the one showing in homes of the genus 
the And n region of South America, and the 
thier its distribution in Mexico and Panis AREE 
rica. In itats 
с Puig cii A rus р. 470). Be that as 
good 
ing on this subject, the auth dealing, 
therefore, with Odontoglossum nom lature, it 
appears to us that the simplest course to follow is to 
bring a orms under the species they most 
nearly approach. This plan is by no means free 
from objection, but it has t the’ ad- 
vantage of grouping together a number of allied 
would leave the acknowledged confusion nea ыы Mae 
it was.” It will, therefore, be seen that the 
in the nomenclature has been made іп a надай 
attempt to render ipn, subject more intelligible, and 
iew to disturb botani 
k атор, О. Roezlii, О. Weltoni, О. "- 
, passed to Miltonia. The work is 
hiinc printed by Messrs. а is Pollett & Co. Ta 
conclusion, it is a 
in Orchids; doubtless, it will speedily find its way 
into all quarters where the study is pursued. 
THE KITGHEN GARDEN, 
PEAS. 
Ear ty varieties can now be sown in the open when- 
ever the ground is found to be rkable 
condition ; a warm sheltered border facing south 
are coloured orange. and the name of each species is 
legibly printed in blue letters across the part from 
which it comes. This information, taken in con- 
junction with the names of the districts and towns 
the particulars of climate, alti- 
importance con- 
ach species 
аа аа — té 
be considered a boon = ^ Orchid growers, 
a great simplifier of the "ium of their pla ants, > 
The work is opened by a table of “ us Essential 
Characters of ОЗ йаш” followed by an ex- 
haust ve exposition of the genus, the relation which 
the “speci ев ог types. hold to each other, and the 
pUsivioit 
graphical distribution of the genus, ا‎ potting, 
history of its introduction and any other information 
about it procurable given, the intelligibility of the 
whole being aided by numerous foot-notes in which 
extracts bearing on the case are often embodied. 
In dealing with n supposed hybrid gp 
for example, those between О. crispum 
and O. рту Msi Veitch have joined all the 
forms to one or other = the types —0. Pis ma 
Andersonianum, O. c. Ruckerianum, 0. ratum 
baphicanthum, O. o. поа О. о. € 
using much the same argument for the course they 
adopt as those iners advocate the separate specific 
names given own garden hybrids do, 
viz., the micis line of connection between the 
two opposite types, which advocates for independent 
distinctive names allege it is sible to satis- 
factorily portion into so few as two eadings, point- 
to—as an instance of the difficulties in the way of 
such a course—the fact that О. Andersonianum has 
been known to D: flowers identical with those of 
O. h inflorescence (Rchb. f. i 
should, if poss ible, b 
The distance between the rows must be determi ined 
bet WS 
It being нен 4i ы, gi m 
borders, it is a good practice to adopt the method of 
so arranging the earliest Pea sowings, as to aduit of 
a row or two between of some early crop such 
as Potatos or Cauliflowers, which require a somewhat 
similar position and shelter, and would also come to 
maturity about nos same date, and be cleared away 
together—the necessary staking of the Pea-rows 
affording a дадым break and shelter to the 
of 2 finches. 
workable a advantage is ei by the addition 
of some lighter compost, comprising a mixture 
urnt as ао ен old potting, or other light soil, 4 
which should be strewn in the drills before, and after — 
sowing, in se ag quantity to cover the seeds to the 3 
required depth ; аа should be given whenever 3 
the seedlings are well above-ground by first drawing — 
the soil slightly up on either side of the rows, and — 
afterwards staking; some sprays | 
Spruce or pie can also be intermingled amongst · 
stakes, to afford an additional shelter. Those 
nd placed in gentle heat, as advised in 
ecom 
altimately. 
*en tirely removed during the day, and never q 
sion unless for the purpose of excluding frost 
some other equally cogent reason. 
Broap BEANS. 
These also, that were sown in heat under similar 
conditions to Peas, must also be prepared for 
sei cad d fn 
е QU roii J. Austen, 
or branches of 4 
