mt eee 
"EY ESR SEPS TM + 
takenin hand, chiefly 
Green Gage, of large size. The wash I soon saw was 
a urs ve years, and 
with the jer iat. gathering plentiful crops where 
жайлай ок й was nakedne A dr 
у whit ashi 
strong, Charlton Cottage, Harlesden, 
the rain wash off the ghostly covering ? Kp. | 
GREVILLEA ROBUSTA AND OTHER DECORATIVE 
nosperma, Cord) 
Passiflora pectinifera [a new name E».], 
Lavatera arborea var iind Coronilla o Abu- 
Шоп roseum, Lemon- Verbena, Ж 
&c. о 
tained from опе o oii eat London deed 
0 w rmin 
rapidly by чтв ене from six to twenty-four 
hours in tepid water before sowing. Iam placing 
them on T mild re Aaron from a frame placed 
will start in a cold 
. W. 7 Mı ind. Y, Clon: 
NEW BENEFIT SCHEME FOR GARDENERS.—I 
ased to see by the very interesting remarks of 
“ Forester " k at there is at last the likeli- 
ood ofa society being formed that it will be a re 
advantage eners and foresters to e 
members lthough the Gardeners’ Orpha 
put forward, and ably advocated by Mr. Penny 
and others, is a very laudable object in itself, yet 
am afraid it will not command that conti su 
port necessary t it going, not ha he 
remo 
ә реон at ges ac 
ginning, they will be пелен from contributing а 
n. Bat this pasta ran 
i 05 
8 ; prove а success, 
to emplo oyers and gardeners alike. Ifor one shall be 
happy t a membe 
EROS he day 
"ur c . 2 Watson, Eaglehurst, Such a oe 
—The United Horticultural Benefi 
and P Pudet Soci iety. Ep.] 
Н 
»,QUTDOOR ов —Much has recently been 
od n anent Gra emt ee out-of-doors ; 
Gan questions there are se 
any to whom 
are out of: reach, but whom might 
fruit and Pg ea Aa itle t Poem ng! refreshing 
ae 40 feet by 20 feet, Which are ардой бо Бе 
ards of eight 
Y y years ol During ne 
yielded that one p andl rented this farm they ‘variably 
[vc pe а more or less good crop, and I have s 
SS gi 
орону of con seasons, and dern ee one occasion M. hm 
paring them with fruit direct 
a Briar, шыч, with which they appeared 
THE GARDENERS’ 
to be quite iile = pr I have wine in my 
possession mad Grapes grown upon these 
Vines, and it is as өзи as—I was * almost saying the 
best champagne, but must admit not a jud 
of this expensive beverage ; e у remark, 
that in a case of illness a medic gentleman, who 
e 
farm changed hands, ‘and my f end, ба 
pres sent irk has ha is mind 
absorbed in the welfare of white-faced "Herefonds 
shire Dow uri to pay muc 
veterans xe conseque 
ature, with unfruitful in. Probably 
if outside Vines secure i 
а 
treats I received when schoolboy in Su 
ines сез п 
I remember one season when there an infer 
to attend to the Vi 
n yo ect t Bit a viris 
crop again next year." Similar causes Tive Pt doubt 
led to неф "failures. C. 
used for repairing n: a ор, А — and 
all kinds of struct moisture 
cause dec A ad ig e door- 
mortar, then 
— all че denver parts of the sills or uprights 
any parts 
n the woodwork, put a few nails into 
the 0 vod E pues - the cement, then place a 
straightedge i of the dilapidated prie 
and fill all йе СЫ Бир пр AE ; bevel t 
surface of a sill so that T [o run off. 
art e сЕ "for уер wood for fourteen 
and have ctr pe experience that the 
т rac t will pre wood for many years 
although partly Paar af Smythe. 
OPAZOLUM TUBEROSUM AS А FOOD.—While 
Mo PR 
Messi is being engrossed with t mprove- 
r food tubers, in their laudable тт аат 
to raise "the Potato from a 
ion, coui rse it "e 
and the characteristic perseve nature t 
Englishman generally overcome ай ‘obstacles in the 
end. The Ullucus tuberosus den t 
hrown неу е toy м у= ent are 
а 
1 
however, is the Tropxolum tu um, and although 
an extremely илим" ү plant, we cis told 
lcs eid i it Ede cst Iti M. en 
eo на бетү it to the cultivato 
4 "g old book I find that the above 
plant was grown att he Birmi Botanic Garden 
during the summer ч 1838 way — its 
-five tu 
by 
lities as an article of — T 
basso planted in April, and although we are told that 
the crop © fair, the plants hardy, and the tubers 
the taste, посад more seems to have 
tubers is very much greater th ftv y 
ago, and although no apparent improvement may 
take place in the first few years let rsevere, n 
4 e Tr b i ould 
in de ropeolum s 
Lis a d uch in the A aie way as а Potato, planting 
CHRONICLE. 393 
in good soil n earthing up at the proper season. 
The tubers seem to be formed in the greatest abund- 
ut taking into account the benefit he 
LS 
may render to his fellow man 
UGMANSIA счете ез, pcs ema Phí it is 
no ML know h enta 
an 
pla ay now ered às established, and 
only require planting out every spring and taken in 
every autumn, with a little pruning now again, 
when they are а pe A doy 4 Bin dt 
shape. Always use fresh, 
culture. The p from which the > accompanying 
otograph was taken has 
fully expanded flowers on a one arid It is ied 
seven years old, and for want of room has gone 
through many hardships, x it has never failed to 
ki ا‎ admired г А- all who have seen it т Е 
attire, Е. Peak, Hull. [Ou 
spondent's letter was some by a ‘photograph, 
blooms. Ер. y- 
vigorous fel mee ba a southern aspect 
and sligh ntl protected have the central stems only 
ж! and killed. ivt rotundifolia (round or 
Kohn бетй» ‘Blue Gem” of some catalogues, is 
killed outright i 
ou n the брів, and not much injured 
an eastern ; it had seen five years, and 
4 feet th ber was severe on hal 
hardy shrubs. of your correspondents mar 
give their experience so far. W. J. Murphy, Clonmel. 
LANTS OF VARIABLE VIGOUR.—The 
to be some E about Ampelopsis“ Veitchii. 
ronger grower has Г 
, With bulbs diee 
Thi 
difference. те it is акы that the ji culture 
