Max 14, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONIOLE. 
prove d plant poison. I know of no forest tree less 
patient of artificial ent лён especially of 
manure—than the Beech. It likes a light, sandy, 
clean, dry soil free of manure, and usually de- 
generates in soils of а different and opposite 
description ; 
No 
abaorbed by the tree roots, 
prising how far on hs one hand the liquid runs, 
and how far on the r the roots extend from poss 
тер Мапу {геез аге е killed from these causes 
ut their being at all suspected. C. Y. Michie, Moss 
House. April 5. 
SEED TRADE. 
Cannors.—In a seed list pene ef. years 
ато I find but one кис бы е Сатт ntioned— 
the common garden—but pre a “pundred years 
М mentioned three as cultivated in gardens, 
th ark  red-rooted mp 
bably the progenitor of that v 
the 
the first and 
second of these are “ commonly етей in gardens 
forthe kitchen, as is also the white, though not so 
common in Englan as the two former, nor would it 
e worth the gardener's while to propagate it ә 
white) for its pale colour would render it less accept- 
able in the markets, where the deepest йк 
Carrots are always most esteemed, though for the 
chiefly as а kitchen garden 
arrot. [This is probably the Carotte Blanche des 
Vosges of Vilmorin’s list, a soft w. watery EE see 
flavoured kind, deficient in sweetness, and grow 
peaty, which should be previously subjected to a very 
deep plou ughing. In France, Germany, and some 
other parts of the Continent, the field culture of the 
al is much more extensively practised than in 
ri 
ye са catalogue gives but three 
varieties of the Carr 
Orange, and the (mede m: ter the 
Long Red Surrey, the Studley, a pt high- pie 
Sectio from the Long Orange, which originated at 
the ү Калы ы Studley, ies between Calne and 
iu 
ы ira 
h 
"n. grown e: cattle 
feeding, It is sai at the seeds of the Carro 
© employed in e manufacture of some kinds 
rtant crop, and v 
suited to their nite] they should be light, warm, 
ly trenched and well manured, The Scarlet In- 
termediate or James’ Greentop, or Merriott Scarlet— 
which last is considered an old form under a new 
robably the most popular and extensively 
grown Carrot of the day, and most cultivated for 
main crop purposes, In all probability this origin- 
ated as a selection from the Early Horn, showing a 
green top. By some the ira Scarlet is regarded 
as an earlier Carrot, but larger and coarser. 
nd is now becoming better 
known ; it is intermediate i in size Арын the Long 
Red Surrey and James’ Scarlet, r m 
slender than the latter, and has Ro sweet, and 
tender flesh. It is comparatively new to English 
i rly s 
or соге; vei Aeg PD only a few 
yea ‘a ado. it is bec ming o he most generally 
E EA of the kitéhieu md [lon Its roots 
are very clear in the skin, symmetrical in shape, are 
easly pulled ү = as ad and keep well, The 
French Horn l known as an ta early 
foreing кабу: т ais for sowing in the months of 
uly and August, for pulling in the e but a 
warm sunny bo i 
fection. The roots e somewhat of the вһаре 
of Turnip-Radish 
n assumed new variety, known as the Shaftes- 
i Long Orange, appears to be the same as James' 
Intermediate, but of а more orange colour. I" 
n much more i 
in private gardens, as а good strain of it 
ras. be destitute of a green top; but to have it in 
fine condition the land diem be light, deeply tilled, 
and well manured. Unlike the Altringham, the root 
does not appear much above the soil when sd 
grown. The Altringham Carrot is the most popul 
in the North of England and in Scotland. It is 
easily vun ae by its roots, growing more above 
e ground, wipe cw di the whole of the part thus 
exposed green in colou t is a very productive 
variety, and of pane quality, and a sort that 
always does well where the soil suits it. It succeeds 
ina pi soil if it is nem ough. 
The white and yell lgian Carrots are, as 
already rv Muir for cattle purposes. 'The 
Wiltshire eg is a brio cr and improved type 
of the white Belgian w grown by many, and 
origin ay чэ out by а Mr. Hall, of Worthing, and 
produces a great wi weight se erop, ume the new Yellow 
Giant Intermediate is highly esteemed 8 cattle 
feeding ; it produces roots more ла 
Wurzel, is extensively apresen in dhe Eastern 
most valuable as a cattle 
gels. 
eM 
ii 
'The colour of Carrots depends very much on the 
character of үе soil in which they are grown. Ап 
e may have seed of a perfect stock, but = crop will 
aed in colour ifthe soil be unsuitable. the li 
boggy, reclaimed fenlands in Linddlabbire, hundreds 
of acres of Carrots are „ине agen ааны requires 
as much as 2 tons of seed— quantity in 
Mes төртүнө n seeds Rating Багага апа п, 
growers understand when and how best to gather it, 
and making a clean and good sample. A great deal 
of Carrot seed is imported fro юана, се of 
e French-saved seeds have no 
ved in England, and 
to part freely pog the seeds, асч а given 
uch smaller in bulk than the 
Carro received from the growers in bales 
and it is then а mainly by the women engaged 
in the seed w d then weighed off into 
bags dad for эйр orders. 
Carrots are much grown for exhibition purposes, 
the leading varieties ae the French Horn, Nantes, 
Intermediate Scarlet, ws the Long Red Surrey. To 
ut can be adde . Carrots should 
of good size, rel blemish, thoroughly sym- 
meal, and the deeper, the brighter red the ncs 
the better, Pisum 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE, 
SELAGINELLAS, 
ArrHovan these collectively cannot be turned to 
such gen use for weg urposes as сап 
8 e species are easily increased 
either by division or cuttings, чуз young plants 
should be shifted into larger or pa y 
require room, and e 
into the fresh soil = winter. Like their near 
& sandy peat soil, ge 
ate with RES er diis, and a little loam 
ed a shaded situation, a moderately 
ба atmosphere, and cannot endure their roots to 
and evening. The Selaginella is especially 
useful оп rockwork i houses, and they 
subjects to mix with Ferns, Panicum variegatum, or 
Tradescantia — &c., when they are used for 
Pans are petter than pots for the culture of speci- 
men Selaginellas, and several young plants placed 
s ther in vem and carefully treated quickly form 
rfect drain: 
should be ensured, and slabs of bo be cut to the 
m size and et the тырт being put проп 
inage and covered with а thin layer of sandy 
ач іп еа the и к plants or cuttings should 
be placed, thus each layer can be managed until the 
pyramid is completed, and to жт the whole firm а 
ring of copper wire may xed under the rim of 
the pan, to which other wires should be fixed and 
fastened ove 
nellas are well adapted for of 
table decoration, and a Менйн s fresh pie genie 
should be kept up by propagating е batches 
during the year, and growing t them of various sizes 
to meet the different services рб which pv) are бищ 
be put. Those of trailing тед 
Mei tiem: for drapin g o i sides a ies 
epergnes to be used in a jeu à tate а mix with 
cut vast in centre glasses, &е., while the compac 
growers are equally inv: valuable for айа the 
surfaces of vases containing table plants. 8. den- 
gata, S. Poulteri, S. Emiliana, S. 
i , and S. cesia 
ticulata, S. varie 
M e M. variegata, S. a 
are amongst those most ко for dinner-table 
decoration, S.a eeds a warm place in which to 
podan 
grow, and requires manhe repu to keep it 
from dying out. Thomas Coomber, The Hi Hide 
Gardens 
A REMARKABLE IRISH INSECT.—In the Zru y 
sogion (Chronicle of the Prin), а Welsh 
history, written by Caradog, who died in the middle 
of the twelfth century, the following entry appears 
under the date “ Oed Crist sedo :—“ In 
the summer of that year vermin of a strange species 
were seen in Ireland, similar to moles, p two long 
teeth each ; and they ate all the corn, all the 
and the roots 
he co - 
i (i.e. Danes) " took them there, and муу 
fe, iim fol 
ther. or оте those insects," W, G, S, 
