Joxe 4, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
ELEUTHERINE PLICATA AS A DYE PLANT.— 
t the exhibits from Montserrat at the late 
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Gardens x ew 
. CAPE АМО NEW HOLLAND PLANTS.—Reading 
your notes in the Gardeners’ Ром for Hay, e 
t the Heaths, Tetrathecas, Boronias, &c., 
Fic, 142.— MASDEVALLIA 
and Paradise acsi e also of the 
елаш of Мг. Үү, ес hin n, was to me like 
newal “ ап Fons us life tone "ot your article 
ts at did the Horticultural and Botanical 
Sinbad, 
to the sameness d monotony of 
and floral exhibits we now see. Robert H. 
де 
ROSES.”—I have read with pleasure— 
ere with crise ван by * Wild Rose" 
* I cannot, however, agree with де. writer 
ecaus ew plant gets seven certificates t 
d. Ith pid it entirely Se 
CHRONICLE. 
745 
thee ordeal agg would not be, year "c year, ию 
uch rubbish ent out, nor old Rose nen 
rild 
E 0 
unless to a variety which i mprov 
and distinct from, all existing тиен, 
only one bloom shown, and th 
with a tang bloom of Prosper 
far as as possible to judge 
tical. "They may 
as presented eet 
should, in my opinion 
Langier so 
ge, they were iden- 
e Pa н es certainly 
ave not shown their Roses at any of the 
National Society's vr! should do so at 
Edinburgh, as certificate from that Society 
would ca VoM having, and unquestionably in- 
pod the demand for their Roses. Tame Rose 
E VEGETATING SEEDS.—Your correspondent 
dm se iret have had a struggle to emerge into 
vegetation has, I fear, many fellow sufferers, On 
(SEE P. 744.) 
VELIFERA, 
heavy Е however, the evils are more general ; 
great drought, accompanied by cold weather night 
and дау, һаз Кер& the soil cold, and the surface is 
ed and cracked in an ims , Dustings 
of fine soil at planting time and ral times since 
then seems to have been of pu benefit in assist- 
We notice that where seeds are new 
ing v n. 
the difference is great both in vigour forwardness. 
kets ew kinds indicates new seeds, and fi 
such packets by far the finest Onions are growing 
ent. Nuttings Golden Ball and Veitch's Im- 
proved take the lead at p are also very 
y in growth, and little difference in the bulk of 
the pomi p Ot the 
above arsley, w we 
in heat, үз я off ы pante out, dose fairly чай, 
but seeds in the open ground do not e 
t and Parsnips were slow to m but earlier 
lots and su i ч 
our own, which we saved some 
en against Incomparable, an 
own pet п Рр" іоп. tice в ` 
1 till lately, and we notice e earlier 
y m. б to 
8E 
Е 
Икер, Иче: pen have been rss, Ше: 
during March and t are now in abundan 
large and din ol an 
pail that 
ly are ме, promising ; Cher- 
ries (on eat early ; mids 
set amazingly, an 
Sm: i 
pples 
stly in bloom (this is a somewhat 1 ate 
district in athe Scottish acne 8), but the trees are 
a mass of flowers. had Strawberries more 
promising, а and for all purposes Vicomtesse Heric art de 
hese 
two under glass are doing admirably Early soria | 
plants which were long at rest, A ная in an open 
order all winter, have been extra good since the 
tearing of April. Scot, 
RED SPIDER ON VINES.—Knowing how trou 
blesome a matter it is at all times to eradicate this 
venture to tell M las 
ts possible, let this be applied 
to them with - ma — wash —— ; but 
s 
any further information 
if I have not “ee ае raa e quite clear. Walter 
Child, Croome Cou 
COVENT GARDEN PRICES.—As a dns ped — 
of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, as well 
Covent Garden Market, I take - liberty of troubling 
you with a few remarks u market 
With many m rs 
time to time occasion to complain of the sales made 
on our be commi salesmen, and 
gladly hail our anno some wee 
ago concerning Messrs. n’s intention 
of ing an — in the ke i of public auc- 
tion for private home-grown forced fruit and flowers. 
This, we thought, wher be th to all the evils 
of the past, seeing it was recommended by both the 
Chronicle 
Gardeners апа уо ntemporary, the 
Vost the „еи adding its notice that 
Messrs. Dra) п would simply charge a small 
rrr лий the sale of goods to cover expenses. 
U th ve recommendations we resolved to 
give the e pira a trial; but — Aran і 
disa 
sappoin 
only sold py а tittle m diua than the ‘half merge ^ wen 
been gettin m o esman - sides 
that, the commission cha cent. higher 
than that charged T him, with the addition that 
they (Messrs. aes & Son) send neither es UNE 
bels, as t 1 
auction sales for Rett pre e fruit do not rare the 
cure for the evil complained of, and we quite endorse 
ote Mey wm. E by ha орана at 
p. 713, М rtainly — r some 
little ded жае ent a ае the sales 
hin that Lam war goaie vitei of в question of 
will not be lost upon them; but whilst we say 
that. we are far from saying that all imas salesmen 
are alike; for our own after several trials 
ea 
packing, 
n way 
е returns will crac [am dci So far as 
