Jone 18, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
"AD interesting fact, and perhaps one worthy of 
being put on record, is that Strawberries—and only 
these--have been grown in the same soil here for 
thirty- um years piv intermission, and this year 
they are doing bet than ever. Of course the 
diim has been well manured, and -— have been 
less, lies the secret of the success. eaki 
Y ved what was a great stim ias tot ae well- 
being at the pot plants—the pots resting in saucers 
filled with soil, into which the roots penetra eee 
as Mr. Clarke EEE pey put it, “ some- 
thing for their toes to ii 
Just one note, by ded 4 rM on the some- 
It is 
arke con- 
earlier than recens mean advantage to the 
market grower. We saw a large stock of it, some 
1, plants— کر‎ which goes far to show 
that its merits have already been discerned. 
PRIMULA RETICULATA. 
em like ely to be inundated with Primroses 
calling themselves P. reticulata, but all of t 
far as I have y 
ensis, 
ceruleum as P 
It is desirable to be cautious against 
establishing a false name. Primrose seed, collected 
I believe by natives in the HÀ was libe rally 
distributed in the winter of 1 
twenty packets from various sources, and er 
many names. Ofthese iato were labelled Stuartii, 
CHRONICLE. 
803 
E reticulata, and sikkimensis ; all of these pro- 
dP. imensis, and at least 00 of the seed- 
flower That the identity. of 
had been Wüstaken is Rd d dispute ; 
but as AOE тра sikkimensis bear some resem- 
blanc one another, I believe that sikkimensis has 
been dig as аі. ta by high places. 
During the last two days I have been the round of 
my сеа with Hooker's Flora of British India in my 
hand, and after carefully Lr the vet, 
in detail have failed to recognise P. culata 
— those in flower. е ла ет been 
sent to me by friends under this — all of — 
I iiis rejected as spurious. І с nly say th 
have done my best to find out ани nudis ев 
to be, and that I have not yet seen it in flower. 
n the first place, P. reticulata ought to have a leaf 
Fic. 153.—w1NDSOR, 
with a distinctly cordate base, not tapering to the 
d 
cters 
Primrose im which I 
labelled **un- 
uced a few ee 
P. Stuartii ; 
rom Indian 
specimens I have yet seen have these chara 
Among: 
known." One of these has produ 
showing unmistakable leaf characters of 
but P I have raised fı 
d al tim 
before passing through two winters 
has produc чан а few seedlings equally slow of develop- 
ment, having leaves conspicuous for their deep re- 
ign d with a decidedly cordate T and 
r lo 
them can flower till next spring, and if they are as 
difficult to keep through their second winter as P. 
Stuartii is, I cannot promise to show them in pa 
cul pen 
T wa and not тєш P. sikkimensis for 
. C. Wolley Dod, Edge Най, те TE 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA. 
ABOBRA VIRIDIFLORA. 
Tuts pretty, rapid-growing, summer 
co plant, ptione dd the natural order Cucur- 
bita When well grown it is a beautiful M. 
bell. very i han, Rina dark oliage, 
and although the flowers are insignificant, they are 
ontrast with the dark leaves. 
It isa utitur tuberous, ME wet and if 
ov f 10 or 15 
— = 9 уз shaped, bright scarlet fruite, 
which 
‘ The Abobra 
does best in a sunny situation, in deep, њег €— 
soil. The seeds sarge be Mar 
in a pot or pan, deg зае in а 
n care- 
the frost has ae - -— age, and stored in a 
me where e is eedi at 50° 
o58?, * [ ^ 8 t Montily згн Мау, 1887. 
TUBEROSES. 
Success in the flowering of these sweetly-scented 
white flowers is frequently defeated, by allowing all 
