Manca 1, 1919. 1 
After six years’ handling and Безди of 
th» various types, it is possible Eas 
Malling to say something of the indisidust 
characteristics of h member of tl series 
from the tree-raiser's in view. ma 
therefore be worth pending a few к Б 
cks, к 
Ше ок of their 
oot characters. 
Type 1. TERREN rare English Paradise.-- 
dily 
Roots very г from layers m nd presse 
vigorous Е pm althy, produces stock of good 
quality for working, little паана medium 
a ) us 
abroad. 
Type naues кш lene Para- 
dise).—Roots only fairly 
towards base, Ln 
hy 
than Ty pe T ., Often feathered, 
and бый in leaf fall, somew what 
commonly be stock, both here 
sad sod fog bush App 
I.—Possibly en Doucin. 
“Holl fyleat " variety, roots very readil 
layers and cu 
il 
Often d and bbed, p s many 
small s ium se on, qui callus. 
A very 
Type IV.—Proba 
umila. Roots 
enr- A from ‘la ers, mostly at base, - 
cA our, 
‘ally, а chee stock on 
E: woking rarely feathered, early in season, slow 
© to callus 
a^ common stock from Holland and Germany 
Ty die roved Doucin: (Amélioré).— 
Roots very г from layers and cut ay 
ÈR 
$ 
ос nice quality, 
feathered, ата um е moderately T ik t 
callus. 
Largely used s for екем 
stocks. 
uch Par —Roots very ‘our со 
readily from 1: буе апа SA. very vigorous 
and healthy, produces stock often somewhat 
E" - Poss feathered, late in retaining leaf, 
qui allus 
кг from abroad at present; most 
England after Type II. 
E rs Tittle feathered. | Very. ear ly season, some- 
$ callus. 
Not muc this country purposely. 
à are ee circulating 
e Ix. лоса de x ea iPradis (^ Yel- 
d бан го a erately sare 
fro layers and modera 
hea Shy apparently | хайт, produces stock oi 
m quality, eathered, 
medium to late, qui i ph 
U: a tock and Ger- 
y us 
collection ot 
his 
a T XT 
4 а a similar history 
q EE сас showing distinct qualities, апа is 
Ё quality stock. g ве, from layers. A ЖЫШ 
x LE Anethe stock received from 
remarkable vigour of growth, 
nd develops M o root 
prove promising ui Е = 
Purposes if hard wooded e 
ch used in 3 
а frequent ogne ctione stocks. We 
ai 
THE GARDE NERS’ С HRONICLE. — 
Type XIV.—Another stock from Germany, 
scm m ewhat of the pig m type; we have not 
ego this "id ao far. 
Tu eX es with a similar history 
to Ка E ove зар) not ju circulated. 
Type XVI.—Another German st ock, in leaf 
EM E на ing the Doucin, but 
nicre ready rooting and тис bii 
It shows distinct promise for standar. urpos 
though possibly not quite so str rong growing 4 as 
type XIII. So far it has 
large enough quantities ho a wide « 
These -— His ps | results of the accumu- 
1 of assi s, Messrs. J. 
Amos and у W. (iti. R. G. Hatton, Wye 
Cellege ay wit Experiment Station, East Mal- 
ling, Ken 
[Mr. m on is Director of the Wye Fruit 
Experiment ‘Stativa, East Malling, a branch of 
Soath Eastern "Agricultural Colleg The 
Principal of the Wye College is Mr. AL JUR. 
Dunst Eds:] 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
Oaks at Alden Num. — We —We have recently had 
Occasion to ee the Aldenham collection 
ad the satisfaction of € 
mplete thar 
the Himalayas, nor 
rescens ‘of -Mexico, bt apart from thes 
have, counting species, hybrids, and varieties, 
эў hardy members of the 
We should ` 
to purchase or, Li preered would gladly 
FON or e ponin of үре er choice 
plant, of. which jnre 
i 
we à Бану wish to obtain 
n algeriens 
E 
diver ifolia, Q. 1 
olia, Q. 1. 
iversi os Pe i uni 
iliflora falken gensis, L 
Haas, S. B ` Hein ^ Beckett,- Alde nham House 
Gardens, Elstree, Herts- i 
gi т), "4 have n not had the same 
employer bought si 
atch pev Sons ч 
9 
The plants here eet high, eer every year 
rani T M fed i 
i from cuttings, but in 
on ер cv Moyes: 
2 ud a few hips, a en 
5 vie 185 reed seeds in a pan covered with 
h in 
a few months , but no more бети 
Јо е ow 1 
developed., а half-ripéned shoots, or 
waited until the autumn, when the wood is 
©. — ell. Chatfont Park Gardens, 
Buckinghams shire 
Gardens.—The late Sir C. hs Dyke 
Milo dere eath was announced on p. EN 
took a keen en in gardening, at Killerton, 
are 
arsi ptt they а pro- 
of bloom. ot to 
101 
near Exeter. His chief interest was in trees, of 
which there are many choice specimens at Kil- 
d of hardy fruit, for whic 
was famous, and he w 1 
ous parts of t 
also was keenly interested in the 
: hi 
1 
isitors the fru 1 
ipples were kept all the year round. The Pear 
coilection included practically all the varieties 
cultivated this country A par tree in 
the kitchen garden was said to be the first 
Doyenné du Comice that was in- 
rc ec € y. > 
succeeded to the estate some twenty years ago, 
the pleasure grounds were in places very much 
over-grown with laurel and large forest trees, the 
latter on ground enclosed from tl par F 
ру yea rk of clearing these away from 
choice specime nca making room for the 
Tani y ‘other choice and rare subjects, was 
usly ut one point on which 
= 
© 
с С 
oa) 
о 
W ould that all re-makers 
possible view points. 
g! gardens were equally ady Acland 
as also keenly е п Killerto ‚ and 
wed exquisite taste іп all the new work that 
ndertaken which JN new Rose 
rocke e pleasure Pn alk are 
especial] well situated for the у e of 
choice subjects, lying, as they do, steep, 
well-drained slope, 
to S.W. 
number of flame-shaped ressus which are 
rouped o e sloping ground, among them 
being fine specimens of C. torul 5 semper- 
virens, C. funebris, C. Goveniana, C. macroc rpa 
and C. lawsoniana er notable Conifers, to 
mention a few, include a fine example of Fitzroya 
g rgest plant of Thuyopsis 
olabrata in this country, interesting because 
was raised from a cutting taken from leet 
iginal plan pan. 
striking features of the place are the masses ot 
Pinus ignis, Deodara and Quercus 
Ilex. Of the latter there is a n 
sam 
owner in the upkeep of the зае and the 
planting and care of choice trees and shrubs. 
a 
Gar Siy elliptica.—I am surprised to learn from 
Mr. E ska s note (pag e 74) that male plants 
of a suffer from = at Fota. А native 
of California and Ore I do not know what 
is е, either in latitude or altitude, within 
w = em gi of v 
od th 
ldest i ve 
growing in the , without 
1. he came through the еы et of 1895, 
ie the mercury s below zero F, without 
inju: We had a sever ell of fros 
iei week of Febra ry of this year. I looked 
at this 
fectly fresh and green, 
соге, though they have 
freshness they had a А Christina e. H 
course, on the west mss our inito in winter 
is есд than it is further inland; but I know 
of a very large ai 
ardy as the 
an pee igi Sars Pa T ийек е the s plants 
ake bg better thin I hav 
] hitects the 
794, and 
G. elliptica was first iniéoducet to this country 
by Doulas 1828, it is accidental. Herbert 
Maxie: да; ih. 
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