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THE GARDENERS 
e and Mr. Lafferty. In the ers Chron. 
rch 29 
the cessation of the rot just abo e 
as bei =e perhaps due to changed conditions of 
moisture. 2. 
HARDY FUCHSIAS. 
SiGNs are not Жайын! la bait that the dif- 
ferent hardy Fuchsias easing in popu- 
larity. This need o cee эз БРГЕ, аз Шеу 
form a eee па or p garden d 
the latter of t ummer, and often well 
into the {ому р: x e favoured pa о 
the country, such as the so and wes 
pecially when in proxim to the sea, some 
ing. 
ever, by no means the case, as in gardens far 
uerbi ag the sea they are very fine and 
much appreciated. Опе ot the largest wers, 
and so desi 
e 
sions of a эша] M жат it is favourably 
ated, M. z ^ eely branched habit of growth, 
i small but richly coloured blossoms 
in pincers » ioi 
The different: cae Fuchsias may be р v: 
ways, First, the smaller kinds 
Rie 
‚ Ric- 
e met "ue in d cus 
An old, yet very distinct, hardy Poa a 
n as F. corallina or 3 *exoniensis. 
n the leaves are considerably larger a in 
of the others, and, grow in the oj 
a dense b to 4 feet in 
height, and of = distinct arching habit of growt, 
The cena sepals nda urple corolla 
with зм нараа so freely repre- 
eed among the greenhouse kinds, the hardiest 
is Madame Со bac ne "which à is also се of the 
ANME ot tis Wee ge avi ng been sent out about 
Puce. 1860. _ ae Weis of hardy 
re sias were iind and distributed by 
1886 6» oi Nancy. st were sent out in 
M and others in following year. Chief among 
Bor, ine's varieties are ; americana Elégant, 
uquet, Drame, Elysée, L'enfant Prodigue, 
rh m minos. ey are ex- 
у: 
ceedingly free Paley but not 
‹ flowering; but not so vigorous in 
growth as F., Ricsestor d or F. 9 
obtain this A 
out into their permanent quarters during the 
er par May or in June, en 
ie зе Ae meds to become established before 
FORESTRY. 
OF. THE HE FALSE ACACIA. 
IN 1823 Cobbett created quite а  sensati 
wi e False Acacia (Robin 
ps ), of which, under 
re 
eudacacia), the wood der the 
name of the Locust, he declared to be erus 
indestructible by the powers of the earth, 
soday {дө са Кота many millions of 
plan eared seed, which he. dir 
жле, Абсун the ‘country and prophesied 
dista ak “ when the 
that the 
that the time was not far 
it seems 
"a 
om 
Fic. 67.—TOMATO SEEDLING ATTACKED BY PHYTO- 
PHTHORA PUR 
(See n. 188.) 
$ ; Ps 
the tools of the bana: It f 
when quite young, and the AT or knotted 
graining is rich and beautiful, 
In 
this country it has pe ot been extensively 
used, though experimen out on one 
of Lord Der Derby's properties “proved bears home- 
grown timber is valuable for ut-of-doors 
purposes, ee y for 
turnery and as nails for gates and wooden 
gs. Some of the trees t cut іп 
boarding girthed 12 feet at a yard from ground 
level. e t rs ag = 
agi ted e boar 
rot. On the “Continent the timber й =» 
employed in the of agricultural imple- 
ment s, also for asta." 
and 
‘sae а are дини the ont | решш My flowering 
trees; while they an almost 
any others when ibis A» bear Мет бна of 
ur larger centres of аа Аг D. Ww. 
CHRONICLE. | 
189 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
FIG TREES IN EE 
A NUMBER of old and lar; g trees are to be 
en in London, including the Milone specimens 
at Lambeth P Palace ace, the far h 
Str eet, Poplar, E in St. Paul's Churc 
and the soot- begrimed standard tree at St. 
Giles-i in- ng Fields, Even in the densel 
ated E 
terwards thes ere 50 hi 
cumference of hee ppt ‘being 314 inc 25 
inches respectively. In 1813 tgs much аа 
sited the grounds in 
бм, repairs to the palace in 1829, 
had been rooted 
Ther 
tresses et the робу; the largest of w ich ber 
menia E 1917 w LA eg in кай the 
ind. e of these was, un- 
fortunately, blown tially ve a Mot time 
tem split in consequence. : 
de doo Churehy now converted int 
a park, by the archway at Stepney Station, by 
— ad—all г е East End of London— 
e Fi ig fl urishes. In the rectory garden at All 
Sainte Poplar, a healthy Fig-tree, some 20 ft. in 
height, be seen from the str By the 
lake ats in St. Jima s Park are шалу healthy, 
VEGETABLES. 
DUTCH BROWN BEANS. 
ped Ml чай pes of sowing vegetable seeds 
it may interest some 
readers not The ашдан! Сан Are to. — 
how I fared on a small sc 
the No rth-West of England go the the ‘Dutch 
Brown Beans ae ed to Fellows by tbe M" 
sce aires Societ I obi 
spaced à 
M jn early October, shelled, and the ate 
ighed. s 2 lbs 
mai 
tive. The ques uestion remains, 
whether 
one can consider it worth growing in in l this climate. 
summer was n urable for a 
aeg crop, vg after ie middle of of шу er 
was cool and 
eather here 
de pig. season, thought the saoi pe ч 
ies оп perienced 
Pop sight о of the 12th- 15th, Oct Oe. \ 
I hope the Dutch Beans again this 
summer, f my own vicc to see what 
may be the result should August and Septe 
rove more favourable. Jd up. 
