18 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 3, 1875. 
at the base, as seen when the inner petal-like bodies 
ing of a delicate mauve- 
blui 
tinted Belle of Woking, an 
former, while the colour is а бм of Lady Louies 
borough and Albert Victor. 
andsome new Banana, MUSA VELUTINA 
S rien., 
is GEL'S Gi ora. It resembles 
М, sanguinea, figured inthe Botanical Magazine, but 
is not e so brilliantly coloure it is said to 
differ in its velvet ianth a a LAE the 
same ssa ntroduced 
by Mr. С. MANN, diu ius sent "the M.s «оган to 
ew. 
—— NEMOPHILA ATOMARIA OCULATA CŒRULEA 
as now seen growi ng a at Chis ir is a very pr ену 
form of this arker hue of blue 
than N. insignis. Her re Aid заг isa qe with "S 
flowers, but on the whole it keeps very true. 
lat 
sit to the Chiswick gardens of 
oyal Horticultural Society. 
NDEN has COLLECTORS abroad in N EW 
quiari, and the E ANDES. 
The latter expedition is — = pe not only 
of a collector, bu and great results are 
t bota 
a both to scientific ad pet hee horti cul- 
ture, 
—— In EL's Gartenflora for March, it is p 
without doubt that the Ra жаы: CANES, е exported fr fro 
rm e nothing more than the ot a 
^1 is ugeisso — This information is dm 
in reply to the query by HANBURY and OLIVER in 
the Manual o) Scientific "ipi TY, int respecting ә 
moe of аре Im producing the Rajah Canes of Born 
e writer of rag ote in question evidently has ann 
ше totally di different in view, for the 
acquaintance are eios not roots. 
sie e thinks that es Amboina, or Kyatocca wood of 
s ,isaspecies of eas a and the same 
‘Abeer w ОГ Se wood, i 
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—— There is something — pend about the 
aig oF FLOWERS WITH CRUM A З, 
During t or ты we n struck 
with the My of the wi of Cistus when Sdn ing 
them in the morning, w 6 o'clock each eve 
returned 
any more je expan 
ch morn- 
ing's me and interesting 
cates but 7 not sitae for a tuber basi n garden, whose 
owner can only visit it in the evening. 
—— Respecting the cultivation of the CINCHONA 
IN CEYLON, we learn from D 
5, аге now forming on 
of young plants raised from seeds and 
cuttings, and every ore tt information is given at 
Hakgala "e enable them o so. Cinchona suc- 
ra 
mand, as sthey as Тыш D E 
ely to be 
с гот hon 
ied pret the Darjeeling Dover 
plantati 
jadis NELLA BRAUNII, of BAKER, is a very 
desirable, perfectly hardy species, from the mountains 
of Nor а, &c tis comm only po with — 
ча pe a e фета, whieh i very di 
DRÉ, writing of t the S. Braunii v^ 
the Ttustration Horticole says it thrives exceedingly 
n his е in sand 
n 
and it increases in vigour. Indeed, it is only in the 
о air in our climate that it elu its full 
beau 
Home рашай 
White.—Amongst 
Gilbert White, kindly 
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had hardly any flesh, and жаз 
ember All 
rank and filthy.” Pes on Sep 
the Cantaleupes cut: not one in perfection, — 
many were finely embossed and lo € d wonder fully 
promising. The canker, I suppose, had prevented 
fully ost RT written, Thomas Bell, The 
Wales, ge Han 
серое а н рына Mitter, ped 2” the Gardeners’ 
Feb, 14, 1759. 
ы T nl an mush oblig ^ t 
opinion o 
has been eis publi u utility, З sha think bus 
S b. Can eeds here 
Ameri ich d is бы е, ев 
were first brought to Cuban Db. 
from thence several years, and have found them much 
better than any "ot those which were sent me from 
Cantaleu 
ST have made trials several times of tanner's bark 
nm і and sometimes have 
found in hot, dry — m" 
plants of Cantal pc tor hung their leaves, and some- 
times their roots have perished before all the fait s wee 
y sot prefe d dun r the heat, and a 
proper depth of loam for the zes to strike into ; b 
his, in my situation, is very di to procure, for we 
have very little loam within a reasonable distance, 
* I do not know if you have seen the last edition of 
the Gardeners’ Dictionary, which has been publishing > 
weekly numbers, and is now a 
— sir, your most 
obedient humble ы VO PHILIP MILLER. 
helsea, Feb. x4, 1 
PS Your letter a not come to Chelsea till 
yesterday.” 
Endorsed by Gilbert White, “ Letter from Mr. Phil. 
Culture of the Canon Hall Muscat Grape. 
—In reference to my communication respecting this 
Grape, on examining the organisation of the plant we 
The sp web crm are 
large, moreso thanin any oth: ch mor 
so than in an б consequently it requires 
more drai than Muscat of Alex- 
an 
andria or any of its progeny, The plant is apt to 
become over-luxuriant. I will ced your corr 
spondent's tree is planted in such soil as is usually fe 
pared for the Grape Vine, if so Pire! is ey little chance 
of success ; nevertheless with proper care it may be 
brought under control and a good crop obtained’ next 
season. ‘The first step to be taken is to train all the 
side branches horizontally omen. 1 
he 
orad 
more than ten 
FE 
the house constantly sprin with warm 
water at ны root sparingly with pure rain-water only, 
W. Pres 
Medi paene a. 
week Horton, the garde ner ab Nero 
Caste, the d ‘of Lord Falm ай Iw ased to 
"p ant of the rom with fifty-s ад gud 
he flower-spikes had burst out of the old 
-i = r3 of = pot, which X it 
a man, Le 
Мн "We ball bé. olad to ved the notes. ка 
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Lowii.—A plant of this v 
anda is just now floweri fog most su стау М t the 
f Mrs. Leech, Gorse Hall, Staleybridge, 
high, well clothed 
with its dark green leaves, and a bed k p 
ing up from the bottom, has thrown out two spikes of 
great length, which, by the time all the flowers 
reach the higher figure. Just seve owe 
showing on th о spikes, on р, I counted thirty. 
six —th s at the f the spikes being 
—the three flowers bas 
i a ecd m spotted with crimson, whilst the 
w ome 
, Seems 
ha ое amount of moisture ; it cer- 
tainly has done well under the care of Mr. Good 
the gardener. ere also we m 
the new «ушшш c that has 
with four flow ik 
usce 6 feet high, with Medi strong breaks to it, 
et with a nice plant of 
as just flowered, 
was just over, it em ng produced seven very SE 
pee ero hilum filiforme, in a basket, w 
bloom, сайте um Wardi um, one of f the 
old type ae pee and petals being pers it 
1 
y imported i aus wering, the 
n this instance being er pr is usually the 
anak} is, with what we must now consider the 
bac type. W. Swan, Tune 29. | 
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vane d in Hie —Mr. Bayman 
p. 822 s—'*T se күк a dispute 
your coher d Siy pe den p^ ghs, pans, and turf 
eels for Strawberry forcing, bat Ido not see any 
made to Mr. Ward’s old-fashioned plan of 
i t 
bu siest seasons of E ME ps $ b сыг A ie Pd the 
— into bes fru 
continued alto ogether, 
call it M ard’s old 
edly, the | plan is p mine ; it is one ke Vici 
practised by most 
lived, and am acquaint 
being o 
Mr. Baym 
Chronicle, that the proper way to layer Strawberry 
runners for forcing is to fill 34-sized 
with go ff loam, such the Strawbe 
delights in, an m the same well together, as 
is practised in the potting of the Strawberry, ud 
upon these to layer | a runners? This, I sup- 
pose, is Mr. new plan." But we live 
in a very Lean че э consequently, may 
d e | 
will shock ME 
—we raise our Санны wers, 
Onions, Turnips, &c., from seed now, just in the 
same way in which our ancestors 300 years ag% — d 
