LAE 
JULY 17, 1875.] 
di c Me ed CHRONICLE. 
79 
I beg to inform ** J. C." (Gardeners Chronicle, 
ad 
p. 43) that he has no reason to doubt the ope i шу of 
cutting I Ib. of ins into P red I Tib 
s, and ev e grew The re are 
of Eureka into 109 s 
four competi tors in hie neighbourhood for ы 
prizes, and the average 
Hoope number ets 
cut Е the 8 lb. was 708, but this number lis Ta 
short of what sor йг rican cousins cut I 
n for Messrs, Bliss & Sons? 
prizes, one gentlemen cutting I lb. into 167 sets, some 
of th es being divided into eight se om- 
p : di as to their 
m 
grown Tun kipe, or heu by artificial beat. Cede 
“J, C." thinks it is improbable that Mr. 
inlay got ves а S from І lb. of Snow- 
flake Potato sets I beat Mr. McKinlay by 
getting піпеѓу-опе’ im а good and sound, with 
а distinct 
covered with eyes, a 
und, I had no difficulty in cutting up into ninety- 
one d sound sets, 4. 2, 
Bielius 48 ic Strawberry.—I thank you for 
Chroni ide, Sie = of you not to 
ence because Mr. Ward has made the subject ‘too dry 
f late.” been written 
patholo уй пуіпсе ia ulam dying 
All these ©“ күке plans ar 
I have also to thank Mr. War 
to prove this even now out-of-doors. Set Balsa 
one of my — gei shelves placed on a couple of 
bri cks ; rain-water only, 
pw ore becoming 
arden 
berries, Grap 
is quite hay when he says esponden 
uding to ** W. P. 2») has strayed from Ше айас, to 
the outdoor culture of the Strawbe 
e 
start, wish to 
friends ne e necessity "1 registering the tem 
e open air Eger ardens ; by this I pote we 
any failures, and I x confident we shall 
ay able & to colcatate "results, Last ye 
my garden gave me ri raw 
Б 
іа 
June 20—ail in open air. Of course the earli 
a little авад era: frosty a о o protection 
was old n The Stra as hardy as 
an indigenous р ant, and consequently the temperature 
soil is = reality of more importance than the 
rie ied very little péetecion piene 
plant hom | Boit if the soil and root-action is kept all 
g to be consi a 
on of our varieties are bordering Es 
oac near , ог, in other 
words, 5; double bearing varieties; j plenty of. es to 
4 ore wé er year. 
d and last, permanent ЕССЕ ‘will do the Work 
better tha than Sates ar large pits ; ө trough shelves e 
be required, all are are planted out at given seaso 
slightly protected, and grown in natural order. И. T 
Er eed. Northumberland. _Fillbasket. ay 
ve just gro et garden here a 
wing in 
magnificent crop of this E салар 
uenilly the average dr ot iut тнт 
наа is but 
"olei god, and the canes ate of 
about five being allowed to each stool, these being 
ne ned back to an equal rg e А feet 6 inches. 
rries so large, 
jr then gather- 
he 
each picker. 
are not only very large, en sonde, of a dee p red 
co and richly flavoured. I wonder that this 
Tullus is not universally grown. 4. D., Beafont. 
A Home-made Chair.— The publication of 
several atticica of home-made furniture, such as tables 
from boxes, and other easily m ade c api iences, has 
induced our friends to wish for more, we have 
t letters asking us if we will not give oni The 
ш of F. W. Winship, Minn., giving an easily 
and 
обе piece of board 12 or 15 inches long, and is 
width to набай to the back ; the edge of the seat 
s = SS 
FIG. 17.—PLAIN HOME-MADE CHAIR, 
which comes next to the back must be beveled to 
it is then nailed to 
m seat, and Me as the rear legs. 15 chair tye 
ve both seat and back "heic or with on 
Cashin v the mon it will = found very comfortable 
үү ubt that the idea is origina 
«E. W. КС but а practi of years ago we Made a 
Fic. 18.—ORNAMENTED HOME-MADE CHAIR. 
similar chair for a particular purpose; a young sur- 
gical friend needed a chair with a peculiar tilt, in 
which to perm an operation, and not being able to 
purchase a operating chair, applied to us to 
suggest a substitute ; E what was want ted, a chair 
on just this plan was made and covered in an ‘hour or 
but is noi = 
рн р а narrow 
made in h lard wood sud oiled, would ot be di 
and dibus 2 their 
argument which, Mae Pouf 
pala gie lant like тай жашик not benefited by 
каша a Straw is 
seine dot De райо ед dede: rich 
soll, not a few of us will cease to believe the evidence 
f our senses, pna, OR ‘common sense," The 
күсе кен and lamented "iik. -— I Tee 
has not been su phat a a Straw grower, 
if du has been equalled, "id not object to saucers 
ad 
for holding water when required, and an 
* old-fashioned " partiality for turf trays, &c., 
and swept the decks shows in his 
day—twenty years ago—the Royal Botanic Society 
doubling the amount of the Ist prize on one occasion 
r the extraordinary excellence of his с These, 
d lowing particulars are ta his 
thoroughly practical fittle work on араз ош culture 
blish ay, 1856, but [9 ders 
will remember his success vues ough. His average 
umber of berries to a plant were, p Keens’ Seedling, 
thirty; Victoria, M at British Queen, thirteen. 
roduced fruit of the latter 4 ou 
o 
Stan 
hich I now no i Ilin. 
irty water of any kind over fruit tha t eaten 
if i be hel 5 y much about t 
J 
en in g a y who choo 
but I may state that some surplus ons which we had 
at ^ud end p Mo and beginning of April last 
fetched 155., d 25s. per lb, иль prices, 
in a ao pui. other provincial сану and those 
were not — апу means our best fruit. F. Simpson, 
Wortley 
New Heating Apparatus, — Mr. Joseph 
Gadsby, of Metheringham, pes brought out a new 
invention 
^i 
Ea ieee = учы э Tet in winter or ripen a late 
crop of Grapes 
ro rapes, г. Gadsby 
8 P.M., and the water is raised to 
within an ho which 
ur, - бда d 
toa qi E. at which it is kept until 7 o'clock in 
the m There is no diminution of heat, nor any 
fetes pon m R. Pris Gr., Methering ham, July. 
es.—I have not as yet тувра aa үг 
Bero kind offer of Major Trevor Clar 
assistance regarding hybrid and other Primr 
have nothing at this moment much worth his at det 
tion, nor indeed is it possible for every one to give 
t tant hich must be necessary for delibe- 
r raising new varieties, though there many 
occasions on whi ew be extre ratef 
for the light that can be given by superior experience, 
I did not at all mean to accuse him of such 
s I had any 
inking of; Taran, ho 
Feat variations throw on 
is the pigeon of. 
ЗБ ни ne 
in уагуп clistantly under the care of man, and very 
little without it. I бабаў understand now about 
the blue Primrose ; I had imagined the colour appeared 
without any blue parent at all. Mm told lately of 
о variet led Jack-in-the- 
Green, or some similar nam i d the s 
paper on the Primrose in the Gardeners Chronicle for 
seedling. Like the 
-hose, the leaves are a develop- 
. Isawtwo diferent stalked mer 
