d at a c 
К гарт тирре 
.. Shelter the SUM from rain and s 
— Dean's notes on Pin 
THE 
JULY 24, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
EHI 
varieties g Sweetwaters, &c., producing fruit at all 
E nk the Black Prince, 
ons, early and AN 
Esperio ion E Peter's, old Dut weetwater, and 
Black Clusters, open pud. pots, on 
window sills, courtyards, and garden walls, as being 
safe to uiring the smallest space, 
producing fru August to f No 
ber. 
ng IS creatures 
more t . IV. Prestoe, —P.S. I began the 
horizontal system of training in 1827. 
sting-Spores of the Potato Disease, 
“п. able article 
tato Fun ," I find at 
t till now seen D Boke IY in 
E If 
The Res 
oospores, no 
the о disease, are zi true resting-sp 
Mr. Sm wil turn to the Times new pln 
the epi ased tuber; and I have on 
жо occasions, three years ago, shown the resting: 
ore at meetings of the Croydon Mic croscopical 
h 
resting-spores, 
Pind Potato thr ree 
and in the 
epi dermis ” и" to require further explanation. Ерѕ ] 
Campanula Mile and C, Zoysii.— 
Ema forms quite a gay кт їп {һе 
alpine beds at the E tk N Nurse It rare 
Е of dott aded and рош habit, with. large, 
flow 
rple, flattish, and star-s haped wers, 
i " produced on slender, wiry branching 
stems only from 3 to 4 inches high, in such 
alm th 
pos amp 
growing and flow the above-mentioned 
species—Campanula Zoysii, which is quite a miniature 
2 the "ERI Ley nes its whole stature being only 
wers are light blue, and o 
on barren and 
VETE Ua ridges. 
mency o 
Daring th our "one it is мна er to 
Se Ae 
Pinguicula grandiflora, — Looking PE Mr. 
guicula grandiflora a 36, 
have been induced to mention that it has UN. 
itself on a somewhat mossy rock he 22 plants 
. introduced from their M habitat some years ago. 
They are growing admirably w without any soil at all, 
except what feedin 
they will produce much larger and finer blooms under 
3 . cultivation. Zohn White, Hazlewood, Sligo. 
Strawberry Culture.—At p. 79 “W. Р.” Pus 
d of you i to pred this de reed yet awhile, 
. and I, for my o о particular wish either 
to stay or prolong it, riges ne subject has become 
‘Somew: ntelligible e, an nsequently not cal- 
. culated to diffase € нав ок which **W. P." 
50 anxio o impart to the amateur artisan 
and his **you frien E" су р Wa Г 
confine ourselves to the Werke A. then a few 
lines fi : mee 
him 
Figs &c., with 
X showi ing how ** W. P." pra idis 
* W. P." predicts a Ы te future 
| “ simple к кокан shelves," for he tells us that 
= day i € not far distant when they w 
ever experien 
the сексе “coord a s Below and a so und, or 
: it defining what one = both meant. Now our vener- 
broth wish to isse forcing 
different ; 
no 
he wata the object к» has in view is 
9 aid the and 
-plant gr 
unl to give | 
a good start in the right direc- 
his ‘‘ young friends” 
tion. No but 
doubt his С аге very laudable, 
the information n 
[m 
forward t ith pleasure, and ; d be 
received by them pratt to its 1 SST worth. 
thin k it is a great pity—not to say m ortune—that 
"WIPE "d fiends” do not know his where- 
outs, рее then, if they found y telat in 
i ld know ois and where to apply 
ufficient pe E " H, W. Ward, Long- 
l-s 
ford Castle, Sarum, Fuly 
Failure in Melon Ee —It is difficult t 
Melons M off through a too 
h 
d ree Reis pporte 
bike, allowing. the | fruit 
a pla 
adopted quiet in a dull eed "Fo our thly, use 
good, but ay turfy loam alone, but pressed 
ее 
Give iw Vend more water after the fruit is 
good s oakin 
with plenty of pun het m 90° to IIO" i 
; do not shade; Feary is the cause of failure, 
nee € tus.—It may interest you 
and other admirers in the south of the Agapanthus 
d ine TE i ch there can be no plant better 
adapted for the sed ied indicated in your sd 
Gossip of fast week—to know that this plant is in no 
danger of suffering neglect м Ethe hands of our plants- 
men in northern metro We have it 
exhibited mide the winning collections « of stove and 
стене plants at our recent midsum 
company with the Nerium and Кейн ; the latter, 
r, was ill we are inclined to 
accept the opinion of the grower of the premier collec- 
tion p: the show of the Royal Caledonian, that 
the € Borea. the Agapanthus included the 
Calla sh same por earlier in the season, 
he ad an easy so ng seems the 
appreciation of plants of this class. We had the 
temerity of elsewhere recording a d of regret that 
owing in its best sense was the decline, 
that the *'fashion of the дау” was elbowing it into a 
very small corner, and consequently you rdeners 
of the ке; day had small opportunities of acquir- 
ing a knowledge of this part of th rs’ агі, 
Our latest information on the subject is that the gar- 
deners of the are engaged upon higher work. 
We confess our own inability to discern that work ; 
and mtis the appearance during the pre- 
sent seaso nthe exhibition benche = of such old 
friends as ae “Calla zethiopica and the Agapanthus 
umbellatus, we A that we are not ides in long- 
ing for the appearance of more of those plants that 
have long been saute reckoned our finest stove and 
- eenhouse plants. 4. G., Edinburgh, July 1 
d Measurer.— When seed merchants have 
to subdivide, for instance, a quarter of an ounce of 
very fine seed — — e Siu rud mae 
ely sma 
To find the 
3 inches wide, and 1 inch thick, wi ped 
groove 1 inch deep cut pes the wider die ie — 
Peu with lines measure а. ` м on a yard measu 
e same side—on p the who ie of the 
siens with but the inch and half-inch d ivisions, 
seed being then laid out the desired lengt 
groove, it will be seen how much lies in a quarter, 
Бе ог doch length thereof, and the finding of 
for th of packeting is simpli- 
fied. Е, CA aie, v NIS 
Potato Disease.—I am wt pg in sd bas 
the € tato — as РІ this distri 
very we eta a change to hot d i 
bad form, and unles 
a shortly, I fear the bulk of th 
ill be 
w ruined, At the 
the first and second early kinds. 7; Simpson, Mildmay 
ord, 
Road, Chelms 
Sulphurous Vapo and its Effec 
3 dic OF of the €Ó—Ó thoroughfare 
seen the deadly eff by 
urous vapour acting on what rodi ienga been 
into the 
ornament in the Marylebone Road, Adjoining 
the Baker Street station of the Metropolitan Filler 
7 
Marylebon I have also tried to train some 
sting -growing creepers on the fr wall of 
of the gardens adjoining Bak Street 
find that, whereas t 
creepers bec ch by the vapour ‘hens, from 
the ventilators о of the sect Now, if this vapour is 
so ie pall чн vegetation, it must surely Б dangerous 
to the c health. ave inspectors for the 
PAP -— inspect - fo; = this 
As vapours, evidently s 
deadly чы vegetation a Гече forth Кеш the venti- 
lators, to be inhaled by t 
еч Е 
ing away this dea 
it forth into our public streets to destroy what little 
vegetation ves is left to us, and to poison the atmo- 
sphere breathed by a crowded population, оли 
Carvill, Finchley, N. 
Campanula turbinata.— This pretty Bellwort, 
n I had supposed to be a fairly distinct species, 
seems by its variation, whe ised fr seed, to 
niat. this view. It is well known that the fertili- 
sation of the Bellwort is effected before the expansion 
of the flowers, and hence — кек if not чане 
unknown, are rare in this The true C 
Seedlings, h 
ore, prod stems, with numerous 
flowers, e entire plant — a strongeresemblance 
to the w own С. carpatica. is the expe- 
rience of your readers in raising this plant from seed ? 
East Anglian, 
Violas at Eglinton Castle.— Having heard a 
icr rd having, most of them, a peculiar rich 
rosy purple tinge, which makes them very attractive ; 
are of 
are planted ou 
ch shows them off to advantage, gives 
the visitor a good idea of their rm as bedding 
lants, The preis struc 
а , 
à violet, fine form, and dwarf ng gem The- 
resa. shining rosy claret, — abit, a 
abundant loomer; Lady Dia very dark rosy 
ery free bloomer a telling variety ; pee 
a seedling from Perfection, with ower ye a 
and darker—free bloomer, and go ee 
Downie, West Coates, Edinburgh. 
The сааи this dry Бе I have — 
to fear at ht 
re than excessive falls of rai 
nables us uU counteract the i ill effects of " 
is being made up fires 
| in my experien 
his locality in July. И. Tres, Бан, 
The Melchet Court раа а T 
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recent date, have 
ч 
they can play а 
Coe cristata, py чине 
Zygope Mackayii, Lælia purpurata, Odonto- 
glossum grande, and Cypripedium insigne. Here are 
he most useful Orchids, and of the easiest 
a dozen of t 
cultivation, and most of them in em large enough to 
satisfy an i 
tis ys се grower. choicer Orchids 
may be mentioned large Shine. of Phalcnopsis 
Schill — Lelia elega u Cypripedium 
caudat villosum ; and a plant out of € Orchid 
list orth of notice to exhibitors or of those 
wish to possess a handsome plant to cut towers from is 
4 ИШ, ispa, Aerides o 
EX i pem Ba о ае, ет A odoratum, 
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