Т жеттер EN a NT ОР p RET era eee REPE E 
THE 
AUGUST 7, 1875.] 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
194; 
particular сонау shows as a means of mar gn 
the condition of the poo to the 
the quiae аы of [ер 
Sau the leaves 
Sau ire’s Niel 
penman 
s good qualities are not limited to 
xe ve received the first number of an offi- 
cial pu publication published under the auspices of the 
central commi 
16 
descriptions of the prin 
thro а Italy. 
the blan up by growers in 
e IA is likely to 
of very grat “alte in Italy 
. Maitland i us 
m 
n to, or connected with, the ye prie 
The Villa pod D. ORE contains 
among other articles one on Pears in pots, another 
on plants for covering dead: ik viaa itis P 
that the said dead walls be made alive with Scarlet 
Runners, os, Vegetable Marrows, &c. 
what about the winter time? 
Home Correspondence, 
The Potato Disease.—In ъи гини (in North 
Notts) w чь. now had a week's fine dry breezy 
weather, ‘with the sd ойе ы {тот the north-east, 
and with rather a low temperature in the night. 
c ence o 
siderably arrested, even in cotta 
it first a gs so — after 
set in on July 
ch 
agers' garden Sw 
the continued rains 
the earliest ripening varieties, 
e tad it idney, Mona’s Pride, 
D sows Earl 
t 
‘diseased Potatos 
а ne: = feed the pigs gent William 
Ti ery, А 
eworms ET Vines.—Some time ago, in 
combating the opinion of Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell, 
at the wireworm wo: Vine—an 
opinion based upon 
d and his men, I was accused by og of not adding 
thing to our knowledge of Vine growing. It 
d appear, however, that I did render i 
La h 
out of sight into the roots" of his Vines. 7. .S. 
Thladiantha dubia.—In a late number you speak 
of Thladiantha dubia as stil I have had it for 
perfectly 
rare, 
three or four years, an it hardy, but 
€ tubers do not seem to in say I 
но with the flowers, recom- 
me t to any o spa 
Duis ir Buccleuch Grape.—My ex ce of 
this Pini e to think it is the finest ER all ni 
pes in ced of late years. It finished with me 
S * LI z 
of procuring it, 
the extended observation of him- | 
appearance, as to both size of berry and colour, makes 
it a very suitable desees for the London seas i 
me this season I cut it 21lb., éd the average diameter 
of the berries 1} i ich d o clear amb our, 
At Burghley, under the able manageme Mr. 
Gilbert, Isaw it with eighteen bunches of medium 
size on two rods from the same Vine; 
had it also fin a pot Vine earlier in thes 
When better known this Grape will be the universal 
rage of the Black Hamburgh on every dinner- 
la 
e from Peri u las December, J/saac Dell, Stoke 
Rochford August 
all on Elm Leaf.—The leaves of the common 
= are oft 
ace, which is s, in fac 
1-flies, which are four 
order Hymenoptera, (fig. d. The гаван of the Elm 
leaf by the sect causes a onto 
which M теш» 
ered with a white powdery s 
Whe n ‘left to itself the gall, after it has рр! 
, gradually 
FiG. 35.—GALL ON ELM LEAF, 
in the veining of their wings, ж — a formed 
into a different genus nam The Elm 
species is known under the scientific n ‘of Eriosoma 
Gallarum Ulmi, 7 0. 
alin dging Collections of Fruit.—Can you kindly 
me what is t! ual rule observed in j 
of tan 
when “ varieties,” not “ * kinds (distinct),” are specified 
with a view to clear up a matter upon which a great 
difference of opinion exists, and some 
ce x ir f who hav officiate as 
judges. For exhibitor competes for a 
ver EE of, say, eight or ten “ varieties," and thinks 
proper to eke out ber number with, perha 
varieties of Gra ар, two varieties of — &c., b 
finds that, though bis "collection ped be the best, it is 
disqualified because the judges interpret рол 
, 
ne commonly entertained on. If th 
secretary of the show is appealed to, he gener- 
i wledge on the su 
y. 
edg 
ject; and honestly enough too, for he is seldom 
ard 
a gardener by 
veto is adhered to. I have argued this matter 
an once at the exhibition table, when acting as 
judge, e rruled by two to one—my 
and 
coadjutors not interpreting the € as they found 
and doing very 
een guided 
ing and nothing more. On one 
rumen ant show, to which some ex- 
hibitors had come down I miles, this question arose, 
and the j stated that interpreting 
рн нт in its strictly proper sense wou be 
"ned to ы «є words” but ** breaking the РЕ 
ofthe schedule! Surely the safest and е asiest plan 
take place, . 
g 
s to pens to the words of the schedule, accepting 
such terms as “© varieties," ‘‘ distinct kinds," &c., 
roper rrr and lea 
ow to explain their mith 
diff other hand, are 
tinet sorts of one fruit, as Noblesse and Royal George 
eaches, Muscat and Hamburgh Grapes, &c. Eps.]. 
Heath Propagation.—In relating the system 
at the Com N Edin- 
ngham, I write entirely 
memory, dating so far back as 183 5, but the date 
is s materia as facts гета the sa 
ham was 
seabed of common garden: frames and 
a dry, airy TE giving sufficient c am to carry 
e 
owever, than the end o may 
have formed callosities—which they soon do when sub- 
jected to a little bottom-heat—by the beginnin 
winter. То carryon Heath recae on os extensive 
a scale, Mr, Cunningham had ample ces, as he 
grew a very спеміе collection of es and 
varieties, During winter, whatever iis severities, no 
= 
gE 
< 
ingle mat and а cover- 
йод, and towards the beginning of July the sashes 
were removed e ntirely, except during pont rain 
all allowed 
The young баа ere all allow n 
here second winter and  sprin лой to 
the ordeal, Pe beds in the open air ha 
been previously prepared, to which t lants were 
remove oon as the weather was favo a эй, 
it is ast ing the progress t b 
sea Е pores снаи inds, such - 
Willmoreana and hyem When the plants had 
fairly taken to the soil the points of ts we 
pinched off, which gave them а bushy habit. By the 
and-ready way of treating what is 
a somewhat difficult an of plants to mana; 
as 
а for market іп the course of little more than two 
years. Alexander Cramb, T'ortworth. 
The ad aa of Plants,—I think if ipa 
ho n this subject in last week’s Gardeners’ 
Chronic er told us a little more about the effects of 
e dust t upon Vines, inste ad o draw wing a whole 
storia on the mee he would sr done better 
m With M ission I wo im, or 
teen who may "bd d: to аба rd the informa- 
tion, What are the fuod нам ад of " (the granite's) 
rires to Vine borders 
of the bunches or the ‘alee tries, Чар their 
сва ог flavour, or keeping qualities, or does it 
prevent shanking, &c. ? “ D." has a fling at what he 
calls the *'routineers," **old ploughshare men," &c., 
t eff i offhan 
palpa for one who is hankering after subtilties 
int line, I think m t manure, — 
for Vines, 9 sly, 2 "iad ара a ee 
pression application is based a 
fectly ineligible perception of the **alimentation of 
lan ts.” I am , however, so «Y ar about ге 
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different ү parts of the country, where Grapes are grown. 
v. are not remarkable in any way for their excel- 
