AUGUST 14, 1875.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
207 
with a diameter of 3 inches, and the form is precisely 
that of a short and stout agape It has a few 
i i i network, the latter 
be ing me пор сс Apo а ao of its Melon се 
shi abov d s be 
before nM Pat without шеген, DAR RWIN, 
in his Animals and Plank under Domestication, tells 
cum- 
y 
the inference that they are distinct species. It d 
t see ar from the ab her or not we " 
suppose that the two fruits have b t some time 
referred to one species, or that the possibility of 
their being the same has been suggested o 
nists at least consider m te dis- 
tinct. Bearing on this point, however, Mr. DARWIN 
een d sa AAA ar IN that 
is a of M fruit is 0 
like that of ps Саш both кау and i 
T : 
i 
FIG. 46.—CORRIDOR AT 
е; that it is hardly possible d b ie the 
ne from the other except by the lea 
—— We er that the FLOWER GARDEN 
Кике a Cast the seat of the Marquis E 
LDARE, is lo dking sumere ia well just now. 
bci as are a sheet of bloom. The disease pes 
not made its kopeke eb and it may be well to 
inserts his cuttings in the open 
state that Mr. 
ound, covering them "with le frame, and in 
ad weather covering the ым with dry hay. They 
are tran a prepa ed i spring, 
whence they are shifted to their summer quarters with 
a good ball. Treated in this way Mr. EMERY has 
never known them to fail, 
—— Dr. C. M. INGLEBY, Valentines, Ilford, 
records in AV; ature the extraordinary fact that on Mon- 
ul i adows, the first crop of 
j n of the cutting of W 
while cet first crop of a was being gathered in, and 
the second crop being cu 
—— Some of our Lyons friends are of opinion— 
and у we thoroughly sympathise with them in the 
matter—that it is a great pity that so many new 
w| 
SEEDLING ROSES are sent out before they have 
received the appro oval of a competent, and, if possible, 
an international jury. All raisers of seedlings not 
unnaturally attac 
independent and impartial 
would be able to decide whether the new comer 
by s 
remark will appl 9 tb p 
ould be very desirable that me to 
some poets on this po but in this county 
t least, where each man boas at his home is 
* Liberty Hall, ” it would be ws difficult Ter ensure 
united action or implicit respect for the verdict of the 
jury. On our side of the w: 
ultural Society would be ewhat more sparing in 
their awards of certificates. A vote of Ursi might 
be n passed than ш Po This would be a 
simple act of courtesy whic ‘na roti reciated, 
ple oul 
while it would not commit бы Басу to any definite 
ENDCLIFFE HALL, 
—— Weare glad to find that Mr. J. W. LAURENCE, 
rs head gardener уі Farnham 
er F 
V sq, of New 
having been for about dm >ы head gardener 
ther 
—— А writer in the Ga? i pe seremos the 
cultivation of the following PLANT TTING 
ntra mysorensi i, Bar- 
e- 
or cutting at a season 
It is sometimes called Rhodact tinia. 
The Gardeners’ Monthly says it has lately 
еб а FLOWER ,' FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD, 
ed like of which was never seen before by human 
." "The flowers were droppe about i s consider- 
able quantity in the dark séance by spirit hands. It 
r Ls rw ae disappointing to find the editor — 
g his opinion that the flowers were those of 
обра а spectabilis ! 
e collection of plants at Sister House, 
alea Eclatante, 4 feet by 2 feet 6 inches, 905.; A. 
Extrani, 5 feet 6 inches MR the same through, 
55.5 Criterion, alm large, 100. g of 
Truce, 4 feet by 3 vi inches, 12 ы 
4 feet by 2 feet 6 inches, 95s.; A. Chelsoni, ** finest 
plant in the kingdom," 5 feet by 5 feet, 17 
M ai dn = plant, 6 feet by 4 feet, ттоз.; А. 
Mrs. t 6 inches «А h 
Ње Day, “finest ge». in the 1 enun 5 feet b 
feet 6 inches, 905. ; xquisita, 5 feet by 4 feet 
6 inc IIOs.; A. Iveryana, inches by 
4 feet, 11 A. me Ambroise Verschaffelt, 
“finest plant in the kingdom,” 5 fee 4 feet 
6 inches, 1507. ; A. Holfordiana, 5 feet 6 inches 
by 4 feet, 1005.; А. бы sree Kegeljan, 3 feet b 
the same, 775. 6d. Souvenir in Prince Albert, 
feet 6 inches by £X 1265. ; sinensis alba, a 
grand deem 5 feet by 3 feet, d Croton undula- 
; eis о 
€— кє and 126s 
stem, 90s.; ichomanes radicans, zu mass, 1605. ; 
a Vat 845.5 
ev. eitchiana, 
C. Mathotiana xD 126s, and гэ „> C. Ae of 
i C. Lad Ha 
Derby, 8 fe hes, I iid 
Blush, 136s. rincess Bacciochi, 8 feet, mag- 
nificent specimen, 1475.; C tes rkney, 
s R des Fleurs, 1057,; Iba-plena, 
; C. Saccoi- 
130 
6 feet j inches, very fine plant, 325s. 
1157. 64; m: 
nova, e Edgworthii, Le 
{тарта — Princess Roy 
I 573, 6d, a d 1367 Peg RU Imantophyllum rina 
tum, 3 feet across, 100s, 
ENDCLIFFE HALL, SHEFFIELD, 
THE SEAT OF SIR JOHN BROWN. 
ON the outskirts of the noisy town of Sheffield is 
the residence of Sir John Brown, attached to which is 
a garden-establishment of first-rate character, but of 
ances of a first-class establishment, and all maintained 
in first-rate condition and high keeping. 
n the south side of the wi ca leading 
to the mansion, divided a ban 
alk, hen approa 
two fights - steps Tio the conservatory 1), 
40 feet and ni a high, The front is built 
pee 
he conserva 
hall by large plate-glass 
gas when эйс 
lants. 
of steps we arrive 
middle terrace, which is tastefully laid out. 
roduced designs of dwarf shrubs in the 
tone ; 
senting the four 
are white ipn vases ote 
the rene of the water are an e jets of w 
iden white Eum IOWS — € freely in "this 
b This terrace is boun by an ornamen 
ien ‘balustrade, ad here anaes on pedestals two life- 
