THE 
SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.] 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
299 
kinds. Some Laici of M" best of the American 
sorts NUN. how ver, cultivated this year, but the 
very indiffer nt Snow 
a 
ve nd 
ean ; but finest of all are the sam és of the 
newest seedling eer of which a large batch los raised 
ur years since, and which have, Mica w had 
a considerabl un down. зар епі ры of 
batch are chiefly . Fen de Woodstock 
th 
Kidney, now defunct, el Dawe's ; Matchless Kidney, 
cross having thrown very fine strain of kidneys, 
and an equally fine batch “of round kinds ] has resulted 
oodstock and the 
T 
earliest to 
late croppers, al: oh none are positively late, being 
me e end of The first hs ee eY of 
is strain of rounds nin Hogg's Coldstream and eo 
Ashleaf Kiley, аг and from such a cross it = а = 
look for early varying 
round E: the "esc to a longish xri form show- 
ing the kidney infusion, no two of the ing 
ali ne of the advantages „e ped the care: 
of Potatos is the 
inevitable — so reall 
many div chara 
Fenn's seedlings dif 
n 
testing for the first time, in large pots under glass, a 
E of meme the result of a cross between Boun- 
kept his wrath within the bounds of common 
courtesy. “ҮҮ, A." has had his bulbs direct ctn 
ie peren for the last he 
ore “ convenient” to 
Holland, 
with Brie : 
«€ W, in the 
knocked d the е obstreperous Dutchm: 
then endeavours to lift up again, for he tells us 
ously and severely let the 
, 
tchma in least a 
comparative few only would of their terms and 
xistence, Certainly this statement seems to 
contra and anta tic to the remaining 
portion of “ҮҮ, А,” letter. In conclusion, I 
I beg to remind ** W. A." 
old sayings ere the one quo im, 
Wek.” ead for his own information, ^ Wher 
ignorance is bliss, ' tis folly to be wise." And her 
I take my leave of “ W, A.” He W. W., Sarum. 
Bougainvillea glabra,— To-day by train I н 
forwarded to you а sample of flowers of the above 
o ble 
rat the r 
variety would be the oo € 
only by being pate in in go 
oe 
full 
o all appearances will 
ы 
top its 
n months, and 
continue for as much more 
e incessant flowerin, 
growth, 'but not so : the more it is 
cut (in my case), and the more it is cut the stronger 
the hi become, ес ану the 6 show of 
every ep 
plant ршн їп d наге simply ra асосе р 
Before concluding, m say 3 have iens of 
a plant flowering in 4-in е Walter Јоллар 
to the Marchio - SS Camden, Bayhan Abbey, 
splendid sample. Eps.] 
Cheir 
anthus Marshalli.—I have 
interested by readin 
been 
the admirable 
annual was one f its poe ors, An ака 
of С. Marshalli shows that it differs from C сы ochroleucus 
| 
ч iate cim also gih кр hoping 
obt 
be, cer € nil show. в ess Dion: 
ardening Question.—Situation 12 miles 
> -A Gar 
south of Chester, 
e soil (tur 
more readily 
. D. [Try а iiec enl of soil, taking a 
lesson from some practical Carnation tes Eps. ] 
The Vine Coccus.—I have enclosed specimens 
of l scales, ou well see by encl 
e Vine has be lanted about seven 
or eight years, and I have not noticed any insects 
> thi . No plants have been into the 
ouse with any insect of this kind on them; they 
made t pearance suddenly, and I should not be 
Sorry if th k their departure in way. 
W., Brooks, Санав airs D and well d 
branches 
Dutch Catalogues. — “W. A." at p. 274 
Seems to be put out of ‘‘sorts” ЕСЕ Ih 
P. 203 drawn the attention of S trade to еа 
ets, which * VE seems to think would h 
Ae 
left unexposed. ld tow, AJ hold 
not only unbusiness-like but clandesti 
hoc genus omne? I decline to follow ** W. A.’s” 
— 
of the flower-stalk, = а аѕ тренере uch 
n the foliage 
hat wh 
resembles that the Erysimum, And i 
and habit of Sas it will ound t hat di- 
ergence > 1 t is, is evidently 
without success, an eral occas 
voles from the flowers = „к em f yellow Wallflo 
d that л, the 
ar egr 
whilst the rich orange hue of the — 
i most attractive kind, y: 
r by any means so a: epe as is its 
old ested parent. A. Dea 
pad. Early Mcd Potato. ms kag has 
me to tlIh wn this 
it is a great кар, “perfectly е from porem 
wi of the 
e 
can with confidence recommen mealy 
kind. of Potatos Po this neig ood 
hich is on of. e ерес Lomo pur 
нке DE ET rig dien 
England) аге very much 
pom aeta 
The паи Garden at dinis P 
have recently seen = of \ what 
t6 
in fe vicinity of — s M it Ter, being emis 
little of thin tural, has allo 
B dest of his ipe ue = for this neglected class of 
ontaining twelve 
s, six on each id, separated. by a grass walk 
20 ft. wide: is ко ft. long, 10 ft. wide, 
and то ft. apart. In each bed there are three - 
eds come in proximity to these advantag 
taken to make rockwork of a simple character, still 
r the line of the bed, To dig and dung 2 2 ft. 
deep close to an Elm would be to give it every 
inducement to take possession of the whole bed ; as it 
is, it is feared they blesome. Planti ing 
was commenced 
which was n 
however only a few 
stemons, Pyrethrums, as w 
The number of the latter will be reduced as reid friends 
urn up. e most no 
Anemone vitifolia, 
si antwerpensis Erigeron glaucus, 
hei CEnot To a Youngii, Statice incana and lati- 
foli, "Achill ea Ptarmica flore- pleno, Eucomis punc- 
tata, Coreopsis lanceolata, Potentillas, Л, 
Notices of Pooks, 
Ra in Search of Shells, Land and 
Freshwater. By J. E. СЕ F.L.S. With 
DM сь Рр. Small $8vo. 
One of dé М testimonies we can offer as to the 
tors” immediately Since then garden rockwork, 
the Ivy-covered wal the adjacent hedge have 
А y means fruitlessly, 
een ner 
ropes the s we just iie cau 
dredge is easily deed of a cup-shaped form of 
wire netting, 3—4 inches across, and with a tubular 
handle to slip on to the e eie roues 
With such an implement we in by- 
gone years m of the freshwater ‘hells to be 
found in the Thames Valley, any 
entish stream, fter all, kW: are id wher 
the fingers form the best dredge the collector 
mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, he w 
up, or better still remove, his coat bye and thrust his 
and fee. sel a about along the ban 
arm 
in most other parts of the ageri > may th 
f 
most ager d of 
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a 
were turned out no trace ofthe an 
after a short time, not from any urbe of food but ` 
—must it be added ? pepe judice — 
of the соба Апа m every visitor to Paris is fami- 
r with the neatly dressed mollusc with its little tuft 
of Parsley gaily анор the mouth of the shell. 
о not 
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e boo es 
but we екі com- 
well calcula 
‚ and to ECT : 
counties, and of their life h 
no pretension to is riis, 
mend it as a capital iuao Bes 
to ute and i he beginner 
mote tae mor The — matter | 
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Кесгойчейой ч Тъайорһ ytes, 
ournal of the най Society of New 
South Wales—Boston Journal of Che istry—La Bel- 
gique Horticole—Botani Magazine—British Wild 
Flowers (Van Voorst). 
