THE 
SEPTEMBER II, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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ersey people would have come under that 
Pad On: J z Е са hand it was contended that 
Jersey is M the British Crow consequently 
its people ex not foreigners ; but x the other side a 
n the schedule was pointe о which 
Fated that гирі exhibitors must vine notice of their 
nti nto compete : atan early date, so that arrange- 
Customs “without opening. And asall the Channel 
Islands traffic passes through the Customs of course it 
was concluded that, toall intents and рер ик 
N s 
mewhere, an 
autumn fruit shows. a div 
Slow Ripening of Fruit си - : Birds. — 
БЕЛ, 
Your versatile correspondent, Fish, has 
not dcs rated the facts Tegarding - extremely slow 
ripening of frui e e conditions are 
observed here. facts did iet militate materially 
against the goodness and fla of Apricots, which 
essert. 
The IS 
to Peaches, Nectarines, and Pears, which ripene 
slowly and so indifferently, that, though the fruit 
was extremely abundant, ord size was indifferent, as 
i onth of September € 
iene! p quick-swelling a 
ripening became the rule, ril NX gun favour. 
The whole en ^ due to the lo 
mp, hazy ster having fice 
Want is the 
nohyaious facts. neu- 
r depredations by making iet ri "call a 
** bird feed ” inaw I get together all 
old vor ica dl ең Роме 
which 
5-а tossed. 
re are at dry lar 
з White Heart Cherries at two different Montre, 
annually con a e fruit. At this vem they 
literally swarm upon a verf old M we have 
here ; consume with avidity. Ind 
what is it tha not it? An old retriever 
dog at this place will take fruit from the walls ! Decoy 
wil what aps more remark 
able, moorhen ча ѕе M any day at this time 
ring an adjoining orchard 
ely. 
nevertheless, William Earley, Valentines Gardens, 
Drying Roses. —In reply tá: EH, T. e A: „ааз 
in your issue of last week, how to dry Ros here is 
one method whic 
and on the 
а Purchase half a pint of sulphuric acid or 
riol (H, SO,), empty this in a large basin, and 
dilute te with 95 pints of water. 3. Cut you r Roses on 
a sunny a afternoon, not too well developed, and as dry 
e 
ving a be space between 
each flower, so that t ey do not touch, en your 
line is filled fasten on the other nail. Care must 
‚ because the least quantity of the mixture burns 
holes in the clothes, Prince Camille de Rohan, Séna- 
Vaisse рек а саа Ernest Herger, 
Deuil de Dun eubert, and all the 
ois, 
dark varieties suit t "Adolf npe 
The Vine Mildew.—Is there 
that I could not cut a decent bunch, although I had 
yea d liberally with phur as recommended. This 
year I have ah clean crop, and until within 
m few s not a vestige of the mildew was 
could From this o next month, I 
and jet quite a hi ight of fine well-ripened 
ld, Sood coloured Black Hamburghs, and I have 
has АГ that they w be affected, Nothing 
been done to eae ines in the Mig! of dressing the 
tg in the winter ; in het d жс is taken 
them, as they are with me ac con- 
sideration, I should have tout that з= лар of 
last year would have lef ft behind in the 
enjoyed by my 
h ” The necs I a found to be less 
affected xd the mildew than in 
would be a curious scienti 
that, whilst the cel apte Peronospora is active only 
in moisture, the a Hollyhock ag Pe are 
only so in drou ught, 4. D. п. [Wedo think this 
opinion will be borne out bt Жы. «TL 
Transplanting in July.—It may interest you to 
E that the Quercus pannonica, pep on the 1 Ж 
f July, is doing well. aped e early part of 
ume e ye i 
24 feet. After transplanting it was a K watered, 
the surface covered with manure, and the stem rolle d 
up with sphagnu { pannonica Oak trans- 
planted last а оп the 12th of August, went 
hr е same treatment, but did not part with its 
leaves till thee nd of September. This tree is now in 
full foliage, and looks as if it had been planted for 
can 
Pig The ball of uM RAMA was about р 
this was easily moistened through after transplanting, 
but with trees pw balls of earth above a 
weight a previous watering is desirable. е. McNab, 
Royal Botanic CUP Edinburgh, Sept. 
usca 
Shige ie dg Picotees, —Having always been 
a great lover and, in former Piik a Seg apa giner 
of Carn nations, Bicotes, and Pinks, I am 
desirous of gi ing to мяр = nr of my experi 
case of your c dent ''C. br 
I cannot T ше pod refer him to a little book, 
published so d which I at that time 
found a great qu evite P is is entitled ** 4 Treatise on 
‘te eee of the Carnation and Picotee, by ғ an 
ur; 
Ma € ultivators of this class of Plants, by John 
Dickson, Floricu ltural Editor of the Gardeners’ and 
ers Four ickson, A 
D 
eG; 
said and written on the subject of compost by various 
-— and amateurs, but for a general compost І I am 
T ake 
any convenient quantity of turf, 3 or 4 inches p 
upland pasture, which is the le: аы difficult t 
rode: lira su b a field happens under the 
operation of the plough ; lay it together in a square 
flat top, heap for two or "three ual 
— - — of rotten stable dug regularly 
of perm d some sti 
ted with it, to make it — 
rather of an adhesive м is wi it alm 
i ers and Mise lants. 
n the other hand, if your turf n 
foi a field of stiffis h land, then a — quan 
river or old mortar ru 
says, in his second Georgi, respecting soil, which has 
been translated thus 
“Тһе fatter earth by upon we may find 
With e he к kind ; 
Poor soil will crumbl 
Will to the Жа cleave like poe иф. ut 
The Manor liar Staines 
int а 
Smith's Curly v 
any other person has to c 
alread 
y 
scent leave your reade 
judge, eg =e. referred to is Smith’s Cur 
oxburgh- 
rs back, and is well known in both 
counties, A беу 
Foreign Caeser 
CAPE Town.—Went by train to see Mrs, Wri 
at Wynberg, who ki met us at th station, and 
took us to her pretty €— use. We we 
much interested in the trees and shrubs, most of them 
new to us, others, whi e have only seen bef 
conservatory plants, are here growing wild and in rich 
rofu The ga hedge is c 
growing freely, as Privet does in England, having a 
beautiful pale lavender blue flower orobabl Plum- 
. The hedge is a beau sigh 
bago capensis) e tif 
almost a bloom. rested 
iscussed pes, t drove us to 
Constantia, famed for its Cape wine. The drive was 
ost del day no t, and we were 
specially pleased with a fine view of the Indian Ocean, 
with its white sands cast u We 
ere at the back of Table Mountain, агаи 
t but admire its bold Not one 
ut many points, with deep d auri “between: 
Arrived at Constantia, we drove 
Afte 
we were e taken to a large ‘building close by, w 
celebrated Constantia wine is m manufactured, n from 
that w 
them wor mselves up 
«сана by their wild г at ; and most laug 
was to see their merry faces, and sai their 
ii as they sang their choruses and trod in st 
round and round the tub, which would hardly hold a 
fourth. We tasted the Grapes from which the wine 
is made, and brandy — from the skins, The Grapes 
— ассо and we could b y should be 
the | oe sane and the lar; 
juice was ferm aki 
ks val 
when neck waiter brought up up a ж уге not 
sparkling white 
our hosts a refusing 1 T 
Next w 
abstainer Шо, 
ounted by 
steps. It contained seats, and would hold a dozen 
people. After seeing the hill-side ve with 
i r ushes, and walking 
I where Mr, 
Van Kenen picked for us some beautiful and rare 
Rose-apple (Jambosa), a very grt 
yellow colour just tinted with 
eating, but ped isa рз 
tasting of Rose leaves. Corres, A 
KiNG WILLIAM'S TOWN, KAFFRARIA : А: Marc t. 
—The жа, m our way 
from East London pleased us nota little, Fine 
open, with now pet, then a sight of the Buffalo River, 
with its rocky sides and steep w anks, and 
а dai in front of us beautiful ranges of blue Б 
the Amadoda and the Buffalo hills. We sa 
bright wild flowers new to us by the somalia, which 
we longed to look at more closely specially 
country, as we told бај it was a most 
populous part of the colony. a few very 
small German ead and Kafir y 
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