434 THE 
GARDENERS) CHRONICLE! 
[OCTOBER 2, 1875, 
the chalk used was rotten and worthless, being dug 
from near the surface of the ground, but as no better 
d I was com use it; again, the 
that it 
it was М put d to heat. This kiln, 
with a small saddle boiler set d bed ee of т^ to 
assist in heating the vineries 
not wet required in the n ^uid t the е whole st 
the work of a small village o with so 
certainty that, as I have bac. Sd I never had a 
mor 
ime, nor went to bed so early and regularly 
veral 
th 
for he maximum heat can also be 
m this, 
ay be made over the limestone or chalk 
in cases of sudden and unexpected depression—whic 
is perfectl: no one ne r being 
caught napping on a frosty night if he has wi at 
I tried the experiment of 
vinced me m 
h 
in 
wood on the top of the chalk. 
bed contented about 10 o'clock. 
G 
Again, my h 
ux d dee rA "e "Poller and at present I pos 
not uy the e 
> 
ere were some in the 
500 feet t so the I feet, that did 
not exceed emperature at Garston, not- 
withstanding the fires were being cons enn stoked 
to raise the to the р point ; 
but the tempera reached at Garston was fully 
sufficient for all horticultural the 
purposes, 
pipes were thoroughly hot. It may be looked upon 
that this trial at Garston fully settles the question of 
the success of efficiently — hothouses by a lime- 
kiln ; also of makin, most excellent py 
The remaining point to [Ey ttled is, can we get g 
and heat free of cost? Іа some instances we can ; 
; in others, а а 
t 
fit or sav- 
| ан о by Mr. Fish hom 
Thea the k E expressed by 2i (w 
at 
a testimonial from the craft for vt 
he has already done to lower our coal bills, and for the 
very efficient manner in which he has provided heat 
for horticultural purposes, The very co mE meet- 
ing held at n: and the h hospitality one and all 
met with ther be a red-letter day in d of our 
lives. p med Bennett, Rabley Nursery, Herts 
Peach Budding.— We have several mpeg of 
Peach-budding here, which хе done a few years ago 
on several I gathered fruit of the 
arly Hunt's Tawny Мене" кош, buds which 
were inserted on t t mirable Peach. The 
were very EIE and highly coloured, at of splendid 
flavour. a most excellent, simple, easy way 
of ‘ofl a edel en о m one tree ; and for 
amateurs who have only one or two trees the idea of 
Peach fruit acie moti ice. Henry Knight, 
аа old Seana | 
ж has no doubt enlist ed the attention of 
ed t 
КА with Valentines, Such trees as these were 
some years since are — —€— Mende at 
а о the absence of tenants, &c., 
A o ''leave the vals a 
ay freely ‘into а bushy heads. These 
seaso ensely laden with really 
good fruit ; indeed some s batt to Valentines have been 
spoken of as being be 
g e 
noted. This is the first time such a thing has hap- 
oes in this мейш, and it would a y уб by 
tho ugn 
not- distinctly say so—that it is “ап — 
rather than *'the rule” with him. hough 
the e is well worth chronicling, it is not likely to 
prove a a chart for others to steer by. William 
Earley. 
Ng Vine Mildew. -= is a curious fact, as bear- 
n the question I have raised, that since I wrote 
that вон е mildew has il its appearance on my 
This I attri- 
d 
here by rain until the 21st ult. Prior to that time we 
ine borders, having 
whi the Pansy, both 
of which, the latter hon toy ы are induced by drought. 
o far your correspon not shown that my 
opinion is aa ag tria 
the subject s Vine ege is — 
discussed in your columns, I beg, о 
? 
perfectly s od. e 
is place, in which e mildew has for some 
years Muir ~~ its appearance very soon after 
the berries have set, and with such virulence that it 
was easy to see ‘that wit manner in which 
it spread it would, if not checked, soon ruin the cr 
But, like your corresponde 
e border was v 
that much more so than t 
— of the Vine requires x даш € i ig 
n full growth and bearing a heavy cr 
: this w: 
19/0. I then had the ES thoroughly drenched, 
and then ches all over, and occas’ ered 
the summer ; I also сар йн {һе fumes. 
uring 
1 мун, but this requires extreme care. This prac 
| ve followed since, >, and have always 
succeeded in 
ath hut tha 
ament: ae 
year I am happy e. say the enemy did not put in 
an appearance, owing, I believe, to the repeated 
soakings the border received during the api mid- 
summer rains, and a clean heavy crop is the r І 
should state that the пашан "ce here i is what i is called 
red-land, of about ы or 20 extremely porous 
Ponit “formation, so that arti- 
act it is even more 
tagnant 
disease is brought about by an 
imperfect root-action at the time the greatest strain is 
put on them by the swe e crop, either by 
too ich or too little moisture in the border. at 
say other growers 
allow me to say that e 
it can well 
rape, a more ro consti- 
tution than man er kinds, inasmuch as I have it 
in the е same house as Black Hambergs, abd 
have gy ea ildew, when other 
kinds i e have been badly ceca 
H. Panty. A Б A, "sted, Zo Ecton 
Garden Hybrids.—Garden plants, that is, aos 
and mules of known origin, are no bie that d so 
ылу that i e to 
с ote wise 
fo or fio who 
arden {= "rwr us. Of cours 
there are many hundreds S garden mules and hybrids 
bar: a of which can only ords 
ving been left of them by our predecesso i, Беч ifa 
rented only of er - mules and oan of the last d 
to thirty years hs wn wu y 
referen o me that Lect ены гай di doubt 
eration. The mark x 
some years ago has 
en plants, не 
inal varieties risen 
unprovided rium A system of nomenclature like 
р ; 
Professor De Ca olle 
this occasions confusion, especially 
after the origin of such plants is forgotten, 
collected the names and parentage of man 
pa te Fruiting "ыо — The Garibaldi 
Strawberry is not the only variety carrying a 
late fruit this season. I gathered during the 
fine richly-coloured fruit nen old plants of Vicon 
Voront de Thury, a well-known pm early kin 
- oy 
s of putti many y thi 
the moisture y eni, d the 
forcing heat — have prom a ef = o а 
pansion of the crowns in the mae kinds. A. D, [Gari- 
aldi and the psta are the same variety. Eps.] 
Reports of Societies. 
Alexandra Palace: September 29 p 30.—The 
атада Potato Exhibition, Меру! 
we 
gains to те by the year's work, we must cer. 
tainly give it a p place, for as an "exhibition of 
uber it was both unique of its kind and a 
an the 
many that an ordinary. housekeeper would turn пр} 
nose at ; 
o 
sa uch beauty in Potatos 
“The. collection of ien nty-four dishes shown 
. R. Dean, an e twelve contributed by Mr. 
naldson w. d of ета quality, and a great 
source of attracti 
Г. 
distinct, nine лез, >, she the prizes ae given y у 
the Alexan dra Palace Company, was remarkably 
О less than ЕРЕ Беа being sig; 
Ei е. t of them very excellent quality. Pe 
x prize of Z8, iode with a sili r cup of the 
10, was won by Mr. R. 
tubes all through were by no means the largest 
som, but of aper qualitas as — shane smooth- 
ness of outline, and kin. In ge it 
into his tubers, ы aving - striven hard 
attain this point for some years, he must be 
heartily congratulated the res The varie- 
ties = he staged were Snowfla Will 
ubi отк, Уаш чаш тена, Barron’ s Perfection. 
Early Dimmisk, Late ride, 
Cobbler’s Lapstone, Lady bbess, Salmon Kidney, 
Fenn's International Kidney, Extra Early Vermont, 
Wonderful, 
Fenn's Early Market, Prince Tec onder! 
Rector of Woodstock, Princess Louise, Early Oneida, 
enn's Onwards, R el, Еепп 
English Rose. Тһе 2d prize went to а d lot of 
tubers, which ran Mr. D ery closely for high 
quality, and which cam James Pi 
to Lord Son Lee's Court, ers 
3d prize went to Mr, W. Jacob, Pound Street, Pet- 
worth ; and the 4th, to Messrs. Bro 
nET: Monk e Hall, Gosber 
Out of tw ры їп the d class for a 
distinct Wido; mm tuber. ch, Mr. Fenn, 
Rectory, W ock, came n with 
smooth and very clean samples of Early whit 
idney, r of Woodstock, Early Border, 
arish Clerk, white kidney, English Rose, Fenn’s 
Perfection Kidney, Fenn’s Early — Fenns 
Bountiful, Mayor of oodstock, F. Rad- 
ots — early kidney, Woodst ‘k Kidney, 
arr, a second ch pebble shapa 
kidney e much promise. Mr. Jam was again 
2d, wit t€ -sized samples of excellent quality ; 
Mr. R. ar, gr. to Colonel W. C. Gord 
Fyvie Castle, Aberdeen, was a 3d ; and Mr. 
G. T. Miles, gr. to "wes i 4th. Collections 
in the same shown by Mr. Laxton, Stamford ; 
Mr. W. Elliott, gr., Breywi e : 
, Hook Horton, were 
Of six varieties, distinct, nine tubers of each, there — 
were mhi competitors, and the finest 
samples геи Мг. - мч King Street, old 
smooth, and <A PEASY Chiat 1 
white kidney ; Blüe Price. ved тер Porter's Нету [ 
