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OCTOBER 9, 1855.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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quite as sound as the others. 
skinned so 
proof against the fun 
of the white thin-skinned section, At the time 
ed the above 
the foliage of the pink-eyed Regents, the Yorkshire 
untiful, the Hundredfold bi. саң 
ft some of the rows of each 
up the tubers t - they 
bad as 
the soundest sample o rs, only 
bei Some Tes of each of these d 
ea 
but d show quie 1 as s ipe a percen 
tubers as the . The quicklime here is made 
ing any resting-spores of the gorges 
in the soil, William Tillery, Welbeck 
Ollerhead's Rose Hurdle,—The accompanying 
hotograph (see fig. 97) represents a hurdle that 1 
ought into use this spring. nterin 
a 
р ing trained up two rough stakes about а foot 
apart, with pieces of бс cord from one stick to the 
Fic, 97.—OLLERHEAD'S ROSE HURDLE, 
other, The id ea occurred to me that — could 
be done to i improve their appearance, which led to the 
construction of the hurdle referred to. "The sides of the 
hurdle ce e of half-inch round iron 5 feet high, 
with claws or feet 1 foot long, b together 
at top and bottom as shown in the a wit 
rods } inch thick and 18 inches long cm Jane 
work is made of N 9 bright wire, 5 in 
resist any pressure in tying s 
hurd are of wha M e Apes and can be made 
ith at t where 
by any country smi ; and whe 
stakes have to be p as ur case, 
will soon pay for themselves, as, being durable, they 
will 1 or years; and where " a thi 
required they apa have a neater appearan 
than a lot E rough stakes. L7 3e еа, The 
Gardens, Wimbledon House, 
Watercress Culture, —In Mr. Earley’s admirable 
Paper on the — subject = observe that he makes 
no reference or ^ я Іат 
and were introduced into a vinery, o any- 
Where in a gentle heat and where er plenty of water 
could be given, a constant supply might be had all the 
S wn is even more tender 
t 
t gatherings 
Where forcing-houses are not, a spare 
frame might be utilised rw! the pue e in this 
case the cuttings should b pricked out into the bed, 
and the fra 
o not wish p say t at it is not the same as the 
t 
s 
June, b 
1 
уре of Carlisle, and all I can wish to say a 
is that it does ss ig hier me, and several friends whom 
w it уйн well DL with 
it. Of the large- ried d kinds Dr Hogg has bee 
grand Strawber: This and “Garibaldi 
are the fo I inte ir to grow s for the future. IV. Dixon, 
Lhe Temple, Goring, Oxford, 
Celosia E елар тая ерт Cuttings.—Having 
found the » Swan and Sheppard de- 
scribe it, a ets банни thing for autumn and winter 
I have recommend 
сеи good, I kept 
through winter (by cutting away t 
root, and by June were nice stuff, ready for vases, and 
in flower, Thus so much re eed- 
lings, Allow m to recommend to those who 
ul 
rvatory decia. т, Gr . Willis 
pouce Chilworth Manor, = Кеша, Жаы, 
Oct. 5. 
The Vine Mildew.—Mildew acu i a subject 
of discussion in your pee at the prese 
d you a few facts glean om онь On 
entering this place eight jd ago I found it in 
very Vi 
and so diminutive in size, so unripe 
a arent m set fast with the pest, that I cut the 
hole crop of one large house and threw the bunches 
was nearly as badly affected, and so were o 
considerable distance away—the whole of the а foliage 
being ofa dingy grey, 
ripe and brown, was most A it Me and ier om ENT 
to almost black in colour. h was the state the 
Lai were LAT med the Vine on uk 
a mixture of sulphur, quicklime, &c.,t alls white- 
il a couple of inches all over the 
a moderate crop of Grapes, 
well without sign of mildew until the berries were 
out commencing to stone. Mildew then appeared 
ыа slightly, but pot al at once—the two first 
houses, 1 e berries reached the above 
5 T hal лаву later in uetus. 
the pest did not ap ntil e of the berries were 
of the ac o soon as the an was seen the 
pi e heated as hot as could be and well 
otis with sulphur, the house was closed and kept so 
a the water being kept hot for a few hours ; the 
second house was in turn serv e same ; the 
third, ge it was kept hot and Y för a time after it 
as first з een to be affected, as it 
on them in t 
the 
determ if h 
fell Ta Iagain treated each house to burning "sulphur, and 
The houses were start ted again К wanted, the first i in 
November : but with all my carethe pesta appeared again 
a little in the two latest houses, so Раст had the 
whole pes n infest ie with it. It Sr eee now 
necessary to ly the remedy as betore, once was 
enough, ae alle беда, for I have never es 
of mild 
piace, md t and tbe produce has been. highly илтә тати 
о all concerned. How the mildew first came I never 
learnt; I heard different reports but I may a 
that Ü never could see how i it was caused, _ The V 
just planting room, thi roots were е шшде, 
and they have never received any water, except from 
es since I came e here. К Or se everals seasons the rain has 
fis m the time of vé ail the Grapes were ripe, 
and although the border appeared very dry a time or 
wo, p Grap pes were, if possit ible, finer those asons 
у 
thano 
se сетей. to suiit a little one autumn, the fig: going 
a little too soon. In conclusion, I beg to that I 
think it must be extreme pests that Ars mil- 
If free from infection, and, where sufficient 
fire and air are used, it is not easi caused by wet ; 
s га ы s well-known, if existin ng, 
e by a close damp ‘atmosphere. 
Wallis, i ity Hall, Yorkshire. 
New hei Dr. Maclean.—This Pea, t 
h: 
stock of which is in Mr. Turner’s hands, I have tried 
and seen pereo Slough. [t isa remarkably fin 
Pea of the Turner’s Prolific t е om about 3 feet 
high, is very productive, with pods which are large and 
ер "filled, and p roduced d fi 
va o 
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most hard all 
sprouting ag Г d Bailey, Shardeloes PIA, 
Amersham, Oct, 5. 
ts 
ату cod order, No cs 
dem plan give 
brilliancy in summer of the bedding out ; ane 
the interest of the hardy rtment throughout the 
year, it has a good deal in its favour, and taking one, 
a border, as an instance, thai few bedding 
plants amongst th to up the dull 
time, it has been d pleasing to look at. 
his border is wide enough to allow the planting of 
ariband of seven or eight f bedding things, 
and rettier piece of 
lowers than these two rows of Phloxes, their co 
ure, In front of these is a row of "Mis 
Pelargoniums, from scarlet to pale lilac. is row 
it is = o made of another 
hardy — the ie double-flowering Pyre- 
ncy, 
ighten up a C an bi wi h dé kde light al M 
of green in the foliage of the s Finks, altogether a 
interesting border is she in this way. Z. 
Limekiln Heating.—As water in stokeholes is 
apparently only ible obstacle to the 
adoption of the kiln at Rabley Nursery, чт think I can 
ry as at this 
day, and likely to be. E ste | these бей o: remove 
M n jec the option of 
и “is 
that the 
sta tatem 
owi 
my — the kiln not only compensates 
— “bat entirely defrays - 
which, to h with ‘‘half as 
g as at t Ha t 
to pm sum 0 p 
would, judging from gut defray, o 
nearly defray, = оне er “of ees g the kiln, ве. 
I have been Hatfield to kiln 
larg 
cost “ot fae, 
ain” 
work, and it cd to me that x 1 
erected there on the assumption that it: would 
pay for a very outlay indeed. The 
