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GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE: 
[OCTOBER 23, 1875. 
to = ur шы five times the same quantity of cbalk 
hich my daily charge in frosty VN when 
6 bushels M df coal M only just keep up the tem- 
perature for a few . According to the tas of 
“S, E." there is no heating virtue in chalk, then 
how is the extra heat iic ДАА for? Edward Bennett, 
Rabley Nursery, Herts. 
ы wish your correspondent 
р. 486, of having obtained 
wI 
Rubus arcticus. 
ww 
Ta 
Chamzmorus, packe! ade a 
e jam, after removing the hard seeds, but 
still a desi deratum. In Warwickshire I 
d blooming well, 
but never setting a fruit; near London 1 have seen ы 
under house treatment, but, of course, 
I once heard of its fruiting in the EB hort. of 
Scotland. he plant is very. pretty, and worth 
growing for its flowers. G. 
Quercus Te Me the remarks on 
Quercus fastigiata, I may'say that Mr. Loudon’s state- 
ment is ane Sa = have besuiffal plants, 5 to 
7 feet high, from acorns sown by myself. 
Holmes, Ж Уи. Lichfield. 
Potatos,—I have great pleasure in recommending 
Mr. Pen: red geld ee Bountiful. It is the 
best Potato that I have tasted, as a novelty, for some 
time, It is са Low pasta its flesh is tender, and its 
As Mr. F was so good as to 
Edward 
beginning to move at the үү d to t 
** mystery m more puzzled than ever, still I defer 
to Mr. Berkeley and Mr. Worthin who, 
ologists with powerful gl asses, must know 
as fung 
more about it than “а mole ” groping in the dark, 
И.Е Radelyff Oct. 19. duc 
The Victoria Regina Violet, —I am pleased 
find that some one (se 
toria em Violet to koe satisfaction, for it is not 
all who ntleman residing in Ireland 
almost lira e wi 
appointment, but kn 
variety. What I do know, too late, is that I am a 
it out at " hi 
begin very early—we are 
&c., all hands engaged—but we begin before the Fern 
is ready for use, and at first employ small hooks 
of the trimmings of Pea sticks and, as soon 
the F ern is ready, of Fern Дм common Bracken), 
(ше. е Lee, Ё.К, т Cleved. 
August, and in a certain stage of the Potato's growth— 
that is, just about before the ripening period ; and any 
onversant with the disease can te ll to a few 
on 
escape its ravages in dry fine summers. 
Tillery. [Our соктееророевія generally seem to over- 
look the fact, that the is only one of 
the means by w which de dug 
now that we know something modi that, the attempt 
must be mad to learn more, EDs. | 
Blenheim КРО Apple. —I am curious to know 
what Pn this Apple is to occupy at the ensuing 
o nsington fruit show. ear it was 
жле) all the Map of core voe 3 бүз 
eds 1 remember that bot and 2d s in 
the class for a single * dish of “апу other desert kind x: 
rge samples of it. This ould 
thus 
a culinary variety, could i 
classes for ex y haat: varieties? Ther 
to be a little consistency Кеи this, Бете по 
mit ei of other five men- 
f 
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et 
la. 
e all ас 
mpathy, ч I have often thought that in judging 
there has been hitherto rather too 
те nough towards 
six varieties 
and quality shal have 
. А. D. [Apply to die ау. Ерѕ 
Rheum nobile, —Іп answer to ''Rheum's" in- 
quiry, I can only say that I fear he will have the 
greatest sene in growing Rheum эре I aus 
seen this plant in its Mur ve coun thou: 
think it is no exaudit n to say it is к? most striking 
and noble of all known Pülpiné plants, the conditions 
grows are not such as will be possible 
to imitate, The mountains - Sikkim, atan etoi of 
about 13,000 to I e habitat of this plant, 
which, grows on steep hill-sides uud cliffs. The formation 
is, I believe, m + ical 
i ike t 
РЕ іѕ aee wit ient: eep snow, and probably pro- 
cted in eat measure Mos s fon, К the 
енсе creeping rootstock, which is 3 or 4 
and as t 
May, the rainy season co s, and 
жечү is кашу а ау on which анаар te hed avy 
does fall. The mornings are usually 
bright, but iw noon it is almost invariably wet. The 
heat is never great, but there are mmer, 
and the air is constantly saturated with mo isture, I 
sowed two of fresh seed (this plant in nua 
Ithrew a e endet 
covered it with: 
tub Ast 1 їп {һе 
ground, by an experiment made here in 1846 a crop of 
raised diseased Potatos showed that this could not have 
e . Inthat year a lot of P. 
tatos (about 2 tons) ived from Portugal, wh 
h ; from the late Lord Howard de 
guaranteed never to have had 
the disease there. They: were planted in a newly broken- 
anted with 
been P 
Potatos ap nor with any other crop in ory 
of the people about. Now, the crop of these baje 
when lifted in емеш of that year show 
ine 
siad a cran sate of he weather reir S 
e ons Lu ju Ih The 
isture and heat in the end of Jay and tn ОТО 
Жийен шашы. an bte Some 
plants sent me in pots had eidem grown faster at 
ht, but never e journey, and will I fear 
i ere raised 
this noble plant, I 
means to cultivate it, t succeed w 
may one that in this climate it will be very diff 
o do erhaps, however, others m 
been au кабар, and if so 
municate their Bero iences. 
an of no place so likely to suit it as the 
Perthshire, where both soil and climate 
ints in common with its native country. 
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er 
Bes pK Laurel рае referen 
tt in р. 496) respecting th -А 
and wholesomen aot the fruit 2 the common 3 uel 
(Cerasus ) he may yy, ng! it in any 
form he but it is not advisable w the 
stones, 
apparent ill eect. 
ildren page a» 5, with no 
When large, plump, well-ripened 
fruit can be got it makes a fair dish for desse t 
October, and is relished by most Qu after c : 
makes a cap ital tart, a goad 
should be stoned, which i easily done as the ston 
parts easily from the flesh, and it is better to 
out. Ih n the fruit used in the different 
was a 5 rya ant crop i 
of PORTU especially Fife and Per 
t 
eager t them that a guard had to be set o 
po ies исм them being destroyed by men and. 
boys climbing into them and breaking them down t 
get at the vhs М. D., D. 
—-— in the Gardeners’ 
ing Chri 
ber 16% a proposal to preserve 
Octo La 
eating, I wish to warn the people against swallowin: 
ch prussic acid, which may be pleasant, but 
very poisonous, and is alwa werful in i 
кү when fresh. have k 
at the berries, apparently without harm, but that w. 
ai exception; sai I A, мёд, the a would have attacke 
them if they we w nothing of the Bi 
Cherry, C, L. 7. д d 
Aralia Sieboldii OT (see p. 498). p 
uum desta is dpt ay 
owerin rts fiy. 
vatis: a vile nt of the variegated variety has flower 
weis "ris wer rem ek i - is now in fine flower, 
na pot п а cool greenhouse. It fruits 
Fou» uL seeds omae freely, but it is | 
difficult to get ы "the rou ph leaf, as the seedlin 
stl ** dam 
up mostly ‘‘albinos” and soon mp o 
Seedlings = the c слав ау are much 
ime d raised. It eve wers peony and annually out-o 
it has now thrown up a r-spike measuring 2 
inches long and branching ед same distance. 
high. By flowering отч it mikes the plant veri 
bushy. H H., Scarisbrick Hall. 
Apple Jelly.—The Серра recipe at p. yr 
seasonable, a at this season and this M. i 
n moy моб eme have plenty of Apples by - 
them, and those who haven't can buy them —— 
op s 
jelly — with th ore and eem Ж of be 
Slice the he а vns 
lea — Mi — RAD pips, venam enis of cou 
f windfalls, bruised parts must be 
e too. vielen 
Abutilon Boule de Neige.—At thi 
tity of ee n and 
arge rig gp ater flower is pee 
r Dione OF Bion 
W. 
The Beurré Clairgeau Pear.—I last year 
you a short a m with photograph of a P 
Clairgeau Pear tree growing at my place here | 
р. 141, vol. i, 1875] and I venture to think its do 
