592 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 6, 1875. 
umbrage " if some one in his own neighbourhood sent 
par a new (?) hee and which (after he had grown) 
turned out to more nor less than Rector of 
with | the exception that Фо нь scene ng 
ingover 
co 
Smith's Early, and Smith's Curly, owing to its 
е foliage, which is — distinct from any other 
have grown. 4 Rea 
Lasiandra macrantha. —In ply to the ne 
ed 
y 
by reason of some particular plant not con- 
forming У to the treatment it receiv 
emned, This has been the case with 
acrantha, The first form o£ it it that 
flowering plants, producing at every 
aedis uf a lorious purple flowers, that keep- 
on conti many rown, 
no other M any it. 
'h short-lived habit of the flo the 
it makes, is not ; but it ean only be 
done in a cool Am such things as Ixoras, 
Dipladenias, an if th e well 
gro the iandra would grow too weakly to 
flower." this statement I can come to only one 
conclusion, Ze, that the writer has a pinion, 
should any one attempt to grow ih Ls а tem- 
l be un- 
ка) eru that of a cool stove they 
ccessful. reover, in the Ga казачы i Cire nicle, 
t: 19, 1875, "i 782, is ven an elaborate statement 
of Lasiandra as a ant. Эн, stove that 
nd Lasiandra 
is growing 1 e til and 
blooming profusely with "didici dn ; the 
blooms p previously sent t will testify to the fact. “Toras 
ing plants. I have a reason to kno y 
is successful with the treatment р A „ы it, which 1 
€ I fully reported in my first lett to the Editor. 
а conservat: uils to 
im ТРЕТИ that 
only p to grow it to perfection, 
tend t ране but “thet other growers ma 
succeeded with it asa аноде use plant, Whatever 
has said. in its favour where it is successfully 
grown cannot be Pens I hav 
ede no desire to hoid 
any farther controversy upon the subject. I h 
grown success pol чк ary to the -— 
е ine d» your worthy eros б for. its cultiva- 
on. I can send blooms of the three mention 
Perrin time hen mite ^: Pre onn should he 
request it, to attest th 
stated. William 
what I have herei 
ios Rer Park, East 
Dereham, October 19. 
Эйр, 
used to have the attacks of 
The —— Fly.— 
v keeping dry for 
few da 'This has been a capital time for pem 
lately, owing to plenty of moisture, and I have seldom 
had it more solid and crisper to eat. i 
eve need Chronicle that the — of the Horticul- 
tural Society has etas omit to e 
two id I was very anxio 
for in a letter to 
expense, it seemed : a pi e "exhibition should be con- 
fined to three or four hours on t N ber day, 
more particularly the shilling public would be 
glad to see the fi w of the year if they had 
the opportunity of the exhibition being opened tw 
days instead of e is one ter I think 
scarcely fair to private growers—that the I 
arcely 
fruiterers and dealers — M" allowed ч тесной 
the same classes as amateurs and gen n's € 
deners. At the late fruit exhibition held i is dong the 
dealers bought up all the finest Dd of Apples 
and Pears they Me ht would do to exhibit in gm 
various classes a "enn Kensington ; and although : 
intend to exhi bit, the finest fruit I have 
poet leading €— in a class where these people 
allowed to e years since there 
rin for trot and so m splendid colbictici were 
ced by the Covent Garden dealers, an E so they 
a class were made for them e sche- 
ule. d the е in ^om ые for the 
various kinds e high-class psi 
vation, but deg - Fis that can be done 
exkibitor i is seuss to "Pari all the best fruit that 
can be had for mon 
_ What is — ?—I know it has been 
ut I am content ted to believe 
spe 
r the name o liba u are all 
nkin 
ankincense, " in 
en we e 3 ‘or common Spruce Fir,” 
that the terms ‘‘ T us" and “* Olibanum sylvestre” 
are applied to this produce, and that it is another 
rm of *' Bur pitch.” Q y of your readers 
tell me how the confusion arises, and whet 
any incense is made from the Abies excelsa? 
twigs of Abies m fag when bruised, have a i 
rance very like incense. C. W. D. 
A Curious Orange. —Sent by post is a fruit of an 
Orange which is very irregu 
lar, and at the same time 
hands at thi n. It is from pi espalier “whic 
е covered with its hig fruit. АП the 
fruits, more or less, ngered like those sent. 
(Can you pive it a name, please?) We have another 
curious РЕР — with curly leaves, which = е ght 
ne ti ing to ill-health. But since the 
leaves are dou ble yo size, hiv e tree, dn d, 
half -— тре гче get E pls Бес рая ате 
the t doe э very freely, like the 
rest, E it ied fruit, aad the —- — the cru — 
shape of the leaves, Chevalier, November 1. [Th 
er see Trot fruit is € is {Адеке called the 
Horned Orange. Eps.] 
The Mistleto. —** H.” seems to think that much 
w d low situations both of etn keep the atmo- 
sphere i enconrag ase of the Mistleto ; 
СА 
and it is vs t the tree генг, a few ye 
ac by ‘Sit a " p y Sai? ves 
with about Fouts so cir 
oots 
utthe уу) tee dree by Mr. Forty a аны 
but this oe has been bow channel of иш 
letters оп the s ging 
uddle above the water-line, for fifty years, is t 0 ridicu 
lous to be entertained for one Lo X think 
he Cowan pany far too and ex ced 
to cheerfully undertake this so-called trifling matter 
** Jonathan ” also states that Mr, Fish, who seems to 
realise the tion at Rabley, has stated that Mr 
wan ded i ng the water ont at 
Garston, and **Jonathan" thinks he could do t 
r me: s so, but n h pud 
people get mess it is really astonishing how 
ron try to draw —— people to the same level, 1 
not aware tha ows anythi 
Rable ey stokeholes ; I m might t ha dre ы 
the ёш ыыы, but I think not, and Is 
more of trifling оре 
railway cuttin ven 
ints at FEES uda ? identity, to which he has no 
right to allude in our columns, The correspondence 
must now cease, 5. ] 
The Weather, 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT BLACKHEA D LONDON, 
FoR THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, Nov. , 1875. 
Hygrome- 
detta. 
TEMPERATURE OF penon 
5 BAROMETER.| THE AIR, & од WIND. 
A Tables sth 
| Edition. 
A ť—— 
3 м lg rm 
BR [So mE a & Zo a iwog 
РА 24 А ; BS 
$ yä egi gl gig časti gles" i 
аа ые IE 
= Wr» 3v - 
ge Pats) шл RESA Aud <A 
z a Se 
M = ———Y 
Oct. | In. | I ж-а | | о To | é | 
28 | 2974 еу 49. 8.39.3 10.5 44- o— 27а. .3 90 
| 
|+. 14 50.3 39.710 643.8 — 2.8 39.8 
зо | 29 77 | +0.03 45.338.7| 6 641.0)— 5.536. 9 
31 | 29-72 \—0.03 47.1 40.9 6.2 42.7 — 3.739. о af) & &E |o 
Nov. | 
9 9.0 37.6 11.4 42 WELT 8i 
2 |29.70 0.06 51.8 37.8 14.044.0,.— sepia ю{ 5 са 
29 
65 —0.12 33.2 44 8 вава 2644.9 nii 5554 
| 
| 
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‚9.743-8— 2.539.5 851. E. 
{ | 
Mean! 20.74 —о.ог 
» 
сы. а ar иг dull, cold day. 
—Overcast, dull, and cold throughout. 
— nc Dcos st, duil, and = pe ughout. 
— S ~A fine € бошду at 
with two roots on it is on very high ground, and the Nov. 1.—A cloudy and dull day. eos 
Oak rises rides the Apple trees in the orchard in с-н Ө eE my den Overcast, and dull after. Slight rain 
which it grows, That would not tend to show that fell at 2 P.M ane 8 8PM. 
; 3.—- Оуегсаѕі 
Tothir ik 
me. Worthington Sait had seen both those remark- 
be soft 
keep the seed on the 
both till it has germinated, Vicar, Ты. 
Scotch Fungi,—I see in your paper interesting 
reports on fungus shows, and to-day while shooting, 
— EM the woods and moor, saw many very 
imens, I lad to send to an 
d on my rambles if I knew who 
he - and how to take them u 
maim x ге ce I fin 
cared 
them. 
mekiln Heating.—I should not have deigned 
"m 
Ц day. „Slight rain fell at 94-M., and 
frequently de ie the evening. 
ps week ending Saturday, Octo- 
bourhood of Lose Ie reading 
he weak to 30.22 
the 154 decreased i 29 a 
the average for the present w 
eek. The hi 
p of the air day by М at the Los of 4 feet 
from 563° 
to ie further to ‘‘ Jonathan communication a e the ground ranged from nthe 25th to 
p. 529) had my iem y his former letter been prin parts on the 30th ; the mean value for week 
in extenso, whilst ould im , by the tone e ^. The lowest tempe of the air night by 
it, that his cii pa f ae Bt eo I am | night varia between 44° on the 24th and 354 0n 
ure I have your readers my side—that I am asth, bs n weekly value of 382°. The mean 
ed to and know what ‘ ? | daily гар, temperature in the week was 12 и 
insinuates by using the гонети words (speaking of | greatest «m in the day being 204°, on the 25th, 
anonymous communications) :—‘‘ I have only to state | th n the 3oih. ean daily — 
[ consider them less objec jectionable than the com- es о air were lu - ey 4i 
ions of those having a monetary i in th, 447.5; 26th, 43°.6; 27th, 40*.8; 2 8 
the affair, for they cannot be expected to see the zu 43° 8; 30th, 41^; and the departures 7 
ion in other than a fav light." Allow | defect of their Ic помени E 3, 
ше to state I have no interest in the affair, ей E Єл. 1 week s 
monetary or otherwise: I speak of facts, and facts ire of ta eli far tht w маз 43° 15.6, being 3:5 
г only—and these are stu! and low the re of sixty years 
“Jonathan” will find out in time. *'Jonathan" The highe а АГ А thermometer with 
still harpe on paddling and offers. his advice gratis, b in vacuo, placed on grass in the 
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