E effected ted ; but of course it dd be 
_ Of the now less developed forms, when 
 Sington on 
OWE of ie Sen 
THE 
NOVEMBER 13, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
615 
I believe, it is intended the 
United States. The weight of ie er kinds уг 
Per doz, b ad. 
Apples. Apple. 
; lb. oz. 07, 
^Gravenstein .. E Ж 13 
Yellow Bellefleur . EN EIU 10 
Ribston Pippin . = 6 9 
eil eo Ee 9 
. King of Tompkins County 7 IT 12 
Blenheim ng YIN ES 12 
Northern eoe 12 
Saag Tstand Greening .. PET M 12} 
NEN = 
Esopus $ Spitzenberg Lr EU E у 
undi « 9 12 13 
wm o Beau uty. A («70 5X8 184 
Calkin's s ода т" CERTI 9 
iol Newton Pippin si ie T či 6 
ck “ re UCM SIS dv 64 
Chde Beauty is “ E x ew. € 13 
z 6 8 of 
In I 55 HEN were ote the рой соПес- 
tion containing twenty kinds, In crab Apples, six 
ieti hes. A Plums, thirteen sorts, on 
each. The бн .dozen of these (Brad- 
shaw) weighed 273 ounces. Grapes grown in 
open air, e The largest two 
bunches (Isabella) turned the scale at 15 ces 
next the Nova Scotia Fruit Association c : 
show, may you be there to see. I will send you 
soon as published the report of the judges, m which 
I you may gather further information for you 
wish. A eec t Reader, ati Deli. N, S 
Ya Now York 7) 
NEW DRAC/ENAS. 
WE mentioned at p. 589 that Mr. Wills had, 
through the agency of his foreman, Mr. Bausé, suc- 
ceeded in obtaining a batch of seedling Dra 
MR. WILLS’ 
_ which throw most of the varieties at present cultivated 
into the e. Theses numbered by 
hundreds, and the effect of a group of them grown on 
into nice young i and filling the whole 
gro an mental plant of distinct been 
ter, so esté has the work of crossing bee 
altogether i imprac: 
he has, in his fur- 
nishing business, a sufficient outlet to take off the 
The following are the varieties which have been 
selected in the first instance, though it is not improb- 
able that it may be thought desirable to retain others 
en they assume a 
matured character. Mr, Wills has kindly per- 
. Witted us to make notes of these plants, which formed 
the splendid к” exhibited by him at South Ken- 
€ last, and to which the Gold 
ed ; and usé 
was а 
has supplied the set die a as to their parentage, 
which we are very glad to have an opportunity of 
Ttcording in the interests of scientific horticulture. 
ES 
cr Drone or Recurved. 
tid ded Serie White Series. 
albo-marginata 
Leaves Spre: cde ror Pa 
ed Series, | І 
16. Barroni | 
eut. 
; hite Series. 
17. Imperator 
18. versicolor 
Kad S Leaves Erect or Suberect. 
eries, I end Series. 
19. eximia ictoriæ 
$2. заря M-LEAVED. 
ved. 
Mice Series. 
Leaves S; [гай ng or Patent. 
ed Series. White Series. 
rederici 26, leucochila 
24. Mabiliz 
25. Scottiæ 
Leaves Evect or Suberect. 
Red Series. 
27. salmonea 
sal ке Series. 
28. stricta alba 
29. есй alba 
$3. NARROW-LEAVED. 
Leaves Drooping or Recurved. 
Red Series. White Series. 
30. Ernesti 
Leaves Spreading or Patent. 
Red Series. White Series. 
зї. Атаја 
32. bella 
43 sonet 
34. Thoma 
35. violacea 
Leaves Erect or Suberect, 
, Red Series. White Series. 
36. jucunda , 
tD: - AUSEI(Chelsoni Ф, — ot aas 
ahd most effective 
The ge “and 
other ; 
i 
grand orna- 
В 
DN — 
zi 
E 
D KELEYI (excelsa 9, terminalis 4).— 
habited socks growing variety, having the leaves oblong, 
4 inches broad, drooping or recurv rich 
bronze colour, ^ older ones being edged with. deep 
rose, the younger ones with pink, forming a narrowis 
and tolerably even EE d - ers brighter иеа ба I 
is also conspicu he the foot-stalks. A 
good васее variety of t the Де есюшеа series, 
3. D. CANTRELLII (excelsa 9, ferrea &).—А variety 
of bold ha ith sely-set drooping or recurved 
oblong leaves, 4 inc broad, of a very dark bronze 
colour, margined with salmony rose, the margins of the 
petioles being also col . It has the broad-leaved 
character of D. li, sei, and others, but differs in 
the ien А e e Барша ‚ and is moreover free 
more ts growth, and calculated to form a 
taller ieee 
D. ELIZABETH” (Cooperi $, regina 4).— a 
on account of its variegation, but also fo ency 
f its leaves curve under volutely. I of dense 
habit, with broad, strongly recurved 1 uring 
5 inches across, o 
rib, and a narrow edge of brig ^ озу 
скачав. and with a broader 
1 creamy ipa on the 
conspicuously co dou - 
tint. arkable fof its E densely set, much 
recurved foliage, as well as for its varied and striking 
— es 
For ag Segoe Ад terminalis ¢).—A fine 
ea а e of an oblong-elliptic 
easuring abou inches 
green, with bright 
e 
"З: 
E 
09 EE 
oS 
The leaf- 
6. D.A MasTERSII (nigrescens 9 regina é).—A hand- 
nse stocky | habit, kendis broad leaves ed 
“but ic = younger i expe ME acy mee 
gined with bright purplish magenta, which latter colour 
s also well developed upon the lea 
variety of 
colour green, 
ak deepening into a bright magenta, the 
with deep pink, Quite unica in 
e and remarkably 
veloping a much b 
variegation of a paid or whitish hue, bid is mottled 
drooping leaves, of Long lins 5 е іп 
breadth, and of a dark bottle-green colour, with 
margin and ee d dark as ip Top. уенын. the 
younger nes 
over with a rich tn ( А hé pisci 
. ВЕСС. D j iz 
deci stocky habit, having the leaves drooping, oblong, 
33 inches broad, t variously "y 
purple-rose, the up ly marbled with magenta- 
pink and creamy anging to yellowish green, 
and broadly edged with dark r le, in some leav 
almost wholly col о а "t 
showing a broadish varied band of gr The rosy 
coloration of e leaf-stalk adds d Pa the effect of 
some other of the hiat; arieti 1е5. 
DUE (Cooperi 9, regina 4). —One of 
the stocky habited бө, pe drooping or recurved 
leaves, which are oblong ovate, somewhat more hcm 
in i type y D. Willsii ; 
a dark bottle-green, edged with r bed 
crimson, pore in the younger growths breaking into a 
finely marked variegation of mi yellowish cream- 
colour, and blush-white vio ou bars of green, the 
ene slightly suffused 
Са аге conspicuously coloured of 
regina ¢).—A bold 
D 
м 2. 
м Q, 
=. 
i 
Ф 
"Э 
. TELLINGII ioca 2. 
habited sort, amos te mulatin 
i 
ey are, Doni: remarkably stout in 
UTA (Cooperi ?, regina d). —A very dis- 
tinct ‘and Pak g variety, having a kind of yra- 
midal habit, à base of the plant bei i 
x. 
i 
rv degree, of a dar ttle-green 
colour, with ge and midrib, the younge 
leaves ing out into white and rosy variegation, 
with der- r and the 
13. D. WiLLsit (excelsa 9, re —A very hand 
some form of dense stocky habit, with fine, broad, 
lose-set, drooping or recurved oblong-elliptic leaves, 
easurin ches across ; the ground colour a bronz 
green, the lower leaves being narrowly edged with rosy 
pink, the upper ones breaking out into a iega- 
i d 
the centre. The e margins of of the leaf-stalks are of a bright 
siia of very free habit, and one of the best 
nt es. 
14. D. O-MARGINATA (nigrescens $, regina 4).— 
A strong- sen au g variety d me cky grow эы with large, 
oblong-elliptic, armoning 5. lea measuring 
hes across, of a b right sate colour, E a clear, 
narrow, and tolerably in of white. Itisa 
fi 
lon 
oblong in M 5 to 6 inches 
edged with rose, and breaking out in the youn Ties 
€ a handsome E LM of Тозу | pink and white. It 
ery > 
d imen. 
D. BARRO ieee 9, regina ¢).—A vi 
striking variety, with t e bold Aa. is habit of D. 
Youngii. e leaves рён ob $ inches broad, 
EA or noti jer Д of a dar 
a broa ттери of mottled —. sapie d 
younger posing the edges ‘of the older es being o 
deep magenta colour. on the е leaf- stalks = 
of arosy pink, Theyoung m me first of a creamy 
blush, with a rosy tint on the breue. "i in some 
ey take on this roseate hue on це upper г ајде. 
ER 
т et aroma E ek — А 
ш kably bold and distinct-looking plant, “of wee 
"— variety, bearin 
P 
ains 9, na d). — А 
le for = varied d ui aid colour- 
d 
es are 
in the std p pur 
from any of the other varieties of the series, and, from the 
rmanent colour, 
e younger ones es irregularly and rather 
fea! ther-edged with io map е sha ith menm It is one 
of the m taller growing sorts, and 
ep ud r 
our bright green, 
acd — on e 
, and in some “cases 
It is a grand acquisition among t e 
variegated wi a 
н 
or лра арман be both distinct and useful 
white-edged sorts, and will 
for decoration or exhibition. 
21. D. CAROLETTÆ (concinna 4 , regina $).—A dense- 
habited vari ge ium growth, having the leaves 
ooping , 2 inch broad, of a bro nzy green, 
strongly we and freely striped with deep crimson, the 
younger often соод wholly deep 
rose cri Sn A very richly-colo and effective sort, 
