THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[NovEMBER 13, 1875. 
VENUSTA (concinna 9 — $).—A very 
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belt of white ye the extreme margin magenta. 
legantly oe supported on kaiia 
к=з which osi a pink m 
erminalis d 
ың 
AT 
dwarf m 
t valuable tnr are for ‘table 
for seem ез. 
ж (Cooperi ?, regina 4).—А charm- 
ingly elegant быт, of dwarf habit emen ліл 
is quite dissimilar from 
as. D. SCOTTIÆ (oncinna 9, regina ¢).—A variety 
of slender and somewhat stocky habit, the leaves spread- 
ing, lanceolate, with a long narrow point about 3 а 
wide, of а deep bottle-green, with pec 
g leaves | freely variegated wi 
а 4).—A tall, 
Рбн апа very distinct b m with the long- 
parsel hann 
htl 
LBA yani $, regina d ).— 
n has heros the habit of D, stricta, but with white 
gat is erect in h bit, 
ence, 
and for market. 
29. = qu ALBA (nigrescens Ф, regina 
rtant 
highly valuable fot cured шт purposes, 
This is impo uisition, having quite the 
habi cter of the well known favourite, D. ter- 
minalis, but with white ‘ation. leaves are 
lanceolate g t bright 
о 
rather npud leaf-stalks are also edged with — 
ful variety for general purposes as w 
e decoration and for market. 
go. D. Бина an леса á)— 
erect slender habit." ‘The leave 
a pretty cont 
a) $ ,reginaand 
st. D. ын аы hari 
—A ае variety, of remarkable 
habit leav 
minalis 4). 
The 
d more 
M E qu Velia ad 
ў 32. D. BELLA (сопсіппа a Chelsoni vires a mmt 
and very | 
table decoration. 
vai. D. BYE: (concinna Ф, regina ¢).—A -— 
variety of the narrow-leaved series, Тһе leaves 
long-stalked, erectly spreading, a foot long, and about 
1j inch wide ; dark green, with a deep 
and dark, rosy c 
wholly of a zr — colour. 
Rove — 
eing 
ral 
almost wholly red. It w SES 
rad id ae aen erect form is required, and 
is strikingly be 
eee ES nna Ф, nigrescens ¢),—A 
very AR, foin, of sadi entice grow th, with narrow, 
ding, very dark bronze-coloured leaves 
violet- -purple coloration e 
the variegation а. Tenders this one of the 
of - whole 
most distinct 
A (li imbata AUS terminalis ¢).—A slen- 
кее aient arrra of free ovis ; the 
leaves are elo petioles, and 
tisa pleasingly сонгай and effective variety. 
POT CULTURE OF THE 
Scere 
HAVING about a quarter e run of a pretty 
brook at command for the vbioducdon of bibere 
I have found considerable amusement in collec 
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№ ех МГ (2 ч) 
Fic. I29.—POT CULTURE OF WATERCRESS. 
the varieties, and planting them to form a series of 
distinct tations suffici о 
— (A m ч each sort true to its 
f my wan- 
derings in » but the result of th 
pastime is too interesting to be kept a secret. Strange 
heno- 
mena coul easily guess the purport of the tale I 
have to tell. The collecting and planting began seven 
years since, and from time to time the plots have 
been cleared o ow ted, and such be little 
attentions have been bestowed as would 
one kee 
keeping in mind the adage, ** What is worth doing 
is worth d well" It matters not what sort of 
ress t in k, it acquires a charact 
peculiar to the locality in the very first new growth i 
es, and thus I lose the brown Springhead, an 
the green ey, th nzy Bedford, and 
any and every o all the sorts be- 
come identical last, and yet my plants is so 
distinct that I should be justi&ed in "sedi 
on it a name des ne peculiari 
call а dr Pose 
Stoke Newington Wat eren fori it is alwa 
ith purple, аа the tim е йок the stems 
-stalks 
leaf. so ауе loured as to approxi- 
mate to the Бо of ge is purple-tinted Cress 
is the collective product of any number of sorts 
Watercresses, Е" as remarked above, whatever the 
variety, а quickly loses its original character, an 
assumes the form peculiar to the place. 
i apice to require to be page p Es 
e . The mode of nod is deter. 
mined by local circumstances, and a Cress 
having strongly marked characteristics may 
be 
expected to lose them entirely on being rem ed to 
another r water, „wher re _Soil and climate and | the 
I can only growa 
from ds of its native bed. purple 
my bro 
Cress in ok, and I am bound to say of it E 
is as fine a Cress as any I e met with, the 1 
ge being of a beautiful dark green colour, 
purple tinge of the stems in no way objectionable, 
n outs y search after Cresses I secured 
through Messrs. Barr & Sug sample o d of 
the ** Erfurt Cress," and this sample found its 
way into the wr dr d was forgotten. In 
grew vigoro ow to 
keep this s interesting variety true to its Erfurt E 
of a light the 
na T so 
d acquire the purple colour and the o other 
ра. of my own ame Watercress ; so 
I resolved to grow it in pots, — v = I learnt a 
most useful lesson Watercr б е, which I 
as interesting as ae ш Sis ae of many 
varieties into one in my brook. ‘The lesson is this, 
that culture ma 
is so not pa 
consider it. You may go to the bed or the brook 
Cress grow pot I shall advise, sur- 
passes the best samples. "wa in the or 
From the end of May to the present time my table 
has job abundant Supplied with tender Cresses by 
the pot system, and y to be 
boni ке em winter, bes at the зына of 
y have bushels of fine Cresses in the open 
water, 
The rm of pot for the purpose is one that 
Ros Itake care to make the 
it up Р slightly to form a convex velis. and I dibbleia 
