656 THE « 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 20, 1875, 
to depend ace the сае rice of neighbouring districts ? 
es the far more important query— 
How is it that | a бобу чи which has for LX years 
— bee the рни patronage, and 
which repres mportan паа interest as 
that of horticulture, ныг) e pros 
2 
That this бом was once of gre 
who are conversant wi 
but j is so no longer. assertion, therefore, that 
this appeal should prove unsuccessful the failure 
out be most disastrous both to t 
ble as a 
nursemaids their interesting 
arges. d these noble | functions, the Royal 
Horticultural Society i is п o 
things creditable to T Jer or 
he so-called 
is this a state of 
be tolerated? Let 
loa; 
field decir. Hes hn up. The a a pea nce poen that 
the Mignonette stood a few weeks lon er greer 
а few. 
opinion of it Kc» 
unken opera qe дыл = Bsa re that I rush 
into pu and should n o do so upon this 
occasion were it not ae my pose Mr. mc in 
his. it. letter has made inted allus 
giv 
incorrect or exaggerat tement, and I do 
not lose sight of the fact that his statements are to be 
in a general sense and ferar a ris ма 
owever, have a 
eS, and т=ш== Mey e u | 
follows :—Setting three beet od ie hae ee 
flues, and chambers, also making good, £24 
leaving for labour to stokehole TI Add w ro "i 
e 
v Men short of - suggested by Mr. Benn 
submitting thes a s I venture to intimate that the 
r or iie difficulties so insurmount- 
able in the cons eere of waterproo = | pon € as 
Mr. Bennett would have us believe nfined 
my ыраат to the Bishops Stortford stokchole 
but can furnish other and mor 
sectors} George Deal, F. Weeks Е Co., Chelsea. 
The Ma angosteen of Singapore.—We hav 
гну ея ed from Mr. Prestoe, of the Botanic 
inidad, fruits of the Mangosteen, accom- 
panied Es the ironia letter :— 
its T the rare Мап. 
A 
ich these fruits 
ach y e formation and consistence of the fruit 
are of such ature as to lead me to the conclusion that 
he Mangosteen might be nin the ndies and 
transmitted to England in a perfectly fresh state. Th 
rospect, however distant it may be, of such a delicious 
ruit g a common article of English dessert will, 
I think, sufficient se for my troubling you upon 
this matter. I may ion the two fruits sent are 
f medium size, and were gathered two days ago. 
keeping the fruits for two or three weeks they turn a fine 
black-purple colo in w state I expect these are 
136.—THE MANGOSTEEN—GARCINIA 
up for transmitting to England our аа varieties of East 
Indian Mangos, which a common in the 
vour and con- 
sistence = onion every one of the leading English uiis, 
e the flavour of two or three 
ыры. the slightest trace of t 
meget 
=e abore cation, 
n the peee draw- 
inches i 
when er fruit is properly 
nurtured, but in this case dan one of them con 
any se emblance of a s regards the question of 
their introduction рну, in a fresh state, 
r 
suitable for dessert purposes, T eport very 
favourably on Mr. Prestoe's posue e sample, Eps. 
| Co 
Майга Autumn Giant. Cauliflower.—I had 
t r 
и Тһе 
is, that it opens its leaves so much that no protection 
rc PAM AMEN hen nta 
hav r seen was 
a Бае i 
n size, for many of their - 
eads, when cut, weighed from 40 to бо Ib. Бас 
Wiliam оу 
In 
o to Mr, Ward's inquiry a 
of a batch of abou dst 
year I do n 
th ie was 2 per cent his 
з Бев my 
introduce o years ago this autumn I saw, in a 
neighbour 5 garden, а ттн flat, Ша. d IO pe 
ere of the e kin 
Ward's — pete 
some ee 
of 
teresting to know who seit out the seeds, Eps s] 
The Theft at Kew Gardens.—In you 
November 6, p. 590, you report a Шен n before 
the Richmond magistrate of Mary Anne Hurford, foel 
MANGOSTANA : SECTION OF FRUIT, 
stealing cuttings of plants from ges 
ninety-nine out of every hundred of 
er thought a 
has “probably pa esed. jont of thei 
read ; ninety-n 
one wl í 
Charles Noble, Bagshot. 
Peaches and N the whole 
[o a good season, I began August 29 | 
pte occurs. The finest Р of this Cauliflower 
eve esb; 
ae T А Caulif iflow wer е ne it was. 
issue of 
t p. 622 
тареш the above Cauliflower, permit me to say ke 
ot think 
; 
я 
Most likely | 
ur readers have | 
zd time of this conviction, and it E 
readers I would ask to eara : 
to p. Amat s raph carefully, or pardon 
me if I beg you to reprint the penteneg to which Dj] 
wish to call their Е :—‘* Time was allowed for — 
payment, and prison ed in z envelope with 
her address, at the back of which an add 
nurseryman on the C ” Query. What i 
name of nurse e does he hail 
and how came his address in the possession of М 
Anne Hurford? A domestic goes i 
