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eee ee ee ARES 
. Mr, Porter fears unprincipled quoti may sub- 
Excelsio: 
 lalían acre of my croft db the growing of select 
- has prevailed in its favour 
- have always been content to stick to what I consider 
the original. №. Fa 
à o AAPA 
E С. Webb n a paper o 
THE 
NOVEMBER 27, 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
689 
pap two карен collections I did nothing 
ро рег or co ntra outh Kensington rules. 
All that is asked of the Асн 15 that та subjects 
bited shall be **their prope rty,” but nothing is 
— Now that the ice is е gespecting the 
ibreamed Potato by Mr, delis 
oIn ive 
amc А. нё "First, then, itis 
not th Por : ч had it from Pei on " Castle in 
i. and from paige st in 1874: are the sa pu 
and bear no гера е to Mr. Ро ie But in 
1868 I m: one of e Judges at p" 
occasions a gained 
the 1st prize for round po Potatos, whieh stood 
btai a few from 
hased in 
ES 
o 
stitute for I devote fully 
st increase { 
rquhar, Gr., Fyvie Castle, Fyvie, 
The Introduction of the Cherry into Kent 
: The Eon TRETE слуга нне] the intro. 
Ke nt 
Cherry i e given by 
** Fruit t Cu lture and 
in Kent," read by s at the Surveyors' 
Tate о а ОБУ evening la 
" Hasted, in his History of pM under the head of 
Tenham, | or Teynham,’ uoting Lambarde— 
reign parts ` with, de ME on 
Ж Pr no rea r th 
Haee med to gu ‘banging of 
m to Perfetion—determined to try a plantation of 
e, having in 1533 obtain 
called the Brennet), 
and no 
E aboun m in Apples beyond 
* Ta Cherries, hich were brought out of Pontus into 
Fx ы, o». years after the x i ing of Rome, and r 
2 Mu" into Bri 8). Mr. Furley 
in 166. that Fuller, mo Publish hed his Worthies 
. йы бз, states that one of the orchards of this primitive 
| СОЕ, ed os of 30 acres, in one year produced 
Dom it known to жрм! extent these 
will increase? I have customed to see 
journal so 
easured two rings of Agaricus Pu anb ur заети one 
of which was 48 feet and the other 57 feet across, and 
tt me well furnished with fungi all rudes 
Rooks and Walnuts,—I beg to X = -> 
Record as to the rook 
or break the shell of 
D of p 
жү апа 
ould sacrifice all his Walnuts in preference to hav- 
ing one rook shot. Fames Ollerhead, T. he fe ny 
Wimbledon House, 5. W. 
Cotoneaster Simonsii —I can quite endorse all 
that is said in the Gardeners’ Chronicle of November 6 
about Cotoneaster Simonsii, as I have a quantity а 
d as standards, but not worked on the Thor 
rom see nd they make heads v = 
сое kly, and the effec ‚ trained as standards for front 
nes in the shrub т ‘is very 200 e І am sure the 
better kno rominent 
D In fact, the plants TT Han ere are to 
take the place of some o a e common bs in 
the celebrated winter garden oodstock, where a 
ower or flowering рер, is out t of place ; but not so a 
table, 6 feet over, of the beautiful a Ai -berried 
Simonsii. G. Dodd, Woodstock Park, Lrelan 
Amsterdam International ogg hes Show,—It 
Жай appear that the few lin sent to your 
months since are likely to produce good 
communication from 
s asto medals, but have 
most stress on 
‘‘ that the rules for determining the awards of these 
medals дш. be см laid down in the nal pro- 
gr g 
ment for 19585 "will also come to the same Dro 
tion, for unless rinciple of the above quotation 
the experience of the show at Со: e great 
confidence эй g^ Dutch fri so will act 33 k^ their 
romis ure one who ma 
doubtful as roS с" that RUM rs will help 
exhibitors in id way, ind especially so if they are 
informed sufficiently beforehand of the 
extent of the assistance required, The letter referred 
to reads as follows 
Amsterdam, Nov. тт, 1875 
А Pm puis kin eter of Oc tober- 25i is 7А 
е апа І to committee your remarks 
concerning the е | Flower WS. All the 
members ogre rum er in за same light -— you 
nd in the forthcoming prelimi nary program 
will perceive that Medals 
e given both to native and foreign 
also to native and foreign amateurs. The 
d of these medals shall be 
Кыты ө сч са уоц 
is for your gove Man ny thanks for your 
kind endeavours for | the "good 1 results of our d 
Flower * it 
the нане "English amateurs and nurserymen should 
exhibit here, I take the liberty to invite you oclai 
our wish in this behalf, as your i tertained 
o doubt that the exhibition in that way will be 
m adds , an the famous 
English amateurs an w ill be induced to exhibi 
t Amsterda n ay м Аа oe le: 
way in е 
Broomfield, Clamor pos 
Late dunes : 
d i 
fruit during 
to trouble themselves t 
deficient in flavour, even 6 x were sure of 
red supplied as Mr. Wickham has been. 
This per is one reason w why your ps CEU 
never se sees es anywhere except in his own garden ; 
season like the present, which 
has been most favourable, he must consider himself 
fortunate as regards quantity, if 
rm 
‚ Wickham kindly inform your 
the eene ing = rries his is, whether it is 
e old e newer Octo or 
double bearing, or th 
Merveille а Q uatre Stisons гэр E. Morgan, 
he Butts, Harrow-on-the-H. 
Wellingtonia gigan 
— The pud gard 
given of the Wellin, M 
measu 
lowing r sena: 
feren 
i ei e the circumference of my tree is larger, the 
height is little more sg one-half. Henry N. 
Ellacombe, Bitton Vicara 
Veitch’s Autumn d Бобота, have 
ike Mr. d, be 
flower a hearty welco as it came in at a tim 
vegetables are so Scarce; ; and I shall be mr indeed 
to hear that some one still got it true, so that w 
meet edidi in its true form, ^ 
being an exceptionally hot month would уре эзе 
bring them on a little hee rlier vang ie but surely 
not to Ка an extent as has been e y Mr. 
Ward, bte and ois. Thomas у >и Ashstead 
Park, E, 
ама to the above being true to its 
hi pm we ag year, I = say that I am in the 
t boa W Thad not one last 
occoli, Snow’s Winter White, which variety I have 
not ш ла several years been fortunate enough to obtain, 
ds , Ё i 
5, Chilworth Manor, 
нер Profusion of 
pos of th remarks in 
of beautiful berries to the topmos 
isse 
large shrub of 
oly 2 and perfume 
ith h 
orthy of all care, 
flourished, and £ 1 ced flowering ly 
in September, and, in spi rains, 
t Е | to | to the present time. 
umn in 
The follow ng is a = of pra one species 
which I found Agger n hour a few days ago in 
dag Magee W г Tun bri T I am indebted 
o Mr. Worthington "Smith for kindly naming them 
t practised collectors 
tealing Fruit at — ions. — Mr. Perry’s 
nions were not the only things missing at South 
Kensington on No II. During pa 
t I heard several complaints from exhibitors of 
es of Pears and other fruits that could not be 
found when sought for by the rightful owners. The 
on the occasion of such a great show of fruit 
as wo t so little is D, 
for it offers a rare opportunity ior any a 
son to a ood haul; "раа have 
| several classes, some of 
