THE 
pas 4, 1875+] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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-— other growers will uae my p vae 
d the nces. I have made Potato growin 
purer p. my pese y^ some be, at iae 
> said xs. which I do expect ever to make up by 
f Mr | 5 ges , though a small and poor 
T her far have purity than pence, 
shall endeavour that wha ay be se 
name be true and pur 
s very confidently as to Excelsior 
e 
ffered to him? Wm, Porter, 
No. 24. [W e р} nother letter 
a Mr. Porter, in which he udo. accuracy of 
made by Mr. бег in our last, but 
room for itthis week. Eps.] 
utumn Giant Cauliflower, —I have 
continue to retain’ that | trueness. and fixity of 
i it 1 1 : 1 11 
reputation, For my own part, I do not think 
this is likely to take place if ordinary care be € 
i se M name 6 
st and most e" "autumn Cauliflower in ec. 
E Sheppa 
am not a n Tittle nn Giant C to see so ot m Sts 
tof Lese « 
n coming in, 
ne and good. Thomas Sud. The 
т orth, 
== In Ка to the meg © | bes to differ from 
and Batters 
with me for " А fortnight. I procure 
season fro rs. Veitch of Chelsi, 
quite a different T " "Henry Cadd, The 
Wollaton, Nottingham 
rosea,—I сап fully endorse all that 
Baie, Mr. Ollerhead, says in favour of 
ing p 
4 is constantly the case case, and 
tpg row just out of a close moist 
Z2yllums on the Pereskia Stock. —Growers 
any doubts as to the suitableness of 
are dense plants with almost every tip laden with one 
or two flowers, some idea of the display they make 
mil readily be formed. Several A the plants have 
been grafted a ed u their present 
present shape allis 
that E has to за the leng E o number 
shoots by breaki p^ ре out E үнүн joi 
"uw “beat aei P rs aüd in Miren “health, er 
at such 
eere y As Mr. Wallii 
cultivation of these a af words from him as to his 
treatment would, I have no doubt, be most accept- 
able to many of your poh pA Sheppa rd, 
e Autumn-bearing Raspberry.—In answer 
t Me organ, I thin ot quite sure, that 
my autumn-bearing Raspberry is the old double bear- 
ing. Without entering int iscussion as to the 
flavour of the a sy He By urely it is better to have 
it than n The autumn- "best ng } Raspberry has thi 
dvantage ov the © rs two 
oom. Wlan Wickham, Binsted- 
Alton, Ha is, November 27. 
t's few ‘line s to try to set E. Morgan 
(p. ‚ 689) right about de oe ылу Аз 
wo names, Old Double-Bearing and 
uatre Saisons, are ago whi 
ed to see any difference in th 
they have been sent me. I have the € ipata 
and I find it a profuse bearer in aac and Nov 
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ber. I have also Semper Fidelis—an axo ene 
and very abundant bearing sort. I hav e had good 
ops both, but I do not, Miel же, 
spondent d consider that th been a very 
iti ially here. The 
lowing it the 
Next spring the plants TEX away ie, 2/4 and form 
(0) ca = h Il loaded 
i mn—I say “loaded, because EA 
ds of the canes, and wei 
er сеа. generally pow беа 
side branches, and the bus aid to be 
mati with fru it. а Scott, Mer їой, 
I have grown the autumn-fruiting Meum 
of Raspberries for many years, and have found 
their fruit very useful, especial hen required 
for flavouring 
: Tut 
depended ш n; but wt E should think i 
of England they would bear abundantly every autumn. 
'The fo llowing varieties are the best bearers, viz., t 
October R eille des Quatre Saisons), and 
October Yellow (Metveille des Quatre Saisons à Fruits 
Jaunes). grow the Autum 
e large Or these varieties are not to be 
d 
progress in their growt e er cannot be 00 
eee and ms should red a a — op-dress- 
ing of rotten manure, for the Raspberry roots 
close to ianari ace ‘ound, Wn. ар Welbeck. 
think your icd Morgan, 
p. 689, will — that се уу tart is decidedly 
and if he 
quired in every day's dinn: 
being two day's alike. 
erarrangem 
And fruit tarts and puddings 
are subject to rule. Now Red Curran 
the adjoining 
sent us some 
th ted, 
and afterwards cut dowa to within " foot or j^ ofthe | of place in well-kept gardens, but the 
its 
ed scarcel they were highly valued, their 
reet - i g ^ v not to be 
., Hemsbv. 
despised by a a prince. Thomas W) 
| to Establish a а Rookery. Having rad read 
with interest M Оейевія letter a p. 689, wherein | 
says, after many fruitless attempts 
his employer 
| this a valuable 
has s ucceeded in establishing a rookery, allow m 
r. Ollerhe p ghe will be p Nes тА to med 
ooker 
best plan to adopt, ; with a view to succ 
: мен i 
efer 
Walnuts s 1 beg to 
sideration if I succeede 
were ite troubles 
Mist + in dating ot rat winging 
ok I took to the garden, which was муч om 
walled i о The under 4 cd 
n, turn 
took great episodi А ips old | fellow, in fact 
came a great fav with us, The 
break it open, as there any trees on the place. 
Sohn Keep, Gr., Oak foris poe mg N. 
Ardisia crenulata.— Whenever I have seen this 
plant mentioned (in catalogues, 1 
dictionaries) it is always alluded to 
o treated, it has always sorely disappointed me, 
Instead of its being covered with i 
foliage and small scarlet and green 
always, eat attention is paid to 
о 
stragyiiog berries—very probably none at all. 
all who are Similarly situated I w say, Do 
ave en our to reform the culture of this 
valuable winter berry-bearing p Having 
plants in. February, 1864, I cut them down to i 
2 inches of the p few weeks they broke into 
growth, and when the shoots were гова to 3i 
long I shoo ook the ts саш out of the Mem 
ve a а pot only suff 
gove an и ре 
had made some new roots (which 
cool 
to keep July. 
to about I foot; not showing any inclination to 
side shoots I pinched out the ends 
September t nt had shot out shoots at 
every leaf up stems, from 3 to 6 inches i ees 
earlier 1 а 
shoot he p that is only 14 foot high, 
leaving on the same plant twenty-nine side shoots 
equal in health and leaves to the wW- 
ing entirely in the greenhouse or cool vinery, 
the grow of a stubby c 
is m i y 
plants are more easily ы уу апа nd healthy, Walter 
| Bishop, Bylaugh Park, East Di 
Sutton’s Tom Thumb Pag 
ps emg hon exam ез еу. 
"uiis бе жые 
EM 
«с Ex be grown 
slips of ground where the lar cad kinds AH look ou 
warfness ot 
nd is y in 
favour, as it only Qm 
about 12 inches high, and can be gr in 
рк about 12 igne apart each way. I think this 
yr d 
this kind 
P d d ht E M pont d 
+ where short 
ey (Dar dps 
atra min S 
peat E Lm Рудо Park 
s praise of 
the same remarks would кі eiu 
