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_ DECEMBER 11, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
739 
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VECETABLE AND FLORAL 
NOVELTIES for > for 1876. 
mo yore 7l Novell. by JAMES CARTER 
& Co. Jor the first time will bear their руна, Trade 
Mark. 
Carter’ " New hip es dors 
“* Originated in бат 
“Most exquisite in ери а colou garnishing 
t. Price, ger pei, 2s. 6d, 
Carter’s Green Gage Tom 
B lied a First- dus — ate by = ier Horticultural 
у, October 7, 1874.) 
.. From the Coben к nicle, oe ber 16, 187 
- fruit vt to ьм excellent, with a distinct, piquant idi ren 
_ agreeable fla 
y бу Sis › fer packet, 2s. 6d. 
Carter’s Heartwell Early Marrow Cabbage. 
a A distinct and excellent Караа у эсги as an Early 
[ Cabbage. € hearts are extremely firm, sorting from 4 to 
Е 6lb, the flavour >с rly mild and meltin 
f Price, per packet, 
i Е; 
| New Lettuce—American Gat 
A distinct sort, а ediate between th 
1 and Са bays 
=» with de pes 
e 
e and crisp y on ager жер edged with 
e, per дас. 15. and 15. 6d. 
i Hardy’s “Pedigree” „Уходят Bean. 
3 EM dy's РЫШ Windsor Bea Chiswick, 
| and pronounced to be a distinct pela intermediate between the 
“Windsor and the Long Pod. 
Price, per quart, 2s. 
Carter’s Commander-in- Chief Pea. 
kled Marrow of exquisite flavour, with many 
pte ten Peas іп a pod. Height is T et. 
rice, per quart, 3s. 6d. ; per pint, as. 
А Bloxholm Hall Melon. 
A The finest and most delicious scarlet-fleshed Melon grown, 
Price, per packet, os. 6d. 
rter’s GAS Potato 
Porte 
М, к=, who has 
ced the entire dii this fine 
ur hands for poets x» MSS, ed e followin; ng 
Dieci tion “The fine exhibition P 
Я № te tubers are large sad even-sized, tatis round in shape, and 
1 outline ; the s of a. pale straw 
d possessing г а борсой indica’ f fine qua idit ity— 
nd of fine flavour. The Earliest окый ies in 
ros 
cwm » Per lb., тз. 6d. ; per 7 lb., 8s. 6d. ; Ber 14 lb., тоз. 6d. 
Carter's American Breadfruit Potato. 
For odi Crop. This > a grand Potato in every re 
in shape ; flesh of fine texture and superb nig: 
B dac ^a keeper, and extremely prolific. 
per bushel, 215. 
E, Betteridge's International Prize Asters 
Per peck, 6s. 
s. y 
Metropolitan and Provin n. oem ws, 
um g the highest prizes and сн of commen dation 
the Judges, and universal admir 
E SNOWFLAKE or SNOWBALL.—A id Aster ; flowers 
E ge and full. Colour pure snow-white. 
Merit at the Alexandra Palac ба nd icd 
2 PURPLE PRINCE, — inary size; colour rich 
elvety p urple. The finest iile Aster deinen ed. 
Awar 
NCE OF NOV IES.— This splendid novelty is 
р му distinct, the outer ring of the > flowers is of a bright 
| mlake, the inner ring sp irregularly with rose; 
j те рше "white: Awarded a Certificate of Merit at the 
. Alexandra deed е n 24; 1875. 
ыы XANDRA.—A greatly improved form of 
ien of Edinburgh? already in cultivation. The flowers 
3: adde bright rose, 
Ea E. LN einai 
Price per packet (each а as. 64. The Collection of four 
con te et 
Carter's 
For full Faft of the above see 
в I ted Vade Mecum m 1876. 
Gratis to Purchasers, Post Free, 
ESTEL 
& een’s Seed 
*37 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1875. 
HOPS. 
" uem рсы е boys, and beer, 
Came into England all in one year." 
SS O says dd proverb, but, 7 іп 
this, as in other cases, а proverb is not t 
be trusted as a source of information. 
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popular bres works, although there is little 
doubt that it is a genuine native of this country, 
entering as че does into our national bever- 
age, which is one of the popular accompani- 
ments of all English festivities, and notably of 
the approaching ead for does not another 
familiar saying tell u 
** Christmas comes but once a year 
when it comes it brings zood cheer "? 
A short sketch of the history of the Hop in 
this country may, therefore, be of interest at 
Of so well known and 
written, and we m 
in EE from which some of our 
facts are borrowed, as being, like all other 
portions of that work; full of information upon 
it. 
e name ale was 
: “The ale which 
our forefathers were accustomed onely to drinke, 
being a kinde of thicker drinke than beere, is 
now almost quite left off to be made, the use of 
Hoppes to be put therein altering the quality 
thereof, to be much more healthfull, or Pulver 
physicall, to preserve the sis from the reple- 
tion of grosse humors, which the ale engen- 
dred.” The herbs chiefly used in imparting a 
bitter or aromatic taste to malt liquor before 
the general employment of Hops still retain 
names which indicate their former use: the 
ground Ivy (Nepeta glechoma), for example, is 
still known in various districts as Alehoof, or 
Alehoove, ame which pigniies that Tum 
will cause ale i nl or work. “The wome 
of our northe says Gerard, “ 88 tun 
the herbe АИЙ з into their ale;" and the 
plant was also called Tunhoof, for a similar 
reason. The signification of the verb to tun, as 
given by Halliwell, is *to put liquor into casks 
or barrels ;” but this meaning requires Fenin 
if it is intended to include such a passage as 
that just cited. Ray speaks of the use of grout 
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says, it effects in the space of twenty-four hours, 
but this use was gradually discontinued when 
ops became generally employ e Cost- 
mary, or (Tanacetum - Balsamita), 
which one occasionally sees in old farmhou 
gardens, was employed in in a similar manner, and 
takes its name, according to Dr. Prior, 3, dd the 
Latin costus, some unknown aromatic, and ale, 
so called from its having been formerly esteemed 
an agreeable е, and much cultivated i in this 
n ng 
е sceleratus and. its English equivalent, the 
ery-leaved Crowsfoot—is found in the fact 
re the Cherokee name for Gillenia trifoliata is 
Alescostote-este, which ‘means  bitter-root. 
Other herbs u 
somewhat doubtful, 
c 
he middle of the four- 
teenth century ке о such addition was 
still brewed in Par 
The history of the introduction of the Hopi into, - 
d against a 
person for dig into beer *an ган 
weed called ап Норр;” and tbat in the sam 
reign Parliament was pe etitioned against “ idi 
wicked weed called H But Mr. A 
ols of Parliament ile it is stated in 
Pharmacographia that the чор for this 
sta nt is an isolated m randum in the 
Harleian manuscripts the reign of 
Henry VIII. their use se to have been 
established, although the brewer of the royal 
household was prohibited from using it in his 
the plant had been observed as long ago as that 
period ;— 
H ся into thy Hop-yard, for now it is time 
o teach Robin Hop we his pole how to clime : 
Te follow the иче д his property is, 
d weed him and trim him if aught go amiss,” 
In the Statute Book for 1552 the cultivation of 
Hops is distinctly sanctioned; and in 1 574 
Reynolde Scot published a black- letter treatise, 
ames I., and, although their use was peti- 
bg against and “nominally condemned i in the 
to. duda article which **the famous eity of 
| London” also petitioned against would be now- 
das regarded as being even more indispens- 
ops. in The Ex, lish Improver 
pese (published in 1653), says * “Tt is not 
f London 
were N 
у in regard of their stench, &c., and 
in zv they would spoil the taste of drink 
and endanger the people.” But from this time 
forward the general use of Hops was thoroughly 
established. An A 
all brewers who shall use any other bitter 
ps in their malt liquors, and a 
enactment under George III imposes a fine: 20 
of £5 upon 
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