752 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRON TCL, 
[DECEMBER 11, 1875. 
able ya nd but I do not see a bit of diflerence in 
asting properties. It will be seen iae these 
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— of greater substance, it would greatly enhance 
crues as n flowers would be hardier and last 
the lin miserable existence. 
Fames Ollerhead, E: "he ates, Wimbledon House. 
Mushroom Beds.—''N. P., Kensington," asks, 
at n: nd € —— as to the result of making 
up M scale the way he scribes. 
b 
vel dte ve done well I m 
of new bes at the bottom, 
bed is just now worth looking 
to make up new beds will try "iis plan, they need not 
fear having a crop. Fohn Newton, Gr. to W. Birley, 
Esg., The MARS, Preston, 
67 
an interestin, ticle on the TEASE; plant, 
to ee its native country.” Is not England its 
nati I am led to believe көе few plants 
that ee) been introduced in this country have ever 
come .a pest to us; рете the 
eIhave 
not be to all tha 
CES ES 
s sed to bal: t | of 
and on 
som: mcn id for ue Now the thon of tons 
ought over is ier and the 
material is at don. cast along the coast, or 
. Now Suma the most interest 
ing part of this subject. The first year various speci 
of foreign plants (annuals), not over numerous, ne 
up. The second year the ground seems to be invaded 
x ie te Жн grow as thick as they can stick 
v 
the British: species, for they grow from 1 to 6 feet high ; 
but their reign. is of only short duration, ps Jack 
d slays re they ‘hav ve time 
the lot before 
to ripen their see гы, e third y 
same kind of plants, but ba so strong in ea 
for we find the biennials g 
e perennials are coverin 
oe eekly, aid by year “find | 
first saw; and lastly, we find our native pl 
: un the One 
І trying to hold its own, and ling on 
ir ten to 
foreign unless it is a sibi 
deiude асаа which «ous that these foreign 
t. as a rule, 
asI think, the season is too short to ripen tiet b6 dédit 
Iquite agree that such species as Thi 
into this, country by the wind, for some years 
i practice 
stone, 
poe the еа. do pall Company, for 
instance, were to set the a large scale. 
The stone-circles of vari Du ыг бош be most 
instructively reproduced for comparison. Nothing 
can be m an approach through an 
g out the ideas of 
at they increase in 
1 and insignificant, 
a =. k e fina 
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enos or enclosure they are regard 
tc dolmens, cromlechs, grottes ry ет Nn "Hie D 
:c., numberless examples may be found— witness 
those in Carmarthenshire and elsewhere i 
M in Ireland still more 
s description are to be foun = a 
dilapidation. I enclose a few specim 
of these ancient eee architects fom 
in Brittany, where they have attained their greatest 
pitch of perfection, Should it not be out of place in 
your che I will in a future communication make 
a few remar rks on the various types of megalithic 
жос, S. Р, Oliver, Capt. К.А. 
Madresfield Court Grape.—I have much plea- 
rthy, : trust you will give your impartial opinion 
rits and condition of the same. It may be 
eens "i many of your төрне to have your dis- 
жч inion in regard to the sample for woe 
been said the a 
so mu 
The bunch enclosed is 
have hanging at the 
and which promise to pues 
esent time in condi 
untilithe new year. It is 
ma 
e same, that it is а Grape that will 
ang for a de time, of fine appearance and 
flavour, having class qualities as an. intermediate 
Grape. Zy. attri; Cyfarthfa Castle, 
Re-naming Potatos.—This practice appears to 
be gaining ground rather than dein and it is one 
that will be certain to lead to awkward co 
on the exhibition t able. TEAS 
the old Red Emperor, and Carters A: we her ead- 
fruit Bresee’s Prolific. The reported Chiswick trials 
demonstrate the co ess of the two first ee 
season 
strate the correctness eee oe Jt is the small 
to 
, especi rai Potato competitions 
are а the i erint "They, seeing assumed new sorts 
put el m 
belief e теу аге distinct v 
selves open to disq 
tinct new varieties, as a suspicion may attach to —— 
€ they also are old sorts re-christ tened, which is 
ncouraging to those who labour in = hope ^ 
Берен, this most useful vegetable. 4. B. “©. 
Names of lis mies ied 1 quantity of fruit 
sent to us for t in looking over a 
collection the otlier d Pam Buy were PANE struck is 
he difference in the a ce e same 
from standard trees and even from walls with diferent 
n the case of Pear Passe Colmar as SO 
great as to give one the imi: that there were he dis- 
tinct kin Would it not be a grea dares to the 
referee to have the fruit sent to him for inspection 
labelled *' from standard," pyramid, E. or other wall 
on 
[A very Sed’ AONO. which а be 
generally pps A Eps.] 
Lasiandra macrantha.—One word more and t 
em 
pco da affect what I advan egar 
Lasian ny one who has had experience in the 
зыш. of such naks as ам knows that when 
t that does much heat is р. 
a от of Woodatoe (p. de ia oio 
er (p. 722 Pri Ase 
à — авгус 
of good quality. The leathery 
ed variety n putei Scarlet Proc s seems to be 
only of second-rate flav 
- ae late for use This variety, I Warner а nix 
at Clipstone Park with Mr. Wood 
tar big "ad was a 
Ad round red io wd rb 
i anifold I grew for some years, and always 
found, when the disease was very prevalent, that it 
escaped better than some coarse red-skinned sorts, 
owers 0 merican riety, 
Brownell’s Beauty, with the pollen T Baw Prolife, 
and ре фы опе large plum ‘hat seemed to h 
most se - is see ape: m ts in void spring 
in a pot grown in a mild Ыы at in a pit t 
young plants — go m ough to be potted dn 
into small pots. They were afterwards s planted out on 
until the tubers were lifted in the fist ek of 
November. О m came from one 
plum, the small tubers lifted are of all shapes and 
colours, € pagi: red and whit ite kidneys and some 
ou well as others with black and 
d, and 
of the merican sor as well a 
good Gone William Tillery. 
“Woodman, эрш that Tree,"— We have in 
fi 
ound ne young standard ie. of 
Matthew's Eliza G om’s Prince yal) Pear, 
which 73 bore aon 
a few fine fruit, which w 
ecided to have the tree r 
inferior flavour, thoug some, 
vourable season, it has given us nearly 2 наа 
of clean, handsome fruit, which are all that can be 
t that growers would d 
iuis they edit any kind of fruit which does not 
at once satisfy their жн orexpectations, 7, Bunyard 
& Sons, Maidstone. 
Frost-line, — Is it е known gon 
т foot 
wW 
Te карнай тусу I made in 1860 and 1871 the frost 
appears its maximum from $ to 14 inches 
ron the раде Ыы Blue Apron 
ie nano King Apple.—I have sent р drea 
а specimen Warner's King A 
was 20} oz., ocn 
i — 
15 inches. Is it above the average size for variety 
grown in England ? [Yes Eps. ] тэрэн the 
but see по home-grown ones quite so heavy. Thé 
tree is a dwarf bush, has been planted four years in 
atton, Haverholme Priory, Slea 
Lachenalias, —Allow me to add to the article at 
darker hue ; in fact, eae 
plants. Somer. set Gardener. 
Mrasticoom | Culture, An instance 
