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THEVGOANMDENÉERS'" CHRONICLE... ^ 
[DECEMBER 1i, 1875. 
h have several times this season been covered 
ng is “н 
па 
in Ad old adage about the кабин» of Holly'be berries 
eing a sure sign of a severe winter, will have their 
mn bus nfirmed. D. С. Powell, Powderham Castle, 
Exe 
ise ^ "esl des cnn meng at Garbrand Hall, 
Ewell, Sur are now in a perfect blaze of bloom. 
Thes a are exhibited toi te best a 
arranged on each side of the walk of the 
house, while at intervals the tallest Er completely 
arch overhead, thereby qne enhanc neral 
effect. They comprise ll th best kinds of the differ- 
ent types, and reflect the greatest с credit upon the 
Amon 
erby 
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Rundell, Gloire de Toulou ale, 
Nugget, John Salter, General Bai nbrigg, Prince 
Wales, Hercules, Rev. J. Dix e ча Alfred, Bella 
Donna, Fair Maid of Guer Princess Teck, 
Orange Perfection, and ак зе. "Wallace 
Morse, Epsom, 
The Thames Embankment,—The trees on the 
Embankment on the s — from the Ci a dis- 
grace, and mus mere laughing- - зуу to any 
foreigner or one who ресе тыз oint to it asa 
beauty, high and low, pede and stunted, er: 
kneed and half-dead. Who now living can "ho ope 
ya 
Charing Cross Gar 
meram. enough pud a iul tree of the most con- 
spicuous portion o 
EY опе. -sided етер deformed in nl 
b. 
to putting on —lo 
might at once be ornamental and prove an ы 
te, is marred by an indifference t to ord uty, 
> S., in the ** Builder.” [Notwithstanding 
; " ied 
` a week or two ago in the Daily , Neither are in 
a condition E reflect much credit on the gardener 
in charge. of the latest additions of an orna- 
mental лаа (2) to the Charing Cross Garden is 
the fowlpen near the tool house, at the District 
Railway entrance ! Eps] 
_Heating.—Your correspondents are 
estows on it ung while 
writers as the luminous and logical M Mr. Е Fish lavish on on 
it an equally unqualified praise. І think it is as un- 
deserving of the one as of the o There ate are prob- 
ably very few places, if any, where the kiln can be 
e pay its expenses. Ii ave 
doing so in a loc liy where both fuel 
and limestone are scarce and ar, for there але) saving 
in the coal bill will be in proportion greater, the 
ends will also sell at a proportionately higter 6 poe 
en when thus circumstanced there $ onki be i 
iate vicinity a regular — or the n 
or there will be а considerable loss by its E 
slaked, and so | 
Á€— burned here often lies over over for many montis, 
Sun then hes tó be ecd » bargain 0 in th 
eigen 
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antity by sprin 
es er he something like 5d. 
ed, 
, а posi- 
coating everything. оша it "i hun- 
covering, which 
acquires in a — time a stony consistency, espe- 
which it is as difficult as it is 
They are quite unreasonable 
' who, with the same weight of coal, expect to warm to 
a given — equal quantities of water with a 
limekiln and an or certain weight 
Е - 
most economical form of kiln, one put of fuel to two 
n 
p om 
part of fuel to six ould be suffi- 
cient. Richard Colles, “Mill E Kilkenny, jen 6. 
Heat Ng est Cost.—As Mr. Fish has been 
ermitted to bring my name forward again on this 
MR you will perhaps allow me a word in reply 
Fish has мере considerably out of a province 
to aid his friend Mr. Bennett. I take it, therefore, 
that the ied of * oM than” have might y dis- 
turbed the serenity ix the *'happy family.” With 
regard to my late r tue I would only state that 
they had reference, not to the merits of limekilns s par- 
ticular rly, but to its advocates ; and to their "a 
ible zeal in n its behalf i sene any injury it 
аба ed fro iet has p said, Whata à Vie ible 
affliction “lime kiln on the brain” WOO I wouldn 
e the least карг to hear of Mr. Fish himself some 
day pe Lone ij up t the | limekiln сызын! 
n the form of ** carbonic acid d unless he goes off 
s spo Suas ous бобой, Like some iiie, 
Fish м not yet taken = the kiln on his own account, 
nor, e, has he succeeded in trans- 
planting it to Suffolk, din he ег һе nes koora 
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supporters. Mr. Fish has 
godfathers! hip vend a paternal solicitude beyond al 
praise, but if his charge is now to thrive, it is quite 
time it was weaned. Jonathan 
Rooks, Walnuts and Rookeries. — Your corre- 
spondent ** Rook " seems rather puzzled bise n letter 
of November 27, and seeks further informa 
how the rooks here open ned or be Eye the shells of iis 
nuts. can assure t the rooks in this 
neighbourhood are well up in ine the eory and practice of 
ber, the shells of Walnuts, and do it in the most 
editious manner. Pag wich ‘the Walnut 
bills and carry the to any place where they ca 
get free liberty of dion ; they then commence peck- 
1 side a determined spirit 
that they quickly succeed in forcing a way through the 
hardest shells. e satisfied there are fe 
that would ga this u they actually saw the 
eral varieties of here, som 
having thicker shells than others, but the rooks did 
not make any difference in this appearing to 
be just as well leased with the one as the other. I 
ers these 
can assure Mr. your read att 
facts. І quite agree with “Rook” that few 
wi 
* af samejfashion as a boy with a good set of 
teeth would crack a Filbert.” If he will favour me 
with his address ave no doubt I shall be able б 
forward bim a boxful of shells that the rooks hav 
broken. Althoug ground is covered with : 
and t hav aked up, still I feel satisfied 
he leaves have been г 
there are plenty of them lying about the grounds that 
ay serv 
e to convince him of the truth of these state- 
en Your correspondent, Mr. Keep, wishes to 
how the rookery here establis d, after 
careful inquiries, I a positio give him 
esired information. y the first place young 
perm: | S TI were fully 
edged, an za А eat exten : 
domesticated the birds ; but ater they Pot fully grow 
they qe phi the place, be! her р their 
ab other rooks not far d 
ie p pt: de the same е way, "bui но саѕе 
precauti ion of pinioning a birds was 
to induce the 
preceding, with the addi- 
tion eee a quantity of old Birch ees artificial 
nests, and bundles of Sticks - placed in 
the trees, in the hope that d take to 
es their nests in them ; but this had mx the desired 
ct. of young roo 
rookery, ught and securely fasten 
tops of the trees on the E of the d ookery, 
- жо se means the present rookery was established. 
of your readers ths hog idea may n" 
йон incredible, but the that carried out the 
operation does not believe the piss would ever have 
taken to the n t been pr 
im bled. 
ош. ае out а 
alone held 
ave | next. | Al P 
invariably Fe that their PM told them the right 
of attack. This is an inter fact. 
i 
Another is pe dda iy so. The s seldom 
crack Walnuts on stones, &c., as state d hy some of 
your АДАА . They much simpler way 
Po. and it has 
seen a thrush do with a shell il The shell in the 
latter case is ahei smashed with a single tap, bu 
Walnut would take many to break its sides in ; ay, 
even though the leverage was a tough, ng, rook’s 
neck and head, and the holdfast its hard horny beak 
Besides, the thrust of the bill is a far easier method, 
as any may try for himself, and Nature is never 
prodigal nor а се, vies in A z small 
matter as t tting or crac ing of a nut by a 
hungry or greedy "-— D. 
— It may interest some a eid readers to know 
that the above birds sometimes carry off the Kentish 
Cob Nuts from the plantations near here. The fact 
is vouched for by a grower. 7: Bunyard & Sons, 
Maidstone. 
Porter's Excelsior Potato.—I obser com- 
munication at p. s from Mr. Е, arquhar, gardener, 
Fyvie, at which ery inch surpris et m 
state ie Пор" facis Ee answer to — asserti ag 
ell k yp ean ior” years 
before viro as hu nomi ipie nay, і p Meri vali hav 
seen че as such at eost Sud bear witness, 
Mr. uhar must know this t so, for he has 
been judging at shows where d was exhibited and 
named, and he has competed at others against эм 
апа ОЧЫН! in July, 1872, at Айке; where it w 
arquhar 
т ined by u dea s 
riper. r 
Excelsior. 
Excelsior, which I named, and was grow 
erI had. heard of Seither Excelsior, 
peting with ere ev 
or of Henderson's E Pi lific. e first time I had to 
my | orh f the latter was at the 
Aberd ow above refi to. essr! ^ 
eid & Co.'s catalogue for 1874, now before me, 
enderson's Proli no enti 
strange that it should have got out of sight so speedily, 
ү; т says th 871 ollowing 
y he pla stock in ds. It was 1874 
before I offered Excelsior for sale, but a few had got 
i name by its i 
competiti on Arde ef V^ has appeared ? The сэ 
in the highest teria, Ж $us by me, and has in 
long ago his Henderson’s Prolific, as shown—a fact 
he cannot gainsay. William РУ, Old Me а 
Nov. 30. [We have had to omit much that was too 
rien: for a Mr. Porter must keep his 
ndum: that it is- necessary once more to 
allude to an Potato, as Mr. Porter’s reply to my 
note renders. it gp iud In the first 
Piece i T that Mr. Porter should have 
given en his ; Potat name already held by two, if 
not three, aker distinct TI but this py does 
not prevent my recognisi 
ш and directly the сш к I have of it pe 
e from Sco I was at it was identical 
with the a м, е 
ke the pa pti. 
id | 
ities of it extant besid hat in Mr. Porter's 
hands. Still farther, I find Mr. McKinlay re- 
ceived a consignment of exactly the same der 
that last spring Mr. P 
varieties, and this firm distributed it at a much 
cheaper rate than it is now being offered at in 
From seed sold through this firm has, I am i А 
been raised the stock І have. ever Mr. 
rhe ss e бн Ag his own defence, he cannot j 
endeavouring to | 
ead the public to believe Ам, 
а variety | 
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