812 FHE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 25, 1875. 
they come aa any point between the pcs reap and 
the north-east, noug 
on the dde ot the wind to protect the donum 5 fout it. 
securely by тез w : th 
protection will require to be kept on the beds till 
some way in the spring, it is obvious that it will need 
олоң E а е t 1 pup sah ¢h E + g 
growth of the Tulips ; and this can be easily managed 
by pu allin ng up the rods a little way out of the ground 
on either side of the bed 
—— In the Gardeners Chronicle, June 8, 1872, 
account of a disease which had 
i 
e ; 
he specimens were o perfect as might have been 
wished, but it maed highly pro етей ed it wes due 
to an obscure hah oy belonging to the Glzo- 
haer , like many allied fungi, a аг а 
ете {отта e more perfect o ected 
Бору with it by an alternation ‘a generations. 
have now numerous oo of live aes sent to 
New Senakie, 
, which are affected 
=ч 
near the seaport of Poti Cumann, 
apparently i in the same way, trous 
Varieties received from England three 
ually wi 
t at present pro- 
malady first 
e leaves be- 
vel rou and 
un good lens, being a small blister or bladder 
Deren ча pies like a scal eh 
bunches of Grapes are likewise affected with 
black ерид, which eventually entirely сея them. 
The Vines at the end of the season hav 
e appear- 
| ance of pats neal scorched 1o deu ail the oun 
j Ris ining." It is p 
Catawba is not affected, a e eri кле. е kie 
the fact that American varieties are in 
unaffected by the Oidium, Odi examining ihe iind: I 
t find Glzeosporiu 
n one of the spec 
Y in the Linnean 
T ns. Itis quite separ that this may be 
the eere form of the Glzosporiu It is y to 
be hoped that the disease may not € visit us after the 
fashion of the Puccinia malvacearum. M. F. B. 
— Mr. WEEKS, gr. to H. L. BISCHOFFSHEIM, 
Esq., Hyde Hall, Sawbridgeworth, has b ap- 
pointed Manager of the New Winter Gardens, &c., 
at Rhyl. 
the newly elected 
eminent 
tary to M. THIERS whilst the 
the mo: g crisis in =x history 
a member 
ae vex pra M. ST. Lesen has 
just received a ited re in ection to the 
position of a life member ofthe new Senate. A 
previous course of hardships, nobly borne, Vue prem 
him for the post of trust he filled under M. Тн 
гамак in his чейи pe an exquisite picti 
. HILAIRE, after 
of M. expulsion from the 
durat feal Xt Md a wn 
to swear ity to the 
BS gardener. Не retired in 1852 with an aged 
_ эши, to whom he stood in lieu of f a son, 
Home Correspondence, 
Ms cod RM rs, correspondent 
В. M." is so instructive as usual in his article 
ofi last week entitled T Christmas 1 F eia ve Hele 
eli- 
e pen for 
qos a an species that 
e larger 
— Your 
. bracteat 
ADT 
oth gardeners and pacon as a variety of H. brac- 
ames niveum, macrocephalum, 
ee 
same species. Although the species 
of the genus Helichrysum umerous in South 
Africa than in Australia, they are, on the whole, less 
5 ; but H. e 
ing &c. This species is very distinct, 
Saving soe felt-like leaves, €: to those of 
elipterum eximium, and very w ve 
large кэе AR The быс — are 
long, an off to slender poi and 
they are at сле! кан. than those of H. “i actea- 
tum, and nearly tran H. orientale eee 
several shades of valle, ev the ordinary variety is 
of a rich lustrous yellow.  Unfortunat of e irat 
bracts of the involucre, the "Nes wers ing 
very small an l inconspic ous, a t the 
leaves of Leucodendron argentum are very extensively 
used in devices for church ornamentation, W. B. H, 
istotelia Maqui.—In the сап of e 
plant tive together sor a ке sh p. 772 0 
hus S ers? Chronicle, the d dio Aic i 
with us are suy much madre My gar 
imei bd 41 have this moment measured with accuracy 
one which has grown fo for veral р, in my gar rden 
here. The height of its gue wig from the 
ground is 13 feet 3 inches, the е of э head of 
foliage i is exactly 1 inch more than is quite = 
tr a trunk about 6 feet high at de lowes 
2s ; the foliage forms an evenly rounded h 
ins Ж Ж Go Мадыл, Dru 
wing.—In April last year І had 
Mu 
a bed made in a warm situation in ae open ground of 
iral and litter, е being a i 
former and two-thirds 
shroom Gro 
As, af 
undistu and no attention was 
Towards the eid of учн: and 
ber a quantity of Mushrooms sprung up ound the 
sides and over a great the bed between th 
Celery plants uring September, October, an 
ovember a great abundance conti o be pro- 
duced. The Mushrooms were re good, 
of a firm, fleshy substance. eners who saw 
he bed expr ir tity 
quality of the crop. There had not been any spawn 
erted in the bed. The M inued to 
w the sn cemb: 
stopped their growth ; but even after severe frost set 
in Mushrooms ntinued to spring up under the 
Celery leaves, where the ground was of snow and 
not frozen. I have no doubt, had the bed been 
С" ed and protected from ba ре ап abunde of 
ms would have during the 
whale of the the winter. JZ Saul, Stourton, 
Roman Hyacinth.—This much-neglected white 
pasta bulb is not nearly so om met with as it 
scarce ; racer apes Аз 
produces two 
‘Gordon, o of. Niddrie House k 
eri peal ier 
uickl dévoured 
these 2 tons of stone Fig e his kiln, he had 35 cwt. 
of lime for sale. At firs ought it a m mistake, ora 
misprint, but asit has at rah tee corrected I роте 
w is correc y o 
rned loses well nigh 
I find tha 
7} cwt., as (o) ot for 
a few weeks have touched upon this subject had I not 
nee that such statements as these oftentimes cause 
uch unpleasantness and distrust betw employer 
and anpe ed, In afew weeks, with your permission, I 
e you a truthful twelve-mont ience of 
e f compensat- 
ч» 
." Р, Wadds, The Gardens, Moore Abbey, Monaster- 
pon 
Fruit Prospects for 1876. —At the present season 
of the year, when the pruning of trees, 
the most important o 
шын who ve responsible 
nary observers, cannot he i 
of the fruit prospects for the next seas Taking into 
consideration the little real summer wea ene r we have 
this year experienced, ác can 
са тас state of the ood. 
very severe the c ming spring will trace its 
Hen y conc ou 
siderably under the average of this 
Plums and Apricots are Prcepted: ney E been a 
complete failure). 5 o. e a 
Nectarines are still with many green and healthy- 
looking 1 seii on them I have several times nae all 
those ved 
deo in er to assist the process of rod ng. 
The wood i is also very green and tender, and I fear the 
results oa em as we have had it ‘exceptionally 
severe for nshir may mention that I hav 
few Pad iius with Parham's patent protectors over 
them, which xor > чыш better тїрепей woo 
those having only narrow wooden p 
from which ы I сана ie several days earlier 
than the latte 
the last fruit 
vered with g je foliage, the former 
especially, д although the sa 
n the fes 
2. C. Powell, Powderham E Exeter. 
r _Beurré Pear,— often we see in 
i ies results, produc 
nvaluable for its p keeping qualities as well 
as né favour, and s 
should be grown either as a standard or a 
keeping it is са they s 
nor bruise. Although the best Ves for planting is 
past, yet tegens е may bet who are or may 
be doing so, and to whom this may p nct bis wk welcome, 
D, C. Powell, Powderham Castle, Exeter. 
Aralia crees RE eei Dean havi learned from 
in Sc 
without i injary toa gius 
My largest plant, nearly сте high and 9 feet 
in in diameter, planted out about 
Originally it t formed a centre 
bed, which it now covers, 
popular subtropical 
lant in 
- 
en years ago, having - 
