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Jury 25, 1874.] 
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CHRONICLE. 
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and the Potato is a tender plant, as shown by t 
effect of slight frost upon its young shoots, the 
atmospheric ps of long summer droughts 
eavy rain upon the leaves or 
from whence those 
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when the stalks heii to wither, or when the m4 
cannot be rubbed off with the thu = Edward West, 
12, Parsons Street, Banbury, July 2 
ieľs Duke of Edinburgh Cucumber, — 
oral Committee of 
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for the general acquiescence with w. 
received of the pen or worthlessness of particu 
it mgt 9 assuredly se Sceunities 
ward to the 
ve Cu 
stil distinct a the Lorn 
side by side, res it would be epee 
et two Cucumbers corresponding nearly 
to be more unlike each other. In colour, 
in texture, in height, in Guilty in form, in bloom, 
they are i almost as unlike as Telegraph is to Blue 
Id never have made such a mistake. In 
colour and bloom there is he wid est difference, while 
oT which might not bo ‘etd by the co 
=e leg renc oF ae Be poles asunder, t 
the hh and tke 
y of Eainburgh (Daniels) a of the best long 
‘ucumbers 
Be one or the other saree before them, or 
tak 
mmit- 
the Bury St. "Edm 
veral model 
E. Size of Peaches.—Mr. Murdoch has mis- 
- understood my letter Hct ie size of Phe 
When I wrote, I referred as far ack th middle 
of June, ; and there ae: ts tothe ies di Goos 
berries ripe here at that time, pe gih ples fit for 
ae though we had Strawberries as 
ras Mr. Murdoch states—Fairy Queen and Gari- 
ich ae is, I think, one of inn best for in 
“er outdoor purposes. Of course the Peaches I wrote 
about w pate as it would setae t attempt 
to them out-of-doors here ; in fact, our Apricots 
get the Noblesse and Ro 
easure II in circumferen ut 
we do not thin any of them except what fall off at the 
_ Stoning. ill now give the n and sizes ofa 
measured them :— Roy: eorge, 9 to 
y other varieties, one © 
= is I thinke, is Mr. Rivers’ raising. Wm. Paul, 
On Packin 
best §.—It is to be hoped that e ual care is 
x y nurse ard s im 
are eachi he eras pont: 
; a int the wor. npka tae S 
pongpa maoe peakte tobe derine, bon thm 
nga fo 
Aip 
G For &c. — The highly 
important subject of the replanting of ar and other 
forest-lands appeals t it 
subject during late years wil be read with gre 
interest. 
Amongst the many interests sen dependent on à 
good eiri of timber is that of mining, and the very 
existence of w any localiti iy on the 
nds 
which prevent 
saa the consequent 
washing ould. 
The quantity of timber required i in coal and other 
mines is enormous ; in the 
out. At present a is a stock of tin 
which will suffice for some years, but 
sight and prices are increasing pe fon 
cance ; the consequence is that pr oprietors are selling 
their timber a akap prices, and thinking little of the 
ntific societ Ar 
the improviđence and dang f neglect, har 
rawn up a it wos _on the subject with the hope of 
so eg the m 
è Teporters say “that the issn that the 
adoption of iro many manufac ould cause a 
decrease in she de aaa for wood ae een realised ; 
case of bosses a since the extablieh: 
dem eased 
off—it has, in og Ss ‘kept fall 08 
e increase in the application of iron. L 
at the imports from rigor we find that i Aei 
of wood brought from abroad increased in value 
from 70 millions of Fans: in 1855 to more than 137} 
millions in 1869. 
e serious point in ne case is that the increase in 
t p Erence is in inverse pro- 
portion to production, abpes rs by ae commercial 
statistics of the Co ee ae Art s Met ers of 
Paris, that ra general Spamumption JA i ountry 
unts to 10,000,000 cubic metres for coustenction 
and “industry, agate is 
I 000 steres for charcoa 
of wood yA therefore, certain in the Fi unless 
determined action be taken with respect to replanting 
and the bringing waste lands into forest cultivation ; 
for it is certain that the imports will not long put off 
the evil day, and it is well known to satin p 
other countries are a pact as well o us 
with respect to timber. ital and te 
nce the French departments coast obtain 
all their supplies, have already to consider the state 
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and ev 
r o see ioe end of p54 Lik 
through a vista of no very great lengt 
The consumption of wood i u rF coal mos of the 
eno i os Loire is stated a metres 
per the forests of the PE a os quite 
insufficient i the supply, whic is obtained from a 
epartmen gs ee witzerland, and Savo 
ngland is affected 
adjoining 3 
The cost of the aey in nually, and Hees is 
pe melioration in th onl 
chance, and that is a slight one, lies in the diminution 
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purchasing, all the siae land fit for timber trees 
in its neigh 2 gene pa it srei prany a fine 
young forest o to 3000 The 
Agricultural ae Tndiistrial Society oF: i Loire re- 
commends the mine owners of that department to 
adopt a similar course ; and the inquiries and statistics 
obtained in looking into the subject surprise us by the 
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land capable of growing Pines. The Loire 
produces only "e 000 cubic metres of pine ia eths aod 
uses at ak I 
t expends annually a certain sum in 
est lands, but this is found 
e in view, a and it fli 
rewar 
ance and large future 
cultivation and 
The subject interests all countries, and it behoves 
us in England, and es especially our countrymen in India 
and the colonies, to give it due attention. /ron, 
ier porip of Re 
Bis tortford Horticultural: Fuly 8 
Bion Sean ford has had 
but unfavourable weath 
ri 
taken abe Mr. Ward, gr. to G.F, — 
finely grown plants of Ixora ambo oynensis, Statice pro- 
fusa, Dipladenia amabilis s and others equally =: 
whilst Mr. Wheeler, gr. to J. Philpo 
capital 2d, with such as po en i 7 re.d h 
was 
a, de 
Bougainviilea gle bra. 
ra, These two collections were the 
pnt ‘oe ten foliage plants Mr. bir: was 
again Ist, hang Cocos Weddelliana, Alocas 
and other fine ; 
r. en 
also well com or_—Mr. Ward rst, Mr. Hill 2d. 
Ten Orchids in this collection : Mr. Sms Ist, wi 
fine Apart = Lelia elegans, Odonto 
and Alexa = Mr. Hill 2d, witha aiai fine 
speci of a Batemanni, a plant rarely seen at 
exhibitions, endrobium Pierardi, a finely- 
rown plant, well adapted for suspending in bas 
C eaths were much finer than were seen at the 
metropolitan shows he competition here 
b n Mr. Ward and ler. t 
scribers’ class the plants phen unusual 
deserved a lengthened notice, but space will not per- 
mit, rizes for six pred and greenhouse Lene 
were tak Messrs. Wheeler, C. Tyler, and B. 
B, te rt, 
eau: C. Tyler, J. Wheeler, E. Sprin 
and W. ssy. There was som misunderstanding 
here between the exhibitors and ule, so 
believing that such as Palms would be considered 
ts ; but the prizes see have 
to p everybody. There were 
many other classes in this ten presented, which 
did great credit to the exhibitors 
l 
r. Bester, = the Pine-apple Company, put u 
choice and inte i 
competition, which i ed a new 
Sparkle, having the habit of growth of paa is = 
wee ig ue flowers; this was awarded a Firs 
class Certificate. 
Fruit: in the collection of six ene open to all 
England, Mr. was I 
Grapes, Peaches, Pines, gars Mr. C. Taylor, 2d—in 
this piec ckland 
especially the basksts pated ax nt i 
here were taken by E. Spring, T. Powell, and J. Tom 
Cu t Roses, forts varieties, open to all agland, 
was neat and elegantly 
r for the hand bouquets; and 
ole. 
The cottagers’ Ea was a marvel of excellence, in 
C: aira idet 
Chelmsford and Essex Horticultural: July 8. 
—Th 
mer exhibition of the above Society 
was eg coms te at Hylands Park, = the kind permission 
of A. -» when to the value of nearly 
£100, ce. ae silver cups, of the value of 
each, were offered. This Society is one of the o 
established in the country, and has done | 
e horticulture-in : 
Chelmsford and its 
