: 
; is said, 
tod the Grak te ohh, 
142 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[AUGUST I, 1874, - 
hoped that the worst of the disease which destroyed 
the trees is over, but it will be some years before the 
canv: rope, and = ves 
Majorca is being carried on on a large scale, 
factories shaving been erin constructed for the si: 
A bre i ted from Manilla for the 
pose, and is 
manufacture of Manilla Rp which: bears a favour- 
i i Un ited States. 
paty was lately entirely supplied with 
rope made at Palm 
—— Since the citar of the Shee of her- 
metically sealing perishable articles 
men 
and though a lar, 
ied on with that distant colony, a still larger traffic 
is conducted with America, which supplies us with an 
almost endless variety of preserv 
err 
E Peas Ary berries are ] 
SE a oe in tins and s own. 
This busy said to commence about 
the middle ay, the Strawberry being the 
first fruit to ripen, after which others follow 
in rapid succession, until the clo ly in 
October. It is estimated that in Baltimoré during 
the season of 1873 about 20,000,000 cans of fruit and 
vegetables were so p ed, about one-third of 
which were Peaches. This quantity, large as it may 
t 
ppear, 
demand, which has increased very rapidly of late. 
The packing of fruits and vegetables affords pes 
soar a number of w A quick 
% dollar per day, 
A’ tonikot enm example of AGAVE AMERI- 
CANA 3 is flowering at Kew. The panicle grown 
mn Areare ac gra eas and forms a 
very striking ob; fi ra outside. She 
height from the base of the plant is 29 feet, and fro 
the lowest branch 9 f in 
Septet A. americana, the dev 
n be fovensd ed of i its age, 
i is stat seventy to one 
hundred years 
—— Although the VINTAGE IN MESSINA during 
the past y year tae Pe wes almost an entire failure from 
the p ine disease, it is actory to 
= tb salphurisn- 
: of the e pest being effec- 
- tuully stamped out. With regard to Lemon trees we 
are°told: that “the disease am aber n on trees 
<td t th 
re Lemon trees to 
on e now coming 
a e disease has sh ‘effect upon them.” 
~ — Messrs. BUNYARD, he seo sg report to 
ry sou sails == ROLIFIC PLUM, 
fru ill very 
we may Me en ae that it 3 z ipen Wai 
AD E beeen ahont ie 
L Th 
as usual, one at the 
lower flowers of the eee and I could not find any 
ne pelorias on the plant. Inste ad of having Ni 
s flo 
pre's one there 
a short pur 
six upper | ‘ips united by their ie and 
between them seven Ta tile stamen 
any pistil, but 
RE into a small purple limb, very 
like the one between the spurs, but the others seemed 
FIG. 29.—PELORIA, ETC., IN LINARIA. 
to be in all respects flow The figures 
about twice and a half the size of th the original.” This 
curious case is ey e due to the production of 
axil and median prolification in addition to 
aa peloria. 
—— Mr. BANTING, of Bonchurch, has forwarded 
us a Ss Seach of PRIVET, whose peculiarity appears 
Fic. 30.—SPINY BRANCHES OF PRIVET. 
-| to consist in the ee] me of fiz ia = 
their de 
f stow 
shown in our figure (fig. 30 evens pe 
t spines, 
| more ree port of the s 
When esite i is chosen, marke ‘out poe for 
reception Ate seeds in prec he same wa; 
Eon 
the property. The houses are built in four classes» a 
containing five, six, seven, and eight rooms i 
tively he latter including a bath- zoomi at the weekly, a 
renta Od., Os. Od., and 8s. the best c 
2 ae r annum—which sums, Bai in ar best om 
include rates and taxes; but if the tenant by uys the 
and taxes and ground-rent have to be 
iti chase-money, 
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Z., that of supplying healthy _— hare : 
for eitinnahs but that it will also pay com mercially, 
—— At the recent oe A Mr. STEVENS of the 
fine collection of STO d GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 
Orc s Sez beingo | to JamEs BRAND, Esq., of jE 
ollowing were realis 
Angreecum sesquipedale, £18 8s. ; Anthurium Scher. _ 
rir £15 155. ; Camellia aioa 10 feet 7. 
h, £13 13s. ; pair of Seaforthia elegans, 10 feet 
high AE I és ao splendid plants — 
to visitors t 
se 
shat ra, "fetched T 1616s., £12,and £11 rected 
~ CARDOONS 
PERHAPS w should not be far wrong in describing 
the Cardoon an aristocrat amongst vegetables, so 
seldom is it sain comparatively speaking, and 
nly in large gardens, tn is = greatly to be 
it is to grow. It equines ss kh ess un 
su ion and la m the time me Ceed is 
sown untilit is finally fit for use. Too much labour or 
ex n procuration of ot 
ded on the Cardoon, if thorough success is to 
be acquired in its culture. rst, it would be of 
| or fit: 
possessing a somewhat Pe share than 
latent es Big Panne o be selected in prefer~ 
to such as is rs e to pecome Aints dry during 
ely t 
st Nar ‘but with this diference, that they should 
apart as is possible gh y say, 3 
which will afford more space an 1 for the 
The mi Should be made 
subsequently nches o 
advi that this] practice pees be: followed. Rather 
is it desirable to so e seeds in 
fermed ; a 
about 20 inches apar o soon as t! 
manra plants a aes through the ground, 3 
moderat 
ana p robable durability, it t will be necessary to 
he aich may have been produced i in din bunches, 
according t so that 
theire plants alone be retained a sna at the 
as already 
constantly 
d a 
be 
any 
possible. them up seve crop is ma 8 
necessary to o place 
