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THE GARDENERS CHRONICER. 
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E, h baad Th oemi 
ood flower. I have not foun gran 
ee £ ° Verschaffeltii quite so hardy, and I have 
e are a 
e 
ot a aaah A fifteen years. 
up early, and doe: 
Treated 4 in this way the 
r than I usually see 
Ellacombe, haven 
Veer, Barkin: 
= dissitiflóra. — Allow me to express 
e failure of my friend, aa saves, to 
y this hentia spring flower. I am pleased to 
pom tis b that a be seen en pme Hall, a 
il 
has used only divided plants, 
is beautiful 
‘his experience is indeed + 
e with the well-kno 
ripe. a the pen moist until 
seedlings are up, and then plant them out for 
e purposes early in. so ae irs nder 
“Primros SES. ya A 
cies anne wigs tip rate dion is pots, and 
jiuation, as tione 
ous number of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, have 
well, that several of the re in bloom, 
are loped in the 
I am so satisfied that this is mp best mode 
lants, pease jpa in a 
oom longer than fps other tribe ; 
are favourites. They t 
NAS Sacha Baros, with my c ide | danger, 
h of tting a few superior 
oe iy raised. r. Denny, of 
Newington oe also an extensive raiser, whils 
of Stamford, is taken the double ones 
care. Besi + 2 
ie show was to be held 
“open to all Pine 
to think that 
“have the 7 
'turely, 
lowin 
t | Peaches 
nity of seeing. our pets compared with those 
ipad by others. Mark the Aian pa asi Socie made 
o stipulation that the raiser’s be 
attached to the plants ga aT pees ooner 
entered the show than Mr. Gibson, after te con- 
gratulat e on the beautiful plants shown b 
Messrs. Catli pa added, ‘‘but you must 
ake care, for others are very close to your heels ; 
amon he kind for the best. twelve new 
varieties are sorts aye ood as r A 
sg s you ay 
a imagine was soon in ‘search of cae rivals, 
What t was my astonishment to find eleven out of the 
had forgotten to attach the raiser’s name them 
collections conta = perae 
reward the growers, but to g) boogie d to the raisers 
of ped best varieties. it w, good things are 
welcomed, those who iis DA are ignored. 
Charity ought to be performed in secret, but when we 
d things of wine se 
unkn nown, then a 
taking credit to themselves s to others 
d and no i ioe let the Society 
ae a pe ev 
and r 
. 
taniy help to find the Toes to be done 
should be done at Time is necessary to 
EES plants worth exhibiting. Z. &R. Pearson, 
Chilwell. 
chit in paegerk Sammer. ore dapat 
of ts suggest any 
grown Mushrooms, i 
of the summer months? 
to do duty fo geet -Are pragne 
ing eggs wi within and if so 
what destroying Pont are there? William Earley. 
Size of Fruit.—Mr. Mao is pis in error, as 
I did not compate the size of Peaches with other 
fruits, or say that they could be heb ght earlier to per- 
fection ane os fruit under glass. I merely gave the 
sizes O Mr. Murdoch seems to make very 
wad ofa Peach measuring II inches ; but when they 
easily and numerously to that size, the 
rites is = erti are not seen oftener exhibited 
when one ne his best actions. e est I 
can no 
t the sap runs all to wood, 
vehi which robs the fruit of its 
rop prema- 
and produces gross 
nourishment, and ers Fotek causes it to 
leaving none but useless wood for the fo 
er be a little withheld till th 
last st peitiog: when be a Yaad comparatively at 
then one can fruit 
ar. 
to wh its; 
what is more, any one having ro-inch ones need not 
be in tk afraid to put in an appearance at any 
exhibition. iW. Paul, Edinburgh. 
American Blight.—I am anxious to know if 
other neighbourhoods have suffered from American 
blight amongst an Apple trees in the same rati ae aie 
has. Here to an recedented 
upsa ia kave tad Tor several 
n and boys dressing th the trees with 
paraffin oil ; the ey have used 20 and 
pes we 30,000 konisi trees of all l ages, and growths. 
nine years I have 
est fall was 
yagua urhoods 
blight a he excessive drou ad 
White es Nurseries, Hereford. 
Potatos.—I have dug all my early Potatos, as 
they are ra i 
out, 
€ u ugust 
It is too late for successful extuberation. ~If the skin 
adheres to the tuber Jog may dig, pith Nels 
the groenen eA the haulm. er the? 
he e 
The gree 
t ore grown-out will you 
halm sending “forth ~~ shoots is a sure sign a 
growing out. W. F. Radcl) fe. 
gery.—I wish to ask a few Kiger gt rela- 
tive to the furni hing of an orangery, and should 
feel thankful if so of yo merous 
would kindly give heir experience 
atters. Should the trees be planted in the soil, 
or sh ed in thei 
to give 
My house o built as 
tance of 9 foie pane the tops of the pres? té the. ones 
roof. ping ap 
enced 
North “Of Epatit that he has recently 1 
ars aie were planted i ina a newly construct ed house, 
and that o 
instead of slate or 
to me so strange t 
ing until the snipe ha 
columns of your journal. I pera 
that trees planted aldia h a 
m the roof) should be more likely to thrive under 
ark roof than under p A Thirty Years’ Sub- 
tied: Southampton, Fuly 
entilated chrowg ¢ the 
annot conceive 
Reports of Societies. 
Royal Horticultural : Ga pip ia Solve A. 
Lindsay, Esq., in chair.. Mr. Berkeley called 
ttention to C “ae 
plant, closely allied apparently to C. pi nig wes of 
a much more graceful habit. 
The apetalous Fuchsia (shown before the Floral 
ng Kingho poore el Ana 
patot F: procumbens, w hich may pos- 
of totally different habit. from 
Magazine, ina recent of 
the — Aerides Hattoni, which also apy 
1 One ofthe mos interesting plants exhibited was a 
um, from the | Londes- 
on fascicles of Leet | bat  Satedsflomers 
belongs de 
growing on the naked stem. 
Blume’ s genus Pedilonum, but Mr. ale was not 
in a position to meee © the pa en 
eanothus americanus of two colours was sent by 
Mr. Woeetnee Mr. Ader stated that the leaves 
are used in America under the name of New Jersey 
Rie a 
ntleman who had seen t t in the © 
ge ait is greatly e: and acquires 
oe: size, and has not apni 
West 
tion 
Mr. ee brought Dawns the produce of seed sown 
last and dressed 
with 
hich seemed to be beneficial, r which had no 
apparent effect on spring-sown Onions. As, 7 
equally large Onions uced without any arti- 
ficial manu: is that it had non 
effec + 
Ç 
neglect: SA eias have ey b been men- 
tinge a this j E 
