230 THE 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Avotst 23, 184 
Europe. Its occurrence in Germany has already beei 
tho investigated in the paper previously 
N and the following analysis by M. A. 
uch of which is amol from ape 
Dodæus ina A relta Boe alt! though i it now aits in 
nearly roe! localities scattered through the various 
of Belgian, he proceeds as mfa llows :— 
that it it grows in Pontus, Colchis, and Galatia. Clusius 
g specimens Constantinople i in I 574; i 
he cultivated it in the ponds of the Vienna garden, w 
rapidly, and w it was sent to rite 
different gardens of pe J meee be us that pan 
pert » Acorus in 1 in the Elector’s garden at 
Mappus gee he ie Dris was very abundant in 
the environs of Stras 
After aring aia or modern writers, a 
and as supporting the of 
Acorus in Europe, and quoting Dierbach and Schubler 
in favour of the opposite view, M. Devos 
“ Linné indicates it as occurring entifull Sweden, 
and Ledebour in the northern p a 
Bitarra- kih is rare srg e It is recorded 
very wild places, where it seems hardly likely to have 
been artificially introduc observes tha 
in the department a Maine-et-Loire, which has been 
Tessuti és A 
wo 
aa a 
ether pats of the Departs dell prin g it 
in 1842, in certain marshes of the pres ot Marley, where 
it is Eaa. 
vos suggests that the see om have been 
seighoally vation ee by the Rom ome of its 
our shores. Its native country 
doubtful ; but, as Dr. Trimen 
facts about the ed ee seem to peist 
f Asia” 
word [Apricot or may we still look upon it as from 
” the ‘ it,” the fruit ‘th that loves the 
‘sun itd has cought its öwk Ta colo 
OFf the smaller fruit Cherries have been a failure, 
with the exception indeed of the Morellos. Goose- 
i done 
t es 
show. The Currants, whether against 
the wall or on bushes, have been capital, and ho 
Raspberries, which we train in arches, have done 
tlenbiy, and we shall have a second crop of the 
tober. 
Th bee: average crop, and 
the a alpines have been capi ital es fhe so highly 
and so redolent of Switze 
I ati apog ¢ wo for the first time, +e m% ae 
Strawberries, which 
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p 
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ms 
G 
have now had ra the last cheesy It is ab 
of Lilium auratum, with the dark Hettatope pied 
i , At ake u ap the Ro Ate Ibs for the winter, 
bring them on in heat, and then plant them out. 
ney are really beantifil, a each year they seem 
Some hav dera blossoms, some have 
sx or eight, and one hàsas many as ten. The strong 
gard d 
vary ; 
olden stripes are so h deeper, in ane = the 
dark claret spots are so iach 3 more numerous. 
Another bed is of Lilium speciosum, planted to 
take the place poe a oe of Sweet William, which was 
i f 
apet ee gg o make a bed of exquisite beauty. 
It is over too soon, a it tes be supplanted (may I 
say ?) te phear i second psi of ae 
Wi lliams I placed Gindiols biha and now they 
coming into flower from out the gpm forse foo 
which we have cut the watts blossoms, 
A bed of the sweet little pink Pinks has of course 
pii over Eee time, and though the bed is now quite 
bare of bloo Pai I cannot disturb the roots—it is well 
worth saciid some colour in autumn for the three 
the herbac 
borders, and now the Clove Cnm take “thei ir 
lace, 
It is curious that so familiar a flower as the Pink 
Sha I thin 
Marvell Milton, in his peri “bialy ia. i 
“the white Pin ie owley has no separate poem 
exception. There is, how a athe tai ewa 
fanciful little song of F Hertick’s, ee To Carn: 
“ Stay while ye will, o 
pee a 
” is eget together a 
ane 
too little about the Plants oe 
look at them cna 25. ssvembiags of ea bead 
colours. k: is difficult in 
to. se 
one from nite Ri o 
much a same sort of impression, The con- 
an is, people see the 
to ask their n 
rate plants is inpas and then they are almost 
without ex we scentless plants, to which n 
ciation attaches, and which are care merely 
ause they gi 
among my most successful :— 
thus, with its beautiful ae ana tk blue En 
is grape? with bright yellow 
bed of scarlet Lobelia sagan (is this the “g “Can 
dinal Flower’ ’ that American writers speak of?) ‘is 
ith agai 
KSF F a 
E A S ar 
other 
ea elegans, edged with the white Be sey 
leaved Miss Kingsbury se pe and ie a 
with the blue Lobelia. i hv 
introduced the variegated Aloe 
aan ese the ine dwarf aa) ches mdi 
Ver 
Or the. variegated Pelargoniums I Sige the prake: of # 
Calderdale the most effective and mo: 
an aoe though I am told “Mrs. Pollock has a shi 
cellent constitution,” she does less well with 
One othe , which i 
I shall certainl: 
repeat it another year. Lastly, I have a large bed of 
Clematis Jackmanni in full glory. ear it di 
wasnt well, but the plants were comparatively weak, 
d the flowers trailed upon the ground. This year 
the plants have grown vigorously, and I have trained 
withies all across the bed, so eee the purple blossoms 
peme giei ar around them, and are now a perfect 
so 
“Oh the house & Chel ee. with its 
discs of lilac-grey, is also very handsome, ahd | 
to be doing as well as possible E 
In the outer garden a great cluster of yellow Wm 
has made the border near wes front door aglo#'w} 
golden light; and in the 
arborea—the Lily of the "Valle ree—has 
laden mie, amaes of its delicate and delicately 
scente 
Ain ii gies completely during thg 
forthight,. par it is now ba ai t Ky rai 
of which we are complain ha Al; ; 
so 
APELES.' 
ri ipes. varieties are those most os 
.—New Hawthornden, Lord Suffield, 
Cellini, ‘Stirling Castle, Ecklinville, Warner’s King, 
Manks and White Codlins, Nonesuch, Ribston se 
Oslin Pippin, King of the p's as: 
oe A Donaldson, riega Halil, 
RE.—The ties which seem to succeed 
hea ie are 908 Su afield, Cellini, Sti 
cklinville, Keswick Codlin, Barly Oak (?), ‘King 
E 
of the Pippins sat ai dthoguden: % Gray, Eglinton 
Castle, 
BERK he best of the heer? sorts are Keswick 
P 
the most to be depended upon 
sorts grown here. Charles Ross, Wa fo ete 
“2 Ae oe g Castle, 
nsi 
OKS, enden, Cox's 
Pippin, pom Pippin, Cockle. , Pippin, 
Pippin, ndu- 
