242 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Auctisr 22, 1874. 
value to inquirers into the nature of the disease ; evi- 
dences of its existence so far are so small as to be 
4 this respect it is 
Royal apene] 
iseased tuber, 
o claim for any es 
isease, ty tions wit 
flowers, although few and 
belief that pollen is found in 
coloured flowers than in 
nection between the two things is m y 
ther a point for the consideration of th 
e is another p rthy of in 
quiry—Are kinds that produce seed in part barren 
in another the country, and vice wversd ? Sho 
is prov the case, perchance it might result 
that all kinds produce mewhere or a 
Brine colour 
flower and pollen production, a mr also 
seed. bearers and what s 
“i constitution,” healthiness” oret bit” 
has anything whatever to do with ine ‘production of, 
resistan the so-called P a & ase. How 
is it hace o associate ** want ur,” ** weak 
constitution,” and ** lack of heal heath "a such sorts 
+ Taree Ma nane. Red E ore and 
dozens orous-growing K kin hits that are, 
-until aE p with 1e ae oe uh of rude health 
as possibly can ea is a red herring traile 
across t t a earnes nay: 3 it led go 
en off t ht track, and they are stiil ering 
them, Ue not evidences multiply that these ae 
ase la ttack vigorous and healthy 
i 3 ‘i i ae `. LOS] ais, if el e “i 
and assumptions are then let us 
Ted t the ™ fe a ats pathy ” theory, 
Th ee 
A Rose Ganlen at Cheshunt,—Several objec. 
tions have been against 7 enpiayman t of the 
whan 
flow nn bove the line pf f sight, 
in consequence, 
_ Of flower and the leaves have dro pped there is 
but sl lants remainin 
Paul Neron, Victor Verdier, and Sénateur Vaisse— 
etuals ; S 
among hybri perp elle Lyonnaise 
Cheshu nt Hybrid, Fa Gloire de Dijon 
Montplaisir, an ni 
N ‘paetos; Perfection fe 
du 
mi—among an 
fs Bosanquet, tndicate ime, 
be employed i s might very 
Paimas aji shares with miller peA in formin 
the fence or outline to the garde 
thought desira 
flowers m night be 
after the mo 
so be filled during the winter with hardy evergreens 
and variegated ch llies, 
dwarf coniferous Laurustinus, and other 
plant o 
things that will ma suggest themselves ; and at no 
would it have the dreary and deso- 
Pht ae to m 
volu- 
wiy but certainly haing. effected in 
ing most of the 
Another Horticultural Heresy.—The re 
tion kiai is slowl 
our notions respect 
nected with v 
nature of hovties 
matters, some examination into the efficacy o many 
remedies for the i injuries effected by those formidable 
enemies of the garde Iw 
con- 
egetation, and the Peet y progressive 
culture, both mgka. a 8. oth 
e results rand setialiclonye A part of the object 
aimed at is p bumag of insect life ; this, 
in the ny the plat be eff ced b Pa 
sim t means, even be oi aii 2 a 
| aes of other ing oy af 
iving insect. As gpm = eu 
pleasant to the or long é all are 
more or less sticky, I have tried the use of ordinary 
paint on and on Vines, with appa- 
ently good results so far, and beg now to suggest 
trial of it by others. It would be easy to experiment 
o e pott ines, for ple, a na fe 
trees in the oschagd:han m „I have empl a smal 
objection urged agains in 
es iy is that after the ioe have t, out 
ranches, omitting. è the 
a ds generally, and a pits 
the paint thinly as a glaze, 
n 
la the ho llows of atp ii 
we consider 
ich make ap oil paint, I suppose it is 
l oil which aA is feared may set t 
k t fi jon 
i ai on it, I leave it 
esent filthy compositions are anything but satis- 
gay T.C C Br chaut, 
sabia hows.—I am proud to find 
ed with the names appt rby and 
yr cy, ae 
t 
who 
nal of English bo 
gas ift ee e Senlleten, mj tell your readers what part 
ey too 
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n 
what cla m they make to origin 
and success ape my Rose pen Bi in the Regent’s Park 
ot pw i - G, Paul quotes my 
Al l of size and shape does not prevent 
h garden Roses being shown” and pron is 
lun io anemer | the ‘‘assertion.” Now 
pa es "he draws or intends to dng oes moi 
d aboy: of t cc >Q very unfair in controve o 
pe Be OF | ur adversary and then n ce a show of 
A waded t he did aes PDN to be ys, ** 
Gerr ke m Faul) wishes the =y ic to believe that 
= rose, pak, Boek yib; &e, The pane were | a amount of risk a at “png ag or ci ace 
laced in arc y the t compet: ‘oduce as good—na: 
early part of J were in flower. Just no: ete better ats than those Tr for 
the second crop of flowers is co on, r competitio y this is misleading the public.” 
Si a “ye pen wet thase. thoi the laoi ih I reply, I insinuate nor am I mi 
tended eo ober, red Colom ublic. I kı dly and i plainest 
Baroness Rothschild, Charles Lefebvre, Comtesse asi ú Ta comman oe ns manne which T 
d'Oxford, Duke of Edinburgh, Elie Morel, John judge calculated to prevent ties blic. from bein; 
epres; Louis Van Houtte, Madau Victor Verdier, misled T others, or ran eading e I 2 
-T 
quired anh 
e best the 
Pye the standard g no ae pas re 
shows shuts 
ose sS 
Nurseries, Waltham Cross, Herts 
The Spanish Name of the Cork Tree.—Can ' 
any of your oE correspondents— 
instance—infor 
name for the Cot 
Begonia nitida.—Of all ou flowering — 
ey this Sanya ng undoubtedly o one á 
: r newer varieties produce 
ors su er igi tof aa pee 
is no m eaeh a 
bloom so lon g. 
the opportunity of thet 
first t that “presents itself is, “ean 
(alec Happ 
dif in the wa ng UP 
- truly there fi isa sight Nt worth secing at 
teat appearance, 
cause a fine display throughout the summer and part 
and throw up abundance of 
take the place of the o 
sightly. rse flowers a 
yo 
poia a “bright ied peciliée rly ‘their own — 
renders it as an object of attraction. W. McR. 
ours. But it is not t 
Xerophiles that is ne ae 
esent 
activity at the t ment. I 
ledonous or par aat group of plants, 
erising t dry regions of 
the world, Some Z them, alas ! like 
Agave ioned last week, are, in the 
botanists, monori gr 
flower once only, and then die! Ind 
foliage we have admire T 
our fathers before us, begins to show signs 
with the first appearance of t wi 
the flowers are fully expanded, those 
have shrunk and withered away almost to 
Thi ainly a d ; and 
case of so 
Some rare species, w 
