306 
THG £ 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
{SEPTEMBER $, 1874, 
the East, that in China it is esteemed a delicate vege- 
melted butter or r white 
sauce, or cut into pi ooh and cooke oup, 
e found a very delicate and excellent addition to 
of vegetables, e I should think, po 
wholesom at 
r 
of its value, especially:in 2 
a land which sometimes suffers from scarcity, that he 
aiendet, on visiting Orkney after leaving us, to teach 
his nen itsuse. W. C. Trevelyan, Wallington, 
August 28. -—Since writ 
y 
indley is or Ye 
I “think, if he opeen as apma those par 
plant about w itten, which a true 
stolons, or i a to otis e ea into plants in 
the next panne, the roots would be tou gh and miesi 
able. I cannot say that we paia ars any of th 
medicinal effects which might 
qualities mention Dr. Li 
expected were a 
iaai 
but a mild proportion; 
be 
two distinct species of Conv. us in cultivation 
u althæoi t attractive of 
g 
De "a are also 
t aut o m species are more or less 
distinctly recognised. e figure in the Flora of Men- 
tone repres the r Saa which is common all ro 
the coasts of Mauritania, Spain, Portugal, and the 
Med andsome flowers, 2 to 
the excepti se 
ki as tte which have a tendency to 
n my garden, which I 
‘An excellent figure of the 
idge. 
ericeous fae , and all, ex cepting 
deeply diss ected or ie 
ae flowers never exceed an the and a alf 
i diameter, and are ofa oo light pink, keretet 
pate ensis. I have e seen it in cultiv 
ation at 
ens, and at Mr. G. F. 
y = ike, 
feature in the M 
believe, is 
coloured red, very large in circumference, with white 
horns or pins protruding from the nt of the 
flower, which en the sun shines on it, give the 
appearance of gold "o ~~ lightly thrown upon 
the petals ; the scen ery powerful and spicy, and 
the edge of the outer deri is more like a Rose leaf not 
‘ gimped ” but uncut. ~ above is as bon seal pia of 
the Carnation required a 
be mentioned that hia Secuetty towards the ae re 
sare marke SA slig A aha 
if so, where? Perhaps some of our florist readers 
may be able to inform him, Eps, ] 
Early Pears.—In spite of many i okigetnge ease 
it will be long before the taste for new vari o 
this staple fruit declines, though the fre be ane: 
e time before they are apprecia 
frantsa amne neighbours, with whom th 
well as theirs. Havin i Bi taba nathan myself, 
hem elsewhere, I c u O 
two rather new early Pears 
shorten the period. of probation amon 
ngrès pees de C 
iddle of. ugust, kom a south w all—and*much 
b 
any flowers in point of ge ative 
The f fruit is large, but her 
pou ei a 
Dui nce—of average vigour only, would require to 
d the produce vek thinned, or, ‘partionlarly as a 
standard i oils, it wou 
i aad. Pears in whic ht 
ould be lost. 
for it is a noble Pear, and should not be patel Fel 
at first in the market rré de l Assomption—so 
e, is not so remark- 
ther Onah. shaped. 
t to the musky flavour of 
d find here a rich, juicy, 
he Quince it is also moderately 
Thas. Gb 
y means, ve “as 
however, who o 
— hag Pe wou 
vinous aro On t 
vigorous, nd. succeeds as a standard well, 
Bréhaut, Germa 
e Way to Grow Wistaria sinensis.—On 
ete meets with Me nee oe plant meee trained 
a formal way t all or fence, Mr 
Waterer == hit ‘on a hes k grow and show the 
to the best advan viz., by planting 
, &e. It is to 
uxuriously at t Knap Hill up Pinus Abi 
Douglasii, &c.; on the latter it hs. attained the 
it poi a 
mares: k: this way ; 
it is a step in a es direction metei also e a 
grand ornam antage 
cover néked. liesi in thes sheabbecieh gee, Bennet, 
the | Hatfield, Hi 
be a an t strip of each colour, 12 
been long = I jich broad, to pa each of i into 
twelve squares, and place them, w 
numbers, in 2 series of frames, and "heh 
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science or artists, e who ie 
with precision the colon i a object. 4. G. 
The Old Clove Carnation.—The true old Clove 
Carnation should be of a fine bright, yet dark blood- 
f 
hed to Teias 
Roses and Rose Shows,—I pare said that ‘‘ the 
and sha ose shows 
arranged Roses in t thirty- 
ype not more than three 
id Bourbon, Bourbon, Bourbon 
mey are restricted. to one or two 
sorts of eac ow 
selected from the “florist” s point of view of ** quali 
in the flower ; the constitution so habit of the plant 
~“ 
` 
do not iakeas the selections or awari 
made on > 
alone. Weil, m rge full Roses as a rai prodao but few 
= > 
Ros ich in various ‘dares 
sr E of the two former. Class Ie 
uis Van 
shy gro ret) nevertheless the grower for prizes 
select from this class, or he will not win $ 
fl o oe 
only to these Roses, and I go far with Mr. Prior in 
; ) that *‘* the morality of rae 
now carrie to 
serious The ee in a 
grows for prizes PNF. 
Rose show to choo 
T eal 
Eng la nd whether they ould 
, and Mr nA 
e-seeker select from this class, ‘he alo 
priz 
hen fail and be disappointed. “These hardy, free-gr 3 
n E 
or ahi nanos or regular enough in sh vs 
Ist prizes. contains those sorts are 
an 
Bu 
w principally from class 1, 
shut out almost entirely the varieties of class 2, and. a 
admit but few from class 3, as ai coi ee 
necessity Sad under protest. It 
to me by one of our cleverest pie sts. that 
Ro 
ower, t 
th 
“The floris it, we 
of his own conc o 
n all ends of it. I do not 
object to the first ster: X > the ight be worse en 
but I cannot submit to be bound hand and foo 
the narrow limité of the florist’s vie 
on, because they must be well known to all who 
any claim to be considered rosarians 
Pauls Nurseries, Waltha 
adame 
Fils, aii i age Hybrid moder 
the same pd sire oe 
ese and man 
Ma ee 
