326 THE* GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [SEPTEMBER 12; -= 
mansio. the laird alwa Bes his Along | = es ~~ of the town is a locality called 
raps Probably the Capon tree was ue “kep | “the Fri e some gardens belonging to the 
ing,” we where the valiant Kar met his E have ‘been situated Lael shor ms Conte 
isi vassals i when Ferniehirst was in ear trees. In the Friars’ orchard is a 2 - 
bors or Ner in the days in Cumberland, is a tree | ville tree, a kind of fruit which some authorities have 
Shii bears the same designation, and under it, | considered to be identical with Ham s Bergamot, 
pular tradition, the authorities of | but which is in reality quite different. Th in 
Carlisle were wont to m udges of assize whe Friars’ orchard has bch a had a thick trunk, but 
approaching their city. Across the Jed from Fernie- | some years e it was all blown over except one small 
irst, near the residence of the Marquis of Lothian’s | limb which continued to g is yea 
forester, are some of the la and most graceful | large crop of fruit e Pears are of moderately large 
specimens ce Fir tree to be found in | size d short in 7 gre an 
Scotland ; and looking out from a leafy screen at the esto in the skin, but not yet ripe. In same 
top of the bank is apa cence close to which are ard there is a Hessle Peart tree, pr first introduced 
; tig ee of enca occupied by the ane the goin and which Hull 
lack Douglas, whan: Keeper of Je Fatet: In the | when the species was enee fro hgh Continent. 
face the cliff were som: caves, but these Ki ie is pat very well grown, iai Mr. Deans has 
within the last ars through the tter cimen in his nurse The fruit is 
effects of frost and flood pir undermining aid turbinate-shaped, of rather rea size, pa Rec 
way the rocky scaur. weet, and juicy, with a pleasant aroma. ripe in 
Ina little nook of the tortuous vale, part of it October. In the same orchar Eeh of the 
the level close to the Jed, and part on the “sloping pia Bon a a papes e of 100 years old, but 
ascent toward the hills, is situated the of pew is not much fruit on it, and it is a kind whi ch i " 
Jedburgh. The vale is narrow, and the pee land | always shy an and precari ous in the district. The 
of small extent, so that a good portion of the houses pate Pear is here Ache onan ted by a tree eighty a 
are set = the face of steep banks, and the gardens | ninety years old, the Pears on which are small, reddish, 
sugg e idea Be what the hanging gardens of | and reini to the ta: 
ancient Babylon a have been. The town itself has In various gardens around the town are large and 
many features of atric s interest. It has the ruins of | fine Pear ‘ees, some wes T are worthy of a passing 
= abbey, in which lived in other days a gA of | notice, e garden of rown, grocer, is an 
onks; and some of the Jethart Pear trees are | old ye of a ‘ind called e Lda, ” the only one = its 
believed to have stood from a period before the Refor- | kind n ich bears alwa ays a fine crop of 
strong castle at the highest part of turbinate-shaped, eating Pears, though n not equal 
the town, and some of the old mansions were in the | to some o modern sort n the Burn 
form of Bastile houses, the defensive character being orcher, Rana te Mr. Ormiston toe a large speci 
oe as a protection against the English invaders of the seen Warden, an old tr , but not nearly 
The tanak eaea: imen of these now re- satii o those at the Lady’s Yesi: 
ining is one in ! Mary lay sick for some Near oe Nat Academy are two specimens of the 
time al fer her ride of 50 miles over moor and moss to Grey Achan, of very large size p 
isit e, when he ese are sometimes called k Achans, and some- 
wounded by the banditti of Liddesdale. Itis one of | Red Achans ; but th h is the colour changes with 
the few good b hi >. age of the fruit. It at this 
ies forms an excellent dessert Pear in Scotland, 
But our present soa Sai is to notice Jethart Pears, viile it grows plentifully, ih on the tree till all 
and not to give a description of the town. We have | the leavéS are off, and will scarcely part fro ei fe even 
already spoken of the steep banks on which some of them, and is in season in the months of Novesiber and 
th December; but in the south of England it is worthless. 
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the soil is likewise uncommonly deep, and the roots | are some grand trees, but the most notable of them all 
can go IO feet downwards without exhausting the | was a celebrated Plum, called Cloth of Gold, which 
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nourishment. The Pears have long been famous, an was broken bya storm some years since, and has been 
the time is not distant when Jedburgh Pears weresold | replaced by another many roat inferior. In a little 
in e streets of London. In Newcastle-on-Tyne it | sheltered corner of a gar ere Queen Street 
mmon to hear the cry of ede ine sedete Borgupdy meets Canongai i is a very o old. Longueville, belonging 
The name sh have bee to Mr. George Hilson, manufacturer ; in the same 
place is a noble specimen of the Preah Jargonelle, a 
fvcurite Peay in the town, and owe A Sits in pet 
ee Having this particular tree, 
‘ound it 7 ‘feet in girth and 6 feet high. Font the grind 
to the first cleft ; the tree is about fifty-eight years old, 
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parent of all the French Jargonelles in the town. In 
a garden adjoini above, between the High ake 
only one in the town, which seems surprising as i iit is 
generally considered a good Scotch Pear, tender, juicy, 
; sugary, but below medium size. Another notable 
i the country people readily purchased the Jedburgh | tree in the same garden is a Green Honey, very large 
‘Ss Pak but as the honest bu trotted homeward in | and prolific, and Ain parent of all others of the same 
oe evening he was pelted A i 
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Wai i aaen T Ta eee rgh, Pear, but 
and seems to have been mu “ Warden | that means Buchanan’s Spring Buerré, or how it has 
pies’ ’ are mentioned in rection asa omai article of | got the name, nobody seems to know. It covers more 
diet. In the Lady’s Yards, a garden not far from the | ground than any Pear tree we ever saw before, and its 
t of Warden trees which are spreading limbs are supported by three sturdy props. 
One of them is near the house of pe ete tna acti ws how life may 
+ who, in the it be prolonged amid decay, for the is enti 
_taken precautions worm-eaten, ay a shell remaining, po et a limb, 
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graft of sirem was sent him in a lettexfeoia A 
and it has been found to suit the locale isco 
well. ë ot served a speci men of the 
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Mr. Deans, who has been its maker, and of w 
genius it is a true embodiment, is one of the 
Saat and AEON men one could desire to meet, 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS—XV. _ 
THEIR CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT, _ 
PH@NOCOMA PROLIFERA,—This very beautiful and 
Guna distinct Slee is a native of the Cape of 
ood Hope. The flow a a of the charact desig- 
nated ‘‘ everlasting ;” the e bright 7 
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a rule, last so long, but it is a good grower, 
eatin go off s suddenly as some of th 
neglected in 
that are of a good dark colour in the f toffee 
fer plants eT through the Kitaan A 
other hard- -W00 oded pe nh 29g oad Mie in 
their season’s growth is complete, wintered with- 4 
out crowding, and, donseqakiy, ate nikel to be found 
in a better condition for starting off freely ad 
spring. Place them for the winter in a t 
tion near the glass, in a dry house where there 
be no drip upon them i 
hard-wooded species, by reason of their never be 
= rest completely, but growing’ on slow wly through 
inter 
$i they are in 6-inch pots give them a 37 
shift in April, using good fibrous peat, lighter im tex 
ture than required for some plants ; 
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Treat them through the spring months 
larly to other hard-wooded dock, 
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as to require it, after which it may be a 
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