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SEPTEMBER 26, 1874- Í 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
401I 
yarieties known as ‘‘ Hybrid Nosegays,” and I 
should state that the tans © s Secniatire i a iy ot ed 
S1 
i Suc a i difia e id occur 
when I officia e he judges three years 
since, when neither the judges nor the Floral Com- 
mittee, to wh we appeal cgp satisfactorily 
decide the point ; advance made yearly in the 
m and quality of the Nosegay type renders Je mo 
and more difficult to . Chitty will Ene 
my reminding ie easier it is 
fault, than it is to find a 3 as he has shes 4 
so well in the former, Tr Shoal “Tike him to try his 
hand at the latter, and give n appropriate name 
that shall include all the Woeii and semi-Nose 
varieties, clearly setpenaning © them from the Sait 
I would not qua oe about its scientific 
i weakness 
original pa arentage, and that 
y pla orthy of their 
tice save in its primitive As [We pi a repu- 
diate thi ment as it stands. s] This primi- 
tive form they dignify by calling ita zs and giving 
of distinct 
j ER whic 
Pe Stee eee ES TF 
r yet si Be able to 
aie fast giving Bont 8 tbe doctrine of evolution, 
Chi useful 
ches ; 
nd where the measurement shoul 
distinctly 
understood what sized plant a given ized pe s 
ended to contain ; spec 
” 
i 
h 
mined how 
re 
e undertaking for a speci: 
establish a code of an 
to adjudicate. 
being shown i as Dahlias, of sat 
cut trusses to a stand, is, y opini: ood on 
uld produ: most effective display ; but the 
: "à mit of any addition to the 
prizes ol this year. Pe amongst t 
erous amateur and professional growers of th 
Pelargonium a few may be found with sufficient esprit 
u corps to assist us in is respect, and so test the 
onium Society may be fie a 
ition to increase very considerably its prize list, 
ou 
as to include the doubles and varieg ated, if not i a 
sections of the Fulara enus, in their schedule ; 
d to this end I again zoli it all who 
desirous of joining the y to do so at once. I 
also ask the favour of th ve not paid in 
time for me to 
account of our financial position at 
next meeting of the Society’s members, to take 
place at South hoger gp at 1 P.M. on November 11. 
Fohn Denny, Treas 
e wi 
their subscriptions to forward them in 
render a definite 
rs-and-Toes in the Brassica Tri 
The best cure for this pest is a good liming to i mii 
Id §* Al e to procure the 
li 
om the dolomite rocks, 
not so good for the land 
for the Onion grub is to d 
in the soil in the autumn 
A top-dressi ene 3 mee 
wise be given to the plants a 
its eggs on them 
before sowing t 
WaDETERNES must like- 
e Onion “ee lays 
asa paiher ‘Willian Tillery. 
Covering for Outside Vine Borders,—‘‘ A 
Gardener down West” asks the opinion of Grape 
winter months, when Grap 
by Fike begining of April, it being our usual 
demand b 
Sisiom to have a house ready for use by that time. 
The « us the onen are wooden 
oor-boards, and when Peaga ji 
pretty well waterpr roof, The bord 
early in September and cove: 
upon. 
ea of Pelargoniums 
soot 
the | 
actory. I should not like to chance my early crop 
of Grapes without havi 
should we 
I: our early 
Vin in bloom at arin, the pes being 
protected i in the way I have cceeded 
in securing a crop of early Draper the April following : j- 
and the same Vines se gn or many pan e after- 
wa m a dhe oles ce good cro p of fruit, and seemingly 
the protection afforded them pana the 
aun E forcing Aw Sefersom, Worksop. 
s 
I o ‘f A Gardener down West,” I beg to 
say the shut Arad on removed fro ony which 
were left exposed to the snow and st t they were 
overed with able manure to protect the roots from 
the frost; the result was a better crop than any before. 
ast year was the first time for the early vineries, but 
the others were left un d previous 
seasons, and the result this year was from 601b, to 
70 lb. per rod, both bunches and berries being large, 
on Bira nearly twenty years old: which goes a 
mie e opinion that old Vines as well as yo: 
arry large bunches and aom when properly 
watai William Paul, Edinbur, 
Shenae and Colt 
best m 
foot.—In reference to the 
of e nerea Thistles and obra 
have mane successful is 
n per e 
i fot ess rat an my c 
e a was so monopolised j Coltsfoot pi 
Thistles that i a blade o 
ave seen neither 
Coltsfoot nor Thistle on nthst land sin ce, and it is now 
nearly tw landlord has ki ash 
quadru eon the increased 
fertility. of that field. Fan er Sey. 
The best way to prevent Thistles and Colts- 
foot from making headway in pastures is to keep 
grubbing out a Swat or cutting the plants bag a 
soon as they appear above ground, when they w 
gra dually get weaker, = die out ; that is, if no 
is allowed to ripen and blow about. William Tillery. 
baas Peviancch pest Blenheim are to be seen many 
mens of those rarel ges anted trees, the Pavias. 
Being i in ‘reality miniature Horse Chestnuts, and per- 
fectly hardy, the ey are "adcirably adapted - for sat 
should be used i in va of t ees coarser growing i 
that are so apt to grow o all proportion to their 
surroundings. There are sever with different poian 
flowers, which may be procured in any first 
nursery. H. Knight, 
- Picea Webbiana.—I wish 
your corres 
ee RE mentioned the si 
a 
» 
en = ma 
irth. Ja 
5 feet high, {the leader having 
been spoiled a few years ago. The spread of branches 
is 25 7 mE ‘ha girth of tt the stem, measured, like the 
rest, 2 feet from the ground, i s 6 feet 10 inches, an 
would n ero be more if i gauirrels | were not so 
of the bark. L shanki like to know haw 
these ol st compare with the 
Sener Certifica TEn the last hitnog 
iety a Kensit 
e 
n i ou 
vote and are rior merit. There cannot be 
doubt some ne t is needed, and as the subject 
im e ld 
o discuss so really important a subject. 
E. Bennett, S Hatheld , Herts 
The hardy bulbous 
egonias of Messrs. Veitch’s are evidently great acqui- 
ome for outdoor summer flowering. 
work in and about their e xtensive 
Begonias. —Those 
have no doubt Messrs. Veitch’s rajta r yanng | hybridiser 
will before long be delighted i ong 
his future batches of se seedlings a pko ap fa te, Which ay 
te flowering (for which they are all so adm 
adapted) will prove Tecate ble. Henry eke 
r., James, of Ae pitas are about to lose 
i ed friend, 
may be 
accompa anal t by he highest 
his large Artie Y friends. 
E, Bennett, Hatfield, Herts. 
arge Pelargonium Lea Awr 
pink Pelargonium” measuring 28 in in circum- 
fere Hn Several prod stained rat size (six or seven) 
and one was 284 in Im ite mistaken, 
but it pin to me dart his size must be very unusual. 
The leayes look more like those of s a Water Lily than 
irene else. C. A. Gaskoin 
o chids.—A correspondent, ‘‘ E. H.,” asks 
for the names ofa few Orchids which will ee 
emperature in wi to which, in reply, ÍI eto 
state that the ids now intr from nd 
New Grenada, and the chainof the Cordilleras along the 
tropical zone, are so rous 
goodly list to enumerate as ssibly the most 
omplete one, although b means co pomas from 
our present knowledge, is ey given in the Bateman 
prize list penne in the pra Practical gp pate er", 
which p All in the cool 
ugh m ds. 
section of sya ia are etolerbl hardy, ey will live in 
deira mil 
ate of Ma 
hids must pee pat 
é$ p » wi 
ts are soft- 
will suffer with a degree 
the proper figure for well-grown, finely ) 
: _The error in practice in bygone years, 
which I am glad to see very generally corrected, was the 
summer temperature maintained. And for all 
Orchids, almost without exception—and that includes 
the loveliest of them he Princess of W 
Ponoi o ee a the cah "buerne On- 
ium (O. the and 
na beautiful prie ‘Phalzeno 
osum, the 
glossam nebul 
vallias—chi ef a 
piae: Re ae pame. pii re about 700 feet above — 
tive « 
comes in Di run 
rature here is no harm, but if the fi fir 
created — day temperature, he 
plants 
e bat rather nee 
Vicar toni 
ae 
will find in time his 
The so-called 
ids, es 
nslea uae O. Schleiperianum, a has 
leucoe hilum, 
quot 
not quite so cool 
one lot will thrive to great 
will 
