IRUR. 
“GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
435 
Sg a that might be. 
iption and historical account a this plant was, in 
its time, pretty well exhaustive. References to all the 
authors to have written upon it are given, and 
all the evidence, direct and in , is carefully 
ysed, bringing the author to the co n sion oe 
the Tuberose is a native of the Mex 
is usually given as the region where it is PEE reenn 
in the Bolivian 
Dr. ai simply enumerates it a 
without further remark. W. B. a 
p japo: ~ a few lines in 
ddition to a to the reply already om. o the inquiry of 
ed J. N. C.” regarding the fruit of the Cydonia 
ap onica? In the south of Devon this fruit attains a 
onica.—May I 
{literally speaking), for albeit the alae: is ae 
di y, it can be subjected to the process of 
n and sub: meneny swallow ith re- 
e taste—or “rather eel in the s mouth—of this 
i ed 
fibrous sugary m and I cannot recommend it i 
any point of view, excepting that it senne: Pas 
less ; but having had an rtunity of mal me bees 
on 
interest to your corresponde ould ne desire | the 
pe, I shall have much pl in procuring 1 
for him. O. 
Fu ungi in Peach Borders. a end you root and 
leaves of a Peach, = pee o praan of the soil koa 
the border in which th e growing, that you may 
; is Tani by fungus, and the 
effects of the same on the roots and leaves, The 
rder was e some years back in the usual way, 
with hg od turfy loam, and as, you will a a good deal 
of this fibre is not a decomposed, an wing to the 
ap n d causing the pa ffected to adhere 
tightly to the ston Durin a great many 
bloom-buds fell off, many pened had im- 
perfectly formed flowers that failed to set. I may 
n n 
am 
that py failures in fruit cikan eat: fon the 
above cai ae instead of attributing the disease to 
mos the mischief should be sought 
~ for we vercome at the roots. The seasons have 
-excessiv ry for our light soil that I have 
‘ane it, or ght h been sa the | 
à renewal of the yei which I am now vi 
A in such so} ad 
syringe with diluted car acid, to pick off the 
< lea d bi m—but fortunately I knew the 
a n unfortunately point 
n 
opie Rose for Autumn Blooming.—It 
ees be doubt ed whether any subject treated of in the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle affords more- pra ractical service to 
gardeners general E thar ce from time to 
time of n t forgotten or 
melee old plants : and fruits, at one = favourites. 
ese season- 
Rose out-of-doors at the present time half so attractive 
asit. This afternoon I counted thirty-five blooms as 
free and beautifully expanded as any forced Rose in 
It is a very or ge rae” Rose, and does well 
en Thomas, The Gardens, 
Drayton Manor, 
Red- a ae ae Fong ey —T hav 
r pag 
say that 
oF this beri and that to-day, September 29 | ; have 
had the c uce is enorm and 
for quality. ji will match them with any Potato £ > grown 
at you may not thin am lavish i 
I take "he liberty of sending you a few "so trial, ey I 
do the same to any person 
Wells stayin 
ink eee. Pelargoniums s.—We hav 
Sica mainly to Mr. 
e now, 
= Am a plethora of 
pink-flowered forms on he osegay Pelargonium. 
In spite of ay area: however, it would be folly 
to assume t hey have therefore reached perfection ; 
k kinds are very beautif s 
l 
gay Pelargonium as a b 
rally will hardly favour the ne 
are e kinds P too goo 
ding plant, gardeners gene- 
w-found idea that they 
d for outdoor culture, Saee d 
if the trusses were smaller = mene 
bedding it is er that a plant of equal size 
should carry twe ee age: trusses rather than 
ten large per ae The te pinke- flowered kinds, as a do 
tola, 
not sses, but the are of 
a fair ve cad te Gaeta 6 size, oe while site all those of the Christine 
family, although ae in tint, yet Nome exce 
that good old kind in size of truss or o The 
best forms o i 
which Scents 
Christine oad 
s p mias 
effective hue of colour. _In the | N osegay section, h how- 
ready oo ood things in it. OF the dozen and more kinds 
that I saw the other day gro in pots in one of the 
ouses a mieia E to mgt e beautiful in my 
estimation poe Pea west kind, Mrs. Turner, 
nd the older but still indifferently known Florence 
Du ere there is a go 
cillettion, but which ys not include Mrs. Turner, 
s. Tate, and a few ers of the most recently 
mieui kinds, Florence Dusind is oe the best, 
and I should say that, both as a pot plant and as 
dder, it i jä rs. Turner is A beautiful 
variety, has a good-sized rounded truss, and the 
iowa are in colour =. 1 our best type the petals also 
p 
are perfectly new, and I think not yet i in 
carries a fine rounded 
rosy p pink. ing, and makes a fine fo 
Prin as flowers goer: r deeper in colou 
ak the preceding but the 
broad. It is, 
r, but 
oom ; the petals are s hage but akir 
good trusses 
loosely set ; the colour, however, is deep, and it is a 
charming va ose of Allandale and Blue Bell 
are also bo i goo! and effective forms, = 
secure them will possess n variet 
in hue of colour—Fo 
robust grower, flowers very freely, and makes 
first-rat te bedding or pot t- The 
hisdir ait be best described as salmon 
the trusses fine and of good form. 
po There 
is one Nosegay Pelargonium that stands shai alone 
rest Hill Nosegay. 
but 
pera so-called kinds, so pans althonsh A a new 
both 
colour of the 
-carmine, and 
y known forms of the dried seed. _Some of them 
ilson’s Wonder, for trial e summer. 
ypas the rial, owing to the prevalence 
o 
only th ke 
epris Me is geniy widely ap res ted. Its other titles 
warf, 
Poo ooley’s Prolife, oe Prolif F 
lific, Chiswick Forci e Long, Black B 
ie simplest solution would be for the 
call all the rest 
synonyms. The ri is o fede um size, long, 
thin, and of a siemens colour, with small black 
blotches near the eye. In growth it is tall and robust, 
at the sides of the row like to roomed 
has a most striking appen 
dwarf Bean as a real iia pien vail 
ommend this 
The Pelargonium Society.—Amongst the ob- 
j this new Socie ust it will consider the 
5 
n 
e 
za 
oO 
T =. 
= 
a 
points can be easily at 
in the case of Zonal or r Nosegay Pelargoniums without 
such ungainly aids as trellises. In starti 
bottom to produce a it i 
down a few of the leading shoots for a time, until a 
n 
manure-water, to p 
when the time of exhibition arrives. If a grower can- 
secure good plan full of flower, without — 
h of other straining oe — ‘mentioned, 
he certainly deserves a much greater amount of credit 
than that gees agn "exhibi its, gTa veritable 
flow are yet more the productions of ill-spent 
abs ur an of real culture. 4. D. 
of Celeries at Chiswick.—Thos 
grati 
Tri 
Pte in Celeries will be tified to hear aka x 
capi! med kin 
bein 
plants 
tresichiee i jn the usual fashion, 
= whites the same, and water has not been spared 
oot w 
s» f fee crs 
at kine are "Ta 
oe, those z solidity, 
tried ; and it is 
committee shall undertake 
will 
most likely arg 
D the test 
flavour, and eating quatities, will be 
to be hoped that when the 
this labour, the concomitants of bread and cheese 
n it is Mr. Barron’s intention 
to show samples of all the sorts, properly classified, at 
the November exhibition at South Kensington. A. ’D. 
addition 
Reports of Societies. 
Stevenage Horticultural : fe 16,—Smal 
interesting and good, is the verdict 
on the autumn exhibition 
Held on the 
