fe Beer gt Fare nat ta 
mee : 
3 cofrespondent, Mr. 
ry 
a omer Mr. G T. Miles in writing of the P an- 
a jus 
OcroseR 17, 1874.) 
THE ` 
GARDENERS none 
= 
n 
Home Correspondence, 
Garden Notès from the Cotswold Hills, ste 
mn 
eaten k ondatth, 2s 
they are » detietots There are Still 
a few blooms on mi s, but no ripe fruit. While 
writing I may take the Sports nity of mentioning a 
Zonal Pelargoniu ai Which I saw everywhere bedded-out 
and in ery en about Geneva, and it is as 
common, I was told by M. Thibaut, i 
in the aia of Christine, but 
gi natefally” thought 
is totally 
aes te 
ere re 
is a grand future for this t of bulbous Begonias. 
Among other kasnijim iea which the French grow 
and we were some very pretty Delphi- 
Monstrous Ferns.—I was this week he gr à 
orm 
of Briti sh 
these 
f jiné little doubt that in many cas athe 
d in Piate? Panish 
‘t hypertrophy” (as explaine 
Teratology, p. 63), but I also think that in many cases 
t fascia due to the same 
use]. There is one ae of crested Spied “m 
which a a midrib ery distinct, and i 
branched form of Polystichum ‘enquire the stem looks 
yery much as ft wa wo earar “ys 
Then, as o dejan pirat ted Ferns, it seems t im- 
phe ‘hat there ore béa peman exactly aoak 
to fasciation, nly one-half or less of the stem 
reduced stem might. only 
who are better acquanted with 
ù I am. Hihry N. Ellacomée, 
The Pampas Grass. =I th 
alluding to 
- the 
ee 
a horrid weed—upon the main land, it would have 
ess that the Cinerum argenteum would 
the Pai err ie had suc 
Pampas, but I 
open plains ; ge emg did not in the Banda 
Oriental. Æ. X., Sus. 
ave a very fy fate tuft of the Penny pt a 
§ feet round, and TO feet 6 inches 
—— We 
here, t measuri 
wi 3 ned Paloi Gr. 
with its stately plumes, stan 
effect, approachable by any other kity plant 
elegance ¥. Wallis, Orwell Park. 
dos raean French paper, after. hates. 
zinc, a that it 
mong others, 
The 
berg, for pain 
might be found ikat t to irian, 
very agreeable warm brown tin writing with 
dark i nk on sheets of zinc A e: Mat ‘al chlorate of 
copper is employed. F, 
Ho arnosa Fruiting.—I s e by Edito 
note, p. 465, that the, ‘froitin ing E this pisat i is 
“ very rare.’ in 
nt parts of the house, when air was admitted. In 
fact, some of the seeds found their way rer an adjoin- 
en pyres r the pseudobulbs of 
Orchids, Beie ate 
ely, F. Wallis; Oriel Park. 
e Red-skin Flourball Potato. eae up 
pie ‘Red-skin Flourball iin last week I found 
some (to me) extra-sized tu half a dozen of t the 
largest weighing 9 lb. 70z., one + weg ing 28 oz., two 
7 of. each, one 25 oz., and t 2 oz. each; we h 
also eighteen weighing 20 oz. eac planted three- 
uarters of a peck, not taking more than ordina! 
trouble in their culture, the produce being over four 
u al 
Potato crop generally with us has 
average, being iý small but sound. George Walker, 
Gr. to Mrs. Honeywood, Marks Hall, Kelvedon. 
Potato Rector of es —In your aeaye 
of September 5, p. 308, M ae asems n oe 
ig oun ies 
have made a 
of Woodstock as grown by me 
e even tubers, res 
over 100 
The Pelargonium Society.—I have heard with 
great pleasure of the formation of this Society. I think 
t object, naging will 
existing 
ecause, 
many names which, owing to many o 
known er them beings alike or pee sim 
should be eoa Ano necessary bject 
Society will be 
= Tra Inter than Barrington is wanted, s elect the Necta ecta. 
one 
judged by aependent M 
p quire & real eed and five security to pit- 
chaber. bia ‘Sisley, Lyon 
Pe s and Nectarines.+Peaches and Neë 
rinés e rt d opinion, the kings and ao not of oat 
of-door fruits. serve Pe pet ip tice 
ma began 
Ja anuary t the 1 put on a 
nelined to ‘throw up the p30 noth and give up all 
fot lost ; bat I have not ~ such good Pa a ra see 
seven years. I w von vse the fruits, b 
. can refer ‘es them pom répeating the tae ony 
I. Peaches: 1, Early Louises 3 2, +e" Vitoria 5 3 
Early York; ot Early Alfred; 5, Hogg ; 6, 
Gross Mighonne; 7, Violette Bivas 8, 
= 
non oyal 
oes 6, enegan i hers Sapre g it, Barring- 
ton; 12, Nee 3 13, Lord Palmerston ; 
14, mcéss of re Lady Palmerston; 16, 
Ruaely ft. E The e upon open Walls} Albatross 
and Golden Eagle with Royal George and Bellegarde 
and bore last year and this yeat 
Golden Eagle is sone 
ood as t 
. 16 had but e fruit, 
some eal the best Ravourea ~ all the late oe 
and was gathe etober 2. os. II, 2, 13 
i; 
$85 
Hl 
nH 
t scarlet-crimso: 
and the plaids rumah dhe, 
i nave had d 
a severe east t wall—n amely, I, 4, 8, 10, ay yei A 
ex west od crops of these—namely, 
wae dae 
g 
a 6, 18, aia The others were on south 
well, Oa ne wo 
Cs 
e of the same i, Belle gar de bein ing the 
ahd true Genes © nd the Violette Hative Baie. the 
lis 
variety, dahect in size or eer ia than Rector of Wood- | would be Elruge or Violette Hative,, Downton, 
stock, I had the seed P direct ee r. re Rivers’ Orange, and Pitmaston Orange. You ca 
Dean, Bedfont, so that there Ne cath be no mistake as ders, burn your fingers in selecting from the above 
the variety, Peter McKinlay, Woodbine louse, Be che. noble fruits. I have read my article over again and 
ham, Oct. 12. [V We cantoa i ag t extent t confirm de in g to REPES it as much as I could, 
gustu this favourable verdict. Eps. ] 
remem 
‘ Poets lose halt the praise they would have get, 
Were it but known what they discreetly blot 
In fine, the trees are in fine ae for next year ; their 
ns look mahogany or 
A te triple 
