THE 
NOVEMBER 14, 1874-] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE: 
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Home Correspondence, 
ms and Geraniums. hs cannot help 
of the aon wrought by the new 
i o convince us that 
; e Geran 
Fiial The foliage, the way the lower stalks 
Sool and particularly the colours and veining of the 
- petals, convince me at any rate that such is the case. 
bee 
| together pg bs same haulm, The fact prepped 
| gave mpression that the rty- 
| fold is A much like the Regent in all details ‘aaa 
in of the 
former. may this fact is 
worth and I give it as A ‘aid | in Sa solution 
of the query, "William Larley, Valentine. 
Renovating ae Fight aoe on Walls.— 
There are some n walls here which, 
though over 100 ti althy 
condition, but unsightly, ‘tat only se mes fruits at the 
‘For several y . J. Lowe, Esq > 0 ghfields eee points of the branches. ere all trained 
ottingham, has been trying to raise a blue iu th pina measure 5 f inches in 
| by crossing the aniu guineum with Madame taierea They produced so little fruit th 
i Yorker Zonal jpeg res = these a something to be resp mprove them in 
| have produced red, rose, e flowe respect ; and I tried on a large Jargonelle tree the 
| gith curious foliage, but few gh beli ve they were | plan of enon Xp, vertically young shoots, abo eni 
; the result of the cross attempted. The only thing | 12 inches apart from the lowest pair of branches 
made me doubt was, that I could not imagine, | shown in fig. 12 par In four pi the new paea 
if they were not so raised, how such queer things could | covered the wall, 11 feet high and 30 feet in length ; 
from Madame Vaucher e has just sent | the bh se tree was cut down, leaving the renova ated 
me two plants in flower much alike in every respect | tree in the manner arnt in fig. 128 B, and having the 
bhp who se em can b no | apeadactale of fine n oduce fine 
are really raised between the hed crops of good fruit yearly, =y are ~- admired by 
of igang old Pear, Piai. and Che fer tree the 
walls more quickly and cheaply rta with 
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‘ Fic, 128.—METHOD OF RENOVATING OLD PEAR TREES ON WALLS. 
oy . Lowe over | fruit-bearing wood. I also treated in the same way a 
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wed b lovers of things, fc fis wal : after their f t had 
Lows 4 itis really pretty as well as curious. Mr. | transferred at once into the perg fare which en 
“able ty UES it a mule; T ó not much doubt being | now occupy. To all who visit = lag they 
ha ‘it; time will show which is right. F A. ; ble Mr. Barron may 
e —— stage them in the conservatory at on, to 
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Potato, —The origin of the name, 
of so universal a favourite as the 
could not fail in being interesting to 
hence I ask you to allow m 
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others an opportunity of 
William Earley, Valentines, 
Thujopsis anien and ee gigantea,—I 
d co 
of 
most notorious species-mongers to produce words to 
convey the difference. Moreover, az may o 
that the ge of the leaves 
of this species indicate its generic relationship to the 
Thuja. The only two s opsis known, 
It is probably the only er 
bag and, non atk 
cpt phica 
n it as being the 
nearest existing Thuja 
relative of the Biota. 3 find t rdon, author of 
the Pinetum, in giving this species the name of Thu. 
jopsis St andishii, Wis ee a eee in doubt as to the 
genus to which it belongs. G. S. [Wehad not rectal gees A 
seen the fruit of the so-called Thujopsis St Sta 
its foliage had suggested to our mind the relationship 
man examinati the speci- 
mens sent us we have no hesitation in adopting the 
view taken by our corres ent, to ie extent (that 
is) of io T. Standishii tobek 
Thujopsis. Andrew Murray.] 
The Double Blue rest ea EA At the beginning 
called Thujopsis 
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border, was in grea ay and a mass of colour in 
the Jardin Vauban, at Lille. It would be a pity to 
condem: pretty a t ily. w 
have been disappointed this season might, therefore, 
follow “T.H. id i it another 
trial, a on their 
use less wat 
piece pos yt applicable to njian other bedding 
plants. 
les ohne ag: (p. wry? = vem a 
the ate’ is erroneously accused of being a 
of vegetable matter, and that the cases given "by dice 
correspondents, ‘‘A Gardener Down West” 
and Arthur Madget t: (p 's50); wou 
correctly attributed to the water-rat, which may have 
followed th eaten into the 
then 
tey of dedeeed-Cabboge: anil; -Potsbony ties W. 
Gamble, Gardener, Tapton Hotse. 
aegon D Paie aed $52). ae no tok so 
he tells emr gel in page ral i towers i in July, and 
= the peculiar di the racemes its 
er sana name here is Widow’ s Crop.” H. N. 
pman Bitton 
Vellosia cœrulescens, which I believe to be an 
ingly rare plant (and which I received some time 
Houtte, of G is now gz 
or, 
in the ninety-first volume 
otanical Monin. 6 tab, 5514. The foliage of 
this plant resembles that of a rather narrow-leaved 
Pandan owers, which are produced 
singly on the top of : slender stem from the centre of 
oliage, somew 
ese plants appear to 
Rio Janeiro. W. E. G., Belgrove, socpr ame Cork. 
e Silphion of a Ancients.—Of late years 
o the species of plants to which 
o be referred has waxed 
