646 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE f 
{ [NOVEMBER 21, 1874, 
particular about the ee of your Kidney Beans ; 
but do not forget that t uch of the alkali gives 
them a flavour which strongly Tamihdi one of washin 
cooked, pour off all the water, and stir a 
bit of butter amongst them before ae Have you 
been listening, Charlotte, so as to pro y the lesson? 
“ And now, while we are tasting the ext dish, era 
is something for you to y% side-boar 
-bowl containing the hearts of eee Taket the 
very hearts of those Kana and let e have them, 
separated leaf by 1 
“‘Coming dishes cast their scent before,” oo 
aken, there me- 
other side of the ange room 
!—well, yes; we hope so. . Têze de veau 
(head of calf, not calf’s hea 
ain boi 
nm 
5g 
lad 
wn 
i 
praon and ducasses it is a dish from which is no 
escape. This, my dear madam, is half a head, , scalded 
set aside on a dis 
saved in a bowl in a cool situation. The next day 
put into your stew 
of all the swe 
l 
call ’s head a o 
be a jelly, and a pint of good beef st et simmer 
one hour alf, turning every and then, 
and adding more broth-jelly if getting too d 
For the finishing touch, make a roux; stir in half 
a a st d & quarter of a pint of 
ro’ i d this sauce 
twenty aitis before dishing, i = order that the flavour 
may penetrat: e garn with forcemeat balls 
and slices of , as you or 
~iri , and I should guess would be even 
n 
It is excellent, an 
better the second day than the = 
It really i 
= is so. ow, C e, for our mayon- 
is see I place in the aA of this dish 
layer of your Lettuce-heart leaves, on whic pu 
meat of cold roast aes covering oe ith a 
little of your long- stirred sau ; then more Lettuce, 
om sd cr 
ing n whole with the rest of your sauce, t 
1 ben eth it is visi eo: Then we decont it 
Ohives-stuck at equal distances round the 
bottom, fancy stipe tiie “to 
a arwr of c about fhe sides 
; te it still more e fanciful r elaborately or 
r pra eee 1n dua 
decora 
picked shrimps o 
Nasturtium flo tes a multi tude 
sss muster as it is, 
devs death 
table But w did you con 
orgies acquire yout Ae of ie constitution of 
mayorn a 
** Easily enough, and as anybody else may. At 
the 
‘Paris Feadan, my wife and I studied Lin analyti- 
cally, by taking them to pieces and eating them. 
Never was ut 
the dish you behold. And otte, for your 
share in the work, drink this glass of excellent 
Madeira, made at Cette in the south. of France.” 
Oh, sir! Tam afraid it will — 
As I imagine man 
a few more SE of m 
respecting the F 
large Pears I showed at Kensington on the a L 
give them here. 
Naturally I am proud of — 
first i because of their 
fine Pears ; in the 
Si 
| dition for the 
since I published ge = tg in 1860, from 
results gathered years bef gsr a a 
the di o cordon sys ei ies 
doubt, but there existed, and still birim ‘the shiek 
incase. 
My friend, Mr. 
second to none, 
sorry of Peach t 
and as to indoor trai 
first in 
Radclyffe, whose experience is 
knows much better, and out-door 
my own 
, ngland aaa ey snieni 
at all, ens oe n years ago, 
ae over matters like these, good as 
they are, Ts vEt o say of these Uvedale St. Germain 
Pears S that they really — — aL aa 
Pear cult e they were all gr 
little tree, occupying a 
feet—z.e., like an in fant en 
eet—pro S, a, whic also were victorious, 
in the same he ass, T 1872. And I make bold 
here to pres that I should be glad to see something 
like Se B gi produced by She advocates of the 
ce bles 
Nae asto size : the six Pears together weighed an 
ounce or so under 20 lb. when fresh-gathered from the 
tree ; but, pem very yee ee one or other induced 
me to dry the righ gs greenhouse, by which 
po proceeding th ey lost very rapidly. It is 
orthy of remark that it tag te largest Pear of all, 
webct w when fresh-gathered, 
which diminished the ee so that now it weighs 
an 5 it is nearly 20 inches round 
(one measurement gave 20, and another 19} inches), 
I submit to the Wa of English fruit meter. ion 
ave ever seen such a Pea as inten 
to ask some who know in F and Belgium, 1 but Í 
myself think the Pear anäpproacliable as to s 
a little at times. They were also fe g matter, 
but eve uld have been useless but for the 
style of n: I must ës are 
re say there 
Uvedale St. Germain and Belle Angevine, and also 
Belle de Jersey. You must get the true ans a 
some trees I could do nothing. And you must like 
ur wor 
value of this Pear for stewin 
nything will 
pr — a Bend 
Pears 
thin-skinned Pears, with tende r fesh os Boal vids), 
produce good emits; as clear, 
Pears with great natural arom Ms =e the Chau- 
has not quit 
Anā t is so far inferior, bas 
every needful quality for a stewing P Then 
consider the e grand si of a Pear, 20 inches round, 
in size and colour a Clipes pudding. It will also 
eep till April, ver i g the hen sec winter these 
ed, very fin 
rg a“ 
ears, when ripen eie 
ornaments to the #0) supper table. As such our fruiterers 
obtain huge 
with the 
or them ; while aris, 
“Apple, fonia ‘the bient t of the 
so much to them, 
: el Make whut 
these mot I was offered a 
munificent sum 
alf-a- ach for my pri 
Pears of 1872, hae in other” haa they altinately 
realised nine gu I have heard o i oe 
guineas s being a pary for one dish, but this may be 
ation. Zhos. 
ng. 
the « 
o sum pln ag 
» C. Br dhaut, Richmond ack. 
a in e ie LIBYAN 
EARLY in the Sa year we announced an expe- 
As wate of this ranan ppn under 
the Khedive of t was headed 
Sermatpices OF t 
Mr. G; ae red per well-known- tiaveiler, with 
apere 
ey; | silv 
accustomed to 
` mutica alone} keg in broad 
: plants differ from the majorit 
somewhat or nig light t purple ar E 
y. -i 
march between Farafreh and Dghakel. Fye 
too, in the course of the day, sufficient fuel was 
pare iar Sere evening 
found i in "these hollows, and the’ plants t 
even ony ground, favour the accumulation 
every plant, stone, bone, 
sand hillock, lengtne out 
last wind. The vegetation of the 
ound is far m sparing, 
rada it is not surprising that 
F 
species, belonging to fourteen different fe 
wer see LCN vered. This li os is of so much interest 
roa oduce it in oss 
Geraniaceze—Monsoi 
Ae album, Z. coccineum, 
arabi = *F. parviflora and *F. sp. nova (?). 
Leguminose—*Astragalus leucacanthus (%), *Acacia 
ee Ad renee 
ped ret mannifera 
6). 
Atim ete ncceuria crispa and *Artemisia judaica. 
Borraginacee—* Heliotropium undulatum and *Echium 
eee acee— ae mutica, 
nopodiac ee lon foetidu m (?), — n 
nd Cornu prasa — ntha 
ig 
Grameen -Aristida T pungens, A. plumosa and Vili 
om the Jilg divu it will be s 
Hat “only half of the families of the desert flora 
and in Pee 
flourish. They ‘all show a tendency towards a deve’ 
ment best suited to overcome the t enemy 
ity, in their d emi growth, 
ense 
oo unt of leaf surfa 
0! ans (Anabasis, 
and in the transformation of the leaves into 
scales, as wel in th 
inous t found 
are armed with prickles or thorns, € 
harml: 
leaves, 
y of the 
