December 12, 1874.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
753 
————— 
summer, therefo 
compact and woody, 
ro 
; some nn 
_ ipen about 
ee ee 
or 
Nuytsia floribun 
ill this display. 
stock was 
Phas some undergrou 
double poet perhaps 
= 
the fruit w ome more 
cated ; whether a 
dessert 
tand longer in bios, 
to give 
Our old friend also com- 
t th 
desirable “wags and sho 
“lection. . Thos. Miles, aah A 
da, — In 
re a aer. ear soil keeps them more 
sequently eT fitted to 
The 
ut pee 
same a 
e 
flower, as it stands so well, in 
ere also it t ontshines 
Professor Harv 
vey’s 
266, cere is the following account 
m Ki 1g 
How many centuries since the pre- 
sown we Cannot tell, but th only 
themse ves. Probably this 
und parasitic attachment, as i it 
same n natural order as sons Mistleto.” 
a rodu 
at 
e seeds 
iad 
nde- 
oe 
E.. Pears on Walls 
ogee Mons trees of sig Bon Chr 
names 
garden. 
ate ate Report t fo 8 
in producing frait 
o 
nearly 
yea ising 
and seedlings” (Fournal of eet 1869, p. 195). 
ofesso o describes the embryo as 
-— We have A ing on 
s, Marie 
og ne all giv 
ood P 
f splendid f1 uit, 
avin 
eo fi 
ing 
The Williams’ this year 
bier a splendid pink colour 
am colo on 
see i 
both 
they are second 
de Mars, Beurré = 
od crops of grand fru 
Duchesse  Angouléme 
gives us good crops of fair-sized fruit, but ofa very poo” 
flavour, as a bush tree. Louise Bonne of Jersey, Van 
Mons Léon le Clerc, and Vicar of Winkfield, three 
od as bush Naor Sieesios 
on e ge 
open Ae it "Foseph Po T he Carats, je Park, 
Eupatorium ageratoides,—This plant, noticed 
by you at p. 654 as being in bloom m pi Chiswick 
I pas so well know rves 
we take into osidento its 
ation or 
or twice, will form 
is will iai. y pe T- 
blooms open 
in the open air as g 
pot Tu oe oo bloo d Holli 
Preshut Bake, sag praa rough, " Probably E. adeno- 
phorum le glandulosum is here intended. Eps.] 
citamineous Plants.—I shall be much es 3 
a 
tion oo the eans of cultivating Scitamin we 
plan! mostly s of the hottest parts 
are 
hey ar 
of pa East Indies, Wis some of them 
at an elevation of 4000 to 6000 feet in 
which I think would include some of the mot feat 
tiful of the Scitam 
cone aea coronarium | Curcuma Zerumbet 
comosa 
Ga vine anum 
Alps diaeji 
nan ne ifica 
coll 
rugin 
wiv thee Sapati 
roseum 
unar 
Kæmpferia rotunda 
” 
ine nepalensis 
+ Speciosus 
Canna P ridifolia . lan mpa 
Globba radicalis Renealmia a 
saltatoria sbi gs Roscoea 
+” 
A 
ie oe Elwes, Miserden House, Cirencester, 
npopular Grapes.—There are p A few good 
varieties of Grapes which have been 
es have, ‘* thle adverse 
SS. 
cuous amongst 
de Calabre, both 
same habit an 
iving 
Gra writer geo ry th z 
Grapes. The against E eke riends, 
who wondered that he woul "alow nis is gardener 
se P gardener) got orders to 
root ow! + fe and fill their 
laces wit nug ing ore 
i mised to do tasted of 
adépted the belles gers Bi raft 
following season he ven 
Vines to carr 
ccna PURI ne 
Owing to the very robust habit of these | 
e large bunches they bear, to have them mature 
eke crops and wood well they must have the full 
benefit of a long summer by bei ing forced ear 
gp gt Bs o a tropical atmosphere. All other é 
es being favourable, they will take on 
par b toa Buckland Sweetwater, and infinitely hon 
n van i 
pronounced the White Nice to qa excellent here this 
mgs ti we have bunches weighing 14 Ib. 
spectively, coloured like gold. George 
aai Glamis Cas 
Poinsettia pulcherrima.—I send you herewith 
some bracts of Poinsettia pulcherrima, are 
here largely for eg ee purposes, having a 
er one be ndred of them from 2to 4 
veloped head 
h so free 
t know of anything to equal 
this “et agen ar. F, Clarke, Barlothorte G Gar. 
dens, Okka. [Very fine samples. Eps 
Solanum Capsicastrum.— —I 
Ward’s ined in the Gardeners’ Chronicle at Biber 
as to whe is plant can be grown to a good- 
bush, allow me to say that on a visit to Birm 
ham Botanic ens in September last I saw - 
ing in the frame ground of m 
should think from 4 to 6 feet in height, and all well fur- 
nished to the pot both with growth and berries, I have 
no doubt it can be grown ei æ a a ant ae bush, or 
ndard. I grow it, and 
general ly as Mr. Ward dairi io “a wold be 
more useful than a dozen or so wn as 
mids o forge to help to furnish a lene mag? toga: 
in the dull days, arranged with ellias, &c. 
grand ote toa anh ariak thet Gan the ra 
come in? If 
e 
plants 
certainly will W. 
Raspberry alee (p. 724).—Mr. Fah has 
referred to various ways of ting the Raspberry. 
referred to every mode which I aon hitherto 
ietie. -iet England, I 
de 
keep the yo 
eer hl cigs all clear 
ra ripen agt: owing a passage in 
tke ines y: spe ich Borecole is planted 
ar interfering witk the process of gatherin erg 
fruits, ard, Longford Castle, Sali 
December 8. 
The Jepe: Palace Show.—Amongst the sur- 
prise e show was the withholding of the 
Ist prize for te ai ishes of fruit. Surely the prize was 
well sours tested ; there were Sa collections staged 
from of the __I exhibited a col- 
two fair Barbarossas, two fine- 
e eon Doaa Tes oe 
dish of Pearmain 
satisfaction amongst 
Elvaston 
rees versus Rabbits.—I ve at p. 714 your 
ndent, ‘‘ Young Woodma omg m e 
everything to keep the 
In small ews I have found wire nett 
succeed, but when ere come to acres the po is 
ez. apia bu 
to thank ** 
Bee 
I shall be indeed Such $ 
a deserves not only a Medal but a king’s 
aE Gli, Gr. to the Marquis of Exeter, 
Burghley. 
