DECEMBER 10, 1874.) THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
785 
ousands of plants, but never saw one with four well- 
gpanded, flower-whorls in an equal state of develop- 
gent, aS is shown in the figure alluded to ; generally 
de first tet has y the time the third 
opens. Yet strong plants produce four or five 
forerstems $ 2 cpa another, and the late 
ʻ aes t ones go 
: aking» a bn object for the decoration of our 
i i er, I consider 
o raise 
Epam may perhaps i. attributed to dampness of the 
r to the employment of a rich 
Baro Pat Mich is not suitable to it in its first 
- gage of owth. Max Leichtli vag ae -Baden, Dec. 13. 
= your os aa ndent ” p. 752 seems to 
mt being able tte te aw canis plants from 
home-sa se November, 1873, I sowed a 
pal, saved from plants I flowered the same 
; intwo months I had ver 200 seedlings 
ag Agi into- boxes large enough to 
grew luxuriantly, and i 
aihio 9 al 
al T eed eee quite suited them, being cool 
formed nice crowns, and mers 
| Priory Gar-dens, Warwick, Dec. 1 
Prize Vineries.—I am pleased to see that some of 
- Jour correspondents encourage this idea, a a ather 
regret to see eppard throw co a ea n the 
i Possibly there may be a few eolit in 
the way at first, but co 
serious. Int the fest t place I do not expect oe there 
would be a pnltitpdinogs. Io p entries, for 
of Grapes w 
e lists, and unnec 
ease the expenses of judging, p Even if the 
izes were open to all England, I do not see that 
è difficulti great, for £ entries wou 
id appe 
A s be en 
cultu 
‘sy, the Garoni? seas and other journals, might, 
nses, &c., appoint —— from 
counties in which the c 
‘tesided, whose duty it eal be 
_vineries, record their ee eg total nga of wae 
g rods, number of bunc cut and weig' 
oopetitom 
the 
furnish 
u 
This er ashy fant the 
estion of ‘‘ weight and 
neasure, ir. Sheppard says, and materially 
lessen incidental expenses. Unless the entries were 
an I anticipate, I not see 
England or one half 
ter to the winner. 
time would be too 
Welli antea.—In re «he 
Wetinetonia z e Gar come oh Chronic for 
D a, 
oni te 
i fect 
as follows :—Height 
of the lowest branches, 56 
fae was planted in 
in March, 
pma in » height, 
ociety, AA the edie of, bear u tothe pr 
E = Rae pe be fe by the 
Seranium is being venti ust now, ned the 
Medium of your co — ‘ar _ 
C aportance still to —a 
ton ee à 6 Sao some ‘queer seed- 
lings, ‘supposed hybrids between ‘ P 
Pelargonium y Ve , otherwise than la 
fertilisation —1 am induced to add a few remarks, whi 
I think are relevant to the subject. In the first place, 
it is evident Mr. E, we considers a has obtained 
some hybrids between P, ucher and 
ratense. It mpn be P for ìt ce tainly does not fol- 
ow that because I and others have failed to fertilise the 
Geranium with the P octet pase vice versa, others 
eed ; but I must for sa 
n 
— men ee positive they had effected 
aucher and some of the first 
rted ihaites (which belonged to the Beauté de 
Suresnes type), who wan afterwards bound to admit 
their error, o retu 
hybrids, it seems that Mr. Pe 
. Yet, strange to say, he is equally certain that 
they will in his hands prove to be fertile. aaia Pear- 
er thin 
rgonium Socie i bag in July 
next, a 8a: that bia doubtless be anticipated with 
much interest by many besides myself. r, Grieve 
ed hybrids, and he agrees 
ganid of a. the Sing: posible interest 
olan viz. ani ossible, 
or otherwise, that the proge ny ma one Miik 
affected by the application o A peta. to the 
i ae oo ey fertilised by 
admitted,” continues Mr, 
Grieve, “it might ae for Lol ueer seedlings 
rais r. Lowe ;” hen goes on to relate an ex- 
periment of his Pid which certainly bears out the sug- 
the pollen ofa valyti a ra to the stigma of 
an Ivy-leav iety, the next day after it had been 
impregnated by its own pollen, and that the result 
en 
pon th e point. This prepotency o 
male parent, which I find as the result of my crosses 
which now can be numbered by many thousands), is 
disputed by Mr, Pea = oa others ; but 
inyariable with me, it is impossible for me > be mis- 
o 
F 
as applying to the question in point: 
y th re A t he 
stigma yirgin table condition for impreg- 
nation, I immediately smother it with the pollen I 
ale par 
found by careful wh tale a that if = ovule a "i 
pregnated by the application of a 
ia to the sipan it is nourished ‘principally by the the 
nother hich the offspring will in that 
S 
poste to the 5 ia the 
ment by the Sepstanandal 
siete and carried do 
pollen grains being 
wn to it, and then the offspri 
would resemble the pollen parent. Professor Duncan’s 
ed in : 
Ste letter cannot be o | copii ep for should 
soe out b m 
pio ose kn knowlege of it may not | » It ma 
us to obta into new Po and yarieties Ld 
Dai or puits that could have 
other way, or, at any rae | 
of sterility in its produc 
fluence really be fi found t 
applied after impregnation, I look forward to the 
possibility of obtaining results e equal to the union of 
two distinct species, and yet preserve fertility. Fohn 
Denny. 
-Fruita of Stephanotis floribunda, —Can any 
of your correspondents ee ang if i for 
ng : fruit i? Tite 
here with one on i : 
plants, but have never seen it in fruit before. 
mention that the "plant is trained tos obe, 
baye a. 4 
ut 6 inches long, and 4 inches broad nearest the 
ee It has been growing about en months, and 
ts fu 
not seem ae have attained i = age In 
A ety it is like a pear re Hh ge y Hepburn, 
The Gardens, Scaris warad ick jae Ormskire, { Unusual, 
bat t un 7 specimen was shown at 
the meeting oi the Ro i Horticultural Societ 
December 2, Ens.] á ili i 
The Melting of Snow on Short and Long 
Grass.—In observing the difference of time 
* = 
o 
efore the large one could follow 
a slight fall of snow fell. All round the track of this 
eover the disparity is greater in 
the quantity and also in the time of thawing than 
er to have seen pons, t ore seem 
not only that the length of th do with 
reasons 
of this rong 0s in on time 
of melting the snow, os the short grass lies in less 
mpass. I compact together 
—less air in it, amo aa it, under it. But 
all allowance for bg still think the vitality 
the grass ing, perha 
everything, to do with i it, There is, to 
greater bulk of living tissue ; and living plants, even 
blades of grass, are poss ssibly no not mere en 
of cold, to put the matter pope arly. 
means of resistance 
hardly yet d 
eems to point to a state of dormancy. The last word 
is, however, very tive. an absolute sense it 
piration of fluids may reduce tem ure, 
os make the plants more inion i 
to most snow on the — t in 
this there is a reduction of the volume of vital 
force as well as a mutilation of the power of that left. 
The question .may be a A of some attention these 
cold da d lo i oa uld be 
an 
glad to hear opinions upon it. D.T. 
What is an alip ?—Having frequently heard 
the above questi oa and never satisfactorily 
answered, induces st? o ask the question, in* hopes 
of some of your ansa readers being able to do so. 
Primula elatior of Jacquin goes by the aboye name, 
they refuse to cross. On the 
quently seen in a ee t, in fields co 
with P, veris, that in the hedges where P. Miky is 
plentiful here pnd there Hina m a different ns 
EE i the two: what is 
it? 
slants a Jacquin’ P. elatior, from 
the Whee n ingen Alps, m Bardwell, in Suffolk, 
one of the s ger to this plant, and 
they differ slighty, and come true from seed, I 
believe P. elatior and P. acaulis Pa R yi 
i acaulis and P. dlatior; n Pol 
having Feneentiy ra any baar a t 
been informed that P. dors. eolens and 
culty—is this so? There ia 
Primulas ; we 
variety of the common Primrose, 
often called the Oxlip. Eps.] 
besides an kelit 
and which is 
