| Nomer 16, 1861] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1007 
ind 1 (—— Pr: ———— 
h apposing i erived from the Saxon and not f 
| the best, supposing the descriptions to decide d in colour as the ones I have noticed. of trees are mostly derive ind not from 
S бе pe E will d: Deren х Ает of 5 e raisers, | “ Passant " is поба good word, und “strié,” * nuancé," | the e Norman, and never have, I believe, any of our long- 
mi because upon "it rests the responsibility. I have | апа “omb e" may not pen good. Let me not con-| established words been formed by the combination of a 
бео) received no private рейсти сй kd vs A of them,|clude without saying that our French тренд Norman and a Saxon „syllable, as would be € of 
t ай and 2 shall only mention the h ә view to call | deserve great о я our thanks for some of the chesne "and nut. Besides that, the Oak the 
id hg on Av. them for forther bere o not | Roses of the last two years, and that I ! were never Mere mäed in з guide 
à ч speak of ci of the medium sized Roses, Omen we shall be able to pay them a further compli- either as trees ori n their fi 
| L of those which are des ribed as large, full, vigorous, | ment. W.F: Radeluffe, Rushton Rectory, Oct. 29. tim ber. E 
lm | of form, These are the - трим е German Karianie езй Nus Nuss ; 
tops. oses fór h d'exhibiti от we fin in old G t ung's 
Ds d =? of Rose: that we; pese в: Gorrespondence о-н Gèrman ki 
i — India.—I last week directed attention | Küsten (pronounced. Kesten) ds mem with the Tuy 
: Жу n) vi pensi on WE MC M doa Tied, i rmi os пр | usual substitution in the north of Ch for К, we 
da white, de. M the| have Chesten-nut or Chestnut, All these, like the 
ў i French Chátaigne, have of course come from v Latin 
zi I E. e ge qud f tomm mw ue Mer d ears, ed Castanea, and before that from the Greek кастора, 
о fire Э T Tige ponden Indien agriculture м. being £n .|but they have reached us through the бент 
З. Teas to be very good. The“tea- | ward state," and showed ру ће comparison that oer. Peas » 
d totallers" will be delighted. "The two issues of Gloire | be-the- thi Ryot as an agripul t, thathe, | and лоб through the  Normans. ‚— 
— todbaiets Con] rather. th hóne?- О ne — 
C ery large, full, t ption to the , 
imbricated, good form, vivid red ch anging to velvety der their cree: апа mode of | Italian, ТЕ" ; Latin, E pires ase Chest- 
ppy crimson, the i айас Glo oire t 
rgotti 
t 
a onsic 
using them. Those the antore brought to tunt as the essen- | nut, ien ordinary spelling, ore еле" of 
In Richardson 8 "Dictionary we find 
ni n 
wW baking have no thing to do with ec dip ation, Kag plough w: в nene “ Chestnut, п. Fr., Митре л D It., Castagna ; Sp., 
s, usna Js m furrow in use in thi 2 а furrow of Chestnut, adj. Castan ‚ Castanea. It. 18; 
th == оне и ; o s | says Vossius, t from a, or r Castanea, a city of 
pee ss but jm E e зата тоду елан "ы hessaly, Where thero ia is рет abundance of them: Kors 
machine, just enough to cove: drill at a time. teve: Pesti says, ‘the first Che: "s nuts were known to 
ut Sardis, and from thence were brought, and рө. 
de Dijon !! Comtesse 
tials of their: cultivation were a plough, a small harrow for the tw 
covering the seed, and a hoe. Gins апа presse: rias: 
aen ay 
ia de Dijon are marked with notes of admiration. Belle |ratherthan the p de testhe truth of the axiom | not Chestnut be from the Log Chátaigne, 
L 
aning and 
"1 for è the Greeks call t үө Sardinian Nuts (1. xv., c. 23.) 
» е Ins is s but not so ro perly, written Chesnut : 
each side, the o * Golde: ? the tree is called Chestain." I 
mid: climate to keep the roots идеи y dry. send the abore quotation al the word * Chestnut "— 
senno em nó tin paths accordi robable size 
ost profound philologists, 
t| the present Dean Tr айсу in his lecture “Оп the Study 
г ня Words,” speaks thus of | the wo rk „from 1 which itis 
en tracted the 
+ only one from: whi 4 І сап promise you effectual "help, 
for it'is the only English one in which etymology 
n|ássumes the dignity of а science, will put you "T the 
right position for judgin 5 why the word has been sug- 
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фаб the 1 
nee: vea Ё с "gra тану in the 
amy, ergraduate at Oxford my time, | Тїї 
went to the Visitation in 4 ilie ducks " 
meckcloth." Th 
k, but washer а =н Gar —Ir ead with great interest the 
P * Well, " =® the bishop, * then how do you article yon recently published. on the e Prager yment of 
account for black n eckcloth “ Why, my lo said Шым d gd CHEN E Врана Châlons, and I not wonder 
the clergyman, peser but the waisherwothài This done, t the plants being Я iit that the sy stematie instruction of soldiers while 
washed it black 1” Гав went the story some years|that is, ridges which dud 
ag. Now, I чарт prt tex ; Dijon must have 
re 
е гаен бүт арй Charles. Wood | the 
M —- Verdier DM — а very large, very 
тес t” habit, beautiful vivid |. 
mp in the xd l art of Е Ње land, is 
V | esiconrag ei b wise UM e. I6 is, 
"отор js rather has Ns rare, bu Th means a new thing in 
vell in | history, to see the ле, теша of Lowe irc; war 
опе, ів Бла bel ce caet dexter ку by onee 
" Róbert- Fértuns EE YE mmc side silo with | dust E e drame 
beni iens habit, | Mr qu ae БЕ ia mds | rational point. 
аата of the hardest. wood, usually an ped: cn pen ава ий deservi 
rieties; Gloire de. Chatillon (Fi ontaine), vigo pointed with a bar of iron 16 e 20 inches long ud abont hat I 
large, full, “то rouge vif seid do violet he iret Нолаи от lengthening, iig e-sole; аси 
esembles Madame Másson! ! Notre sme dà Fours i CEN" rap OC 
rous, 
vary the dep 
Meis 
- | requir 
of. agrieul lements 
nes in the hands TL Dati tient and аат s Ryot, provi 
to its use, one of marvellous efücacy in | quali 
the soil and destroying weeds by | dividua 
Milimo skill have a chanos of à disp prin iine 
Ko in land vo (n one mither om tias eure burying | igg чча vigour comes often the desire for Pin 
п 
вее 
T every there 1s no greater satisfacti s am to be placed 
[fere авиа; pt 
nier Tarde E season, w. Piep aSpa ppose rum obstacles which Ls darn 
hard c—— - E 1 nching, filing timber, d 
п ing, are наме со where олуи 
es deep, it is gemere ipa stirred | |: B е in these works 
t 
ul labour gives M : 
Е | explain АРЫ and is practice encouraged, many a 
ы otherwise a всаредтасе Whose super-abundant energy 
5 ot лке siz size, fall, - ч good бею. Ф iod var ner > "ould d fi and dis sgrace. Regar ing 
2 following seem to well :— hat! sana 'atmospherio infected s fora бес g €— =н 80 vitiis as men who ma undertaken the dits of 
, very Bios. very ime; Psi full, | fertilising effect of this Cool tg" is p well understood by military 1 life for a limited per: d who the 
lobulous, vivid 1 d, shaded with vermilion 1 pena ыш VM never willingly M his field without tbat | expira of t their term. ve 
» тену үп S us p season 
Me EL C prous, arrived, he. tage of need Es EC 
Couronne: di repared and ti 
e] ке. fi es advani 
do. Dus. vert ' lightly: thro 
time th pista, n make their. e or 
epar. fo bur ibd егш field gets die jut pi to thin ont | be valua MM d 
Sand ак Any id =: т Wee of order, discipline, and 
жез E of garden practice sor йш 
Air апа dew res т lack of applicants for 
aetas. do— 
PESE 
tus К bur Pr шо; 3 үйө t өен, opportunity fo 
sing of far the тор. lf 1 the] g campaign against the true edy. amfertilo ёч 
pev fee dr they are ses on srep e presa when pong: pk ей; тн 
Ву using thi pine shot ^ à if large er ee Eatherod and. stacked f for of, as | that exists in the » neighbourhood of tha t. camp—miles 
оп eure Жш gius t 
l f some: good m sized Roses, and Wit tne m deed eri re Ene Heath and Fern, whieh labour would Maias into боа, 
comiter full. sized ones; but I p left. н cg ins І оста Olestnut; — Oni of gott: rine E producing farms. W. Ingram, tone 
tm. = ч medium. sized inquires "iioila we c corren eren tme The Tumboa of West Afric TW your. volume of 
T us not otl Miro, cule In reply yow'saggest that the word may Фе derived | this year, p. 74, extracts jii giv en from a letter 
thick in роба, circular; and tQ ipm ffom Chesne nut, and that: it thereoreshoui e written addressed by Dr. i then travelling in West 
the- -latter- because во | without the t. ThisTthink very improbablé; Tropical Africa, to Sir' W. Hooker containing an 
