168 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [FesRvany 25, 1860, 
other plant with the same manner of growth meter nearly reached 94°; lois, 97°; at | ‘allowed to push before planting.—M. DESET 
would have done as well. Have these fleshy Tours, 99°; at aaa aie nearly for i= oe disease DA a net re als was destroyed 
ts th r of keeping the earth that lies | month between 92 ontpellier it by capriciously ae 
tae 1 fae i St pre t 8°. This heat was accompan ried Py tribut ted t + ncaa! oo SO oe’ ee Totte ‘> 
0 mpness which Orchids require; or do the| extraordinary dryness. In nion that 
joints of such stems preserve the Orchid roots from | little hpk by were dried up, and oat rivers, Potatoes $ onld be pe planted atten thet first fort ice 
injury, at the same time allowing them to ripen | the Lois and the Allier among them, were almost | Ì April : ob i er nen er nn peated the well 
thoroughly ? Or is there any other solution of the | reduced to mere rivulets. T} is combination of Kiowa act t a bathe ow ere ound where ta rap. 
roblem? We should like to the gee of | heat and dryness produced serious consequences ; Po a are muc ore diseased than o n hi ist 
such men as Domrny or WILLIAM BAR n|hay and field crops of vegetables were in some | ground. 
the subject. We sho ald like ail ete W find places reduced to nothin r; at Montpellier and| —— At = va meet me er Preravy pii 
that the French statement is tested by experiment ; | elsewhere the Grapes shrivelled on the Vines, and | duced a bunch of CHASSELAS GRAPES, Which p 
i is not t i ame ripe prematurely. On the 
ose: 
i P a ly kept in a paper ba 
uuknown to them in a wild state, they are unable | ripen be where they ha ripened before; and | been constantly kep pap g open o 
N keep alive those which pias at their | near Cherbourg Camels, Mander Trdi, the pte, potas that TAS ripened 
«wn doors. New Holland Acacias, Araujia a albens, and ei this-manner keep perfectly well a through the 
eee AS eS Myrsine afrien Apane th eir Hyh in the n | winter, which is by no means the case with ia 
THE excellence of the CuI wat sE YAM, in iy air, ‘In surveying the gardens of Eu rope,” adds |as as have been exposed to the sun, e „aring ee 
nands of a cook who will follow her instructions, | M. LEPELLETIER, from whom we borrow r covered with dew or any 
is at length admitted, as well as na vey a with statement, “it is impossible not to that Sh jn pie Ba regarded the disease, ‘ron wil 
which ample crops may be had, ngland is the co cate where Horticulture has | they then s 
worth while, now that the TE ESE Y = oe a its climax, and that a taste for 
to es) 
become distant 
lately been obtained in this cou and in France. | from ‘its shores. Observe Holland, Belgium, CULTIVATION OF THE POTATO, 
: Te neat, from t tg se of the Paris| Flanders, Normandy, you find there a distinet Messrs. Harpy & Son AG see p. te have s er 
Horticultural Society, that our English gardeners | refl.ction of England; the climate is nearly th rksı r t ©. I believe 
“have alrea ey eroa off the palm. Mention is | same, there is the same horticultural riches and the that thei many localities 
made in Paris of roots weighing 34 lbs. or oa same taste for gardens, parks, trees, evergreen Ei fear 
abouts; od 38 inches long, ‘the a uce of a ian e | shrubs, and flowers. But advance to the south, frost. 
season, but of nothing hea while Mess rs. whether by the east or by the west or by the centre, | the e frosts n Oe tober 
mo worst is n g 
of London roots weighing gê Tes. 6 oZ., although and you arrive at regions where gaT arden ing, © shall we pant ‘the phe! petty such time ot 
only 36 inches long. It is true e that M. Bour- | tined to objects of first necessity, such as sakit are opened. For several years I ha oe ccessfil 
GEOIS produced in Paris a root weighing nearly | vegetables, and ng = É is in a miserable state | in the growth of the ens as most people, and prom 
151 lbs. ; but in the first place it was two years | even as regards t e thi ings. Doubtless ee is a | bably I have taken more pain in the selection n of varie. 
ely ittle better in th d of the ric ties tl d Ihave 
t t | of the sout l t tai aid for my ioio for whe Toii 
ad been grown on a bed of leaves, and apart from | but there, ad in tere he the eas tle ion has|of a new or ind of Potato, let the ' distance be whatit — 
everything else; and was evidently an exceptional | no gardening fondness, and horticulture is only minh the St ime? of Kaea, M p 2 b obstagle in t 
ease. Another French grower laid before the| preserved by a few EoD excep ions. This | ¥8Y + 1a a ri n a ge pA ota! o mini a 
Society roots three years old, obtained by filling | is a sad state of irs, ; bu ~- i varie Serni at did I say, varieties? Alas! 
clay with v ble . Nothing | it 
names—some of the sorts having no fewer 
it ieties of n 
is better to describe it as is then than six isdaocenit ca ones. For several years past I have — 
id down 
m F 
more is said of these three-year-old roots, except | paint it in false eli urs for “the sake of 
that one of them was more than a yard long, and | sati: isfying our tutional paetae Our country- DA me for Potato cultivation, but in many 
t they were extremely troublesome to raise. men should be, made to understand clearly|am afraid that my persuasions have b 
We learn, however, that this Yam has already | that they do not hold the vu in gardening ; that} Allow me therefore to recapitulate briefly 
begun to change its form. Small specimens have | they still have much to do before they can rise to | essential points on which success atin cuticles 
` been raised in Paris by M. Pissoz, of a nearly | the level of several neighbouring countries; but " Choice of Ground.—The best soils for the Potato are | 4 
ad raise thar 
seedlings from seeds ripened in Algeria, w that Far w noe scab, mi 
among them were some whose roots were nearl — Wee erman newspaper, the realising 
round ; time alone, however, =~ decide heiir | Landwir vehschaftliches "Cen alblatt, says the Revue | cious soils, if constantly in 
this new form would be permanent. Should it be | Horticole, the follo lowin ng g dessin on of the m ethod | immature tubers whi 
so the change would be im oriant, Donise, used b Ca uliflowers, so | quality ; 
nd sand, 
fr: 
o! anured ; at £ fM he 
still unable to do so without breaking them, large English Cauliflower upon a bed of manure, paS with Potatoes should 
Let us add that the following plan, adopted | and cover it with straw mats at night. When |state as possible by the end of November, i 
y Mr. Ineram in the Royal Gardens at Frog- the young plants are 3 or 4 inches high, they it may receive the benefit of frosty weather. The 
in 59 hat er m 
as prove ¢ j 
n making and preparing the bed a piece of light | the autumn eee eee wooden | 2Pa"t- This should entirely depend bat? 
und was marked out about 100 feet long and dibble, 18 nike "one the ey make hole about 
7 wide, and trenched 3% feet deep, well mixing 4/10 inches deep, at proper distane 
on the top to raise the bed and allow a sufficient | and’ repeat this three times the same da ee bs certainly detrimental to the plan 
amn for ai roots to grow down. After lev aiie | the iige they fill them with sheep’ 
— 
for the workman to | Jeg ö Selection of Tubers for Seed.—Unl ess your 
stand “The and seg jao a trench with a spade 6 inches | which they ay e Garde past, varies in a quality it is sins s much better er to me 
deep. The re then planted about a foot | m: and pli n the h gle with a little earth. or pur aa o the seed for planting, If yo yor 
; ha mmn Sees pot te: centre, which irete six «| Directly ft aba disease n lant the same variety on atad 
-sets across the | board turned asa ke EM ring two vee S succession. I prefer a and of 
aon, S eT | seed every season. I w Bie her e romak this is one 
the point: bes oe disease ee z 
ound en the he TEn, ming, thi I irpan of tiio f | ya ifs eee eat and although iaraa ` 
in gh inira from sets çut jan the ct the) the lower T £ e Some ot | a trifle more per acre, yet a greater ¢ 
rave dle, oe he's bottom of the roots. A ps tee" able eee re ee a: the plant, and use them to fe them, and they io < = 
re 
; —— The Poraro DIsEAsE was lately the subject sized sets should in all cases 
Sred sa tod TONE the waa ec on a of diseussion at a meeting of the T mperial Hort | eters as they are termed are thse which mi 
s tur: et x 4 3 e nev 2 
porkon or oer Sheets! Bye Ma e ported aie? Of rt za 5 April he he tock planted aa sey tho omg sE aro found to oe 
s., | Some sets (? rondelles), Oh the Ist of August the! part of a crop before si 
some 34 lbs. This. form of the bed admits of the pana teen nt ergy To afierwards vS praade m sun and air, 
most ready way of ep up the tubers ; K trench ; ur he J procuring. 
4 feet wide and 4 dee no at one end, anda mee haulm all withered. Round Potatoes | quality from that 
careful man leit take hem A Sa i 
"The was 
the bed, the 
E O 4 “and so a 
ests ni Doa 
n taa them up he found t e hird heavy 
ted was made early in April. _ | destro; disenso, but bg reg te side by side, 
; | were thers soun » how gaa » added ee the same quali pai 
from foreign journals still | that the sets of the first had” si to grow when AoA G AN the tubers have bee: 
ile the second were still ie nent — ar TAE i J PEAN 
gentleman said that he had found nothi T than that of full- 
er the matter with his round ie but that he be ER orp 6 a 
RE y of them ic larger than 
