May 26, 1860.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 481 
he Greek and Rom SANGRE: 
authors, the numerous Sale to to this subject i in their | even in the genus Agaricus there are a few stemless or Eiome Correspondence 
[Ss sae and paintings A th e relics for a in the thea shortly stipitate species which re at first „ Cuthill s Pi rincess ae Strawberry. oT, ain desirous 
s, prove to a that perfumes were i nera al u use | re cae that is, lying upon th a fact which I imagine may prove 
pet re the Egyptians. Incense the | tl ills st the ‘light. We ought not then to ie se to PA and others having close confin ed 
gods, and Paia on every grand occasion when 2 a surprise ed w. hen we come to. those Fungi belonging to | town gardens. I den li 
complete oblation was made. It was usuall ion which have lost all trace of decided | the above, and I was told that it was of no use attempt- 
companied with a libation of en vy! but v was sometimes | Ag E in the shape of gills, pores, teeth, &c., on | ing to grow SEELE I tried however, and found 
p ontd alone. Thei Sigg edie hymenium, if they deviate entirely from the} that my plants would bear a little the first year; the 
circu! ums tances. Plutar ch tells us 3 that for offerings to ordinary rule, and in their normal condition expose | second year absolutely nothing but leaves. Well in 
the sun resin hymenium. In some instances indeed the | 1857 I ordered some plants of Mr. Cuthill of Camber- 
16 16 ingredients called ae The high priest usually | hymenium is in effect removed from the influence of | well, oan Piece Royal of England, and planted 
as where ase or individuals grow on the|them along with s m others—the British Queen, 
If held th 7 one hand, and with the other under side of logs or sticks, while in others where Keens’ Seedling, ris 8 the Treas bore 
heer balls or pastilles of is entirely rues the border heavy crop, the others a Tittle. "ta 1 185 9 the Princess 
oe’ was a sort of cup fixed at the end of a stick, and separates from the substance on which it grows this y 
not attached to a chain like the modern ones. So becomes mete me = reflected, but this does not the same Strawberry i is, every plant without ne A 
times also they introduced the fragrant substances inte apy ly to a any s pone j t healthy blos: and 
the body of an ox, or other victim after it was slain, | resupinate, rah in myers es the potter separates at | there is bloss n any o other. They se janes to 
and burned it on the fire, pouring over it a quantity all, there is no tendency to Lan | possess the proper ty of: not running to leaves at all. Tt 
of o il. The aromatics in that case had the effect of The su bject of our present illustration is you know what sort a Strawberry the 
counteracting the Rogner i of burning flesh. point, Nothing can be more common than it is where- | Princess i s is; to my eg H not quite equal to the 
_ (To ued.) | ever there are fallen branehes. of Oak or Beech; itch a cond to no other, and 
| due pi yia of shade and moisture.. It first appew' vie ae and. sweet, Se early, and pro! bli sins 
in the e of a little waxy mass closel ned to the \a Id thi hot 
TREE MIGNONETT branch a : This gr me cree spreads, | met pata great d discouragement i in “Strawberry growing, 
E Reseda odorata, or common: care Mignonette, et such a one just try the Princess Royal, and the 
ret highest expectations he may entertain will be fully 
ibe e conservatory during the winter and aged monis: reali: T he same ti t him order of Mr. 
al Whe Cuthill his valuable little pamphlet on the Strawberry ; 
up, wc ear off all the plan it contains everything that is. wanted in the way of 
grows train it upwards s a Aa antil it it is a foot fei | | instruction, but the Princess Royal requires only to be 
or two if you please; do not allow any side shoots to planted, and it will grow and flourish for years. Charles 
grow on the ries and remove all leaves to within a few | Walker, Solicitor, Malton. 
inches of its top. | Whe en the „plant gets as high as you nd Forty years ago, when I was 
wish it, top it, young, we never required to protect any it 
ance, pinch off their tops until you have from birds, except Cherries from blackbirds and thrush 
formed a aes en 4 head to ab fee and above all and jackdaws. , every kind of fruit but Black 
do not allow bloom ear until it = | Currants is eaten np the moment it, approaches ripen- 
become strong, which e be by mee, if it has bee nless protected by nets, and not only b 
well attendéd pE the first MA it will be a former enemies, but rooks, robins, chaffinches, and other 
‘visable not to h thom in Jarger t n 8- inch Pots. | small fry, are ae, as if fruit was their natural and 
only food. Netting a whole garden is so serious and 
off after flowering it is ten to one ia the plant will imposs' pias a eeping small people thérer with 
die. I have had excellent tree Mignonette three years | a rattle from dawn till dark such a nuisance, e 
old— very bushy, and fall of flower all winter. cw | of your correspondents will greatly oblige the public if 
nette is often neglected at Midsummer, when our hands c ggest an for checking such wh 
are fi ther work, and yet this is the very time destruction of fr ‘owder and shot is out of the 
hen e ette wa st care, for the flowe n u emies are legion, and the 
t- bei mted during summer oug be | shot could not avoid doing more injury to his trees than 
removed, in order to have a fine winter display. To | the fruit is worth. The ey they must be ee to 
keep worms from entering and disturbing the roots, | alarm the robbers or poison them. J. Mack is, MD. 
add’ a handful of soot at each shifting over the Eile sigh ARTIE, 
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low me to thank “ C. E. W.” 
drainage. 
for publishing iis ‘opinion as to, the cause of ru ust on 
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Ned delights in a sandy loam, not too light, | 
a. grOS: 
s feeder ttle Seiad manure-w: hse annii b- 
: p once a week with advantage. this 1 Tiect would, ea help to ‘of the 
i: Aat in the ñnould need not be made aa rich in evil, for kan EIRE M to P elieve that i peake one 
reran a ssigned e mischief. 1 unhesi- 
Winter Mig onette, as it is generally called, requires tatingly ake pipes or oe Mase twee th not un- 
to be treated differently from the above. It is gene- comfortably hot), and from practical observations 
rally sown about the 20th August, if later it will n extending over 20 years, I can assert that I never saw 
acquire suf ient strength by winter for the London any ill effects ae wen that ice, th it 
market. I generally grow from 8 to 10 plants in a Corzrcr UM QUERCINUM, Fr. | would appear that ent precisely similar produces 
48-sized pot, which is 6 inches deep. For this sowing (Copied by permission from Greville’s hind. Cryptogamic E RS, pan sorely then “garage mist pe more causes 
it is safest to use a light sandy and rather poor pen Flora.) t work, ei I have Ree 
for if the latter i = too rich and strong the plants dam 5 ? i z Ho ouses w. Ti air 
off daring winte ut of nearly a thousand fone, das it i tact with otl t tl ci am ae not to have a retin of i? ox. on. 
I have often asair lošt one by a to this: by | them to form circular patches an inch or c hile th ense the yapour- 
not allowing a drop of rain to fall on them during slightly uneven and tuberculate, and of a delicat pi k | in th house ; | at such times I give e only sunat back- 
winter, by never watering them unless they tilat t the 
flageing, and by admitting at all times plenty of air. the. margin “like the shields of some tones being lt emperature within bounds. I hope t h see t5 time 
In the case of frost coming, however, sa are kesad nearly black, and smooth be n eath. The ig gps rae is home we shall be enabled to 
Sens up, ti rm air both n niga and day in all-our forcing struc- 
a if you have not — the above i tl aie ža s hen win tures; _I have no doubt that then -a great many of ` 
suffer ane from damp. Do not ex our hs The species of Corticium, together a he uld 
for some d: aloe the Frost breaks son pian only closely spec 9 nera Stereum a oa, Thelep hora, are very vp ae entirely. G. Blake, Great Clyro. Court, 
by degrees; ab n “this country al we kawe. u nea rly 6o; Radnorshire. 
sun. My a y to give . them light, after being so| We are not aware that any oe a them can be p Early Swarming of Bees.—The first swarm I had 
long elie as ‘i sometimes led me for the moment any econ nomi cal use. The principal part which. they ecme off this season was on 1 Sunday “May 20, _ from a 
to forget this, and I have suffered severely for my hive. Bees 
igence, or branches on whlch they grow, and from. ‘this property | locality, and we a agi ie ‘cat later i 22 early sw 
Should the winter prove mild, the Haye ‘as root | one at le ast of them i is like the dry ro — than ‘ed when my 
into the ‘akon they. are placed m ; therefore ja f them, Cor- fay 12 0% a Wa «Neighonrs Improved bans 
be lifted ú eo lly to b eak the roo ote "sl known by its bright tint of indigo, Hive” working ares glasse nt . Nelson, Rinefield” 
will annoy-you if you do not ae of et er he s they | nd which is en fin common. at the foot of pales = a Nare series, New For te 
ee on Mien onette. To reta pots | on old pieces of wood lying in damp corners of t ej rchard Houses. a have an orchard house erected 
Leer ae plante; SARA ‘his ene tliey ‘will ga arden: has- the reputation of being ir pie nag ing 5 
Tot f ot pinched, and will | like a glow-worm ight. This report. has not| Rivers’s plat 
FBloom. J 7. Cuil, Camberwell. been Bae ate by inte A wim but Mr. Churchill | full of flower. . Pi 
bington has found luminous spawn near Cambridge, | well; N ine 
COLOGY.— A E not uncommon in the case | thin; Peaches are almost a 
COLOGY.—No. In the South of France | the severe frost last 
XIX. growing i 
—COR See. al | i Sgke of the Olive is so luminous that it is pos- | The mercury was not low: 
charactortstieeee Pratt to which the | sible to read small p rint by it, and a luminous weve a injured by green 
the 
more noble. species, as for - pro 
i . 3 f A y do se do 
belong, is that they turn away their d fruit-bearing sar- | u upon decaying leaves in pcre: 4 i seg wy bores, (ioe co Maii 
face from the light. Ina cases, i spurious | Brazil, &e., there are highly 
ills are formed = he ae well as the under sur- | them exceeding n brilliancy the ‘Olive yuan Fag was in ali otis your’ enemy.) Pe eo San 
ony the pileus; but Prt wi a accidental, and of | present the whole subject is wrapped in Pens g a a have. not A Fog and two which 
bito: occit feni istinct from those | though very distinguished mycologists have persion my P beara’ Ys pper gae 
in which a se a verted pileus is attached to | its investi he formation of touch whieh | have been “nud pr bene them are Ae 
5 aang hd oa ae 3 a at bys © se and Sioi T l cused at in 50 iS eae rig DE Ga a ets with aaa the 
ournal, 1 018, where the effect een pro- | combustion, and dependen A Ee he last 
: i A te set, and the lea ing on, but the 
pile a ae erg ting together or ero! y rbeoguet oe aaria aram: in da E BA pe ri at to | 8 few days the leaves are e mithering the fat fruit flag 
Efting ap ct of oe weaker of the two from the the spawn done: Sha: Inminous Appearance? s oe Vineet a xc facing Bg bd does thi ‘dure on age 
Though however this law of turning oo , M.J. B. 
