694 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [June 28; 1860; 
the ai ir. The e old Elm ` water-pipes , expr expressing : any farther o opinion « on the merits of ¢ thie 
Antop TN pe Soe nig PE g t ea a h a en ea kk mally peg up in the streets of "London | Strawber Iry till _ other persons inah im 
paer ite as sound io as inside. ppor- 
mmaria A esi theyre of Fi age Ag wie | doubt whether Tek splinters more than Oak: it is too fon to record their r P perienoe. Fr A silence however 
en wee oi } ms ke e ae os ak follow ing day | stubborn a timber to be easily shattered. ] must not be conata ae an a tah oi of its infe- 
3500 Here š lants ae rincipally herbaceous, painfalt at Brou: DIA West Riding, Yorkshire; | riority; on oe che ar : rake ed to er with 
ig oye t bs in the season; mcst of them | January 1st to July 1st, 1860.— increased confidence oa y uable he perties. The 
and I was rather g te i rg fog madi Inches, question of earliness indee a now regarded as 
were out of flower, but so “om o ra 1 bl el to January SEES ME er ELS settled. The orchard house and open ground culture of 
stopped at this altitude six days, for I was à ige : Fae h | estify 
d fort duri pee SONS aaa ae ok Ca oo echo with truth every word advanced by the Rev, W, 
adh i Sh chart eR Rea Te ighton some three or to its behá. 
time, for every a we had fea rains often ace EREET E ROPES vioùr under glass and its greater freedom from aphis 
ime, d by thunder, and only a little s ge to shelter ! mm : = Blight than any other. variety. I do ib tie 
4 feet high in the centre and open at cd vee re ahd this P eg ee retri to ed. $ ; 
s em i 
eat ched iels. state 
the top of the mountain about half-past two in _ the ore of | Gardeners. —Permit me to bear testi- ‘de by side with 
by “ Crosto- sar ae fi b 
afternoon of the 3d of Apti; ; mony h å w at 
i as 54°. Much of the pa of seeing the nian,” see p. 648 ; ofthe pl me to go a step further, | f them, and a fortnight before most of them; and in 
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pre 3 but t ri AN of which he speaks is carried on. The place | This most remarkable late season T had ripe fruit in an 
cata all the vegetation here ie been burnt by the f in question is * * * *, the seat of Sir * * *, who orcas d honse with a west exposure without fire heat by 
natives At the top there is br crater 40 or 50 re Aen | think cannot be cognisant of the facts I here beg to i tity; avid TA 
a few of t substantiate. At this place are kept a head gardener, : 
been filled by the rain and so co’ converted into inte. he several teh np and many aaa The 
year, it will i 
r its fruit by the middle of 
minimum giows to within abos at night w Ve; etation 1 | wages received the wees Be those a Saia Cro, to: | May. in sr acanhar kbuso Withotit fire’ Heat, The ick 
in oat 500 fest or ape i koi week th h Pe, t £4 hos this year is with me larger than I have seen it, most 
Sras fortunate on fos an 12s. or iets eg e houses. OE naese | of the berries being as large as the usual size of Keens* 
bigh, = fa io he A. — species of =! sums gt nate in JAN ray S the latter | Seedling, and in ae it is ere a seg to any 
5000 Be. per week, entering the | cry early variety with which I am acquainte am 
— an ars 4th ri ar og: te eps A pe pea A goodly su "certainly, is left on which to | ha f y ae to apeak in the highest terms of twò kinds 
pn king Stink. in in, various directions and col- | tabye ; appearance! This, too, is done by a man ehh | in a Lean ient nie BY. Miz. R aniei. s: Fe Canine 
lecting living plants. On the day previous to my |å pecuniary point of view, holds one of the best situa- heth a diote yatt He Seedings, ae ch for 
to Clarence I obtained some Ferns; it was | tions in the country. From what I have seen of young tha Mike: OF detb Gio of thè three 
ca os a E and I shall be truly sorry if they do | gardeners I fully believe them to be both willing and | p ve Fine AA faton 
live. pe ae of receiving instruction whenever it is afforded 
18th of reid very much fatigued, and suffering from | them 
pee. = e ga this taste of cold weather; I still fi 
; i 
_ The material i is as s good as ever | it has been but iti is | iin 
times cockscomb, sometimes roundish, never- 
| the dedetioit and ty ae apago o which they oo = tiahe anlar 
oe Sir William J. Hooker, yourself, and others caution | 4¢ many places aribjecte ee bP A epelean Tory. handira; A or. a feet c koma in Fie 
e to be a careful of my health—it i Ls amg i Kane of | that so many do that which. toss the pene, to over- | The be ae 3 is Rh Aeh flay rants ‘bert ne, per- 
pte but of such a flowing D, taking the first place that o ers, oftentimes ety, Fing 
district as this it is no easy task. There is necessarily | befte those gardening education is well begun? Iam atone in paeran Per i Iir of t this fey 
a great deal of exposure; but I am as careful as I can | ipiko that ¢ . th cat S ; The r ee pe salent, saa ue A Er 
e under the circu Sp There would not be many | of gardeners, and not a question of wages, but if wi mine does does, w il bei Be bë of Pid thee vy fruits, 
nts collected if I were afraid of a little rain, The} want better educated men, employers s mut es their A Can p tt 
utchinson i r tt es and tak è tha 
t 
tremely kind uring my attac! he; Pial cii Dak a very good sort, and 
ly kind to me; di attacks of fever t tey | they have them ; they must rye) pore Heat & fektan | oe 
nursed me as t! I were oné of their own family.” hon fe ead L gardeners and last though not least, pinag not been racer ‘ice, . vay pie y 
There is no date to this letter; but it was probably | reward jene of privation ind study, a better iad a eee “dark iin 6 arkably A a 
E W. Crocker, Propagator, Royal. Botonis Gardens, prospect to y! “ino tat at ci foo nigh | texture, and very juicy is 5 whole T think this 
7 mee > oe isable to Fee standar high, > a “isiktor D., The 
Kew.. [For this i Wt d ble is to endeavour to awaken pathy Re a 5 aM Roden, » Lhe 
D 3 is canl C 
be è young gardeners ire induced to ò inquire hro e r pa 
-_—— je; egrad r t the level of Tabou urers, Success in | if any of your readers have Teceived dried specimens or- 
ardening is made up of small things, and if we aim too drawings of this new species, which i is described a as as one 
here et T high we Shall | be apt to neg! ieee, 'the small thi 
Naval Timè ie wha t Oak the Vir- feet, and be Tee the pppoe er who peig. so intent | I find by the horticultural sg 2 of an eciition ill 
ginian ian Oak is ? Sie e hea gh ge , did ni Aw Ade. in a tae n February 29, 1860; in“ Thé 
in the dockyards and the ipaa of timber is int d, and pr oved his | Garde t p,” that “ “a bl ossom of + cheer iei ut nnn 
tot officers. aF Pen Boe) “iL = 
miles from the sea, which locality is said (L know ed dung t t quarter of a century, and it seems to | “ Concerning this rare plant, writes the reporter, 
of durable timber than ink and situat 
the gro ante the Mh gd Food, LA t divided Bo three | “bloomed by Mr. M‘Ewing of Glen E 
ions. It is Raap charge of first-rate | Francis in a letter to that oe says :— You i 
Hie Ol han | etabiahments, aad d do'n i work: 2. Gardeners who | before me in flowering Hack’s ai oa the e 
th ive Oak | hav ral 1 under them, but are | name. It has been a io RE i seat 
5 ang to b in the central part of this RE that 13, is, 
. Me i Wo ‘ais iele tdd laces and work hard. | thë Sydney or eastern side. . It t differs : ra 
3 fiber rs the För the first class ae of high attainments are requ as) materially from a Clianthus, in having a ro 
lon ugh it would ni war cer ate vos any doth seed- s , 
ity not what is | su nse whose. original education was very the Sturt’s Pea is leathery or coriaceous T 4 
sag i or curved | d who, from great. perseverance, superior | brittle, and ¢ cpr inwards at Phe gm gene 
hips especially. ibility, ada strict integrity, have won for themselves | The en New Sturt’s Pt a sad error, 
besi 5 not i a Clianthus either in rape 
of the best. It is grown, fon will | employers. To pt. epare a man for su leaf, hing to do with 
imber. So: 
e 
I 
is rae arge.|enough: he must have a practical pabetetge of his | it would be a ; 
in | business, which can o only be gained by long experience | of this plant from two Sout an friends last 
The fact is so, | and close observ. ation. For the second class a ae ee year, which were gathered, I believe, in the newl 
ie ought to to be from this discovered northern district, kn 
Elm. In f the prizes in as first | Country,” with rip 
bird class generally consists | it to be a plant of rare beaut 
es or a to | ever, it 
it was never Trai. ga 
wet and dry, the Ship beine bu ps under a sl ds on the ac obtaining so much notice ice | thriving in a yege Melon pit, me 
correspondent who asks how sapwood can be P- in | just now n you r pages. It seems to me Pica many of | imagine it wants more heat; ikon a drý stove 
squa nn timber, may see that pc the sapwood may | your pele Bi, quite Sect that . a is would a it growing throught ti the einen eee lead to 
be removed from the sides of the squares, it may be left pone a kind of servant, that his time is n. A Dev 
of his employers, and were a man filling one 
f the best appointments I have named to spend his 
b xx i ites 1 in appearance so little yb ‘heh heart a i I th an n 
wood, that any one but a very experienced pe is|he would v very soon have to seek for another place Societies, 
very likely to be deceived by it. The EE g impres: himself. There never yet was a man of much eminence | 
sion in her. Majesty’s service is that. Teak does in his profession who did not owe his success very | HORTICULTURAL 
er, an nden i 
July 24.—Amn ordinary meeting 
splinter, i in | largely sown efforts, and thus it will always be | for the election of Fellows ety ballot for Planie m 
with gardeners also. ere there isa young man of | held on Tuesday last at the Museum of Science am 
| talent and observation wh i sets gather- | Art, South Kensington, b of the Lo 
y | ing knowledge and improving his mind, such a man is | President ys = Pri ancil, €. Weni forth Dike 
certain to meet with persons able soa willing to help | Esq., V.P., e chair, when the flaring aie an 
him, and in in oe Bate it may n so soon as he | gentlemen eho el ws, viz.:—The H on. Mary 
moti bi: Such men will | Trefusis, the Hon: Adela 
fa ae ak ou robes ly such by rule. | Esq., James M. Venning, Esq., the Hon. Mary © 
elas pbb ey tstrip gardener o are merely y <4. enning, Esq. a ioe bgy 
iay i Queen Strawberry. —I have purposely avoided | Miss Cox, and Sir W.C. James, ballot for Plants, 
