THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.” (Srrreupen 22, 1860, 
oe eaves andali thate —— ico acid. it de probable that thi beara 
to either Dahlias or China Asters, and certain © | aver and all the rest of the centre consisting 0 ng of | too It is probable that the bright skies of 
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acid. 
become rivals of the „best of the latter, eyen when | pale green straps of various deg ig eS mays oe ce ee 
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3 e h $ ; ety known Mee ariety, rather late in 
is well known thet the common purple Zosta | green star with innumerable poin NoT ea eee ve as e as succeeding the Red Dutch, 
yank d does | N° i. with pa particular flavour or uali 
dos Sowa produce flower-h than | R se Bengale verte. Scent it has none, nor do i h like No. 6 quality, 
rdinary, and e "y gpp but that no per: er- the feeblest inclination to exchang No. 8 des ii 
Diae as ured Gto such sports. its is verde, for a rosy hp e. It is however quite receive d. Te enot Sweet i te nel as 
Growers have g? Caia n attempt fix the chang g reenness, n change hay bia is much 
i Aa unin remai purp! in its r of its birth. aly ie proba ae be more fully developed if 
till: all that has proved noticeable being a is now a ahud 5 5-year-old with a e raised from it. A Red Currant, sugary and 
` as proved 1g 
ter disposition than formerly to break into Exed habit. a pore 
his grea dija i 0. 9 begins to mA ur and become fi 
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ition than must be owned that a gox ed monster t for use 
te | tik ni +} Nobo roept t the lovers | 8 or 10 days before No. 1, a nd about the same tine 
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i i 6, which is larger in its berries but 
what if has proved in so many other cases the of curiosities would t think nd aus 1 5 mor 
turning point between wild nature and domestica- | theles a really important que hith r | No. 10 is a fine Jar 7. sort, giving bunches and teas 
ven xy Os degrees a ter and greater tendency | out ee A TE something ; beautiful may peia 30 years since the Horticultural Se 
gs na f Z d That 
come over the constitution of Zinnia, | not one day spring. t ev y ean Gated ontenne a "ike Striped. 
Nar at last she has broken out in an entirely new | ag eee Although a, sengale verte ees te 12, w which È gives es ut worthles 
array. . Upon tu e | fruit. No. 21 is -_ er the same or a seedling from į 
A box from Paris reached us the other day filled folie Ki “its ower we found in one instance} and was sent out at rather a high pial ce 
at first sight ap ae new race | two three perfect ovaries with their style Gindd, a nurseryman a at Sablons, France, three py. 
of Double Dahlias. Upon bein packed, as “sti — in a natural condition. Suppose | years ago, a is also worthless. I¥os. 13 and 14 ar 
ever, the box displayed a aisoto. of Double with glowing colours co Id b ers, but intolerably sour. No. 15 
“Zinnias of the most beautiful form and colour. aed | to fertilize it. Seeds thus obtained | a sakebo * sort, its leaves are so large and its hab 
Fo d-tw nty ower-heads were there, ould certainly exhibit some departure from its | 50 peculiarly robust ; it would serve as a stock on which 
the be a grea a Y dards; 
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Frana- Red 
greater compl t arture. | to sr 
t Pompone Chrysanthemums; mostly | And then, by the ordinary methods of breeding it it gives abundan seS of rijs ye are late, and so sour 
3 inches in p em a some 24 — a few but 4 be expected aa a new race would ag, pa tery fee of eating a bunch forces one to make 
2 inches. Purple, deep rose, light rose, rose | tne experiment would cost nothing; an if suc- 
iped, red, orange red, orange, buff, and various | cessful would secure a rich reward. Will no fair | , va si ae of “en illes a ee ak No.19 
shades of these colours formed a bouquet of| gardener ry? It is ladies’ Work. and to = ane wer, and gives very long bunches and lat la El 
si beauty, especially when illuminated by | lovers of all that is new we commend it. Bt ae 
a ray of that sunshine which has been so rare this | delightful it would be to find a young Boso wit ith finest Currant know: a hee wever quite worthy of 
week: The metallic surface of the Zinnia then | double flowers — with red and white and | culture. No. 18 dary es ies e, for it is a ol 
sat a a leire ney which none of our autumn pag green, If such a flower is to be found | bearer, but like its congeners agi its parent, No, 19 
flowe ual. Bengale verte paati the way to it. is too acid. Nos. 19 and 22 are ie alike; they give 
me Specimens were ~ by Messrs. 
ILMORIN & Co. of Paris, who, by rpuainelwascting 
for several years, have succeeded in so far fixing the CURRANTS. berri 
co vay te Mr. Prince, Flushing, Me: States, has quite a| much notice. 
seed z5 China Asters, the diffe rent colours Setiatete, talent for cataloguing, i if we may judge Sw his cata-| “Of the White Currants, No. 24 is one of the 
and the double forms still sii og berries, which pont ins the names of 158 | best; 25 sometimes produces larger berries, which 
"Phat the florist is thus pro tidak Sitinan 6 entire ly ect — besides some fourscore “ rejected va-| are paler in colour ; the tree is more horizontal in its- 
new field i in w which to ex bit Ms skill i in tra IM among which are “ Myatt’s Eliza a all his| growth than No. 24. No. 26 seems to be a 
Snatation is certain. ria other seedlings.” Poor Mr. Myatt! Mr. eons cata- Janee from He ch when highly cultivated it gives 
tatio y * th irs Sn aas en i e of Grapes rivals hi s Strawberry cata! n the es and b s of a very large size, but under 
essts, VILMORIN; the re story ower he number of ee means I fla ttered Helt that I| ordinary TOM ‘it dasa be i? from it. 
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ghn! others to | had been for some | rather ‘os. 27 and 28 are the same as No, 29 i8 a 
improve it further stil e do not entertain the | and proving varieti or Snag ae ; but if, as you stato | curious variety with dee’ eply cut leaves, which I presume * 
smallest doubt about its flower-heads s becoming as | in Number 36, Mr. Prince merates 60 v. are the attraction, for its small bunches small 
1 and as double as China Asters of the first| I am as compared with ‘him. "slow, very ot The No. 30, which should il its ted 
class, even as those beauties called Dwarf Chrysan- | catalogues s of tl 
themum-flowered. And with this introduction pe enumerate about 20 sorts, exclusive „of three 
to the public we for the present rest vines 9 r four kinds of Black Currants. ite | category, 
We should a at the same box t us| 2t a los s to account for the fact a my transatlantic of the Black Currants No. 32 is by far thes phere 
. tuft of a retty Lobelia uan ke. “cin iti 
tonia, with aa b ieot wii ne names. Some of your readers may, not know that onr to require a soil and climate; in ro 
It is to be called Lobelia m ma Haee aa | a ts de espect No. 33 is i Hasi uperior. Nos. 35 and 36 
TL prerie for lt mes that tell in a list, for they count for two 
s and so I will venture to Eih a list s a all of pe hare No. 35 gives berries of a dull yellowish green 
whieh si borin fruit here scarcely eatable; a man must be in a dry hot hungry 
Can beauty be added to the Rose? Can NTS. a Napoleon Red place to enjoy them, and those 0 N p 
colours be een richer or more — cr n È Rea 1 Da = 22. Cerise à longues Grappes, | eaten by any “human” even under such circums 
Can it be so changed in ong-bunched es Dutch or long-bunched Cherry |I have written this (I fear too long) article to 
. Long-bunched Ri 23. Gloire de Sablons ; í ion Mr, Prince 
. Red Grape WHITE CURRANTS. disabuse your readers of the impression S; 
erica: eee might give them, int we Eagle par pe aet 
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Prince Albert = | 26. Teas paren White(Blanche few varieties of Currants, and know bot gt thal 
Transparent h s = 
ake No. 19, i rthless variety, giving berries — 
PES llest size. and No. 31 comes uw under the same- 
ape 
has the 
limit in this glorious flower ? bie do not ask iha : 
ton W to the small variations . Knight’s Sweet Red 
. Knight's Early R : i en more) varieties 
colour and form tiat areincesantly rewarding the |1) asics ags iei | ae barca oe en ronca, ve ab 
raisers of Roses. xs all know what is happening ham 29. Attract ur neighbours 18 rey 
> in that direction. questio Eako 12. Striped fruited 0c derio Blache as we should do, ne 13 and a 
reduced to the snl fn, inquiry, can an atively melie ein m: Waite aenar zean and 20 Fo = e same kin der different 
-hay r hha Boe nig a nye tended i. Bet Gondo nn E Black Naples is riaa r 
ve as a Chi ase from a Noise’ Lie . Ogden’ 
tell: tothe Garden caches le, Pigford BY ; a Fertile a 35. Yellow Proite ON SMALL VINERIES 
from the s Vocab Sab easing _And it is 19: Stier er a 86. Caucasian (La Caucase)* ‘ici ( antea p. 833). eas 
n at sir quantity o : 
seep ee ee mae Decent inne 
saa wi ish it i feet long, will be cubi 
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i pie bees i reperi ie ings, raised e Transparen me of half, id t 
appearan re i the esi families. of England | which have produced red fruit, and others oito = Tan, ue re tah Feed ay ams year, and the 
have sprung from a Norman rabble, yellowish fruit oi in wer characters. I might have} width completed in the next. The terrace 2 
There is to be "fo cad in "Fresoh poe Vatstogups | named some isan & a thus ly a little slope outwards; for 
a certain R. Bengale verte, which we seek ain | Mr. Prince, but f be ty to be sl borders were made with a steep slope, the st! 
d 1] off by, 
but t 
or 
of Currants, it i is perhaps quite proper that a few wo! vat and the soil had to be moiste 
a Shien in Rosa. Viridifora should be devo ted to the o~ list, to point out the | quently with water of a lower temperature 
“4 fleurs vertes, fl. moy. bolt foncé, couleur du rat gor and ee E f the varieties ‘enume- that of the rain which was allowed to COM 
o roda introdus Gb the rated, $ and particula: fe to. show Mr. . Prince that he tl consequently, a bad substitute was Ty 
teo many cases TE beige panes was 
t| No. 1s probably of h origin, as Í h ived the Vines. This, in Jum e and 
it from Belgium under tl ï de Holland rain al usually 
ans | and Rouge @ Aner, This is Slet y the best sort eon in Tinis climate on any given area 
known, as it is (for a Currant) very full flavoured when |a border 24 feet by 12, it is about 300 
p ea and a n is hot and 
month; Pisy i 
5, 6, 7: 8, 0,10, ii, afd 12 are all} gallons would not be too sauch if the Vanes 
English varieties, more or less remarkable. Nos. 2, 3, | up so as to fully occupy the house. 
| 4 -i 5, pons ae berries and’ Segre ably long | more than had been generally 
bun n the whole | that it was not supplied there have beet! 
—— i ent ravages 
of 
* I have this moment been told b; A friend th: x o 7 ng 
scan eerie hasnt the red spider more Mak Ths ight beth 
La Versaillaise. terrace should, therefore, be very 
