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THE. GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND pode nated Ss ETTE. 
[ SEPTEMBER 29, 1860. 
find on the hilltop nE this inclement summer ? 
vellin 
‘Qui 
the Hill-garden at. * * *. th 
Hamburghs they i searecly ises peat than the 
Miscst 
It will all course be asked how this has: been 
rought, abo Not by. any wonderful materia | 
put into oe eo order ; forit is of a ery ee moder 
composition r eating. on a bed of concrete. No Eby] 
the method ofp imet ; for although -exoellent it | 
is no better e found in any another 
Viner hothouse 
> kilfally, 
butable 
, and shanking? or|ha 
t 
to be: pro s of the be 
instances however of 
is highly probable 
Mt the fruit of the prese 
will decay got shortly | 8 
nly chance is to spread it 
and. to cover it simply with | ;, 
We) 
p! 
ough = oma sa no ege in e cells, 
ate that two of the 
with. a very pretty species | 
during my w exper 
autifal Individual flowers, bu ut 
all equally goc 
ee 
zé 
2 
se 
ag 
yo 
A 
S 
= 
wee 
5 
R 
kr 
Fatevestio ng- to know Manetti Bt 
sage this season. 
day Is 
hastened fies vigou 
i iene bs one 
of Fusisporium which we have not b 
ete arkable for the contrast between the snow 
it and allid ae peer 
| River s. whether p 
| able for the Roses worked upon it 
' me to pronounce 
y 
the fru ay ee 
weath is 
on The secret, lies in 
hot: 
Uropsial condita of see sof t 
developed on the 
ae however in | 
nied: by the 
_ The — 
same way as 
ateh s DUNE Black Hamburghs- at Cast Je | 
Malgwy ven weighed; between 5lbs. and 6lbs. | 
nee thus confirms the views that have 
Gardeners’ Chronicle- for 
pia 
ke ak i posse ts for the | ¥ 
| remarkable 
o 
dro ical parts. 
pent ago = "has an 
ty abov and 
re | di Festing ia ea atteghion ourselves, w ile w 
recommend the subject to the notice of ich 
intelligent correspondents. B, 
LOWER GAEDE Se 
Jos, 
{ me Soe 
ô ro, oprog 
ort. = ias 
| having kept them 
=e beds 
e an opinion, be 
f T 
to its cultivation. I have, however, fond 
its iafe “soft and watery, ni: Dia. cee cak dhposod 
uce Homera than the 
he Dog: -rose, 
in 
on thei 
ynes’ beautiful flowers Ta 
aoe 
od damp. season 
clear of thrips 4 a fr The 
of the old Zelinda at Kew the ee day. were 
most bri wet but'to render this kind ‘ri 
it should be planted in masses of aa 
together, a thon for a few weeks, it is a pe worth 
The scarlet Mi white Zelindas are not 30 
effective as he old kind ; but Mr. Dodd’s sie 
a . oa at atin 
flora is I mention these 
| varieties only to show their auitability for rion pur 
aboy 
THE sea 
ne of 1860 r ei 
n |haps in a decorative “point of view be, the most 
ich has oceurre 
uld make ribbon 
of themse ier. thu 
Alba floribunda, and Z 
of the paniti system oo" flower gardening, for l Took 
whe re you wi ill, east or. west, nor th or south, anything 
w of 
orange Caleeolariaa i in the naig and dark Sweet Peas 
pu 
border shall be regeried as indispensable as a 
glass roof—perhaps more so, It.is certainly more 
important than a heating: apparatus inside the 
house, unless Grapes are wanted early. 
fo 
| Penta Zelinda at Kew, 
flower Paar: is quite out of the questio on. You may 
see tg and there a fair bed of . some particular 
pla example te amplexicaulis and 
hata Sopa of be ds, lar arge. or 
small, all equall lly good an and c he t 
or bra: nching Las rs at the back, and you would 
fF 
a ae ee eS 
A comp wet cloudy season like the. present, 
lik 
deficient alike in heat and light and overcharged | <q 
with. moisture, may naturally be supposed. Hiše 
to produce, some peculiar forms. of disease, 
in any hear of. 
is nab ‘surprising w when we consider the rane 
ason we have passed through, sunless to FA d 
earl 
frosts. When, as.is the case in some seasons, they be | 
until November, they are really useful and desirable 
plan nts; but consi idering the tro Ke ith them 
t the pring and summ e them cut 
£ September or eainly.4 in Paaa isquite 
disheartening „ Hollghoeke generally have, heef, fine 
which has prev: AAEN all ote i fruits from ing 
A | th their. proper flavour, and. so damp ; and cold: that tie two hack, 
The paramen $ in form: is.not so marked as a po or 
but still sper kinde have. been. added to 
; the prevalence. Sy disease, a sort of 
wih deserves a et m eain come under our. noti 
ere = speg example of 
dition peiye etimes. takes 
lage IE pie iF yt aie uring wet Bi at deseri 
ANASARCA in No, 110 of the series 
of art re on on Vegetable Pa thology i in ‘this —- 
a single branch 
Pippin, in which th leaves. were no N ve mye tl 
in. which the fruit _ presenter et transparent 
waterlogged condition which i 
Fungi, and which is Rain. i yS that ‘tribe "Of | eile 
under the name of ‘ hygro; 
The Apples in fet. cute i art their 
cases positively less a e present mi 
oment than, they 
were at the time a et planted out, 
| bight or or murrain, re 
anis thero has- bee 
Tru 
liaged Begonias. growing pe dene. ay 
| plan a hale evenmin A but we see them aera 
miserable under Rind a protection | in the south o 
England refore I fe 
the wen s- grown on and plan ed out i eome-in 
very yess for ome in A R , indeed, 
a el la we plants, “stu the most. bain k ae grown in 
f| pots not. objectionable: for mixing , with Se yoan? 
e what I see rather-tha: 
hear, Begonias may u under peculiar cireum 
+ 1 
Of new bedding plants the s season: h 
cold 
for'their.real. merits to. be feouies onts a and cn feom the 
E Th Titla h e, * at, stoh] 
W 
appe: 
those litle 
in this -n of Apples, so. in 
others, and- -which are a under the article 
Gans ie J ‘98 ries pas mentioned, 
The rest of the surface aie 
peer resembling that 
wW 
by transparent pa patches- ole. a totally ment a 
inder oscope there is ‘ot ‘lia = 
structure in 
e 
o 
arts; the cell ingih pn oy re 
me case n er 
e which i aie (ton 
e 
bsence of air in the d aan portions, 
doubtless. is attribui ta ble 
arance, I 
Er taadi EE ta sè ae or 
p ions so frequent |f Hedychiam oes vie 
but it was = exceptional case, and the seasons will be 
exceptional, nah 95 Li of 1 when our 
stove plani nas 
this dull mat fickle Sifts 
Judgin: 
plants. 
peabacentie ee nts. h: 
| whi a 
the flow 
it sve difen 
be Token. m geuaraly, L Tae 
garden rs ago I sa 
ii ris in open noes 
tender 
grow well in the open, garden in 
ing byt the present season, we require to look for 
for our. cold. climate- rather. than. for-|.season; 
under favourable circumstances 
re- 
perimental a very: poor anda 
certai 1 
ae certainly. was Gazan 
= T have. seen. ory two 
riegated Fae a The Crystal Palace Nasturtium is 
betas than I could hav expected, i n_such a dripping 
nly- 
aa that has, come under my E 
Cerastium tomentosu um at BN 
ud cannol eeki 
a 
ees 
ng the. pecu and 
climatic iniuences, I have no doubt n — SANA 
t would oe be has eis to know. what 
e been sng continuo 
indeed ee have the bain i plants 
ave e been pens ae for eeu pur- 
poses in this um 
RR pete are CAT to haye Samek 
me they haye- not- pret te 
then I was. ten freely, wine nema 
think the. plants have h had more moisture n: 
than was conduci cive to thei z well-being, and ne rel 
praised. ~ Peri rilla, Nankin ensis. s. combined 
A 
be 
be desirable for-this Plant andif are 
. would, make a ae valnable ribbon 
the -injur 
first introduced: 
. 4 on 5 
walls ot 
w 
the inorease of we j 
the z thè | 
t and density, for the 
in one case than 
of regular. well formed and Sop coloured flowers, B 
iho. mos 
edi 
b 
given for = Pau pe ment; but: here. 
to 
ORRET 2 nor is ee pes difference in their grum 
me appreciable in the 
al verdic 
hi imagine 
flourishing as. wa expected ada e- 
Mae poe 
another season 
itha 
| sown si r Depend upon it. wee a gro ty 
over-nursing on their first introduction. than, by; R$ 
table Ow! 
moisture is. n to wa a, introduced throu ngh PA oti r shies 6 This $ irai hem oe S Among Scarl Ity accordi 
lesion of “the © op uticle, It is due apparently to ortune, has not ie a rs y tie to a ae i ot Geraniame “fo be the Crystal Pal = “fe 
vuliar co congestion, induced, by the almos t total ironies ogei pe, tenda samme: Mr. Keynes, of | Scarlet 5 the origin. of this said vu ea 
having carried off. all tl Crystal Palace Dahlia, whic! i 
Aen a moisture of the atmosphere. The yout ur cipal pri while Mr. Cranston, of Herefor , who, a | to beas old.as the hills, "OF co urse this Dien a is 
en resembles. that of Apples. which lane year or oe hes k, was considered invincible, had. at the | good: things.!).w: sats thogh ee 
time on the. ground exposed rate eet National show Bag. difficulty. in gettin placed at all. cece was, Saee by, the tham folks UM. 
AR defioiont in aroma, but on tha faa didnot see, the, bloos, 1; can ‘ Trentham Scarlet,” A a A 
proaching the flavour of before stated; | of bedding plante sent. mo. some. years, back: agit 
preen. a i | viz, too sed rain | for the ose “i. Properly “s canad Tillya ard, PA Heckfield, was ong- called: “ ag I. had 
meh ad natu; Seedling,” which I immediately 
that |such as Mr, Keynes (if I pirin not): has, AEA done several things from the samel 
y effective 
