Novemsrr 24, 1860. } 
aa GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
1041 
before the publication of his ge rs from 
the Queen in its leaves bein ped with a pale 
greenish n yellow | and a E rA tinget with fiery red, the | 
and of the same quality | 
n iA Ok nerever you meet w ith a 
e that te 
cottagers’ tials yó 
| to farming occupations. | ‘These are considered hard 
imes. 
rul ee 
properly conducted c will also 
cottagers alike prosperous, donteataa, andl oto 
in the toning they relatively occupy. © A cle ean and 
While however I am an advocate for large allotme nts, 
or at any rate allotments eee a ar a oom vad 
as the Queen, but 
50. VER-STRIPED _QUE Pin i ESN Gola | untidy co vill g mal | for giving th Tl frequent 
sinus Silver Striped Sere, "silver Strip ed. have a veder rot bright ret inside ; as t is eq p Py g : 
The leaves of this iety differ fro iped | ¢ certain that thee habits of order and neat badiy eskarien andi in some cases not cultivated at all. 
the Str 
Queen in “the rgi 4 ‘tase striped, whilst those of 
the 
be practised from day to day as a part of the Thowsehold 
t 4+] 
Provide fair Jand aya Pre eis a Shoe pri ice, sufficient to 
mai 
the Striped Queen ne gional green; they are 
broader, less d with red and the stripes cons hier 
a i Although both plant ana 
fruit are of greater beauty, yet they are of much 
excellence. 
51. ANTIGUA QUEEN PINE.—Syn. Antigua Queen, 
hence hon was once a neglected chaos becomes I 5 ited 
of thos arte e homes Pid bore land,” about whic p i 
rs. tithe has sung so tifaily, bnt which witha a dence as pastes s0 that his pin may not tbe too 
‘ew exceptional aie under enlightens and t 8 working hours. 
proprietors shine more in song than they do i in reality. I know r man wia % light ag a ipp ete net 
have see: 
Black psi perio Spee. Lord Edingham’ By dst ne 
toed. ig slightly ing’ 
th lightish en and 
the under iyers Spines strong, far 
Flowers dark lilac. Fruit pl ht rical, 
a ie =m 
might ag causes 
usefulnes: 
which militate against their 
ar it 
sometimes háp 
sometimes sectarian, and 
ndish ; ripe dull yellow, P dark olive pos 
e 
Pips sathe above 
e-thi 
ugar-lo 
. It is an extremely wear poo 
being almost a always defor 
There is a variety of this p with deep yellow flesh 
which far surpasses the one now described in 1 poi int of 
flavou: le to ł 
hird part 
Flesh abil 
al 
for allo 
he reply “The Paren 
repu! atablè set of fellows, and 
rdens,” the short-sighted 
es fep e ds 
e 
nyt aa | 
Ot 
y be seen diggi mp 
him with a a child holding the frater, while he dug the 
und, ‘This man had about reba cre of seers: and 
p e doubt 
bilden h e 
se and 
bam that quantity 
to 
a hel 
hones tly en htt 
with- it. "This ot a him to act ‘Sapna 
discourages pauper-mindedness, the greates est curse’ of 
o any Ariran 
wren ah "eitagta and g 
fin d th ie public- -house comparative 
that 
than mis-s "nt e leaves are also broader, more 
spreading, and the o ne rather coarser. 
D E.—Syn. Blood Red, Blood, 
Claret, Ananas Fins — x purpure a, 
This Pine is readily disi tk 
Ww. 
ints. Flesh w hite, 
he old nn ge i which is seldom otherwise |} 
of which I am 
P 
n will be found 
r 
rable 
ence in bettering = Eres on of the working 
Visit any street o! 
ood gardens, and you will | 
ely pee ar re but | man ma 
"y 
T and meite the 
bee where the cottagers | 
of industry and of his own labour particularly. Such a 
jo has a right to 2 demand a full price 
ame him for so 
us, y Bini A fuiey bai high 
s and 
q 
ald 
epi ea sized, lea’ ather - 
mported fr = p the late Major 
of Gunne: eii the name of Buck 
yaad a see of it were also received from 
St. Vincen by the Society. 
_ It of such excellence as to warrant the 
isthe of more than a very tive plants in any 
gossiping, soi playing at games of ase ultimately |e 
adjoimng to vo antes ae to meer their winnings ; 
but give thes: rden to pe ti and 
clear the stree' as 
| Isa 
the occupation will qu kly. 
say give, Id 
unseemly appearance. | When 
‘such 
ean | 
me ‘teeing pi Ara a in resis eh Po 
TTOM-HEAT FOR VINE BORD 
pta poa na fe pt you very forcibly pe the 
pore ay 
„ Of th 
As. . 
there is no charity in that, and I have “a such 
be 
tan et tah] 
will probably 
11 
q oer > Fo 
The Queen (Ne at 
fruits early, and + 20° high ivoured 
some of the haber kinds is “an the most valuable Fora a 
small family. Exposed toa very high ture in | 
the months of June, July and August, it is liable to |in 
me hollow near the core, but early or later in t 
season it is not subject to i? mare It is the sort 
fhe mie grown by gardeners e London Market, | 
e Ri plae Queen (No. 46), a a slight ARE of the 
common Queen, is è grieg: ly san t; Moa eaves are 
rae and broader, and it does n up so many 
z The Mo oscow Queen (No. 48) is an excellent vari 
but is rather a slow grower ; the fruit is about the sa 
to it in tte: 
The Black Jamaica (No. 11) is an etcellant fruit at 
all seasons of the year, but particularly in 2 Aen eed 
months, bebe Pines rarely come rfec' site 
vs freely, ae lle oe ey towns where land for 
he | Ta . per 
| eat = calivated with ordinary care, an 
| es 
s to entirely neglected, in fact left uncul- | 
ive them la nd at a fair p and 
as | Purposes 
151. per 
but I berere "fair lan Siih 
wii wn or spe: will find a Bes 
in extortio! | 
ing we it may bė situated 
your an instance which came 
mer ka notice “of ‘singulacly high ask ured an 
flavoured Muscat Grapes as a striking exception, par- 
tic one this sa 33 the ciemi of earn and 
unted for it by the fact that the borders in which 
Laat 
ty o 
e of from acre, and even at the latter 
heated border at Lo — 
t town pri ces, the ai will yield a profit, 
thg 
condi siiperiontty traced. My own expe- 
front — cultivation. 
es, in a poo! ’s garden 
Par more than hove or Tower: 
Kind thoughts, siete ay a peace of mind, 
And joy for weary hi 
eee ng, however, to cotta age * go cad or allotmen on 
immediately connected with a rural 
lation, it isa pe og riper what quantity of land 
each co ttage r „ought to capy. 
rience coincides exactly with _ — ; 5 Seep the- 
d Musca er came mae 
my notice were gro 
a heated border, m I 
| have not = a well Ret arty Mora Grape this year, 
| all other respects equally well "nag as- 
whi ich I refer. 
n thi 
while 
“ade mitting the correctness of this 
well worthy of discussion and s 
a matter deserving the cons et ARAA 
—and it is a subject 
ettement—it — 
f those w. 
nae some 
after it is fally ripe, and bears car carriage better than any | 
is, hov er, acres w grower, and t 
a large si 
Brown Sugar-loaf (Xo 29) is the best of the | 
J 
ome say allot him | now erecting new Vineries or ‘renovating Vine “echo 
It is a generally crc eae oe sar Muscats require a 
and after his rege w work aed T I have heard some higher bere cal age re nae other Grapes to en: 
e them no more than they can culti- | a succe set, an nat soph ng to anything like a 
i ti Bsn ete 
to this that i have ever met with, eith y or in 
vi after ‘ht 
i the morning energy of the men; at this is a very 
nd 
print, is in Sanders’ on on the Cultivation of tho 
Vine, where he also says that a rather moist and close- 
nie totally is best for vetting Muse cat s—an idea from 
5* 
} 
a + 
which 
perme a pn spawns coon in 
la 
Sugar-loaf kind; it isa large handsome and highly | narrow and selfish view to take. In some parishes 
flavoured fruit, swells freely i in the winter months, its | the allotments are under t anagement of the 
flesh is firm and j juicy. Churchwardens, and or i Prag a bad arrangement, | a! 
The Ripley a 42) is large, handsome and high | especially if the ministe liberal-min 
f Baroned; it is , and swells freely Where the garden land i is limited i in extent t the app 
anker. N| ft mily ; 
The St. Vincent (No. 22).—The fruit is not lange | but | ius T 
highly f flavoured, postigne i in summer; and it is said | 
n wit 
H 
to swell freely 
The Bos ‘Wo. 
40) is an excellent and 
highly Taraia eee when it begins to turn 
from green yellow, t if allowed to re cathe 
plant until itis Tipe it loses all its richness. 
) is mate J of a p col- 
lections as one of “the h est Pines in cultivation ; | 
although it is a vad PW nor highly flavoured. 
The Lemo dave 
of th, the | 
fruit is rich, juicy a r red. Cees 
The White Pro Aias haie 0) when grown to a 
large size, is peniga deficient in owt but is a vi = 
me s t may sometimes bear prema: 
a, and rie in tha y case the fruit be agod tó Become | # 
perf eo ipe on the plant it is equal in flavour to a 
COTTAGE GARDENING. 
Ir is a pity the success which attests the manage- 
ment of cottage garden and allotment societies in some 
parts of the country is not more general, for it may be | 
each, "a the children 2 peeks, ona thus | a man, his 
ith that of the fear mri in which most, if. 
not all, plants grow, just because it is found in Nature 
|1 
in extent, 
tend, and 1 “inline to thei 
for a= should | 
= fa epee this b 
nables thea to grow a sac 
sonal, which, either fi ea 
a gre: 
a fami 
Æ 
3 
fa] 
5 
ESSA 55: 
z 
aie 
8 
& 
that the temperature of the earth near its surface 
few degrees 
grown 
h 
Just because, in my opinion, 
cultiv rer ua OE s 
with the plou Some agiti consider that larg: 
allotments render ` the labourer too “scone, ere ‘and 
og a8 ntly mand than he was wo 
vibe the 
ing el saa dren at ls. per 
being w ers, framework- 
unused 
day, eae many of these 
pet +f Sauda, were erè totally ais 
knitters, or other poor 
not Lange been a to the. test, test, "tad potanry 
use som 
e who have 
mismanagement, in the same way a as 
bottom-heat for their Pines do 
an a 
chances of first rate 
equal, would be increased, And w 
