he time stated, elh and E of them , Towmon, A.D. “610, says, “ Au Royaume oyant e de Scena ou | required — other purpose, all the Vines were 
e them nice on ith leaves | Xoa ou le Roy se ticnt, ils font denx neat par | | thrown aw et with the exception of what is now called 
18 inches long), the rem aining three are ge about | chacūan : cori on ney ux estez Pan,” —for they have | the Bowood Muscat, ae was then only a weakly 
rooting.. Is any o also twos the year. Xoa is dots fag | Vine, and h ad no ot fruite . As however I was then 
spondents have seen a plant of this with nc er so large | Antoine is n apeaking of the kingdom of 7 
as the size just mènti $ Pona Gardener, Sum- | which his desc kaare pn Era Ee Ahoak he | | a late house, this y £ 
d, Bowde oi Looe ta “with | after genre: a couple of yea fruited, and it was. 
o a which | | from this Vine that oa was exhibited to the Pomo- 
t a ould not have been brongt | appear s to pak formed part of his en s 'preroga- AES logieal Society in 1855. The emi ibi ite ri that 
etana seke at the present time, when uch The. ant of the country purports to h ciety, t i ‘se followin ng, W art a low pit,. 
is Len aid in favour of applying it to the ‘pottom of bs lien Be orally from one of the Abys ema friars, | but neither had a fair yale of attaining "the perfec- 
sen ers; it is therefore hi whom ther then a small fraternity at Rome. | tion they gh ve since done. With this Gra ape has: 
ofl boiler eg las calculated to produco a certain amount o of | H. J. Moule, Went W Woodhouse, Rother am. never grown so stro: Te pg" the common Museat, nor 
heat -w ure qua: nitit Edging Tiles.— Permit me to inform your Corre- does it generally a its wood so so well. The foliage is 
is, as far as my empertende goes, is s best noe $ | sponde ent “Ha pir es Me ahas perfect]; 4 in in which: 
lar red at the Dippenhall Silica | Fb sie it shows its close relation to its par 
mediate action of the fire tes any other with which Works, Farahaoy Surrey; ; T anager, Mr. E. Whalley. n Ha 1l 4 it sets freely in the tempe: 
Ta am acquainted. a. e have now in u: e for three winters, in n Vin roducing wider and shostag' banches 
patent, “No. 2,” warran nted to heat 700 feet of 4-inch by de they are the ey were Pest with larger bere than the White Muscat, and it is 
about 10 da arlier in spas than that kind. 
f “of yo md 
pipe; so powe erful i is it, that I believe that to be used, and fi t 
much below its capabilities. I should not hesi- | Caroline Paine, Farnham. se 
tate to attach at least 1000 feet, and this I| Ferns. —The mention of finding a cih Pteris | the Bewtbd b Yasse Mus- 
inced it would . carry, with ease. if sgilin (p- 02) induces me to send you fronds of | cat; what that Grape is I am unable to. say, never 
3 i fuel for this form of boiler is | two of Polystichum ‘oun awe ain “ seen or heard suc! ariety 
“hard coke, such as is used in the locomotive ; it neighbourhood, though many miles apart; the - not, how See take upon y 
ives out-a very fierce heat, and is very lasting. The ings are alike except in colour r, one being pale yalloves aus e is fruiting did id come from me; but I can 
tube cap 2 a a pag Correspondent, “ An Inquirer,” | almost white, and to use “Delta’s” ps appears had that Mr. “ae ifin only ordered one plant, and I 
to he back of the fire to create poy ay with snow ;” the other ight green iia ar from were quarters $A Bow ‘ ood Muscats of which 
Sia 
at y 
ah Te hould say is a decid Sapa arg All| seem to be quite constant, os in inclina i% Te ow nothing. of your Correspondents 
is so tion a Ji tes that it is identical with Barnes’ Muscat, and the 
he value of pa ESA patent doors can Axminster. [We are unable ‘to discover the variega. | | Charlesworth basen which is s simpl y incorr ect, as both 
ge on wh 
raug 
-abi pleasure. Good as I believe Burbidge and Healy’s Botanical Names.—* J. B” will thank t improvement, othr ae as regards 
‘boiler’ to be, there would be a great loss if not fitted | the Gardeners’ Chronicle to ten rat the rule fr the enira sabes. pei ti nd its great prolificacy. 
with Syl doors. We have now two of | terminating the botanical nam ee such as Hooker I have a s0 tbs notices of its mper ry 
Burbidge’s boilers at work, one car: eae 800, feet of | Douglassi, Darwini, &c. Somet mes they are nent gardeners who have ed it, 
i wit i 
th tw 
real economy I thi nk we must t lo ok to the tubu lars. | to be ae Hooker atinse would int as I have Pavan stated, I give it for the er 
t g Hookerus and not Hookerius, and iati the genitive tion of your — generally John Spencer, Bowood. 
took of the Vines here. it d have been—I ke ept | should end in i and not in ii. Proper names All who wish t ie Pogo Muscat in its true 
‘the rods closely stopped t we sboat a or 8 feet; ii this y Rye very pirinin = in iiin “the gen: Ee ak character should ý ay t to Bowood, where it is 
run to get the ‘Vines well |as Lindleii. [The whole system of names is in so con- gro in wa with “the Muscat of Alexandria, 
established, J. Sheppard, Toole stone Park. foals state that we cat alles no better explanation | Barn ma Muscat, and Cannon Hall, in the same house- 
7 j icorn.—I beg to reject. the account which than that of our Corr congas mdent. ‘Nobody in these | side by side. ead a BTE ave the least diserimina- 
vhas been given to the publie in your columns of the pre nage days of freedom of thought will pay any | tion ere them will see at once wherein the Bowood 
“ far-famed/Unicorn.”. It is indeed the “ Romance of | atten’ to rules of f construction. | differs either of the above: mentioned Grapes, in 
$ History.” Formerly one Elizabeth Love hada i f taki rg of berry, If the Bowoo 
-horn growing’ from her head when she was 50 years old. | up ‘thie ehje tians nor would I nas done so, had it | i is the same as the Passe Muscat, as your Correspondent 
‘I myself h and examined the horn of asheep,|not been that correspondent, A Constant pie p- 1022) says it is, surely the British Pomo- 
‘Tt was 14 foot in length, and it grew from the middle of | Reader” (see p. 1042), sepas more e disposed to distort | logical, or the Horticultural Society’s Fruit Com 
the sheep’s ear; having no ing to do with the skull;|truth than k enunciate facts. of Clearing | mittee would have identified it as such, for both 
$ knows, are bard ani y care ii seams so aos De a 5 a aaa dm 
E, which ] n a nd f each consecutive step J ers his |O enk Gr. to J. Pi i ; d o 
; è p e beta of Eaim, aed n your | assailable and his cause more desperate. What cany his vari Mr. of Archerfield writes 
Paper, from the report of am “ Intelligent Native » of Correspondent mean by saying that “ Mr. Cramb i in your in the “Scottish Gardener” a as follows:— “ A goodly 
Aries, ogee the belay ine quality ot becoming I Gra 
hard and soft chon pleasure. Thus as flexible z wher | determined to proves to th tisfacti t least, pras been brought before the public, and, ds- 
paste asleep;” and became “ stiff and hard t G tall?” jall are aware, i! very flaming recom 
under the “ excitement of rage.” AY, ° stiff au Surely it ‘is safer to ah on por hos to set adrift un- | There is, however, no doubt that the merits of the 
can d rip a ested o T SA Dew satisfied myself as to the | several varieties are yet, to some extent, to ed. 
‘till he brings it down.” What an owe, “impossibility accuracy of m and have fearlessly put |My intention at present is not to detract from the 
No horn on the head « s a living animal possesses the | them into E atfen ae the benefit of others, but | character given to any of those, but simply to say that 
supple, under any peti br Sener cop or a the seo is immaterial | I do not think that what has yet been said concerning 
-stances whatever, Ifan “Intelligent Native” had at- me. Will “ a t Reader” e the person | the above Grape has done its ‘ate ~~ qualities 
aie has said that M Spen mona he Bowood | justice. eee as have been its mendations 
have looked upon him in ‘no other light than that of an| M asat? I for one, have never said so. Why t then intro- | already, rae et Te = > te seen rofl it that it 
arrant impostor; and I would hay duce Į deserv an n said. in its favour. 
public believe that Ih ł th t selfish feeli tl ne £1850, I rai 
dent fabrication of his own brain. It would roy suit | b S 4 tati e it l Lr a quantity of the 
tored shel f my old grandmother’s library, | Which never entered ome or have I ever seen Mask et of Ale: stn puttiig the oy Muscat 
where nurserymaids are abundantly supplied with + sage n opinion expressed in oe oubli cation whatever. | the fore end of the house. It with ak 
y| My antagonist would have ea me by adding | luxuri and remarkably nso jointed the buds buds 
evening, in the gloomy aH of damp November. I ‘ various reaso! baag 8604 inches apart. ‘ina the end of the season 
am not a Believer in the existence of the animal com- | these writers to be mistake: so that w might have the ‘rod? was 2% inches tireutaference, and was 
ed a u Charles Waterton, Walton coe instead of opinions to grapple with, md not swim stances 9 u well ripened. xY mention these 
on We | smoothly | over the surface. Does the of Josling 
Culture of the Vine-—Notwithstanding all that y growing Vine, and su 
sheen a written on this. subj ect, Vine-growing may be said that Mr. Spencer aey he Mr. Josling, inon aly t mn hte in patches. It t was cut bac rete whe 
vi Mee atch ell. The three following | have reproduced an exis' 7 at | of 5 feet, and this = apee A that iena showed the ee 
root and branch, of the whole matter :— | once from any Sign E iasa upon the public. But | number of 60 b f Grapes, 
the border should be such as not to} if “ A Constant Reader” will visit Tortworth when the | thing I have ever pred or ker, dof in "she wa) of oaf ful 
, e, the fibrous roots Bowood and Passe Muscat are ripe, and point out the fulness. At present the Grapes are , and: 
tit materials of which it is Someni ore ae a ing a strong | the berries of this variety are third largor haa n those 
1 e me 1 nutritious nerve. karai a of the Muscat of Alexandria, under precisely the same 
ri be allowed as can | what object can there de tora ee a muchJower 
” anaes agp iiinn e tation as to its i rature is considered necessary for the old 
air day, winter and summ distinct is questioning | Muscat, and in point of flavour they are about equal. I 
nn ng the and the rg Pepa of the and cross-questioning, I get arias heats a jealous | tender the above mite of evidence in favour of this. 
plants. It will oy once vig ti seen that Vines thus treated we od more th: anything else. A, A Grape, just because I consider it one of great excel- 
must have plenty of good fibrous ia P: ip sound, | The Gardens, Tortworth Court. — As a Correspon- lence, and worthy of a place in every where 
healthy, well-ripened wood. This is the point at which | dent in your last Number wishes to E ma the origin | there is a Vinery.. So confident am I of its excellence 
every gardener should aim. He may rest assured that|of this Grape, to inform and your|that I have this year planted 14 Vines of it?” 
if he ok secure deity vigorous Vines they will not | readers generally that it was raised from seed here Ga ane no doubt about the history of rarai valuable 
i te: to reward him zo abundance. of first-rate fruit. several years ago, and that it was the result tof crossing pe; our columns to 
wer in my ne ighbourhood acts| Cannon Hall with the Muscat of Alexandria; for discussion ; unless Bato alie doings of certain 
upon the Solio follooriogs poe “Upon pi | although f the flowers on the same bunch were | parties who have been dealing in what they call the: 
$ year 
w me 
e been 
wood Muscat.] 
ET S 
Notices of IBook. 
black bd ce pe eth oe | translated from the 
Wonders; 
marth Gorma ilo, a pay rerien Be 
| author, D Dr. G. Hartwig. Large 8vo, pp. 427- 
nd Hartwig in his 
| tens of oe sr the Oeean 
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