968 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL аша 
annot from аа mE e | to lea whe ther th 
farmi ойы i ТМ ае otherwise “ е vast extent of ^ orn | ent irs of тоо S gu DAN. ous т" lente wher part e En 
out’ шс fields already existing even in the most ант [са ras found originally variegated, invariably | Hima alayas, and B: 
settled states” could hardly yet be found, under even an | Only was found 9 etin cut Joints from roots arkable fi 
approximation to good farming: indeed their Cotton agricul- | produce green, leaves, while J sited авоари: l'and is 
ture does not merit the name of farming. But leaving that | of. plants riginally found as variega B 
out of the question for the present, our Americ planters | nost generally tain the variegation. d 
after five years Indian experience, honestly admitted that they low —- curious instances О! | Tran. sp lanting large Tree. 
had nothing to teach the natives of India in the business of | time I could adduce s iegated fi А 
Cotton growin, üt hi d something from them. Our nts which I variega 
ing, but had learn К lai know hav 
System, they remarked, of sowing on the top or raised ridges, being planted in sektai citis "hat whether owing | in transplanting large tr rees, E ы 
E) ater furri р nnot 
n been 
Bits ary mt боон, Балота n as deg climates our | tO chemical or sympathetio afinity Т annot say; iis | send yon in that T vc fot 
агау, ploughs therefore, which do not cultivate tho ground | ап interesting subject, ed of being taken up u тә ыу оа Бн 
better or more deeply than the native опе, are not r uired ; the ers more able than I am to do justice to i р гроз f - 
im difference between them being, that the one inverts 2 John Salte „ Ve saille Nursery, A e lifting rees of a e 
seed bed оле осол апа р: раа нот, ре іо Your Corresponden . A. W.” is right in RE high), T у have all been emp 
Second propo: position, which I deem a more important one, next | one of о Scarlet Unique АА T be of Conti- | months of June, July, Augui 
week. PN Wight. 
nen tal origin. DUM MeL, cci ago C forget. how many) Rs following isa list of th 
h cel IDE nted. Beginning with Yi Ws, 
of them 
Cucum my Black Spine is делсе in your 
columns ts ча а good winter kind. Have 
f ong a lot llin f. Boucharlat, | 135 in а], and some 
—if so ЕЕ аъ, be r [mong a I os ght it and sent it home, naming it | шеш опе жу" А. к. feet in 
шы of any information they will kindly afford me on Scarlet аө, About the same time Mr. Gaines, 0! | he ground and n һе 
the subject. I grow man p (? sale | Battersea, raised or obtained a similar one, but not ihe spending бе Sed i yen 
throughout the year, but I find Lord Kenyon's same, and named it Scarlet Unique, neither he nor I t 6 inche: s round at 2 
Favourite and Cuthill's Black Spine the only two|knowing of the exis tence of the other. "There is a fine [a ХА the ipi 
bl nter Cucumbers; the other sorts, su ant of my Scarlet Unique in the conservator Pseud-Ac 
ictory of Bath, ion House, and others | Camfel Place in this cou ty, the sent of the Hon. beiween two an m 
being early spring kinds. Апу communications, either | Baron Dimsdale. The pilar against which it is|dimensions, girth bol 
addressed to me personally or through your columns, planted is covered with its massive foliage and re- eet 6 inches, à a 10 feet Ne 
will be much valued; as I believe а] Cucumber splendent with flowers for several months in the year. | height bei eet. The 
growers feel want good free bearing pos know of no plant more beautiful or more dm for | Le n: са € 
ord Kenyon for ее m k, and опу |а pillar in the Conserva! tory. Wm. Paul, ries, irae V. WC n mid, tance, 
differing from that sort in being a Spi uh with a | Waltham "ies: Sr GALA: light sandy soil. The t gii e 
bloom, instead of a White Spine | fe ы 2 ш Do Rats eat Grapes —Having repeatedly noticed тош, nl P 14 feet higie 3 feet 7 inches, 
carrying no bloom whatever. Henry B. the decrease of Gr: m m "Vinery, and having | 42 3 feel of the largest of the 
v A — lled the attention my head gardener to it, with | t en sor peu 
ca 0 ед o a some 
crulea. ant in the lection at | evidence of the fac „ he replied that he also had seen | with their balls of eartli fr 
Newto wion "9 Bath, w sins a "одде stem et 7 inches | thom diminish, but supposed I had taken them. On |у уно! ch made the process og H 
in height, furnished with hea! althy [remit ан the base | ing assured tls Rubi wik not the b but v 
upwards, has four flo lower spikes now on it wx four an n opinion that it was the result of theft. Subsequently | [at the rate rx а duy. l have in d 
16t th p^ lich P lurge tap 
i l the mischief by |t that had to be cut to get it оп the kw 
Bun: Porter elata, with о с: e of fo owers; | dining up ihe на Зы, ное, di Grapes as they 
it has been in bloom two months. I may add that me from the roof of the Vinery. The whole story, | but the Thorn is the most „цео, mis ien 
кейе ws 4 land coloured has likewise large | wit the clamsy ec кеен ed appeared to me so ү е in leaf, and. ou; ghi n id phy 
` trusses, six on each 
h 
4 
able that 1 Some special occasio! 
of уче A "it all open at once ; and there appeared to me an dte wt to cover his own | The roots are so long rx piste that fago 
are many other Sm. in equally fine condition. W. delinquency. However, he А, « perinicny ге iter- earth is difficult to get with them, an 
Keele, Oct, 23. nd bas really caught a ll the small fibres ai; 
onium Purple Unique.—I have rs under- he says is the rat, "that. 1 determin ed зи “=й you e long roots. In a hot po 
god that this was a eed obtained by Mr. Rollisson Will you oblige by inform maingz | чыр л Aot ped 
creed ium and another us Tudy; as to its | me if there is any probabi ity of his —— A тап 
thel ag 
ри а 
Sportive character e testimony, and true, for I can more willingly submit b tot 
mention still уу аман thin that at the Н. 
ipe a Garden at Chis wic] Thi 
estan S 
- ате to 
from R 
sao x: d h thrown their leaves 
Spo: friend now in in. Paris tiet ix tho aud MM sap, and have "wn their pA 
з Unique: Ist, Lie; 2d, Соп dy there area d. — gigantic leaves, R 
Spicttum, rose crimson; ks Сети, тей; 4th, Roso all of the same kind y luxuri iantly. "n Ту | the g the cireumfe 
ФАтоп ur, rose; this a m m tk lants. Can | 80 fet dm uos s 40 А 
- Au thes, Es youor any of your rend ere: me? [|bee lanted, t| S: bere 
consider: ete varieties, Term they vir armen have an idea that they must be Gunnera scabra. heights of е Райн у аге Ше niküre 
шу podus flowers of the original colou s year | C. М. d the safest to grow, from the fibrous 1 i 
ad Ee ез Fern таа ecent paper of yours an account is 
r truss given of the magnificent form which „the ume avenue were shifted at the same time, w 
plumosum ч tbe Tady Fern (Athyrium Fi 
as 
т ject to v Aia not only assumes, was E ul the коан 
PREND d lour and foliage, but also in habit of times a fot: wide. Perm to observe e, that near ido unless on 
growth and dimension of leaves; the diminut d f Stockland, | fe 
variety called “ Variegated Рап у” is, singular Devon, a single pinna of one of this waits measures 
may appear, nothing but a sport from one of the old 10 inches and a half, so that the frond at the widest The mon 
largo Tear od ана, aen eacquainted with | part is 5 1 foot 9 inches. І gave a жш to a lady of the | a н for ir т 
the fact. fagi as first sent out I dit in tl parish, Dalwood, who transmitted it, I after- | and there КЎ е of nit, ba 
opem ground; ads the p of the e sn 
mmer I per- wards learned, to Mr. Moore, апа be considered itt o | the reverse in August and erg an 
йты by Ms T dde a | strong Shoot of a la ] is Athyrium Fil.-foem, var. plu йш prevailing i My 
supp! 
варрозї ng it to have be een from an old root | Z. J. ards, Axminster., 
Z. J. Edw Ыы 
ally dug in, I pulled it Wellingfonias—A specimen of Wellin tonia in Mr. | hydrants w 
eiue surprise I found it to be ав sucker from | John Waterer’s nursery at Bagshot, planted out in|by mean : Н 
ust, 1856, now еса =% а =: 6 inches in height; the roots, and overhead 
із 2 feet Ain з | evenin, Some еті 
һе told me that 1 was quite correct in my ME ing. of rg 
ormed me of the way in Maec he had сна ей t artarena of branches 3o foot; and i i every r seed |» ere well watered at the roots 
ibj her ch: it isa most perfect specimen. "There is also another | made from the steepings y^ Ссн, 
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е 
H 
i р ofthis kind growing i the егы о! manare 
y | Hodg F noticed, 
1 
y 
es, Esq., Penny Hill, j^ agshot. Е пош planted in | As the benefits derived fron i 
vember, 1857, 16 was 1 foot 6 inches kishi it is now | Coniferous plants have lately 
1 feet 6 inches high, being an 1 к 
о eet 6 i J. W. E 
a fi 
< lo have sickly speci (m eu 
А planti or where they 
aed William. Tillery, Welbeck.. 
уч 
two m 
füxed." Havi 
pes past pore n forming a КЫ 
hardy variegated plants, both wild and c cultivated, in their 
rience h nte eA with 
fewer tban к; 
опа m of 
The Eas ens , хито. 
fidis " tion a^ Nd id ated е d many | from 10 S 19 feet long, AH ОЁ them аге an inc ich SUDBURY CoprAGERS! mea in (е E 
acis in their history, and teaches that sports | rcu e s bition 
are more frequent in hot dry se PEE Men аё other | н 005 n sont they are | This very егы exhi Que" 
limes; that local sports (апер ated branches) 
1 tet to X LION. eid. Vines, and are likely to bear 
may state that one Vin e has 
to n back unless care is taken in pro-|t ie 
pagation, and even then they адар t be considered és long. 
constant until the tin generation ; that s "rer A s euer to J. Whitham, Esq., Gledhan, L 
raised from local s; e Elm. SPUR me to corre 
original type, witho sh appearance of variegation. ent Numbe 
I have year ewa гес proved this from. various 3 kinds Eln 
of йө, but very different with 
| Exchange, Sudbury, Suffolk, on TUS ЧУ эш 
and i t of merit for 
an 
8 phus Es x T inch 
ОРЫШ 80 from seed, the fixture | village near East in Norfo) 
my observations go, is never | the b f in S. Elmham is that th 
The seeds will al. generally come | was t transferred to that plai е, 
ка ius Коне Mei ыы а vii or|N. ан: and that the house at S, Elmham now | тап 
ig! ention many w 1 occu Mr. Durrant, Meu шы uu Adair’ C + wi the 
rst found as seedlings. "That v. E o iy wa e a Each recipien 
$e сап be propagated either s of wh e.] Е трапу by the Bev. 
joints of roots are governed by gall, or алайна Е ат) Shonld be 1ай тегиз of the case. 
