Februiirj- 14, 1665.] 



JOTJENAL OP HORTICULTURE XND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



131 



some experience. Sach an employment requires warm cloth- 

 ing to prevent the sudden reactions which will otherwise 

 take place in the system. Let me advise all young gar- 

 deners, and old ones too, to wear next their skin a flannel, 

 and over that and under their shirt a chamois-skin waist- 

 coat, double-breasted up to their throat, and reaching down to 

 their loins. Tlie writer never wore anything from which he 

 derived so much comfort, and I may say safety against cold. 

 It is light and pliable, and when coming out of a high tem- 

 perature, with the blood at the surface, the wind cannot 

 pierce the chamois and send the blood suddenly to the vitals 

 to breed catai'rh and other inflammations. I have to go 

 frequently from hothouses into the teeth of a bitter east 

 wind off the sea, and it is astonishing how little its eifects 

 are felt with such an article of clothing. 



Mr. Fish refers to the good practice of old gardeners in 

 preventing the cold frosty air from coming suddenly in con- 

 tact witli their young Cucumbers, and to their practice of 

 " sifting " the wind through a mat, or something else ; and 

 on the same principle he might have wisely recommended 

 gardeners to wear their moustache, which wise provision of 

 nature, if good for the protection of the lungs of any class 

 of men against cold air and dust, must be especially so in 

 the case of young gardeners who have to attend to fires and 

 work in hothouses loaded with moisture. I do not know 

 whether Mr. Fish be patriarchal enough to recommend the 

 moustache for the protection of the human lungs, but certain 

 I am that he wiU not treat plants so crueUy as to deprive 

 them of any appendage with which their Maker has fur- 

 nished them for their protection. 



By many a strong young fellow these precautions may be 

 smiled at ; but I would add my warning voice to that of Mr. 

 Fish, that the strongest, if they live, will ultimately wish 

 they had paid more attention to the laws of health. — One 



WHO IS COMFOBTAELT HOTJSED. 



EAISING- GOOSEBEREIES FEOM SEED. 



In the Journal of the 31st of January attention is called 

 to raising new kinds of Gooseberries from seed. I give the 

 results of an effort in that dii-ection, which as regards suc- 

 cess in number is poor encouragement, bvat for quality 

 satisfactory. 



It is five or six years since I selected ninety of what ap- 

 peared the best seedlings, judging by the leaf, and although 

 I have none but what I consider good, either as to size or 

 quality, in my garden, and no other garden near it, there 

 were twenty of the most worthless imaginable, and only 

 two out of the ninety were worth saving. 



Although not large, they are such distinct new varieties, 

 and of such superior quality, as to be well worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. No. 1 is a dull red, very early, very fine skin, full of 

 juice, and very sweet, and to my taste superior to the Red 

 Champagne. No. 2 is not a dessert fruit, but the most 

 splendid in appearance for bright colour I ever saw; its syrup 

 is the same colour, and makes a beautiful preserve both in 

 colour and flavour. A nobleman's gardener, who has seen 

 it, considers it the handsomest Gooseberry he ever saw ; it 

 is in appearance most like the Ashton Red, but nearly double 

 its size, although not to be considered large compared with 

 prize kinds. 



It is desirable to raise improved varieties of fruit if pos- 

 sible ; but if my trouble, time, and experience are any rule, 

 there is not great inducement to make the attempt. — 

 J, Cabtledge, Kirton-in-Li'iidsey. 



THE CLIMBING DEVONIENSIS EOSE. 



I HAVE received a very kind letter from Mr. Henry Curtis, 

 of the Devon Eosery, Torquay, and also two splendid Briar 

 specimens of the above Rose. He is kind enough to acknow- 

 ledge the benefit that he has received from my articles of 

 one kind or another. One of the specimens is on a dwarf 

 Briar, and the other on a standard. The gi-owth of both is 

 quite wonderful. The Rose bids to be a great acquisition ; 

 the wood is not only luxuriant but of a hardy nature. 



As letters addressed to me continually go to the Rushtons, 

 in Yorkshire, I shall be obliged to all correspondents, if 

 they will add the word Tarrant before Rushton. — W. F. 

 Radcltfeb, Tarrant FmsMoh, Blandford, Dorset. 



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