December 7, 1871. ] 



JOUKNAL OP HORTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENER. 



435 



PerfeotioD, Platns, Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princess 

 Beatrice, Princess of Teck, Princess of Wales, Qaeen of Eng- 

 land, Eev. J. Dix, Sir Stafford Carey, Venus, White Globe, and 

 Yellow Perfection. The best for pots in this section are Annie 

 Salter, Anrea Multiflora, Dr. Sharpe, Gloria Miindi, Her 

 Majesty, Lady Hardin?;, Empress of India, Mrs. G. Bundle, 

 Prince of Wales, and Venus. 



The hest Pompons are Aurore Bor^ale, Bijou de I'Horticnltnre, 

 Bob, Brilliant, Cedo Nalli, and its golden, lilac, and brown 

 varieties ; Drin Drin, Golden Aurore, LiVogne, Mdlle. Marthe, 

 Miss Julia, Mrs. Dix, Saint Thais, Eoae and White Trevenna, 

 and Trophee. 



Anemone Pompons for Cut Bloovis. — Antonius, Astrea, Cal- 

 liope, Eugfine Laujaulet, Fire Fly, Jean Hachette, Madame 

 Chalonge, Madame GramS, Madame Montels, Marie Stuart, 

 Misa Nightingale, Mr. Astie, Mr. Wynesa, Perle, Princess Dag- 

 mar, Qneen of Anemones, Sidonie, and Zobeide. 



Largc-floteered Anemones. — Empress, Fair Margaret, Fleur 

 de Marie, Gluck, King of Anemones, Lady Margaret, Louis 

 Bonamy, Madame Godereau, Miss Margaret, Mrs. Pethere, 

 Prince of Anemones, Queen Margaret, and Sunflower. 



Japanese. — Comet, Dr. Masters, Grandiflorum, James Salter, 

 Mandarin, Meteor, Prince Satsuma, Negro, Eed Dragon, The 

 Mikado, The Sultan, and Viceroy of Egypt. — J. Dodglas. 



SELECT PEACHES. 



In an interesting article in your Journal of October 26lb,. 

 the names of various Peaches are quoted. Having been suc- 

 cessful in the cultivation of some varieties not there mentioned, 

 my experience may not be without interest to some readers. 



I entirely endorse Mr. Douglas's opinion of Early Beatrice ; 

 last summer mine were poor and watery. Hale's Early, grown 

 in a neighbouring pot in a cool orchard house, ripened its fruit 

 two or three days sooner, and, though small, was of delicious 

 flavour. Early Elvers was very inferioi: in flavour as compared 

 to last season. On the back of my orchard house is a twenty- 

 five-year-old Eoyal George Peach with a moderate crop on it. 

 Pour Peaches, of course selected as the best, weighed as nearly 

 as possible half a pound each, and measured 9J inches in cir- 

 cumference. Early Crawford is not so much grown as it should 

 be ; its flavour is good, if it is not allowed to become too ripe, 

 and then it is apt to become mealy. Its appearance is most 

 magnificent at dessert. I think the best late Peaches I had 

 last season were the Malta ; they were grown on a south wall 

 without glass, and were therefore not ready till October, for I 

 live amongst mountains, and therefore our sun is often clouded, 

 and my garden is 450 feet above the sea. The above Psaohes 

 coloured well, and their flavour was excellent. 



Albert Victor Nectarine is a very good late kind ; I believe it 

 is one of Mr. Rivera's seedlings. It is not equal to his Victoria. 

 No Nectarine can ever surpass, nay equal that. — C. E. 



POTATO TRIAL. 



I ENXEEED upon my present situation in November last year ; 

 my employer told me that they could scarcely ever get a good 

 eating Potato off the garden ; and as my predecessor was an 

 elderly man and had been there nearly thirty years, I thought 

 he must either have used his own seed until it was tired 

 of the Boil or the soil was tired of it, or perhaps both. I 

 determined, therefore, to try a fresh stock, and so collected 

 twenty difierent kinds from various parts of the country. Now, 

 although it has been such a wet season, some of these kinds 

 have far exceeded my expectations both in quantity and quality. 

 I send you a list of the kinds I have tried, with remarks re- 

 garding these points, and also with regard to the disease. 



My soil is what I consider a good Potato soil, neither heavy 

 nor light, but with a good deal of sand in it. Those kinds 

 marked with an asterisk (*) are what I have selected as the 

 beat suited for our soil, but I regard the three best (in the 

 order named) as Myatt's Prohfic Ashleaf, Early May, and Lap- 

 stone Kidney. 



I planted a half-peck of the American Early Rose, and the 

 produce was nearly eight pecks all sound, and only three tubers 

 have become diseased since they were lifted. Upon trying 

 their quality when first taken up they were not eatable either 

 boiled, steamed, or roasted ; but since being stored they boil 

 very mealy and dry beautifully white, with the exception of a 

 Blight tinge of pink in the middle. Flourball is an immense 

 cropper both for size and quantity, but when cooked presents 



more the appearance of a wax than a flour ball, but it, like 

 Early Rose, may improve by keeping, as remarked by one of 

 your correspondents, until after Christmas. If I had to grow 

 but one kind I should select the true Lapstone, as I consider 

 that is not to be surpassed either for a second or late crop ; and 

 as most of us only want about three or four kinds, it would be 

 a great boon to many if a few of the numerous readers of the 

 Journal, and also Potato-growers from different localities, would 

 enumerate but three or four sorts that are really suited to their 

 soil. We should then all know what to grow without wasting 

 so much time, seed, and ground. 



Name. Quality. Quantity. Disease. 



•Myatt's ProliSc AsUeaf 1st .... Ist None 



Royal Ashleaf Ist 1st None 



Old Ashleaf '2na 1st Slightly 



Champion of England 1st 1st None 



Alma Kidney Snd Small .... Badly 



American Rose 1st .... Extra .... None 



Dobson's Seedling -ind .... Small .... Badly 



Flourball (Sutton's) Srd Extra .... None 



Devonshire Kidney 1st .... Extra .... Badly 



Glonceetershire Kidney .... '2nd .... 1st None 



*EarIy May 1st Extra None 



Paterson 'a Victoria Ist .... Moderate.. Badly 



♦Lapstone Kidney 1st .... let Badly 



Worcester Silks Ist .... Moderate.. None 



Skerry Blue 2nd Ist Slightly 



Manchester Blue 1st .... Fair Slightly 



Scotch Cnp 2nd .... Extra .... Slightly 



Prince of Wales 3rd .... Good .... Badly 



The King 2na Good Badly 



A Regent Ist Good Badly 



— S. Tatloti, Sion Hill, Kidderminster. 



BERRIED HOLLY. 



The profusion of berries upon the Holly this winter is very 

 remarkable. Here, in Mid-Sussex, the common green Holly 

 abounds in the hedgerows, and may be seen in thousands upon 

 the wide-spread track of waste land known as "The Forest,'' 

 ranging in size from the low-stunted bush to splendid speci- 

 mens of perfect form and noble proportions. 'There is now a 

 beautiful display of red berries, the branches of many trees 

 being laden with their winter fruitage in such rich profusion 

 as I have never seen equalled. 



I suppose this abundance of Holly berries to be very general,, 

 as I lately saw some trees near Woking, in Surrey, very fruit- 

 ful. I need not dilate upon the charming effect which the 

 bright red berries have in contrast with the glossy deep-green 

 foliage. Holly is too intimately associated with Christmas 

 festivities not to be well known to old and young, and I would 

 ask. Why it is not more frequently planted in large quantities 

 in place of that sickly-looking plant the common Laurel? 

 Here, at Oldlands, it grows in the woods by thousands, thriv- 

 ing equally well in deepest shade or brightest sunshine; no 

 drip or crowding affects its health, its sturdy nature enabling 

 it to flourish under circumstances and in situations such as 

 would prove fatal to most other shrubs. Its growth may be 

 somewhat stiff, but it can never be called ungraceful ; and 

 when, as now, it puts on its full, rich, winter magnificence of 

 scarlet and green, it far surpasses all other shrubs in beauty. 



There is a peculiarity of the Holly which I cannot under- 

 stand ; two trees, or a number of trees, may be frequently 

 seen growing side by side, apparently equally vigorous, and 

 very similar in every respect, with this exception — that aome 

 will be laden with berries, while others are totally barren. 

 Why is this ? Am I to suppose that there are male and female 

 trees ? If so, the only perceptible difference must be in the 

 flowers, and these I have never examined closely. — Edwabd 



LUCKHUKST. 



ORAJTGE TREES UNDER VINES. 

 Few persons are, I think, aware how well Oranges thrive 

 under the shade of Vines if properly attended to. I have for 

 several years grown the St. Michael and Tangerine Oranges in 

 the cooler portion of a lean-to house. In this house there is 

 in front a 6-feet border between the brick flue and the wall. 

 In this the Vines are planted next the wall, which is built on 

 arches, and in the same border next the flue are a row of 

 Tangerine Oranges. There is a narrow strip behind the back 

 flue, where are placed several large Orange trees in pots. A 

 gentle heat is given during the cold months so as to keep out 

 frost, and the trees are constantly examined for scale and rust. 



