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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GVRDEXER. 



[ November 13, 1370. 



being only second-rate. Napoleon seems to be extensively 

 grown, from the great stoek of the fruit. What a wonderfully 

 juicy Pear is this! and someiimes of very good quality. I 

 noticed, besides, great quantities of that very ugly Pear Ne 

 Pins Memis, but a most excellent late spring variety. 



To this already numerous list there are many other varieties 

 to add, such as Fondunte de Malines, a truly good, useful, 

 little-known sort, very similar to Serrurieur d'Auiomne ; Rsine 

 d'Hiver, a highly-Savoured variety; Mareehal de la Conr, a 

 splendid sort; the old Crasanne. a much overrated Pear; the 

 Catillac and the huge Uvedale's St. Germain for stewing, of all 

 of which there are remarkably fine examples to be seen. Many 

 of these were grown on walls on fine old trees, models of careful 

 training, chiefly on the fan system, which, in my opinion, is 

 ■not so well adapted for the Pear as the horizontal. Others 

 were grown on low arched trellises, others on pyramids and 

 open standards. Nearly the whole of these trees in the gardens 

 have been severely root-pruned by Mr. E>se since his advent 

 amongst them, and with the most beneficial results. Trees 

 which for years previously had produced but little fruit were 

 last season, as I was informed, fully laden ; the specimens, how- 

 ever, were not so large as from trees not root-pruned. The 

 appearance of the whole of the trees, however, augurs well for 

 an abundant crop next year. 



Amongst Apples, although I was told they were unusually 

 small, there were some remarkably fine examples. In general 

 they were highly coloured and consequently very handsome. 

 Blenheim Pippin was in great store. How this Apple varies 

 from a great angular green fruit to a flat, regular, highly- 

 coloured beauty almost resembling a Fearn's Pippin ! It is 

 perfectly possible to select two Apples from the produce of a 

 single tree so dissimilar iu appearance as to defy Dr. Hogg 

 himself to name them. Of E ng of the Pippins tkere were 

 many bushels, and it is a very great favourite. This is another 

 very variable Apple. Rosemary Russet was in fine order and 

 in great quantity. This is one of Mr. Powell's favourites. 

 " Give me," said Mr. Powell, "if I were a market gardener, 

 of Apples Rosemary Russet, Scarlet Russet, and Cox's Pomons, 

 and I would grow no other ; they are all splendid varieties, 

 and sure croppers.'' Cox's Pomona is one of the best large 

 soft-fleshed Apple3 for dessert, and at Frogmore it is grown in 

 quantity. Scarlet Russet is also beautiful and fine. Lord 

 Kaglan is rather a new sort, streaked, with a dash of Ribston 

 Pippin flavour. Hampshire Golden Pippin is a good useful 

 sort, and Gipsy King, a seedling, flat dessert Apple, somewhat 

 like Sam Young. Court-Pendu-Plat was very splendid, aDd no 

 better Apple exists in its season — January. Dumelow's Seed- 

 ling was unusually small. Oi all the cooking Apples, perhaps 

 this is the richest and best. Scarlet Nonpareils were very fine, 

 and in great number, also the old Nonpareil; some specimens 

 of this of such an enormous size and so totally different in 

 character were shown me, that I positively refused to believo 

 them to be true; others gathered from the same tree, however, 

 had all the usual appearance. Never have I seen old Nonpa- 

 reils so fine nor half the size. Frogmore Prolific was here also 

 pointed out to me as one of the best autumn cooking Apples. 

 Tnis is a large sort, with fine white and tender flesh, raised at 

 Frogmore. There are, besides, many other seedling Apples 

 well worthy of cultivation. I observed a large quantity of 

 Cockle Pippin, the favourite Apple of Sussex, and Datch'Mig- 

 nonne, so justly esteemed for its good keeping qualities ; also 

 Golden Harvey, the richest and the best of all the small dessert 

 sorts, and here the examples were good; Adaui3's Pearmain, 

 than which there are few better; Cox's Orange Pippin, the 

 most useful and prolific of all, and of the finest quality ; Gre- 

 nadier, a rather new, flat, scarlet-coated sort; Small's Admir- 

 able, a large and fine kitchen variety ; and Small's Imperial, a 

 large, 6treaked, pretty, highly-coloured sort, not so well knowD. 

 Besides all these, there are many other fine varieties which I 

 had not time to notice. 



In conclusion, I would only add my mite of approbation 

 of the general style of cultivation adopted here, and of the 

 very efficient manner in which the Royal Gardens are con- 

 ducted under Mr. Rose. I advise all who can to get a peep and 

 judge for themselves. All such will there receive a Highland 

 \velcome. — Archajieaud. 



PATERSONS BOYINIA POTATO. 



In the spring I purchased i lbs. of this remarkable Potato 

 at Is. 6d. per pound. These I cut into seventy-four sets, seven 

 of which I parted with, and four failed to grow. I plantei 



them deeply, on the 30bh of March, in loamy soil, heavily 

 manuring it at the time with stable dung, giving a distance of 

 a yard each way between the sets. When well up I drew a little 

 earth round the roots ; beyond this, and keeping the weeds 

 down, they had no attention whatever. On November 2nd, on 

 digging the crop, it was found to produce 7.| bushels, weighing 

 4 cwt. nett of very large Potatoes. These facts may interest some 

 of your readers. — Alfred Peoler, Old Shirley, Southampton. 



P.S. — It is right to observe that not a drop of rain fell here 

 during April, and in Miy we only had rain for two days, whilst 

 in June we had but a couple of thunder showers. With a 

 moderate degree of moisture I believe the crop would have 

 been heavier. 



GROUND LEVELLING AND PRACTICAL 

 GARDEN PLOTTING— No. 4. 



DRAWING PLANS. 

 To Inscribe a Regular Polygon, in this case a pentagon, in a 

 Given Circle. — Fig. 12 is thus described by Mr. Ellis A. David- 

 son in his work on linear drawing : — " Draw the diameter a b, 

 and divide is into as many equal parts as the polygon is to 

 have sides (in this case five). From A and b, with the radius 

 A b, describe arcs cutting each other in c. From c draw a line, 

 passing through the second division and cutting the circle in d. 

 Draw db, which will be one Bide of the polygon, set off the 

 leogth db around the circle — viz., efg, join these points, and 

 thus complete the figure. Any polygon may be thus formed 

 by dividing the diameter into the number of parts correspond- 

 ing with the sides of the required polygon, but the line c» 

 must in every case be drawn through the second division." 



Fig. 12. lig. 13. 



I have adopted this method in preference to any other, be- 

 cause I think it is easiest understood, and can be applied in 

 the formation of any polygon. 



Polvgon, a figure of more than four sides. 

 Pentagon, a figure of five sides. 

 Hexagon, a figure of sis sides {fig. 13). 

 Heptagon, ft figure of seven sides. 

 Octagon, a figure of eight sides. 

 Konagou, a figure of nine sides. 

 Decagon, a figure of ten sides. 



For a bed it is not advisable to have a figure of more than 

 eight aides, as such would approach the circle so nearly that 

 it is better to have a circle instead. 



Fig. 14. 



Fig. IS. 



Fig. 14. — To Construct an Equilateral Triangl, A b c- From 

 abc, with radius Kg, equal to half the side if the triAOgle, 

 describe arcs d c f. 



Fig. 15. — To Construct a Sjuare, a b c d. — With the ra ius 

 A i, whioh. is half the side of the square, draw aros e , f, g, h. 



