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JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTORE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ December 20, 2C77. 



and some visitors on purchasing as they thought the same 

 variety very naturally had plants of the species figured in 

 your last issue sent to them. I afterwards ascertained that 

 my stock was misnamed. Had the name of coriaeea been 

 generally adopted no such mistake could have arisen. 



Mr. Harding is, I think, quite right that I. saxatilis and 

 I. eorifolia are synonymous ; but I. coriaeea is much finer than 

 the species grown under either of thoee names. It has very 

 large round flowers and handsome flower heads, resembling 

 somewhat those of Tenore's Iberis, I. Tenoreana. The last- 

 named is a very fine sort, especially for pot culture. Its 

 foliage is very distinct, on account of the lower leaves being 

 smooth and entire, those of the upper portion of the stem 

 being toothed or crenated. The plant is well adapted for rock- 

 work, and, as suggested, it is well worthy of being cultivated 

 in pots. The flowers continue for a long time in beauty, and 

 are very attractive in the greenhouse in spring. For cultiva- 

 tion in borders I. coriaeea is, I think, the finest of all the 

 Iberiees. — A. N. G. 



A SELECTION OF THE BEST HAEDT FRUITS. 



Like all gardeners who have undergone a thorough train- 

 ing to their profession, when an under gardener I had oppor- 

 tunities of gaining knowledge from many clever masters in 

 large and small places, and in widely different localities, both 

 in north and soath. Amongst our evening amuEementB in 

 the "bothy" particular attention was given to noting down 

 all the work that had been done in each department during 

 the day ; when everything was started into growth how long 

 it took the produce to mature, which varieties of fruits were 

 the best bearers, the kinds which hardly ever bore, and those 

 which seldom missed producing a crop. At that time all this 

 kind of information seemed scarcely worth the paper on which 

 it was scribbled, but now I often find it handy as a reference ; 

 and as many are now wishing to know which varieties of fruit 

 trees they should plant to insure the greatest amount of suc- 

 cess, I have thought that the following selections from my old 

 calendars of Borts that rarely failed to produce a crop under 

 varied conditions might be found to suit their requirements. 

 At the same time I may state the lists are not " old-fashioned," 

 because many of the sorts therein named have ripened very 

 heavy crops this season when fruit crops were a failure 

 generally. 



Apples. — Dessert.- — Margaret, the earliest of all Apples; 

 Kerry Pippin ; Cox's Orange Pippin, exceedingly good, the very 

 best of all the Pippins ; Golden Winter Pearmain, nearly as 

 good, suitable for both dessert and kitchen; Pitmaston Non- 

 pareil, Golden Pippin, Golden Harvey, and Winter Peach. 

 Kitchen. — At the Apple election Keswick Codlin headed my 

 list, and I must give it the same preference here. It has only 

 one fault — it will not keep late, but for a 6Ure cropper there is 

 none to equal it, and it is ready for use at a time when few 

 Apples are ripe. Lord Suffield, very large; Hawthornden, 

 very certain ; Cox's Pomona, Stirling Castle, Blenheim Orange, 

 Bess Pool, Northern Greening, Norfolk Beefin, and Scarlet 

 Nonpareil. All these will do as standards. 



Pears. — Williams's Bon Chretien, Beurre d'Amanlis, Au- 

 tumn Bergamot, Beurre Diel, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Seckle, 

 Passe Colmar, Glou Morcaau, Winter Nelis,andEasterBeurre. 

 Excepting in very cold exposed localities all these succeed as 

 standards. 



Plums. — Dessert. — Green Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, Jeffer- 

 son's, Kirko's, Late Orleans, Heine Claude deBavay. Kitchen. 

 What Keswick Codlin is amongst Apples the Victoria is amongst 

 Plums, it bears prodigiously either on a wall or as a bush; 

 Early Orleans, Goliath, Washington, White Magnum Bonum, 

 and Winesour. It is advantageous to place the most of these 

 against a wall. The Damson so excellent for preserving may 

 be grown as a bush in either kitchen garden, pleasure grounds, 

 or orchard. I find this variety requires root-pruning oftener 

 than any other to keep it in good bearing condition. 



Peaches. — Early York, Hale'sEarly, Noblesse, Royal George, 

 Barrington, Late Admirable, and Walburton Admirable. All 

 these must be grown against a south wall. During some 

 seasons Peaches do not ripen well in the open air. Many err 

 in planting sorts which are late in ripening, whereas by plant- 

 ing early kinds they have a much better chance of ripening 

 their fruit before the bad weather sets-in in autumn. The 

 two last-named Peaches are very late. 



Nectarines. — Lord Napier, the earliest and excellent; El- 

 ruge, very fine; Violette Hiitive, just about as good; Pine 



Apple, Victoria, and Pitmaston Orange. These must all have 

 the support of a south wall. 



Apricots.— Moorpark and Oallin's Early. These are the 

 moBt uncertain of all fruit trees in cropping, and I must confess 

 that they are the only varieties in this selection not Btrietly 

 what they are represented to be — namely, annual bearers. 

 Where the two named fail otherB will not succeed. 



Cherries.— Knight's Early Black, Black Eagle, Late Duke, 

 May Duke, and Morello. Unlike any of the other fruits named 

 these will all succeed admirably againBt a north wall. 



Figs. — Brunswick, Brown Turkey, Brown Ischia,Bourjasotte 

 Grise. Figs are not so often grown in the open air against 

 walls as they should be. It is very rarely that those named 

 fail, and the heavy crops of fruit they ripen in the autumn- 

 are always appreciated. The finest Figs I ever saw were- 

 grown on an open wall in a garden in East Lothian. 



Medlars. — Broad-leaved Dutch, Small-fruited. As these 

 are so much inclined to spread and are not unornamental they 

 are more suited to pleasure grounds or fields than the kitchen, 

 garden. 



Nuts. — Cosford, Kentish Cob, and Pearson's Prolific may 

 be planted with the Medlars. 



Gooseberries. — Bed.— Champion, Ironmonger, Crown Bob^ 

 Champagne, Lord Derby, Rifleman, and Wairington. Yellow. 

 — Broom Girl, Pilot, Tellow Ball, and Yellow Sulphur. Green. 

 — Green Gage, Green Overall, Jolly Angler, and Pitmaston. 

 White. — Champagne, Qaeen Anne, and Whitesmith. 



Currants.— Bed. — La Fertile, Knight's Large Red, Cherry,. 

 Raby Castle, and Red Dutch. White. — Transparent White 

 and WhiteDatch. Black. — Lee's Prolific and Ogden's Black. 



Raspberries — Carter's Prolific, FaBtolf, Fillbasket, Yellow 

 Globe, and White Antwerp. 



Strawberries — President, Keens' Seedling, Dr. Hogg, art 

 improvement on British Qaeen; Elton Pine, late; Lucas, Sir 

 Charles Napier, and Vicomtesse Herieart de Thury. 



Jast a word to purchasers of fruit trees. Always buy the 

 very healthiest and best-grown examples that can be procured. 

 Stunted weakly-grown trees are very liable to canker, and even 

 if they escape that disease they will not by the time they are 

 fairly into bearing produce half so much fruit as they would 

 have done had they been healthy trees to begin with. — -A 

 Kitchen Gardener. 



EARLY-FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 

 I have for some years been trying to get a collection of early- 

 flowering Chrysanthemums. I have fairly succeeded, and beg 

 to give your readers a description of the best. 



1. Precocite. — A beautiful jonquil yellow, 2 inches across. 

 This is in my opinion one of the Best both as to form, colour,, 

 and for continuous blooming. In flower from the end of 

 August to end of November. 



2. Frederic Pelt. — Bronze red. Very like the last variety in 

 form, growth, and size of flower. Bloomed from August to 

 end of November. 



3. Nanum. — Creamy blush. Flowers 2J inches across. 

 Bloomed in August. Very pretty and desirable. 



4. Durham. — Pretty primrose. Flowers of good size. Blooms- 

 from August to end of October. Last year a plant of this- 

 variety had five hundred blooms. 



5. Illustration — Colour light pink, changes to almost white. 

 Blooms from August to December. 



6. Adrastus. — Colour a pleasing crimson. Bloomed in Oc- 

 tober. This will bloom much earlier under more favourable 

 circumstances. The plant was raised from a late cutting. 



7. Aigle d'Or. — Pretty yellow, cf a large size. Bloomed in 

 October. A very good variety. 



8. 9, 10. Jardin des Plantes. — Yellow, pink and white, and 

 white. All exactly the same in form and growth, dwarf in 

 habit, profuse in flowers. In bloom from August to the end 

 of October. The yellow variety also known by the name of- 

 Golden Madame Domage. 



11. Madame Bachoux. — White, shaded light purple. Blooms- 

 in August. Flowers of good size. 



12. Madame Pecoul. — There are two varieties of this, light- 

 and dark rose. Blooms in August. Very desirable. 



13. Sceur Melanie. — French white. Flowers large. This 

 should bloom in September ; with me it was mach later this 

 year. It is an exceedingly beautiful variety. 



14. Madame Alphons. — French white. Very like the pre- 

 ceding variety. 



15. Lucinda — Very light pink, in the way of Illustration. 



