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and shall take it kind should any correspondent furnish 

 me with an opinion on the subject. If the evil origi- 

 nated from carrion, (as in all likelihood it has,) writers of 

 treatises would do well to first prove its good effects be- 

 fore they so highly recommend such matters to the 

 public."— ^oSeriS Elliott, Horn's Castle, Nov. 'iWh, 1847. 



" ("We have always discountenanced the use of carrion 

 in this manner. The vines are probably poisoned." — 

 'Editorial remarks.) — Gardeners' Chronicle, 1847, page 

 798. 



At the rooms of the London Horticultural Society, 

 December, 1847, were exhibited from probably the 

 above gardens, (by Mr. Eoberts,) Muscat of Alexandria, 

 and two other sorts of grapes, for which the Banksian 

 medal was awarded.* 



Kobert Errington, of Oulton, recommends covering 

 the grape border with barn-yard manure two feet deep, 

 over the whole extent of it in the month of October. 

 Mr. Roberts objects to this at that season of the year, and 

 says it should not be done until the time of forcing ap- 

 proaches. Mr. Errington " is a great opponent to the 

 burying of carcasses, or any part of them, in borders," 

 and refers to the remarks of Mr. Elliott, and attributes 

 the injury of the vines to this cause ; but it does not ap- 

 pear that he was personally knowing to the facts as stated 

 by Mr. Elliott. 



•■' Vine Culture. — On looking over the Chronicle, of 



* That Mr. Roberts, and the vineries under his care, were the sabjecta 

 referred to in the above communication, has since been denied ; but no one 

 can censure him for applying the article to himself, particularly when the 

 concluding sentence is considered. 



