Marou 2 1. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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It is rather a startling fact, that wliat appears to ho 
one of our best late Orapes is nowhere mentioned in 
any w'ork upon their culture, ilr. Errington writes to 
us as follows upon the subject;— 
“ On reading the accounts of its merits, a short time 
since, I was struck with the idea that the Trehiana Grape, 
of which I was ignorant at the moment, w'as a grape which 
ought to be more generally known; and I consequently 
determined to make inquiries concerning it. It so liappens 
that I have fallen into excellent hands—no less than our 
worthy old friend Donald Beaton, and Mr. Tillery, head- 
gardener to the Duke of Portland, at Welbeck, a place 
noted for vines ever since the days of Speedily. I feel 
perfectly assured that tlie readers of this work will he 
pleased with extracts from tlie originals, and which, I think, 
1 liave permission to make. 
“ Mr. Beaton : ‘ The Trebiana Grape is an Italian variety, 
which was introduced to England about twenty-six or twenty- 
seven years since by the late Earl Powis. I first saw it at 
IValcot, in fruit, in 18d0. 'When Mr. Forbes was gardener 
there, he said it was the best /cecpiiit/ grape they had. Of 
all the plain-flavoured white sorts this 'Trebiana'wns tlie best 
keeper, the yo/cay the next best; and as the Tokay is well 
known, and the other little known, it may suffice to observe 
that both are about on a par as to growth, strength, crop, 
and period of ripening, flesh, and flavour ; hut the berry of 
the Trehiana is not so long as that of the Tokay, nor so 
creamy-looking after Christmas. In the same house, the 
Trehiana would not shrivel so soon as the Muscat, and both 
lasted longer than the Tokay; but neither the Tokay nor 
Trehiana came to table so early in the autumn as the old 
Muscat. You may recommend it, with the greatest confi¬ 
dence, as the next best white Grape to the Muscat of 
Alr.cnndria.' 
“ IMr. Tillery says—‘ I have great pleasure in giving you a 
description of the Trehiana Grape grown here. It was 
imported from Portugal, some years back, along with other 
varieties. It is, apparently, a seedhng between the Muscat 
and the White Portuyal Grape of commerce. Forms a fine 
i shouldered bunch—colour, a beautiful pearly tint, like a 
j well-ripened Muscat, and has the merit of keeping un- 
; shrivelled rrntil the end of February, or even Marcli, if well 
- ripened. I know of no white grape so fit a companion to 
i the West's St. Peter's for the last crop.’ 
j “ Little comment is necessary here; my authorities are 
[ good ones. Any apparent discrepancy between the two may 
he very easily reconciled without impugning the opinion of 
either. For my part, I do think it a truly useful variety, and 
well worthy the attention of those who want to produce 
fresh white Grapes in February and March, as companions 
on the table with the St. Peter’s, Burharossa, and other black 
Grapes. Its real habit I must still learn; but from Mr. 
Beaton’s observing that it is a late ripener, and Mr. Tillery’s 
proviso that it must he well ripened, I infer that it belongs 
to a class of Grapes that not only endure, but require mitch 
heat, of which the Muscats and St. Peter’s are notable 
examples.” 
Mr. Collinson writes to us as follows :— 
“ In your notice of the prices of several lots of Shanyhae 
fowl, at Stevens’ auction of March 1st, I perceive it stated 
tliat the cock bred by me, which sold for 40 guineas, was 
deficient in weight. 
“ As this is calculated to give the thousands of your 
readers, who will be impressed by the handsome sum he 
realised, an erroneous idea of the bud, I think it necessary 
to state, that about ten days before he was sold he weighed 
over Ilf lbs., fairly, and without any preparation, as he was 
running with half-a-dozen hens ; and I have no doubt that 
in some hands he might have been presented to the notice 
of the public at upwards of l‘d lbs. Your informant may, 
probably, have been misled in his judgment of size by its 
having been cramped in a basket, as also from it being 
a very thick-set, short-legged bird, and so remarkably flufted 
that the thigh was quite invisible.” 
We have been asked by more than one correspondent, 
referring to Dr. Malfatti's experiments published in our 
last number, “ whether the results tliere stated to have 
been derived are consistent with the principles of 
botanical science? ” To this there can be but one reply. 
They are entirely at variance with those principles; and 
wo believe that Dr. Malfatti’s experiments, if any one 
thinks it worth while to repeat them, will be found 
totally erroneous. It is quite possible that the sap of 
one plant might be transfused into the vessels of another 
plant of a totally different Natural Order, for the rising 
sap of all plants is nearly alike, but as soon as tho 
transfused sap had been elaborated in the leaves it 
would be completely changed into tho peerdiar juices of 
the plant bearing those leaves. Dr. Malfatti, however, 
tells us, that merely growing in contact with another 
plant imparted to tho Potatoes its flavour ! We shall 
publish, from time to time, the proceedings of the Royal 
Agricultural and of other Societies, but we cannot be 
responsible for the statements they contain. 
We are glad to find, among other symptoms of Irish 
exertion in tho right direction, that a Horticultural 
Society and Garden are in course of establishment in 
Tipperary. Any persons having superfluous hardy 
choice shrubs which they could bestow upon the infant 
institution, will do well by writing to Dr. Hemphill, of 
Clonmel, to ascertain if they w'ould be acceptable. 
We have reason for believing that there is some mis¬ 
apprehension as to the intentions of The Bath and 
West of Enyland Agricultural Society’s rules relative to 
tlie Exhibition of Poultry, at Plymouth, this summer. 
We have had a letter from Mr. Gray, who asks us to 
announce that “ The best birds have the GOs. prize; the 
second best have the lOs.; and the third the 20s.” 
This, however, does not clear up the doubts existing, 
but we advise our readers to wait for fuller explanations 
which we are promised. 
BULBS. 
{Continued from page 440.) 
GASTRONEMA. 
Gastronejia clav.atum. —From a memorandum which 
was inserted in tho Dictionary, to the elfect that Gas- 
tronerna clavatum was lost, one of my bulb correspondents 
wrote to say that he had it, that it bloomed with him 
the summer before, and that Mr Carter, tho w'ell-known 
seedsman of Holborn, had it on sale, under the name 
of Cyrtanthus unijlorus. That is tlie name by which 
it was published in the “Botanical Register,” in 1810, 
or 1817 ; but Dr. Burchell, who gathered it with his 
own hands, and who first brought it to flower in his 
own garden at Fulham, had seen as many plants of it 
in Africa with two flowers ou a scape as with one. In 
outward appearance the flower has not the ^east 
resemblance to a Cyrtanth flower, yet from the private 
mark the name must be justified, for undoubtedly it is 
a true Amaryllis, like all the Cyrtauths. Seeing, how¬ 
ever, that the different sections of Amaryllis are so very 
different in their outward looks, it is much easier for us 
to mind them by having each section under a different 
name, as Brunsvigia, Valotta, Cyrtanthus, Gastronema, 
and Nerine, when we can prove it to be a distinct member 
of the family. It is from this and the next species, 
when they come to be crossed with Cyrtanthus striatus, 
that I anticipate the great desideratum—rich carnation- 
striped flowers, and the flowers as regular in the outline 
