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shine than in a darkish room. With these propagators it is 
better to subdue the full force of the sun by daubing over one- 
half the glass with thick paste. And it may here be noticed, 
that when the plants are well up, they appear like little disks 
standing on edge, and that the root-fibres spring from the centre 
of the side away from the light. Now, in this early stage, before 
the leaves are able to help themselves by turning to the light, it 
is very important that the upper surfaces should be always kept 
in the same direction ; and if the plate be moved about , it should 
be so marked that it may be put down again in the same position. 
As soon as the plants begin to show the true leaves, it is 
advisable to transplant them in little tufts into more room ; and 
when they become possessed of three or four leaves they should 
be planted out singly, and kept in a close frame, shaded with a 
hamper-lid, or a screen made of “wattles,” or fine trellis work. 
—W. K. Bridgman. 
[We shall be greatly obliged by further communications of 
your experience in Fern culture.— Eds.] 
FRUITS ADAPTED TO THE VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
(Continued from page 40.) 
GRAPES. 
Guos Maroc (Marocain). —Bunches large, long, and 
shouldered, and with a long stalk. Berries large and 
oval. Skin thick, of a deep reddish-purple, and covered 
with an abundant blue bloom. Flesh tender, sweet, and 
richly flavoured. 
This is an excellent grape, and ripens along with the 
Black Hamburgh. It is frequently confounded with the 
GrosDamas, from which it is distinguished by its smoother 
and more deeply-cut leaves, shorter-jointed wood, and 
earlier ripening. 
Grove-End Sweetwater. See Early White Malvasia. 
Gutedel. See Royal Muscadine. 
Hampton Court. See Black Hamburgh. 
Horsforth Seedling. See Morocco. 
Isabella. —Bunches large. Berries Urge and oval. 
Skin thin, of a dank purple colour, almost black, and 
covered with bloom. Flesh tender, juicy, sweet, and 
vinous, v ith a musky flavour. 
This is a variety of Vitis Labrusca, a native American 
grape, cultivated in the open air in the United States, 
both for the dessert and for wine ; but it is not of much 
account in England. 
Ischia (Noir Precoce de Genes; Eva di in voile ).— 
The bunches and berries of this variety very much re¬ 
semble those of Black Cluster; but the fruit ripens as 
early as that of Black July, and is very much superior in 
flavour to that variety. Berries medium sized, black, 
very juicy, sweet, aud vinous. The vine is very vigorous 
and luxuriant in its growth, and bears abundantly, if not 
pruned too close. In Italy it produces three crops in a 
year by stopping the shoot two or three joints beyond 
the last bunch just as the flower has fallen and the berries 
set; new shoots are started from the joints that are left, 
and also bear fruit, and these being again stopped, a third 
crop is obtained. 
This variety succeeds admirably against a wall in the 
open air. 
Jacob’s Traube. See Black July. 
Joannec. See St. John’s. 
Joannonc. See St. Johns. 
Josling’s St. Alban’s. Sec Chasselas Masque. 
July. Sec Black July. 
July Airs cat (Muscat de Juillet). —This is a very early 
variety, having a distinct .Muscat flavour. It was intro¬ 
duced by Air. Rivers, who describes it as follows:— 
Berries round, purple; of medium size ; rich, juicy, and 
excellent. This grape will ripen on a wall, as it is one of 
the earliest of its race, aud is well adapted for pot culture 
in the orfliard-kouse. 
Kemtsey Alicante. —Bunches six to eight inches long, 
not shouldered, and rather thickly set. Berries very 
large, from an inch to an inch and a quarter long, and 
three quarters to an inch wide; oval. Skin thick and 
tough, of a deep blue-black colour at I he apex when ripe, 
but towards the stalk of a greenish-yellow, mottled with 
dark purple. Flesh greenish, firm, sweet, and with a 
tine aroma when fully ripe. Seeds generally one or two 
only, but sometimes four. 
The berries, in size aud colour, are more like plums. 
The vine is a free grower, a good bearer, and requires a 
high temperature to ripen the fruit thoroughly. The 
foliage when young is very thin and tender, aud covered 
with a delicate down. This is a very late grape, being 
fully three weeks or a month later than any other variety; 
still it forces well, and may also be grown in pots. • It 
will hang till Alay. 
Knevett’s Black Hamburgh. Sec Black Hamburgh. 
Era eh Gutedel. See Early Chasselas. 
Lady Down’s Seedling.— Bunches shouldered, eight 
to ten inches long, and rather loose. Berries above 
medium size, ten-twelfths of an inch long and nine- 
twelfths wide; oval. Skiu rather thick, tough, and 
membraneous, reddish-purple at first, but becoming quite 
black when fully coloured, and covered with a delicate 
bloom. Flesh dull opaline white, firm, sweet, and richly 
flavoured, with a faint trace of Aluseat flavour, but not 
so much as to include it among Aluseats. Seeds gene¬ 
rally in pairs. 
This is a very valuable grape, and may be ripened with 
the heat of an ordinary vinery. It forces well, and will 
hang till the month of Alareh without shrivelling or dis¬ 
coloration of cither berries or stalks. The vine is a 
vigorous grower and an abundant bearer, seldom pro¬ 
ducing less than three bunches on each shoot. I have 
seen bunches of this grape ripened in August, hang till 
Alareh, and preserve all their freshness even at that late 
season, when the berries were plump and delicious. 
Lashmar’s Seedling. See St. John’s. 
Lebanon Seedling. See Catawba. 
Lombardy ( Flame-coloured Tokay; Red Rhenish; Red 
Taurida; Wantage ).— Bunches very large, shouldered, 
closely set, and handsome; sometimes weighing from six 
to seven pounds. Berries large and round, inclining to 
oval. Skin pale red or flame coloured. Flesh firm, 
sweet, and well flavoured, but only second-rate. 
This requires a high temperature to ripen it. The vine 
is a very strong grower, and requires a great deal of 
room; but it is a good bearer. The only recommenda¬ 
tion to this variety is the great size of the bunches and 
beauty of the fruit. 
Alacready’s Early White. See St. Johns. 
A'Iadeira Muscat. —Bunches of medium size, rather 
compact. Berries above medium size, round. Skin red¬ 
dish-purple. Flesh very juicy and rich, with a high 
musky flavour. 
This is. an excellent grape, and ripens well in a cool 
vinery at the same season as-the Black Hamburgh. 
Aladeleine. See Black July. 
Aladeleine Blanche de Alalingre. Sec Early Malingre. 
Aladeleinc A! usque de Courtiller. See Early Saumtir 
Muscat. 
Aladeleine Noir. See Black July. 
Alalaga. See Gromier du Cant a!. 
A'lalaga. See Muscat of Alexandria. 
Alalingre. See Early Malingre. 
(To he continued.) 
Chinese Yam.—T he best mode of cooking is parboil nig and 
baking —the texture of the flesh becomes uniform, of a pearly and 
almost snowy whiteness ; it is not watery, but soft and very 
delicate both hi appearance and flavour.— (American Gardener's 
Monthly.) 
