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RE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, December 30, 1856. 
Height in feet 
Number of 
Height in feet 
Number of 
above sea 
bad blossoms 
above sea 
bacl blossoms 
level. 
in 100. 
level. 
in 100. 
Colmar d’Et.4 .... 
48 
71 
58 
97 
Doyennd d’Etd .. 
43 
quince stock 
18 
60 
pear stock 
88 
Marie Louise .... 
Williams ’ B onclire - 
56 
19 
100 
82 
82 
50 
88 
59 
Do. on Quince.... 
Louise Bonne 01 
51 
85 
97 
64 
92 
48 
92 
51 
Jargonelle. 
53 
79 
60 
97 • 
Average of the lower, 65 bad; of the higher, 86 bad. 
These results are too conflicting to found any theory upon, 
hut they show that elevated grounds are not always safest, as 
' many fruit growers suppose. Perhaps fogs and dews, the 
assumed cause of the inferiority of low situations, were ab¬ 
sent on this occasion, or prevailed as much or more on the 
higher ground. This point, however, was not observed. 
5. The fifth subject of comparison was, the relative amount 
of injury sustained by the blossoms of several well-known 
varieties, growing at nearly the same height above sea level, 
viz., from 48 feet to 60 feet, shelter being avoided, and the 
average blossoms of each kind selected as before. The re¬ 
sult gave the following number of bad blossoms in the 100:— 
Eondante Van Mons.. 
9 bad in 100 
Beurre de Capiaumont .... 
18 
13 
Doyenne d’Ete, on Quince 
18 
33 
Marie Louise . 
19 
13 
Glou Morceau. 
19 
33 
Summer Franc Real. 
36 
13 
Colmar d’Aremberg . 
42 
31 
Citron des Carmes. 
46 
5) 
Soldat Laboureur . 
46 
J* 
Beurre Bretonneau . 
55 
31 
Comte de Lamy. 
59 
33 
Van Mons Leon le Clerc .. 
62 
31 
Brougham . 
64 
>1 
Orpheline d’Enghien. 
66 
3 1 
Beurre d’Amanlis. 
68 
33 
Passe Colmar. 
70 
>1 
Colmar d’Aremberg . 
70 
3> 
Colmar d’Ete. 
71 
13 
Duchesse d’Angouleme .... 
74 
>3 
Knight’s Monarch. 
76 
13 
Susette de Bavay . 
78 
33 
Jargonelle . 
79 
33 
Easter Beurre. 
79 
13 
85 
Williams’ Bonchretien, on 
Quince 
85 
>1 
Ditto on 
Pear 
88 
33 
Triomphe de Jodoigne .... 
88 
31 
Doyenne d’Ete, on Pear .. 
88 
13 
Napoleon.. 
90 
11 
Louise Bonne of Jersey .. 
92 
33 
Soldat d’Esperen .. 
92 
13 
Vicar of Winkfield. 
92 
13 
Doyenne Giis .. 
94 
53 
Beurre Diel. 
95 
33 
Discouraging as this was for many favourite kinds, I did 
not entirely despair of a crop. My trees were very small— 
only planted three or four years—so a few Pears on each 
would have been sufficient. 
6. I found, sixthly, the number of blossoms on trees 
planted four years to average about 
600 for Louise Bonne of Jersey (Quince) 
200 for Williams’ Bonchretien (Pear) 
500 for Beurre Diel (Quince) 
300 for Beurre d’Amanlis (Quince) 
which figures, after deducting the before-mentioned per 
centage of had blossoms of each kind, left 
48 good blossoms for a Louise Bonne of Jersey 
24 
13 
„ Williams’ Bonchretien 
25 
11 
„ Beurre Diel 
96 
33 
„ Beurre d’Amanlis 
more than sufficient for a crop on such young trees, if all 
arrived at maturity. — (Transactions of the Pomological 
Society.) 
POTATOES GROWN IN IRELAND. 
The inclosed list of the different kinds of Potatoes grown 
in the South of Ireland may be acceptable :—Ash-leaf 
Kidneys (Walnut-leaved?), Ash-leaved, Baronets, Cumber¬ 
land Kidneys, Crows, Coppers, Devonsliires, English Reds, 
Forty-folds, Fox’s Seedlings, Flukes, Green Tops, Goldens, 
Irish Apples, Kemps, Lumpers, Leather Coats, Minions, 
Nova Scotias, Orangemen, Pinks, Protestants, Rocks, Red 
Apples, Repealers, Scotch Downs, Scotch Apples, White 
Eyes, Wonders, Yorkshire Regents. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Many Correspondents must unavoidably remain unanswered until 
next week. 
Boor of Farming ( C. B.). —We know of no small book upon the 
subjects you mention, but there are the large and expensive works by 
Mr. Morton and Mr. Stephens. 
Fruits from Guernsey ( Cobo). —We are greatly obliged to you for 
the specimens sent. Those of Benthamia fragifera are remarkably fine ; 
we never saw their equal. The Beurre Diel Pear is also very fine, and 
quite sustains the character which suggested the synonyme of Beurre 
Magnifique. Beurre Boyale is also a synonyme of this variety, but 
Beurre Diet is the adopted name by all pomologists, The large Apple 
you sent is the Golden Noble, a very fine and useful fruit, and deserves 
to be extensively cultivated. The small, russety Apple, which you say 
is a seedling, is well worthy of preservation. It is of a very fine flavour 
and aroma, and will rank among our best dessert varieties. We regret 
to say the Fuchsia and Geranium were quite decayed and mouldy; 
perhaps you could send specimens again in a letter when they would 
come more speedily. 
Fruit-trees for Various Aspects (G■ G. G., Litchfield). —We 
do not exactly know what you mean by a north-east and west wall. If 
we are to understand by a north wall a northern aspect, we would 
advise you not to make use of it for Pears. There are one or two varieties 
which do succeed on such an aspect in the southern counties, but even 
there we certainly would not recommend any of our friends to make use 
of it. If by north wall you mean the north wall of your garden, and 
that you intended to plant the south side or aspect of it, we would advise 
the following varieties, taken from your list: — Winter Bon Chretien, 
Colmar, Brown Beurre, Crassanne, Bergomotte de Hollande, On the 
eastern aspects— Forelle, Marie Louise, Beurre Bose, White Doyenne, 
Beurre d’Amanlis, Vicar of Winkfield, Knight’s Monarch, Hacon’s 
Incomparable. For the western aspects— Glout Morceau, Easter Beurre, 
Beurre de Ranee, Napoleon, Nelis d’Hiver, Josephine de Malines, Passe 
Colmar, Ne Plus Meuris. We should feel obliged to our readers if they 
would, in such cases, always speak of aspects instead of walls, and then 
we should know what they mean. 
Grubs under an Elm’s Bark (T. M. W.).~ The small white grubs 
found under the bark of an Elm are those of the very injurious Elm 
Bark Beetle ( Scolytus destructor ). The sooner you strip off and burn 
the parts of the bark infested the better, for they will eventually kill 
the tree. 
Our Numbers and Volumes (7. X. W.).—A new volume will 
commence with the first number in April. Our last volume (Vol. XVI.) 
commenced with No. 392, being the first number in April. Each volume, 
containing the numbers published during six months, begins either on 
the first Tuesday in October or the first Tuesday in April. You can 
get the second edition of The Cottage Gardener’s Dictionary at 
Messrs. Kent, Paternoster Row, London. We know of no work on 
British Plants such as you describe. 
Weeds on Carriage-drive (Tauntoniensis).— Salt, to destroy these 
weeds, must be put thickly enough to cover the gravel. This kills the 
weeds ; but, as soon as the rains and snows have washed the salt nearly 
all out of the gravel, the little salt remaining acts as a manure to future 
weeds. We mean to try coal-tar poured thinly over a similar drive, and 
spread over the entire surface by the aid of a brush ; then to sprinkle a 
little fresh gravel over it and roll it. 
Temperature of a Cool Orchid-house (O. S .).— In Winter, 
during the day, 55°, with sun ; 50°, without sun ; 50° at night, 45° in the 
morning. In spring, during the day, "0°, with sun ; 65°, without sun j 
60° at night; 55° in the morning. 
Black Fly on Cherry ( Scribo). —Destroy them with tobacco-water. 
The half of your lied Currants which lost their leaves probably came 
from a moister soil than your own ; those which did not lose their leaves 
probably came from one as dry. Manuring and mulching are the only 
applications likely to enable you to grow them. 
Heating by Gas. —Vincent Litchfield, Esq., Surgeon, Twickenham, 
will be very pleased to give Mrs. Forrest any information in his power 
on this subject. In The Cottage Gardener’s Dictionary there 
are full directions for all the modes of propagating the Mulberry. 
Fancy Rabbits (J. P .).—There are several Societies for their im¬ 
provement. so you are not correct in your disparagement. Why is it 
more puerile to fancy a rabbit than a pigeon ? We shall be very glad to 
hear the results of your experience. 
Names of Plants (Iota). —Your shrub is Ruscus aculeatus, or 
Butcher’s Broom; it is not suited for making a hedge. Your Fern is 
Lastrcea dilatata; it varies in form. 
(To be continued.) 
