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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTEY GENTLEMAN, December 28, 1858. 
nicely flavoured. This is a small Bigarreau, which liangs 
on the tree as late as the first week in October; and 
neither birds nor wasps touch it. 
Belle de Bavay. Bee Heine Ilortense. 
Belle de Chatcnay. See Belle Magnifique. 
Belle de Choisy {Ambree; Dauphine; Doucette; De 
Palembre). —Large and round. Skin very thin and 
transparent, showing the texture of the flesh beneath; 
amber coloured, mottled with yellowish red, or rich cor¬ 
nelian, next the sun. Stalk an inch and a half to two 
inches long, rather stout, swollen at the upper end. Flesh 
amber coloured, melting, tender, rich, sugary, and de¬ 
licious. Early in July. 
Belle de Laeken. See Heine Ilortense. 
Belle Magnifique ( Belle de Chatenay; Belle de 
Sceaux). —Very large, roundish-oblate, inclining to heart- 
shaped. Skin clear bright red. Stalk an inch to an inch 
and a half long. Flesh yellowish, tender, and sub-acid. 
Used for cooking. End of July. 
Belle d’Orleans. —Medium sized, roundish, inclining 
to heart-shaped. Skin pale yellowish white in the shade, 
but of a thin bright red next the sun. Flesh yellowish 
white, tender, juicy, and rich. Beginning and middle of 
June. One of the earliest and richest cherries. 
Belle de Petit Brie. See Heine Ilortense. 
Belle Polonaise. See Griotte de Kleparoiv. 
Belle de Prapeau. See Heine Ilortense. 
Belle de Sceaux. See Belle Magnifique. 
Belle Supreme. See Heine Ilortense. 
Bigarreau (Crrq^ioM).—Large, and obtuse heart-shaped, 
flattened at the stalk. Skin whitish yellow, marbled with 
deep bright red next the sun. Stalk stout, two inches 
long, deeply inserted. Flesh pale yellow, firm, rich, and 
highly flavoured. Stone large and round. End of July. 
Bigarreau G-ros Cceuret. See Monstrous Heart. 
Bigarreau de Hildesheim ( Bigarreau Tardif de 
Hildesheim). —Medium sized, heart-shaped, flattened on 
one side. Skin shining, pale yellow, marbled with red 
on one side, but dark red. on the other. Stalk two inches 
long. Flesh yellow, very firm, not particularly juicy, 
but with an excellent sweet flavour. Bipe the end of 
August and beginning of September. An excellent late 
cherry. 
Bigarreau de Hollande {Spotted Bigarreau; Arm¬ 
strong’s Bigarreau). —Very large, regularly and hand¬ 
somely heart-shaped. Skin pale yellow on the shaded 
side, but of a light red, marbled with bright crimson, on 
the side exposed to the sun. Stalk an inch and a half 
long, stout, inserted a little on one side of the fruit. Flesh 
pale yellowish white, juicy, and sweet, with an agreeable 
piquancy. Stone small for the size of the fruit. Middle 
of July. 
Bigarreau Lauermann. See Bigarreau Napoleon. 
Bigarreau de Mai. See Baumann s May. 
Bigarreau de Mezel. — Very large, obtuse heart- 
shaped, and flattened on the sides. Skin shining, thick ; 
at first pale red, but becoming blackish purple when ripe. 
Stalk two inches long, slender. Flesh firm and juicy, 
sugary, and richly flavoured. End of July and beginning 
of August. 
Bigarreau Monstrueux. See Monstrous Heart. 
Bigarreau Napoleon ( BigarreauLauermann ).—Large, 
and oblong heart-shaped. Skin pale yellow, spotted with 
deep red, marbled with fine deep crimson next the sun. 
Stalk stout and short, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh very 
firm, juicy, and of excellent flavour. An abundant bearer. 
July and August. 
Bigarreau Tardif de Hildesheim. See Bigarreau de 
Hildesheim. 
Black Bud of Buckinghamshire. See Corone. 
Black Caroon. See Corone. 
Black Circassian. See Black Tartarian. 
Black Eagle. —Medium sized, obtuse heart-shaped, 
compressed at both ends. Skin deep purple; when ripe 
nearly black. Stalk an inch and a half long, and slender. 
' Flesh deep purple, tender, very rich, and juicy. Begin¬ 
ning of July. 
Black Heart {Ansell's Fine Black; Early Black; 
Lacure ; Spanish Black Heart). — Above medium size, 
heart-shaped, rather irregular, compressed at the apex. 
Skin dark purple ; deep black when quite ripe. Stalk an 
inch and a half long, slender. Flesh half tender, rich, 
juicy, and sweet. Early in July. 
Black Morello. See Morello. 
! Black Orleans. See Corone. 
Black llussian. See Black Tartarian. 
Black Tartarian {Black Circassian; Black Russian; 
Fraser s Black; Ronalds’ Black; Sheppard’s Seedling). 
—Large, obtuse heart-shaped; surface irregular and un¬ 
even. Skin deep black. Stalk an inch and a half long. 
Flesh purplish, juicy, half tender, and rich. Stone small, 
roundish oval. Succeeds well against a wall, when it is 
ready by the end of June. 
Bleeding Heart. See Gascoigne’s Heart. 
Bloodgood’s Amber. See American Amber. 
Bloodgood’s Honey. See American Amber. 
LTo be continued.) 
QUERIES AND ANSWEES. 
HOT-WATER PIPES, IN PRICK TROUGHS, BELOW 
THE LEVEL OE THE GREENHOUSE FLOOR. 
“My greenhouse (twenty feet by tlu'rteen) is heated by four- 
inch pipes, running along the front, middle, and one end, laid in 
brick channels, one foot deep and ten inches wide. These chan¬ 
nels are covered through their entire length by open iron gratings. 
The water seems to circulate well, and to heat the pipes 
thoroughly; but the heat, instead of rising, appears to be 
dormant in the flue. In addition to this house, the boiler also 
heats one other compartment (ten feet by thirteen), and supplies 
a small forcing-house with hot water for a bed laid over open 
tanks ; but these two latter are each supplied with separate flow 
and return pipes. Can you suggest any mode of driving the 
heated air out of the brick chambers ? ”— Inquirer. 
[If your pipes had not been heated thoroughly, we might have 
supposed them to have been too deeply placed for your boiler. 
As, however, there is no want of heat in the pipes, your not 
getting it fast enough in the house is entirely owing to their 
position. You are mistaken in supposing the heat is confined 
below the grating, though it will be so for a time at first, owing 
to the beat radiated to the walls, and from them to the earth ; 
and what is first radiated upwards will so far, for a short time, bo 
radiated back again from the gratings to the pipes. As all these 
get heated, the warm air must rise. The same heat in open 
pipes would radiate, and tell upon the air of the house at 
once. You cannot heat the air of the house so quickly, hut you 
will have a greater storehouse of heat left. A couple of openings, 
a foot square, in the chamber, at the end of the house, will help 
you. If you painted, or whitewashed, the walls of the chamber, 
that would minimise the absorption of heat by the bricks. The 
grating should be of a dark colour, to radiate licat as soon as 
absorbed.] 
PRUNING ROSES WHEN PLANTED. 
“ I planted some half-standard Roses about a month ago, 
which I bought at Stevens’ auction rooms; and, before planting 
them, I cut about six inches off the longest branches, as they 
appeared to have been out of the ground for a week. I have also 
done the same with a Sempervirens creeping Rose. A friend has 
done exactly the same as I have; and seeing your late advice about 
pruning, in Tue Cottage Gardener, we are disputing as to 
whether we have done right to cut them. I tell him I am afraid 
that, in taking his advice, I have just prevented them from bloom¬ 
ing this summer. Will you kindly give us your valuable opinion ? 
“ I have just planted a few Currant and Gooseberry bushes, 
