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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Makch 1, 1833. 
Crown Bob (Melling’s), l.p. —Very large and oblong. 
8kin thin, hairy, bright red, with a greenish tinge to¬ 
ward the stalk. Of good flavour, and a first-rate variety. 
Bush pendulous, and an abundant bearer. 
Crystal. —Small and roundish. Skin thick, smooth, 
or very slightly downy, and white. Of good flavour, and 
chiefly valuable for coming in late. Bush spreading, and 
rather pendulous; leaves not hairy above. 
Dr. Davies’ Upright. See Bed Champagne. 
Double Bearing. See Bed Walnut (Eckersley's). 
Duck Wing (Buerdsill’s), L.r. — Large and obovate. 
Skin yellow, and smooth. A late variety, and only of 
second-rate quality. Bush erect. 
Early Black. —Medium sized, oblong. Skin dark 
red, and hairy. A second-rate variety. Bush pendulous. 
Early Bough Red.— Small, roundish-oblong. Skin 
red, and hairy. A well-flavoured variety, but not first- 
rate. Bush spreading. 
Early Sulphur ( Golden Ball; Golden Bull; Moss's 
Seedling). —Medium sized, roundish-oblong. Skin yel¬ 
low, and hairy. Of second-rate quality. Bush erect, 
very early, and a great bearer ; leaves downy. 
Early White.— Medium sized, roundish-oblong. Skin 
thin, transparent, yellowish white, and slightly downy. 
Very sweet, good, and early. A first-rate variety. Bush 
spreading and erect; an excellent bearer. 
Emperor Napoleon (Rival's), l.p. —Large and obo¬ 
vate. Skin red, and smooth. A second-rate variety. 
Bush pendulous, and a good bearer. 
Farmer’s Glory (Berry’s), l.p. —Very large and obo¬ 
vate. Skin thick, downy, and dark red, with a mixture 
of green. A first-rate variety, and of excellent flavour. 
Bush pendulous, and an abundant bearer. 
Favourite (Bates’). — Medium sized, oblong. Skin 
smooth, and green. Flavour second-rate. Bush pendu¬ 
lous. 
Glen ton Green ( York Seedling). — Medium sized, 
oblong, narrowest at the base. Skin rather thick, very 
hairy, green, and with whitish veins. Of a sweet and 
an excellent flavour. Bush pendulous, and an excellent 
bearer. Young shoots downy, and sprinkled near the 
base with small prickles. Leaves downy above. 
Glory of Kingston. —Medium sized, roundish. Skin 
smooth, and green. Not highly flavoured. Bush spread¬ 
ing, and a bad bearer. 
Glory of Ratcliff (Allen’s).—Medium sized, oblong. 
Skin thick, quite smooth, and light green. Of excellent 
flavour, and sweet. Bush spreading and somewhat pen¬ 
dulous, and a good bearer. 
Golden Ball. See Early Sulphur. 
Golden Bull. See Early Sulphur. 
Golden Drop ( Golden Lemon). —Medium sized, 
roundish. Skin downy, and yellow. Of second-rate 
quality. Bush erect. 
Golden Fleece (Part’s), l.p. —Very large, oval. Skin 
yellow, and hairy. Of first-rate quality. 
Golden Gourd (Hill’s), l.p.— Very large and oblong. 
Skin greenish yellow, and hairy. Of second-rate quality. 
Bush pendulous. 
Golden Lemon. See Golden Drop. 
Governess (Bratherton’s), l.p. —Large, roundish- 
oblong. Skin greenish white, and hairy. Of second- 
rate quality. Bush spreading. 
Green Gage (Horsefield’s), l.p.— Large and roundish. 
Skin green and smooth. Flavour only third-rate. Bush 
spreading. 
Green Gascoigne (Early Green; Early Green Hairy). 
•—Small and round. Skin thin, dark green, and hairy. 
Very early, and sweet. Bush very erect, and an excel¬ 
lent bearer. 
Green Laurel. See Laurel. 
Green Walnut ( Belmont Green; Smooth Green, 
Nonpareil). —Fruit medium sized, obovate. Skin very 
thin, dark green, and.smooth. An early variety, of ex¬ 
cellent flavour. Bush with long-spreading shoots ; leaves 
close to the branches; and a great bearer. 
Green Willow. Sec Laurel. 
Grundy’s Lady Lilford. See Whitesmith (Woodward’s). 
Hairy Amber. See Yellow Champagne. 
Hairy Black. See Ironmonger. 
(To be continued.) 
THE SCIENCE OF GARDENING. 
(Continued from page 330.) 
That the atmospheric air h that mixture of oxygen and 
nitrogen gases which is most favourable to the due progress of 
germination, is proved by the experiments of M. Saussure ; for 
he found that seeds, germinating in it, always absorbed a portion 
of the nitrogen, but. which they did not do, if the proportion of 
oxygen was increased. 
These facts hold out some beacons worthy of being attended 
to, as guides for the operation of sowing. They point out that 
every kind of seed has a particular depth below the surface, at 
which it germinates most vigorously, as securing to it the most 
appropriate degree of moisture, of oxygen gas, and of warmth. 
From a quarter of an inch to two inches beneath the surface, 
appear to be the limits for the seeds of plants usually the objects 
of cultivation ; these, however, must vary, for the same seeds in 
different grounds and countries. It must be the least, in alumi¬ 
nous soils and dry climates. In general, sowing should be per¬ 
formed in dry weather, especially on heavy soils, not only because 
of the greater saving of labour, but because it prevents the seed 
being enveloped with a coat of earth, impermeable by the air, 
“ which,” says Sir n. Davy, “ is one cause of the unproductive¬ 
ness of cold, clayey soils.” Perhaps the time at which any 
ground may be raked with the greatest facility, is as good a 
practical criterion as any, to judge when it is most fit for sowing. 
In general, if clay does not predominate in its constitution, a soil 
rakes best just after it lias been turned up with the spade. If 
clay does predominate, it usually rakes with most facility after it 
has been dug two or three days, and then immediately after a 
gentle rain. But it is certain, that the sooner seed is sown after 
the soil is dug for its reception, the earlier it germinates. In the 
droughts of summer, water is often required to newly-sown beds. 
Such application must not be very limited or transitory ; for, if 
the soil is only moistened at the immediate time of sowing, it 
induces the projection of the rootlet, which, in very parching 
weather, and in clayey caking soil, we have known wither away, 
and the crop consequently lost from the want of a continued 
supply of moisture. 
THE ROOT. 
The root is present in all cultivated plants. The truffe, which, 
however, can scarcel} 1 ' be considered as belonging to cultivated 
vegetables, having hitherto defied all attempts to subjugate it, 
may be considered as consisting of nothing but root.* 
A root is annual, biennial, or perennial. In the tuo former 
instances, if the individuals to which they belong, be allowed to 
perfect their seed, no care can protract their existence beyond the 
ensuing winter, however genial the temperature, and other cir¬ 
cumstances, in which they are made to vegetate; but, if the 
ripening of seed bo prevented, it is undetermined how long, in 
most instances, they may be sustained in life. We have known 
Mignonette continued in healthy vegetation lor tour years by this 
precaution. 
In all roots, and under any mode of management, the fibrous 
parts (radieulte), arc strictly annual; they decay as winter ap¬ 
proaches, and are produced with the returning vigour of their 
parent in the spring. Hence the reason that plants arc trans¬ 
planted with most success during the season of the decay of those 
root-fibres : for, as the root almost exclusively imbibes nourish¬ 
ment by the mouths of these fibres, in proportion as they are 
* In Prussia, it is saiil, the gardeners succeed in cultivating this sub¬ 
terraneous fungus; but their mode of treatment is a secret. 
