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which contains the embryo fruit, while the 
intermediate space is called the style.” Unless 
there is, therefore, sufficient sun to ripen the 
pollen of the male organs, which pollen must 
be transferred to the stigma of the pistil, there 
can be no impregnation, though the flowers be 
millions. Bees and gentle breezes greatly aid 
in the transference of the pollen. 
I am surprised that Mr. Brehaut’s “ Peach- 
Pruner ” has not gone through many editions. 
I am a short-pruner myself, for which, as well 
as for long-pruning, the work contains admir¬ 
able directions. Buy it, reader; it will only 
cost you, post free, 3s. 8d. I may say 
that I was a short-pruner long before this 
most useful work came out, but I am 
thankful for its confirmation. My peach crops 
under glass (without heat) have been very 
good, especially the Early Silver , Royal George , 
Barrington , Early Alfred ,* Early Louise , and 
Grosse Mignonne. The Nectarines both in¬ 
doors and outdoors have not cropped well. As 
regards Peach trees “ to go anywhere or do 
anything,” as the Duke of Wellington said of 
the English soldier, I believe the Boyal George 
has no superior ; but under glass, being without 
glands, it is subject to mildew, which I meet 
simply with cold water and a sponge. I have 
seen enough of nostrums. The remedies I 
have found to be worse than the diseases ! 
These trees have cropped best out-of-doors— 
Early York, Barrington , Princess of Wales , 
Bellegarde, Royal George , and Early Alfred. 
I have eleven trees under glass, and 125 out- 
of-doors ; but the failures are many, and the 
successes few. Many trees set their fruit, and 
then dropped them, specially Cherries, and also 
other fruits. On the whole, I am quite satis¬ 
fied, and grateful to the Giver of all good 
things, and the Wisest Dispenser. 
I have just finished the season with Lady 
Palmerston (Oct. 4). My best late Peaches 
are Barrington, Nectarine Peach, Princess of 
Wales, a sure cropper, magnificent, and has the 
finest large flowers, Lord Palmerston, and Lady 
Palmerston, the last has yellowish flesh. I 
began the season on July 29 th with Early 
Louise. The trees are abundantly triple-budded, 
and very healthy. All the trees have been 
deprived of the points of their leaves, in order 
to ripen the wood. The wood, to stand the 
winter, should be blood red, or at least the 
colour of mahogany. When the twigs have 
been shrouded with leaves, the wood looks like 
sickly green sealing-wax, and is unripe, and 
will neither stand a severe winter, nor bear 
well, although such wood will flower well. 
I will now give a list of the Peaches and 
Nectarines here :— 
Peaches : Noblesse, Grosse Mignonne, 
Golden Frogmore, Lord Palmerston, Lady 
* This has been erroneously described as haying round 
glands, but all my trees are alike without glands. 
Palmerston, Princess of Wales, Nectarine 
Peach, Royal George, Early York, Bellegarde, 
Alexandra Noblesse, Golden Eagle, Tippicanoe, 
Crimson Galande, Early Ascot, Early Silver 
(fine flavour), Early Louise, Barrington, Early 
Alfred, Yiolette Hative, Early Beatrice, Prince 
of Wales, Snow Peach (white blossoms, curious, 
but worthless), Albatross, Early Victoria (like 
the Early York), Gregory’s Late, Dr. Hogg, 
Magdala, Early Rivers, Radclyffe, Late Admir¬ 
able, Walburton Admirable, and Acton Scott. 
Nectarines : Elruge, Violette Hative, 
Downton, Emmerton’s White, Rivers’ White, 
Prince of Wales, Rivers’ Orange, Rivers’ 
Pine-Apple (the finest of all), and Lord Napier, 
the true colour of which is blood-purple. 
Those portrayed in the Florist were grown, I 
presume, under glass, and hence are not so 
highly coloured, light being the colourer, as 
sun is the sweetener. 
For genial gardens, or under glass, I strongly 
recommend the Early Silver Peach ; for an 
early peach out-of-doors, the Early Louise —it 
also crops well under glass. Finally, I highly 
recommend Parham’s glass copings. My friend 
Mr. Connop, of Fifehead Neville, near here, 
has had a splendid crop this year, under the glass 
copings of Mr. Parham.—W. F. Radclyffe, 
Olceford Fitzpaine. 
VILLA GARDENING FOR 
NOVEMBER. 
8 S we write, the weather is so fine—so 
soft, balmy, and pleasantly dry for 
October—that one could well wish it 
would remain so for a long time. If it would 
only linger a little, before the prime, the full 
fruitage and the red ripeness darkens to the 
decay and blackness of winter! But the 
change presses forward. Summer’s flame has 
deepened to autumn’s crimson, and the flush 
of colour becomes extinguished in shadows that 
come before frost and storm. 
It is now a good time for gardeners ; they 
can now get rid of some of the weeds that 
have defied all extinguishing processes during 
the summer ; leaves can be gathered together ; 
and the cleanliness that will result, will make 
some amends for the general untidiness of the 
past summer. 
Stove and Greenhouse. —A warm green¬ 
house or stove, to which fire-heat can be 
applied at all times, makes the Villa Gardener 
independent of weather. But many are apt to 
abuse this advantage by firing-up too much, 
and killing half the plants by maintaining too 
dry and debilitating an atmosphere. This is 
to be avoided. In a stove there will now be 
Crotons , Draccenas , and such like winter decor¬ 
ative plants, most of which will be in a free 
growing state; and where the new growth is 
