The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . lowers come in usefully when scarcely anything elseis in bloom. It is tidier and less weakly in its growththat P. fragrans, but is sadly inferior to it in thisrespect, that it has little or no scent, H. HarpurCrewe, The Rectory., Drayton-Beauchainp, Tring. Eaily Bird Potato. —Probably Mr. Morgan inasking his question about this Potato is not awarethat it is but an Ashleaf, and differs nothing in earli-ness or general character from that old kidney. Igrew it here the first year it was sent out, havings
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . lowers come in usefully when scarcely anything elseis in bloom. It is tidier and less weakly in its growththat P. fragrans, but is sadly inferior to it in thisrespect, that it has little or no scent, H. HarpurCrewe, The Rectory., Drayton-Beauchainp, Tring. Eaily Bird Potato. —Probably Mr. Morgan inasking his question about this Potato is not awarethat it is but an Ashleaf, and differs nothing in earli-ness or general character from that old kidney. Igrew it here the first year it was sent out, havingseed direct from Mr. Turner, and tried it with theold Early Lemon, a good old Ashleaf Kidney, andthe Kentish Ashleaf of the strain grown a fewyears since at Chiswick, and it was exactly alike in allrespects except that I found the old Lemon Kidneyrather the best cropper. I have kept the LemonKidney pure since then, but the Early Birds went inwith the Ashleaf, as I could not consistently deter-mine them to be anything else. The person whoselected it, but whose name I now forget, stated at. ElG. 52.—A TERRA-COTTA WINDOW-UOX. (SKK f. 276.) the individual llowcrs are exceedingly interesting,curious and pretty, is to give but a faint idea of whatit is like ; its charming and attractive appearance,together with its free-flowering habit, drew out theinvoluntary ejaculation, Thats a good thing ; whatis it ? Judging from the specimen seen I shouldsay that, independent of its proving to be agrand acquisition for the pleasure-grounds, it may alsoin a young state prove very useful for growing in potsfor decorative purposes ; but this opinion must betaken for what it is worth, as taste, like a great manyother things, varies. There can, however, be butlittle doubt that it is destined to become one of themost popular shrubs that has been introduced into ourgardens for some considerable time—at least, such isthe opinion of ]. HorscJicU^ Hcytesbury. Galanthus Redoutii, &c.—Several years
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