PLANT GOSSIP.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), 7 January 1881, Page 3

PLANT GOSSIP.

4t ;i v eeoni. meeting of thol.innsen Sooiety I- 1 -.- LV.-owh were regaled with coffee made *■?■.:■,;' i.-v! variety. This Liberinn i'!..--;-.! -.'.■r,iu , 3 a high price in the American }■■? lee v\\"i::t in Leicester Square a now v o? dandelion,raisediu France, is used H stilntlo. Ch'.j ;il".v Jupitnejc shrub pi/rtts maulei is ;, /V,'iy 1..U".';.', und produces largo scarlet 'i>l .iv. W'i,-: in spring. A i<:'\v hybrid pelargonium called La I{\ :.ncf !* mm-h u, ( >d in England for covering tho '.nek Wiiils of conservatories. lb is a L.V'-i'i-d between iho ivy-leaved and zonal ■pc'.-i-,'.'i-i.i'i-i-M, T.'ifcii large flowers of a rich pi/i}]-: colour. l-;p:,v.;r nudicaule is the most northern flowering plant hitherto collected. It was found by the last Arctic Expedition beyond the eighty-third parallel of latitude. Cabbage and cauliflower need frequent hoeing. Plants for late sorts in seed beds should not te too crowded ; they need weeding frequently, and if infested with the cabhiwo v.-'ji'tn. sprinlde with ashes. ft will Boon be " seed time," and whoever is iuteivstcd in raising superior flowers next sc'v-on will bo correspondingly careful in gathering seed. The peach orchard of John Parnell in Ti'vup County, Ga., is the largest in the •world. It covers 250 acres of land, and will probably yield [614,000 this year. The Lcndwivthshaftliche Zeitung contains an article commending the large culture of roues which is carried on in France. Large stretches of land are devoted to this branch of bide.stry, and half the results are exported. One and a half million rose trees ;»•■■ kVL yearly from around Paris, about ;.:, ■ /XO <>? which are high standards and '.'., ' ',0' r -' low standards. Added to these i," • '.;'v :•.;:-!. roses, -which are propagated by rl:>- nee.'l::-- and grafting "process. : •'■< L'.;-,je?.!-. orchard in tbe -world is culti-■?u.''-.;t. i"; It contains 140 heefcear Cer" tneeiy rre-"s of 30 years' standing. There .:..-: ■!-'•'■■', ■'•: eivr and apricot trees, 5000 apple t;-i (•;, ,":.-:0 ih)nr frees, .'OSB damson trees, 1- : -. ;v.>i ;.'(•'?, i.OC ehostnut trees, 3252 nut li- ■■!, j.ei l :V:J medlar trees, besides many '.■:\ : :-»;i.drf v? {■•■'d.f.irirP. i.' ; io iJniied > ! !"£t.(f3 Consul in Florence in hi, i..im,ui' | ..Jk"' report to tho State Dcpartir. ill ul .0,- a method of preserving buds for gi' .''-in.'; se tinir. I! ey arc gnod for over a

ye-'v. They arc placed in tin tubes fdled vj)\h honey, air! then hermetically sealed. I<V.' fihort time and distances water is used in.' cad of honey.

I.j K'Vth Carolina vines are propagated by grafting the roo's. Tho roots of the ■o-u.ivo grape (v. vulpinn, fox grape) are dug ue ir: Tv'aveh. cut into bits ten inches in

h'',.;!"h, f|i'.-.' : i;:'d with tho desired varieties, av.J pi i'jf-od in the vineyard where they are tf veil-nun. This mothod may be recommc'i'lcl to the notice of our nurserymen nitit a view to warding off the phylloxera, v:.:-jo i:inr.ot exibtupon the roots of these African vines. Mention is made of one fcli'ui was grafted on tho root of a native vino in March, 1879, that attained a length o': "0 fee!. with a diameter of an inch, and p.•.••ta-'-d fivo bunches of grapes the same