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charming white Bourbon, but it cannot 

 now be spoken of as a new rose. Six 

 distinct and fine phloxes: AlphonseDufoy 

 Castellane, Mrs. Mitchell, Souvenir de 

 M. Pirole, Hector Rouillard, Kumph, 

 Madame Berniaux. Six pinks .- Admiral 

 Dundas, Apollo, Figaro, Lady Downes, 

 Miss Trotter, Inimitable. 



Planting a New Garden. — I have pur- 

 chased a lot of ground in the southern 

 suburbs of Edinburgh, extending to 

 a little more than three-fourths of an 

 acre ; it is on the side of a hill sloping 

 to the south, and is sheltered by large 

 trees in the neighbouring lots. There 

 are two terraces with a drop of 4 feet 

 each, which, with a 3-foot parapet, 

 gives two south walls of 7 feet high, 

 the one about 80 feet long, and the 

 other 153 feet. Now, I want your ad- 

 vice as to the sorts of fruit-trees to plant 

 on the lower wall of 153 feet — distin- 

 guishing riders from those that are to be 

 permanent — bearing in miud that our 

 great difficulty in this northern climate 

 is the late spring fro-sts coming after 

 warm weather in March. I prefer good 

 crops of good fruits to novelties and 

 curiosities which bear two or at most 

 three fruit in a season. If at same 

 time you would give me the names of 

 roses to plant against the upper ter- 

 race of 80 feet, you would add to 



I the obligation. In my present garden, 

 and in the immediate neighbourhood, I 

 find tea roses do admirably, especially 

 if watered in spring. There is another 

 wall, with west exposure, 167 feet long, 

 ■which will also have fruit-trees, regard- 

 ing which I would like suggestions. 

 The wall facing the east, 154 feet, and 

 that facing noith, also 154 feet, will be 

 so shaded by plantations, that nothing 

 but ivy or currants would do, except at 

 first, when the trees are young. I 

 should mention that we are quite free 

 from all annoyance from town smoke. 

 I am getting the turf pared from the 

 whole surface, and getting it rotted, 

 which, I presume, will make the best 

 soil for the borders, and will leave suffi- 

 cient depth of soil for grass, which I 

 purpose to have sown. There will be a 

 span-roof greenhouse on the upper ter- 

 race, connected by a lean-to with a 

 glass door in the <iiuing-room.— S. E D. 

 [Now let us begiq at the beginning, 

 and, at the risk of repeating what you 

 must have read over and over again in 

 the Flobal Would, advise you to make 

 your borders thoroughly, as upon this 

 will depend the health and proJtictive- 

 ness of the fiuit-trees you piopose to 



plant. Don't be deceived into suppos- 

 ing, that because your borders lie on the 

 slope, that drainage will be unnecessary. 

 If there is no drainage, it may be found, 

 after a few years, that there are hollows 

 under the surface, retaining the water, 

 which coming in ccntact with the roots, 

 will produce canker, and hasten prema- 

 ture decay. To avoid all danger from 

 this cause, let there be a deep drain 2 ft. 

 6 in. or 3 ft. deep, cut at the distance of 

 6 or 7 ft. from the wall. At the bottom 

 lay a row of drain-pipes, and fill up to a 

 foot from the surface with brick rubbish, 

 large stones, or any rough material that 

 may be most convenient to get at. A 

 very gradual rise from the outlet to the 

 upper end will be sufficient to ensure the 

 escape of the water. Over the brick 

 rubbish, or other material, lay a thin 

 turf to prevent the mixing of the 

 mould with the drainage, then fill up 

 with the mould out of the cutting. 

 If the natural soil is a gooa loam, it will 

 answer perfectly for your trees, the 

 more retentive the better ; let it be well 

 broken up to the depth of 15 inches, and 

 well mixed with one-third of its quantity 

 thoroughly well-rotted manure. The 

 most workmanlike plan will be to throw 

 the soil into a ridge from the wall on 

 one side and the drain on the other, then 

 cast in your manure, and mix the whole 

 well together, still preserving the ridge, 

 retaining it in that form till you are 

 ready to plant. For small trees, you 

 need not anywhere more than the 15 

 inches in depth of soil, because the 

 nearer the roots are kept to the surface, 

 the more likely will they be to produce 

 short-jointed and well-ripened shoots, 

 which are indispensable to productive- 

 ness. When you are ready to plant, 

 having your trees selected and brought 

 home, level your soil, making your bor- 

 der three or four inches higher at the 

 wall side than on the drain side, so that 

 there may be no chance whatever of 

 water stagnating there. We have been 

 supposing all along that your soil is gcod 

 loam; if your soil is light and shingly, 

 we would say remove it altogether, and 

 fill up with the soil, in the proportions 

 we have been recommending, or the 

 rotted turf you are preparing, which will 

 require no manure, as the fibre of which 

 it should be full will stand in the stead 

 of it. Bear in mind, if your trees are to 

 be robust, productive, and lasting, they 

 must have good strong soil, while in 

 light soil they will be feeble and short- 

 lived. The same preparation will ex- 

 actly suit all your borders, only in the 



