4U THE GARDENER. [Sept. 



tion :— Annie, mottled ; Rosea Queen, Leith jSlount Beauty, dark striped; Sea- 

 cot Beauty, dark ; Maiden's Blush, Magenta, Magpie, and Crimson Kiug. 



Cloves. — Bride (Hodges), pm-e white, splendid flower, robust grower ; Ghost 

 (Turner), a lovely white ; Hindoo (Turner), deep crimson, extra ; Pioneer 

 (Turner), salmon and scarlet ; Purple Prince, extra ; Scotch Clove, dark, neat 

 habit ; Napoleon III., brilliant scarlet, &c. ; Old Crimson, rich maroon- 

 crimson. A. Kerr. 



A FEW NOTES ABOUT ERUIT AND FRUIT-TREES. 



Cherry-oechards we generally see planted and grow best where the 

 land is of a deep loamy soil, resting upon what may be termed a good 

 brick earth. In such soils you may see the trees free of canker and 

 gum-bleeding, to which they are very liable, especially where the sub- 

 soil does not suit them. Gravelly and sour bottoms do not suit them 

 by any means, and this is the kind of soil in which small fruits will 

 grow well, such as Currants, Gooseberries, and Raspberries ; indeed 

 we know some orchards growing on such soils that may be said to 

 grow two crops — one of Cherries overhead, another good one of small 

 fruits, quite as close as where there are no trees overhead. In some 

 of these orchards they grow the Gooseberry as from a cluster of suckers. 

 Some of the practical men may smile at this, but it has its advantages, 

 especially in a commercial point of view. Some of the advantages 

 are these : when confined to one stem, they are liable to be broken 

 while moving the ladders about amongst them when gathering the 

 Cherries, and it takes some years to grow a bush to fill the place of 

 the one so removed j but when they are grown as from a bush of 

 suckers they are not so liable to become broken off", and should a 

 branch become unfruitful it is easily removed, and another is close at 

 hand to replace it. Some never cut back the young wood of the 

 Gooseberry, only thin them out. We have seen such bushes from 4 

 to 5 feet high, and very fully loaded with fruit. Gooseberries in 

 Cherry-orchards are generally gathered in a green state, all cleared off 

 before the Cherries are fit to gather. In many places in the south of 

 England this season, both Cherries and Gooseberries have been a very 

 good crop ; last year very deficient. 



Orchards. — In the south of England orchards are on the increase, 

 showing they do not seem to fear the importation of foreign fruits, as 

 some would endeavour to make us believe. Of course it requires years 

 of waiting before an orchard of Cherries or Apples, &c. &c., is remun- 

 erative, and bush-fruit coming in so much sooner helps to pay at a 

 much earlier period. "We know a neighbourhood where the soil is 

 not suited for growing bush-fruit. In these orchards, were they to dig 

 the soil over in winter, letting it remain as thrown from the spade, it 



