454 THE GARDENER. [Oct. 



L. tenuifolium flowers early in June, and from thence to September 

 other kinds come into bloom, until the varieties of L. lancifolium 

 wind up the season in September. 



All except the very tall-growing kinds are well suited for growth 

 in pots. When they require shifting into larger pots, the earth 

 about the roots should only be partially removed, and the bulbs should 

 not be allowed to get dry. George D. Brown. 



Ealing, W. 



THE CULTIVATION OF HARDY FRUITS. 



THE PEACH AND NECTARINE. 



(Continued from page 400.) 



I will take it for granted the cultivator has succeeded in his 

 operation of either budding or grafting. If so, the young tree should 

 make a good healthy shoot several feet long during the first season. 

 The next object is to get the wood thoroughly ripened by exposure 

 to light and air. At the pruning season, in winter or spring, the 

 leader ought to be cut back to 12 or 14 inches from the ground in the 

 case of a dwarf-trained tree, but in the case of a tree intended for a 

 rider — which probably will have been w T orked at the desired height 

 — it ought to be cut back to three eyes from whence it started. The 

 after-management of either a dwarf or rider is much the same. The 

 second year three shoots should be allowed to spring from the young 

 tree, one from the centre to form a leader and one on either side to 

 form the basis of a tree. The side-shoots may be elevated to an 

 angle of 45° or thereabouts, so as to encourage their growth. These 

 in their turn should be thoroughly ripened. In autumn the young 

 tree would benefit much by a gentle root-pruning, which may be done 

 any time after the middle or end of August. All strong watery 

 roots should be amputated by a nice clean cut, the points of the other 

 roots being trimmed back a little so as to encourage the formation of 

 healthy-feeding roots. At the pruning season in winter, the leader, 

 which has been formed during the summer, may be cut back to 4 or 6 

 inches from whence it started, while the side branches may be cut to 

 any length from 1 to 1J foot, according to the quality of the wood. 

 I need not give further details regarding the after-pruning or training 

 of the Peach and Nectarine ; suffice it to say that the principal object 

 to be aimed at is the the regular filling up of the tree with young 

 fruit-bearing wood. Nothing looks worse than to see a tree, either 

 Peach or Nectarine, have the whole of its centre a blank devoid of 



