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Fruit Garden. Stake newly planted standards which 

 might be displaced by the wind, and protect with furze the 

 trunks of all trees which would be injured by hares or rab- 

 bits. Manure the soil where fruit-trees stand. Prune 

 fruit-trees. Examine gathered fruit, and pick out all that is 

 decayed. 



Green-house. Keep out the frost and damp by gentle 

 fires. Admit air, in clear mild weather. Remove all decayed 

 leaves. Succulent plants will scarcely require any water, and 

 other plants will require very little. 



Hot-house. Prune Vines, and train them in such a manner 

 that they may throw the least shade upon the Pines. The 

 heat of the bark should be kept nearly at 90 degrees ; the 

 average temperature of the house should be from 65 to 70 

 degrees. Weed every plant, and remove dead leaves. Fires 

 will generally be required both evening and morning. Water 

 sparingly. 



Nursery. Carry off stagnant water ; trim hedges, trench 

 vacant ground, and leave it in ridges for spring. Propagate 

 trees and shrubs by layers and cuttings, and transplant the 

 hardy sorts. Manure wherever it is required, and form com- 

 posts for future use. 



fcf It may not be superfluous to remark, that the preceding 

 calendar is calculated for the south of England, but by an 

 allowance of a week for every degree farther north than Lon- 

 don, it will equally answer for any part of the United King- 

 dom. It must, however, be admitted, that in the same lati- 

 tude, the warmth or bleakness of particular situations, will 

 hasten or retard the times of sowing, and render precautions 

 for the preservation of plants more or less necessary. The 

 variableness of seasons is also a circumstance which cannot 

 be provided against by rule, but the continuance of any par- 

 ticularly unseasonable weather should not be reckoned upon, 

 without the exercise of a considerable share of discretion ; 

 thus if mild weather occur during the greater part of March, 

 the following month is still not far enough advanced, to be 

 out of the reach of frost, and care should therefore be takeu 

 that if it occur, which in such a season is very likely, the 

 tender plants and blossoms may take no harm ; but if a frost 

 of some strength and continuance occur late in April, it may 

 safely be considered, when it breaks up, as the last of the 

 season. In autumn, on the contrary, an early frost, or rough 

 weather, is frequently only the precursor of a late and mild, 

 if not a fine season. 



CATALOGUE OF TREES AND SHRUBS. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS TREES. 



ACACIA. See Gleditsia, and Robinia. 



Acer campestre. Common or small Maple. Hedge-rows and 



Coppices. 10 to 25 feet. 



Acer creticum. Cretan Maple. About 20 feet. In shel- 

 tered situations retains its leaves almost all the year. 

 Acer monspessulanum. Montpellier Maple. 20 feet. 

 Acer montanum. Mountain Maple. Small. 

 Acer Negundo. Virginian Ash-leaved Maple. 40 feet and 



upwards. 



Acer Opalus. Italian Maple. 40 feet and upwards. 

 Acer pennsylvanicum. Pennsylvanian Maple. 15 feet. 

 Acer platanoides. Norway Maple. 40 feet and upwards. 



Varieties, the Jagged-leaved and Variegated. 

 Acer Pseudoplatanus. Great Maple or Sycamore. 40 feet 



and upwards. Leafs in April or M.ay. Varieties, with 



broader, and with variegated leaves. 

 Acer rubrum. Scarlet-flowering, Maple. 20 feet. Variety, 



Sir Charles Wager's Maple, with paler flowers, in larger 



clusters. 



Acer saccharinum. American Sugar Maple. 40 feet. 

 Acer tataricum. Tartarian Maple. Small, 20 feet. 

 ./Esculus Hippocastanum. Common Horse Chestnut. 40 feet 



and upwards. Leafs in April or May. Varieties, with 



white-striped leaves, and yellow-striped leaves. 

 .flJsculus flava. Yellow-flowered Horse- Chestnut. 

 JEsculus Pavia. Scarlet Horse-Chestnut. 15 or 16 to 20 or 



25 feet. June. 

 Alnus Alder. See Betula. 

 Amygdalus communis. The Almond tree. 15 to 20 feet. 



Ornamental, leafing and flowering in April or May.--Va- 



riety with white flowers. 

 VOL. ii. 137. 



Amygdalus orientalis. Eastern or Silver-leaved Almond. 

 Somewhat tender. 



Amygdalus Persica. The Peach-tree. Ornamental, especially 

 the variety with double flowers. April. 



Apple. See Pyrus. 



Annonas cannot properly be called hardy ; triloba and glabra 

 will live in a warm situation. 



Aralias can scarcely be considered as trees. 



Ash-tree. See Fraxinus. Ash, Mountain. See Sorbus. 



Bay-tree. See Laurus. 



Beech-tree. See Fagus. 



Benjamin-tree. See Laurus. 



Betula Alba. Common Birch-tree. From 20 to 40 feet. 

 Varieties, Weeping, Dwarf. 



Betula lenta. Canada Birch. 40 feet to 60. N. Amer. 

 Varieties, Dusky, White-paper, Poplar-leaved, Low. 



Betula nigra. Black Virginia Birch. 60 feet and upwards. 

 N. Amer. Varieties, Broad-leaved, Poplar-leaved, Paper, 

 Brown, &c. Poplar-leaved and Paper Birch are consi- 

 dered as distinct species in the New Catalogue, where there 

 is also a B. excelsa, or Tall Birch, from North America. 

 Pallas has two species from Siberia; daurica and fruticosa. 



Betula Alnus. The Alder-tree. 20 to 35 feet. Varieties are 

 the White, Black, Cut-leaved, and Dwarf American. 



Betula incana. Hoary or Silver-leaved Alder. Small. Varie- 

 ties, Cut-leaved, Dwarf, Long-leaved, Rose-flowered. 



Betula oblongata. Turkey Alder. Commonly known in the 

 Nurseries under the name of Long-leaved Alder. Of this 

 there are several varieties. 



Betula serrulata. Notch-leaved Alder . N. Amer. Very orna- 

 mental. 



Betula crispa. Curled-leaved Alder. Newfoundland and 

 Hudson's Bay. 

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