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vation, it is hoped the reader will secure for himself another season of as 

 great beauty and abundance as I presume he is cnjoyuig at the present 

 time. — {Gard. Chron., 1847, p. 541.) 



Pruning the Danksian Rose. — This ruse differs widely in appearance from 

 other roses, and tlie difficulty experienced by many in inducing ii to grow 

 and flower freely, points out the error of treating it as other roses. It is 

 met with in the regular course of business, and the question that it is a rose 

 being satisfactorily determined, it is pruned as a rose ; the how, when, and 

 where being never once thought of. Hence the cause of the disappoint 

 ment that so frequently ensues. JS'ow, how pleasant it would be, if, with 

 a little management, the many barren plants could be induced to change 

 their character, and thus convert barrenness into a source of admiration and 

 delight. To accomplish this end, do not prune the Banksian at set sea- 

 sons, as with other roses. It is disposed to form strong shoots in the sum- 

 mer time. Watch for the appearance of these, and, so soon as they are 

 about a foot long, pinch off their tops. In consequence of this check, they 

 will form laterals, whicii become well ripened, and flower with certainty. 

 It is necessary to cut their tops off early in spring, and from this period the 

 plants should be watched throughout the growing season. Where too 

 many shoots arise from one spot, let some be broken out entirely when 

 young, and let the others be stopped when they attain the length belore 

 mentioned. There was a plant which covered one side of a house in tliis 

 neighborhood, but which was unfortunately destroyed by the severe frost 

 during the winter of 1837-8. It was subjected to the treatment mentioned 

 above, and produced annually thousands of its beautiful blossoms. — {lo. pp. 

 611, 542 ) 



Replacement of Branches in Fruit Trees. — I observed that Monsieur Jamin 

 (Paris) whenever his pear trees, trained distaff fashion, required a branch, 

 he made, in the autumn or winter, an incision above a dormant eye through 

 the bark and down the sides, and that this process invariably produced a 

 branch. I have followed this plan last year with success, except that, in 

 some instances, a bloom shoot, instead of a leaf-shoot, has been produced. I 

 observe that Mr. Rivers has not yet explained the rationale of doublu-w ork- 

 ing refractory pears. I suppose he will if he can. I have a tree of the 

 purple-leaved filbert, which, last year and this year, bore fruit, and a few 

 of them, the husks being of a beautiful purple brown, mixed with the com- 

 mon sort, is very ornamental in a dessert-plate. The tree itself is nearly as 

 beauliful, as a shrub, as the purple beech. — {lb. p. 541.) 



Autumn Pruning Fruit Trees. — The present is one of the most impor- 

 tant periods of the whole year as to giving due attention to fruit-trees. The 

 autumn will soon appioach with rapid strides, the solar light become much 

 diminished, and the soil perhaps starved by heavy rains. It will then be 

 too late to talk of the benefits of light to trained fruit-trees. We are of 

 opinion that all tender fruit-trees, trained, will now be benefited by a con_ 

 slant stopping of the growing shoots. Any amount of control may be exer. 

 cised over the roots by such means. Of what use is tlie excitement of so 

 late a root action as we frequently see encouraged by means of enriched 

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