Horticultural Memoranda. 563 



the Minister apple : this apple sustains its reputation as one of the best. 

 From Samuel Walker, Passe Colmar, Vicar of Winkfield, Beurr6 d'Arem- 

 berg, Glout Morceau, and Beurre Ranee pears. The specimens of the 

 Beurre Ranee were the best ever exhibited at the hall of the society, but 

 still they were not equal to the character given by Mr. Thompson in the 

 London Horticultural Society's Catalogue. 



[For want of room, the business transactions at the meetings during the 

 month are postponed till our next.] 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR DECEMBER. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines will require to be pruned this month, and the vines put in 

 order for the winter. After they are properly pruned, all the old bark 

 should be very carefully peeled off, and, if there is any danger of insects, 

 the shoots, both old and new, should be brushed with the composition here- 

 tofore recommended for both trees and vines, viz., clay, cowdung, and sul- 

 phur, made of the consistence of paint, and put on with a brush : after this, 

 the vines should be laid 7!onco72<a% along the front wall, where they will 

 be in less danger of injury than upon the trellis. In cold houses, after the 

 vines are pruned, they may be laid down, and covered with strawy manure, 

 or mats. Vines in the open air of foreign kinds should be protected ; and 

 Isabella, and other native vines, have a thorough pruning. 



Strawberry beds should be slightly protected with a thin covering of ma- 

 nure, leaves, or straw, if not already done. 



Fruit trees, especially such as have been recently planted, should have 

 at least a barrow of manure placed in a heap over the roots : this will pre- 

 vent their being thrown out of the ground. 



Currants and raspberries should receive the same protection as fruit trees. 



Pear stocks should be taken up and laid m, in a dry soil, where they will 

 keep safely. 



Fruit trees of all kinds should be looked to now, and such as have their 

 labels defaced replaced with new ones : care should also be taken that the 

 wires do not girdle the branches. 



Scions of trees for grafting may be cut now, and placed in earth in a 

 cool cellar. 



Apple stocks for root-grafting during the winter, should be taken up now, 

 and laid in, covering them with straw, so that they can be taken into the 

 house, and grafted, as leisure will permit, from February to April. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Chrysanthemums, as soon as done flowering, should be cut down, and 

 placed away in a cold frame, or in a cool cellar exposed to the light. 



