JAN. 9.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 21 
hitherto waited patiently for six or eight years for a crop 
of fruit on the pear- -trees I had planted, I think T an 
be doing your 
this — of sare: by which: _ early and sure 
bearers may be ob Th by 
proning oa roots eve! “iy te two years, as suggested b y Mr. 
Rivers : 
u become i independent of boris 3a peat. Ae of 
of m e, will oe i 
ae 
good ath der: 
ficient “nourishment to your tree : 
ofa For a foot or more “cullivatio ion has done | natore, ax 
rat for it: but Mabe this is the unbroken pure sand. j ae 4 ee 4 i tha cali tiaae Sew: 
In planting r took = Baar precautions, dug holes | The sorts he Sesaneaned Sete the Cauliflower oe ira or White 
led them with excellent soil; | Cape; which if sown in the middle of April, will come in abou 
but so cs rp beyond this car soak November; the Early White sown the last week in April — oe ft 
the trees n anything be done at reasonable d January ; Invisible late White the 
cost to feanialy this?—E., Weybridge. 
This que estion is connec cted with a ve 
Wh 
fru 
to be made of vegetable nature in 
four E 
m as the r 
common error. 
it trees, it is supposed 
intéatold clay, Ben, as has been t 
which en 
th all the 
mode ight 
years ago, the result being either "the production of a a fod 
t 
se small- aed age enable you 
to plant 
ere the bloo 
more readily sheltered 
are 
containing four or on 
g, and from birds in sum- 
—H. K., Cheshun 
the various dened: which I 
ré d’Amalis. 
—Having asia oe 
bed of strawberries tha currants with some of ‘the pate 
net. 
a protection from the birds, whilst under it I fancied I 
perceived the cance Mister than on aie outside, re 
regards the 
h 
ring t the bloo omin, 
gz pier would 
aA 
be pr 
perpen vidieitiar caged and 
rH d to cover both bell “ets, prt rry beds, and a 
iimbte planted with dwarf pea . with some of the 
patent net during the ensuing s a I mention this to 
you, in hopes that some of your gs. We may be induced 
to se i mn same experiment, and, as I shall do, se ou 
—H. K., € ere x 
lta Luculia grat —I shall occasionally 
sala net for tieGanoexras'Cunosterr, the appearance 
ef which I hail wi h great satisfa ction, a fe v practical 
ann 
been successful in cultivating, a 
nd I know é none that 
c 
which the plant assumes 
too frequently seen it, and 
yer grown as Luculia i isa 
incho nacedus plant, found on the mountains of Nepaul, 
f a small much- ‘ranehing tree. 
Tt was introduced i in 1823, but i is not yet fou ind i collec 
have 
that it ith too rich ; but this is a 
capital erredy The a gardener should be to 
keep the roots of his fru es as near the athe of 
he ground as 2 ret in order that they may profit by 
e warmth of the a free communication with 
he atmosphere. e 
fruit trees to sen 
#, al, 
a =. 
— 
well S$ soon as sham it cae. te ee down 
cat raked a not patted a rolled, beg of which, in d 
therefore unadvisable. bp a shoul 
| have kept his soil shallow, WO, or two- xine half feet 
deep, and to have extended the circumference of his 
, P 
All h hole, made with a large di ree inches in diameter and 
repared soil. ll that he now six or seven inches deep, is nearly filled with the wood-ashes and 
roots of his trees have extended, d more yd He state ce si he that gps a White Bro- 
* * ‘ coli could rarel brought to maturity in t en at - 
soil, a foot deep, in into ~ ch they can penetrate; but they den Hill, where, for the last three years, he has adopted this plan 
will soon reach the ew boundar d again canker. | with success. After the Brocoli has been two cr three weeks 
To remedy ee Ae effectually, the trees should be lifted ; | planted, the ground should be well hoed, and the operation re- 
the coarse that shoot downwards should be wut atedly performed during the s er, To protect the plants 
d oe the t s a ‘ficial from the injuri effects of frost, they are taken al he 
away ; an “a rees are re-p: ante tact arti cia ond week in October; this checks their growth, which is more 
ns of preventing thee ‘oots or less influenced by the s of the weather, and by covering 
should be employ: uch for instance as putting slates et a ae in an quarter, with the heads of the plants to the 
th ttom of the ve tll gh gros that situation to a sout rder, where, i 
n ‘ nar the winter, they will be excited to grow ; whe 
imal ‘urrant Trees.—All my trees are dis- pond sets aoe the roots become dormant, while the sap in the leaves 
posed to throw out —— to such a degree as to prevent | would be set in motel  sun’s rays reflected from the wall, 
them from bearing e' er emcees or fine fruit. I have | thus softening the tissue, and bape] it a greater conductor of 
é fox fro a isPant st. A north border was quite as objectionable, as it contains 
sent for plants t nurserymen and distant | more moisture, and, consequently, the mee Aine be more in- 
places, tar they all degenerate as fruit-bearers. The soil is arked that it was 
nd v td mp, with i 
tu 
jurious. In his ‘observations on the club, h 
a 
b 
rich a dam d the garden surroun neral idea that the larvze of the anthouigte iynheion. or rac 
. ~ age Fly, live in the soil, and eat thei: ito th ni 
BRINE bad Ww at course should thea *.| stems of the pl which they destroy. Where the ge ca 
rain the gooseberry and currant trees a at grows naturally sea-shore, on the chalky cliffs of Dover, 
single rary tia check the suckers on thei rae firs = Sear and in vi — ‘ = England, — alka- 
; ime substances al id, the disease is seldom or never known; 
ed thot t i fho Ht fo) this ha te 7 oh lready —— ally this fact led to infer that the i a plan its m 
trie hs a4 =~ must be owing e wetness of the s tural form absorb such particles in a soluble state as it requires, 
soil, remedy will accordingly consist in lowering, | and nothin , but when planted i il impregnated with 
if omaele “hs stream of water, or otherwise draining sf on Fr ire ts, the consequences are soon seen, as the ab- 
the und. ] exercise no discrimination, but imbibe alik that 
gro whieh 4 is beneficial, bere Ss that — == is injarious. — ~ rrr 
tion of the Brocoli root, like and fores! 
OREIGN CORRESPONDENC ees, Mr. Cues wond freind “ceomabat ak the impure fiurd 
Hobarton, smannia, 18th May, 1840. ae fem trees | rejected by the . In his examination of the 
grow in almost ype. ady humid ravine in the colony, | roo! “ a found of Bare plants at t 4 rs bg 
& ie are gener concealed in eac 
where “eer trees pro’ “3 tect them from ngs sun’s rays and he Pomme th Ro eeith Vises enhught to- tod? 
rom t ts of the win outh, west, and | tain the gra on. In many clubbed Brocoli he 
| northern parts of the island, cupetatied senaiee gre var — not find an ins: a few othe = was observed bs 
the trees so" la thick to: ach cell, similar to ye wie inthe stem. How they came there he 
Lead Te"? and ee Ks ther, pat not explain; if by boring, he should expect 
+ ue £. £, 
the 
and in those situations fern “abou pe ‘attain a entered the ground to become a pu t chrysalis. Unlike the 
be | cry nog _ Soe ed _ flowers bai a foliage | & height of 25 foxt or more ‘vith fronds 28 oe 18 feet long. | wire-worm, with its thin smooth body so peculiarly adapted for 
t you was planted ou ut about t two years ago in the i i v bh 
hey appear to like en temperature; but yet they | its appointed functions, this grub has a soft and very rou: 
borde er ae a conservatory, h air is Y app d = y Y | skin ; taking all these circumstances into consideration, with the 
aay admitted, and which is kept a at a very low 3 nD nde ce cee. a the Berns “ ree a. fact that the pl e only attacked in — oils, it — 
; indeed little artificial heat is employed beyond whet a — SS Re STE ae i et oy a th ener the: f = 
= decks frost = ove the ata seas Mp oe morn pire cpa enact pre cine gees : 
as low as dimensions of my plant ce the ea rei ae ecayed vegetable ma Ham 3 ss metimes the Whole angi. “en mologist: opr t ay 
h 4 ecay tter ari - | deposits her eggs 0 lea f the onions; that the newly- 
ro ae i at reek ty nce) tial tothem. [| haves m gro witha of the rotten aves a — ae a rhe are me bor 
3 i into the nm descel in e an n causes 
pe a ves 12 in. e border # which it gone wood pet nar te eight fe fet from the grovnd— Mego it to rot. This may be the , but how is it to be accoun 
2ft. Gin. aes. in the te errgzaciien oe Few fall 24 st done th ese id — for that it only happens in certain soils jommetinie it may 
valateek ae ed raina ge co mposed of bri spree hivse n : oi ree . : * uae appears get gery in ect be er meee saavion ae — ot 
rubble, 9 in. thick ; imm mediately 0 ver this eeie pur turfs acer aaa eATR iate Ys re rn seiee hd <n suitable food for these ins: , all. beds would be ii peteinee 
of heath-mould rough from the common, upon which, | f@¢t the top will grow, even if torn fromhe lower part of | jo¢ as such is not the case, it is 3 only when the xe 
again, is placed the compost, consisting of one-third strong Seibel ingredients noxious to Ktarorcam which render t -_ e 
rich loam and two-thirds sandy heath-mould ( i een ome, formed from the h ae of prostrate juices impure, that the plants become the prey of insec! 
! ; the es aKe sn So deca wai Annually the old | Nesto Fly, which attacks the roots ‘of C is choke 
commonly but erroneously called, t-soil) coarsely ‘all d g y arte thi of Be d Essex wh ‘ots 
broken and well blended, but on no account screened. I = decay and fi abe preach a ermaeits a extensively and best grown. He adduced apres other pre 
consider this drainage very imp t to plants in general, tothe | Re und oa panaersié ea : site eee ae ne ot nimctnconcerpratnr : reese me RET 
and absolutely indispensable for Luculia, the complete | £0 the ground, nev scéhitiat akan profitable to the gardener, instead of directing all his energies to 
success of which will materially depend upon this bein ee rmination of insects, to endeavour, proving the 
ttended to. ring the mer and cunithet is frequently becomes a eeaealice oe for rotten | soil, to remove the of their appearance. Ail gardeners 
month leaves from the trees’ overhead, and seeds vegetate abun- | know something of the properties of lime, soot, wood-ashes, salt 
s water should be freely supplied, and the under d othe: but th ity. is to ase! 
dantly on them, so haye seen sete “of Cryptocarya rants dm tliet manuxesy: but tee cifioulty: 
surface leaves, as well as the whole , Tepeat- ely 0 ry . the best methods of applying them. In conclusion, headvised 
edly the fine rose of the syringe. I say under | 9 ee ee ery eter who had the ceeeeite to try experiments on 
es' 
poco f ae e le dee because of being subject to the gh d, th pear poe a a oe orm pe sioaphiaa soe 
attacks of red spider, which I need hardly observe will, | SOU" activity, in order that truth may be elicited and detected. 
if undisturbed for any length o £ jgreatly injure iE | eee the fern until ‘ie reached the ground. T. ‘asmannia. rte | nae Late and Misebat an tiaSation strewed half an inch 
now of no more ‘tual mcthod of entirel i ica may b of fine charcoal dust over the trench nd on which brocoli 
the inroads of these minute bu sntabile ect tc tha | as ne it had been pu ut into an anger-hole in ae: Geom seeds were sown, which prevented the clab so frequently ob- 
this, th i - wn an | Pitt m bicolor has also a iar affection for = served among seedlings. Mr. Caie believed @. charcoal: 
is, the cleanliest and easiest of all aye . — would kill the plant, unless it remained for some time exposed. to” 
ally Some liquid manure is applied, but this Fequies va trees, and attains toa large size o a them, — the influence of . Gray agreed with the essay in all 
tion, and must not be repeated too fhe and in all | sionally a Pomaderris —— are the principal, rere ane culars, with the exception of laying the brocoli heads to the 
the summer sea: he general wa’ aan! whe: the only ones seen. Eucalypii nevergrow on the ferns— ase be presel sce br wi His retard Mn 
tm gradually diminished in S <tieetinatilr and afterwards | 2¢ t least [have nae SecRieirye: Jn addition: = these inset ness of ‘of his on of the sine ‘ec of = ton pment 
bes ministered very for the fine fibrous roots after frost. Mr. assie observ i will club 4 
ily injured ‘by too istu U " this ay their decayed leaves, the ranks i in many Cases (or and not the next o e piece: i: By good ee 
ae fe Samat asy alae eedannil letel: & vations 9 <a rotation of crops, without ehareoal or wood- p 
management Luculia is a splendid plant, covered with | Most cases, where: ver. ™P)s eats etely © et thee gardeners in the F Fields grow alae weil 
cymes of beautiful flesh-coloured fra grant flowers, whic d with the membranous ferns, such as Trichomanes without clubbing and in his experiesee he never observed any 
continue in perfection during the dull months of Novem and Hymenophyllum, Pol , Aspleniums, and Psi- pai cein their presesseliaie when. pices waged to the south 
aa : = ae Mr. Lane a easel by isposed be es 
r, December, and Pheien = anuary. Its foliage, too, is luxu- lotum trunecatum, also help to cover the trunks, and — no Gaaceted b cis geet 
riant, dark, and green, and = ca trong es bts the em green and beautiful to the ey e trunks of t © Dr g, trenching, aie Pe 
large, bold heads of flowers! @ are d s of | tree fern sent to England wi ere from an open situation, ray-— stant Cultivation and re- 
successfully peer this beautiful ist t : Seeits were able to repinns i sone. 
i he drier and more likely to travel well, but g mith, tae EAE ARETE 
that it spay a muc cooler treatment than it pearly that t “8 were : Boned 7 reed with Mr. Caie that as sooa as 
receives, a should ever tit Gan Cotain nly no would have been from unheal hy, it either produces insects, 
be pl ie Kotihi the | 2.damper sone In attempting to cultivate these plants in ; mati ‘o increase them. = oe believed 
ante is Viable to injury from rays, unless | =ogland, shade and shelter from sun i wind are Vitalie: ‘that, ‘tons et =F eer pais — ack napoay aie 
I have not yet tried Luculia u and Sea RRSE RTs but there appears nothing to prevent 3 Were given to them. Mr. M‘Evoy saw charcoal 
wail but : a jadging from all I have observed of growing in a grove of evergreens in any warm yalley ; | but ashe = _— — wee ie emt te ge ond weer 
tha * eee 7 used, he app ied one poun Sa 
my if = eee tantly Satna sire ria they: _ ecsins aa wr ground a i = ragga aces atralised the bane- 
it smart be a splen Sos aera obser. | Summer by decidanes ts produce: d by amalgamating them, 
vations our ondent agree ms all respects with ———SE—EE a wholesome or pote tae pot > ptoeee s t ase 
our eigeticae of this s pla. which is often overnursed. F PROCEEDIN see OF SOCIETIES. vrata riage rteeng Sco am fe < his ross se io well “a 
It i of the fi the’ coumiey: e “Wontar isnot “associ ATION BOR) tecomponad MEE tae Wek teen ater ne ee 
specimens he sent were in the most perfect health.] wk sm AVSTRU CTO fom Puceday Eeening Bey. Heory nary years did not ovserve a clubbed plant. so 
uit Trees.—My ground is poor sand, formerly part} Mia, cond lectate was Select ine worn oF Goa and external | Welham Green Sehvol: Reome. 
