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bre: Bee leaf, I inced fi obse ration it of Mr, Radford’s Bay-tree (Gardeners? Chronicle, p. _ das compared with its fellow made it look something lke 
would bleed ta ib ath,’” I would not be so rude as “pe con- | Aug. 14) from the effects of the last winter's frost, you | cordur He has emer used it these three year 
tr adict him on that Unig a point till 1 had had further | | and that a n have surely over-estimated the jeter! aay | repuiates the idea of i as 
of the. eter , or apparently ett: parts. Such y yes ce with u ne 
spri ing is the proper season ier 2 cutting yo ung B an excep —— to the gen neral rule in e phenomena of | nis hed d luxuriance. I must admit hat tT. as well as oa 
zel, uk, vaenerys or om pans (Prunus ey and vege etable life is, as you observe, es ‘trtordinery, and | was conletel of its efficacy, until upon trial I fou oun ad o vat 
numerous other kin dsTc could specify if neces sary a hav deserves further investigation. I hav wo Bays \ which I | thy erro fi 
lately treated differently. d | notice of all persons desirous of improving their dae 
4 s me in a nursery, for oo, after the | Sap was in the gs sa ‘the _: is backed by a w wall and oe ‘3 dnd. On ne trial will, I think, convince t 
ar y = hem that there 
On mining the former one in the sp up nitrate of soda, as 
ous ‘thio ts. This very sprin g I had cut down an iid as after phemrenn $ supposed, nia that “bulky eaadiarée: eee not 
Willow tree (a copious breeder), eg! decayed in the ot 2 1837-8, tae T cut it down to the ground, a = 4 the only means of enews poor and worn-out pasture- 
trunk after it was in full leaf, and it has made most | has grown again this at ar as “igorouly a i t did t lands verdant and productive. I think Grass land, or 
vigo orous shoots “hear four f 84 in length aa i some when on geass in the s: The latter being more anything ical be go a ee degree of j RE eee! is 
H * and are making strong | sheltered, appeared to b te ss deeply injured, sand 11 than grain or tubers, requiring some 
shoots then, as | have stated, convinced of the | to itself pe also, I —_ to menti illed to the | time t 5. foun nd that a dres oat 2 a 
truth ot ha | Paid shone eutti i. young t ground, and c¢ t down ¢ years ugo, ‘ike eva there i | be Tne rye ith it in Ap 
wood in the spring, except in the case of Birches of 20 now exhibits i One ree conditions of revival and | I 
oe ap \-etges and upwards } 5. decay. The = Sat — Naeger oye parts are of a lively ‘ — of the fang still continues, wie” ig ‘lbs ‘have 
een and in active growth; the middle are partially 
t Y eitaadentence froma ltr recovered from the deal aceon hue which they had in 1 theirs. From other experiments, I 
h and t the u upper rand é xtre eme e bri anches s have i here arrived at the react that where a great and 
has been most of alo Sbegiite Seale oftictber and underwood, th wanted, ith Lettuce, Celery, the whole 
to whom I had written on the subject: “ I received your Zam 3 and the whole chas a very ne abby appearance. Cabbage tribe, &c., nitra’ sae ‘of sod advantageously 
letter of the 27th ult., and am sorry I could not answer it g iddl 1 injured, but not perfectly dead, | used ; ‘but it should be eras withheld where too much 
sooner. I have now seen Mr. Browell, of aed He agg, and | parts, may observe the process of recovery going on i s in Peas, Beans, and Potatoes, 
many other intelligent persons concerned i manage- | exactly in a ratio corresponding with the extent of the | whic ich, by its application, ron ati ‘oO haulm. Not having 
went of woods and plantations, all o injury or degree of dis sorganis sation effected ars the frost. tried it upon fruit-trees or neietsf am unable to say 
that the early part of the spring, when the bud ha p- | Of this middl what its effects may be there—S. V. F. [We trust to 
peared dnd swelled considerably, is the best season for cut- | with 3 ghesd hear coed — ria corresponden 
ra er Birches (say the latter part of March or begin- up, Hs leaves vices s acre and ee ate ary buds are To prevent he, nsand head ‘ pe entering Hives. 
pril, seats to the forwardness of the season), | feebly enlarging; nearer oe extremities, the process of = order to vent ; Wasps 
* Cig a profitable De wk ai wth. ‘They are also of opi- exfollation seems to be more languid, and the leav IL 
nion, that when the leaves are fully expanded, there is a | adhere, but are ina blighted sta d will most probably othe hive, and fill them about half rat with sugar and 
g > the stools of the Birches then | perish, alo ith the twigs t are attached, or sour beer, or vinegar and water Bos will attract 
cut down, than fi h t Ri the latter part of | next winter, even if it be a mild o e extreme Pewee wasp s and flies, but not the bees. I ha adopted this 
I beg to state that the late An- | branches are everywhere sepia iyrs dried UP, and can | witl great ecun for some years, and hate drowned 
bo ony Buteee Eg, of Hamsterley, tz upwards of 20 years certainly never recover. It " I | quantities of wasps and flies, but not a single bee.—A 
pytree a his soe tt caused the whole of his Birches ith green | Townsman, 
Ash, &c., which were intermixed with such Oaks as were sae and greenish centres, but bed phos The iets aa ~ viene use a recipe, recommended 
to be thin ned rity cut down at the same ti is of a dusky hue, differing very ea from the e yea ardener’s Magazine. When any 
inonth of M d June) t of the healthier parts of the plant; and the twigs of "the Rider A aole nTieee we get down from London for 
peur | deat of discussion among our dbo Faun s as | to which they are — are of the same dark colour, | the wall are found to be affected, which tag l ‘e ae 
to the effect < of cutting Birches, &e., at that season, a and an md though sti till aliv » Seem no ot like ely to be in a condition | by the whiteness, like hoar frost, appea cre- 
j ia winter. I marked some | vices of the bark, we pr rete some sulphuric ac cid (itso) 
numerous and vigor ‘ous shoots as could be de- of these after the receipt of your last week’s paper, and I by diluting it to the stency of bone is sold in the 
sired, Mr, Ralph bhaabary of Marlow i seen t g | apothecaries’ shops, tilde’ the name of Sour Drops (about 
late Lord Strathmore, an d the E of Gib- | the favourable state of the weather for the last ten days. | seven ti imes _the quantity of water being added) pth is 
th Bg a Ellison, Es, Lintzgreen, oar R. W. | The withered edges of the leaves remain in the wrt ie Ul int h and we ha 
rowell, Esq., Hagg, and myself, were several ears and the branches to which they attached rema harm; 
fully convinced that cutting Birches in sap did n Batis — se dark, whilst the parts below are plump pea renee er the trees may be witches a week or two 
any defect in the succeeding growth from te stools. I | green, I suspect that, on | after.—R. 'L ymburn, 
have take oh sai tery notice ee several years of Hazels | neers sindbeattei, it will be found that the Bay is not | Strawberries.—There certainly is no disputing about 
which have they cut off when n peeling the “Oaks, ewe ob- | an exception to the general rule with plants of ~ same | taste, and viet Fo Aig o ee more and 
ft y, strong | degree of succule nee and constitutional delica ys The more correct. ith Mr. W., therefore, | cannot agree 
raed Robert Smith Surtees . Esq., of erley had Fig for instance, exh that the Alpine Strawberry tite of the best; indeed to 
Ate of four Lraeirr Birches cut stags at  MGloeel tions of injury and power of reviv exception | my palate it is, Pri the ay at White Chili, the very 
Burn in Ma ay and June 1840, and «dint r number cut at | of the leaves, which are aways dsc - ue = ie of | worst. It p is true, in Lr pretty 
he same f soil or situation) in Sept. | our winters 5 and th e Laurestinu chet o be | and inviting — —but € fo me, Tike the Apples of Sodom, it 
last ; the dccagiag pains tons whe ch I have carefully deceives, and is worthless. ere is no firmness in 
examined, and found the <oos wth from the stools of those out: Iw such eases, I EA aan the frost tose and | the fruit, no bette and no flavour, unless a tart, acid 
cut in the sap to be m h preferable a, 0 those Teng y | tee of ess can be so called. But to me it isa 
Stools that were ng in Sep , th mockery to call it a Strawberry, unless eaten with wine 
Birches were of more than 20 5 pare, growth. Thav are parti ally or enti rely recoverable in the ratio of the | or cream, and double its weight of sugar. Perhaps I 
examined the stools of several Birches of very old pak extent of the injury. With regard to treatment : my own | should say that my palate may be vitiated, as I cannot eat 
Which were cut in June! Byerside estate, be- anew 3 is in favour of cutting dow mn the Bay when | a tart of any kind that has not more sugar han fruit put 
longing to Mr. Surtees, and a range Whe ed ua do any of the ot ther hardy evergreens. It | into it; and cannot eat a Mu 3738 Ty, my Sp yous — 
te and Ih 7 té cover it with sugar,—the same with Melon, &c. 
fall '50 acid ad sree 80, 2 . i meses of Birehes, at -: ea by Fea es - sais eel | ow, to me it wou ult so very Romer a thing to 
nine miles from this place, th di f, lisnisomaty than nr t re i Alpine Strawberry with the Hautbois flavour, 
whieh is now most flourishing. e hseet ing. srowch fron iieih-i we evea 3 stump nonce er it he d I y to be formed for te purpose, 
he first week of May. Ihave also consulted many ‘old been so cut down; i, "it did. not ‘ase ‘the ms st Bo to i se sarge + ee je Essex eney eA peed open 9 
oe ngiat >» an rge prizes given tor ef pine Straw~ 
sperienced Corf-rod ret all o Lee ie y that geod did the eran ge P. P. No. U.—You Deity ith frm age substan s ati Hactitue davour.” tf 
bei pes Ip ma ill y L will subscribe 27, annu- 
Apri 7 Me Soveph Nine of this ce haag who has | be well. ~mnaey to renities moat be Thuja a roan 7 aniperes, = ally towards it ; and if — Panieat Laver = = the 
anage : 
mid of Mare, a Fapbeyy at ea toeee dia a deed: Hike sate at leas 1 e witmes sed thi, ee oe anaes am npthing of aes beet oe 
and at : ‘enslow. e 
is daca he vn afb Sap fw |S aero reso eee ee ene See ee 
ing, he j tifal appearance, but tome worth 
Peat tp ook from the een ‘J the former a shoot of the rtance of manure as of win ady, frothy, watery acids, with a little 
dials nar fea length of Nitrate of Soda. — From the impo Premiums also may well be given for the following pore 
babes i P ‘Broad Beans, French 
V have, from my own experience es several years = some experiments I have made with - ee —— — oe Ee ns chew fae fepanend 
prea =y9 dh g the cutting down hich etn partaking mse a sri cr some of berries by the basket, 
x agverries, &c bef ral nature, may y - 
to be as above re I 
presented ; aia ehid that my ournios aa sien Jn ‘Mar eh last Is ad fg 7 ic _ Small ccctipeguoaans would then be 
“oe by som many experienced, intelligent t persons a, t 5 + soup. carat 
- these things, which they cate ire in 
re i observing only that there appears in all these in- fees aa: pax beg have sre pode wa rp vith ao = ie winter markets Prise al y be 
ness no srr ts death of Birches of pope! years’ | out the nitrate a pes and sage - ran ee fruit ‘trees 
Wie and upwar ds, that are cut down in the sap oF leaf. | in the proportion ei i harrowed in | g ech 
pect ye may ob h th d ab J 1 , from the 
Serve that there is a + he ound rolled. As 1 nat Sag 
great profit derived Bayes Bes Pod Clover was sown a se lat of Nor. to the Ist ee 
oe from those used in the coal-mines in the expected a good crop, I was = caste oe fo io re ona large scale, -Eatvlins Straw nereer, Pod 
eight y ce cite tng fo mae oe: every seven 0 or “rept I pt oa — Nov. Let 
Z ittle longer, ti i fe 1 atte: pbefore.— 
surat for ppp aad contac | dor and = Se ee 
upon.T, Shicte grey Such a we vo ed 
wood is chiesy composed” ithe alder Hag At presen e: has the BEREIGN COR ES Res Eee 
aoe it being ing ripe an the re Carens slesiote igh a Cubul, S. = hile cut IT 
Corn. Tunmnesiet 19 pay - on de Kohr Ba na es stoves “polongation of the Himizo 
i | the nitrate also find by m was manifest wherever | Koosh ; this hates sree — £ hav ‘4 
Y recognis my kno 
A friend of opamp see haem carson is to be altog seogether 
pro- | in Grass po Pa , only asit was in ridges he sowed | plants most indicating 
og! : ingress ag ein a i in June was perceptible | Crucifera, a Pou lates 
recovery | half « mile off; dg deep verdes has of the dressed ridge | have receiv a Mr. 
cae n t a decided improvement was m sab at “500: 
Taig: Bawa Pag a er ss T sowed it in detached places (17, 600 fect ; I reache abou 
- ia mento el ach as I so ily : wh ak 
