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Sept. 25.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
629 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
or much sun. They 
h ae at . ee 
lite] 
should | public upon the matter.—Yours, An Orchardist, Hereford. 
as poral and never "ased off, as 
the deciduous | Species. I find the \ ry strongest loam, 
hin, 
ng and receiving knowledge. “t believe that a 
ee 
= observed, ~— Foon is (ppt, Herbert) 
€ root 
er me 
of course the pots should be w 
at the d it is in the fibres 
app le-trees before winter (we may say “in November or 
December), was made from from ample oh ees and was 
was ‘also 
the additional statement, pe “if deferred popes spring, 
much sooner by rating ld saby Samer can be formed 
a 
poor Failure has taken “at 5 eS 
future flower. When Messrs. Colvill some years” ago 
by grafting old trees, than dyes 
Cachausitens $s gpaliog aa: 
aaah of Stirli entry 3 
2 gare grum- 
on shelves | till they flowered, their practice ¢ did not differ | 
m2 
n the loeieg off the branches tor to 
peor is deferred till spring. Tf so y asuiieds i) the 
If they 
ble ary get on, their bn eM ett be endured ; but it 
is too bad, after having viola! ted almost papedy! physical law 
loo upward 
preserved, and the plants not potted, till the buds shad 
started veel they were then potted and k ; 
takes place, which deleges the scion ; and as t 
witha a ‘scowling countenance and acc! digh 
the cause of their misfortune. As 3 as my experi 
and obser ‘vation mM 80; I believe that pacers srt a anhtoation 
e Potato crop. 
is will-poi point out so me of the em, in peng rs farmers and 
others may escape an evil agi is a with so much 
danger to ‘the _community. 3 ell. known fact that 
reatment, however, they did ‘not flower 2 
Th 
i Wi 
subject IT ma may mi — that by following the Rev. Mr. 
Herbei 8 directi sThave never failed to flow wer Brun- 
J This y 
on which ‘he 
for ‘performing the operation ; 
flowers i is ait 9in. round at about 2ft. Gin. high. “Hav- 
aul 
ia 
pruning, ¢ to within a \ Tittle of the Prat whete’ te 
No-harm eh oe by hing 
land will farmers risk — Po crop, and i 
such as the pr it is not od be waaay at that their 
The treatment is simply thus:—Plant it in a 
Off « little wore, 50 as to make a fre 
prospects are: blasted, for th ss ote. — large well-drained te a 16. Keep it in a light green- time of grafting. th P 
) aneat i sae expeditoualy. Sees pf apy y, heed 7 ghd 3 
Potatoes the same system ee frame, exposed to un, and kept | vance or vaginas +] 
they doin one; and — their land becomes ie shut. The jae mae stand i in apan of paig which must be Me igeyomtt 7 Lege’ report of the proceedings of the 
mortar from the treatment it receives, as if to hasten kept always moist. that Doctor Lankester 
the work of destructi on, the Po toed are frequently August, oe flower early in September. ‘It should th t Macaire De Candolle’s experiments 
hed il is fall of peters the con: be cut dow h but he roots of 
quence is, the bottom and sides of become as | by no means plunged in n bottom-heat, as recommended in plan *s beneficial 
smooth as a new-made fi t fom ike and of the | the Chronicle some weeks ago. The a of the al of the same af oy on. the tae pls and affirmed 
potter, the sides soon harden, and the spongelets of the leaves is pom poet — cota so that mts plant seld ession on the 
roots are mari for life, and ae pr ws plet t flowers, as in the alter- | same land, which was confirmed a, Professor 
being a benefit, is the source o} of much evil ; the drill is | nate ene a8: and others. It further appears, that Dr. ear pen 
lik sa ac following method of destroying rabbit: P Pea kind of book- 
stagnant wat i d I pted for some years in this neighbourh keepi be pri ipl le of a debtor and creditor, of the 
sorrow if it wit Pilea ar the 5 ney. “3 was “dein? Al(L sons hates, of alkali, &e 
failure will also take place well-prepared in p- 501. The trap, 1 ‘fig: 1, ly bag it “has: been once set p setamtg in ae foe of acrop and restored in gta 
each year. 
tht 
‘stead of putting them thin 
cutting. — it is. always ready t to receive cee and it is of no 
upon acool floor, th t part of the, trap they pyre ta 
Potato-house, as if it was necessary t d und down they 
a fermentative process before eer es ie this case it is | go to the co aiken the trap resets Fig. 1, c 
not very likely that  aaagit shoot will come from a set | represents the top of the cae a kind of ape even 
in whi i power is nearly extinct before | with the surface of the e ground ; 3 it sages! gp lpsevag: made of any 
planting. There is rar a ag cause which I think has had | depth from a to 4, i t 
a bad effect ect upon s some part of the Potato ores this season work when rabbits = in the trap; “this oa moves by 
In the month o 
d, d, fix ed on oe in the frame 
I wish to try practically the 
theory of Dr. “‘Lankeste r, with the ag weet of Dr. = 
knowing ho 
beny, but break down rs to get a suffi- 
quantity of nitr balance the account, and 
should be glad of your aiding me in advice, if there be any 
imperfection in my calculation ; it must be a 
great benefit if, by succession of 
wheat crops can be grown 01 e land; much more 
can be so grown 
but my diftculty i is this :—1 acre, 
and during that time Potato planting was going on, the 
Tt works in a: similar man 
sets were often ex, osed fi for 
z bans 
“ fall . h it will t and 
ie of straw ; of 40 bushels of wheat, weighing 65lbs. per 
the thermometer rang ging from 100° to 110° in the s sun 
‘J 
ould almost 
<1 y 
where it 
bi ts ao wg aa into tl 
h t 
ook me a crop of 
I think, are the 
Tams sorry 
afterwards. One w 
hatch chickens from boiled 
the the itn 
a knock n the moveable platform will frighten 
them into “ a RC. ”* in p. 517, states, that colour Sy 
attract rabbits 5 the top of the trap 1 may there! efor 
Fig. Scnanema 
S&S Bite th 
them without placing greens on ‘it. 
ert Ase beet A 
moveable In fig. 1, the pairs ae ten pel 
ab, and fy ran ar ich leads from the pete ito 
r-hearted stroke a Nettle, 
*Twill sting you for your pains ; 
Seize it like a lad of mettle, 
silk remains. 
ashel, 2600ibs. For th se roducing ia each 
an equally good crop, I wish to substitute the equi- 
valents. For the 1} ton of straw, I can put 13 carts 
dung, which will afford os t an equivalent of the 
component parts of the st Ww, as angie of potassa, &c. 
For the wheat, Sir sia Davy gives an analysis of 
7 bran, &c. 
70 
23 
100 
Of this the bran can be substituted 
Canker in F: Frit Trees-—In th : 
‘agement maryllis.—Havit Chronicle, I find the following passage 
matter ae. in the Ch nals tae this tin ' Country Vicar : ** The trees (apple 
Stove i likely, if my expe- feepe viernes saree ren if 
pe icici they will be 
of | apart from t' 
of sufficient conse- such quantities 
their substance, wae has ou 
containing as it _ = phosphate 
be qui ie opal 
the plants of which 
