Oct. = 
THE GARDENER®D’ 
CHRONI 
CLE. 661 
the lat ready | lime. I believe geologists have not yet settled the * ol in planting fruit-trees, and many a sickly tree may be 
— "A vhat ought to ‘be tl om temy ofan of tl 1 * oh restored to he alth by sry a8 a that has been 
house through the winter? an = enter | 1¢ is many properly heaped up against the stem. By ccuniniog 
apa with; he Vines, II all yea old ? ing for so longa time, along with the remains of z i ah a ie 
‘Atthe back of the Vinery I presume peed eg Poe lf | phytes, mollusea, rustacea, enduring the t below which a tree hres not as pi fie ted. ‘tn 
near the light, plants at rest ; having two sliding ventila- | intense heat of the lime-kiln, to spring into life ‘when dinging holes -e $ nam ges care viper pe be taken kes bape: 
in the back wall, I expect that the heat of the house | spread upon ground intended for r crops than that the earth at b In stiff soils it is 
will not excite any bulbs in pots left dry, or promote the of Sorrel and C ck! It was in vain to tell him i et il 
too rapid growth of young cuttings, placed on that shelf, that the aie were in the _ Soil before the ary was mme mellow out, and p in 
and that it will be a good position for ‘pans of annual applied to it, f the lime upon peter : Hs be oa Borys is yoni pee ra sothn 
seeds just sown, and cuttings of evergreens. I have forgot- the seed that “caused it to spring. He held his eiphnion be th brown, into the holes before _ winter, that water may 
ten to mention that, for the third time, I 
Benthamia fragifera, in a pot; it ed the Bete the Ptolemaic system of Geen Pau Mackenzie, when the trees are planted. As this system of course adds 
too a 
and too glass during the 
ade? Plean. 
sitic attac other rwise 
infeetio ous, 
sos 
infection with reference to Vegetation. 
dimes to which plants are ye aaa hang 
are metim 
—That th 
m pare 
fro’ 
sys' 
to the expense, it is only applicable to a plantation on a 
| aan scale ; four feet distance is a near enough from 
h ole to he ole; and in a go ood s Vand sheltered situation, 
pon tm 
summer ; ar has seemed most fourisbing when on ee in 1 bee 
hig hest temperature.— aaeen as 
nt it 
ray 
s 
our intelligent correspo ates S, aie are 
Grape-growers, will reply to it rig us. Itinv 
e es 
ng of Gar 
rden- at —You un 
the ay of useful aa aoe 
und i 
influence over 
is in common pa 
ate my pos siti jon. 
Ww i 
others in 
ich | 
root of the Saffron Geagent is 
‘ormer ; and the et 
mple of the 
vd Roetaed vincts will not unfrequently be found to hav 
their imi oat pyle peas Ww wd fe 
d 
ght,”’ will so far nerRs 
in! eta 
e to its various tribes, 
and i ae seastindiet that the nearer the plan 
| sooner sae thinning, and that the first thinning 
— pay the beers ; theretre the — it can be p' 
he better, so as not th 4 That} is on 
s, the 
oes 
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taining instruction constantly to be found in your columns. n. refe; erence and the proportion of each “for aa “ai rent ki s of 
Argent —. — the value of — ation upon | and t eak, ils, but ‘ease oes not say ag kind of tree is napemcrutcd 
he tiee their craft ; and, i consequence, are cl. hectrable and aig I app pre hend we | to for Ist ‘stiff heavy lands,” 
shenkfal t to aks for aa og 8 ission to th 0 this s important | part of nate tiapeed cm Oak, he wie ane re 400 Scotch 
f t Spruce and rg r Firs, a h Elms, and 
of garden- -pots, as well as to ee more aa cane are pave affected, Y by. a pete atmosphere, and 20000 Ab patent wa Se 0 Oaks. at che preponder- 
of scientific searchers into the arcana of nature. Every | that it modif} y be inferred 4 ing to be 
person of experience in ma knows the nec! aie functions of their economy. Ventilation every. | — will promt the ‘standing ‘limber trees ; but the 
of perfect drainage to the health of his plants in pots; | allow to be wee An canary he t 
and as I think I have attained this object, | am desirous | as necessary as a rings temperature and an e equable ais more pk eed a (a sol second list for 
of giving, for the benefit of others, a description of the | tribution of moistu to tl (a soil, we che chy, § in which any 
method which I have for several | years: practised with | suc- | pecu uuliat r ha abits 2mm} " condits tions. individual plan 
a Aba They are diversified i in their jee re of tach with oa 200 Oaks, and the addition 400 
e bottom of the. pot a large quantity of crocks, ‘to place, iceman and condition, but the a atmosphere i is mee to assist the Larch in burking the poor Oaks. 
otek “this, but a _ clumsy proceeding, and one which, if it common to. them all,i and i N. V. may depend on it that Larch should be plante¢ 
for the y f vege- pa if it is intended to them fort r; if wante 
freely, affords also a harbour for worms, , slugs, woodlice, tion. ts, it is true, d » the Divaapeg tribe is far There 2 
and other vermin. To remedy this, I put at the bottom whee ant ae ahaa or a pestilential one great a in planti h alone that 
@ piece of perforated zinc, an inch and a quarter, or ie ge ; oe pitare of poeta is ) everywhere well filled noticed. it ran get “found th at Larch ttre creates 
more, square, according to the size of the pot, so as com- | up, p, and thei re is no blank d her thege below them, whereas the dri m other 
pletely to cove = ve: 3 Pp ae “T here, however, so by planting Larch’ale ey thinning 
r a trifle oF r tin- plate worker, who are the ; general aspect of f vegetable creation. Czteris Bhacwiing san out aed ally to proper distances, Larch woods may 
ad to get rid of their ‘rele shreds, and may, by f plants is concerned, it will be, ho w- | be —_ grazed 4 cattle long picsger the trees are of 
ce of a strong pair o aa rs Sate mall shears, be readily ever, cr nace Pah onl the entire inmates of the | size to be cut for timber. To see this exemplified on 
cut into the requisite t a heal state, va ret rivals in reat ols, it well rtha sea ile, particularly 
sherd, with its lane tae ae taking care that k by |b y w ie in other ont the other | a lover f Larch, to a Baad a of d, os 
resting partly upon the zine c it acs it immoyeable. “ I | t ick] e the late Duke of he m e the finest 
y of good mo as to form a layer 
third of an inch, or more, thick, “eben n pressed together 
he mould 
eg 
tation pilnetuis 
the aggr 
pepe agg aa 3 morbi 
» than want of bang: a 
iris arise: 
st Bh 
beager on land under path wh hich before it wie pane 
egate. rom 
d from someting more, “t 
Decaying vegetati on 
f pla 
t 
oe: on P 
by t 
of potting the plant thi; 
ceed perfectly : effected ; 
£, 
nts ; | 
ack Heath, without a blade of grass growing 0 
convince e yourself there is no fallacy in this, look over the 
t dra 
garticalarly cah pate por a3 he pot tsherd, oda sen 1234 
the earth from choking the holes of the Zinc, and | by the 
ee 
an =. eS Viel 
infected corm athe gr 
affords an agreeable receptacle for the roots of the plant, 
appear 
to the renovation of t 
The me be of a purified or dis- 
seem: ous 
yan 
on refiection. The 
nomenon W whieh ministers 
f the atmo- 
s obvio 
— phe 
sphere, 
ee ee 3 th 
plantation fence, and there you will see the black Heath 
side before 
as it was insi it was lanted. Tt is a greal ‘eat 
| mistake ‘planting any of the F ir tribe very’ close ; it should 
$ run on it — so that 
they 8 are ape to starve each other be 
be which they to delight, 
all sorts of vermin are rege 
excluded; the operation 0 
immaturely fading leaf. 
do 
1, 
p ; and it is, more 
over, a rss % 1 
y 
} 1 7 
power in heat and moisture 
Its electricit the 
nt or sinking pone of pens life, as walt as 
ie 
alisation of the balance 0 of 
to run in quest of 
tho ose within, deprived of ge 
beisasea I must, however add, 
Arota font: 
pl 
shod be put upon fier or aor or samthing of the 
5S 
+ 
e 
that a decaying vege- 
aes 
wil ce _ attracted by the water which drains from it, bag 
ean nitro 
pease pie a4 ae peas 
presence of aay acid in the rain ack ped berg the 
er re of log 
a disinfectant 
lant 
plants, an 
e 
d that “i pe bog: t fore 
they wou e sol return for the labour; but to do 
seni oO a of the Duke of _ asa Larch- 
o 
bs level. so as th t E by empl tinctu which | planter, comprehensive account of his 
: th = pg st a ~— ie a the T ind argh e ible ig ag” “its presence. “Thi fact | would be stoner than the writer of this article is able to 
ae nables us Fe the deposit of nitrites on some faruish. To ever! rt tot the arti ticle le by S. N. V., it is only 
Dabur 5 —A correspondent, “ H. S.”’ of Farn- | walls age particu So gare e pre- | necessa - A ig agra ghraies, Soe’ 
baa, 0 ar Cavan, says, that he has a specimen of Brug- | cipi t Tithout and elsewhere. atmosphere | tions, recommen m the best; 
mantia ines, which instead of cutting down low in ch seg 21 parts of ox er cent. | marshy land should be planted it it is possible to make 
the Spring in order to make it flower, as mentioned by nitrog en se proportionals rev it it dry, for which purpose pe “ = cara 
P. W. J.,” im p. 612, he merely prunes to keep within | aid or pitas A portion of the atmosp is, out € year, if possible; and when t re = eS 
bounds. e plant has been in a about one foot in | the electricity of the thunder-storm, thus reversed, and | even Oaks willo ive in it, certainly poe 
diameter for some y P in a conservatory on the | for this and i reo ys result the experiments bed Trellises —You aya confer a great favour o : 
pana border, into which the roots have penetrated. He the s Henry Caven ndish might have prep ared uw of trelilses n + suitable for climbing plants when 
th ste ary to keep it dry during the winter, and s ae he ara gr Po. SE mod of attach- 
~iictcesg fie use is placed in the house some glo Jobe containing atmosphe oto, pecan arose—ample tel tghs aa be Goned, eo that a 
— uired. The dimensions of his plant — of the change in question. By very ep ing ng the tel trellis to t eee po feck Airc Climbing plants, 
se height Ty feet, ere: of the stem 11 a morbid condition of the atmosphere in the con- | workman m able t now attract th 
inches, and of the branches 39 fe sid and hea rege a by thanks to ee Horticultural Socie' ety, are _ aes 
— Stay, and has 100 ype on it, aging the of nitric acid on tin, copper, 0! attention they deserve, an Pika : 
es in leng —If nitro- 
Duration of Vi tality in Seeds.—There pe Jee 3 plate. This too will likely be more efficacious Nitrate of pp rrp aie sc of sack ind hei 
ew markable ing aatnaies on — att the duration on of the ger- in destroyi ng parasitic insect life, than fumigati = of | gen be the one essenti: — he quantity contained, why 
Focal unites — ~~ age se ge tow . ee. Es hould the nitrate sepals nat ——. as br all known 
t g t 
Pat could, i they were willing, relate boda e, interest.| Forest-tree ES. —The directions cae by salt this eS the ine Satre cd. By heat i e 
ng = the subject. Webs have read of seeds springing after | N. V." in a late Number as to digging mato Shui amounting to 35 parts 18 a 
Saving lain dorm, for 40 years in the garden of Upsal, | previ usly to planting are very &' Ps cs the it upon a Fuchsia refiexa, but ene &e rom 
and also of of seeds vegetating in Bushy Park in soil that | is us to disturb the surface in Tight sdils, as “ei é r intoxication, the plant Soe. Busaate 
ie Henched supposed t ained isturbed since | wind will blow it away from the aus Pecrdhiit ta ge pra of sal-ammo oniac was the ‘ennai 
the time of gee affected by drought, a mgeaobe? -planted | the princip: : 
3 ~ of Charles the First; also of Raspberry much more altec hak ongst others, | dang from the — deserts; this fact will probal 
= =a at had Pro ‘oba ably ri remained { for twenty centuries trees often — ao ve the hele. 2 st. It gives ae the reason w ng acts as a ure, and al 
sa ‘hen eg 1s 2 | he pega 2 i eginrra before the winter fi before _— — of cr should ~ used for _ tribe of 
Sy ention, pane agp Sysco , tg individual | the g dro set i the “Tnone ot : gers  Onions—the Cries a 2 8 
ofthe the a the limestone pet ae eh veatae pet |S Pietng, ben om the ene of large casa a of nitrogen, and contain eve " 
ab ee which I = then travelling, he told sd 3 oe BA quotes from an old adage, “ Plant mein spring | So the Wormwood is one of the most perniciom a 
never ‘tape oo ar - lime of which When 1] and beg me togrow, orgie roatage a | -* os a so large op te oe 
asked is ground agri 1 | and beg me oro", Pomits one very important cireum- | soil. We of 1 
wa full of egeda res Sid me hat janet ic eae tole panting, # ¥iz., not to plant too | manure for each 4m its wild state, and 
and made his is ground 9 fal : to fail into this again in hedge 
Mat eve toruse it again if he could get other | deep Even gardeners are very opt 
