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up and removed with as large a ball of earth as it | has been p d this ‘gr aPipatieigan a grafted | lay ona coat of manure and have it dug deepl 
asagatd possible to retain ig t them. th g mention this as an additional testi- | Fw to i Fe a bushel of grey _lime, age in ay sand Qs 
oan tolerably + whilst i in others, even with the my to those already given by othe to the merit of | pour and then 
greatest care f a large por- | these varieties ; and I will add at th time, that by dibbl dibbl 
tion of the | ball by the time the trees reached their desti- ese and the many other productions of the late Mr. | t n t Pot: " 5 eke} holes, and as 
pation. The d for their transmission Knight, the public are and will be greatly benefited. I | as the li laked to fill the holes with it (the li 
was much the same as ‘that Secoribat and figured in the wish aie would show their grati titude 2 by dedicating to hi d then to plant the B li. . Thi T 4 
2 43 
d.a ecart-load of well 
“ Plan ter’s Guide,’ with which 
F 
, every plant came to perfecti 
1 will just ohanees A ¢ 
ew varieties of hardy bles, Toots, and fruits. Such 
i f 
nnn 
nee of a bad a — planted Tree. 
rotted mai nure w ixed w: d f th ted he Cabbag ‘ not even in the driest 
compost thrown ‘ahah ese sport =. eacl h it occurred some yi since, that the 
inches deep. The tree was then Pelee in nits ford Horticultural = ken much superior to any oo inse chooses moist ground in which to deposit its egg ; 
h filled t could be Aevised, , because the establishment appar consequently, ae a piece of ground is planted, and the 
five or six inches of the top of the pit, when it was levelled have for g. plan i d fi 
and means meet oe secure the tree from being blown I Richa d | th egg close Sethe plant which i t _become ite ~~ 
e wind. These con i , dsiviog three Tongue, Forton pear near Lanca first adopted this method in ry dry summer, 
sharp-pointed stakes, from three to three and a half feet | Bees.—In page 197, Dr. Bevan ean an interesting ac- | I think 1827 or 8, I was told I migh 3 ped satisfed t that 
long h, into the ground in a triangular position, and | count of a mode a! . its si success of kee ing Bees ng | ab Lap ts i age cme a » for they were all dead ; and, 
s layi ing over the | ball of the > newly-planted | tree | winter by interm Th but not novel 
thiee ing it may 2 interesting to many of 7} your readers, I amps and rival a ey would begin to prick up its ears, 
” ness, 80 as to — plicy ota above the stakes to which | take the liberty of ae a a with a plan, and sw | and eventually they ¢ all began to grow. I have seldom had 
success, tho issimilar ri il 
Dr. Bevan in his article yg noticed. rst experi- | having been kept constantly moist, the insect had free 
ment e on two in the autumn of | 1831 or liberty to to work, and it agro ~~ it to place - 0 c 
832 f I F to become ‘ 
scertained nigh as circumstances would permit. ~ Both | have 1 , sof which T 
hives were tes Placed on a stone floor. in an open shed, used no lime 
atories. as front of the conservatory at Thick- 
Conserv: 
tho gene near Norwich, is a curvilinear seamen ve- 
randal illars. 
is good, and as 
ie a ced afr Heat rae owe 
feet. were then 
extricated. On examinatio ion, the bees presen ap- 
pearance as if dead, and no perceptible diminution had 
ken place in the honey. The day being very fin ey 
were removed to a warm tion; only a few 
elapsed before they presented the animation of a mid- 
the 28th 
me season. 
mer swarm. One of t these chives caper on 
& 
f x4 md 
hie a eae 
ent, and two were oie divested of both their 
them exis! 
he accompanying sketch. The whole was then pracier 
with the remainder of the ‘ed o' 
honey and comb before being buried. Allof them existed 
ov ter without ved provision whatever, and ever 
i this plan of preserving durii inter h 
oes with eminent success. Not only did these ex- 
economy, but established 
a 
pit had been filled to the proper height. For several week: 
planting little or no difference was observable ; bat 
th llc fT 
ing recourse fo fo i Hep i mp 1 h 
colour and drop, and my anticipations were then, as I 
thought, about to be realised. Towards aytumn » how- 
that bees ar scapes and expensive to cay 
. 1841. 
‘tray the heat 
stems and A ager which were shortly | afterwards 
ed by lear d th 
during wint 
The Vise: ps Pune aps, asa subscriber to your jour- 
nal, you will allow me to . . ion or Lig a to some | 
taken away from the front is rather advantageous to the 
sera in n flower, and from the shelter afforded, air is con- 
o the ma- 
the 
ollowed b 
ted for w hich the trees were planted being speedily 
tained. Pag of nif Hollies composing one mass, many 
es 
oe 
a 
plac 
nagement of the Vine. Mr. Sn gpichy cn “ ra ta t mode 
of pruni ng the Vine is undoubtedly the spyr system ;” 
t sashes ; the floor makes a 
| convenient stand for Ge png and other pebensr tea 
plan aes = geet = open air, but protected 
only three 
pas thi le i 
that many y 
He ising he birt not enter into any 
A me, and still is. 
ts t ol des 
aay i a 
feet high, 
+ ae oe 
ho Ii} 1 
i. 
that 
7 a 
it; but I will take | W' 
my bserva- thee gut 
“A fee p Bi Duhlioa= <r a numerous acquain' 
ke eee ray to the Borne 1 rae to few for for 
idance as_also fo that of Ror cer ‘initiated ama- 
this me. 
at from this experiment oPhex 
which fail, when Bes 
in ten. 
3" 
Transactions ori in either of my wv hess ‘in each of these I | 
Tee 
uld he 
a : raat 
bout one perience 2 of Mr. Mc Nab, of th 
idinburgh Botanic Gunde, as — in hi t 
te Planting and agen ral ‘Treat t of H 
Teens, &e.,” published some yea 
ids 
anges ee kar eae og 
» has s led him 
govern and —— the growth and productions of oo 
Vine—can he pi — t I have been mistaken ? 
desea simple of P and the soil th ey grow in 5 now 
| ca odor t hav. aac? meveeil 
respective merits. € new s which 
w | have. not bloomed enough to 
pinion, and I th 
] veyd * ‘late i in in autumn, winter, or y pring 
=23.31 tn. } id 
ad ti that the growth* and pie 
= < £ Ath 
erefore refrain 
them store ee Knight, the Vi 
> always provided that the eats bngta the 
crate are fa vourable ;’’ and further, — unless pn 
t o Miiddle of June to the middle of Augi ust, Evergreens 
then 
7 pea ae lq 
a eth of ber World (Stein’s) 
Highgate Rival (ditto) 
of Roses (' 
alters’s) Euclid (Ward’s) 
wi ne ea M.E 
and Pear: 
sale Sing tapes oe nears ‘tin obeerations Beelind ae 
tommy those subjects).—If you wish t 
was without vinosity, mere su: sugar and water; another year 
it was full of a stony core, Noihagrs basing a these | 
Svea and your object will be attained ; but should you 
desire to 
pag 
of the food it was riscor with. Then, sesin; a8 
y 
found room, 1 > ¢ 
et that nitrogen 
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Fy 
prbderat on desire you expressed in “the be- 
on the resuscita- 
use of such 
tion of pana ag Fae and of the cai 
a_ deviation from general gulag? 
vouring to verify th ‘inte ter: 
as you ou know, for much pains 
me on endea 
no indkoqacat. pete, 
fremeibery in the fruit doing its ‘sweating, 
zi 
we a bbe adap the food of plats or what con 
of leaves 
wet — manure . ee without 
should be p referred to 
f plants, was to ascertain of what they 
were composed ; and different parts | of plants were with 
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of | — elements were given t eminent chemists, 
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by differen’ 
ding Davy ; — ie to them, nitrogen is not 
A many plants, but in small mi ntity 
coer berries as gl coaitton, & 
na Wise, 313. 
g, provided you plant with- 
in gum mite Hare 
of the food. of Din how i is it pig of by the plant? 
Ow manure, and, having planted, permit the 
fea SEER 
ma over the be: Te aft ill oblis t [4 
Sida bed wi without let or hindrance. — It oblig piegebeta & of the ean es ie phe ae 
then sc si adie aga agers yeas mstane 
ft edt some sane apn thom "ould erg wood en: ie this ces rt ape in log it | jury done to plants under such ci That it 
begrown, wit, ranged in degrees of intensit ‘sak eres d itis also pro- 
eng A baa rs the o frag aie sama and patsy chemical. In 
Efhcd with rabblestones or ples, of ‘rick ies pe oe Mtr. pe pd apg a of mare precise information, it may be pr % 
ee readily made, the back part a scale ota y ists, he will find that nitrogen | cated that there are certain p t-bitten 
Might be e planted with the Elton which would is found: universally in living vegetables, and in great ee recovery is impossible. It has 
; a en BS cea ing. The writings of Payen, Bo at least, in my life to witness 
ingault, Liebig, Daubeny, and others, abound in the most | the d n of the Bay, oy Laps — and some 
int rs British Recon bapaien ye conclusive evidence fact-] b their 
ie Clubbing in Br .—]F can bear 
= ~ ilent about its fi at efficacy of Mr. a eee 
can a t has all the of being ae of the Cabbage tribe. I applied 
é bearer, Gardeners near London would be puzzled at by a neighbour, in the month of July, to tell 
¥ Ze Str without manure.] 2p : 
stndae mere Pear- tree fenited with me last year as a | been cleared. ae recommended him to p 
tal any bowel grafted only the April but one previous ies 
of the late Mr. be et inns os | eerie So 
