‘Dec. 18.] THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
829 
The words mene it will be observed, are all of Saxon origin. The term ‘‘ walk,’’ used to imply associating 
during che time of courtship yed in many parts of England, although it may never have 
been SN into the written lan, nguage. 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
Property in Plants——The interest and excitement 
created by the discussion of is question in your pages, 
‘two,’ written in the same mann s inscription ‘‘ tow,” upon a monument of the family 
of Dass, = the church of Little Bradley, near “Haverhill, in Suffo Ik, Ly the date 38h, 
of i tegen is of box rudest kind. The first letter in the word * “ovens” 
** di a’? left. The abbreviation in the seventh line may 
he word in the second line has been con- 
5 and 6 inches 
” 
is inverted, and the first and 
have been 
umber, induce me to 
N beg the —- ‘of your 
to palace seg oe of it, which has 
readers 
¢ under my own ob- 
tis this: A wba ‘lived any years with 
A, who indu him in expe! ts in 
ossing or hybridising plants i 
xo ate 5 
sidered to be iibg.™ but ather ve been meant for ‘‘long.’”’ The letters are shee ~ i " ral cross seedlings 
in length, | and their nize t pr ine be ‘orm. Th nr in the fifth line are nearly seven inches long. obtained through these experiments not nan flowered 
The heigh the ti tree is 5 ft. 4 lock measures, by eee when A died were given to the regs » by his 
part, +E" 1.0 mm. s ey at ge peti Parts 2 ft. 10.7 75 inches: that of the upper block ft. 8.5 inches at should suc. 
the upper part, a and 6 ft. A. 5 in. at the Tr part. As s 4 d his 
The manner age been ercoracigge eit oe to wae * in every respect, most reayaru | next situation, he told his new =e » B, that he had 
al letters were cut through the bark into the alburnum white wood, be! ee and that he wished to have —_ under his 
i who are now known p onl ly e their in itials, C h own care till “they flo wered, To t this Ba ted, byrnats . 
—As ¥i ike It, Act iii., se. 2. I 
But this ie yey mereing of the bark became the means of perpetuating and discoyering the Sisiptlon: As the tree of each should be reserved for his, B's, collection. “When 
ntinued t new wood would be formed between the inscription and the bark ; — thus the record of true | the first of sagem ees Severe, a burseryman, C, offered 
love became cberied for centuries in = heart of the tree. t nary es, the ex- | the gardener, a the presence of h presi ee! ye for 
ape sed wish of the lovers % mud “ been frustrated. t, as if some Hamadryad had presided over the memo- | it, Which accepted; “bat al the s sugges f B this 
ney, the a anc cient “nett was s divided by the wedge, and the part on which the in- bargain wi urned i an exchange, aann hree other 
smaller plants of the same variety, valued by the oe 
rest, was, in| con! nsequ ence, caused to split 
scripti 
in such a manner 
A, 
. 
f 
asi c, at 51. each, were, with © mother or _specim 
1 th 
and thus 
The tree is now =e wil ote wom care, na’ is thus likely to transmit to many 
of affection ry since impressed upon its surface—T. C., Aug. 24, 1841. 
o the collation of B. 
that whatever private pr bg ts he. mi 
they were legally ius 
E proper 
on as they entered his. "pasate ape he would dispute 
the ps _D left t ee in. disgust, and acting 
and 
paiaie dy of the value of cena saa he by the een 
man, C, as he is advised he may... How oe this gardener, 
D, acted ? 2 Has he. violated any rule of trust or honour 
in this instance ? 
upon this da nae nH so far as 
e case.is this: A 
a a a2, to D; D_ enters ice of B, 
ing with him z, his pr Tl i ch is admitted by B. 
Then D sells a part of x to C for 31, and at the 
of B receives plants in 
instance 
instead of rare ag plants are so 
f B. Under these circumstances 
the Pe 
B is clearly indebted to D in 31d» After- 
wards D quits. ts.B and carries the the remainder of = with him. 
1B originally recognised the right of D to the whole 
and consequently D was jas' stified in re moving zor wh 
remained of it., We have spo D's serty as an 
traction, 2,.for the sake, of ii Ag the subject. 
Let 2 represent the. moveable furnitur a e, a 
suppose D hi oe ry ; ed a ora mo 
ing-machine_ use of B. in, RO one 
be doubt that B would owe D 5/.,.and that,the right of 
D to his chai: , continue ithst the ex- 
change of the table.] 
_. Laws of Gar: dents’ Ae phos cannot remove his 
ss hei is a nurseryman, man, and 
~~ ak oe the ike of. ornament t 0. his. is grounds, without 
eet See the a coneens of his landlord : that consent must be given 
Miss Wilson, del. mode depending not only — B. C.’s character as 
original or | Ani lessee, but also n the manner in in which 
ture of the Gooseberry, that t or under 
COTTAGE GARDENS.—No. XLVIII. ee ee oes to the main ti buds will imme- | a deed. He had best consult his ow: 
We ek a = find from the pe of An Original Sub- diately be fo all round 5) back, | introduction of so many valuable plants, and the erection 
Seriber, t r description of the method of praoning and abun of fruit produced, not only from these | of hothouses, -, in, gardens by persons who are = 
Goose! cart ieeaibpe as s published at page 132 of ae Gardeners’ | spurs, but also from the ae anes the mai ts, makes i y desirable that Br ve to 
Chronicle y understand, | from the stem to to the point of the sk ts of last summer, ildi 
e that the ochre: our | hat i d be c 
0: intended for a guide will also be at a loss | the oer oe xis is reget one directed to be | with the landlord in this respect, for BO branch paras the 
cop m. On this a the , we are | Jeft ? © intended it to apply tothe shoot atthe extre law of | 
glad of the opportunity which the inquiries of iginal | mity of ranches, 3, which may -be cut | litigation as that relating to fixtures 
afford us of recurring to the subject, as it | | kc f i Pa or cut out The Pride of India.—In p. eo ee 
é to é more fully into details, which, we hope, | provi oleak Chae as at 4, can be found on it, | spec‘ing the ie wind Pride of cease ia the southern 
will render the plan we have recommended intelligible to | or on either a the adjoini to fill up the va- | states of Nor’ merica. In barlestown, and y 
- e have never seen the book by Mr. Knill | cancy.—3- bas been already stated, as well an ft jp 1b IS: customary 
, but, we believe, | from the subjoined sketch, An Origi to plant ¢ Pa "Sanlaach by the roadside, as the 
ch their Elms, or Poplars, o 
will 
en those 
= seienes, who would, pasts jeg a moderate | of an inch or two in length, are to be taken of, ge that 
ene? eep 
ok the branches free 
ch do the: or. the Flemings their 
the inhabitants of Normandy their Apples. 
n | speak of the exceeding gr. 
of ae te none but the oe fruit-buds on the old mood, and o} oR ace and slegance « of its foliage ; 
ther than to | the da are Pem nce recited 
ng the p fany of the main ghia this, to me a few lines, expressive oe ‘ce on catering 
hd. Sayeed 
Foe te stem haa may be desirable The decayed branch, foli b “e t aS have no copy of the stan- 
nh ahaa ee ck 
3, being ei 
as at2, that is is gyre to supply its Ligne rere As to whether 
we consider t! to be more productiv € from being 
umstance led me to | sagaire: = ey it could be 
tha so jo ecttintel his senses. t this species 
and is. Foc by a pagans in the South 
EA 
rari ay find, by pur- 
of France and Pa as inthe warmer parts merica. 
Lt forras a all statu: o 40 feet at 
most, aad with leaves only on upper part of 
Sea muuch Rela age _doxtly — nate. 
y of ali lac or Ba 
y are o 
lour, an : 
tree i sree it must MI remembered aes ure e 
The flowers 
oval drepes of considerable size, and when ripe yy as 
sume a yellow tint. A difference get 
a Be dts of the pulp» s some asserting 
whilst others pgepase it oe : 
sted ree I 
ee 
mi i Ithe eh there ck ecess ity for 4 5 fs 
: fle te ofthe buh he one ete swe tk Eee | 
isin the other.—3/, B. H. 
that in Ray a5 Pa 
fer the ai ik beitig di 
