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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
845 
King, Maria, Lady of the Lake, Magnum bonum, Gem, | Where 
Fire-king. Bhgrs vag Denbolagii Half Sh. nViolacs pile to 
superba, M Hope, Diomede, ae see . | draini: 
| con 
OE deans, ‘Hee "Bride of Abydos, Exim 
GARDENS.—No. XLIX. 
bis ples ed in such a situation as to receive all th 
it can be done, we should recommend the dung- | Solder ecempas speach 7 et ret mage 
én withered 
—D. Ferauson, Serene 
Re ese 
y be | 
ich, in | 
JA tole P- sit, his Tangerine Orange i is correct, a8 
hier ret to ox Mason’s dincehyilina: Sh 
COTTAGE 
_We have hitherto imagined the co — to be i in posses- 
of the t—) 2 
season, to farsi mes with some ein —— for its ge 
neral_managem and the treatment of those igs 
Ww 
obabl 
self and family. 
we have ‘ined out, the cot- 
bably be viewed by some as having a ten 
ant 
om many instances, is allowed to run Ped aati as the leaves and 
catch-pit should be m made at the low end of t 
is very thin, and the 
cae and thrown over it again assist ¢decompostn. A | Pathe ons | ripe, ofa golden vierton vand it will part —— 
great deal may be done i in this a x tad w 
uble wh ; t will | have > the nie Mandarin, but ‘too meee re to fruit 
articles prod luced. "i | are in man y places, especially w when they are setting t ed 
Our feeble attempt to increase the comforts of the bl <tr — I would ro Col. Mason to give his 
Ma and a rest in a green’ nhouse ull Fe bruary, and then 
dency to ‘render them more improvident and ‘unhappy i 
ill , bei 
tager cannot fail of _the e spot he pp ng of | never falls below 55° at night, and i high 75° with 
eniti ee shat oh a man’s | pp in un heat. ©. ‘oe a 
t too, wit! labour when a pas ars system of cu te any wey it is possibl , wh it be fi i 
is pursued, than when it is managed in the ordinary w ng te hi tag i hing bi 1 ., they set 80 Dicky ron 
in which cottage gardens usually a re. Fo or thos se, pets thd vat likely i Tiler, Wola. 
ever, who are re.only & abou! d f a gar- | ing oa ae geodon of society, and to acquire a warmer | On Preserving an rye and Preserving | Plants — 
den, and who may be scailhaiatatel with the mode of ar- | feeling of attac’ hme nt to his home and his cottage, with After perusing | 
ment it is desirable to follow, so as to lay it out to | its a eek oad ittohim. In t 
advantage, the few observations we Pies now to offer on | hope our anticipations may be realised to the fullest backed by editorial Tautbority, at p. 733, Iwas little commen 
this subject | will not, ps, be unacceptab Sup. yc we s eatade —M.E.H. 
posing be newly enclosed, the first SEER lf P. P.”’—(Ep.) I therefore take leave to 
thing to be done after it ae been fenced, is ‘to trench it * HOME CORRESPONDENCE. BES suggest that every correspondent should pri vane com- 
be obtained ; and, if time w 
ate! 
will permit, we should immedi- 
ly recommend its being thrown up i ridges s sO as 
En hed, 
cussion ee" the Chron 
icle respec the 
to | erecting pone bea Si eping , "t nat te give you 8 a 
sh n 
On the approach of ‘spring t t levelled 
and after the whole has been pts oe all ee, stones, 
and whatever | rubbish th here may be, th ground is then to 
tio 
| trees, is chosen ; 
is of | 
simple method that has bee 
ee years. A sy "situa 
the Ga roe rere icle, whatever may anger 
matter of it 3a rule, : Sree to be ine enforced 
y paged Was this 
th 
upo! 
such ai imensi sary 5 
3 
principal walk, f; 
made 
aan 
that on all practical 
be imposed ery "The “ling is an eget and often 
wae 
r, ad ade as 
for the convenience of cro roppin g- One principal 
three to four feet weer may 
which narrow foo 
the latter 
th 
t-paths may branch where new 
will be so much waste ground, _ 
be no more of them introduced than are 
_ On no account should an: sy en or 
teitile cueaky 
m 
high as the ice will lie, dg ty: Mecrr pide of straw 
round the bottom, we are enabled to make it steeper. It 
then thatched with 
exposed to the pe rte sof 
successively, consequent upon their transpo' 
ie weeks 
rt from the 
Fiend to one’s 
straw a foot o r fourteen inches 
ith tall 
ick ; over tk drawn: 
open ditch is 
4 
trees, ‘and to these rafters are digrmnct which are closely | 0 
wn premises, however cautiously sche lam therefore 
induced to request its republication, both on account of 
may y za ened without the one interfering 
with other. _ The borders may be edged with straw- 
By this simple ease, el aly have an ample eels 
till the return of frost.— a, Pee , Gardener to 
Thomas Brown, Esq.. soe, rye ouse, prt sgesget 
runing ¢ 
€ th Te ae € 1 ete 
and 
aly feet ph from one another in the row. a - 
ries may form a division between two compartmen ts, or 
they may occupy any corner of the garden that is a little | 
of 
shaded and unfit for other things. It has been stat tated that 
to by every amateur and professional gardener in every 
remanent my cag ae Semmes Je is read. an 
large phial, fill it one-third with pure ‘cheba tea 
spirits of sae ¥ poe saturate it with Seene, ern it soy 
degrees, brok’ en small ; 
bottle. 
yor 
me directi seberries 
beg sheave to differ. sheynce ‘of O Oundle 
in 1814 on the culture of the Si 
tion to saturation, which “il be fthent in ‘two or three 
cope this is erroneous, as we have seen excellent | 
ween! full crops of fruit. In praning t 
directs h tt t hack t 
when the bottle will probably be filled to the top. To 
Ad ¢, 
solution, taking care to. briskly beat 
ye th situati Apple and Pear trees, whe- 
i , may be planted 
rein feet apart, ai as nen he ed oh 
small fru it-bu shes. Cherries and Plums 
not to i 
fresh leader, and cut out “clean all needless wood. By 
stopping shoots Simon w will get wood instead of fruit ; but 
of 1841 
if this be neglected, 
proportion of the cup will be seen to float, and the 
solution of ill not be of sufficient 
i, but th 
are better adapted for training against a wall, and should 
be treated i in the same Way as directed for espaliers. Wi th 
is often committed by apa 
oa Jokes and ee 
about aotnitag the practice, we 
would recommend the git: to adopt the mode whic h 
if the shoots r wil stre1 it can be done, immerse insmerse the wi whole plan ant 
in 1842. In pruning th urrant, Fr ir 
white, not black, every Shoat must be ‘shevtened to vabout in ni case longer than than aero —— the subject be a shrub 
buds, or tree with w y fil 
base of liquid may be par in panied it at the time of 
r pruning-scissors poo of the knife. I cannot planting. It is to be observed that th frotae e proportions 
now ret my hand o n Cobbett’s s directions for oes and times are not to be ed from, as an over-stimu- 
Currants ; t is found to be inj an en ee 
trast with the vague, spun-out, senseless repetitions of 
Bane and : many oth ers. Haynes wri writes like a ace 3 
out where the tree or bush is to be planted, let a hole be 
he can write, but ob- 
viously edie his subject thoroughly. In gardening, 
ther branches rs hg the good books are 
Teer u than ite appears the tree was formerly planted. 
f this hole a 2 layer of a about three} 
answer to hese strictures is very sin mple. Where 
state m matte! ers of fact, and no tomes are give tf to be 
the mmunicatio n, 
eee taste or literary enquiries 
to tBpport them. It is both i in- 
Saaao se 
are brought forward, they ¢ 
t to 
or even to communicate them to the 
pames aaa palin, a 
ip Miller, whose Dictionary is yet valuable after all 
geet ‘hen et the re in bog in and ‘spread senpet t ich gardening has m Compare, 
por Pom as possible aroun ig » his for pr 
i in any common work of 
Sis sige ors notte 
with the Sens abe eet Of ENB with those given in 
is- 
tioned it is anneceasary. J 
Prizes for Seedling Florists’ Flower. The leading 
article of No. oe on eos —. ns the for ‘oricultural so- 
with m the sub- 
a: the old trees, were in the least injured. 
A little afterwards be spread round the plant | some s Papers are admii ciety, is entirely i 
the su assist i i a ae. H.., Norwich, Dec. 15. | ject- 
ero and t . able ch what i oxy rae iia the able letter of Mr. | rative “that 9 pcos ists oes country 
, Billington on the stoma tor oe the roots of Fruit-trees endeavour to protect themselves against carer 
Asi manure, We ow, ituati little, I th ed. tas | and disappointment, by uniting in Sealy gpd - im- 
who are not aware of its amar ny and that it ace no mention is of protecting the branches, I partial and uniform pia 4 sg t ee 
judicious application of it, the farmer and are | strongly advise in such situations, particularly in such a new variety of flower ee ae ives 
indebted for their st Dwi ch gg ompante et this, lose no time in covering favourable n: from them. recoil . 
must elapse ere the return woe ‘Gis ot: ric hl. ine b fi hat I, published every year in a cheap 
tager one Ope = eee : her sea: {thi hey di blow ab h the wind, but | form, would doubtless obtain an extensive ; it would 
er to in_ his g: for another sea; Ltd ae te eee eS! ae ur too pre- be appealed to wi with confidence and ms — 
in collecting and preparing Subee: le f loosening the b at least all the a ee Se Lo sectcaeen wens 
’ Sees a. sak oe young in my opinion to ncoteleaton it killed or merited oblivion the heterogeneous mass of | rabbish 
_ lated, in other respects, to be beneficial, either in adding scenic rae srtanl The autumn of 1839 was, like paleo ‘pattie soca; ones ~ geen 
_ to the natural depth of his soil, or in increasing - its fer- this, very ~~ and ' orsaey in sacha eam Enea Sons eae ereetord va 
ro .. ans 3 ad, d papper geen peel it was very much obtained, would ae would be best adapted 
nr injured Asa proof that the situation of the garden to improve, by variation, their own stocks, and many 
‘bad here, I purchased that a good of t ~ fg ase, even at a Ligh price, two 
the above sorts in the nei of London, and | or three new p favourite fiower, wh 
them within a few yards of some of the oid ones; compl degen turing two 0: ort 
and they were not in the least injured, with rt of ‘“dip in the lucky bag,’’ and, ‘herolenn dale 
i planted, and having their roots sap abe e seen a _~s in bloom thesasliise or till 
: , pelt hance of 
£ Dutch reed mats, &e., Sil fad Jee | 
| decide for bianselt, peers: pr = the gee opi~ 
nion of his gardener, or ie interested decision of some 
hs go eit rw Bong lhe 1 | 
inconvenience of having to rake or sweep almost every 
make such a tribunal, how- 
as effective as it saab, 3 
only by money 
oy cuba Ga 
