THE GARDENERS’ 
4.1852. CHRONICLE. 53 
mence immediately. I have often followed this plan in mest tree, possessing a dense pyramidal Hae with | ferent assed Ma e lad na purpose, the Ficus elas- 
ivate families. mall shinin ng lanceolate, narape leaves, and te ; the Canna indica, C. dis- 
mm 5 of w-white ssom. 
Peppermint is very largely grown round Mi 
are oc 
teham 
pied with it for distilla- 
. ruit en 
William Wood, Fishergate — York 
were and en eee the ‘Ne ew Zealand Flax, w ay is sae 
rechi- 
: 
rases on 
* in ee and thou 
1 plantations the grisi is dunged and ploughed FOREIGN GARDEN GLEANINGS. its leaf is very picturesque = ornamental. 
by April, and as soon as the gro s in Both at Dresden and at Berlin, the taste for window | large Callad ch u these parterres, Arando 
length they are pulled u th roots attached, and * prevails to a great extent: but at neither Donax, the Palma » Chios, pre Mara 3 ebrina from 
planted in rows 1 foot apart and 6 nches distant in the place were the flowers in grent variety, or well gro the stove appears tand out f e summer, and 
row. If the head is cut off in planting, the lower -3 The commonest Geraniums, Lantanas, Dahlias 2 many other plants of varied and beautiful foliage ; and 
m the — benas, &c., &e. The ara of 1 windows at even e leaves of the red and yell t, 
mint, like Couch-grass, sends * shoots at every joint, Dresden pears to be universal, and the space between Cardoon, tichoke, and Rhubarb, we 
and after a couple of seasons or so set shoots get so | the sashes is admirably adapted for window gardening, dained in the borders at Charlottenburgh and Pots- 
crowded that — 4 become weak, a the 1 small and] makin of r case ping the plants free dam, whe eat attention “appears e 
hard, the blossom poor. In this state. it is not half from dust; and nearly every house had in this space a bestowed on this kind of leaf gardening. I have a few 
80 d for distillation. About Mitcham, however, few favourite plants lodged there in pots, boxes, or more observations on the gard 
much attention is paid to its after cultivation. They koti The favourite fashion now appears the growing | I will send at a future time. Dodman. 
manure fhe gro e second year, and dig out fùr- r trailing plants, either in wreaths or SSS 
rows half a throwing the mould over the | against little ornamentai trellises. I think much might Home Correspondence 
If new crops are wanted 2 these beds, plants pe done in in England in this kind of decoration for tables, Biacking Ice. — — to yat invitation at p. 35, 
are selected for the purpose, as described above. The Kc.; though, perhaps, al ur bazaars have im- 1 send you the result of two in 
Gini your the. Mint sa ploughed down in November, ported these pretty trellises of varnished wood. Th . of ice, which although not — over a long 
a judicious practice, when we consider the sort of plant following is a men of a table with Ferns and Ivy which | peri ime, are not on that nebemt © y ess con- 
we have to deal with. In this way the destruction of | 1 sg - a r's shop at Au bg $ ; but sc is only | clusive. In the ae aram ` of December last a load of 
and seed weeds is effected, as well as the rn variety of similar ornaments, all ice 
manuring of the land i i i 
erbage amoun 
down when . going out of bloom, and carried to the 
drying for the — its watery juices are evapo- 
the extract is. 
vely grown at Mitcham, agi 
deast 300 acres 
Spearmint is not grown, as it does not yield much j juice. 
James Cuthill, Camberwell. 
AUTUMN AND WINTER FRUIT-BEARING 
bein me AND SH RUBS. 
* canadensis. small tree re- 
sembles the well — Mountain * It 5 — ws from 
12 to 20 feet in height, is of neat, erect, b ing 
habit, with dark green, panpe, Ash-like heaves ; m 
opposite leafiets tral crimson leaf- 
In summer it is pi „on account of 
its ample corymb-like bunches of small my-white 
„ which, in the Š su 
ceeded by terminal sot ae clusters of bright 
or 3 berries. During orm 
a very picturesque object for —— effect in 
flower garden shrubberies. 
crooarpa — This is 8 1 i 
a little earlier ; its er twin leaflets are attached 
to a still ri 3 deer aw Diak in P< cana- 
densis ; it yie apparently and gracefully 
pendent 1 of bright roby mi coral-red es 
otoneaster frigida is a highly orn mall 
which grows from 10 to 20 feet in height; it ‘has aneat 
erect growth, ap g as an evergreen 
gre summer garland 
with a profusion of snow-white Hawthortilike blossoms, 
ceeded multi 
which are sue by of conspicuous 
2 eee fruit, which, being retained u 
ee 
b- 
the preceding ; it — a "height of 
evergreen 
sap s 6 to 15 feet, Taye rapes A its much more 
on úadh 
t 8 mG. Ish t the cu i 
show that the back 005 is a looking — 2 I have 
It 
len i which are well contrasted 
The largest is ts base, and, 
though not ae a 10 or 12 erk in be of ap a 
nearly 80 feet. Itis e for 
the divergent outline of its main 
less prolific in the odin its entire habit is 
1 adapted for the display of its ample dark- 
leaves and erect bunches ) i 
Po a The second specimen ad 
a stem about 10 foot h, w. 
83 clothed Tigh 
does not 
with 
straw, and taking every gee to exclude the air. 
spoken of the wan ood common flowers, and the — intended for t Christm er 
universal love of them, I ought to except the beautiful trouble taken with it; ae — * time, it was 
wreaths of Dahlias Oak or Ivy leaves and other | found to ive vet all disappeared, n t more than two 
— which are m pie and bought by gamers all pailsful be Early in January pic load was 
Nothing can be more dexterous or elegant than the | obtained, ro halt an inch . — mee was stacked 
3 in N 
cen barn 
merely Ia y laying 6 inches of 
MAS bottom 
i — At the palsy 
— January 20th, I can 
ly assert that two pails- 
ful have not disappeared ; 
dI would not mind — 
turing a wager that 
could still be found — 5 
midsummer. J. W. J. 
ow to Crop a small 
doubtlessly, 
ees to produce 
—— for the demands 
of the es 
sowing, potting, aud ge- 
n ent till 
of groun 
chosen that lies well to the 
=o | 
iL Lt | 
— ee a 
ect. 
—— ia is an tree- way in which the flower-women weave their wreaths. | is required, let the next extend to the edge of 2 first 
hich grows from 6 to 12 feet in height, and has| At Leipsic, Dresden, and Berlin, the markets were indi, leave its full ere 
ime ming or divided leaves, fragrant w blossoms, these weavers of 5 found | make the surface of the bank quite smooth t 
and beautiful — ellow Apple. like berris in in autumn. them stationed pr — every corner of the streets ; of the Dig in 
— for they are sold e to ornament graves with (and to put out the plants; 0 
— wid —— divided hoary Jen nae and highly when put to — thus, other like trowel elose to the bottom of the RE 
flowers, which are by numerous | flowers, are more generally used), or they are given on | out of the pot, place it in the hole, 
clusters of rich red fruits name and other fête days as presents; and nothing can ; go 18 inches, t 
e shrub, which grows | be p the crowds of — and so p- till all are planted. € 
from 10 to 20 feet in height, and is well adapted for | classes, returning from the fruit and vegetable market, | to earth about their ; — am e me bon 
or Grass spaces, &.; it has a th ora wers. ground with rotten dang ; obser vé es m 
deeply iry maoe D blossom, and me in the of Germany, | with water in dry weather, and en. cae A 
rich, Apricot coloured fruit. hich is the love of fine foliage; and parterres good dose of liquid manure ae When 
orientalis.— An ornamental sn 1 ps are planted solely to exhibit.specimens of | they growing break shoots — 
ing a close compact head, with small downy divided leaves, | foliage, I think much might in this country with | but three; when they require support, cover 
. which the same obj recommend this to the bank with stable litter, -r shoots down 
by clusters of dark purplish-crimson fruit. | consideration . Beaton, who appears to do so, and | with wooden pegs, training peer eer 
heterophylla is a spring-flowering, write much, on ing. _ dif- | position, the other two in a ot 
