pel. 
THE GARDENERS’ _ 
mted under a large Elm tree, in a little glade was this: during = apprenticeship to a 
belived high trees where it is sheltered from all except | I observed that when we ha i 
the early morning sun, and of this, while the leaves are trees into — say 5 feet high, we 
on the trees, it has very little; consequently, in our away all side shoots from th 
|, damp climate, the wood continues growing very | of the top, and then — a bud or DHE 
it, which 1 om form a making dw 
rather drawn up 
branched freely, and 1 — to make a handsome both dwarf and standard trees 
shrub. It flowers o las 
n the last year’s wood. Acacia this with a view to render what have to 
m clear. 
. 
a large plant out of my conservatory f r five years | necessary to prune timber * of ever 
since, because it had become — —.— for ir the * po esha that a pruner of timber should un 
as th 
red most freely. W. M. the trees increase in gir 
i ence 
raid K 
Fruit Tree Trade—t1 think if you w ere — examine if something was annually wrapped round 
" som 
d—at least I have reason to sa. i: Eight from the gro ery year 1 : 
i 4 dwarf that tif a “bough i is 6 pee from che "phd: it will always oe aa — A Lf the mon 
very unsoun 
years age six dwarf trained Peach trees, and six 
1 
urseryman, 
say on pruning high. An Elm tre 
I feel confident that R is | si 
T sort, bu but it is | operated on, and it did mat — 
upon any of its bitched, pet — it has been — 
ade 1 yard of le 
m quite certain 
bps ste pei ai the tree grows in circumferen 
if something w ppe 
ways cut So tened bough — time would be buried in th 
m to within 9 —— bur 
nch the 
y 
e — tt — 
trained N eetarines, „ with 1 Cherries, and Apple remain at 6 feet. Now, we must say somethin t d tenths inch 
9 e hs from trees. Some writers state that dad ae "Fiteshive — 
— i in a tr city in the west. The Peaches boughs should be shortened ; but I am decid dly of Like ge mon —— 
and Neetarines were to have been as follows: two red o inion that they ought to be cut quite close to the el air for the we vat 455 — 130 
ve 8 int 
Magdalen Peaches, two Royal George Peaches, two stem; for instance, if a bough is cut 6 inches from above the level of the se 
blesse Pe two Hunt's Tawn ct s, two — 
perae on Nectarines, and two red Roman Nectarines. Ave e 
er they were gro years, the s proved 
to be fe Tod Magd 408 Babin gton; the Neeti- 1841, | 1642, 1843. 1844. 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. | 1850, 1851. — 
all Violet Hative, the Res bite and Apples Highest, | Lowest, 
an g inst the ven ir [ ‘Way wat ning eer Ins. | Ins, | Ins. Ins. Ins. | In Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. Ine. Ins. fa 
* 6 36 2 1 4 2 1.5 184 2 4.8 42.11 
anum. — am glad to see this han 4 a | o7 | 73 1 08 30 10 44.08 er 
some 1 of ‘a beautiful us brought under Art 6 | 84 1.0 12 08°) 33 | 1. 0. 4.1 46.04 900 
consider that wherever there is room for its cultiva- be = at Be — He a A 2 den 
pees: 8 2.5 3. 4 2 4. iT Hs 2 2; 3 59.16 42 
tion it ought never to be ected on account of its REET 5 3. 1. . 3 1. 3 64.0 j 
erabundan of ch eat supe- 4 2.15 445 24 | 2. 2. 6 3. 1.6 7 65.11 482 
riority over many of our clim t this period of the 9 | 2.0.) 2 6 | 4% 5 | 0 1 2 3.0 3.0 63.30 48.1 
year. It however wants rather more ro an can be — 3 — hs i ; 6 — p 4 ny - — wy ro 
—— on a trellis in a 1 There is a plant of it at 9.428 80 J 2 233.0 28 | 35 | 08 40.28 e 
by Casile growing against a trellis on a ba ck wall © | 25 | 05 1.71.8 | 08 | 50 2.42.5 24 | 08 42.10 34, 
8 a Zet Tong by 12 feet high, and) Annual amount , 198.7 25.85 3125272 40 | 364 La | 87:7 s 24.9 252 ae 
it has been in bloom eve é November last, pro- 
j * aye, ‘gn of Fannie of bright orange 
t has 
The average amoun t of rain 
ect gem, and now last 11 years, is 29.75 iriches. Er 
er stie, for the 
was 3.75 in . 
that we have 6 more aum and length of day it is sei the 2 Robert Forgan, Gardener t to L.Buchan,| would amount to from 2s. 6d. to . ns $ 
growing vigorously, an i N ms | Esq., Ba th i 0 
com- The Seed Hud 
y with for the re 
3 ble. T ca occasionall retail pri s tated 
ad soot or dung water, in the proportion of a quart | wh olesale prices oF igh . N bit u cutting“ 
on can. 1 think it we ndon Peas, Beans, and Onions 
. y make a beautiful houses in the Lo 
rafter plant in a conservatory, it festoons so ifully, I will 
he only drawback would be its old leaves turning prices quoted in man 
flowers. I find that 
I am of exposing proved 
m bed dung, and | abuses in the pase i aaa allow Mr 
i W and turned in as ment at p. 182 to K W Sho 
ee, h 
. Bundy’s state- 
wing its absurdity ; $ 
busin 
r than the 
ess. he 
caught, and nende a such dealers get 
Ayres, ‘Brooklands N ursery, PUNEA 
f but Cauliflowers at 6d i 
w, and also ! oz., Radishes 4d. per pint, Broceoli at 3d. per oz., Sotieties. 
of it may be struck at any period of the year and Carrots at 6d. per Ib., is too much to pass unnoticed 
ordinary in bottom heat. J. F. Roberts, Raby | Now, the wholesale price of Cauliflowers is from 9s. to CALEDONIAN HORTICÜLTÜRÄL, D maa 
Gardens, 7 16s. per Ib., the lowest price being Is. per than | Lay, Esq., in the cha 
Loudon’s Tumb.—I w > ro d with your the retail price in the Principality. "Radish 228. to 30s, | was extensive and varied ; and 
of the dend i in your eading article, in a | per bushel, being 8s. to 8s. Gd. more than dy's was a good attendance. 
late Number. No doubt there many o | quotations ts 45s. to 56s. per ewt., the last price | produced by n 
ari — much for gardeni memory should | being just per Ib ccoli 3s. 6d. to 16s. per Ib.; awarded to M 
forgotten. When I d London last ee in but it must be recollected, that these prices are for —. Hercules, 
the —— of July, one of the few days I had to s t. quantities of not less than 1 Ib., I cwt., or d' Auvergne, 
> or the most part to a search for 12 1 bushel ; and f. all quantities, an i d price of Blocksberg, Prince A 
grave berg one whom the gardening world should not | from 10 to 20 per cent. would be ed. Some of the | Wellington, and Mr 
forget. That same day I visited y b oner kinds of Lettuce and Cabbage may be sold at a —— by practical gardeners 
Mr. Cuthill, of Camberwell; and before parting, I profit at 3d. per oz. ; but the leading kinds of Lettuce | the prize 5 47 11 Ra 
received from him some flo f | rth s s % 10s. per 1 f, with the above Sivewri wright, , with Grand Lilas, 
i = and wie) Lord Yer — La 
and ida’ the six be 
flower of each ; * ae gaine 
h sce Tytle r, Es y Grafton, 
ouble White, ladet Pratt, 2 
urner of Slough, Mr. Glen 
. an ot eae eh (could nam 
gig ave-digger in Bla 
a 2 inan esii knew I 
ng, 
produce me 
I was info ever | there are respectable pay ag retail trade, such 
„ but he told me that he for instance, Messrs. Hendersons’, and Fairbairn, A Mr. 
e, who wh mo Tehama to 21s 
3 ( g. er A thee t — ia. per pound 
. of being h had pure, when they could | 
s seemed to partake of my sorrow, for | addition to the profi 
‘yt heads too. m me- | always be — 2 — 
ly, warning me to retire, and the upon a genuine article being 3 ! 
seia sold; ih 
oug} i s: per pound | offi 
But as is remarked by M Mr Matntoch, of 
keith, ` eiti, in a letter v now before me: “The g 
of 
