52—1852.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 821 
os rend hich sightly v i 
to render whi ghtly various expe-, easily overcome. I may also state that the exact degree, pl large 
* adopted. They are either entirely hidden recommended is not absolutely necessary to — a san a x Be k ary — * a asta ca 
sih bberies, or covered with creepers, and having and that the heat may be allowed to range a few one, and gave orders that it — Ie ya 
ight border of flowering plants in front, the whole degrees higher or lower at discretion, Indeed, no trunk was about 3 feet in diameter near the gre a, 
by 8 el walk. With these fea tures much į directions for plant-growing need be considered by | with a head of branches in proportion. Pic mel 
be undoubtedly ee but on such a f beginners in the light of mathematical axioms, although | spades in active operation soon — 2 large trench 
2 z ‘ z a i 
rect a structure 1 or the ose | I as precise as if 
The interior should at least be 10 feet | were recipes for a cookery-book. I have no hesitation, | still al mass of roo earth remain 
mide; at all events ample space should be afforded for however, in saying, that with “ H. R. Ms” present tree was drawn over, B But 9 men and “cad sya hed 
le promenade walk. The glass-roof I would | accommodation, it is impossible to keep * a succession | were not able to move the tree one inch from the spot 
permanent, but the — supported, or should of flowers, deserving the name, and to do all besides | where it fell: and — much labour in vain had been 
be inf 
— ; allow the front sashes to be v uires to be informed how to k; expended, the b - 
be in summer. On the outside of such pillars 3 the temperature of the Vinery, on which the trunk sold tthe wood merchant bt 1 the var di 
d plant deciduous creepers, and keep them closely | “ H. R. M.“ seems to hinge much of his practice, I would | not soe pee When the trunk was 
at the fall of the leaf, 2 prevent as little obstruc- | advise that the dane = ould be turned out of the house | the b m, the earth oa roots that a been lately 
as possible to the sun in w On the wall, inside, as early in autum the wood is properly ripened, N fel back ge the hole vere. 5 had been 
snd in every available spot, I tial place plants which | and left there till April; and if inconvenient to do this, before; and as the trunk and branches had been 
srethe most attractive in winter and early 1 — non to lay them along the front t and surround them with 4 removed, it was * that the roots x wert be taken 
from their flower 1 A 8 2 board casement to protect them from the internal away also; so orders were given to burn the roots as 
aonb pla e e | temperature, and expose them to cold air from without, | they were, as the best way of pragia them, and a 
and a few. de f i Hyacinth, with by removing a few panes of glass along the front sashes, | cart-load of dried peats and two cart-loads of coals 
other kindre amiliar o love or in any more convenient way, to protect them from | were drawn to the spot, the peats were kindled 1 cho 
Powers for their own perseg nd were, eae 1 pe the internal, and expose them to the N air. The | roots, and the coals upon the burning peats, anc — 
fave rock plants, with early blooming Saxifrages, proper temperature of the Vinery ye winter, when | bonfire they made; but when the Aura and the 
jas, and Ferns, In such astrueture the beautiful as divested of the Vines, may be 0° to at body consumed, there was little harm ens to the — 
i nudiflorum, Forsythia viridissima, Chimo- night, and from 5° to 10° higher with . but body of the roo sts. P, 
mathus f s, and more than space will allow me to this must be greatly regulated by the class of plants Ski mmia Taurrola.— The observations on this ps 
, would find an appropriate home. flowering in it. It cannot be doubted that amongst | (see p. 773) have reference, avowe( aly, to the shrub i 
Insummer, when the glass front was removed, the other things a good crop of Grapes is “ H. R. M.’s” its native station only, where I have resided for — Fa 
ers . es to pa uld be sote to | chief r ; and if so, care must be observed | within a few hundred yards of entire ‘thickets of it, an 
their luxuria ey would then to hav wood well matured previous to expos- | seen it inall its stages, from flowering to its brilliant red 
er the building Wiz 5 colonnade,and afford ng the Vines” in autumn; an e temperature of | berries produced in yoran What it may turn out in 
additional beauty to the adjacent garden. It is house must be regulated in r N with the this country I have no certain means of foretelling, but 
that such a building affords much scope for ean of the Vines pa a they are it. s to from its known zone in the Hi its e 
th in ad constriction and in the arrange- Camellias, Azaleas, and Cacti, these 8 be grown affinity to S. japonica, 5 is one in favour of 
ment of its occupan etails form no met my plan, as early in the season as conv enient, so as to have the supposition 1 7 properly managed, it will prove as 
In ht enlarge oa the Dic. Cray the blossom buds all set previous to winter—that is, harez and bea utiful as in its native mountains, Nor can 
; — ——̃ supposing that they must be wintered in a cold frame; answer “R. F.“ AI date of its introduction, &c., but 
ante as a few degrees of frost will not injure them, they | I lave: been told t that it flowered (profusely or poorly T 
_ AMATEUR A LANT GROWING. may a remov ne to the Vinery about ** month 8 cannot say) at Glasnevin, where, roman g I — it 
> 1 experienced plant to when it is desire ee to have them in flower, but this did not produce any oo whether from its, being a 
that the n contributed by me during altogether depends upon the forwardness of the plants, | a ma 2 or simply one too young, is roy to 
past year and those hereafter to be furnished | the management of the cold pit, Ke. As to where me. There may be sail difference on this point, 
2 as guides for those who are anxious to 8 out Pelargoniums Should be kept during between 4 raised from seed and those imported 
N but who are not quite au fait the winter: if they are well rooted and established | mature, or raised from them by cuttings, and tended 
vation. It was hoped that the in autumn, they may be safely wintered in cold with a care which may not hitherto hav bee 1 
28 1 n the management of frames, provided sufficient covering is applied on the Indian shrub. ave given the zone of the 
* e a desirable plants in collections would to exclude frosts. Well- established plants are not latter at from 7000 to 10,000 feet above sea-level, but a 
ch persons; but a communication, | liable to the gece of mildew, hit weakly plants | reference to my notes shows the shrub as low as 6600 
eur's, and signed “H. R. M., are certain p off when — in cold- feet at Nynee Tal in Kamaon, and as high as 11,500 
ossessing but limited accom- | frames. All fe cing pens * N tered should | feet near Kedarnath in Gurhwal, Griffith observed i 
much i overlooked be well-established ear early in 8 N fully exposed at 10,000 feet near Rydang, in Bhotan (J 
direc- Heaths i 
3 would x Share a separate house for almost | ee ee lants requires great attention an more |f ia misprint for Sat Wallich (Pl. As. Tab. 
dof. The ie then begs fora few experien doubt, than H. R. M.“ possesses ;| 245) found it in Nepal; and qaequemont 88 
and it is not advisable to por N in err which * Tab. 161) ä it on the Peer Punjal P. 
col e i j from 2300 to 393 
i 
= è 0b he posset; Which ust be wintered 
S: — le says, ‘f I have a Fe koih. A ‘As to wh a 12,900 feet. Mismanagement alone, surely eam the 
LENY Bi mT 8 should 2 | in 
j uf i a 9 8 and heated with hot water, a . es 4 1 must ra fer yo our correspondent to ae cause of a shrub standing such diversity of climates fafl- 
| apt in three — y. r 18 feet site p. 334. Ie 3 say that if wanted for late ing in our own, The heigh 
Ee frames, measuring in all 38 feet | N Nhe 2 be te tter placed eae the shade of | stems, which are more or less decumbent, is from one to 
i It is farther e i that the M-Phail’s pits | a north wall a Vinery under the shade of the pr feet. The leaves are clustered near their apices, an 
l Mifficult to „ and are only used as cold Vine leaves. Teka from lanceolate and oblong to o ith or with- 
es 1 1 for growing Cucumbers and oat a short blunt acumen, from 3 to 6} inches long, and 
Melons in s e Vinery is the only from 1 to 13 e aroma of th hed stent, 
| heated. H. R. M.” wishes to be informed Home Correspondence. 7 es, and ede oad 4 3 ee but 2 
plenty of bed stuff | . w f your enish- wers principally appear from 
| nn e i that one of Jour d lie bel of Maéch til the fret ball of M 
ngs Glass 
some 2 acres in * and to correspondents wishes to know which is the most suit- 
of flowers the aoe able ee for wall trees, a a the old-fashioned her once of 11 niea ray irg 95 bu ee — 
; hard- Ewi ; it t | inflorescence in Septemb 
— . pasm nier wing *) le * — ripe on the bushes from fr tes till May in thyrsi of 
ng’s glass walls, as decidedly 2 rounded ovals. The style is very short, some- 
for the purpose of any- times none, The stigmas 2-3 ; ovaries 2-3 celled, with 
y foiz A one ovule in each. As the berries mature, frequently 
h se 
t may, however, koy 4 x * | 
„weeks ago, when I foun trees quite bare of foliage, A. 
tremi th — hence e Kusthooree or Kut 
pane may ea 3 ee ET 2 2 fodder of the taker but the * and 
8 ommon designation is * B. air, Nurcer, some 
Ot C ‘omato.—In yo ‘or Dec. 19th w 
d north <p heer enter brace it id toi ihe garden observe that a correspondent, ng ine “G, 5. B. 
re | this is a consid . t of asks if seed of this Tom ee a ale 
e i country. We beg to inform him that we a 2 
tions; but at the same time I would ny desira to to y route 5 — 5 Vilmorin, of Paris. iam E. 
i Colouring 8 5 that Grapes may 
8 the North Western and H A E not colour ag! from erg —such as eo 
ed bo ne 
n yiana 3 3 1 55 8 beyond the heatin omar of the sun; too 
| . aro madai in planting by eee wae bap ue * i — di ther wise unhealthy, 
leaves incapable of performing their allotted office, on 
Season „ Shorght that: that pe of ‘hi | which is n the development and ripening of the 
