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‘taylor, jun, but not Esquire, Oakley, ; ciently supplied with ee. ; but still I think there is frame, whose back, front, and e = 
Sade. F a much ree of * d. As, for instance, Parsnips and | brick or wood—the back Sr DARA ve built — either 
Mushrooms se ig a shed which I can keep dark | Carrots are far nicer when only o on e trenched ground, | 2 feet, and it should bè 5 feet wide, T high, i the front 
and close, and at any temperature necessary to excite | than — grown in rank man Pr 3 or Way has of course, be according to the wishes of the — uld, 
. 1 1 I might grow Mushrooms in it shown tha t Turnips and other ro ins we cher in good I would have the trees planted down the centre ion 
uecess shelves are 15 inches deep, which I feeding properties, when not driven too ‘hard with stimu- | frame, and trained on a flat wooden trellis, 1 foot | = 
filed ‘with e 8 droppings. * n the heat had lants. Even Celery itself may be rendered rank and the glass. The border should be i 0 
declined bane milk-warm tate I placed sachs in lumps, | unpalatable by over-driving ; then, again, in those times | the lights would be moveable, there would be 
of the size of a hen’s egg, a little under the surface of of —— Potatoes must be sparingly manured, if convenience for giving air, watering, ining, & 
the pew fe and 9 inches apart. Three ove after manured at all. Fruit trees, too, are oftener spoiled by Wit the assistance of a carpenter I have made e. 
spawning I cased the bed with 2 inches of loam, and an — of manure than b a want of it. 4 fter all estimate of the cost, and find that a frame of the above 
i t i 1 ut that has been written about roots, I think that it is well — a 20 feet long (sufficient. for three 
eovering of hay i e thick. The temperature of known to most of us that if it were possible to keep would not cost more than 61. when completed, I do 
te mor ts fon r 55° as possible, and the the —— 5 too much ent to amr» them not say — there is anything n ' 
ring. Itis from bursting by too much wet, and to situation this kind, but I think it would be a ¢ p and 
—— — since I s ed the beds and not a — cold eno — to preve — piking a — growth, means of obtaining some of our finer fruits, when easy: , 
Mushroom has — its . nee. Can you . it would be all thnt is is required, As regards autu umn- | could not otherwise be had. Wm. Shipley, Maids 
for the failure? Constant Reader. [The spawn is planted Potatoes, soils have certainly much to do with | Moreton, near Buckingham. [This is t materially 
in fault; not the management.] that question. I have tried the experiment, with 100 | different from the plan proposed by Mr, Rivers and 
ouses for Fruit.—I am about to put up some people more that I could mention, for many years ; and Bellenden Ker, and occasionally noticed b us.] . 
glass of some sort for fruit; but whether it shall be in igh — nae all have 1 r ; 
an old-fashioned hothouse, or an “orchard house” as verdict ge the pra I have never missed a he may dry coal tar by the usual dryers for oil 
described and recommended by Mr. Rivers; or whether genera wot rop bu ae nee — I cultivated Potatoes, and | viz., acetate of lead, Gd. per Ib., and turpentine ; the 
to ignore houses altogether, and “go into” Ewing's that was in 1851, when everybody else had a better | quantities for oil paint are at discretion for tar, 
patent glass walls; or to cover my brick wall with = crop — usual. 1 planted 34 acres in October, 1850; half.a-pound of 1 or upwards to two gallons, 1 
and i are questions which, in consequence of my in September, 1851, this piece produced 35 sacks employed — — Use as much 
horticultural education having been somewhat neglected, | of 24 cwt. cach : — sacks were diseased, or uncommonly | lime in powder with the tar as possible, re — —— 
Lam utterly unable a Under these circumstances, small, and five — a — sample. I planted Stockholm tar if — on after. boili 
I would fain seek the advice of my betters, and if any one acre (be ing ti soil and situation, a | consistency (nam y, when some of it dropped — a 
of them would have the ‘Kinde ss to give it me, they | light stony soil on a a hill), i in search, 1851, an — —— — piece of tow ce clot a and stringy), will dry in two. 
will . the very best thanks of an unfortunate ns sacks, upwards of 30 of whic h were free fro; hours, but if e ff ma * not “taken at the full it 
Ignoramu observed the disease first on — that had — will never dry. — blue glass for a 
Vine bie and Wine 1 in South —.— alia. themseives for at least 10 years, and I have never you 3 9 21 per foot. V. P. Hoblyn, Fir Hill, 
—A fri who is thus engaged giv ves me some inte-| once seen autumn-plan ted freer from « disease than — = —— will answer the purpose of a 
resting — of his practice in that fine e — weren planted early in spring all) ; 
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Alluding to the endless variations caused by climate on —— — the county that has n * favourite pateh Gye argentewm.— Perhaps it be inte s 
thè Grape, — says ee those of Andalusia have such of Potatoes, those are generally — «A 3 — ce = know that an experience of —— has proved 
an excess arine matter that the manner in the — for planting are chosen fro me the ect hardiness of this Grass in this oae ; 
which they ean — fermentation would change the parom ma ee dug, and — dried meee aid oy, Thee ough the — of Mr. Moore, of Glasne 
more delicate Grapes of France to vinegar. Their by one, very often under the bed, but commonly in | raised the plant about 10 years ago, 1 — in 1646 
climate (South Australia) resembles Spain in its — the cock loft or attie, — pa ay the air — t two young — hel I planted in a sunny aspect, 
temperature, and its greater aridity tends to produce | with such situations, till some fine day, the latter part of in a rich compost made up of leaf and bog-mould, old 
even a richer juice than that of Spain. eir most February or the beginn iy of March, when — have manure, loam and sand, and close to a stream; ] 
productive Grapes are of poor quality ; and even a good | formed fine stout eyes, or rather shoots, half to three- | have flourished most luxuriantly ever since, and are 
Grape grower on a rich alluvium will yield a quarters of an inch in length; they are ‘then enue out | this year in the greatest beauty, one displaying 53, the 
ood crop of superior wine to that grown on a in a wide basket or sieve, and py in the drills with | other 46 flower stems; though, I think, owing to the 
dy stony hill side. The general practice there is all care. s little old thatch dry leaves are extreme wetness of the season, the flowers have not as. 
to consider quantity rather than quality, which he thinks strewed over them, and they are 5 as lightly as | silvery a hue as last year. Few of the new i 
wrong, as their A mp wine will be unsaleable, besides the | pers and I haye never known this peeve to fail. | tions of late years are so ornamental as this — aa and 
loss from the high price of casks there. e Grape in I can annot Bale expressing a hope that e is far the only wonder is that Mr. Moore's 
cultivation is the Verdulio (Madeira), and the wine distant when we shall be obliged to 85 — 5 to “the old | soonermet with the p e ing he so deservedly merits 
decidedly a Madeira, requiring the same treatment to practice 2 leaving vur sig scaly in ee pami all | A. B. C., St. Wolstans, Cel 
ripen it—a high tem emperature and agitation. [I lately! winter, a sats them as we want se them. I do Forest Trees.—Your correspondent & L. C. K.“ may 
tasted some of the wine, the most delicious I ever not know whether or not Mr. Cuthill 4 is “gene of the | improve his trees greatly by giving the ‘ground a top- 
drank.] It is t fact, that 8 left in the ground all winter are dressing of rough peat and 2 scrapings; the poverty 
Madeira, He is is erecting a pers for storing it to ‘ripen exceedingly apt to ask or burst, when they 5 — a of the soil is often the cause of the slow growth of 
quicker, expecting to have * in two years as in good harbour for slugs, wire- worms, &c, ; besides, if timber trees. A short time ago, part of a wood was 
four by the ordinary p — He carried out a great Potatoes are thoro oughly ripened (a rare occurrence inclosed for a certain ose; the wood was about the 
variety of the best plants collected. i in France, Spain, gis a varieties) ys will retain their moisture in same age as your correspondent’s; the Larch was 
and Madeira, but intends to graft most of them with 855 cold place just as well as in the ground; and diseased, and the Scotch Firs thinned out; the trees 
=the Verdulio. He makes also a red wine, of a ii ty 6 9 they din be more in their proper place rem maining were chiefly Oak, Elm, Ash, 3 and Hollys 
mixture of claret and Rousillon Grapes, which at one en, required for use. H. C. the ground was cleared of suckers and 
year old sells at 5s. per gallon. Their highest fall of rain} Pear Disedse.— In the r report on the 1 plants, and the stuff was carted upon . groun 
since 1839 was 30.63 inches in 1851 ; eae lowest 17.05 Society’s Garden, at p. 775, it is stated that Pears are | afterwards d — a mixed with 5 soil. —— 
inches in 1841. The highest 8 to 1851, was in keeping badly, and a — ungus is spoken = = being very many ae were cut, but those that ve met 
846, 26.84 inches, J. Stewa re ashen, Colguhalzie, detrimental to them. Such is the case here, and also with a fea: for ae healthy — ‘of the leaves, and 
uchterarder, Perthshire. with a friend of my mine in this locality. Is it from their the ele of the stems, show that they fire in 2 
Storing Roots. — It may be wrong in me to call in being pern ripened? or from the dampness of | thri ving conditi ar com mpared with jth 
question any remarks of such a thorough-going “ prac- | the weather since they have been stored? In addition | who had nothing done for them since the day they wers 
— — ” as Mr. e- but I certainly must say that to their being infested with the fungus they ripen pre- planted, — the cutting down of the 435 Land dying. 
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ough and close, unless e a in water 10 or 12 hours must refer you to the ache of vig J ournal of to me ewhat sore when for —— 
before cooking.“ I imagine he must allude to Ash- the Horti ar yout Soc s pari past enh it of Messrs, Lane and Son, 
leaves dug up in aly, as, wring to -= Dairena, Cucumbers.—For winter cultivation Argi of Bath | Great Berkhamstead ; indeed, on „ 
the more c ommon varieties grown for w use are at and Lord Kenyon’s Favourite cannot too highly | last year’s catalogue I found it 3 amongst beeg 
read very best T the period to which he alludes without spoken of. The former is a lon ng e Ne fruit, and a list of bedding plants, And as bedding plant 
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utes. Mr. C. states that he has tolerably good bearer : ; latter is short but very | certain] e Si; it worthy of 00 el cultivation. C. 
boiled the — in the ground for several springs, prolific,’ aad resembles the Sion House. Neither of lowers Riyal Terrace 8 — Dee. 15. i 
and found them far superior to those taken up in the these sorts are so subjeet to mildew or to rot at the Wood Engraving (see pp · oa = 437). atm 
autumn. If he really means to say that the Potatoes point during winter as many varieties I have tried. I excellent information as to this n the * 
left in the ground till Spring are superior to those raised | have at present on a trellis in my Cucumber-house good | London Drawing Book,” lately published, price only 
in autumn, I differ from him in point of taste; for I, examples of both kinds that have been in ing for | A, B. C. en oF 
— ured the spring, the last two months, and they 50 incialisms : Isle of ‘ Pierbeck:—Mock—r0r i 
a ae tera A during the winter and spring. I have filled my tanks tree; nitch=bundle (of straw or hay); Strile Grass 
that mellow and that | with liquid manure-water for some time past, aud have Couch Grass; hipe=heap ; rive = smell strong- 
uttery flavour so necessary to a good Potato. I oa great benefit from the liquid vapour, more espe- A, B. C. 
have never known autumn Potatoes to boil | e in the cultivation of French Beans. Z. E. Bennett, : — ͤ— 
( rved in the manner recom- pa Aea = cteti 
mended by me in the Royal Agricultural Society’s| The De. Deodar.—1 have a bit of wet elay, not easy to . So es. 
Journal), before May or June, 3 — SS drain, owing to its its level, and which has been under — — ; j 
è new year ;” and some late as the water this autumn: But a young Deodar thrives in it Linnean; Dec. 7—R. Brown, Esq, in the New: 
e and red Kidney, are better ron 1 kept having a perfect colour, and running away witha most A — of —— — — eli 
out of ground till June, My late — er preferred | vigorous leader. Its i illi to = p eer 
the latter variety even h the month of August; unkind soils and damp places adds greatly to its Sj pecimens of moa — 2 Me C. Moore, yrs 
and as regards Parsnips, it is well known t to all who culti- prospective value in England. We admire the plants, t 8 Sydney, were —.— 
N i batr Tea children now born who will behold the Mn Thomas Moore was read oi wake 
woody absolutely unwholesome, Agai 8 i 3 om 4 
ntlemen — y 3 Frames for Fruit Trees. — Allow me to ee out a by comparison — r floras, m — 
ii The paper maki y 
they eom when they get home,” I have only to say, | wish to such fruits as Peaches Nectarin Apricots, by R. The — — : 
God Delp th poe who are bound to pa variant live and 8 but whose pecuniar jas means oe not 80 ie Er ks on the veget ne 
ae ee th A ondon vegetables. have had a | sufficient to afford expensive ll are aware | pointing out the approach of the tropical portion to 
— eating London vegetables, and I have been of the great eost attending the building: Sy: wally and 1 plants of India, and of the extra- —— 
— — times a year, for many years, with may say their usefulness in such seasons as we have those of South Africa, The estern ; 
h paments as, “Oh dear, I am so glad to had dof late. Mr, Rivers's orchard houses are Tikewise plants of Australia into a w western die- 
get home be your beautiful . vegetables u Mice | edd eastern, and Tasmanian pe In ae 
* fruits, ease may SS a Das Mr. FFF body tricts the Leguminose- and 
Cuthill, that the private gardener is not always suffi- The kind of fruit protection I would sugges — 3 | forming a fourth of the entire vegetation: * 
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