1—1848. | 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
5 
THE 
+ Andromedas of America, and the Clethras of the 
the Androm * 
Canaries; 
dividual genus g . 
on the * «Tf an Sai ividual h 
the Eri 
green, perpetually i in flower, of all colours, of all sizes, 
and of many shapes. 
ae t, beautiful as they ar, how few good collections 
be met w aha to ributed to the 
mo (a word ofte 
ired in thei 
prominent and attractive feature of the genus is the 
great diversity of form i colour of their e The 
varieties of N and foliage, too, how varied an 
In 
ave aap Ant 
elicate looking Aitoni and jas- 
le ampullacea, aristata, and the beau- 
tricosa, i 
an 
a and moschata. 
Selecting a few at random, dilecta is conspicuous, both 
for its — and singular habit, and its curious 1 
like flowe gyros 3 
; denticulata, and m ata its name im- 
of them 
es. be fou 
blossom, Ban and 1 sa 
oe inks— 
be 
sidered the conn mara 
r seldom ou 
t 
ost attentive 
ecollecting that in * earthly things 
mn of good, and that disappoint- 
serve but to er success more gratetul, 
- | sai 
mass of foliage ; 
a time, emits | and I 
ting per: W regerminans smells | n 
oschata 
is n the | w 
see pomana — with such worthless 
Beech pina e, where more valuable sorts, such | 
2 Ash, and Chestnut, would flourish ajailly well. 
With this view, I have together a few observa- 
tion ns on t the sorts o ies commonly plan 
arch would, o dou ubt, be the most valuable 
tree that ean be plant at ere it not unfortunately sub- 
ject to that ee disenso, Se ma the heart-rot, which, 
Pages kn oa 2 2 oe 7 75 va tree. 
55 re for years, the 
tree up 5 a e height ser dowd 
arent pemp ea byat 
— 
er 
~ 
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inclined to be åh 3 4 2 
o gre aih dryness in the s 
native “habitat of the ee ch is 1 in situations abounding 
ure, viz., the sides of slaty and granitic moun- 
tains 5 and the plantations in which, in Hi pn kingdom 
ms to flourish be situations in 
ords the greatest contrast to its native habitat, and 
ane the prevalence of the heart-rot shows un- 
ure. In poin ratte! emi litle can 5 
Larch ; itn 
end the spiky eatin even a of — oldest 
woods always a poor, unpleasing effect. It must, 
h 
s ha 
however, be ee md a mia tree of Lare 
15 
often has an elegant 7 
The Scotch Fir is . nature that 4 will 
flourish in almost et eal or e eee t oh 
bad repute as a timber tree n grown in Englan 
be a is a very singular grove as it is A known — 
e same species of f Pine e, when gro e north o 
ities and the pate ot Sootland produces — 
excellent timber knov red deal. Differe 
ned for r this extraordinary difference i in 
timber grown in Englan ad. aym me 
on rsons suppose that the home and for biga grow 
are different ie of same species, one of which 
and the other soft wood; 
Ér 
of its superiorii Y and 
any one who will take the ‘rouble of. 9 the num- 
ber of . ings in Baltic timbe 
ett ae n gen ree excessively s sow + 30 
that age ok is wanting r the t 
and that if we were * a Eng 
the 8 th 
Bee e gro our timber would be equally valuable. 
That English Fir timber does improve as the trees 
grow a fact vin known to timber eee 
the Wenge th in 
i 
5 is now 
It must also be ee that the Engl 
mall dimensions, a and full of sap 
away from the 
Baltic r 5 e we 
But ther 
noticed, whi tiene 5 
difference of quality. 1 mean ie whi 
timber is felled. It has never yet — ase cerained that 
resinous trees ought to be felled in wi the 
universal practive in England, and it is — ‘unlikely that 
ces with which 
r the 
stitute —— this point. is stated, on what 
appears to J authority, that — — Norway and 
the rest 25 3 rth of — aie Fi are ites aai 
felled in 
value. 
As a 
out of fashion, Ae when allowed cient 
In rambli ge a 
ciate ay ough the 
natural 
ntly occur ; 
landscape gardener 
respect, In the dis- 
woods cree ors ng up t 
Ws, and gradually fe N off, aud disappearin tng 
í o 45 the summits A the hills, which rise 
almo ee ndseape gardener 
invar commonly 
7 
Plants all ie 5 (orbabiy from the notion of |! 
g a more conspi 
- | low i 
in stiff clay, — 
do 
top and red- eolour bark and contorted 
te the 
e effect in 
The Spru 
moist situation, 
by other to have ine of light, tt forms a 
be autifal iia “of t thick foliage, at 
height. It is quite useless = plant it in very dry, shal- 
r roc il e seen young Spruce Firs 
soils do not suit it. me 8 3 
growing vi it for 0 year rwa 
becoming stunted, exiting nothing re t a few ragged 
leaves on the ends of the — E then one of 
the most — objects in mata Itis lar tha 
a native o l 
patient of wind or frost. It afford: soft wood, use 
or many purposes, but always vey fall of knota, unless 
nter by 
Home Correspondence. 
usag peat Plan ri Heating F 
There ce, at taba simple and —.— ſor 
hea cating one e apartmen t from another in house and 
cotta 
tinnee 
ome ecke 
5 pla 
asits ota deserve. Its use, in "Germany and 3 
ee late Sir Charles G. S. Menteath, of Close- 
burn, Dumfri 1 * rer 20 years ago, it was in- 
r by him o Scotlan It ists in the 
eee; of an ir tion n of an dimensions, for 
of the ordinar. wi Ås structure of brick, or stone, 
s the space immediately be hind the fire- 
in a pene wall. “The plate is A by the 
> 
„ 
* fi 
get 
still one point, ‘which I have never seen |“ 
aps, may 
* ; 
ed i 
the ‘enka of — Scotch Fir i is 2 of — eile cage 
rnamental tree the Scotch we is — much fi. 
2 
h I believe e 
pla 
ore 
the = behind the heat ed hen 
action of the plate is not desired, all that is ee is 
~ put * ard, as is sometimes done before a grate, 
nto the =p tog behind it, even. with the wall; —taking 
tance between the plate and the board 
apartment, is sure to 
of the fire, when they are part opposite, or nea! ly so, 
to each oth — thia 
i — een. difficult ta 
heat of the soil, w 
during sunshine, kills inn —.— they begin 
nate. On the other hand, if they 3 planted 3 or 
4 inches eet they boat not grow, because the air can- 
not have ac To e both t these diftcul- 
ade’ an artificially open “soil by first sifting a 
th through a sieve which would 
vitalit, impaired ma 
by this treatment, * by almost mn other they would 
H. Bidwill, Sydne 
ould ha 
the Swiss mo rs prepare a soothing beverage, 
—_ en re pain, by pounding red ants in 
er and 
e * —1 ‘shall be glad to 2 oe 8 
and vec a 
about 50 of each of the e 
garden in May last; I fed them thro 
with bread aud worms, and they were very healthy 
15 N eee when they showed symptoms of disease, 
d to be covered over with white spots, and 
very what could be the 
5 picuous show a 3 leavin it has either baa severely pru or grown in ifera, red in our” vol. for 1845, * Wü 
re iaga Vacant 11 in the valleys ay bec gro aat By close woods as to lose its so beaks by natural P ro- they a are ro attacked we we know not. Perhaps yE Takie. 
k ere us (putting appearance out of the 3 cess vor ee from want o r; can say.] 
— his trees to the double r of a| The Silver Fir flourishes in stiff wet clays, and sition vor Vi Growers (see p. 798).— We have 
q 3 3 a shallowe ; conse- a mee is hs a head 48885 perpendicularly, even in e a letter on i this age — Mr. Robert Elliott, 
N trees grow incomparably slower than th 5 a ongi eg pa by | of Ho , inwhich he denies having made any 
of the one the deeper soil and more sheltered situation the 3 fied ‘of the Te is h the | allusion to Mr. Roberts or the Vines at Raby Castlé 
T diffe pe painter never hake of e in a pic-| Forest 
to the diferent 1 uch in the soil and * pores ture; yet it is not without a peculiar bea ts own, | ing, adv: 
nukes te rs tile, that it is of the u and often mee a 5 oa rk bt 55 to me sound, 
90 x planter that the one ea | eg japted fo: avenue, or when er | siology. 
after ear Me f planters could be indu look | trees. I sick tie is — Tike that oft the e spruce Tu, tised for abo 
W te things themselves, instead of entrusting but of rather better quality. Beobachter. In the com 
n, one would not eo often rms of trees, 
( To be continued.) 
