THE GARDENERS’ 
— 
ee ee 
e knots or rotten small knots, to the height a 
more—an advantage which the tim 
i Jo sr the ee is seat arge in proportion 
prune by fre shortening peace is, 
e side branches uch 
e may cave a short s 
n third method is ae only bad one, 
almost invariably dies, and rotting 
ipe, by w nbn h the dati gen 
re oft and when once this is 
ease the mischief goes n till re whole ‘of the tree 
below the snag hep hallow. hearted, and the timber 
of course is 3 ned. 
There is still one Nein to kereg T . 1 the 
attention of t "ple nter, because it is I believe not 
y known, and that i dis that on analy 7804 there 
found, a few inches e surface (I believe 
ain) a sage nae bertan, ko 
vont 
the s of tree 
* 
cesary id som 
through this mecha 3 few tr 
above a few years, a remainder will be so stunted 
as to be always 1 sich for use or ornament.— 
eobac TTT 
PRUNING: THE Setar TREE. 
Continued from p. 52. 
re next to be ee Presumi 
st above that bud 
ye tl 
: TPE below this 
8 
4 Second season after planting, by w 
‘time the sh will have made roots, and established iteelt 
in 
ases, imm 
ong ; but na “ana pepe autumn if the plant 
Whatever shoots ay be made 5 the pant in the 
ason after mpa i en cut down as above direc 
te tion sd ected to the three ee 
all others in check during the su 
n 
ext will originate at 7 inches, and the 
of the three at 6 inches above the surface o 
nking 
: cipal e shoots have 
growth for the We — befor 
kti they should be brought into 
intended firally to 33 
alas om their bases ; 
„for to that distance the Wee 
ina 2 i i 
8 * 
equidistant position 
uly, desig, however, a some- 
s0 de. 
a “od “flo e cut back to 6 inches from 
umn or winter -prea will gene- 
east three aoe a n the follow 
two from sai rt 
ing branches, six of which will thus 
y 
i 3 but on! 
zed for leadin 
n to the | b 
rate | havin 
as shall Sens * N | 
where he 
erally 
W 
the following 5 season. 
danée of sid 
the T ids shou 5 5 ‘ne 
À invito your suture i to 
ediately when |: 
‘lat any other. 
e 
; two papag the 
‘moist at f 
wil 1 
wing | destro 
re originated, Within 6 inches of the 
ing branches, i 
ought to represent th 
wi 
applied ; that is to 
e than one year old. 
ved, that 11 a à shoot or branch be 
may be then eee beem rer em 
required. 
Having endeavoured to give a general idea of what 
med the fom ee of t 
© 
p 
ointing outwards and to he right i in 
By shor ortening the lead er, 8 
ned, and | plants 
onts will be Produced. Bi aga 
further reduce 
at the 
and thus they will in a few yea become fruit spurs.— || 
— eS sige ig chee ee 
lanting Hollies.— The following remarks were 
senna fi in n April 1847. I am indeed to send them iw you 
ow, because I read almost every week in the Chronicle 
e whisk i is emt ds rionliy opposed to my aie 
not 
und theory, and I w 
‘es e vat kc ns 
what I belie ieh 5 
I believe 2 ne is the best tim 
last three weeks of April the 
thi 
U repeated trials at the 
ow Ache, 1 ith 8 ing fro fro 88 6 inches to 10 feet 
I have found aie ants moved at this season 
Ape | flourish quicker and better than hoe ae 
2d. Because I have 1 u 
which had been moved i 
d on oe them h 
panicle ‘of fresh fibre; and I hav 
plants, however well 2 might 1 5 co ni e win 
Ta excee spri meai ~ 
ng pe in April plants moved ir in 
eeks or two months before, I have i tone ‘that -e 
had already 1 riy pa papp 85 fibre, and TUR plants 
enerally retain a healthy appearance. .I hav 
poroi eee of a same batch 6 feet hi 5 some in 
r and so 
season mR 
November, an 
e noticed that such 
nere, 
fact 
April e were completely established in 12 So 
s I know considered z 
o exam 
„ pa allotted term of existence, and is 
about to fall. The Holly sheds tts leaf in May om 
i so it makes ug ee I believe 
The leaf i 
elerate the 
plant is covered w 
carries 0 pact action of Res em 
of moving f Hollies in sk ber wi eee oa the 
e of that See by 
This y but the 
S are 
yo 
rally ace 
ma pores of Phe 75 is n 
still soft ; its 
eee for light a d heat 
of the plant is eren 
failin 
. f. It does not wither’ from the absence of eva- 
its 
ef 
and I often recommen is eee, and almost in- 
k 
pie 
hould be 
d 
pron pruning, | metho 
e, and the | sav 
variably receive in reply an objection founded on its 
growth, Now 
l w my own experience is that i 
growth is by no means slow when planted as 7 recom- 
n plan m my own 
et] 
Hollies in April, and a like number in N mber, and 
to watch the result; and I venture to predict they will 
never plant again in November. I might allege the 
quent enquiries on this point which appear in the 
ian ntin 
Tom Thumb Pe elargonium.— Lon over 
pr vetitis for 1846, I was surprised at mark of 
F. „that it was almost an impossibility 
i ne ain seeds from the General ; depreciating some 
unfortunate seeds ffering 100 seeds for 2s. 6d., 
a score tiny plants, if w going 
tat an y in it, but the following is the 
d I pursued in get ts to seed. Seeing 
rgo 
hey are bond fide seedling Tom 
m plants fertilised by, themselves, 
in statin 
ression that 2 were not obtainable when he said 
e on Quince S 
for what purposes ihe side ees be 
reply, pei their fruit. To cultiv 
ornament would be ridiculous. lst. . we 
fruit tr ed for the sake of thelr fruit. he true 
8 ears be good and abundant, 3d. The tree itself should 
nc some e oe Then, as to inet first 1 
may ing whether wich grafte 
Gaines stocks w we e shall be able to ke 5 pe we 
vei fact that few sorts of Pear 
is.—If a gardener were asked 
„ he rem 
es fo or m 
ud upon 
More e and then . walt or Wa big that again 
the fine of Pea Here then we have double 
work in 3 8 rs on 8 “ae. ; and after 
we have secured them no y 
ree p» 
but owever, satin, p. 814, 1847, 
that Engh 3 have been deprived d the best 
de for want of dwarf- ree 
ely b 
although ns tree m 
what differe 
ay requi 
ry — a there will be found no diffieulty in n deciding 
each case, and the prun ps Sa a hundre ear 
be 
small pair of n 
— e might Beres 
mber. The t ri i 
cured the trees, plati to the th 
aft, and water diligently from April „until they are 
thoroughly established, ag afterwards in dry went 
can Spm fruit will be fous 
ou 
en 
= fruit that rd do from large o 
be hopeless to find good fruit. on stin 
Tol 25 ways Sating the roots from trees must affect 
their growth ; they must be thrown into a s e or 
