THE GARDENERS’ CHRONI 
thod of 
oth 
luta, Willmorei, a samp 
use of the knife, as cerintho — 
yeas-like p 
superba es can be don 
n eres fore 
es not admit of t 
a different ye 
pruning m 2 the 
object is to fora aaah plant; in grea 
uce bloom The e e of the future plant ean | 
è species pe of the kind ı — 
of these we 
o do at Pruning a plant is 
genera allie d, i 
main by the — elongation of ‘of the 
by laterals near e 
ponny, cast f it 
inches in tty are le 
nee of the plant will be anything but pleasipg afer a 
ew sentons as poss ug kin — the 
ow 
wing points, o 
=k ot the foliage ie 
t * 
ushy — symmetrical, but wih 
ot 333 it to | indee 
— — — 
man’s gardener differ so very ee , f hal 
apes of t treating Asparagus The fo 
Ja 
is be 
id ted to 
T 5 reat be dane that any advantage is derivable 
I, I contend that it is secured by 
er part o 
h | therefore orete wor onthe 
heat, then, we must, I th hink, acknowledge this covering 
is is not its only, on 
abstraction “Of moisture 
ould otherwise take place, just 55 kr time when the 
nature of the plant most A all dem it. 
autumn) 8 plant at a time w 
suspen ed 
t 
e e impossible? And, lastly, a should - 
surface of po beds be kept flat at that time of the yea. 
is most abundant and least serv 
cal or super- 
ficial view su : I have ean tried both 
plans, and for several yes Wen which experience 
1 pronounce of the et gardeners to be im 
a 
fi 
flowers begin to fade on the free growin 
er knife into requisition ; and in the ten x 
n 
a 
pirin — bran 
Proper development. It follows that the praning of 
tbe shoot shouid take place precisely at the poi 
ibiting these characteris ig e 
with 3 inches of 
earth, I give them gee a pr Sat tof rotten dung 
8 prinkle d well vs common salt, From the soluble 
parts of this mixture being carried by each shower 
u to the — Tobi of the 
the ge p bene 
expected o 
I Í think, realised i. ‘Shieroood, ‘Englefield Green, 
NEW PLANTS. 
Fees = A a and rare plants which 
ong and 
ts produ r pruning are 
eft to 1 they will eontinue 2 a ir 
lowers begin to foe Now, in cas 
each occupy i ts place, cing a more bushy and 
pyramidical plant, it is true, but far deficient in noble- | 
of ap 
gi con mre 1 been ru 
c sa, never y 
t Y; ee beyond the 
week, 
aware that any writer has over atien 
to explain how's is that the 
1 soloured anthe 
parently 
hemispherically round 
is = 
present the ne 
ked | forming, as it 
long ago of | the most 
plants. 
Z. e 
i k gar gd — more 3 
uo Scag 
88 15 — A neat intermediate- 
sized shrub, produeing teat very compact heads, of 
rich lemon. coloured cup-shaped flowe 
8 the centre with a 
presz an 
rich er n 0 se, 
The 
stance of he eee — with their highly 
| coloure yey amy with the dark green Lau 
d this species as 
daanan its tribe as the Azalea sinensis 
ied species, with 
Seale no 
Mayo Come 
2 in ned gin > 
eae 
ing species, with 
narrow 
| the style of 3 rosea, but having long flower-tubes of a 
ri cuy aes bright crimson, exceedingly beautiful and 
Pies with úniformiy bros re compact habit than I. 
— uniformly broad ğ 
ROY of 5 y er tipped leaves, and ap. 
heads of bloom, and of a richer 
3 —— us florus is disti 
x- ine by its long = ee nguished from 
2 
cy 
as ege of a remark- 
N for neat , compact, 
chaste rich- 
equal to A. rosea, but combi 
with treble i number, = an N 
acinthifiora candidissima. — This is 5 
ne plus W of 3 owered varieti 
candida is 
in habit and 
CLE. 
8 per r to ha 
me I may add, in conclusion, that previously to my cover- 
ing the beds in nth o 
out, 
collections, the following | w 
l 
uated leaves oat gh 8 bloom, after the roots and tlie e 
green aspect, producing more 
Fre 
Prater. Object ii in 
ering greenhouse | 
also a clear” white-flowered 5 
ta white varieties. -Wm 
| Marcy II, 
able for the market ; both are far in advanse aie 
; Wes 
e Correspondence, 
Hom 
The Abele estan (Popeia neseens, 
of the articles, “Hints 
of Feb. 5 5 
ner 
ruc a striking e 23 
o 
tal tree, growing to 1 size. Ric: 
is = ea highly ornamenta 
show 
ago, when n pro 
length, wich. —— 50 feet of clear 
feet in eireumferene 
like fine pee rent than — 
compare i 
Potalo 
Sa Mim occurred at West Dea 
with ect 
0 
r, and n 
they began to show 
was not a particle of gre 
he atmospheric influences which h 
and there was no perce 
et to ac 
ung Potatoe 
Conifers 
some ee yea 
t fro 
inches high n put out :— 
grower, nein t 3 become top heavy 
mises very w ; Ara ucaria 
very 
hase 
mass of dark eee with which its 
I, too, ean 
rostrate measured 
No tree 
timber 
the wo 
to which 
isease.—I take this 2 pig 
use last 
3 
8 
testify as 
and 
oma. 
od is more 
We can 
en n ; they had resisted 
ad demolished the 
only been 
otatoes six weeks before—if the 
in 2 South. of. Ireland, —The ag 
be from bws 
nsignis, a fit 
a 
pro 
3 sek its 
5 
ablishe 
at 3 pretty weli, 
thurifera was to all a 
frost well; P. m 
is 
hardy ; Abies Morinda, healthy, b 
A. Menziesii ditto; Picea pac ire 
peat fea 
fast 8 ; Cedrus 
eodara, a 
ental tree of a 
any I have 
growth, 
as possible ; 
summer months, an 
they had „e — move a Som! 
not less than 1 
Pears on 8 
~~ = fruitin 
can e 
SE. erie elegans are two | case with man 
at page 5, 
profuse in bloom, 
y than the preceding one, but the most valu- 
s has 
Planting.—In my N 8 s pleasure gend 
* 
inches in Arch >E. 4. 
ar 
Aeri ie er r a d 
184 it will bo ssen t a 
Vinery were ren ` ly useless sea sh 
Abies phe 
tself Than most 3 but aaa very 
rasiliens stood the two 
sont rather ee f pr 
e killed 
