THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Jour 99 
[ 80. that it shall press firmly upon the cut portion. But | than the flowers themselves, It varies in The SS 
492 
Sarette, July 15.— We have read letters from Weaford, 
12 ly two this plan will — do for finer sorts of Carnations and of its parts; most quently — 
sc Fy dle cd otra hg ogre 1 2 Lago, nti Picotees es, and er saſer mny is to propagate these by | very often they are five, six, . — 
eases. — Londonderry, Ju xl . . layering. Svi y directions have been given for the | vigour of the twig on which they are Produ, 
kree l, 
July 12. Has appeared only at Markree, “Clover hil, of this operation, that anything further on For planting in a sheltered a part of a rubbery, 
3 but as ama- |i plenty of roo n a 
> Tepo. gera! 
from i tent.— | the subj wary? may appear to be superfluous i * i 
er? 1 —— 11. — — yearly rising up and commencing their appren- | or even singly on Grass, I 40 bey know a more 
i i we an 
isease.— 
2 re oi i such i 
4 * A, mild Tae Pols the last Renters 775 mach. I The e e of layering is to enable a cutting to take soil, but requires to be eight 3 a Pais old 
g 12 No Nee oti Silly 12. Doubtful ; root without its connection with the parent plant being | comes into blossom. — W. B i cone 
y 0 € gan ania diy, quite dissevered, on the plan in which inarching and | [Unfortunately the plant i 18 . ae for our 
is. | similar operations are performed. A cutting often dies, and northern counties. ] mila 
3 d 
9 o disease i lf, or external 
.— Youghal, July 12. | because, from some pnt Sg in itself, or 
bali, Sh „July by Sly 12 12. Earl Paidi — [40 to it, tae prier of elaborating sap is not strong enough TOP apna bts 4 LCRA i 
3 ion is mad tal 
ie 9 5 : joi i i i ir = 2 . 
stle Blayney, re —— by | upwards at a joint, to the extent of about half an inch, ficial view of the affair 3 their merits may, I thi 
— Bai Pwo ai ne Oa © rap e am of — a section “of the stalk or stem is thus presented, classed as follows: Ist. They may be Pat i amen ) 
the fields said not to be alarmed.— Dundalk, July Ay similar to the * inserted in the soil in the case of transmitting a vast amount of food to a suffer te 
In few instances: and limited.—Coleraine, July 12. | a cutting, only it is half the substance or thickness. This | in a very speedy way. 2d. They retain a steady. pe. 
o disease 2 fine bloom, which the farmers eut portion is — — inserted in fine soil, and maneney of moisture, in spite of adverse ei : 
; ps reported to be | fastened nse ch with a ber. The layer then forms without stagnation. 3d. They are the nat te 
i ts from two s vi metre of annual i nch 2 
= 
y1 
tween his ity and Belfast.— Cork, July 14 1 
peti g be appeara 5 a sf in gardens.— Tralee, Jap 14, | rived from the original plant, of which it still 88 a | systematically, trees may plan 
di Bal h nd | soils i 
— h J ly 14. N ly- part. When rooted the layer is cut off and potted, an ends a 10 
— - No disease.— Bally- . 5 
—— J toate : Di . has slightly appeared ta 5 henceforth its growth is self-sustained and independe nt. | of much better ripened wood, 5th. Ifa chet e 
fields near 3 8 and r Were a great number of young shoots are available for through rampant growth, or t the total absence of fruit, 
Strabane, July 14. No disease. — Banbridge, July 15, No | propagation,a very gentle heat should be ereated by means | the removal pr the reag In in summer will supersedy 
disease. These are the — ———— letters we have of a bed of leaves or cut Grass, on which a small frame | the 8 root pruning. 1 
f the ce of | should be placed. Sandy soil must then be put in, to the ee regard to the first point, I may observe, that it i 
from 
as in the case of 5 and from the assistance de- tender trees. 4th. y means a 4 * ea 
be pl 
Fo un remes 
— the ground, until 1 8 = 3 on the moisture must be carefully avoided, since the one will | naked soil, may do mo n good, 
leared up, when the d appeared in | rot the plants at the cutting, and the other will cause | better to make use of the spalling as > male 
an incipient 5 but spread ee 7 4 Bantry, the soil to contract and leave the cutting bare. Failures to water in k bye ex r way. ! an 
or rather rehaven, must be —— at first, but, soon as great a certainty | To pro with the second consideration, * 
2 
ase field could be found, 3 13, 3, without signs | will characterise these operations as most others. This | person — <a used top-dressings will ‘doubt # 
„and some were complete! ly blasted, is the proper pop for pursuing either of the above influence in retaining a permanency of moisture, in ¢ 
Tus stalks withered, and the Potatoes — formed methods fiance of long- continued hot weather. By this hh wa 
ee the same time the stench was so great as to | a vast amo ri isture, which would 
dise is re = e f DENAT FRAGIFERA, otherwise dissipated, is reserved for 8 by 
same artis the Kenmare Union. “You can II is nom a good many years since I first had the upper series of fibrous roots 
- searcely 8 in the neighbourhood of these tainted | Pleasure of bringing ‘this fine shrub under your notice, In the third place, top-dressing gs, in pe all ease, 
fields.” It is also reported that fields near Glengariff, | ane Sh ae you thes sketch from which the figure in excite to the production of abundance of surface fibres 
Which on the 13th seemed free from disease, presented | the “ Botanical Register,” fol. 1579, was made. At that | of i nia 
( alarmin h urnish r 
nof J. 
rted nty, where it i 
that alarming a are now beginning to seeds; but the opinion I then formed of it was such as | circumstance of paramount importance ; 
` 3 ves. In rar whole fields in the south led me to thi it would be a valuable acquisition, | no small degree, to prevent the formation of 
‘have been suddenly atta “ On the morning of | Should it prove sufficiently hardy to live in the open air | which are notorious as being inimical to the 
the 13th,” writes a — —— at Kenmare, “to the in England. In this respect Iam happy to say my | of blossom buds, 
e 
astonishment of every one, the Potato fields that ey on | anticipations pe been fully realised, and of its valu ti . 2 ; 
the preceding evening presented an appearance that was as an ornamental shrub „Jou will yourself be enabled | tion of top- 8 as e 1 25 necessity for d 
calculated to gladden the heart of the most indifferent, | to judge from the specimens which I now forward. | borde ers, which are but too apt to lead the roots, 
blasted, withered, blackened, and, as it were, [M grey 3, and hug depth beyond the agencies. of the papai and 
‘sprinkled with vitriol, and the whole country has, in | Coloured flowers. : render the tree uncontrollable, nl 
. into dismay an — ; ee tion has been a 9 one di 
“Promise an abundance. 
“PRACTICAL HINTS FOR AMATEURS 
— RDENS. 
Prorscation ¢ or Pinks, C ARNATIONS, AND NTE 123 
require great care in — cultivation, and will 1 
disappoint the amateur, their great W will yet 
insure the a amn and skill necessary for their suecos- 
‘growth. I yesterday sawa handful of Carnations i 
in a friend’s hand, and wondered that efforts are not 8 rajia y 
made to grow them gre profusion Many are conceive i point to an opp 
with the losses which occur from bad m e- By the s ERIE appli Fore 
ment in their first attempts to get a Ha Ye ane eae Ae Ste that the application, of an 
— the pursuit; is not w A seas wo annual apap however slight, is ant 
will make the grower more skilful and 8 ci i b a. 
Seeing these fee advertised, an amateur orders 118 eg 2 refers to to the fi ty 
a lot, and pays perhaps 2/, or 31. for a — pairs. forded b 79 8 mode of cultivation for ebe 
2 bly from a ce, not in pots, as — uxuriance. This PES 
they ought to do, but with their roots exp nd occur. where top-dressin tedio! 
before they can be placed in a safe aro poela they have a systematic iy Still in the event of tre 
suffered much injury. A wet m then comes on, thus ace aa min ord 
and the young plants, not being sino a a ly rot in the young shoots, the mere remova ie 
the ground. If they escape this catastrophe, they often t 1 i ly summer go 
throw up only a miserable flower, unworthy of notice ; 55 ds taming the tree, unless it æ 
no grass, as the o are ; is pro. formed. a ae -roots Bh 2. 2 
and sometimes the original pl turn 2 e p 
die. When, after all his trouble, the would- oraal 
he grower finds his dozen pairs reduce lf 5 aving 
the number, he despa ming an 2 in pre 
— 0 
of flowering these plants, and retreats, | eaving the 
peenise more fortunate, because more patient, rivals, an wan otfetaally te 
zent try another season events, and, without | Tou can scarcely imagine a more de and strik- to offer a few remarks o — 
varieties which ropagate from the stronger | ing object at this season of the e year, when every branch | permanency of mois joa 
wines rai ann n trees 1 8 feet high, and nearly the same in| Eve y mus aware secur 
eulties which arise yet ati Jongh, overcome AN- | diametay, ia thickly oa from top to bottom with habit cannot be successfully cultivated i without 
‘tome — want of superino s more than | large cream-coloured rs, —e resembling a certain am root, of 2 — 
Common Pinks —— — 3 ased those of the old and wel know wn Clematis florida. In | nent nas an The most iei E amongst 1 
ome are inereas easily | the latter part of autumn, again, it is teh still more are the black Currant, the Raspberry, and, 1 
by cuttings taken off at a hard, well- mel nn joint, beautiful when load ith its ri i ai 
d with ak 
a oo in a shady alan in the garden ; under | lar fruit, not Wade a 1 "TE pra, in 8 Sea 4 12 8 angst OF os inary inte 
-glass, success is more sure. But we ele known | outline will give some idea of the size and form of the It so happens that this ater a 155 
0 
ays from the sun, and kept moist dages which surround th i 
Š e mass of fl t . 
The soi Roary ily sandy, and the cuttings fixed in it, | and which, in this instance, ibe . 
