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SEEDSMAN, 28, Cornhill, 
y-lane, Cannon. street, London, 
nt chat be has a stock of GIRLING’S 
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sson PEAS may be had on application. ae 
satin eas are too well known to require any r: mark, 
mes ase? SALVIA PATENS. 
now sending out the above 
the name of SAL 
desirable 5 under 
A, at t 10s. 6d. 
aud one — ceed plant for every three ordere e 
are highly recommended 
d. to 5 
brighton orange, superb ; Strong pite., Ta iz to 10 
sinuatum 
wenn : Beste serene, emi Bs 6d. ; arge Set re 
ny splendi yellow . 
ditto, new 
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CHATSANTHEMUMS, inet 
ees 55 
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n left to W. W. & 8. 
including all the latest pa 
oe . per doz, ; 
Superior varieties, 
. for 158.; 50 extra superior do., 35s. 
‘Additional plants 3 at prevented with each order to 
— — or reference required 
e t-office orders to be made 
— Uekfield, Sussex. 
che The Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 
Is Puanrinc Proritaste? This is a questi 
een to discussion, not v ithstanding al 
ft has boen riteni upon the subject ; ‘that is 
, if by t 
consider the interest 
heirs, and not uch importance to his 
own. The Duke of Arhor's Larch plantations were 
to be worth acr years, the lan 
. Pontry estimated an acre of land 
d with Larch “to yield a net profit, after pay- 
every expense, of much nearer 500/. than i 
ere of the “ Foresters’ Guide” 
nee profit at the 
ste * will —— 41,000 “., after bearing a 
v char es. Finally, 
We Wma alt of Holt ai s the n net profit ci planta- 
in his way an 
1 be curious to know Torin be 
the office sand Forests paka 
| 3 anti ican, We should b 
1 they did pie 
bes a matter of surprise that dis- 
ed in the train of 
much they are to gain, 
thing at all in the form of profit 
gentlemen who still e 
btless alleg 
e 
that hg Suai f- 
a 
ing is unprofitable :. they only 
tends folly in a as well as 
carry f: 
eee that t timber {atm pro 
‘where timbe 
an acre as a Pek 
and standing about 15 feet apart on an avera 
cling to ig idea of huge — 
this was ce e 
5 which it can screen itself 
are smothered by the bushes; or, If that is to be 
a ad so much outlay in 
h and Flint wo 5 —— —— 
om Mold, and ask what 
We should say that the operation ng entailed: upon 
of 4002. an acre, but a loss 
enbigh side of the dividin ag m 
s the necessary skill aud bu 
culated upon that 
t of the previous 7 
have been 2000 2 r 5 
, fell sudden ly to 
e 
ought to 
taken place in its condition, 
m some few, whence 
the trees are now covered with fresh and healthy 
o | leaves and promise an abundant harvest, but unfor- 
tunately we are not in a condition to pronounce 
they may not again be blighted by another 
visit from the bug 
A report on this 
subject from Mr: Garpn 
the Ceylon Gove - Wok or ae 
s now be fore u 
will find himself in the midst 7 8 
ing plantations of Firs, and hard-woed tre 
ground is covered with beautiful Larches, Se paie P 
from 4 to 6 feet of timber; and even as much as 
eet ; oe straight, silver-skinned Oaks, some 
of which have made ‘shoots 3 feet long in the 
- undergro owth of Beech, springing from trees that 
ave been already felled. As he descends the hill“ 
aod reaches a better climate, he may find planta- 
Pith rather older, formed o 
HACKERAY, of Chester, 
kahte the sea, producing Is. 
walk. 
he Met in which. this was effected, and the 
50 moo r 800 feet 
re- ease of the Muruta estate, which is thus mentioned 
sent season; 12 Ash trees and Spruce Firs, with b ; 
r. GARDNER, is that of most others, 
it did not can use m 
extended over nearly 1 
season the tr 
way in the growth of the young trees has 
8 ome quite free of 8 vali 1 iad 
u 
regained asp eir 
been 8 we shall describe on occa- 
sion. Concerning the cost of the en and the 
present value of the timber, we shall hope for some | 
facts from our venerable corresponden: Dr. Tnacx- 
ERAY himself. In the mean 
value ofthe timber, such as we have described it, 
hard-wood consisting ee of Oaks and Asb. 
When the t return for the 
climat 
We need not ca U gardeners how. much they have 
to fear from the he Scare Inszer in 
their qreaheusee 
also know the difficulty of removing it. The ordi- 
nary applications phin Bae to arrest its progress— 
tobacco-water, sulphur, as 
&c.—all 
Was n 
rature of from 150° to 160° Fahr (see p. 203, 1847 
aa i i 
until the virtues of hot w 
ia naan trees 
es were devoured, or rather 
death, by the Coccus, and at one es ke was Seanad 
ae it might over A e ge-growing 
i n ruin. 
But although the lene may ee be destroyed 
by hot water wherever : W e brought instantly 
in contaet wit ith it, is a practical difficulty 
n the application of oe pre in consequence 
she smallness of the oo and ener. — 
t 
tee ag it too well, as they ; 
ult 
the expense 
) 
s+ Coccus 
of a centre to the circumferenee i 
mises to 
re Harn 4 estate was even worse. It was 
there that Mr. GARDNER “ feba aw the effects of the 
: observed 
a se Ay already e€ * 
over a patch o w part of 
the estate, 1 from 0 mosas. ‘Snes then 
gradually deer and now ex- 
tends over ne than two-thirds of 
te, | Were either entirely destitute of berries, or only pro- 
? 
ot 
ing a id shrivelled ones that will hardly repay 
ecti 
The manner ne which the mischief extends is well, 
out in the report. 
ever may have been’ the right of the 
„ it is certain ae t having once appeared, the 
rapidity with which it aidi, and the immense 
number of eggs that each Scale produces, will suffi- 
rea account for the anes with which it extends. 
s the females do not possess it is quite 
impossible ~ 4 — — spread from tree to tree by 
By ns of their legs, however, they pos- 
sess e wee ee of locomotion, and as at the 
ty g of each ‘ Scale’ to give —— oung 
hat have been hatched within it, hundreds 
— necessarily fall to the ground, many will, of 
course, take possession 0 Haren This 
seems to be the way in Which ath pest rediates from 
ose 
it first 
1 81 
nd insects y means o 
An instructive and most disa astrous example of 
|| the consequences of neg! lecting the progress of one 
e insects is now before us in mae form of 
to Earl G 
one esta te has bean repor 
1 h the production of a single 3 which, 
5 e; the 30 ed done more to ex- 
from one estate to another ha 
end the met than anything else. The same 
hha no doubt also also been ee by birds and Bs rge 
n 80 me of the estates that I have 1 * po 
