THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Oct. o, 



Mr. Mi.\if.AY% '• u-ii-M.-.: r ir-.m Now Zealand 



distance— tL; rnin-i ot a PaLce. Is 



them ; and a3 he stands by the remains of ou 



Toy-yard of the Roys 



children of thes e realms. — 



PRUNING FOREST TREES. 



foresters are willing to believe. Same improv. 



takes corrected, and onsidorable information given 

 serves. In 11120 the Highland and Agricultural I 



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Marquis of Tvveeddale, Lord Roseberry, and the h 

 projee ? was never carried into execution. I n 1 837 t 



t 1 h.'umtci'lo^cul 



tion of the subject which is applicable to prunic 



easily comprehend it, whereas in making of a book i 

 vegetable pbysiolog) 



:::L- 



The slow gtowfD to Oa 



even yet, .. - , 



:,. y. Mvfdtb 

 r. :l . 

 number of acres with differ. 



growth in the first year 



-ingle leading sh 

 oaks an 



t ones have the advantage completely. I generally 

 plant the Oaks when two-years seedling, and lay 



into large forked b 



,.,u ii.Ti^hr. 

 as leader, and the adjoi 



iiould have a conical for:; 



* length and thickne 



i commence. But 1 



close pruning begins, 

 j writings of others, I 



might by proper management be made to 



..i.l to begin to prune Oaks, 

 by first shortening the branches, is from ti 



branches, and injures the main stem. Close pruning 

 ' " lace in spring when the frost is past, and 



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lookback i 



oeen d.3 nue as wnen grown m vehicles four 'timet 

 *S which «^ 



aUowed toThe roote^Ahlsl " ^P^^^X 

 employed; but a good effect is produced bytbreY™ 

 fin" dotestaToul'To fo^hlr^n T' ^ ° "** ** 



Good drainage is absolutely necessary, for all bulb, 

 are injured by wet lodging around and under them 

 although a percolating moisture does them good as th J 

 bloom naturally in the wet season of the j ear. AfcJ 

 erocks should, therefore, be placed carefully »t the 

 bottom of the pot ; and the soil should be lieht ml 

 sandy. The directions which have been given** 



perfect or extend the dominion of science in this d 



- — Gavin Cret^Bigga^'I^ \8i7. 



THE AMATEUR GARDENER. 

 a some information respecting the growth 



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instructed in these matters. 



and therefore repetitions I 



mlbs will flower well or not depends i 

 previous culture than on that which ca 

 i in pots, or in the ground ; sinco it is 

 i of formation which we I 

 but that of development. Before a Pelargonium cut 



s 



any subsequent culture. Hence it folloi 



for they do 



la 



weight are thereft 



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tree. The same law holds good with all other trees, j If these remarks are 



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Firmness and 

 2 considered in choosing bulbs, 

 •r a large bull-, rl 



fine well-developed bulbs in 

 id up during the previous season of growth, and 

 y will flower well in spite of poor soil and bad 



hen planted in the field they come away equally with j by Hyacin 



coded trees, and some of them eq ' 



'. Silver and Spruce Fir, Lai 





e of their stock, 

 wering bulbs ; 



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plants that could be said to have got roots, I consider 

 that with carefully got up plants it might be cultivated 



rapidly and grows as stroDgly as when in 

 elavaium and L. Selago may be 



Sphagnum. The po'ts should then be plunged in boxei 



Is amongst Sphagnum, and COi 

 glass. They may be either kepi 



rney and sent out their stolo- 

 , so as to allow of frequent 



is serviceable to do so occasions 



, in order to induce the plants to send out 



The secret of keeping all these plants not 

 glasses healthy during the groi 

 is giving repeatedly very light waterings < 

 a fine rose or syringe during-:: 



t„ mnlckn the ioavoa tint: Tint finnUffh tO 





i 8 — The few 



idy situation, and giving them | 



lould be repotted every spring, removing a" *» 



: e roots - . „. n d 



^.-May be grown in a pan £ 



in greenhouse or frame, but seldom «£»«* 



• doors. It may, 



y of drainage and p 



'Sly shaded situa 



dy, but I never succeeded in .^^Sween 



;ht be worth endeavouring to obtain a hybrid bet 



, and the Raspberry. The plants should 



ler moist, and placed in a shaded situauo . 



)sptropisuralen S is, Dec-Tins smal 1 elegan P. 



uires to be placed in deep pots, well ^^ th e 



dy loam mixed with crocks, par icular y jetf 



a of the plant. It should be paced in ^ ^ 



ation, and watered moderately in the pot* faer . 



or twice 'a day very mV^^^SS ohui-J 



It seeds freely, from which the best plan* > ar M 



It may also be grown in the open ^^V 



tm, placing some stones or brickbats about f 



O. campestris, Dec— This has tne iw ^ ^.^ are 



