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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 21 
chase the plants, t when a considerable extent is to 
vd canal it will then re а as before 
red the seeds of Ash and Chestnu 
"i vå ery at home, and p cid e — 
Larch plants at ls. 9d. or 2s. per 1000, and plant these 
in d, beyond the shade of tre 
n eat deg "à 
treatment. Unless strong and healthy is are 2 n| 50°, 
ime 
filling u e 
elapse before they attain a paying growth 
. Too mue 
manure, eultivation, and care, can hardly be bestowed 
ry. a oP ant 
e ld. p 
Ап acre will contain 87, 331 seedling Larch plants, 
planted in rows 12 — tis apart, and 6 inches in the 
i m e nt 
er 
penses а i cr nderwoo 
may require in fillin fo up 800 Ash or Chestnut plants | s 
and 800 Larch plants. The cost may be calculated as 
below. жн 
ex nre Plants. 
Digging 1600 holes A ting, 1s. ton r 100 
800 pad S Chestnut eem at 3s. per 100 
800 L plants, 3 feet — — 18. 3d. ditto 
—— t, 2d. per 100 
s raised ina Nursery at Home. 
L Plan 
Digging 1000 e and pla — 1s. E r 100 
r4 Ash or Chestnut plants а at 18, e 
Larch plants, at 6d. ditt 
A difference i in favour of raising plants in a. nursery 
at home of 11. 4s. 8d. per acre = this number of 1600 
e first calc 
put in during the mou of November, if p 
will always succeed ; weakly or stunted plants, pa 
8 late, carelessly put into the ground, with the roo 
urse 
or buildings, should be selected ме the — and not 
high = 
— suffici 
early in summer to га diem — зз well established 
in cns pots m rhea to winter, autumn i = ves 
rs to 
he 
ment of к th will indicate Le they — at fr М “pot 
e rich fibr roke 
mized with one-fourth — — and be нет 
hen w IM 
Е б placo them i in a & close, saint; mathe v war 
neou ин active Ss e * гоня air оп all 
E — 
NORD? 
гоа is middle of —€— — - dmm to the | Lab 
ооноњ 
nooo™ 
end of a gre 
the гетй апі de — нч ae ‘sparingly — 
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лута 
wer give a a liberal EB x water, tat g uar 
m damp, by w. 
t enewe 
&e. T fore ni s ^ ere of about 450 ps se 
e flow new elue to their 
true ch 
| knowledge of the laws of cultivati 
fo 
so, however, should have, trating = cork to deposit its eggs therein.” We may 
r observe, i reference to the last paragraph, that the 
rk 
inse rt them in wall drained pot rai with sandy eat, inside = e neck = the bottle, by mean „а the 
8 oviposito whi ch is extremely delicate and был соре- 
like in its structure, — thus ep ie ve = ese si 53 
r|to a considerable depth into the corre- 
spondent, Mr. G. S. Wintl tle, of Gloucester, s has also 
= favoured ач totes the following note. “The bes er 
ventive I have found out for the pest is to get of 
лан old saw bamia in the cellar, and well stop up all eu 
peg 
les, and whitewash the cellar and bins two or fa 
ins which I have done in tha 
tim 
yea ea ago are free from the grub, although it ds still 
found in my cellar.” J. 
Curious Formation of Roots above ground.—One of 
e stems of a large — 8 "pens had sprung up 
into two about 2 fe et from the ground, was torn a 
n m the 
of the fissure, p жыз which they had originally sprung, 
di fixe 
by its continued increase, and ha d them- 
und. 
roots 'still growing out of the torn trunk, and making 
earth. And I 
their e^ down the uw into the 
dare sa —- гн? rved the на оратор 
а trunk, which I saw well 
t of am t beco 
exem pied" pé n me in a wood o 
Some of these trees stood on the side of a quarry, and 
all the earth on one side and partially under them had 
been taken away, and finding алг a without suffi- 
cient nourishment and support, had sent down one or 
эз онр oy two roo t 
ts into the earth beneath, and these 
m that exposure had become, to " outward appear- 
o here trees 
0 , exactly like the main stem ere were 
which had one set of roots run ning inte the surface soil 
on one side of their stem, under which was formed a 
new ste i oots in the soi 
w stem or stems, w rmed new roots in the soil 
below hese are interesting facts to young observ 
ugh, no do e well known to old hands ; 
n | yet, I conclude that the notice of them in your columns 
is not intended uch to fo e claim of novelty, as 
to make the a wider circle, t urag 
Fig D» 
Rain in Ireland.—The follo peuz siai 2 te quantity ry 
Feb 
e|fell here last ye Sehen 
8 wh q | March, 2.32; April, .86; May, 3 TH З 90 une, 6 БТ. i pos 
them of food hne ned tej require it, can never 8; August, 3.68 ; Sept., 2.37 ; Oct., 3.44; Nov., 8.87 
succeed in any reasonable (1851, .86); Dec., 7.26: Total, 47.12. A friend of 
The value of de roots wi frequently eria the я mine informs me that the average ne um 2 
pe bbing underwoods, There à till the patei vit e e: бан being sa t to 34 inches. A few years since 43 inches fell. S, 
a portion of natura e on evt doors. But Waterford. 
bed and replanted r January l. Flowers of 1853, in Lancashire. — In 
that portion remaini its primitive state being dear flower : Sing le blue Russian Violets, Géant de Batailles 
at 5s. per acre to rent, while the replante ted part is cheap Rose, se, Pyrus) gy tin ssus Goveniana, and 
50з.‚ thus increasing the of the ce| Filberts. In leaf re 1 a prunifolia 
or ten hundred per cent. Many h fl.-pl., Tree Peeonies, gen, joe Bud ge, as in 
derwood aresuscepti provement to this extent me avoid this by placing their plants March : Gooseberry, Currant, and Sy camore Flower 
ration of the facility of improvi fortnight uds, as in March: Azaleas, Tree Pœonies, Bon 
and co gre ased value of — M ÀÓ it them on ** plant ground. San should be performed Chrétien Fondant Pear, R. A. H., Warrington. —— 
would appear extraordinary t a greater f a proof of the mildness e season, I may mention 
at we took up and potted, on the 29th ult., a dozen 
these woods should not be under a process of i imp: ove- 
ment that would = the capital meh 
7% ч 12 or 14 years, togethe 
interest o 
; and a uet. from that period the land 
ual va 
increased | ‘probably 4 ten times in ann 
or deferred till about the middle of June, as repottin 
0 
o 
— 
re, п 
; — — Mision e RE of the a are not su 
> d E — ens the greater number, how- 
] 
g season, 
sprinkle de plants with the Ае. * 21 evenings wat У ма 
rig * 
tree, w 
diet 45,000 acres are under Hop pira i in the 
at the present time ; each ac 
annual 
vera, 
to require ly 800 sbi "poles conse- 
36,000,000 new poles must be 
Ho growers thi es 
d, 
shoots so as to form меба lender. ‘old 
.| rather firm 
ood | the latter and soil in a properly moist state when 
ation i . Alpha. 
taking the p = promier ba ok 8 
number of 36,000,000; and if the — ber of . eu 
per acre, on an average, is estimated at 2000, which i - 
perhaps, nearer the truth, then 18,000 acres must be e 
ced beli зеҳ 
= THE CORREA. 
e la 
WELL-GROWN specimens of the better varieties of — tha 
n, Esq., F. 18, de 
adorare of the fintomological Society, published 
ti in pages, | polis, and must convey a v pet Doe sir idea of the 
acres 
any? “Tole 3 the Hop growers with poles. 
near Sevenoaks. 
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s kindly tell me, whether d се knew an old Cedar 
whose top had bee 
off, to pu out fresh 
iber. 
ention of Asparagus up hristmas, 
have had it constantly from the e of | of Noyotüber, 
With Parliament sitting, and tmas festivities 
the at hand, surely there must have pectic a gu mand for 
such a dai 
is is fly not very reputable for a great metro- 
t, 
00 good to throw away ; they may be made to produce 
r- 
n the “sprue” as they term it ; but to re rely on incl for the 
ractice 
months’ display bur 
every bloom is pagation ma 
effected either by means of Потро or by pront. The 
ndergone 
tes belive, of boiling, 0 - the cutting into чий 
driving а 
к o. ур 
is to grow it specially for forcing ; de roots I am now 
course in ; 
greengrocer’: Poncius f May. My worthy 
| з shop їп the end of May. My w 
of pene- | employer is particularly fond of this vegetable, and 
