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flowers in to appear it will be nearly impossible | thus time is gained to the extent of 11 years for Pears this country a black Grape, with the їшї flavour of a 
to грн growth, The best situation for the | and 15 years for Cherries, Plums, and uh. The | good ripe Fino ciple: I am cultivated in the kingdom 
after .they comm flowering, will be a|powers of production and of vitality do not appezr to| of Naples a Gra of this description, and not being 
rather shady position in а house, where the tem- be lessened by adopting the double any more than by | able to find it in any other locality, I should be glad of 
perature may range from 60° to 80°, and if|adopting the single course. the information I have just asked for. Robert Tait. 
properly supplied with water and kept clear of It is no small recommendation to be able to adopt, for otbeds.—Presuming that * Mary" resides within a 
(this plant not being particularly liable to any), | trees against walls, a form which is obtained and kept | few miles of a tanner's yard, and is in possession of a 
i wing and blossoming for two or upata much less cost of time and care than is ordinarily | one-light wooden forciag frame, she must first set the 
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as directed for last season, and in spring they | which accident may give rise; but if in addition we find | the hotbed to be, then drive down a strong stake, 14 
out of their pots, the balls reduced if the | that the same surface of wall is covered by the plans | inch from each corner outside ; remove the frame, and 
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be necessary to cut back and prune the plants, greatly in favour of the former. It cannot be denied | trees to the height of 2} feet, much the same as in the 
but the winter will probably do the greater portion of that the new forms are less agreeable to the eye than | formation of basket work; then make a pier of loose 
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as to secure а snpply of young wood at the bottom of moment by those whose object it is to derive profit from | the wattle work, laying a course of rubble or 
the trellis, and the weaker pieces should be altogether | their trees. Journal of Horticultural Society, extracted on the bottom, 3 or 4 inches thick; place the frame 
cut out; carefully managed, the plants will make good | from the Revue Horticole, Sept. 1852. fi i 
sized speci i i to ith: clint eli а АЕ. 
GE REE EERE cat attended to, let some one be sent to the tan yard for a 
plants sho TRADE MEMORANDA. good cart-load of bark, nearly fresh from the — when 
Rich light sandy turfy loam and good turfy peat, in| Now that Mr. Bradley, alias Watson, aliàs Blomfield, | the bark arrives, lay a course 1 foot thick on the bottom, 
the proportion of three parts of the latter to one of the | alias Seymour, aliàs Stevens, aliàs Collingwood, &e. &c.,| and tread or beat it down pretty firmly ; then lay 
i i i i as been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for | another , beat down as before, and d until 
inquire who the per 
rding sons have | the bed is from 3 to 34 feet deep; on the surface lay 3 
loam and peat, and a slight admixture of broken | been whose purchases have made it worth the man’s | or 4 inches of sawdust to plunge the plants in; but not 
potsherds, or lumpy bits of charcoal, will form an while to carry on his operations. The value of the | new sawdust, as neither plants nor cuttings do well in 
excellent compost for this plant. Care should be articles he has obtained has been very large, and his it. Thrust a stick into the bed, place the light or sash 
i “perfect drainage, by using | plunder has extended over a considerable period of | on the frame, and keep it closely shut until the heat is 
en used, the soil ought to be | time. What did he do with the goods supplied to him? | up. This may be i i 
in a proper state, as respects moisture. Alpha. They could not be pawned—they would not keep ; had 
— they been hawked about some one would surely have foun be as warm as the hand, the bed is ready for 
detected him; he therefore must have had some n i i 
unknown method of readily disposing of them ; in short, | place a lining of stable litter 14 foot thick round the 
there must have been a receiver. r. Buck, of frame; but if litter cannot be had, build a bank of earth 
Covent Garden, by whom a part of the goods we round it, to а or 4 inehes above the wattle work ; 
bought, declared to the had dealings | this will confine the heat, Litter would be better, as it 
loss of the crop. i the 
know that the mildew may be arrested in houses 
4 by withholding water and applying sulphur ; 
І these remedies are, of course, inapplicable to field 
cultivation. Three ways, which suggest under 
existing circumstances, all tending to diminish 
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replanted ; 2, round older plants should be 
trench cutti the larger roots at a distance 
of 3 or 4 feet from the stem, the ends of the roots 
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however, gives rise to another ; the trees being planted | viction of the man himself, and we trust that some of , countries the growers save all the prunings in heaps to 
ata ce of nearly 3 feet from each o i our correspondents may be able to throw light upon the | rot, to be again dug into the soil ; this being the very 
г ч have | subject. If they should not wish their communications | essen what d, perhaps it 
to be developed instead of one, as before. to be made public, we have no objection to ing them | may assist the roots i i 
This sort of training is established as follows. The confidentially, using the intelligence in our own way; | wood; and with Vines and Currants planted upon 
trees should be strong maiden plants; they should be but we confess to a vehement desire to add something to | rather elevated ground, or on the ridge system, perhaps 
planted vertically, with proper care, in the places the knowledge we already possess.: .. it might 
SS culation of the plants. All quack medicines are 
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marked. The first year nothing more is to be done —À thereby cause it to resist the disease. rom dient 
than to remove portions of the stem, in order to establish | узена Pa GNU migration of Gardeners. — Your 
= quilibrium between it and the roots. Thenext year Home Correspondence. «Т, S." (see p. 85), reminds me of the great revolutions 
pad are top of each stem must be left to | Soil for Vines in Pots (see p. 37).—Surely Mr. Urqu- | that have taken place in the South Australi 
v y, all ing con into hart must be mistaken in regard to Wimbledon loam | and observes that what applied to 1851 does not apply to 
spurs by the proper means. ‘the spring of fol- | containing something prejudicial to the Vine in point of | 1853. Now, this is y I admit. Butif in 
lowing year, the young trees having taken good hold of | fruitfulness, and also as respects its preventing 1851 th was 
the ground, and al grown, stem is to 1 their wonted dark and glassy that the cattle died in 
inclined oaas nete er dr. ah E - . Mee Can peace e or y-eoloured Fr. like 
' ; summer one vigorous shoot is allow to G y, be to som in the soil? painful circumstance may occur in | at 
develope in a vertical ion ve the The question appears to to be future period. If the drought was so great in 1851 
pas In the fourth spring the branch produced b mportanee, and one on which I should be glad to have that each sheep would mounted on the 
nis bud is itself bent, a yard above fis тойы, the yy arbre: of my I add | back of a pony to be yed blade of Grass 
€— that I have had perience in cultivating Vines | to another," and the milk of half a dozen was 
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Lare is to be taken during the next summer to main-|in pots, and have always found them do best when barely sufficient for a family's tea night and morning for 
tain an equal vigour in the two branches of each tree, struck from eyes the year previous to that in which the previous four months, it speaks rather unfavourably, 
and to promote the vigorous growth of each terminal | they are fruited. The sorts I have generally grown I think, for the adaptation of South Australia for 
Eb goa de The same operation is| which I am told is one of the best v for | Are the soil and the climate of Australia on the whole, 
, > every year u til | P Р ‹ rom > 7 r 11 At 22 fforts, I hi e pplyi gth * 
: two to four bunches at an eye, were struek in February | of that population ? “Т. S’s.” friend does not mention 
