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of London : but in the soil of Hampstead Heath all | the air admitted ery favourable | put to soak ; No. 6 is а unen 
the — forms of vegetation may be expected to | oceasion ; * the aim from the first should be iisdem wood quite dry when iom soak ; ‘the grub has not 
of American plants may blend with | stocky robust growth, and this cannot be effected with- | attacked either of them, and it appearsthat the lime-water 
groves ox Déodars and all our glorious new Conifers, out the aid of light and air. When the first pair of penetrates the green wood as deeply as it does the dry. 
e the trees of the United States ун their serias expand, pot singly, in 4-inch pots, retaining the| No. 7 is a specimen of peeled Larch, soaked in 1843 ; 
азана dra of crimson and de old, | | plants ina moist gentle heat; and, if necessary, afford and No. 8 is a specimen of the same soaked in 
au CY таре 8 чөяр a slight герм for а few ‘hours i in the forenoon, and |lime-water. No. 9 isa speci of eel 
ld creat “I & Summer” el y ates of ght з pecimen of unpeeled Larch, 
a create an In 8 maintain a moist atm —Ó until беу get established soaked in lime-water in 1843 ; and No. 10 is a specimen 
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But « our limited space will not permit us to dwell ; А 
upon what is now possible. All whoare familar with | and sunshine, and be afforded a free circulation of air soa e tank for soaking timber here is 
park scenery can readil fillin the details of the pic- by day vom the weather willadmit, shutting up early long, 5 e and 4 deep; dug out of the clay, and the 
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atural 23 not he allowed to become matted before shifting, J. Wilson,” J. L., Leaton Knolls. [The spouses to which 
үн lost for | Otherwise it will be diffieult to keep the soil properly | our obliging correspondent refers entirely confirm the 
moist, and prevent the appe spid eu his deseription o 
а a the great | ees potsfor thisshift, nie rather close, and watering or of “ the qua 'o those who go to see the 
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m E tly р а Parliament Шет necessity 11 — the — over- — morning and evening. plenty, on the common: Erica 1 
its adoption. London increases li а rolling ball | When established after this shift, give a liberal supply — 5 Narthecium ossifraga, Ranunculus Lingua, 
of snow; no longer ago than June, 1736, the then | of water, and to do this will probably require more Biechnum boreale, male and female, Galium palustre, 
Duke of GRAFTON proceeded at law against one | than the ordinary wn comm but this will 2 tly | Orchis bifolia. and maculata, Cnicus heterophyllus, 
Hittar, for burning bricks ind some Wers -— re the state eather, and — Рея тіз, Faiephomm angustifolium, and 
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quarters, and can be 
for the roots, The pots for the final shift should not | easily known by the great abundance of the white 8 spikes 
Gardens, y Ty bur rni Pig Bay swat 11 be less than 10-inch ones, and tera liberal treatment = the Cotton rass which may be E for Н 
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stopped to the south by Kensington Gardens, Hyde abide i 
f phere by frequent syringing, &e., d keep the 23 Wood, Duri amI —— read, with much 
ark, and Lord Holland’s ground, but the tide of plants close to the glass, a diem кі, quens leasure, your able Tear of the evidence taken before 
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it be with the north. Th table fate of the | are very hot, and then only for a short time. Give а tion of Mr. Prettejohn being the deputy surveyor. He 
most beautiful, nay em only really! beautiful dad near | liberal supply of manure water when the pots get full| has been supplanted by, I understand, a protegé of Mr. 
on, is to be covered wit icks and mortar,|of roots, and syringe frequently, so as to have the| Brown of Arniston's. . Prettejohn, however, left 
unless its doom is s arrested by the en inte posi- сЕ in vigorous health, and perfectly clean when they | his mark ind him, for he My. 3 ue 
tion of a public park. wering. An i d paying 
suit them while they are in bloom, and all the attention | similar compliment the Oak walking sticks wie 
Р they will then require will be to remove the seed pods | the - if vith the title of “naval timber,” w 
1 OF YOUNG PEACH TREES. as oy y appen гочат a few оп the most esteemed 1 ie p Ж I addressed a letter to the Times 
, 10 secure a handsome wall Peach tree it is exceed- varieties, to a d a s supply of seeds, keeping them clear | cn c 18H ult, iint the Government te stop the 
ingly desirable that, during the earlier stages of its of кузук flowers, and giving i liberal supply “of clear | work of demolition going on ; and as they cannot grow 
h, the sap should be encouraged to circulate as | weak manure water.” BY we timber upon this land, the only legitimate excuse 
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securing & proper develépmeltt of underwood is а | storms, or to slightly sereen them when newly potter is no 3 of woodland management so = as that of 
desideratum with every scientific gardener. Now, it Persons, however, w pace in a f r pen, ink, and paper management; and the trifling patron- 
is well known b every. one conversant with the Pit, will find - pam. ee aps to produce cuiu age that has accrued to Government daring the last 
management of Peach trees, that during the first two specimens. Sup the plants to be well 40 years, when this estate was begun to be planted, is a 
or three years of their growth a rapid accumulation of | established | in 5-шеһ 55 бы бові Ше end of May, рге mere drop in the ocean, compared 5 the loss to the 
central wood takes place, while, on the other hand, |a gentle hotbed, ue enough to place them upon after | nation by successive mismanagem v ide 
there is a proportionately slow evt of the side shifting into the wering pots. tg ove them to this, | Conservative ub. 
shoots, caused by the sap being c hiefly concentrated in | and inure them to 1 — open in by sheltering them from "EL Md Society's Garden Exhibitions.—To 
the upright branches. Now the question is, how is the | the direct rays of the sun, do nee time, then shift into | eri. emer tor there must of necessity be a want of 
sap to be diverted into the desired channel? Theo only | flower: ring pots, and replace them on the , 5 Nearly thesame 
effectal mode of doing this seems to be by shortening | апа an, sifted с coal ashes, y plants are brought 4 orward year after year ; they may 
in the central shoots, and stopping all the laterals which | ill b half size and in 2 e- — still they ^ 
these may send out, except the — ones, whieh хе ies depth, or more, — to the ол зод of the | Ше same. How desirable it, th , that 
trained peers Many berti spoiled in mE tie bed, it will be of great service in preventing rapid interest of these сз pev sedating кеу be kent ob 
because ce is not followed out ; and not T evaporation, and affording a regular temperature t o the by the introduction of as much novelty as possible. It 
so, but 2 — become so productive "Wi. s: would | roo in vain to ex ibi res wi 
otherw 2 own into = bed, but this must be as ented da fre- alter the character of the shows much. No: this 
can se * 0 goo ood reason why the lower shoots o se le ing t the T und; so cireumstanced, the| will depend more upon rules drawn by or with the 
fan-trained Pe ach tree koeli not be as strong and аг pst will be fou gros w very E producing sanction of the Couneil of the Society ; these rules 
. ductive as any of the others. An objection has been raised | dioit jointed robtist pak and they will g to any | ought to efinite, and should guide the judges as 
to m of treatment, which is, that it tends to | reasonable size in a comparatively do 2 * The much in their decision as inform exhibitors of what is 
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weaken the remaining eyes of those shoots which have | bed should, of course, be e put up in a sheltered corner, | wanted. xhibitors ought not to ex to the 
been stopped. But if such is the result, I should say | where they will à ae liable to be blown about by wind, | whims and conceits of judges; however high the situation 
that it is rather an advantage than otherwise, because it in it may be advisable to afford them the support of a they may fill may be, confidence ean only be secured in 
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is precisely the effect which is desired. There is по stake: eir decision by a reference to the rules by which plants 
danger of the central wood of. a Peach tree ever "The soil for the Balsam can hardly be too rich; it exhi bited in pots are to be ju dged. In iiie pe of 
beco; too weak. The production of a few laterals | should consist of about two parts nice friable turfy loam, | th id h sibl 
n never injure the tree if пе. are properly attended | and one of two-year-old cow-dung, with a sprinkling of that uniformity of outline now so prevalent ; each 
— 2 in Е му did, what would become | sharp sand, well incorporated with it before usin ng. | Species or variety pe be allowed to develope its 
of the e Vin Alpha. natural habit, as far as is consistent with its artificial 
who have the management treatment, and abs a due — to the facility with ; 
vl quantities er young apis this subject is an im- which it may be removed to the place of 
and as I am fully aware that there are Home Correspondence What gives the never-failing attraction to Orchids but 
rdeners who hold in this matter an opinion con-| Timber баа in Lime Water.—As the: pablication the variety of form and — anus their 
i t defiance, 
and stating to me the results of experiments in season- | and. glowing i in этии from the restraints of the 
rationale oi а рено oung timber by immersion in lime-wa be | formulist ? us repeatedly visit the Р 
I should have sated that the коре time = 3 „ ee T to many of my ier be ги land- | tent ; and Ton is the ee, there—a vari of 
the shoots i s about the month of June. J. Bui owners, I hor them, together with the specimens resplen ndent eric i certainly, but all the m T 
— — referred to by him. I ‘should add that timber ormity, both in the palaa of dag plant 
for roofing, gates, &c., should first be shaped and fitted, | and form « ary т flower, as if nature had given up Ше 
THE BALSAM. and then taken to pieces and placed in the lim аўт contest, and had submitted to the notions of the florist 
are more generally cultivated or more|as the wood, when taken out of the pit and dried, and the ; the same also holds good with all 
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useful for the, decoration of the gree — during the becomes so hard and the grain 80 gli. that it cannot | collections of florist flowers whatever. I am not, how- 
à when its ordinary inmates are placed out of well be cut or planed, and if placed when tenoned and | ever, insensible to the patient and persevering merit of 
than the Balsam „ but in the hands of amateurs it framed together in the pit, would swell and burst the | the florist ; I merely affirm that his labour tends to a 
15 seldom well grown. It is a plant of exceedingly | joints. My gardener says, “ the — of timber epu md at variance with that К" which gives 
3 ted habit, and unless its energies are properly | now submitted for 5 the result of some M t charm to nature ’s handi works, Frui t alwa, ways 
à mmencement-it speedi es à | experim rried o n 1843. and 1849, Pieces o. a an att 1estion 
lank: со ; ly assum 
y naked appearance, which no after care can correct. | the wood, as labelled, were weis for 14 days in strong тү апу опе lake this, let him visit t the tent i in Which it 
March may be sown any time from the beginning of | lime-water, and after being taken out and allowed to dry, | is placed, an 
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| for treating them properly after the are exhibit. Wulle the piece of youn Larch, No. Lin perfectly see it, for to bring exotic 
bia Sow thinly in vl dined oe filled with "light | so я und, No. 2, а piece i: ece of the 2 tree, but not soaked, | country requires the highest effort of horticultural : 
Y Soil, covering the seeds lightly with the same | is completely 2 by grubs. No. 3 à piece of | There is one point in the judging of fruits which I 
DE and MA them in a moist — house or pit Sycamore plank, soaked in те: and No, 4 а —— could rightly understand, viz., the giving a prize 
soon as the plants appear, the pots piece of the same plank, not t lode No.5 isa specimen | to a Melon for its flavour, and to a p for its 
be placed close te the glass in iie Vighisel pastel of Lime tree plank, soaked ; the wood quite green when | weight Now the mere size or weight of any fruit is 
