548 THE 
GARDENERS CHRONIC 
LE. [Aucusr 27, 
mother cells are really rin Aa from 
ost recent woody fibre, 
appear to 
Imus rubra, acacia, and Pau 
imperialis, from de 
К" $ is to be observed that these 
m exclude 
0 
to those eae реге woo 
r the manner of roots. 
THE OAK. 
builds a house, lays out a garden, or 
may reaso 
8 
down 
АЧ Ма 
s 0 
have been made principally, if not exclusively, on | pr 
U eud- d lownia | 
latter of which the figures | value or pru 
but which, * v neglect, have become its oppressors an 
ring even the scan of food 
rs 
which its roots absorb from the 0 a source of s e ui dme 
mere li of the Oak. The soil in 
decay, by over-shadowi uent dep 
? 2 it grows sand subsoil sand and cla 
220 of ye ^ чырды vy lodos ti * Frage MT and 10 f Б деер раге corns sown in 1822 ant 
wth, thrive ommutatio e soi $ 
sufficient shel rom adverse winds, &c., is a truth m finaly, PP tees жак ud Sr feat say aE ӨЛҮ) 
er E | бм кө Lent ne КҮ 
% T tim maturity, as the only source hich M heal — was trenched 3 feet deep, and planted 6 feet apart, in rows, 
robust gro d be acqui 2 Ў - = same distance. „Willo ows were plan nted between the ч 
also evident. ever, inquir 
з, how of Мане — elf, 
e answer, rightly understood, will never deceive us, 
‘brave 
old Oak,” “ the monarch nth - wood," whose stern and 
massi bark and rugged tortive 
be ity of ае; ; and 
ree 
r reared nor never 
m. 
object in making these 
ting, by which a quick return upon t 
re a free and 
plan the original 
outlay с йө be obtained, com rather to show the neces- 
fi thy In 
or four 
th, ача 1 бо allo 
Daks, but the strong wi iths that ae. so should be 
every sp 
: ns has taken place with UMS to c 
ch contr 
pruning 25 r trees. The no- pruning system can only 
e 
entirely remo ved. I never seen 
Е favourable, that 
of 50 years, or even a much shorter 
ut decay—a pro ta 
jade “adici ious 
н stem * from 
of the frees 
eet together; they will t 
Vidc la height, ж. ME apr to repay for e labour 
owed on the management of the 
paid to the б use 
f for the 
to warran 
ning o 
: 
be арр! іе 
І һеге subjoin an account of the rate of growth of 
mo 
aks that re partieularly under my 
notice, i so 801 was finally transplanted 
a lawn in pri 819; it is no feet high; 
the girth of stem at tl is 6 feet 9 inches; 
Um so frequently observed 
о 
to point out the best mode of Cid 
being Per 57 the Oaks. 
loamy clay, and at 3 feet deep good brick earth. 
e to gather the acorns from well apes and finely 
formed tr 
orm ees, rather t 
Tassel. 
* 
MA OF CIDER APPLE TREES. 
Aet Apple pine on the Rearing and Cultivation 
of Cider ө, in Normandy, entitled “ Traité 
дум i Tip n et de la 
es Dé аган rents 
sary re requ contains. 
growth of the Oak, so that — valuable timber е 
óduced. that the work has 
| thought it d 
may be pro 
With a view to afford 
mpi to the Oak, I 5 5 
agree in opinion with those |voeate plantin 
vari 
c 
Ib 
nd the suffocation which is 
These belts 
vious to the tro 
whe: 
—— 
might | ^? 
е We m 
ug esirable » furnish our readers with a series 
of amare: from 
e subject is e: no — unimportant, roof 
ary to adduce the et that i in 
in a good season man 
treatise in question may preve TA errors in the formation 
of these plantations ; 2 it w ed 
out, that many errors ar 
may add that many of the strictures as зу 
instructions that follow are oats not — to eider 
Apple trees but likewise to other trees. 
PART I 
ritical remarks on vari ous modes of cultivation 
re 
which have been ado opted, — are still practised as 
regards hes Cider Apple tre 
on of a Nursery ihe P : private nursery is 
rchard, it is fre- 
as the 
able the young Oak to resist i 
e seaso The Willow "OF t бе Hazel | chea 
ise be grown н 2 vantage u 
Choice of the 
second or rione e plants to be 
cen This is a 
ee nomy often 
beeause of their 
mistake } for although ete of 
and 
anted for berries trees 
ds or fores r 
ay | w shall have. 
1 аа the whole бё its early formed nts in 
tre 
The soil is a str rong 
an 
rs clear - 
the res of their cider t trees; 16 
although 1 some 5 may be fı 
hat b s good 4 uu ia 
from seven 
aequire the 
i 1 d, ow t deal Ps d al 
plante "— a gum eal o E and light be dena 
ne is 
its stem „ 
allow it 65 
fri 7 
attention to ae: pinching off, and 
соран should be ene om 
rely the nurseries 
In 
h 
on the stem are all taken off, and that generally at too 
early a peri these sh or more strictly bra 
ing their leaves, were intended to ine the size of the 
tem, the p re des on of the shoots, and the 
consequent privation of leaves, preve robust, straight 
: gn ony and thence come t that have bending, 
too slender 
y stems, and which are more espec 
— 
Grafts.—Cleft grafting, 
t of matters relating to 
several defects, In order to 
m 
ing to the stock, with osie 
shoots from the graft pire be ent as A UN 
on of the Head YU De 
18 
growth. 
Formati 
tree has been grafted low o 
topped at a convenient height for ie on 
anches intended to form its h but, 
erved and cut very shor 
without calculation, without for — 
"we direction of me bud which 
having been examin ode of # 3 
The con Deen of this eed oy oe еа 
е or four the head of il. 
of this bad pruning, 
the am utation of —— branches 
should been eut off with th 
first dev veloped; ; Ком 
former ins : 
— and i im adi 
— 1 impe nds Se — will 
egle e 
earth on a. —— suffer by ex 
and to frost; and that үр d should remain 
these influences as short a — 
The pre M of the ‘leaves on the 
