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4 а; but in the ma ority “of; related of the summer ringing of Vines seems too — avoiding large crowns. А Welsh Goat нн: 
Lnd Ao ad ely o ptor m ot ther explicit s ү be tiseredited (Hort. бое. Trans., Эх s 193 o doubt — t the mischief Eres — (There — 
inds of fruit, which is considered of more niet an , perhaps, ain increa s mpor T. dn at piene da mp, some shape, unco DIT эш. 
and the only protection afforded E Goos mS iat resent, wien that planti is subject to ailments. Perha » is maan ree AT ы 
ts is a few mats, which are tie d closely r тома the ral introduction of root pru ning has great Chamomile.—Per mit me inform rm you 
irel ^ it e of one aw ids iig & praetice which at best) (see p. 664), that a bed of Chamomile which v 
light and air. Now this is directly opposite to the treat- inflicts в some little injury. But if the retrenchment of spring, and kept clear of we through den 
ment we give the Vine at this stage; and the same | roots renders uto edi ry t the ring for throwing the | and which has monnit un ek free from sun, Py 
process is in operation in the foliage of the one 2 into blossom, it does not appear that it ought to | graveily soil, produced a very fine er тор of flowers, 
as in that of the other, viz. the conversion of the supersede that operation, as directed to the improve- | J. C. S., Bexley Heath. - 
sap into its proper state for the perfect E ment of the fruit. 4. H. + е al om Ei us of opinion that 1 tli 
of the fruit, and also for supplying the wood with i e . observe some discussion, she s purpose; it is ver 
required amount of nourishment for the development of about Asparagus ; із the sort known in Englan d, which is pol "bi — should be stamped ж. m — 
the next year's crop; light and air are therefore as | grown in the Un me States? At Louisville, Kentucky, labels soldered to small iron stakes, or nailed to the 
essential to the well-doing of the one as the other. I saw it early in the spring out of doors; it is not large, | v wall, as the case may be. I have ae labels of this kin 
Hence it is that fruit gathered from trees which have | and [alan b^ white; — ing only a point o wegen which had been in use for 60 years to all appearance ag 
pec reus up for some time has that watery insipid | half an ineh in length green ; but it is quite tender good as — were the day tivi were made, Putty, 
taste which it almost invariably acquires under such un- | to the very end of the stall, and of most excellent рарег, г wood, are more fit for the bondoir — 
rates W stances, and which tends materially to | flavo tand the eA ‘of the seasons. The ey w 
essen its value compared wiih other fruits. In addition Walls on Hilly Ground.—In a season like the present, | every 0 years, but this is not dd. case 
to this, trees which are subjected to this kind of treat- | when heavy drenching 15 succeed each o wap in quiek mes which i is Me lasting. W. Brown, Merevale, = 
tent year after year must be ultimately rendered in- | succession, the comfor sd a good emp 1 walk can | Par. iega ated Vine.—I herewith“ forward, foi Tl 
eapable of pein her fruit worth notice. 16 is not my cely be? over-rated’; ph: therefore, a serious draw- | inspection, some leaves taken from a variegated Grape 
intention to put these fruits on an equal with Grapes or backe when paths are not bap ; and the re are many that Vine, a — 1 ot Eien own cava which I inarehed 
Peaches, nor shall I in endeavouring to preserve them not so, owing as much to manner in | last March o as grown since 13 feet, 
% iod incur an expense equal (in P whieh they have been 98 as to the indifferent | Eve ery leaf is М таниб, Н was Mi ha 
to their relative TD to that required for Grape or materials of which they are composed ; but there are neglected till I i now has a 
Pih c culture. The e plan I shall recommend i is both xS likewise with which in ordinary weather no fault e Robert Joi — bis is ban 
* and cheap, I n be found—but which after heavy rains present а | but the white is not nemi distinet ; there are too 
placed’ 
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38 8. 
ith | dy Apie е | gut tered and broken appearance ; such walks are those | many blotches “of middle tint to allow it to be 
of ground about 7 or Steet vide faving been drained and n hill sides when the water is sure to break them up | among first-rate variegations.] à tap 
into gullies, more or less deep; now to obviate this Lost Peach.— About 25 years ago, a garden 
With bricks or some similar material most easy of access defect, many walks are Lo eA with outlets at the sides, | at Ne a Peal, | ми ge, white, with weng 
a double trellis, 1 foot wide and 41 feet high, might 79 where the ee is caught E arthenware pipe, whi eh streaks on the sunny side, ripening very W 
xed in the centre, the "whois length of the bed, and at | conveys it to some subterranean quum nel. Now these | week or two before any other Peach, and hay 
24 feet distance on either side a single one 3 feet high; | outlets or exci as they are Өен, заг, to say — t of Vic aie ТА d sweet flavour, . ve e 
the trellises should be made of galvanised wire, so as to them, but clums . ppurtenances to a wa they | tree withered and die I have never seen the 
keep the portions of branches coming in contact with | must be pzetty numerous, uteri the scita id of| Peaeh (w whi im I should instantly Foei by 
them from dieran Thus there will be room for | water does all the mischief they are intended to remedy. | Covent Garden ; nor, indeed, anywhere but ix fione 
ree dn trees, which should consist of good and | Any plan, therefore, that would bind the on together, market, where ‘one fruiterer only sold it, and told me 
late keeping sorts. The tallest growing varieties should | so ‘a to resist. the flow of water, without, at the same | she obtained it from a gentleman?s garden in the neigh- 
be planted to the centre trellis, and the dwarfer kinds to) time, rendering it unpleasant to walk von, must be an | bourhood. She is dead, so I am unable to trace it 
the outside ones, The m of protection which is now т MN provided it be capable of general eme Could any of your readers oblige by informing me if 
the next subject for consideration may consist of a} Now, 5 though 3 nothing new, will this Peach is known to sate t) what its name, and 
strueture just high enough to cover the trellises; 5 feet effet this object :— Pound so ood lime ent slake M: 1 could procure some t UE. W. esti 
in the centre and 3 feet at the sides чач de very and convey боне of it to the "dad walks, then mix | ^ Cobbett's Pears.—1f » X. » will address a line Ee 
convenient height. It should be so as to it with the gravel in тйк гү like the pr oportion of | Crump, of Chorley, near Bridgnorth, he may obtain 
put up and take down with the еей pos there. оне ee oan to four or five of gravel ; a small quantity | information he wishes respecting Cobbett's Kann 
fore the — d ш ddle s 2 — NS should each be ү ought to be mixed at a i ape with w ater and then „ 
permanently fitted together, an o let into Waben aid on imm Engel beating and ud 5 
in the ground, at convenient Pide apart; a door- — 3 qua vd ud and о on "i while Ss Sortettes. 7 
way should be made iu one end, to go in at, to gather | don ; the ass byt ns 1 80 ge кй 
TERE when эе ; His d and 2 will Sene that iti is years before water ¢ can have any e effec upon n it. e im р Oct. —E. BRANDE, Ea, in te ; 
of frames made s ach from one support The process! ‘cementing,” chair. The subje = of special — on this. [ 
to the bir; : — oy hot roof should 25 covered with and one be ү е like — өй asphalte ; — were Pears, ardy annuals. | i 
canvas, which would in a great measure exclude | besides bei uch cheaper n districts Maud Pears there were no peel than n —— most of i 
the wet, those for the sides and ends might be covered | lime is plentiful tes good, it m may b d less sparingly, | them consisting of good-looking fruits, considering the } 
with Hay thorne’s hexagon netting tie w aes — a it is not an expensive affair at adis this af and to those | unfavourable season in which they have been rip, 
more light an air to the interior, "То of board, о have been suffering from the effects of thunder | As much, however, cannot perhaps be said in favour of f 
each about 4 inches wide, should be failed together e showers ie other неу? rains I advise a trial of alittle | their flavour; for owing to the great want of br | 
cover the — of this ace fed house Am most exposed place, and I think I may — * we have had it summer, that has been 100 
and the structure is now ры ete, and tw Wo: me быа ада its answering. Vinder. o be anything but good. A 1 the different exhi- 
du up or r take it down in less than half nr, Variegated Plants (see p. 661). —I qu uite agree with —.— s produced, that from Mr. Ingra m, gr. to Her T 
These fra when not waited for this ve en might | Mr. gem remarks, that if variegation is a dis- | Majesty at Frogmore, was certainly the best, the whole н 
be applied 1 ме рн tatty s, such as covering pits in | ease, it under which most shrubs grow luxuriantly; of the fruits of which it consisted. being fair siz 
Peas, а 
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ly summer; or where pit | wit th e following plants, however, the opposite would | specimens, quite ripe, and eo orrectly named. The sot 
Miel —— in spring, as is frequently the case, this appear to be the fact, vit striped Bese variegated Ivy, | were Beurré Bose, Van Mons Léon le Clere, Marie 
ght be erected over a lot bedding out Geraniums, Alyssum saxatile, and Arabis caucasica | Louise, em € а of Jersey, and Autumn. -— 
vious to ke dea out to their | and lucida, Whether it in pots p Va beds these are al! A Ber anksian Medal was 
yiw i fro 
flowe n 
rant. Ee which they spring ; “thier 4 therefore, furnishes some | Perkins, Esq, wo. Park; Row 
—1 ave an Araucaria ыле grounds rs supposi sing that, if not a ^ disease, variegation | Duchesse d’ Angoulème, „Marie Louise, харо LS 
EHE. ation for seven or eight | is at least à condition orous health, as | Beurré, Belle et Bonne, and Hacon's Inco | 
p — south aud is о es by the fac t tha it ants in that state are 8 Merit was dei — other 255 
| Vast autumn the: tee grew well Hart rnished by Messrs ill 
by trees. Till last autumn the tree grew well | 
and looked мау then it turned yellow. and ha well ley's Rough Plate G „ Having had three Busby, Ju a rf — adus We page 
worse ers 
d yellow, and has got | different sorts of supplied by different dealers, as varieties in good condi ton, viz. Beur 
^ and. ч ever since. I observed, some six c 2 Patent Te Plate, ean you b. by description Alth ied d e m > (c 
eee e gut 9 : — ee first — 550 inform 55 i ы T character of йз The last, and Louise Bonne of Jersey, Gansel’s Bergamot, 
: aia 5 i 
examining 1 saw that this affected the neri tuer "hits Miro d 5 mni 5 A ins ыга covered ced emere —— 
h urré 
na rais Rectory, Holme | de Lamy, Ambrosia, Beurré d' 
of almost every branch, and on ome it 1 ow it was | Pierre 13 adi 1 
à роті. [The las ears is cd been Hartl ў 
resinous. the Po of dn T fou nd an ather г Arau- the rest must have Mte urio T Ed NEP. ^ 
ight.—A plot o 
eurré de Сарїа 
in which Potatoes | or Trout Pear, and Seckel: 
an 
á 
move it; had been grown and exte 7 affected by blight last Pears, large and beautiful specimens, 
he eh ef ant it | year, was left this › spring for a erop of winter Kale, and Banksian Medal was awi ; 
reparatory e in small | L. E of Covent Garden 
As, 3 spring advance gnifiq 
d, | Crassane, Beurré Mag ue, Duc 
the ins of the | Belle An gure, In addition to 
which pad been left i in the ground of the | Sawbridgeworth, sent 
ouses. Among 
as e үте ere e and fine, and so di 
ame kind ripened 
е crop | was not greater than Triomphe cee The Laure 
bet of 3 cid grown phon 80 seed in the same medium tractive Pear, w 
AES baer to Mr. Dugmore, The Firs, | sc 
de 
^ ia 5 . Stafford subseriber must ra : 
Pine s over head while the Ae he best P. 
en th e 5 atmosphere to — durin $1 
narrow rings, sharply and clean 
sarily be in injurious, It was as | 
but to those due Mare Laon up, | what disco ‚ the effee 
te i eme vy soi sad биш рш — — 
