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had the natural order and Linnsean classification to on the spurs. In gardens this habit may be altered, and Ripenin 
which each plant belonged, specified in this way :— а" regul pply every season ensured, by 
ал, a thinning the crop and exposing the spurs to sun and air. | t 
Dixie Ii The same may be sai with respect to some kinds of season of + 
innæan Classification, Pears ; others require no pruning at the roots for the orjtubs, 
4 TANDRIA MONOGYNIA. eid Fait production of spurs, such as Easter Beurré, Hacon's | and bot 
ical effort attracted great attention, excited | Incomparable, Ne Plus Meuris, and many others that | leaves should 
the envy of some, and will I hope emulate others to go | make sp eely without it. At p. 758 your corre- admi fruit, 
and do likewise. A. Miles, Kingsdown, . € agree | spondent speaks of root-pruning a Peach tree, and of its | freely giv a : ble. Air A onie 
with our correspondent in thinking that it is desirable being covered with spider, and I will venture to | fr Aer a arg умайа, and ag — А 
к,» e correctly named at flower - shows, predict that unless precautions are taken early іп | the roots. y» ay its full size Cease watering © 
an ames should also be spelt correctly. | spring, the same will be the result next summer. to 68°, and that л фы. Tange from " 
fact, 1 ms ер. ore в name: is, in my opinion, the r f the Peach sh ot Severe. frost ч . from 60° ta 629, But dany | 
ibitors. [ e we | meddled with in any way, as they dislike b t rature by 49 
m that accuracy is not so easily attained as | bruised; the re ‚з — } "me liked "cat by Lini npe - I have ripened bunches of this inj : 
29, ji supposes ; 7 which this letter is good evi - equalising the flow of sap i e branches. Again — as 90 Ibs n weight, and even i an 
lence ; ; , T^ 
— e entisin чы aaaea яле diei M 73, a correspondent writes that the Peach may be hod. ron javanicum.— Two plan 
wrong ; the d is Chrysanthum. As to the Шекер, == ай ог 2 — * aes 12 a t P qe groning ja the — border үм | 
ME Mao mach абы MERO елен» з or what advantage is to be gained after | been killed by frost, although | be 
: | spondent, we | the nee got into a beari ? э ga we have had 
venture to think it an instanee qe dien pedantry. ] lifting of an old tree К чш жми, — — — fit. They we planted out in Au in 
Ri ne T m 2 € в чїч sg үч, bey g ден vnus — — * 4 test their hardiness) in a 1 — | 
ion, mild i : : ne | имеп the, поша year. mould and loam, i red d 
Ra A 1 mek н - ; 2 — de — this - <span an experiment of the kind tried | other in a ees — yet bath hane eq С | 
applied along the pipes, and on th and. anon: Cultivati errow. ; » Symons, Carclew, Cornwall, Deo, 20, Lo 
near the boiler ; the , Curtivation of Cape Heaths.—Having procured some ас. ^ 
by artificial means during the dag. Plast of vu od пісе bushy plants of the sorts intended to be grown, — ta 
given, so as to e sa aai the y > me was | which had better be done early in the spring, and having Foreign Correspondence 
1. Sequence was that the Agde Am e со r d sufficient good fibry peat, by breaking it to Leaves РВОМ my CHINESE Nore Boox.—N 
spider was not found Very troublesome » “р pieces and mixing with it a liberal quan ity of silver hod of Taking Honey from Bechives, Кы, 
oughton, Dec. 19. * P. Deane, | sand, an e lumps of chareoal or small pebbles, pro- | ing at present (August l6th) in a Buddhist Теш, 
Les Stacks, —1n many localities where ice — * a^ — Plants from 3-inch to 5-inch pots, or situated in a most romantic and beautiful spot 
veniently procured for Storage for summer, other | ma hg 10 7 or dl. inch pots, 80 on, ease | the Tea hills in the province of Chekiang, Some 
odes must be resorted t Pp range , y be, using at coarser for the large sizes than А af 
of the country. I th o, and residing in such a part for the small ones, and emplovi ele i i ' 
: ty, 1 therefore had recourse to the following pots. Press the mJ 1 — va denine of 
expedient :—Having a good fall of ы pots. Press the mould firmly round them; if the hives 
of Jan Dd ани new а "^ = “am » mu e re till it is quite firm, 
erection of a circular c ; or the plants will. probably grow very freely f 
of this fall (about 6 beo in rire, aimata 4 у - en suddenly die. — t жа e 
2 ге dés to work, in carting, rolling, and building | rather «€ en he 8 rs на Меер duin Зы 
Stack, making it about 30 feet in diameter, having it к ог а few days, but do not times cylindrical, with а moveable 
watered and firmly trodden under foot; th 1 g Бо to ex es eit way. radually inerease the 
Гара, when the weather i — . А e — —— the shading till in fine days the lights | is 
- ing (a t : DW) off entirely s th 
Thus, at the eue Чандра "m perly sea: leave air on all-night, and in hot June, Jit, — 
artificial mound, about fect xx a z an | August days shade them in the middle of the day, and | Chinese 
a strong wooden frame put round ^ лак € leave the lights off all night. Many of them would no | in 
distant from the staek, well packing betwi about 2 feet | doubt, bloom; but if they are slow growing kinds, and 
and frame with straw 4 we ing e the snow | specimens are required, I would prefer stopping them 
whole with | fond of ee — fishies = all over as soon as they get into good growth. When they 
ing a ditch outside the frame, i е req ty t band of matti tri 14} 
water y in order to carry off pot, and with some fine matting draw the shone secuit 
ag ding esce etr door кз: уын the same ans — = шил rper — ow. the 221 for t ч f 
me will wer for ngress; of course this through them Ай fin 11 ur to ton to Perform 
Y years without bein d y ine woolly growth they addition to his 
oved, ma : : g | may e centre had be i 
EL cium, dern rt at the size of my only turns yellow and unsightly. if id out, for it of the buffaloes 
one-half) ; and yet I may remark e for w nearly | Some of the free flo ering kinds 1 remain, 
a cribed above still re ora 2 к part of the stack bloom, and all those of a Piaggio Bee koala b 
ir p of one year fromthe time of its Pao hey — hat it peo Mya Md Mn roe dwarf te 
Toa M" : oot-Prunin ting of Sie raft — а" к е the extreme points pinched 
[esed out to extremes, as is the ense in some | peeping thr aes “A dus alate жам 
are not unfrequentl s "S e flowers; others may be pinched 
frui "iQ, LUE, Sensons afterwards — ere ^ —.— de a ne d — side shoo 
1 ame pe — c чи the | The plan of merely Мы. өн фер eint е А — 
Pruned trees just after n e n off root- through the flowers will b peeps 
dicating that th in be found useful in regard t 
was too weak to carr ъз Б that the tree | some of the late bloomi : 
root-pruning pore Li wem а gue cas n however, flowers fade the Ware vi — t Sg — — 
delicate operation very often falls into mite this | crop of buds just behind the Some of the — 
—.— promi y or may not be remet e ъа: — = 5 — probably require another stopping 
y on t а е mi of July, while othe ill 
the left have a te Parts are eut off, and whether break fi 1 sé wi be fo 
ndency or not to throw o xing freely of their own accord. Th 
à : и t fi > ^ ose that 
e Pruning, Having had a t "1 х had better be stopped, and as they grow the 
10 tear trees to : many Apple | shcots must : 
I Pi ‘prune during the last five years, with fi carefully regulated by drawing them out 
e e fepe the benched my e і. бше Mating, and perhaps e wl a 
with its tendency to make foroa оо Mees, together lagain about the same бше if тау D Shifted 
CCC e hive eleva 
te shoul inclined | spurs than others, lived. 1 eee grown plants are mostly short- 
? £ red, 1 à; 1 та was 
Among the cases 1 БЫ tried, “төшөп before cutting, pans, — te —— e pots or e i i m 
make spurs are a ady to mak nd that trees ready to moist, so as to maintain — — . а asked, “ Where were the bees all this time! —® 
stem; and one — ve small roots near the them. If the argen > = Ithy atmosphere round | this is the most curious part of my story. They bad 
about 8 or 10 — sag pi en the tree has been | front of the pot must’ be pore = m to the sun the | not been killed by the fumes of brimstone, 9 2 
oe years, if not altogether hi 1а d Е not shade the soil in th t had 6 Pete — а the ‘doctrines of the ЖИНИНЕ 2 
nds as the ler, olds good | pieces of erock placed а Tew | away animal life—nor had they been e Bone 
— wthornden, Gloria — pene Mite the lights should bel pt in rip er a s fyi rahe nmn done — vi yei 
ose that require more ‚чым others, | either be propped (t ч y must | flying about above our heads in сч 
аге е Alfeiston Cat’s-head, меч я геам лету Ас ааыр. a block hi’ uide — ein, — rtm w ot protected - x 
very st К е : А 18 t 3 
::. e weeds fr mariae tetas Г Ик 
at a greater distance f sho then well watered, the pot ту and is were completely naked from t 
i been repeated] к еба unless they | it will absorb more moisture —— — or 3 times, The ch was a simple опе -i 
* Years ago I root-pruned — a vious years. little every day, and the soi will ke at is watered а | dry stems and leaves of a species of 
pple trees which had Bird Mut у y strong growing | must however ken not to let th p Sweeter ; care | grows wild on these hills, and which is large 
& mg summer the shoots w ny fruit. In the make their very delicate roots sh e et во dry as to drive that mosquito out of the 
only a thi 2 ere weak and few, with be the | shrivel, or the result will people. This plan in 
in He number of fruit s th oss of the back foliage, if not of th 1 кезүн. plant is cut early 
fi ve been required for a good crop udo at would | the winter draws on the d is no — n bands; and ee 
Pure ies for the next season. Thie m ht suf- them, with a little care they will as ouse for commencement of ration 
obviated in ight, however, | pits ; h er very well in end of the substance was ignited and 
the roots one & great measure y cutting h if | the Mines hey sho get frozen hard, | slow] 
thus prey and the other half the f тй i meu he are d to stand in the dark they will take — head — ме А of * 
enabling the ne — ^ sudden check at once dad bares nd if the weather should be damp and el d Lr nese ath 
carry a bett » апа а few lumps of lime pl ose, | good-tempered and kept ho 
.. ТЫР Н ... ere . quite incapable of doing 88 
: -ruting Spurs, and beari ow | however, should be carefull 9 when, injury hen ives were p 
is not likely to get into caring a crop eac ache ully watched for at all seasons, | places charm was put out, an 
before the cider countries, Apps eus growth as with black — — * 1 servants carried off the Boney Ш 
еч лере rer a every alternate year, and vk have | treatment the next yea 5 the same course of said he to the operator and us W 
hat it tak — a ul completely covered ters | may be grown, and by perseverin пар, en э эн plants | * come a ink wine.” "AT 
es another summer to develop blo: ut become noble plants, amply tone vis — em they will | priest, * drink wine, drink wine, 
-buds | upon them, J, B, g the care bestowed » the refeetory, where wine in 
fore us. R, F 
