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f Gooseberries 0 
with the fruit, which was very lar, rge and 
aa great beauty, and being ey as in attempts to improve 
other fruits, = Knight and his 
each pe sabe when th e mire 
d ‘‘eat’’ with nearly as much surprise as a florist 
would have repeated t if he ‘et akon hi alan one 
a his Tulips or Carnations was good t Size, 
r, as Mr. Knight ju te stly observes, with 2 pasts is 
desirable; and if a union of size, qu and semen 
tio a lam paler — ma and 
rieties are unriva ariety 
red to abs the most as able, ie olants 
xte ensvely « cultiv ated ag et-gardeners in Lan- 
cashire, is the wn Bo 
and ought, in i opinion 
Aston’s seedling, or the Red Warrington of some. It will 
produce a — crop, it is of better care, 94 and superior 
for all culinary purposes. The Lion must be well 
owing to the prodigious size to which i 
ui grow 
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and transparent when ripe that the whole of the seeds 
tasted were 
caused them to be 
, supposing the quality the 
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luck in the culinary proces, = on both occasions 
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amount of the most valuable produce, but os aecuud 
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oak, to the above, I am'informed by a rie Supe 
tart ~gardener in Lancashire that the following are 
© new varieties, viz:—Ostrich, Wonderful, Com- 
cose and Land on. Although I mend a mo - 
. ve tention of the best of the large kinds, 
fier Ci to see those old favourites the red and 
ought to ampagn: icated ; two or three trees of them 
every sallesiis on, and there is another small 
to be in 
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_ Fishes ae raised by Mr. Wil- 
: iti is truly gee Joh — 
the cae An strat 
more particularly such as are 
mall particles of dust, nby which ¢h pr 
are filled up, and prevented from ing their 
— functions. At this season of the sas (amare 
ee ty be chosen when the plants are 
may 
dry, and the whole should be well syringes. with 
: 3 afterwards as pos- 
toa be given noi dy the leaves ifr te 
evening. Room-plants ai be taken out on the lawn ed 
this frat: Bary left there until the leaves are dry. 
syringing will be pastiselarty beneficial to those Seco b. 
large babs leaves, such as Pelarg m 
ond the amateur wi ill soon be convinced of the utility of 
the plan by the health and freshness of h nts. 
n-fi ? 80 co es and Peach- 
trees during summer, will soon begin to appear on the young 
shoots of tender plants, parcalary on such things a 
enas and Petunias, intended for planting out in the 
beds. Of all the gardener’s enemies there are none more 
completely in his powcr, for although they are as nume- 
te as the Chinese, yet they are tery as Some | conquered. 
A little tobacco-water at is 
in his own i ents 
for t thie: papiose. Acalm ies a ee chos 
leaves are dry, a igen psiene be saan ately dled with 
smoke, and the operation iat 2 ~~. om: 
next night, mbit wil oe on a suffici 
garden-pot, havi sides" ma y be u sed, but 
there are famigati ine bello sold for the purpose. If the 
former is used, all that is aealaeit is to put some fire in 
the bottom, and fill it up with alternate layers of Sead 
and damp moss, and then blo eer with a pair of 
mon bellows at the hole in ag side of the pot, rartanage care 
not to Ft ager flame. lan described b 
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ma pits r frames. — aken into a 
small close shed, and treated in be ame er; or if 
wo are infested, bgt stow accustomed to 
te a common pipe. 
palm for the amateur to 
e uning of fruit-trees 
and bushes may now be done, any whole unhealthy ever- 
greens dug up, and soils got ade for potting.—R. F. 
fig | CORRESPONDENCE. 
The Protection of Pea 
well observed in p. 795 sat), oe ti site for the Kitchen: 
den was formerly often chosen in a valley in preference 
to higher Spent and Tam induce 
If the 
may be png y root-pruning and b th 
of the trees near the surface, and well draining the 
rders. I ste d the managemen a garden of 
It consists of eight 
valle ey 5 and when I fest went, in 1819, I oper 
c Peaches 
ectarines was any Shing bat cheering ; oa I con 
but new trees an 
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e good wood for oe or : but i: 
asshiie well ecoteched from apeide feos te; t 
Ow In such mone ee I om con 
is the humid 
cau fey the mischief. 
and garden, 
while the higher ground was quite clear. nt precautions 
were not taken to cover the Peach and Nectarine trees 
the spring month, disappointments were sure to follow, 
unless the seasons were very favourable. Itis well known 
that frosts take quicker effect in ag ys than on_ higher 
have often had Fren 
r that, 
real cause of premature decay in Peaches 
‘appears, therefore, that not only welliprepared sd 
well-drained borders and good managemen requisite, 
but that protection from spring frosts is necessary. 
The covering with mats at night, or bunting (on an ex- 
tensive scale and where only a a limited number of hands 
here every ances 
mats. Stakes are —— into the ground three feet from 
the wall at the m, and about six feet apart; they 
project one foot above the coping, to which they are 
t, and the same to roll them 
al are an effectual —— against frost. 
trees are in genoa 
necessary to 
| iag them, till ster the fruit is sling, asthe 
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to continue cover- | : 
young | the 
shoots are easily injured, and on their preservation the 
main he a of the tree depends. I have 
n this n 
in wherea: 
nights i e spring “bad laa: practised a trees in 
saree contined heath and born s.—J. 
adore rb madison Whittleb 
Shr 8.—I agree with the satin on the shrub- 
bery in = 763 (1841), that the leaves of the trees, after 
they have neces ms useless to a branches, should be re- 
turned to the roots; but I differ from it in regard to the 
manner of return ing them. would have convenient re- 
cesses form a with groups of evergreens behind the 
banks or here shrubberies if they are 
of th 
backed with act -trees, eligible spots will be found for 
is pu ; ld never allow the leaves to accumu- 
late in great quantities in the autumn, but d hav 
the ked fro e to time from the borders, walks, 
d lawns, and laid up in the recesses along with th 
prunings of the shrubs, &c. The thick branches of the 
latter I would an i the ashes with the leaves 
spray, adding a gered 4 hot lime, and have 
mass turn a te or three times before using. Once 
n two or aie ould i the epi op! borders 
a good top- peace a with the decomposed leaves from the 
recesses } and if a quantity of road-serapings ¢ ét rid other 
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it is yor requi sie Bape make rey 
leavin gar an uneven 
shrubs are apt to be.inju aed: pe nearer the surface the 
roots of f any _ can be kept, the better; and the leaf- 
moul aid on the surface without being Sais in will 
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method, 
would ot ‘0 gfe the aan 
after planting, and the borders or uns sown 
which must afterwards be sind 
ing and sweeping. The t 
nevertheless, but it foal. requi 
sere ae a — perhaps pu og on thin nd more 
a yhen anks or borders ope a shrubbery 
e of onsiderble b and of little elevation above 
regu. 
pose 
rear of the s h alk, only 
the pends of transplanting to a more d a= 
tion, or that of heading down in tof it. To 
remedy this evil, I would have the shrubs he ayn 
groups along the banks or bor: sade ve arranged in tri 
us to form a eh ti of 
itself ; or e genus only sities two o 
. ped the shrubbery I soul 1 fil Ba the group ed a a 
Herbaceous plants being in my idea a 
ch as 
drops, Crocuses arcissus pumilus and minor, may 
be oon with "good effect among the grass in the 
The annexed figure 
next the walk, and the tallest 
behind the rest ; 3; 8 
with so 
Kalmias ‘in nk. 13, Daphne, 
hardy species 
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