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ins gressing rapidly, se seh a i a to be gone over and | doubt that the rape of such propagators would be | suitable, as the tree is not valuable for timber when young, 
Thei ith regard to ‘* stopping” quickly dispensed w th.] and not so suitable for general purposes on an estate as 
saat "3 the. same as gh, pra already pointed out. Caprifica — ea Figs —In essere to a paragraph in | many other kinds are. Mu re of course depends on soil 
_ The leading shoots may be left ean | longer than | the last Num of the Gardeners’ Chronicle upon | and locality for the profitable production of timber; but 
the others; th ye n object, bot and in the | ‘ Neapoli aheserr) hat I would take | where the Larc sh, nish«Chestnut will grow 
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_ winter pruning, ought to be, to get the wall regularly | the liberty of putting the question whether they had not | well, they will be found of greater bulk and durability in 
covered = os ioe aren - the t = with fruit-bearing been subjected to a treatment similar to the “ Caprifica- outh than even =~ — of the forest, and (with the ex- 
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In the climate of London, and in ama parts of the | being unacquainted with it, I may as well add that this ‘Avaiae ucaria imbricata.—I have a ar of this which 
country where vegetation is so far advanced, those who | consists in piercing the crown of the fruit, when it has ac- | was planted in the open air in May 1838—it being at that 
have Peach-trees will require to look over them. In many | quired about two-thirds of its natural size, with a large | time three feet high, and of a good colour; since then it 
es it will be found that the fruit has set too thickly, and | nee le, and inserting into the puncture a drop of olive oil. | has been gradually becoming paler, ill now $i ee and 
leave the best, an ly one at an eye; and at the same | and the results are, a aug early arrival = Soo mbt anun- | Otherwise it appears healthy Cabiig' ‘Tavis rown id 
time, if possible, leaving the crop regularly over the sur- pine large size, and a more than raga luscious | inches since it was put out, besides making excellent roots. 
face of the tree. hen the Snell getc ge it will ~ flavour. a ae. obli iy Reader of the Chron onic t was planted in a pit three feet deep, filled with vegeta- 
of great service to thin them out; but this ak be uae vine ka stintl short of | ble mould, the bottom of which was lined-with round 
cautiously and by degrees, otherwise the thes! will relstve Stramberry plants in trie for for oa T pursued the fol- | stones, besides being close toadrain, so that no water can 
a check which will be very detrimental to its health. Re- | lowing plan, which has su nietosied admirably. In the | lodge at the roots. In winter it is protected with matting, 
move first of all the front sha ots, or those which grow at beginning of Marc took up carefully some plants of | and opened to the air every tolerable day. Could you or 
right angles with the wall, taking care to leave uninjured | Keen’s seedling, eighteen months old, from the open | any of your corresp nts give a reason or suggest a re- 
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removed, unless they are wanted to furnish the tree with | I gave them a little air daily. As soon as they showed n. 
wood. When the summer is farther advanced, the two.| flower, I removed all the weakest crowns; and when they aie occolt.—I cultivate here two sorts of Broccoli, ep 
_ shoots which were allowed to grow may be stopped, and | began to bloom, I drew off the lights for four or five hours sal on worthy of being added to Mr. Bigg s list. 
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cessary, because upon it depends the crop cae the following week ; and I never saw so large a number of Strawberries | liflower, with the advantage of being much hardier. By 
r. Thiss rege of course applies to the common Eng- | on the same space, either in or out of doors. If your | sowing at different times in spring, and again in autumn 
lish eben correspondent ‘‘ W. ” means to put young plants for | it may had in perfection from June to Christmas. 
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_ lates very widely, the readers in the various localities are | late fine eather phic Be the setting of the fruit; but | middle of May last. Its stalk is only a few inches in 
best judges of 57 Ba when such plants may be ex- | with hot-water pipes a dry atmosphere could be obtained | height, and the leaves do not exceed a foot. The hea ads, 
‘posed with safety.— at any time. y plants were put in close to the glass, | which are shielded by the leaves, are Pe medium size, 
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_ been acquainted with some of the most eminent propaga- | the roots; and the partial cure I have tried, namely, to | assure Mr. Q. that he will find that “Cockroaches (like 
_ tors of the present day, more especially with those in the | get fresh fibres from the stem, is too recent to effect | some “sina animals) have been “sworn atj igate,”” 
_ Beighbourhood of London, and having in the course of | much change. The Vine is, however, showing plenty of ons t ey very much prefer Res. Pa to plain 
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mating their comparative qualifications, I cannot refrain | dare e say I shall let most of ang, since it shanks very beuae s to be got at; and heed had occasian to observe 
from thinking that your correspondents might have come — and only shrivels, a defect (some do not think it so).| them scodeutshne mehr themselyes in the water-cis- 
much nearer to the point ha ch been potas ac- which Frontignan Grapes are particularly liable (see | tern, of which I shall speak presently, and ainsi: 
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: amp (the one a Pole and the other a Frenchman), | our correspondent 8 letter, of which we have omitted the pe ted vi a aoe ee liquor in little warm) in three 
_ But concerning facts which ‘are incontrovertible, it is | greater part. will not allow our columns : be mens com azed pie-dishes, one of 
_ heedless to deny or assume the superiority of either; | verted into a field “for aeration and we must reque hiok fa is sliced on the ‘Hisken ake one in the coalhole 
especially if it be proved that each is in possession of | those who favour us with letter ers to aideestenit that dis. close by, and one under the grate, close to or in the cin- 
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_ Principles of propagation at the Metropolitan nurseries, meng who complain that the receipt given by Major | morning they are removed, and the liquor passed through 
Must have often observed with interest the general, and oor, a 286, for stopping the bleeding of Vines, | a sieve to strain off the dead insects. In this way the 
_ also the particular modes employed at the last-named | should Gabe been the @ as one to be found in the | same fluid may be used for a week together, warming it 
_‘Rurseries, in the increase of those plants in which their ~ ce rn Transactions, vol. i. p. 102, from the pen of | afresh every evening. It may be convenient to sink a ba- 
Tespective propagators are known to excel; and no doubt | the late Mr. Knight. We must plead guilty to Having | sin in the floor, as recommended by A A., but this is not 
_ &n equal interest has been often excited in comparing the forgotten that it is to be found there ; and we undertake | necessary, as the i insects find ready access to the fluids in 
_ Successful operations now adverted to, with the striking | t 0 say oa ou r gallant correspondent was equally uncon- | the way above described. Whatever part of the ‘ouse they 
_ Contrast ee the propagating departments at Mr. | scious of its being in pri We rejoice to find there is | may wander to in the course of the summer, t! ese insects 
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_ €asily convince the most sceptical that the success attend- | of particular plants that varieties are obtained and per- | now find it necessary to practise the traps for two or three 
x ing the practical efforts of our most eminent men will se gprs I have an Oak which ee comes into | months only in the spring, when they begin to be lively 
_ Justify me in ett the — modes of propagation | leaf nearly three weeks before other Oaks; it is, how-| and to breed. It is probable that the few stragglers left 
2 ee, two divisions, yiz.— ropagation by cuttings, a ever, of the common kind; foes jet me days i it has been | which make their sppoarnsics igen in the kitchen in win- 
; Pagation by erating, inarching &c. Without attempt-| in full leaf. There are two Oaks beside it which do | ter, are those which have emigrated to the upper rooms 
4g to patie A tit is impracticable—a pre-emi- | not show a tinge of n. ee there is no great object re the annual catch has been established. When on 
3 in either a a ctfully offer an opinion that | in obtaining an early variety of common Oak, it may not | the subject of m y Cockroach ae last year, 4. 4. w: 
_ the Continental propagators are equally in advance of my | be worth while to graft from this; but the notice of the | pleased to be facetion my recommendation to keep all 
4 ah ee in the practice of the second division, | fact is valuable if it should stimulate attention to the oc- | parts about the kitchen-grate i ig Notwithstanding this 
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propagators are vice-versd by their unparalleled } currence of particular qualities in any one specimen, so raillery, it is a poi it of great im ce, and curiously 
in the first. The result of m wn experience | as to enable persons to propagate from it.— Totty. illustrative of the history of this domestic pest. 
ity of Timber.—The rapid growth of timber, and | recom do what I have done—open a hole in 
especially the Oak, has been — to by you with great | the back of his chimney, and let in a draft of cold air to 
effect, and evidence has been adduced to prove x gra all parts adjacent where it can be admitted, Ta tm 
grown Timber is the best for sak purposes. I think if} myself of the passage of a 
would have been of importance if the age of the different | hind, with a ball-cock keeping the grate-boiler capphiad: 
: trees whose qualities have been ascertained in her Ma- | by enla arging the opening ; t had a sensible in 
es hed an important end by securing an ample supply | jesty’s pt had been given, because some of your checking the growth of the ry * high emer warmth 
“Tse paisa plant, me propagator by grafts, &c., ee ar vere infer from = statem ents that afine | is necess ary ae the existence of these beetles; and last : 
in also conferred a benefit on his profession by attain- us-growing Oak-tree, of 30 years’ gr: rom is asvalua- | year, being a cold summer, I di in my | felon- E 
7g an earlier and stronger development of constitutional befor its timber i cut down, asastunted one at 50, which | pit or in my Grapery ; although they have been. freque 
Vigour, by a rear union of distinct species, and often, ts ee e symptoms 0! age. This, heesNer, isby | found there in warmer seaso: P.——q. 
e energy, given birth to the latent forms | no means the case, for though the bulk may be the same, | Corner and all persons infested with 
perfect ion.— William Wood. {We think | the qu ality of the fast-grown timber is much inferior; it | roach will do well to try quicklime dusted — 
he matter exactly where the writer | is therefore iat where Oak-trees arrive at a good mature | all the holes, corners, nooks, and crannies. 
Will he pretend to say that any such grafting | age, and are fi ea — for naval purposes, that the | make their exits, and 1 ventu 
France would be tolerated | rapid-grown gahker becomes the most durable, If t a ture cea will be most 
such ——- as are called budded and | mary object of a fee be profitable timber, I should not | least, you soon see no more 
4 Seip bone sent here as such from the Continent, recomm end him t Ce o plant more Oaks than can be left to | Yourcorrespondent “Q.ina 
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Maga an English nurser ursery, there can can be little | grow i ele th cenensaealih the soil be peculiarly | any gpa ak ati Sienna 
