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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[JUNE 4, 
tue have been raised, it pal he ga seryaald in the first in- “f 
bot 
produce some small spra 
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7 
ay 
— 
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ittle 
deprived of Wr) ponet: oe yet the 
production of a perm nt loalas 
would have pied ge x ted j 
re as if oe be aposieaiedir had 
been plied with 
in 
As is eal, did 
we say? We 
shi ve said 
infinitely better. 
For observe the 
contrast. E re- 
presents the same plant A pruned up 
toa leader by the total removal of 
its lateral shoots in the usual way. F 
a will show what such a plant may be 
an to be t the end of the 
n, , which it would 
have been under the influence ate stopping o only. 
pply to cases where 
H 
topp 
‘earely he y of the 
energy of the tree 
0 
treated thus, G. 
prived ‘of all its late- 
rals; and left by a" 
pruner as at I, the 
digesting Paget “of 
the plant will 
K. 
which : 
es 
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gee 
: 
ergot ate asifthey 
Some 
ON TRAN TRANSPLANTING hig arsingsad ANNUALS. 
a denen cate oe Dy ANNUAL 
upon a choice 2 election of half-hardy 
now may 
s, and similar bor- 
suffer more fed night cold than they 
gain by early slanting 
Supposing, Shideofore, that a sufficient quantity of various 
ane the result, at the end of so t 
ould be what 
others which appe 
singly | or in small gece ; where the garden is of suffi 
to allow of the “eae they will be ousid 
em’ ornamental. 
7 oe te} a io} ih lig 
r what i is ye eae called ** pointed eres: in rd 
The 
that is necessary for its 
will show the folly 
t they have done 
A little commideition 
se. n rocks, 
m 
a kept potted iii ci 
oe dist gy g their 
ds 
nner last 
vib eg by far preferable, since, in dibber- 
he rots nd all Paddle da together, a oa so 
no alternative but to desc 
Ph this operation ips ref ally pe. 
vacant space left in ‘the ground 
bene- 
plant them a little deeper see i originally w 
m n | be encouraged to throw 
ve the wha r collar 
er they are firmly planted, a small basin should be 
m, by drawing some of the surfac — 
stems ; ie basin should be 
three times, until the ground is 
dvantage should be taken of 
d ined, 
ea sens is, to place the pots sil ue on 
cause 
mmen 
rae Se importan 
solid piece of gr 
on the pla ants are gro 
bat of course more e 
oniums which have been phys in the greenhouse — 
elar; 
will now be in full bloom ; if some of them can be spared 
ieaasiee: 
to put in rustic wooden baskets, in sialon situations 
the pleasure patel they will flower finely and hayea — 
pleasing and exotic luis ers _ The same hig may 
done wit si 
mer flowering pla 
The arr engement “of the beds and borders for the sum- ~ 
mpleted, nothing farther will be remuced 
P ae 
nd so throwing the strength of the tree into that 
which has now co need to form fr uit buds for another 
year. Much must be left to the good s ft 
teur, for if the tree forms but hoots, none of them 
ought to be removed or shortened 5 a all ca 
peration need not b nore age ~~ to prevent a 
quantity of useles fro ormed, t 
a ore preventing the rest aie fein acted upon Db} 
and air.— FR. F 
oot 1 pl n HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
the sun. Thos drawn up or weak should be Chemical Analysis of Plants.—lf a new living animal — 
carefully supported with small twigs, commended r instance—were p erson ignd- — 
p. 286 of the Gardeners’ Chronicle; and all, particularly | rant of tidece one of the first questions he should ask 
climbers, should be regularly tied up as they advance uld perhaps be—'* What food shall I it??? What 4 
growth, otherwise they are liable to be “s oken by the wi is a proper question for animal is equally so for vegetable — 
It is difficult serve Annuals from the attacks of life. new plant, therefore, is introduced, the — 
slugs, and, as li a very unneat appearance in a | question ought to be asked— What does it feed upon?” — 
flower garden, ppctrnesy. those who are annoyed by | Cultivators hate: hitherto contented themselves with 4 
such creatures to employ children to collect them See gue general descrip soil—such as a strong soil, 
the plants Seat evening; by whic ir numbers sa soil, or heat , &C., e be; 
may be quickly thinned.—T. R. but chemistry and Liebig would tell you what the consti- e 
tuents of the pla re, and erials m 4 
i eae present to enable the soil to furnish those constituents to 
s Campanu punculus being gro any | the —otherwise ‘it Id starve, as certainl 
plies for its Easble’ — and _— os oy ia in its we sheep would in a well-furnished butcher’s stall, or a tge 
tivation, a | its mee Brigg on in a full d. Take as a practical illustration of 
be interesting to some ¢ . "Hiavl principle the beautiful tribe of Rhododendron; hk 
an open piece of ground, I procu much sand oil luxurian certain localities—what yellow, sickly 1 
be sufficient to cover it two inches deep; but —. lay- | yalids in is ence this great difference? “ Ob, 
it o e it with manure water. then | cries om outine gardener, ‘ avoi 
spread over the surface and ed weg brie soil to ay limestone; plant them in peaty ground, s prod 
spade’s depth, by turning it two, heat . is ally contents the ordinary class 
ne 
dep thr 
according to the ey or adhesiveness 0 of ety ground, 
till it is nearly as fi ng 
been sifted. Havi 
er the last badge & is 
s 
marked off into beds of any peste waar 
again into s six inches apart, 
half an inch deep. e rmed Bye “lightly 
pressing upon the surface the angle of the garden mea 
ing-rod ; into these the seeds are dropped and covered 
with the back of the rake. When the ground is naturally 
light, rich, and free, such sanding and turning may 
d with; but whent 5 e suc! 
means should be taken to render it permeable to the roots 
of the pion, which uch given to fork, and then 
become unfit for use. € sown a e from 
March till June inclusive: a liable to run, a suf- 
ficient number of wing will stand for a roe 5 vE 
have found that a part ages t sowing will likewii 
—J. elie, Elmham 
AMATEURS’ GARDEN. N.—No. XXIII. 
junit hard-wooded lants, which have 
hae Beg now be removed prin . sheltered situation in 
h 
it 
health. cali cat 
p green 
A elton should oe salonial 8 them which is | 
ectly agree with this correspondent, whose opin 
are worthy of Mr. Edward Solly’s most serious CO’ 
n. : 
Cavea ‘or.—To those persons who may be si 
posed t e Dr. remedy for the plague A 
cockroaches, the following anecdote may serve 98 
useful warning. If ther ny domestic pest to walt 
tice of  strewi son ab the premises, 
‘would not 
the anxiety I felt whilst the remedy was i 
