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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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rcely any manure 
deed, sca z 
manitactores i a aera charcoal han been Sion 
ae: 
‘o be fit a second time to ape sugar, little of it 
I 
nitrogen In mai 
tion is to be exercised, or the crops may grow too 
materials must be used as fr esh as possible, or the 
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my | 
i-s 
7) 
g 
e form of 
be See the refuse is left to rot among humous earth, 
manuring quality of suc petens + is suit lost, and so 
an h 
this effect will a e th : 500 to 600lbs. 
are utmost sc one saga of Yand ill bear. Like all 
es 
dung ; h any so 
grain, as it causes smut Idew, as from ex- 
perience. The refuse left in salting and smoki is 
equally powerf I Dares or their refuse, are 
always laid in heaps 1 mires with and lime, and are 
to rot. If only a small oe Sy re lime and an earth 
rich in humus pat: Saved Yo rthis purpose, no ammonia 
mildew. - 
nsi the nstituents of | fle sh and 
bones of fish, it is nie. that ey must bor avery Bos: 
parts of fish flesh are com 
ost, and the grain will colist less from 
chemical co 
parts of fibte, gra oy jamie. mucus and 
: 13,0 ff pegcnteiniss g phosphoru 
5,000 parts of glue 
is § cite ea ter Rae of potash, 
109, lactate of cond pe phosphate of 
_ lim apa Eas pie 
Ceatiy rot. 3 lca 
its great Rac 
is not artic s0 egure as that. 
paseictba possesses les: 
The bones of Gis on the other presi.” pose contain in Br0e,b00 
parts, 
87,360 parts of ca 
35.200 . 
Pe aod 
rtilage. 
carbonate of lime, 
. phosphate of li 
sasicude and chloride of soda. 
~ 100,000 ,000 parts. 
Besides fish, the flesh’ and offal of seals are used as 
manure on the coast of Scotland. 
‘o be continued.) 
_ THE SECKEL PEAR. 
_ Seckle, Red-cheeked Seckle, New York Fad anesk 
the larger having been taken from a fruit grown sit a 
—the smaller, representing the average size 
. The fruit v. varies from a 
the eye open, with the segm eR of the calyx slightly aie 
olive-brown w ere shaded, deep red n 
s0 much, that although it lo 
in size, it still retains enough to 
ccount of this variety, with 
was sent to the Horticul 
New York. From this, pul 
rst Series of. 
y be, 
othe Sappeeitnn that the Pear in 
m the continent of Europe 
— enable ony a a matter Finks ¢ 
$3'3 flue of the hard quay ofthe wid wood a8 ae 
‘round the inserted bud. | 
be s § 
¢* American Ovchardist: ” There is no 
n the German mcbtcber Ni but there is Seckel-meister—a 
theeexer. —R, Tho 
Deep red ei 
\ 
\ 
with 
pale 
dots 
oN PRUNING an 
Tue practice I erg insist upon —That the sys- 
he tree be not interfered wi, excepting onl a 
r as the situation is concerned, an uch a 
Ww 
e 'sa 
which pperetom: ab me tree ree ME 
the flower b ing wood it 
might sds its health by re ks buds u 
ome if weak 
~~ 
kept as nearly as possible of a regular 
when to rous, or cut out when too weak; and tha 
shoot red or entirely-formed leaves be oi 
cut away upon pretence of strengthe ng the rest :—Tha 
no more buds be left than are likely to start (and ae 
th vigour from well-ripe d) ie any taken 
away as shall force the sap to find fresh channels of escape: 
—That the japon! ig ave a definit a of what he 
means e prunes, as = where the buds will start, aad 
in tion the. th 
wh 
leaving in standards (as psec as he can do) his top buds. out- 
side, in order to expand t the head; which 1 by these means 
wi the dea 
of a branch of half-dried mods nor bushy on anole from 
t the end o ear old shoot. He 
and side shoots will plump up the buds for the jubcaeting 
year, and S steigs the sap through the accustomed channels 
with freed 
The davistibae. from this mode of treatment will be de- 
endent upon certain varieties which a not flower unless 
great length of t be left. Such plants as Breonus 
are fitter to stand alone than thos 2, whoue growth is less 
onsider 
modify the ore of s 
with the 
ae nee to the action of the leaves upon the 
bulk at Kealth of a Jtgosn let the operator choose a Dog- 
hich from some cause has partiall zt died down after 
working but are ‘recovering at the root and throwing 
shoots o 
‘Sisk “et dark steer ate 
asucker. With a view of Strengthening this sucker, lét 
the shoot and leaves aforesai way. Great will 
we disappointment when it is found that the pond of 
the Pees been left, this shoot would 
au advance 
_ For this cause, viz., to avoid, dctsioating the quality 
shorten the branches 
operation x in fact a requirement o 
upon the tree, 
o gain time, but 
et the observation of many, viz., that id 
growing Roses produce their Meee, in os Sh ca tity 
spre. the sides of the stock, that if the coldness of 
son should kill the tender head, the stock, 
ees wrapped in its new covering, does not possess 
the power to break at the sides, but though remaining 
gre en (un we wer ig by the ag Fide the summer, 
> here- 
“es 
bo] 
2) 
the spring prun 
they are chnwetieneled in caches a aieniies state against 
frost. 
That the inability to break at the sides does not arise 
from sickness in the plant, I infer from the Baers ex- 
nt: wea ther 
destroyed some particular, plants, it generality’ desttyed 
the stem also, and finding at the same time that this evil 
took heed only aed he anced k had been much swollen 
y the deposition w wood, I this year broke off the 
branches of a rapi-growing plant, thus Epa it from 
pe at the and it has shown no inclination to 
break by side-sh aotact the buds, from “white those must 
spring, being probably too as confined to possess ber 
er of bursting forth. This death of the stock m 
the sun, 
such plants a as are placed in a good soil under gravel.—A 
Practitio 
WEIGHTS OF FINE ae ee 
poets DUCTIO 
Pinu-APeLeE, Providence: at 9 Ibs. 3 OZ. 5 length, 
9 Ruitisy ; breadth, 8 fiichions number of pips in height, 
11; crown moderate; a rema ark nate well-formed fruit 
Surre 
ts , Duchesse a’ Angouline weight, 164 oz. ; length, 
41 inches ; ye adth, 3% inches ; somewhat defor med. 
a 3 » Chichester.” 
PEA Crassane : : weight, 94 0z.; length, 3 inches; 
breath "3h inches. Grown oe 
r, Uvedale's St. Germain: ght, Llb. 40z. 6 drs. ; 
angth, 64 inches; width, 34 tithes 3 wall formed. Grown 
y Mr G. O° eid 
length, 44 
ent : weight, 1 Ib. ; 
Grown 
PPLE, Beauty 
well formed. 
Ap K 
inches; breadth, re inches ; 
.D.* 
Apeiz, Blenheim Pippin: weight, 130 12 drs. ; 
length, 3$ inches ; breadth, - inches; a paniaadee fruit. 
Gr own by J. darpenden 
* APPLY, Alfriston sweiet, 12 12 oz. 10 drs.; height, 33 
inches ; breadth , 4 inches ; form perfect. Grown by 
wei pe of plant, free from 
: tow ete prettily curled. 
idge.* 
agri ea GARDEN, No. XLIII. 
ATIONS may now be made for the protection © of 
PA 
cabhente lants chsias, Caméllias , Aloysia 
cit a i on-scented eens) and things of re 
kind, during the heme gn winter any parts 
the south of Engla 
dry, ell as to prot hi 
well known, that he ill endure a much lower Sg the a 
temperature without injury, if the g ound is dry ‘mp 
them and if the stems are kept dry, than when plante sae 
soil and exposed-to therain. Deciduons plants, § c 
y leaves have 
und above thei 
| € gro ts 
‘litter, and the stems memes rd with dry straw 
green plants, like Cam e well pr rotected with 
of 
* The specimens marked (*) may be inspected at the Office 
the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
