836 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [Dec. 17; 
but a great ras in a niggardly allowance of labourers | A NEAT MODE OF TRAINING THE RASPBERRY. damp off, or become a aaiew In the open air, however J 
to either pik bee or farms. Tuer Raspberry is in my opinion one of the best of our | ¥& ya they first make their appearance, | 
We ssleil we pleased, i in proof of this, to a | native fruits, re luable, not only during the season when they gradually sonsite a ihood, and but seldom die, — 
Serial in ia Bedtordshire, consisting m8 « 000 acres, se it forms a part of the dessert, but also inits preserved state; In June, durin a io, a be taken 
on acres employs e labourers than when it is in ede) request for using in a varie y of ways with — - ae carefully with the blade of a knife, so as — 
per acre is very much h 900 
on the Tact ihe thus proving that abvae well applied 
creates wealth. 
But ean slits ov and far exceeded for to-day, 
and we ourselves in conclusion with 
earnestly scl om gentlemen to realise the hope ex- 
—— nt Mr. Pusey, that “the coming winter will 
not fu 
draining: throughout the country ; for besides t 
benefit to the farm, draining, in its esis of course 
o the labourers,—and e 
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the ounsideration of landlords. Ouro own rabpeas is to 
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means of doing 3 althoug , if that were our purpose 
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it ae to show that long leases and 
corn-rents would instantly effect it here, as they do in 
Seothans e, = are considerations Sohond 
our prescribed limi 
Tuere is an article now gomaing into Pees use, 
which we have 
at w probably be 
y a more particular account 
The Ivory nut is the sour of a tree found on the 
of the river Ma that part 
ere ear ea asa 
stituting nib of Columbia. 
arancas Vermej 
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botan met w 
gro e% es of Pera in a hotter parts of es Andes, an 
nam t macrocarpa 5 
botanist Willdenow changed the name, without su 
cient reason, jo) antusia macrocarpa—but his bed 
example is not | «me natives of Columbia 
call it Tagua, or Cabeza de ( Negro’s sm in 
allusion, we plait to oe figure of the nu 
Almost all kn ut it is sontalsied in the 
following emorandum, published by the Spanish 
writers re oned. “ The Indians ie their 
co the ‘eivel of this most beautiful Palm 
The fruit at first contains a clear jnsipi id fluid, 
by which travellers alley see tisk ; afterwards 
this same _liquo milky and sweet, and it 
changes its taste saci as it pele solid riage mh 
at last it is The liquor 
hard as 
tained in the young fruits becomes acd if they are rea 
from the tree and kept som From the kerne 
the Indians fashion the rear of walking-sticks, the 
reels of spindles, ng little toys, which are whiter than 
ivory, and as hard, ey are not put under water. 
and if they are, and hard again 
when Crt e young fruit. with 
ate tree which furnishes these nu 
a Palm, | fi 
umboldt and Kunth rag jeleriol it, for 
i uainted, 
Thebes, the fruits of which are called 
wh 
Is | ’ removing the 
; will be Sia hly ripened. They may then be 
great success in various parts 
Sati the ry aps years ; beri 
o hay n described in 
ition 1 my y noticing o in one of the eaihe Nambers of 
last a s Chron 
A e at the sk seedsteni themselves, will give a better 
to which I allude, than any lengthened 
I will, therefore, only observe 
e 
of eth Set or Aye oni 
ow a ne - 
th 
ases six or eigh 
unas deciratte to leave one or ne 
laid in i i 
of Raspberri aut 
something of a port represented in sketch No. 
8 n the centre being 
ag canes Ww “ 
ut dow m, and be re 
aise rete samme, earaey ina sicnilir manner to those 
repreoontee in Fig. 1.—™. =. . 
ROSE GARDEN.—No. 
Ir behoves ane one at this season to look 
Ii, 
to the pro- 
tection < his rep oe a i Chinese Tea- 
scented, a r Bourbon Roses, 
they will ‘all be acind by the resent mid weather, as in 
December 1837, and i all, perhaps, - as 
heme be visited with a gears sy OF ~ will deal de- 
struction a “ery them 
of protection used in the ee of Italy may 
viz., th at of saroureaes. 3 e head of the 
s, and bi sites moss or hay- 
a 
d placing 
the season is ve! 
be patna nt removed. In this situation 
t remain nearly dormant till the end o! 
when “he may be sha — planted in their summer 
quar By this annual removal, their oo 5 see so 
p whey that the slants estat scarcely and 
bloom abundantly all the summer ; “ we > hall thus be 
able to p has bss atandiate of Noi settes, Lamarque 
and Jaune Doses, which, since the winter of 1838, have 
sina the — of dwarfs of the 
e 
Rose-seed, even al the most choice varieties, is abun- 
dant erie pttca should now be gathered, and 
of t he pots of mould in which it is 
intended that they should — sown. = deme b 
gt — the green’ 
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remai, 
anuary'; by whe ich ti 
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the fingers, and the seeds may be cov 
T 
at oa hasa pag tbumeny which Wy 
into beads rosari espondent Mr. 
Murray tiers us that be hie a MSiodal of the Double 
Cocoa-nut, or Coco de Mer, beautifully carved from a 
tion of its own albumen, as hard as ivory, and 
‘susceptible of as fine a ols Be: says ¥ has also 
en snd od cut from the 
ne r the my 2 of 
ered 
remain in ee reenh ill the ray er 
g ouse. ti inning arch, 
sien ther may Se paced a of eon, e nation el 
be watered 
in ‘dry weather. «They 3 must be protected rhs birds and 
ath alll: gelnastil ode ea ges aa 
' | greenhouse ,too long, the plants will come up weak] and | the 
ndan to me 
as well as if | 0 
if it 
urb the dormant seeds, and should be trans- 
planted pa a ric rder. : 
marks on the ridiculous mode of showing Roses — 
h varie 
a Ros cages =) seen fully rst half. blown in @ 
rate eat to ae n bu ing its colour only, 
Some of the folinge longing to each variety should also | 
povomspeny the flowe or 
The stimulus now given to growing Roses in pots will _ 
doubt ie induce many to try their hands at this mode of — 
pantie 
rm 
ult, Rosa Manettii, Brown’s 
a Blush, or any other free-growing hybrid Chinese ~ 
ais : 
seer GARDEN.—No. LI. 
In th of those small gardens nies I have 
had an ote 
in pine selection, 7 the 
eine plants to cover walls 
wish t axsiede from 
mmon clim lants 
on lua e, the Chi 
certa ain situations ?—but only to add to brat num. 
n the early part of the 
a fine 
. He 6nii i free- Seon oe rae pro- 
ducing blue flowers later than the ding; C. Viticella 
nd its 70 s sha f ig 
beautiful; and C. flimmula and grata, which s 
surrounding with mice 
air 
in autumn. Newer sag me — 
fr apan: the a is azii 
_— as its name alee — large blue or a 
he other is named C. fidrida-bicolor, or Sie- 
bal sted also produces large flowers—the outer 
the centre deep blue or purple. All these species 
are “perfects sede and are very beautiful when tw 
su r natural part of the 
r, are insignifican 
moti ice oked _ 
recommended for the beauty "Of its 
e Vitis odoratissima, are alee 
i he Rose 
h of 
rs,’ as the Editor justly calls ity gy always be a 
ferent for shck purposes. Such s 
ruga, isle, Boursault, Bougainvi ville, * Noi 
Ayrshire, are amongst the best, and look jaca wall 
in the oon of a trian ngle. age 
Wher pipsnariest fen aes or a ars is —_ 
to cover ee there Feds e 
Glycine same ; in the w. a 
idly, and oem op profus —- in 
o d June. It wi any degree of cl in 
teat in et: but ovidently wants warm §) 
~ ood, tip which it le ensbled. 6 o fl 
freely. —R. ; 
_ HOME | cones ESPONDENCE. 
pacon uke by an 
ction P 
of this esp dager taking place, 
is so ell of j juice application of the least 
cause it to boil te it may also perhaps prevent 
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