January 10, 1857.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 23 
and the upper part of the ger ‘namely, the young ; by “A. R.” as not beaten yet are er -rate in 
un to exist as a separate organ, the root 
en 
com- materials =- which h the bed w 
t ar r ney vegetati 
may be what the eatalogues make t em i it was earthe r; and at the present time (Jan 
i e i i he produ x 
uch in 
constant -superposition e- layer over layer to the | of om best. I think that Mr. ae a quite right in and otherwise receiving exactly the same treatment, 
youngest extremity, with this difference however, that an | dec ning a controversy with onymous corre- | Paa merged will not produce anything for several weeks 
icicle is augmented by the addition of matter from with- Gina ; his bigh Ep in “the Rao world quite I presume therefore that I am right in attri- 
out, while the root lengthens by the me creation warrants this course. I have dealt 20 years at the binae “the early produce in the fre: ToS on the 
i ith | Cheshunt nurseries, oftener Animer to the- judgment of new principle to the system pur: events it 
pow w ] ter to | the principals than to my own, and I cannot say that I is worthy of a ee het am Boni G iir saving o of 
their points, are thus enabled to pierce the solid earth'| have ever been “taken in?” Biia the new kinds | spawn in this t as is represented a Mr. 
i i uate themse id | Robertson, George Westland, Carhead, Yorkshire 
argo el of y hat 
at pla anima mbacéres, and their own glorious Hybrid “Vivid.” wie in the case (executors of late Matthews, clerk, versus 
rpetually shift their mouths in search of fresh pastur- | The latter thoug sh but a summer Rose was this season e, clerk) submitted Jast term for the opinion of the 
age, although their bodies remain stationary.” in my garden. | f Queen Pal 4 S a 
inery.—I am about constructing a Vinery of iron | thank Mr. Paul for his beautiful and interesting work, Campbell said the Court would take time to con- 
and glass (Hartley’s rough plate), with due provision | “ The Rose Garden,” from which many of us have lo ng | sider, and therefore judgment will not be giv 
for ventilation. I do not intend to use artificial heat, | derived both pleasure a instruction. A Rose Amateur | be 5 or after the llth January, the commence- 
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my object being on a south wall to produce the climate of twenty years? seer ilary Term. The action (if I remember 
f Mid-Frane » and my ambition being to Black) > Bri a looking over your abstract of yer vik ay. was one brought by the executors of a late 
ern Tce ripen — algae iral mie by pe one = aeri ae Ta uaa | incumbent e obt na possession of a aoe se roe 
making for them a s agii = composed g od been made by the person who copied the les which pe rg sb rpa i a Tt aS Peas 
garden soil, freel small fragments of | were sent to you, and which I had not observed until r. Petersdorf, the defendant’s counsel, that the houses 
e Som nite chilly “lisp stick charcoal, | I saw your abstract in the Chronicle. It at | were built in ja ch a su tial way i have become 
and broken bones. d to concrete the bottom of | the 13th experiment i A, whereas it should t of the freehold, and he therefore contended t 
the bed to prevent the wore penetrating into the subsoil, | have been B, and the 19th is marked hould | they bel nged to the defend s should 
e upper floor of the Vinery laid i have are some oth es which | decide in favour of the plaintiffs, as the opinion they gave 
bricks, that I raed ed the Vine ] ; moerid y aan obs n ations relating to the | jeads me suppose, it wil el vert the ex 
ns Saal Marg =. Ae argo to the plan ve Perun > a T inelo I mt endeavoure s =s i w on the subject, which appears e (by the many 
tion (or omission from) the ma ot heres om the "ped ? ties whe it ane where the nt weit Ins wen oad i cep win Mailer Merari pas n a a 
3. Shall I, in a well sheltered position, succeed without | been ermer pren minutes, from the mg, as as | Navid beth catndred te the tonnini) paged woth 
fire heat with Black Hamburghs? 4, What depth | I eee you intended ; and I abe | ‘added th me 18th, | freehold to the next incumbent. Th case is one of great 
should I allow for the artificial bed between the concrete | ste and 2lst „to these tables, as I observe you have interest to the whole body of the carey and the decision 
Po f my house to mace a oh ma born tables a, Tam ie dee an phos fom lino Be bd oe arty ghu ee p T a bi oa os 
Meee Ate mrad pa recommend besides Black "Tene: : k A. QUERCUS PEDUNCULATA. par. en reg gi ae ike matter doiak i is 
. t i i i ' ae bie tae al 7 } 
a m si 4 i A imery 18 Aa built lynai] Dal. decane nc decidedly in favour of greenhouses racy : ee 
r and perhaps. Vine mildew may | EL| J gf n ee Nelle ian e Japet ney 
lurk, what had I better do to eeadieute, oh things | $ $| Welsht, rection, Weight | fection, cir R Tipes PE 
place the glass roof to ensure tho” fuli praa of boky Stones. | Tnches. | Stones. | Inches. | € Broke 14 min. after | „ 22% and Rose Growers —It seams. ta, mA: that. Mirr 
2 he last weigh | Paul has placed himself to a disadvantage in declining 
light and heat? 8. Wha ghee cen: is there (until the| 1] 64 5.25 68 .50 the last weight was | h Sat H the 
Vines get up ~~ cover the glass) to intro pws fruit x ; 4 ut on, to continue the controversy ab u a e wg 
tase. dn seule the Vinery do duty 52 3.75 5 T. Splthiecell “with sacl ” agja the indiscriminate pufiing of new 
for aiiis en aee oae house? W. M. [By ere e- stones, finally broke s (see supplement to the “Rose Garden,” p. 4, 
i Nidal . south wall . Bl, k Tia 8 56 5.50 | 60 9.62 |}. with a deflection of published in 1853), and some of your corresponde 
baki } rapes, may ped ie spin i side 9.625. ks, far from being antagonistic to his views, are 
them without artificial had: With regard to your 10 52 487 56 8.50 bat m ashe he J nin oP gery oe many yore 
first query, there is no objection to your bringing the| 12| 48 ~~ a re on ey got hs Pe but i fa SE that Mr Pat 
roots of the Vines inside the house ; although itis not| if} 52 | 337 | 56 | 475 pe a EE pes an tie nany ? 
pe _ importance whether they are so or not when | 17| 60 4.62 64 8.50 One disadvantage oF his oltre aig = rts herp a 
oan roth: tect y aue. e onog er of s er oe =- r ne speak as to the merits of the old Roses, but few are 
es granite, scar S feldspar and broken bones, there| 2 | 48 | 400 | s2 | eoo |{ Broke suddenly in acquainted with the new ones. And how are the facts 
06 ‘ert pripreme Sarad A (ap bay Re ği t 14 minute, to be got at except by an appeal to the growers 
erid ian ae ua ‘a “should prefer the substi. While I do not think the latter pretend 2 be {more 
tution wholly r in part, of good rich turfy loam, _ | 535 | 447 | 575 | 722 honest than other people, I am not so unhappily con- 
th a eamaten , the depth ma; B.—QUERCUS SESSILIFLORA. ee DO = PEER bein pe id ae! ge. 
a E feet Provided th e is considerably below | += - every corner for fear o g “ taken in. ve 
pera HS RESISTING BREAKING always considered Mr. P. aul one of the highest autho- 
sagis nca i iie Dia 6 Royal S8 ; rities on s and his integrity of sbarsaine a 
uscadin eig De- x De- questionable. I thought p e was doing floricultural 
emenn a bisa) Gan es rth amt that ori be | 5 2) Veleht| fection,| Weight. flection. | | list supporters a service in naming the few really good 
cand adai tcl gral pile eggs * fad Miana Kariad haai (edi from among the many y worthless Kids annually imported. 
Vi seat owers eee ae k 2) 44 3.87 48 8.31 Nur. rseryman, but Ros 
the house. Under all the lia me sage vf of s 3 Bos E Heed Polmaise Heating.—In answer to your correspondent _ 
45° effect of solar heat at the time! 6| 48 431 52 6. “L.”, I may say that the air drains ought to be 3 feet 
when it structure will doub Splintered at 6.000de- | by 2 feet 6, and that ohne Polmaise was at i : 
answer excee 4 well as an orchard until) 9f 44 4.50 48 ere ie gardens here, the fire used to be made up at 6 o'clock, 
such time as the Vines get up to cover the roof. and broke, and that in the coldest night nothing more 
ion, we would beg we have not| | 44 4.00 | 48 00 ill morning. The Polmaise stove which was taken 
the e of Mid-France. Tt i bi $ 56 4:87 60 7.00 own here had been at work six ven years, and if 
that for weeks we have almost none ; and meiir pp 16) 40 | 331 | 44 | 381 | Broke suddenly. was in as good order as the day it was put up. The 
ively i : Vines in > 48 3.68 52 7.00 A cnn a a vs stove which is now P Desa: in been there 
without fire then experience a great drawback -| 22| 56 4.68 | 60 7.50 upwards o ix y and the stove in the 
and against that we would advise the i eari- a ry mz p a years. All of them have been aw on ag Foon 
or heating ; with that trifling i there has never been the e slightest escape of gas. Í may 
expense for fuel at ti p You ean in all Kinde ef vr Wi vt a ott say the same of the stove at Wansfell, which is the 
well ripened Grapes, n ot otherwise, ] 4.20 | 51.88 | 7.02 place to see Polmaise in perfection. You are therefore’ 
The Rose ep have read with interest the coy mer » Wentworth Woodhouse, Dec. 26. most fully justified in saying that the one difficulty about 
remarks of y on old and new. Brittleness of 2 Bina. —Two days ago a main branch of | Polmaise, that of the escape of gas, no longer exists, W. 
and while tbe ti tide of numbers seems to roll l against the | a h Elm, not an old tree, was split off the | Moss on Fruit Trees.—In your leading article of the : 
professional the balance of truth is in my ires in his | ronke har. the pas whence several limbs sprung, | 3d inst. is, “A Moss- Oss-gro trenched two bape ens 
favour. The position assumed by Mr. Paul is not I | and exhibited a curi us phenomenon. It seems as if the | spades deep and drained 4 feet, will in any sil fit for for . 
aan yw the old or new sg are me witha by = Besson Hates, Moss, and water to collect in it, | fruit trees rapidly recover its health and keep it. The 
best, but whether the 12 old Roses named by “ A. R.” lated a sort of mould, into which actual | orchard here on a per lerap is “ Moss grown,” and we are 
pit ney gg pe ee sober Loy tagged ponocni eeri aperea in Tael; which seem to have been abou cert drain it 4 feet deep; but surel a 
agrees would him whether old | growing for a th of time from sounder bark it two spades thus destroy 
associations have not him old | above. ied iam pobaire om hearing it h all roots within 2 feet of the surface! Iam quite 
favourites ? For many years past I have paid an annual fallen on some little nephews of mine, and no | aware of the utility of root lifting young 
Visit to the Roses a nurseri » as it was in that state of internal decay $ it trees, but have al considered it 
every year picked up some diamonds wh ave | wh condition would account for as I have | injurious to destroy the roots of old Apple and other 
led me to discard y thought highly of. | described. S. [We recommend this statement to the | fruit trees near the surface. Have I | under ; 
These, ea Daata usually concentred all the new | consideration of the wise wise correspondents of the Times.} | erroneous creeps this respect? Probably yes 
| those w choose to go may see and judge Mushrooms.—Like your correspondent Mr. Robertson | intended to treneh only at a certain di e 
ee The ena rare Danese I am anas tbat using smn broken finer peia is | trees ; if at puilioadon what spa the s ina 
g ee am | usually done ne facilitate the production - pron Ai next publieation: i 
informed that they propagate the good new kinds only, | rooms. _ I spawned two beds on the 28th of November ; | should be tnt, ely. (We didnot ape 
to : weaken A teen thong) na 
