38 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. _ [January 17, 1857, 
oi the pe so as to force off, by siow degrees, the | growing and as many of the really good new ones as; Supposing it were possible to make the joints secure, 
decaying | Mr. Paul, or nig ; Uiatle es Wood of Mr ee. ad 4H I very.much doubt, the stove itself cannot 
n the Mów two stages of the nip pono the dead | recommended m Darth, when opin remain sound more than:a few years, owing to the 
ach do not always ie that t not in a Ss sang An a i do pea & confess. ‘ef Bo iota nse heat to which it is cubjested and th 
thrivin ng state, but rather that it is mikan int boughs | ne n any occasion been disappoi rae her with | oxydising principle of the water, ya! is thrown over 
as are not necessary for the maintenance of the plan nt in their ir verbal or written Kosata ni, on this bless, the stove. to propao atmospheric moisture. To such & 
a healthy and profitable state. “But in the third stage, | 1 reabtiost when Mr. Paul hy se frr e to add H . P. plan I -enter most deter A protes t.5: no good 
in the case of matured timber, dead boughs or horns | General Jacqueminot to my ¢ could sear gardener wou ald let loose among tender foliage a 
indicate that the tree is ripe, and fit to be cut; and find words ENTp enough to describe vk glowing saa per me of hot steam, which unless managed w great 
after the tree has many such horns, it seldom makes | of that magnificent Rose. And I did not wonder at the | care would scald every leaf on the plan ‘And how 
rapid ats ear this will depend much upon the | difficulty after I saw it bloom,as there is no variety | could it be otherwise, as the heated air ae ie severe 
nature of the soil 5 SAT by tok ie best Oak-growing | which can approach it for colour, and for thickness aa passes off from the stove at a temperature of 
soils will for many years o grow and remain | of petal it — likea _ Camellia. General Castel- | from 180° to 200°? There. is Aae pod to be 
sound long after the Hoss" Sheer kon ap ; but upon | lane may = ermed Rose in perfection. Gloire de | said eg r ii to. the introduction of e to the 
inferior soils the cana of the b tap ai soon after | Dijon—I “es n a bloom of this Rose so exquisitely | chamber. Ours was aA first bron from the outside 
the tree has many dead Botha $ upon op. beautiful that Ta anas shall forget it. Lord’ Raglan is:a | of the aha whicl swered very w the 
It does not follow, therefore, because > the occurrence | new colour, : and a first class perpetual blooming-sort, As | wind blew fro ig ih north-east,or araçda but =< 
of these boughs is one of the first Ge tet of maturity | I y year, Ladded these whenever it A iati from. any of these points a reaction __ 
and of the commencement of decline. a de ad bough | four varieties of new Roses along wit otpers — Mr. | took place ; that-is, the air in the house passed: into the 
will agra = _ drenth cesyi njure a tree | Paul’srecommendation tomy Rose which contains hot chamber, and escaped by the cold air drain, 
if suffered to e contrary, it is found that | upwards of 150 kinds, and on are a kis of ‘the gorma occurrence of this kind would, I imk make ay 
the sapwood tightens — the base of the bes and | which “ A. n. ” ae fault with Mr. Paul for recom- | dener 
prevèn gA he se water into the tree ; but if the | mending. If “A. R.” has not got them in his PFEF frost or 
cut al, tree not, at this period, | and wishes to i thehghowrioven of good Roses, I would | that re plate: the cold ,air nae to beon fine 
ae power to padan the vacant -space with fresh | advise him to order them at once eb his nu isy: Bai Owing to this insecurity, a communication with the 
sapwood, and the place speedily -becomes a hole, in Praia ee such fourth-rate varieties as Louis cr S stove from the inside of the;house was made, which 
which the rain mas and passes thence into the v Mrs, Elliot, Madame Laffay, -and -also Willia: a ” aig very well, but did just what a hot-water apparatus 
heart of the ;t causing decay to proceed at a very | w ich now little but its fragrance to recomm oes, consum e the ain. Were I com- 
rapid rate. I would advise « a ‘R.” to take William Griffiths peli to ado ane either.a fire flue or Mr. Ha peut stove, 
Having submitted these observations in Susain of |as his standard to compar afa varieties by, and if he | I would decidedly. prefer the former, involving as it. does. 
the remarks of the referees respecting the val of | has got wr Margot ká will have little use for the | less labour and; more security to the TP.. 
decaying branches, I have only to add, that it cou not | serv f Madame ‘Laffay. Paul Ricaut, Falkirk, | candidly ak to say that I pare no o gare 
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matured as to bam waay dead boughs initsheadshould | | Mushrooms.—In Mrs. Loudon’s “Gardening for | relate iet ooe ed my pE experi 
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aware that it it will never be in.a better state for felling, | may be also made to grow on lawns and in one en ASAA, ane aca th the opinion advanced 
in the event of circumstances, such as the depres- | grounds by procuring some bricks of Mushro om spawn | in your leading. article at page 819, 1856, that the 
sion of the markets, or any ot wl reaso a Boa medoning it | in-April or May, and after breaking’them into pieces 1 | Raspberry has not fea so much improved in paket 
undesirable to fell matured ti ; the decay on, good | or 2 inches. square, burying t the: — esat intervals all | quality as its relation, the Strawberry, but. | mn 
soil is so gradual, that Tittle, rr any, beg cies over the lawn, In each place a little of the turf should | think that the method of culture represente din sa 
pee in the value ofa tree fora number of years after | be raised, under wa eas semis should be eee first figure is calculated in any degree to effect that 
it has reached maturity ; and the period of its subse- | and -the turf then pressed down over it. The desirable object. In that figure the saute appear to be 
quent removal may be dictated by motives of policy or | should be afterwards rolied, and no other care prs Š at least 3 feet asunder in-the-rows, and there are no 
convenience, without.any fear of the intrinsic worth of | requisite till sa plants are ready for pa a fewer than 12 berig canes left upon each root: 
the timber being injuriously affected by the delay. mena will be in September if the r has pruning. Now it might fairly be questioned whether 
_ Imay add, tha timber will continue to grow and | tolerably warm ara dry. This Nae pps viidi wiih the pa De of the most fertile soil a plan 
increase in tary though slowly, for ~ gann after it shane tiene .” These ae pre aA r trai ing 
has apparently arrived at maturity ; he officers | followed: to that letter last April, but heve had not a | strong enough to carry good erops of good fruit. ‘Twelve 
of the Royal Si ia seek in the — aes to | single Mushroom, and the garden iid lawn sanap new | bearing branches will yield aconsiderable weight of fruit, 
the Crown for timber of the argest scantling, which itis | we have not seen halbeinaieegs snails in the season. Can | and in addition to thst drain upon the plant it isalsoex- 
y to get where, it is of importance, with | you therefore oblige me by suggesting the reason the | pected to furnish an-equalnumber of fruit-bearingshoots 
ial reference to the objects for n has failed ? A Lady at Croydon. [We never could for the following season, which will be found too heavy-a 
. s have been appropriated under the sanetion and by | persuade them to grow in cur own lawn. ] tax upon its strength. For this and other patos it is 
peg ape a Sh Spare that ev mber eer i Tree-lifting oa a * pe my tre “$i ea machine | better to i lants closer together in the row. My 
extreme or | was not entirely made contract I cannot at present | practice (the s naturally very poor) is io lant 
maturity, of whicb,as I have already stated, the decay inform your sorina of its cost ; but as I wish to i foot vente and, to wget as la p p 
of the horns in in. trees growing eet inferior soil affords give all possible information on the subject, I may | ing cane and one growing shoot, for the ret 
the earliest indication. John Clut mention that I value it at 207. uri the es 
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4 Plan for Transplanting Evengreens at.all Seasons of | facilities at command. John Reid, Orton Hall (see p. | throw.up even one shoot long enough and strong enough 
the Year—The following method I ca pursued for | 13 of our Iesn year’s volume), fo: i 
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many years with great success, ai receiving an| Sawdust valuable for Packing Fruit in.—As a proof | autu uniug,in which: it becomes, ssary 
estimate of the number of evergreen à A tinakon een is ny ko a 
forming new plantations, k send) two or Bn men to a | to inform oon that I have this yea ceived a barrel | bours which.has been : 
nursery ground with instructions to dig up every plant | of Newtown Pippins from the United States, and the | summer training. In good. loamy soi asthe 
themselves, and with a good net of earth, This | Apples having been packed in Mahogany sawdust nota | Raspberry deli ip, d 
ggg garaiz been carried on early in spring, | single Apple is Ai a For the last.10 years I have | together for the plants, because they will then grow 
my plan renders me independe: a of the usual | received my annual barrel but without the sarin and | vigorously enough to carry two or three bearing eanes 
planting season. On the shrubs being brought home I | generally from one-fourth to three-fourths.w. e posi- | each, as may be.required. This system properly carried 
ug @ long tre in some spare piece of ground, from tively rotten. Z. H., Tufnel Pa rk, j SA ea Bat, don’t | out ensures. to cal soot a fair supply « of light and air, 
2 to 3 feet wide and from:9 to.10 inches deep ; in this | use Deal sawdust for this purpose. without which it is vain to expect large and well 
Ihave the plants, iekly arranged, but not so.closely|. Hazard’s s System of Heating.— While L lived at Hey- | flavoured fruit, With ‘respect to the quality of -the 
as to cause them to shed their leaves ; I then | wood House, in Wiltshire, we employed one of Mr. | different varieties of Raspberry, I have never yet tasted 
surround the balls .with well-rotted leaf-mould, of which | Hazard’s 20/, stoves to heat a sm ih i The peri erp. The true White 
I always have a large supply, and the same mould will Grapes were of good quality, and ripened usually | Ant i pever: i 
once. I ary ap ate eia bakata by the middle of March. But this atch Rai no test | it yrowing in this.part of the country, and have 
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altho asegu m March ti Cilusion.of w oe the house, em. 
The Pr sR e , tül, August, | not consider it necessary to anything re ABESE AEI wa Monthly.” As the fruit of none of this class is equal in 
Spe Se o ate to | construction of this stove, beyond n that it is made of.a ganiiy to that of the. best summer-bearing sorts, thi 
causes the roots to grow | series of cast-iron tu ian p fitinto sockets. and through | should be prevented from einer meit at that season, de 
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Bene thom planted in the open ground have grown ina | their lettin ng make and other dala deleteri milga : Fiery sean wil ? ae 
le year. Let am thi ters into | at p will also cause them to 
> year. al y one try this experiment, and | the house, I foun me i iy oo diffienlty. What Mr. |} a more abundant autumn Bigs a 
penino, sheaa in about two or- three. APES he | Hazard instruc m with was finely | observed, refer only to the cultivation of the Raspberry 
would, ii he never seen it, ee surprised to find the | sifted caustic lime Ary hy tha et made into putty, | in i : 3 x 
ball of earth covered-with straight quill-like roots. . The | Tas in its presen i 
8 proved a mere ention, as it crumb. luded future i omnes i l 
mi ihe vem in — Ped 2 i have. advaneed | to dust under the action of the fi oe iy Ta a Bape > eee ae ut 1 peat sein oe pa paa ian 
s plan i gy briha fle mb? sia s peg pi but in the spring .of. the | of gardening who has plenty of leisure for the purposes 
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still 4 aegis to Siete asp them safely 5 5 no themselves, which no amount of -skill an aed could | to setai Ba a in — of wha has beea 
sill more valuable Ceir nting, as-sometimes prac- remedy without taking. the aig entirely to pieces, | effected within these few years by florists, I 
Di -orga ra] i Neatly is pea ficult task, and even then there exists = of the Raspberry (and I mightadd the cai ss as 
ene. to ieee i iscussion on ing security, Des MS ty ‘effects first showed | vest, although slower, will be equally sure. J. B. W- 
M eters S | etwixt Mr. Paul and “A, AR, Sideline about the pa e Febr from the com- Elder Wine.—At page 6 682 of your sr Med for 1850 
s a R.” bas viewed the matter in a| bined influence of the lous gases Aper Sì ine. yen give two reei 8 for : making Elder wi to the 
it did fai ie Paul Kis ssqaticeion ae Ja When scorching first took place, I judged the eause to | of which y aT i A 
new Hoses, It did not strike me. 1e meant or | proceed solely from inatt to . ventilation. and fovea Hak 
ai y Ah e 5,5m paichane, their t Bag: ki | conmpaaiaalie took a seb sit aude my . own im- to be good, ste eon d ome et believe 
a was such asm len ins s writing, | mediate care but with no better success, and so gaan 4 
‘already all the old Bi m that, are. worth | thi g 
{this „annoyance continued till I left. the place, | found when Sloe ley aqi rt or at moss 
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