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FEBRUARY 7, 1857.) 
different circumstances of soil and climate , 
ey are re uired to be 
sd which he be of each fiinau a. has 
y of them 1} 
rhaps a very small one, towards this Gai 
I venture therefore to give my opinion of a few of the 
i Hildenley, where the oy is 
naturally a stiff clay, one Migs? snag soil therefore 
petual, somewhat like some of the Bourbon Roses, but 
it may be accidental, as I have only two or three plants 
of it, Gloire de Fran ce, which has a fine flower, 
ia, h to 
scent, and is quite inadmissable as a first-rate no 
Jesse and General Jacqueminot. My chief 
to the former are its too slender habit of grow 
pa not being a true Perpetual, ma: lowering i in ‘the 
summer and again late in the autumn. The r no 
doubt is not quite double; but it seems to bee 
us, handsome grow. ing hardy variety, Eris a most 
illia 
sections 
and 
In the} my 
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tep, | v 
at, bas no |w. 
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brilliant 
sie the petals - flower is very Hath, more so ea 
ich are mueh ectly double. Bein 
n mept ay is pas 
te in size or shape. Amongst the old 
of Sutherland more nearly a Aeran 
upped ; i 
surpasses it then it is a kioii bad grower, I ane 
not yet sufficiently tried the ne ses, but Jules M 
gottin and Madame M 
= 
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owers 
maise Heating. —I cannot erroei i- the dificulty 
‘epg of “a experiences in 
seed into the house and wasting 
itaet has _ “cold air ian *” I never met w 
anything of the kind, nor do I see how it is ible 
ed the cold 
believe this to be 
Barked Tree Stems.—Perhaps it may be interesting 
your readers to mention an instance similar to that 
ofthebarked Rh Se aeaaE figure 
remains. ©. W. 3S, 
Pruning Oak Trees.—Your remarks on this subject 
have induced me to send aor some observations which I 
e and 
odie Paes as applicable to the Oak in 
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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
87 
WE F hart they got among the j ae panas: and, 
nl A oe) gig off a Lue 
un 
he stem straight as 
mple branches cpeadin pio the “weg 
a fine 
beginning. 
peck AS an Renner iaten of me advantage of the 
ed in this and in my former letter, 
Charles yf Pasa Cirencester, ll, 1834,” 
a, 
oe 
this sae I ok 
aratively, 
of having any leade er, th 
straggling branches. 
tion to ound, and in the 
following winter I selected the best shoot and ent away 
hı i has more than 
my sp piagge fk the young shoots grew 
like a Larch, and i 
to in the “for oregoing observ ations 
ures eet 6 inches in circumference, at 1 fo Sot 
from the ground. 
Rain, &c., Itchen Abbas, 1856 :— = 
January... vee E ue 3.60 
February med asp nes 
| 
soko Q 
ee =| 38 3.62 
aoe .. | 
Average of six pedi Tan ous years | ‘i 
nce for 
. Spicer. 
Transplanting Trees fro 
B 
whic h is of 4 greatest importa 
A 
mire rken ofa made or bali than usual b being 
haro. a desideratum. I wi 
usediin this a s 
satisfaction | to all i 
tem | flowered Cam 
8 tisadi Írom prus north of China, 
e | Chinaman under the gps that it ya a dou 
answered | g 
Simple Cont 
place . place orith "faci, epeak injury to the ball of M 
th, that nee, | 4 
Robert Mangles, “ail, ameng Hill, Berks 
n rancis ne nigh, Be ichm 
Th Esg., ie Rice, Andover 
m 
Mr. A. G Sutton, 1 ” Bridiesmith ' ak Nottingham 
Mr. utbush arnet 
me 
3 gic fatne ye sees 
Mr. W t Se edsman, Leadenhall Street 
E e Mean farses arene Paras Derby. 
mong subjects of e ition w. unusual 
interest, and aogas a the. Saline of the pris ~~ 
were me could been ex 
Mr. Stand dish of Bageho an example o of the double- 
ellia reticulata a which the 
Chinese were kno © posse het whi 
mcr been ‘arma oe to thi country. 
ety was sent to Bagshot e i 
e bought it froma 
reticulata, whi has prov is 
It e entirely resembles reticulata in leaf , the ‘a r 
double, and the plant is sid 
large, as it was ona 
lanted out however, and a strong plant, Mr. Standish 
nad no doubt that i) will grow and produce blooms p 
enormous ust ry’ a8 regarded as 
r, gr. to J. Bradbury, Es, 
i ling 
r. Dunsford, of oan. 
ford, and a variegated V. ahh ni r. Turner, 
of East Barnet, Mr, eee of Highgate, sent & 
dozen Bes forced Hyacinth 
Of Fruit there were some S aiaahes exhibitions. Mr. 
oo 
t has s s been 
ried and fine fhe of rGesped it 
remarked, could on 
also two staples ke so that a a horse, or two or three 
men, may aw me ropes 
either 
thr 
be dragged pris the 
ground without any shaking, and as it slips over the 
ce without much labour, and as no lifting 
ona 
. L. Vernon-Harcourt 
RAL, Feb. Titis 
or | in the ahah shalt. Ar following were elected Fellows :-— 
Mrs. Brooks, Park, Epsom ey 
Chapetow, M “as ge if 
in 
te 
Mrs. Dorin, The Mount, 
Whitehall Dod, a Bryndinerth, Conwa: 
Edwin sB, Montague Villas, ‘Rich- 
mond 
igate 
Harpur, Esq., 
Wellingborough 
> i 
ns been | 224 
dla; ro, 27, Holles Street, Cavendishi] - 
Thomas How, Esq., Gordon House, Turnham Green 
0: 
as it is es wee Re red nlietons to endea- 
reies in the 3 mirarte Mr pr) 
of foreign vegetables, consisting of lar 
what is termed Sprue 
to. 
ey es io woe fog ot 
16 Ibe, aadlsalas Aa a 
es of this fruit, ere mae o 
was 0 
