THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 4, 18 57. 
n æ ragged state, and allow the wet to get wre 
quite unnecessary y branches, 
3. It is higbly inexpedient that dead boughs should be 
} from growing Oak trees, as sound growth of 
is best promoted ws sorea Ne ature o 
phe Actors asin due course bec unnecessary for 
the support ol "10. It is Sa palisni to cut off 
dead boughs from tr ut in woo here 
reared thickly, operly thinned, all such trees can be 
u 
ba ge (and generally without bold the ee if 
off they a 
left to Nature); but if they are e sure | the ¢ 
to cause defect. 12. Allow Nature eto take ai course, | of deca 
13. I consider e sound growthof a eee boot 
Laa aosan "y Kiima a ee to prane Kad — bough 
becom . It 
prune 
No; boughs that ‘ie should res left to 
prune off ; but boughs that have been ac Fee or 
wilfully broken or cut off nigh to m ea should be 
close cut as soon as practicable, d pared sm ooth 
an edge tool even with the rind er" the seg that 
ff the wet and preserve a har 
i 6. When deed pe hs 
ey are cut o dead 
drop off ay sarehireg and if they are yA off it is 
sure to cause the timber to be faulty. 18, I think that 
hs ought am to rc pruned from growing Oak 
trees ; tow ta I think tte it sound ager of a tree is est k 
ed] 
not ; the soun A growth of n tree is best promoted i by 
allowing Nature oti soins ‘off such boughs a 
necessary for the support ot th 
pc Uf not large take of, but = as much un Preach the 
yr ogres to eae et lodging in the tree 
t the wi 
oat of th 21. I should think it is best to let 
ad 
, pruning $ ts Space iif d 
xi bark has pi rie 4. I think all pee. x 
mber injurious; where it is necessary 
of any bough, T think it better to d 
5 feet on, ian than 
I co 
close fes the trunk, as I consider decay wi eee at 
the soft wood of the trunk after the removal of the bough, 
and I think such decay will be shes ue ed cae ag Prd 
allowing the bra to be pru by 
time is thus given a mn increase p the vo ‘and the 
hardening of the centre wo as ti iameter increases, 
ted by the pressure o of 
is Pte at ‘all I 
eens ar ee ought tobe outs s close to ae trunk 
7. As T have = snag- 
eA ERY tat is, cut upwards with a 
st from the stem. If the 
before and the stump is very 
Bi it again until sound, but 
tool, an onset ne = 
pat oe kas been in 
much decayed, by papt mean 
not close to the trunk if it can ger as it becomes a 
wis Nie we ca no pe to 
nmend pruning Oak timber in but if 
ies are oblig ag to be cut = at all, s rin fis 9. 
om the trunk of the tree that se are cut the better, a 
at will be some a before the stump Bottke, TES s0 
as toa n ater, as exp si in the previous ques- 
tion very imexpedie ent a the ate g h 
- It 
of Oak timber that a ag-prun 
, in my opinion, soag-proning is most i sp canbe i 
to the sound growth of the timber. If an Oak tree has 
a 
n 
pas msc eggs than letting ie ts 
back. 10. 
boughs of pr 
complete before = 
CUG rune any of the 
r trees, and all pruning should be 
kee become timber. Jf the 
nsider pidii snag-p a 
if it haa ae dens T think the toca should not aot bee Gut 
sta our museums, that o 
tions must be reaping Ifin deeda wound isin 
within a foot o of the main eae ‘hats 
doubtful w hoikat panne ea can pare: e benef = 
anon object to it, because it i `: 
there i p for close amputation. For, ve 
young wood closing over such sty hye 
forcible compre ession preventing decay, that wt 
doctrine to which we shall only assent when 
We see 
gaa of such a iter of healing hayi 
taken ati. scany 
Barly it would be desirable to form in some of 
t a lar 
forests would 
supply evidence which w would 
tend to set at rest s questions as those to which 
the preceding ponar ka apply. 
TuE evaa n thd pe my Manufactures jn 
the Garp LTURAL Society next 
June seems is likely to assume grat mportanee, if we 
can judge from = applications alread mad 
Im mplem c 
makers, Constructers of Boilers heating a 
ventilators, 
e i 
visitors each interested in gardens. 
e -s inexpedient that de snags are alive let m gr . Snag-pruning 
boughs should be pruned from youn k trees ; and, | is only something Doi eis close Pruning as the 
in my opinion, the nd owth of is best pr. injury is ger takin ng plac but the good may aH aie pers Sei ina garden far better 
oted by allowing Nature to prune o h boughs as | of the timber, no boughs ddaa. be ips off, 12. Ít is | than in a sh 
in due e become unnecessary for the support of the | at all times injurious to prune timber in any man er,| _ For r the farther i information of those wie 
e timber is best promoted in its wth by | either t - eit, or to allow those trees that have p oe wm of the Exhibition, we repeat 
allowing Nature to prune off any dead ughs. 24. | been so lopped to be cut clo rwards. con- eo objects as it has 
t cut - Let Nature take its course. | sider it is not expedient to snag-prune, and if it has been | Tished by the Society :— 
26.. gece think it best if eee let the pone drop off | done I t “ye nk t ee should not be cut close to t e| Uaa naa Baas Boilers, Hot-water. 
is not each , a8 r decay will commence at 
expedient to prune dead boughs, but that it proves in- | wood of the trunk after the removal of the bough, and i i zane ee i 
Dere. 28. Itis FA, expedient Dat povisg rhe trees arvaa such decay will be delayed and lessened by ieor | iss B  Trenapianting, Fun When Sr 
e growth is promote gsi a be pruned by Na ; More tim | PERET. : 
ing the trunk untouched- 29. It is not necessary to cut | given for the increase of the trunk and the hardening of | a. = Fittiegs, | H jua Pag 
dead bo the centre w re diameter 7 EH 
rs is eo is a difference as to prac- | of wine ys pr assis " ~j the pressure of the “ sap- | Class C—Ganbes “ae Ls: Spades, Forks, Hoes, 
some st saying t no pruning is to be allowed of the trunk will retard the progress of decay, | 
des paa in s Melion) a aa pressing. an opposite which, Le its arrival there will find the trunk better | Cisse D.—Curtsny Arua Shears, Seiesot M 
opinion. We presume that the uestion was under- | Prepared to receiv 5. Snag-pruning generally Class E,— Bricks for Horti- 
— to in which th to Gales that have accidentally died, a ieir cuit i Ar Ee the defect o é t m aE ral er Bi os i ue-tiles ut 
there was no broken or ragged stump | 46 ah bak Saas Peet) -A SB Steele fixed, , Paving-tiles, Border earne 
by vi . not however so | cto, she a D OORD S| Class F.—Laszrs:; whether in 
pinea it, and his answer refers to the removal of soa yee = to Large. aa “tie ape ai Glasa ; y me Enameled or oer 
such stum; 5 the same may be said o. 20 16. g- pruning often oundness in etter ed, & Glazed 
h was bmit that the replies of | timber after it has been done a few years. 17. Snag-| “/a8s G— Orsen a Deconazton : ee ager 
7 and 20 are right ; for if the branch of an Oak tree ing is sure to injure the timber in course ot tim vases, Aquariums, Vases in Fountais. 
is wrenched storm, f e, the|18. I think if it has been snag-pruned that it will be in- tiou Stone, of Terie ee 
= eee ; so undoubtedly allow water to lodge, Ta to the tree, scan by cu utting close to the tree fe pen aproat Brackets 
e result of which is the rapid d y of the sa think it mill be a vom injurious to the trunk of the : ies, &C. 
, and the formation-of a rotten hole in the main | te ; 19. Cer t; snag-pruning is in my opinion | Class H.—M. si ep oper Apaan Roots, 
trunk. This is prevented by adopting the plan of injurious to the avind growth of timber. If Oak t 7 T = cr es glazed, Ventilators, At 
No. $0; Tt cannot bo dened that in either caye |A? Deen aE prone, the tongs shoul not be | Stan Ceres Sklar 
nber sustains injury; the real question is 20. x Ra u omọ, Class L—Prorectine Marxriats: Nets oim 
Ss is the least mischievous, a smooth : we: ois baie y es saclay ai “> for Eae a vey eae work, Wov brats Mats, Straw 
rees Overgrown by new wood without rottenness 7, À a overings, Tents oa 
g round which can ver be oes es in ond ae a te tree z Creare Algae, Bae Hyvis with or wihout e of 
aias a — k eet within it has becom ed in sawi timber, T) o ia pang 8-38 piraan reat such # 
d of w . ene if the poten cae think if the tree must tte boughed 1 f think ‘the further from; e ‘ea ee ters, Acti 
is in most if not all cas appearance of dry rot, | the tree the better. 22. It 8 highly inexpedient for the | hermometers, Hygromeiihy TE 
For these agree ears the first question we | sund growth of Oak timber that any bough should be | Leni ag S articles used i 
vote with the min ee Se if a tree has b ‘ | Class M. —Misoeranzous : Br pe : 
. The oth tt at Cast 7, boughs ought. to remas een, na pruned “ee Gardens which ar t included im T 
: it Seen ng them off close To 
for the sound eal 0 Oak timber that aap Coe x ae trunk w to the tree. 24. Always other Classes. ‘oe 
should be ; and if, in see opinion, ound where > boughs have been cut o grown over r | ouncil have moreover announced estit 
+ ing th tniurione to the coun d growth of the oo poe than when a = keap ca 26. From ' readiness a receive foreign as well as applies 
the boughs, so havin. magi ann benak RGAE be sawyer, not think | Pieras, But they require that a Mey 
subsequent be cut close to the they are cut from the pig 27 tha aa must be, ‘the farther | bs ions for space should be made on or before ey ak 
the sap wood may grow over and) Wh i le ise articles will be liable to exclusion ich 
soa 2 l at, let us e is is snag-praning ? It consists in | certainly cannot = yei in the catalogo rable 
k. Sag ya eaving on a tree of the lower par to a lim prepared in co) the 
lies are to be fot the Commissioners 
whose repli und in o; 
report did not know what the parre expression | 3 
”. si 
s any pruni 
and if any snag-pruning has been 
y object to 
y proves more defective 
y. 
the stump will rot awa Y, but since the snag is 
not left for me value it may ever have, but for r the 
mere preservat on of t he soundness of the m 
wholly insignificant. 
could not well go further, — wou Nall atta se 
ing ti t betten the pak 
5 Na one we think wi 
this statement, an € and if so the 
-boughs have he dh rt ón Sai Ae amen 
it | Station at Chiswick, by which 
to he 
| forgotten that whatever merit the different subjects 
tand i 
| detail | by ‘the bet yt “that can be sê ine 
several classes, and will be ready, for distribu 
| visitors on the ave of exhibitio: 
We may as well add that application fu ‘cut 
should be made to Mr. per dna 
the Society’s Garden, Turnham Green, Lon w 
who is intrusted with the whole of the details Isat 
exhibition. 
A new gate of admission is expected to sie 
at the angle of the Garden next 
railway will be brought within a short ga 
hour’s walk of t ibition ; 
fro itha N. of London to Tarvham 
will, open in May, will also add to the 
geroa 
ALLER, 
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