Mar 2, 1857.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 369 
an tis iaa themselves, appar 10 feet distance fom the aaant maa 
or on the leaves erani on 16 feet distance from the stem, where this limb first ; seems ni gly fr, “bear near Lo margs 
zA rse for the the | branches, the girth is 7 feet. The diameter of the |is how to fear it. Swee 
are not extremely arrik the 3 “proper course | hollow part of the trunk at the ground is 14 feet published: the ate ereh upon the Ay y pM 
u —— = 3 inches, and at 4 feet from ground 11 feet 11 inches. | son, the plant ae ector in the late Captain King’s 
Thus showing that 4 = ” — have decayed since | Voyage, that “the species was — in kre Straits of 
W. Abbo it as use Goose- 
eie fr 
Ribst on Park, Wetherby ype: aes —The account i berries, both green and ripe, he. sea aaa and tarts 
to rawings of the Marton oe were not sent you by Sir| and other sweetmeats or preserves for which it is most 
remedy therefore is prevention rather than cure. |E ardley Wilmot, but by M ea Wilmot, the Duke excellent, the berries being black, the size a a Berar 
Unfortunately however Melons, which are peculiarly | of Devonshire’s agent a t Bax and brother of Sir | Currant, and produced in abundance. 
liable to be affected, require in certain stages of growth | H. E. W. The inside anire of the Mar ton Oak is fully | Berberis aquifolium are wholesome A Sig we "should 
atmosphere which favours the development of the | 10 feet, not 5, as It think you will find in my account wt suspect those of Leycesteria to be emetic. 
ile it prevents or checks took Pruning ituati 
ars 
in other cases of | are 
the very first symptom -should be carefully | are, I think, Evelyn’s, when'the tree w e prod t 
and the remedy at once employed. When |so also has the Marton Oak evidently been. Still more | ordinary method of laying in long shoots for the ensuing 
the leaves have once become mottled they are not in a desirable now do photographic portraits and exaet | year. ` nd i 
fit condition to perform their especial functions properly, | measure of the great Oaks appear, as of those | the character he had in view ; the springs are cold and 
o effectual i i s i 
late, 
preventing any further mischief, it cannot replace the | are spoken of in the past tense. One ofthe great Oaksin | mild and damp, kondia up a slow frehen and pre- 
unhealthy with — tissue. Other remedies have | Welbeck Park, called “TheSeven Sisters,” is muchcharred | venting the wood ripening and the roots being 
pi Tobacco smoke, turpentine, | and blackened, having very narrowly escaped being burnt | seasonably put to rest. I observed the Peach tree last 
Laurel boni sublimed sulphur, a solution of | down some years ago by some men taking a wasp’s nest | year persistently retaining some of its leaves as late as 
soft soap; and mere“ ble reports have from tim: -= - in the hollow trunk. Ed. Woollett Wilmot, Bux ton.| December. The treatment recommended by Mr. 
time been puea of all, but on the contrary there —I Knight consists in retaining a larger number than 
been as many records of failure, so that implicit pcr nd property, the aarent cause being the softening of | usual of the current season’s shoots, but allowing only 
cannot be placed in any one of them. il from the t rains an ai great ven of | a very few of them to extend to their natural length, 
659. Other mites abound occasionally in gardens, but the pa i or ge of curled and waw wood, | and pinching off the points of all the rest, so as to chec 
in general without doing much harm. Mushrooms are | which a “et to be of most unusual s The tree | their growth, and keep them in the state of spurs, on 
su to them, and t when dried as well as many | was perfectly healthy, and no decay visible, except a | which he considered fruit-buds would be more readily 
other vegetable uctions, unless kept in a very dry | little near the root on one side. The centre is sound, as | formed, and the wood become better ripened. I 
atmosphere, are i been i i 
opinion of eg of your correspondents who are con- 
versant with management o of the Peach tree on the 
probability of its succeeding t m may unders 
by supposing any number yr last year’s shoots laid in at 
competent length; and the same treatment is 
followed in the case of iia the description in mpero 
i i tiennes ve 
the first 
shoot is intended to be trained at full pres for "e 
, to be then operated upon in the same way. 
the buds above the ringed part are to w 
o0! 
kept short, in th pe oi an inch or two long, 
by pinching the points of the esa wad § preventing 
their extension. hen, each of 
y ha N year’s shoots have one shoot o is season 
is at a ny rate worthy of attention and important infer- all below the ed part train l and- a 
may hereafter be deduced applicable to other | a ae x number of spurs or short shoots above it, on which, 
cases,* M. J. B | W yg i s views, fruit-buds m i 
| i to be formed than on the long shoots. Next year, should 
| the part wit produce ed 
Home Correspondense | till the fruit is ripened and then cut out at the ringed 
Fot- We lers.—At the June Exhibition of the | place ; otherwise it m: , being of no 
Horticultural Society in all probability there will be a | furth: The shoot produced this season w th 
. great variety of these, and perhaps some new designs; | ringed part, and laid in at full length, will early next 
would it not be well to give the exhibitors an oppor- | e ringed and treated in the same way with re- 
tunity of testing their power of heating and economy ference to the suce g year t 
of fuel? The foll suggestions l aid | of ringing shoots is two-fold—to throw more sap 
m is about. Let the Society select a piece d vigour into the uced below th ged 
of ground where the boilers could be h inch , and proportionally to diminish the supply to the 
Pipes laid on, raised on temporary suppo: to prevent | spurs above it, and check luxuriant W so as to 
gap entting of the boilers. Let the reu clear of the | render them more manageable, and induce the formation 
and fines be slightly ca ed and finished with | ds. It will be observed that by this plan of 
Portland cement. Exhibi ing at t the growth of wood over the w 
might find it more convenient to hire bricks and kept down agrees —— possible quantity, the perma- 
mortar. The Society, with its - nent additio h year being only the small portion 
park doubt provide fu nied pare: the old wood and the lowest bud of 
for all parties would be dry coke from the pass 2. it, which is not more than an 
_ gas works, with wood for lighting. - inchs or two. J. H. 
_ pete in classes according to size of boiler, with length of Teg in Beech-trees— Riding on an omnibus 
Psa pape and eac hould have its from Tunbridge to Sevenoaks on last, the 
i weight of fuel. First day—water e i a Beech tree in ‘ai leaf by te sabe 
: shortest time, or the y approach to it, side, which he stated had been so for of a 
on with thermometer p i the the trees growing by its 
w and return, the bulb within pipe or in close just begun to swell their buds. The 
start “fires at the same ti and ver ened: that the tree was fre- 
®ach attains its hig point note the time and quenters of that road as a being 
withdraw the fire. No water should i full leaf at least a month before the others. J. K., Maid- 
k the remaining fuel should be weighed. stone. E ATE 
1 aat Ve T tit ihe l + my house hould t fort its i in 
sumption of fuel. All start fires at the same tim t| the manner ? sie tied Ae ac 
E 5 y or oftener. All with- ice which is i of Beeches ; 
fires at the same the i fuel it is of great height, and for ne t from 
Weighed. The trial would be attended with additional length these forks I have noticed for the 
ense to the exhibitors, but should they decide to timber? Can you inform me correct way to last 6 years comes into full leaf 3 wicks bateo- ihe adie 
it, all difficulties would soon be overcome, and it | measure it? 4 Welsh Sub. No.. p pn hope some | half of the tree, and before ae PI e 
Would place on record the results of one trial of boilers | one else will.] It is now in great pé mn. F.S. eae: 
_ ‘Under similar circumstances, each boiler having its| Berberis dulcis You will m meh oblige me if you | pose it is i paie hic 
designer s peculiar set, so often misunderstood when per- | will inform me whether the a is eta delete, A Pair 
Fry for the first time by local hands. The trial [certainly it is] ; ee ci eee tie ones ima tree on Ham ) 
“ould be. made before the days of exhibition, and the | w for human food. I believe it is not a i the t ' vas hercscanly. 
2 ae ` be stated on a card attached to each certain indication of the wholesomeness of a fruit for attacked rg both the parent birds in a most ferocious 
J.T. piia | man that birds eat it, but they eat the berries of this | manner, to beat a retreat. She was, 
Large Oaks.—In consequence of the recently published | shrub most greedily. All sorts of birds attack them however, followed several yards ‘distance by the male 
measurements of the Cowthorpe Oak not agreeing with | th t they are ripe, and clear them off so greedily | bird, who then returned to the nest. „This was witnessed 
peels by Denies ree “Sylvia,” as not to give anybody much chance of testing their ee eee a r person in the garden 
: take an wholesomeness, ‘They grow very fine here at an eleva- Lady Byron, the relict of the poet of that name, and 
2 i the «'puttress- tion of 600 or 700 ft. a e the sea, and are deliciously | ma; e fact. n 
SE roots. Gover of which sweet, though the climate is sear gre es ga 
pase. nromen-owag. of late eaten 4 nokiom it ree ache or the cgr to 
age Sarg y orah eek he 65 foot, at perfection. I should rege ol you 
remain- | would say whether the the berries of Sli r 
+ Leycesteria are ae lR yo a T. | am m 
| Bullock, West Devon. | Per we are unac-| : 
