Mar 9, 1857.] 
u 
Tee MEMORAND 
xN, who orders 
seem to to reside ther Who 
Home ans ceeenerne 
Se ceceieat wey Bae kdy aai loo; 
es. 
eeg oom is quite of the 
tee" jn 
it consists of 8 blooms, 5 being nearly, pegs aiy. Ve 
s qui 
same fo: ave seen in a drawi and 
lively light blood colour. It rat, i ie Ai e dia 
meter of the bloom over the limb 1 inches; length of 
Ver 
M. Ronn Seeds r 8, Stepherf 
alr E ierasto. Street apra Aea. does not | Sf 
seems 
this, as in all the other species transmitted m from 
same regions, to have m n given with great fidelity. 
Mr. Methven assured me that it was a late forr 
flower-b d O tT the bess is we 
ud, an 
each individual bloom less than what it will be when 
ve 
to the Sool At the hazard 
of trespassing on ee D space I cannot resis 
stuing a few particulars. It isa prone plant. The 
hole height fos ogi The graft is ponticum, 
a me excellent stock | for this as well 
ich Mr. Met 
cand it is only now 
ks of R. ame ? I. Ander- 
Harya, near ar Edinburg 
—As r 
measurement of 
rht 
to the wart and nearly all RNA it; that aay be | suc 
fair provided pe buyer pin in your 
correspondent’s second m, let T cut =a the 
worthless (as Spb) rans w and 
ff 
so fine s tree should gon been 5 allo 
och a deformity so long. Quer spen 
in No. 17 Paper of the largest ‘Oaks in England 
is pe. rA and I wish you would send 
a copy of that paper to the great Ea her, 
Mayall, Regent Street, and Se he E EEEE hie gp n you 
suggestion, and Panas s Sory po photograph all the 
curious Oaks i and publish a work of them 
wed to n 
Your 
To paed Sparr 
about 1 
or 3 Te Ea the 
ed near th em. Fea i 
attack tI the pods of Peas the white worsted nae along 
the ns P boatily p old birds, 
but is not quite so effectual in the case 7 ae ones, 
when the ay are plentiful. "Wonte d is also a safi 
Protection for Gooseberry and Currant bushes in winter | i 
er . I prune early in a ý t 
| of worsted about each bush, after which I con 
the buds are safe; no ill venture on the 
bushes m some sy a or ot ee ich I am unable to 
suppose they are tened at the worsted. 
Vane add that I have a plant ca 
the a fruit on it; it is from a flower of 855, and is at 
Present time quite green; it looks as if it might 
hang for i 4 
hang year or two. I intend to to allow it to 
ng as long as it will do so. R. C. 
Protect ieties.—In your impression of the 18th 
pours out her tation 
Various frauds paaien | pp ee members 
oral community e termed dealers. 
also hints at T ies of a protec- 
May I ed a lines in your 
fi 
4 the establishment of — for | w 
on bof tho members from the diff 
med | Per 
so 
e| be 
iit, and 
branc a ‘a ow 
making young Whil rought | in 
E iE fet that above t engi ing 3 
en showed me the plant of R. Thomsoni o 
ig hich was tak 
you remove every | co 
t; it isa pity 1 that 
rish | to be 
n 
naje 
y Dia off. Dui the end of 
| gone over and all useless eat ae » leaves | 
THE GARDENERS’ ee 
f mine and, t 
er p. 
m, Loveliness, Pre-eminent, 
Campbell, and Standard Bearer. he way | 
a love of cearcogreniotied Is this the means | 
ou 
al nurseryma 
find all Pacis pelo tickete a 
grasps at the iden of som ething new, 
und the old favourites. 
> you purchase 
to s 
arn sy (although 1 I ao not show myself) to kee 
up to the panes in — ae ee for if a 
judge sees somethin “ny hich is equal t 
older e e why anA “the nov phere is a at first. 
Having shown the evil of novelties I will now point 
out the remed tablishment of TETA 
yon 
(in ge tig’ we aiii baienn if possible) in every | as 
endant. 
a ure is asc A head society to 
tropolis, whee an iiss should be 
z le. peti both 
_ growth 
| aa ~ ia which 
| ot 
l 
the vewatt is tha ta 
ties headed to be let ranch offices would of 
on 
course receive ee 
rae : 
knowledge of how ets 
ar pa t be don 
ec 
weakly moeting of judges to rn all novel- 
The f | known 
P a 
sti 
perso 
there is the least probability that ht a 
T a ETT anaged. F. H. S., 
Ste “a ae fonds i in Glycerine—You may remember 
mary the end of March, 1856, notici 
h iven out as an important discov ery to pro 
It ae 8% reggae 
„ Bei the 
steeped the one-half in glycerine and sowed the 
m bpéchal? of a t, divided from isd other by a 
na i 
wb zart 
what a tha 
Anrhe pri pee mt,. ‘ 
all 
325 
and all the young shoo ts nailed in 
that the sna! ei wind might get at the Bigs: if 
e subsoil is lifted and 
about t 1 foot in Sickness Aa seen leaf-mould applied to 
nis 
and bro 
have been the case 
pE 
ook 0 uantity of 
make sg i zetting the shoots wal a 
shall have to 
t ae ai three 
ren Th 
frait peer be got 
and gave it a quantity a leaf-mould, 
of the Peach hal mentioned. 
James Serna Gardener, Witchingham eae ll, ite Kri 
Si t 
bly be astoni shed at they 
nemies congregated am and fe 
with s pot of 
remedy Ak years, and have 
to fail. H “Mi tchell, Clowance, 
ducks the best remedy against s 
to wander about 
Hot lime 
a best 
_It “should be a 
242g 
id: 
ut an i hoe it will be fit for use. 
eep it in a dry 
be of no. use. Robt. Shackell, 5, Broad Street, Bath.m— 
EGS 
monda 
quick 
; he ate not be applied in such Ppr 
e gard peck per acre, 
w and a litt er 
in it. He takes hold of the am and gives it a 
so|shake, and then just sprinkles the ground (that was 
covered by it) with the lime- wate this soon 
so Lto v 5 
12 or 14 up in the co of the summ S all the slugs that had congr under it. A more 
steeped in glycerine the first and only one yet vegetated | efficient cure could not be camis one man 
appeared only yesterday in the t in the | would sow an acre h the would 
hope of ‘its efficiency, in an evil hour I st searcely cost It. is however, he y use- 
other seeds in glycerine, y of the Sida | less to apply it when the sun shines in the middle of 
Pichinchensis, of these have I yet oe the day, or on a cold or frosty morning or ni 
to stir. My e ce therefore of glycerine is, that i oppice Wi your Paper of March 9, Mr. 
is not only of no use gv promote vegetation, but that it James Whyte states that stems of Oak coppice con- 
is a positive , if not ventative of, that cei 3 ¢éubic feet and worth 3s. each yield 8- 
operation. Isaac A , Maryfield, near Edinburgh. | Ibs. of bark, and in the Chronicle my April 25 he 
nagement f, prg Trees. inform says «the stems at Bywell, near Newcastle oii DEE 
m- produce 
your corresponde 
mended by the ydg Mr Knight does 
Peach. In the first 
them in the form of spurs below 
into growth and keeps the wee Bi rom ripening, 
shoots 
if the a been allow 
August and then stopped, ve 
afforded them of starting into fnot and little as the | 
in d, it is a very cold indeed i 
become fit 
as taken a to leave too many ; wid if the eaves got 
as to shade the wood a aR ef them was 
rees, were 
g A 
place, stopping all the shoots to keep 
mly „the buds 
whereas | of 
ed x to grow till the end of 
would been | 
worth o 71 
only 6d. e 
each, but 
for 
. 1s. 11d. per acre 
than one-half t ae edad ty 
Q. Fa 
z 
less 
im. vil he explain ? 
leaves Hampstead, is not, I presume, a 
| Fruit Wiad Pratection .—Your correspondent “J”. of 
gardener, or he would — 
of bark” o 
