364 THE Araia A Maatalak CHRONICLE. | May 23, 1857, 
applied to | | em, to all appearance, for ever” yo 
taste to horticulture which the large | unabated : and in the same channel as before; restore them, to ppearance, ere? ta 
TE rasage Ghisvick renersthe Horticultural | that rests with th miners as much after the | once tts Reno ab 
Society’s garden far better su “ve than any place at | wheel was set up as before, an Sa as they are = Miner Rete ee ap oe to decay or become 
same libe o stop their mining operations and supply y wor i is, a 
"E Garden co from will be it in all its beauty, the | no nn wate po at all, so are they also at liberty eatin ji opia i the te hia << variety “ae | 
turf in its utmost reo ge Srp flowe: T cae to continue those operations un = ne ona ir | but upon the care with which the sort is Perea tae 
foliage of early summer in their ost | water in some other direction. i eT | ead the niture of the’ climate db adil wk 
lias akes a drain hep "erin water off his land in| own. It is a well-established fi act that a the tree ig 
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Since the last Exhibition some material i improve- | one direction, ighbour who may h en | tree, if allowed to grow on its own root, is nikes 
ment has been made in the access to Chiswick. ‘A the ereby benclited i is “whol! ‘without redress if the longer lived and often more vigorous than the same 
station has been opened at Turnham —_ which | level of the drain be subsequently mtx or if | variety when grafted upon another stock ; and experi 
will enable the North London Railway te bring/ some new made, and the tomed | ence has always proved that in proportion to the 
visitors from the whole north of the metropolis, | supply of water be thereby lessened pr zY 0 rat nd the- 
and even from Greenwich. d the eggan stopped. In each of mone cases ome Pie se for pete Ashe : s health Pear ‘seedling 
tion of cnt tak ale . rae —— as upon its ‘own roots; but when n grafted ona 
| y distance in À : ! it is tively short i 
the Society having opened a new gate, which will | flow through a new drain a right ma apaga a Daw to anej y practic 1. sds Pra ved: this is well 
admit visitors at once into what is called the ara = pt there wo an en The apparent decay of a ati in ieee by 
all imp: drain - 
rican Garden, a very bea g- _ Again, ing upon unhealthy s 
reconstructed by Mr. M‘Ewen. Special tra rains will regards watercourses of the kind now in Setii, of very vigorous habit have frequently the power of 
be provided by both Railway Companies on each | no one through whose land the water flows has a | renovating in some measure, or for a time, the health of 
day of Exhibition ; so that the Garden will be |right to have it come to him; consequently any = es ; at nad tree, when it arrives at a 
brought within the Taar possible distance from | possessor of land through which such water passes | s will, sooner or later, suffer from the diseased or 
the metropolis, may appropriate the whole of it and those below feeble nature of Fe tock. Carelessness in „selecting 
him are without redress. In this respect therefore scions for grafting is another fertile source of degen 
gA apas owe gag a ey my a gardener and others | the difference between natural and arti in varieties ve good P Mee’ 1s aware that if 
a m London, | streams is most important. The influence of time | $**fts are po nti Be. n 
pre: parih not s 
leads us y ay that the j K maei p mme of | has not been hitherto adverted to , but we must not |“. i 
the Law or STREAMS, WATER-COURSES, &e. will | close these observations without reminding our And on the contra i f jigras {tee ight. ahaa tak 
not be without interest, especially since, in the | reader that a acquiescence for 20 years may have | are thrown out by the upright extremities, or the 
case to which we allude, there can be no doubt ane deprived a person aggrieved by an roar 3 use of inb sprouts, are selected for grafting, they insure 
great injustice and we believe illegality also was | a flow of all re c i o rade: 
be open to a 
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Market ` gardeners and nurserymen | subveniunt lege agents in deteriorating varieties of fruit trees. Certain 
grounds adjoin a stream of wast are often „pre One “ahs a to wells. Itis pe =r =- a | sorts that have originated in a cold climate are often 
vented from deriving the full benefit from it in person who agp wi and t ed an = 
ft iri he of peat er h | On and. the arises trom a want of con- 
atural strea the inj sa g 
neighbours el “Questions rice pe “right wlio’ mg lands mead stream formerly flowed does aata Hina Tor a climate different from their 
re wi flow of water are generally | them a wrong for which ihorei be a sn a remed 
regarded as more than: ordinarily abstruse and | But if a person sinks a well in his own land a af ; or all of Se e causes oan taper oi 
lexi d yet it will be found upon ex- f 2 o appren poop aaa 
perplexing, and y 1 ou pon ex Seriy. draws off the water lip a e existing | ` Ha aving given this brief explanation of the degene- 
amination that, to a certain extent “Src all events, | well in th land, it seems that I am withou t racy of races, I will now take a glance at the actual 
Í | remed e first ¢ SARR the existence and state of one of the so-called decayed varieties—the 
le of being understood as well byn non-lawyers position ght | Ribston Pippin Apple—and see whether it is really 
as y lawyers. have been so — as to avoid draini ing it, whilst in | extirict or on the verge of annihilation. 
a stream of running" water belongs to no- the last case until the second well was sunk there| You have satisfactorily shown in the “Florist” for 
body i cular, Every possessor of pe land | might be no reason to suppose that it would affect | March that this much-esteemed Appl t extinct in 
through which it ‘flows has a right to use and | the one already in existence. This at least is the | the south of on e and that it has not ae 
enjoy it for his own £3 Spo ideg h oi t ; m Yorkshi ared to show. I am 
1 with the pa Phe pn f the aes no 4 F was, oon by idide we ae Ca ane aie Wri writing within ¢ wires sa E of ace and I will ibe 
either above A bas hin. Hence : gardener or | neighbour’s well is said to be in the same position ber tig tp d sakri ph + sei met at re 
none gion ma top Ameer nable quantity of | as he who plants out a magnificent prospect from | state Giris Eriet dite of thedi 
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water for watering or cattle, but he may his neighbour’s windows. In each case there is . Bh Na . 
irrigatin ; , ; thin, a than 
et it and use —_ ting purposes pro- | ground for complaint, but in neither is there any bo a Me AUEN, the ery SEIS td intelligent 
A aoe: ams back =~ stream ate = dr ‘Sle th > ry erase > 
prejudice eral gardener at Ribston, has a drawing of the original t 
A ATA ap nor Whether the reason is aeons or not it is |as it appeared about 30 years ago. It was ou 
printf Tonutty nor tp mA to he preju EER of no Raen of ours to decide. the mere relic of à tree, nearly prostrate on the 4 
Mose below. Un th Panacea SE x and s rops; it had scarcely any 
his turn to have the prt him in e steel of? ts |e MOG Apei A ia MIF Witt dead. Now, At Ee 
natural quantity and quality, and 4f that flow ve New Plants. Ei was the actual state of the original tree 30 years ago, 
sensibly impeded, by being mene dammed back o 201,, AERIDES WIGHTIANUM. must ‘have been Th ‘extrem any years before that 
pr 4 or if the stream is polluted before A Lindl. in Wail. Cat. No. 7320. Gen. and Sp. Orch i- time. I have been ‘informed 1 that this was actually 
ts to him, he has by a his remedy against 238. A. tes reer ibid. Vanda parviflora, Lindl. in | the case. 
thor who thnk infringe his s rights. ` Bot. Reg. 1844, mise. 57. Wight. ic. t. 1669, If T'have jide the least vhistatééerneht respecting the 
Nees of water whi Mr. Charles B. Warner has sent us a fresh specimen | origina a at near L preg feel paa to be 
a imenty, ece of —_ throug Ww, cee ie of this pretty species, which is a fiativa of iana rected. > the spot where the original ree stood, the 
water oo ially the Concan, whence we have it from the col- | iS now growing’a young tree, ‘said to be a sucker from 
A oozes, wi A aN ich it ete rape Be ] A col- na It måken pad vigorous growth every: Yeaty 
ight obtained it; 
inte S. Law, Esq., and the Iyamall Hills, - si ' } 
red prog = aes a a fied oh éhniinel for itself. eee Aom Which locality Dr. W wW, read ERTA but it can never attain a large size, for two r 
After | r assumes the form of a natural} ajso inhabits Ceylon, whence it was sent by Macrae, It first; because it has a- bad-crooked stem ; and se 
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running stream, the r are | was first 
F : introduced b es in 1 because it stands singl; rather «ex 
applicable to i ut until r prato ap at form it'| so very miserably at F Briar a the following year that | tion. From the above it will be seen- that. the u 
mg e i in wner of | its identity with A. Wightianum was not even suspected, | tree totálly more than 20 years ag05 
pagg SÅ GF may drain i ie ore ‘ooh ir en e it resembles the other garden | Was iż ertremis many years previous, and that 
wing ea i the Aa wri se - | Aérides, but its flowers are q erent. ey form | to Mr. Knight’s theory, all the other Ribstor nor 
li S re, | an erect raceme at the end of a on stalk,'5 or 6 | trees-in Y d to exi 
Oasag amd, a Pc Mits water or ting . there for inches ne: ane abi have Sia honey smell, and See Margie mad said ints à va 
off in a iven direction ma bed | are pure apricot colour except th p, which fs ti 1 ere are'at this p pple trees in a corm 
. Be at na with VAa, cuneate, nearly entire, with a pair of Son what was oncea aei 60-yom The greater jor 
stairs carga way m dimi pene el ridges runnin g along the middle. Tt is Veet Pomme ge, upwards of en and eo 
f'the len rit eset inct from others. T trees, principally Ash Elm, , an Sycamore. eet 
L foot: of the i 
stand on a iiic DO: FRUIT TREI TREES DEGEN. DEGENERATE ? Ribbston Pi 
n makes a drain to _ As this question has been ope h, iť should not name 
land he is ae bert, ae een wo seey UNIFY considerably 
it or to divert the Series ubtful. As | healthy and p 
; p that the drain |". solicit informati Stas your pasivan I pana aa 1855 they bore a good of 
has existed 20 years and been useful to others by ci y contribute m my j mite | that season gathered several bushels of fruit 
hever surprised me that the ma of the late trees as perfect and as.fine as 
‘ : to others 
supplying them with water will not deprive him of! Mr. Knight has met I Sees 
: t. The drain exists for his convenience | When ma at met with Many ready supporters. | see. 
3 S Dan and they have no: right to insist] into a stato of dese, ware men aan to get f conga ereo 
that he allow the drain to continue, sim ly | it, to say that the varieties are w wearing out. Before creased little i ae 
since he first made it they have e found it it | Mr. Knight advanced his wre it was. the general | were old trees when he knew 
utes so belief that when a good variety of fruit was once origi- | have borne crops of fruit ever since when 
iners $n this nated from seed it might be continued by grafting and been a crop i i ood. 
ne heh ton this i intained | these 
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by the distinguished physiologists. “Varieties,” | years to 
, to come. They have never had 
| Says De Candolle, “will sabe, and remain permanent, Taie the way me ng. These 
from gas man chooses to take care care of them, as is evident | Ri ppin . 
continued existence, to this day, of sorts, the | others to be found in every old orchard—in 
When 
By eglince or ieee Saenz 1 books, ‘my knowled: 
By negligence or th ni be ne 
