i 
‘the 
Mar 23, 1857.] 
t 
management. V 
Em the aia "ig ph oe? proper attention to 
en of aah pan and good culture, will 
restore it to its 0 our. 
Though th emi Aa và praias has disappeared, 
and those in East t Lothian hav o exist, it is 
satisfactory to know that there are “still i any healthy 
ee old trees saan the length and breadth of the 
and it is also satisfactory to know tha _— sort can 
a E e i in a er ei state as ye as man chooses 
obs by proper!y atten to its pro 
a 
Foals sa Ganie iiiedlong for May 
VINE PROPAGATION. 
Your + em that the Topaman aal Vines by 
“means of the yi growing new ee is 
ore than o's ved ago, w. 
Welbeck under the late Mr. 
iling notorie 
T 
: 
n e 
Mr. My t 
the system originated in the fact tat the coiled branches 
in Moss protruded their stem- 
call 
eedom into it, 
and po 
nee. ¥ 
f Moss being mal 
placed t upon it with its base 
wth or the want of its 
A 
energy for a season, I 
$ yet 
Te agn o pataan of the i ea plants opu 
suitable fo ulation 
pas 
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THE GARDENERS 
ou informa 
pra insects by which the vineyard is 
the 
ara OP RC I 
CHRONICLE. 
365 
s . That the gery Pippin , is mye a, sg seed by mn sem ae a few 
3 in many localities, an young | months, an ri e begets ike i in i. vegetab e. * wa 
is mee ag yos but. too true; but I | as animal kingdom may 4 degeneracy m sanikifeata 
tees this is owing entirely to bad and | the next generation, se Ky oot e leres i ion 
repeat jon. There is no practical gardener who would | of Mangel other s run o seed. 
propegat graft taken from, I will say, the ginal eve iig lagii to bi wiser Me of. cuttings, er 
cn Pippin tree, when in extremis and put on to a are evened = with the propagatio 
Jad stock, ever to come to ong healthy t ooded plants know that in the case of such things as 
+. is too CO practice general there is very | the stronger growing Heaths, as the varieties of favoides, 
es nea, vest: is bn 
wire- 
iets 1 ed with their sena 
strength the Rlar are placed in heat and the cuttings 
drawn out until they are not thicker than a knitting- 
eakenin n going on 
umulative system 
ess, no 9 apase mnim is te hg es 
same, I have no rare e the with Vin 
from cone ga jra gia may be vie for a mee; ut that 
kness will not become constitutional, — will it, 
one map r aeei extend oe ond the first year 
of the plant’s growth. A. P. W., Orchardleigh Park. 
haart tegen —No. CLXI 
663> P. Œ (Pyralis vitana, Vine Mo th). 
little eer whieh is the subject = the present er 
is not a native of r if so, sufficiently 
rare to attract little ateaton. oe avages aee in 
pi tee ee been 80 serious and the means ah baie so 
The dwarf 
that it affords a good e exam ote e of what be don 
horticulture by a knowledge of the habits ‘of the peat 
p ave already | * 
asites, a 
e as of Lt 
Patho t grea Tagik upon the 
sujet, even if I felt co erfi r ‘for wet “wy or had 
original observations to bring forw: 
w some 30 years since yk Vines in 
certain districts of France were py ed ire a 
larvæ of which preyed in 
gs mas: ts. It was fondly ho fied at 
he plague was only septe 
atid Vines 
those 
were comparatively “fies; 
close examination received its 
explanation from ‘the ‘habits of the larve. 
665. The eggs are laid by the moths upon the bapa 
in gee opel in the month be July ; the larv 
make appearance, an nce commence » their 
sore 4 whi ch they continue an they are compelled by 
the increasing cold to take shelter either under the 
bark of th ater that of the 
ere they weavea slight 
ected together in 
groups. 
on Por 
but experience | 
soon os the futility of this hope. Unlike the Vine | ; 
stakes to! in this 
Home Cabisatadaises 
Rhododendron argenteum and others. at I hear 
that this is believed ca yet to have flowered in 
Englan: 
, pray allo pA the pleasure of saying that 
it has done 80 at M kaivai, the seat of John Francis 
B , inthe month o; 
e 
each ra 23 inches 
he axy W 
and the : ‘spre und the interior of 
the flower aa Ti TT wa hose of a 
Kalmia; the shape of each flower was that of a 
shallow cup with ely any tube, from the 
es being persistent the truss was very erect 
and compact, and was her a beautiful sight. 
a see Dalhousie and Edgeworthi are now in 
flower in many p in the neighbourhood, and e 
themselves well worthy. of the a a, go have ex- 
cited in the gardenin; ing w 
orld. I me e of the 
flowers of j as i (of a truss of fo) par was 
54 inches apanar at the mouth, and was exceeding] 
of the purest white, oats a ee 
pearance like 
Apple ra? and mening a beautiful ai to a 
bouque wn and ign ng fu and 
i ost valuable ready men- 
ns of hardy e egnen , though I mee to 
ered that those I have mentioned, except 
and um, were flowered in the ouse, Shoni 
Edgeworthi has stood the winter quite unprotected. 
mik- 
Wistaria (Glycine) sinensis.—Let me call attention to 
a plan yhich covers a two-stori 
b> ; 
to all lovers (and are fags eye not innu- 
merable ?) of that noble flower. Pray lend us your 
erful a: ran 
powe 
design. Th 
n | July, and I will o 
time the subscription may be called for 
ree, —The fi 
e 3 ‘the “Tones per appear in their cae geet ry in 
June, e ready to lay their eggs in July. 
go the habits of the insect then into 
here are two conditions ne e phh F may 
slightest prejudicial € 
general health. It is said t an active 
cleanse 800 Vines a day, and aan the Ateka is not fl 
carri 
evil abis it is oo prevalent. It is 
Audouin that the knowledge of rites ere habits of the 
——— due, and his life sacrificed to 
in 
be learnt eae this and na 
tes, whether 
£ 
on this subject Audouin in Ann. des Sc. Nat., sér 2., 
vol vili; ST Eistotredes nsectes nuisibles à la Vigne, Westwood the ashes out of 
in Gard. Chron., June, 1847. 
on n the long arms, the then rector 
ned almost to the stem of the tree, since whic’ 
ishing head. There i 
of Broug 
e| Worcester. [It is possible. 
Monster Apple Blossom. — A vi 
ental malformation. 
is a case of a deformed half-fasciated stem 
with i Bowers. 
covered 
ks.—In letter » last ¿week de- 
my Pact : 
that 
trees in size. 
his pipe 
