532 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
and as cultivators they appear to be very far indeed | the gentlemen he speaks o of to the hands of the | no rie of judicious thinning to the rea really 
behind those in England.” police, if there be any in Bucks. Perhaps the | practica 
f the articles magati would then revive the good old I mall 4 pora proceed at o i Sig 
"sec howe, a list of some o the principal ig ga of the stocks. We have no ae that moe bers plantation thinning ought perform ned 4 
e : a few of tailor-made gentlemen coo ` ing — shoe ahs poeta Py the subject it may beg 3 
haste in Pages en anklets at the gates of the park, : vide and consider it under the po 
tone , Azale as. —M. Bertin, Versailles ; and MM. for the edification of vaio, would have a very eat teh Fir and mixed hardwood plantati = 
Ted ee M. Kummer, and M: Michel. slutar. fees ppe if their names, offence, | pire? Pir eee aro State any Particoar agp 
Amaryllis- M; Aimé ae lure, ’ Versailles and punishment were placarded in the groun unds planitatio ‘ky nn ae ae 
SLi ‘1s.—M. Jacquin aîné. a coblished i in the county papers. atiother-at 18 ve I yi in ote Pare: g at Mn i 
Conifer p Pla: = a fons Leroy, e Angers, M. OO t ntation being in a fit state for ft 
OE sas and MNL vas an ice Pépinières do | FLOWER-POTS AND VASES -THEIR FORM AND > ppd oi E hs sh 80 calming il 
© Trianon} M. Lhomme Garner to the Faculty cora ar ts appear iia OE MENM re ies 
he Lax « bourg. Ixa former communication I ventured to differ from ya Kea ii th a 
of Medicine iee G the opinion pears by your correspondent “Somerset” checked in their growth, ee 
: M. Leon Le ye that red was the most suitable colour for flower-pots. deadened in the extremities want of freeiat 
Pansies.—M. Srogeregs ilii y I differed from him Ishall now attempt to e es, and a and i the higher A e of one tree are 
Palms, Cycadec ind Chaki; th Tie Pii Piste Tod pitulating what I have previously stated as my | SPre@eins ana > and actuall 
Luddeman Is M n opinion that a flower-pot should be entirely r their „lengt Ptn those of another, it is 
betzkoy, Niko Sie oOscow. to the aced in it, it foll that the colour | "Yrs hots om: ed. } would 
AT a Ti p M. Alphonse Bufoy, and should, like its form, be in no way intrusive. Now with be rather before than after this time A 
Pelargomums.— ubin, P ui a red flower-pot the opposite of this is the result; for | As an instance of the impossibility of : 
ORN MM. Fe tat + Farin no two colours can contrast better than the complemen h readiness for thi , in 1853 I 1 
eae eer that : taries red and green; and thus mutually enhancing each plantation thinned for the first time, which was 
Taek, M. Ro niii other the pot becomes quite as conspicuous, and often | planted in ! Many of 
H ger, more so than the plant occupying it. s of 10 high, 
M. Lrxvey, Director of the , Royal Gardens at| It has ever appeared to me that the true theory |® 
Brussels, exhibited a large collection of Brome- e — as applied to flower-pots, should be to render ine ed at that height. This plantation las ben 
liaceous and other stove plants. Among the m of a cool subdued tint, at once harmonising and thinned every season et erg entirely for ornament; 
ili: cnet ith the green of the foli be 1 of the t re oe A 18 fect in a 
papyrifera and 
toni, ay the following Minds of Ore 
tery igerum, hypargyreum, speciosum, and Bon- equal in point of tast The fact is that from long use 
e. 
piandi. an pann considerations of economy, we have become Fr 
Besides the few exhibitors above men ntioned, med to red pots, and in a pp ane to be blind to | it i 
ere were many others from whom ome rge collec: kara objectionable colour; for it is notoriously true that | thinne 
b holl 
tions of herbaceous plants and annuals in pots d|the eye by custom becomes wholly unaware of glaring 
i d detect i 
fi a aad wW 
were faite pl alternately with the Palms, Ferns, | moment. But this ought not a yi a sufficient argument 
~ . A 
a itate ase | sizes 
eopanaz, Viz. | and another of i ie design of both -being | 
fine loa: 
operations can only be ee 
In thinning plantations generally, but those on e- 
posed situations particularly, the outsides 
inne st, and mos an 
ssay h 
and always  follo w the thin 
matter what sort of trees 
j; of place. e intended 
we scarcely ra they could have been more taste- | have plants placed in it should be but little loaded with 
fully or shown to greater advantage. Q. | orna ament. Its outline may be of the chastest and the 
ee material rich; but upon m the former quality petia rest 
The Banbury Guardian contains a strong Te- lits chief claims to attention as a gar -On| o 
monstrance from Mr. FERGUSON, of Stowe, a | the Tate hand, where, as is often the Dm a vase is to 
i to cele 
alias or foliage of plants—then the most elaborate 
tracery may be 
abs ress 
when ee place is thronged we scales liberality Berts ba an pdr frm a grat “of dimensions 
of the visito rs produ uced no more than 17. 5s. 6d., can compensate for Now, a vase is filled with 
leaving him a 1 considerable kah or as he says, “ S Eer they afford all that can te required i in prais way of 
round sum out of pocket.’ ight and a pose" sh the vase is highly ornamented 
Another gro ound of ee from Mr. | re neutralis e the e which would otherwise be the 
the ornament—to derive ttraction from the | When th 
appro’ TARA wedded. to a- classic | thin 
aa sr Sap other pas a 
tsides vill be better rooted and 
tio oh to bard height than 
e beera A aki Be 
or AA slightly cg 
always necessary 
previous to the By ae ay is a 
general thinning takes place, et care m 
he 
Ferevson we give in his o words After ere of employing a never ae 
ing that k aa e give an examp 
doubtless intended for one by its exhibitor. md neds gr 
Shells, minerals, the ve obscur As 
trees, have had their admirers of stolen | plant ecaptarls eit was, I think, in bad t ‘though | rooted ad 
property ; 0 and large quantities of old vane 
stained glass have been taken out of the windows 
udy examples of the best taste in the form 
eE ex e b s fe 
class in right belongs to, must have the body—the | pai i ce `: 
» BO paint. a adopts. Somerse theory, half the 
whole bodies by wholesale.” Un this disgrace- | gardens in England might be similarly weal with six- 
an end to, “and not till then, | penny earth of red Teal. G. W.L 
men to a bias 
open their gates; for I am sorry to say that it does ON THI o Ptantarree. 
aket al pn yi man, 1 have e self By Mr. J. RUTHERFORD, |Forester to Sir J. Ramsd 
cted a man in the dress of a gentleman, and Bucket; Bkiptoiiy Wovieaiiivn msden, Bart., 
{o another of tho Established Church of ag ee Is thinning plantations, regularity should be the ai 
Tti is monstrous aran ree should be es for a 
like this. Let us hope t Mr. 
x will take an cieadtaalle of halts 
produce the greatest ultimate profit. Regula rity 
may please the eye of the inexperienced, but w Si form 
a I should be sorry to b idered as uttering one word ar 
hl 
we find the Revue Horticole describing the | wiol on the day in question. On the cont OF tone ti n com 
i in the following lan —“L'ex- mon with es Agas besides charmed ; not ning could excel the 
t seaso 
n this is the case, what can be ex- | but certainly not the absolute rule; and it should = From the 1st of May to 
pected | from mar pe gi not had the benefit of een to only in so far as it is subservient to lea se prefer, if time Bose go 
e the Tree h r 
a | 
for this purpose as will clear 
of the plantation, they are 
left a confusion among the growing 
to execute t 
rees hav 
por 
articularly in 
j among the vents a trees, weer 
, | make great destruction, for if it o t 
ibitions les plus taste of superinte: displa 
Elle forain a [Sto ap hantity aennn p a = r a ar, ien no one can, tell : 
des produits | madly mae mention the fact above as exemplifying & minor point prea performed in in early © 
