5-1849.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[ants, and where the space is lii 

 bould be given to the ground, a 

 a it will be found to work well. 



imediately round the trunk, according to the ordinary 



•e those which suck up the juices. As the roots gene- 

 Jly occupy pretty nearly the space of ground which 

 covered by the branches, that will readily indicate 

 here the manure is to be applied. Herbaceous plants 

 overloaded with flowers require attention to a process 

 important for the insuring the good quality of the £ 

 which it is wished to gather. I proved it throuj 

 long series of years ; and, moreover, it is the com 



; (they are quite attainable m as 

 'Wbe no cause to regret the 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



I order to adapt their style to the intelligence of their 

 iJJ^speaking, this division is not correct. All trees, 

 JS aUerbaceous plants, have their fruit, as indeed 

 the whole of the vegetable kingdom, not even excluding 

 Crrotoomous plants, if we may trust to the most 

 faZnai botanists. These fruits are frequently what we 

 JShr all ueds. What we are more especially accus- 

 tomed to call fruit, is generally only the substance which 

 forms the outer coverine;, sometimes leathery in ap- 

 peinnee, as the shell of the Walnut, or fleshy, like that 

 that of the Peach or the Apple. This preliminary obser- 

 ve production of fruit may happen to any plant 

 brought into a state of peculiar vigour, either by the 



\i in the Apple and Pear. ] 

 superabundance is the cam 



practice of gardeners, with the most beneficial results, away from 

 Let the main shoot of the plant be Btopped, and the G. P. H., 



lateral branches alone preserved. Even these, when too j rain water nm *. CCF ganaotu »»c« uu U « mo circum- 

 numerous, should be thinned out. The best established ' stances your correspondent describes, provided the raia 

 principles of vegetable physiology are in fa , le to pass through a filter, before it enter* 



, sap is always more elaborated in the the underground tank. The construction and manage- 

 ; ment of such a filter is very simple, and I shall be 

 would go to form the upright shoot, is forced into the happy to supply him with the plan of one I have had in 

 lateral branches, is then more elaborated, and adds 

 vigour to the seeds which are formed. Achimenes.— Few plants are more attractive than the 



PRACTICAL HINTS FOR AMATEURS they are seldom seen in that state of excellence which 



liquid manure are there placed in a clear light, and we they create when properly arranged! 



in the way in which Pelargoniums are Kbowi 

 stated in the sentence, « What is true of a I centre than the Pelargoniums, 



e of a Cabbage garden, of Celery, Peas, Let- and allowed to drop a little over the edge of the pot. 



wagus, and alt & Nothing can exceed the beauty and elegance of A. longu 



i of large towns, having no gardens, are flora and patens grown in this way. Instead of plant- 

 imngeu to let the sewage made on I •■.,. tubers at first in small pots and shifting them 



iway. But those who have any land to cultivate should i ato larger ones as they advance in growth, as is com 



smploy all the refuse of this kind at once, so as at the mon i y donei i use pota 10 inches wide and 12 inchc 



same time to benefit their crops, and prevent the exist- deep. After covering the bottom with a few crocks, 



ice of a nuisance. spread a layer of moss over them, on which I place 6 o 

 What are called the slops of a large *»— °- - 



[ conformation is not good. 



generally of'a very 



be as rich as possible. Yet it is necessary that they 

 ihottld prevent the evil consequences to the tree of too 



Jhit the Apple and Pear give a crop of fruit only in 



defect in the distribution^ the sap; being all drawn 

 towards the nutriment of the fruit, it cannot ensure 

 the robust formation of the buds, the hope of the fol- 

 low ^k^ "^ 61 " 3 "thThistory of re an Apple 

 extraordinary quantity of Apples, became in the 

 following month of March almost stripped of its bark, 

 ■hen detached itself from the wood, commencing at 

 the bottom of the trunk and continuing upwards along 

 Jie branches, an d in a short time the tree perished. 

 {* jwr I observed something of the same kind in an 

 Apple tree, which the farmer assured me had required 

 «e support of eight poles to prevent the branches 

 i«ng broken down by the weight of the fruit. It was 

 ou, and to its age was attributed the disease in ques- 

 JJ*!™ti >n my own mind, I was more disposed to 

 ■wnoe it to the over production of fruit. Peaches, 

 2°V Apncota, Pears, and almost all fruit trees, are 

 "^ disease, which it is very necessary to pre- 

 K m T «"P ec » u y w kere the tree is valuable from 

 a^y°i the fruit ' This is done b y depriving it 

 wme of the fruit. The practice becomes necessary 

 eoT*,!!"! , n the tree ia we ak, ^r the purpose of 

 S^SteT fomation of ^ new Ranches, as 



ig the tree. We must be care 

 a 2L 0ff . ih f frait 3 we thin out, but cut them ol. ..__ 

 *°°* the tiS m h nt ' The ^ 68t rule - to f ° ll0W is t0 



some%\ t0gether - Soi °e amateurs complai- *«"* 

 • *££\ T ^ of Gra P es > which tbey cu 

 sot rip«f w ' md re8erve f or the table at a later sew.,-, - 

 k the t n „!u °m account of the Grapes being too close 

 *i*h a^2?- , Th ? remed y w easy : you lave only 

 ^h.tffin/f/ 01580 ™ t0 cut out a portion of each 

 ** *WkV<$ * m the P 2 "* 1 next the trellis and near 

 »«nettniM . m the extremity of the bunch, as is 



I if 6C ° mmended - 

 Ration ?^v- er Sil ^ ntl y a eircumstance in the 

 ^benthe^Lt VlDe which 1 ha ™ often observed, 

 ^"ed th« «llf M been 6cant y o^ year, the Vine is 

 "^ to have 1 year . t0 ov erload itself with fruit, in 

 ** ^ the w g00dvmta S e ! bot the Grapes are then 



^eMeofuiw"" and avidit y of the cultivator. In 



*** of frS* &! weakl >ess Slowing a the Ca o a ver e proTuc' 

 r0i '. byworkbg and manuring the roots, noi 



bove-grouud might in hot weather be above 

 constant motion would probably prevent fer- 

 i ; there might, however, be no harm in putting 



mentation; there migtit, However, be no harm in putting 



in now and then a lump of fresh charcoal, and if it were 



ixeod, that is, charcoal made from large 



bones, it would be more effective. I have been 



India by conducting rain 

 to an underground tank 



y, from experience, that 

 fly sweet under the 

 describes, provided 

 ugh a filter, before 



p. hT 





ighly fertilising, and are capable of doing much good, 

 ither to fields or gardens, and we have for some time 

 ast employed them day by day, as they are produced, 

 pon various horticultural productions. The pails are 



king 

 lged in pots, and trained 



.. „._ never brought i 



tubers are planted near the surface. I have had 

 of A. longiflora, measuring 2\ feet high, and as 

 through, covered with bloom from the begiunu 



■i mruUgh, cov. : 



upon various horticultural productions. The pails are May to the end of Septemb 



placed in a fixed spot by the housemaid, and the gar- measured 3 inches in diameter. IV. S., . 

 either unmixed or diluted Bees.-My bees are within 100 yards 



course of the day. All the u not a favourable locality foi 



supply more than once this remarkably good season they ; 



ison. Asparagus, Peas, and Strawberries, have evi- sure an a i esa pro fH. We hi 

 ntly been benefited by the application, especially the 

 ■•ice being to pour some of th 



e same principle as that indicated in the leading article supposing that bees will prosper simply as the result of 

 w lines of the passage, because they are so exac may, whether iu boxes or glasse 



licable to our purpose. ■ Cultivators who know or ld.fashioned hives. If the weather be unfavourab 



ling of manure, except from the action of the solid, and the »,. . it ia vain to hope f< 



sometimes not very useful, materials produced in 8UC cess. In describing the economy and habits of bees, 



„ „oWi= ». n nnt KaIiava that half-a-dozen croDS of i w ish people would trust less to imagination and more 

 to common sense. The proceedings of these interesting 



.he"mosY "expeditious and convenient way, 8 warm,' each bee,' on leaving the hives for the first 



•i suable. The same observa- time , turns itself about and hovers near the door,_appa- 



t soap-suds made on washing days ; these renU y surveying its new lodgings before it takes its de. 



are never allowed by us to run to waste, but are at parture . In taking swarms, let me confirm the state. 



once applied where they seem to be needed. men t of « H. B.," page 341. There is no necessity for 



The quantity made wee ^y n ^;^ a h 1 0USe p 1 e 3 rE J (> s U J t 6 i 3 gloVe c S ; u g r to V m S' tohtv? the ieTTeooi T Aey harl 



e flm^7^^^^ thTsloS -'- - " 



Home Correspondence. 



-I beg to inform "C. R. D. that i „ ^ 1Q ^ befare> j^ ^on 



have eow ^^\?*^*™ h £™to\n\.... ,' commenced the b ^^J m,e J^f l |[, , |l ^f J 



tenk,°a f nd pum^d up g for d "^ ^mi!" eT' ^ 



