THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



of some plants will be totally unnecessary n 



de icately organised, n 



that it shall cow 



filter the water. It will be read 



rhich should never 1 



being rendered u 1- > from ext 



and, withal, possess antiseptic qui 



the case, if the welfare of the plant is considered par: 





», and of its excel- 



ANCIENT TREES. 



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. an interesting 

 ; was published 

 .-cy of Rochelle 



gnate a small wood. There are many places so 

 ere there are many such woods, 



his tree is decrepid. Its trunk, almost completely 



nonises badly with the foliage. Its stem is partly 

 'xistence S totoe m^stL^'h"? ^ prolon S a . tlon ot 

 ires. The gathering of cattle that wn» toTrink 



situdes. He had fitted up the 



riorly. The table which I h 



: ■■!• a seat. Twelve persons maj 

 selves with ease, and leave a space for twe 

 the centre. The greatest internal diam« 



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 ilculated age of the tree is 850 r 

 ;ny estimates it at nearly 2000 ye 

 s that he calculated from incorrec 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



ine season, distil from their buds a quantity of lymph 

 vhich they are unable to distribute internally. It wil 

 actually drop only from vigorous individuals, and l 



to the cultivators to know the period when it takes 

 arise from it. A Vine grower, who has Vines with the 



through the usual channel, and, after feeding the buds, 

 few r Willows 'and Birehesi, or Thiers, which likewise 



? layer or sm: \hi 



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s root of the disease ; then the wound must be treat ec 

 will be explained under the head of wounds. Pfcac- 



Bed ; in such cases we must conclude that the over- 

 richness of the soil may be the cause. If that is mattei 



has only attacked some small twig. If confirmed, re 

 must be had to such means as will diminish th« 



method practised by the Babv'o • """"" ~- 



evil. They are in the habit, h» •S^.T?? * 

 by their flocks. By this mean* tW T* ** 

 ears, otherwise they would only luxnruL^ 1 /?**"» 



be a disease different from that of which I T 



soil in producing this malady. It is 



it brought into cult 



has enriched them with the spoils 



y year when a Wheat crop hi. 

 mowed down once, twice, or even, I thinkTiifci 

 spring. This operation is called tvettarilll 

 they would lose much of it. 



! late period J the"w»w.E 





dangerous, alt!) 



erved to be dried up, owe 

 i the Peach, owiDg'to its 

 texture, the deposit of gum 



d by gum on their trui 



y height and vigour. But 



and are destroyed by their own vigour. 1 

 <lv. I have observed many herbaceous 



as Genus VII. (Sphri 



, < .-. m. A f-hady border should be « dwled !*^ 

 ludeX^^nthad^Ts accnwd'atoost all »" ~^ 

 nknt.; will strike readily without any cavern ^ ^ 

 rooted, which will be in about six weeks, the] ' *■* 



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