THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Dec. 





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machinery for so great a t; 

 would carry the Oaks in W 

 at Osborne. It might require the engineering i 



idow at which t 

 remo-oed, some t? 



although the operation \ 



I . the plant I 



thing which c 

 In that, howe 



m£tt 



jpen to a I 



■ 





. 



of difficulty, 









' 



different \ 



The fine old Palm tr, ■.. >, f 



ken to Cha 



Walton, sever 



al years ago, 





-vigorous spec 





great conse 



former place. 











ing so buri 







thehothou 







. in or 1, r 





njury. We 





remarkable in 





ay of these 



under the Earl of Harring 

















We repeat, 



then, that t 



rees of anj 



moved, in cas 





if proper c 

 applied to 







soil, and* to wr 













2. To prun 





11 the main old roots 



which i-.V 



seen unavoidably broken in lifting 



The reason 1 











it of, is thus explainec 



in the " Theory of Horticult 





"Under all 







necessarily be 



or less by removal; in 



that case, all t 





ds should be cut to a 



clean smooth f 



; 



ng ragged slivers, as is 



often the case, 

 kind of mutila 





only substituting one 



about 45°, or less. If t 





generally die 



back a little way, and 



then emit fre 



li spongioles 



but the larger roots, 



when bruised, 





ty of their broken ex- 









uncontrolled ir 







quence of bei 





with an excess of this 







seat of disease which 



When, 3 howev 





otherwise be healthy, 

 i is made clean by a 



diately afterv 





ded what is now becoming 

 ; the decaying roots become 

 lgi, which, once established, 



sases which only end in death. 

 move a certain portion of the 



of the foliage, when the tree 



: f.„ 





died ; this has happened in c 



leaves consuming the liquid food 



hood too fast — quicker than the injured roots can 



replace it. An additional remedy for 1! 



When the Walton Palm trees were first observed 



to shoot at Chatsworth, their heads were enveloped 



in coarse cotton sheets ; by which r 



enough to preserve vitality was admitted to the 



leaves, but the exhausting effects of bright light 



were stopped. 



4. It may sometimes be necessary to assist the 

 tree still further, when it begins to grow, by 



The object of 

 mgh the bark, 

 and partly to encourage absorption by the bark. 



betaken in do the ground. 



Thep 

 good garden 



■ well ' 



and we do 

 ; them out, unless our 

 it is desirable to do s 

 ~ ROSE GARDENS. 



The figure depends much 



cealing them until you arrive aUhe sdo?!*.? i ° C0B - 

 creanng the fairy laud by a weal J&J e * « ■ 

 planting. «wgne4 pbu, of 



In the formation of a Rosery, one r>f t\, 

 objects is to cmtrive that R oses of all Vvl W"* 

 displayed, and that tree Roses b partS^ 1 * 

 form a distinguished feature. With this v ^ 



approaching the grand assemblage are planted*' ^"^ 

 6-feet border on each side T waTk.die S^? 8 * 



■^^dM& ab thViJfdS£ rti ? e "*»* »? 



and the front row, 2-feet s^^ZT^ 

 tion to the training are very effective ; eveaY W0 l 

 give a very fine effect, and perhaps there is not » betfe* 

 When gaX?s\rTlaid out" m^st!^"^"^^ 



the walks may be appropriated to Roses, platted^ 

 trained in all the different ways, but each * & lk 6noull , 

 in that case be complete. There should be one uSrm 

 plan the whole length; whether it be arches, pill„« 

 festoons, bank planting, or a display of standards, the 

 plans should be distinct. Roses should not be de- 

 pendent on any other flowers for a finish. It is better 

 to have one good border of Roses than a dozen borders 



ire is alwa 



this takes place is is 



propoi 







the wound. It m 









to remove large part 



s'ef thr 







even if they are n 



A :-, , 





ded when 



taken np, the object 



- 





plant to 



throw out, in roorr 







!T.2£ 



tive subterranean 1 







fibres. This is a co 









ing Oak 



s and other 





Lancashire growers 



■ (' <i 



eans employ 



X2 





















1 tHk- 



place, but is 





annually upon digging th 

 why cutting o 



3 Gooseberry 

 BF portions of 



borders, 

 the prin- 



rases a 

 matter sent downwa 



i 



on of fibres 

 oduced by o 



if uninterrupted, wil 



!1 >W -, 























absorbent powers : 



■■y : 







gradually increase as the beds recede, 

 distant might be standards. Suppose, f 



of Roseries, for we have see 

 hut in none Is the effect 



distence? 63 This^feature is' ? 

 Rosery is formed merely 



e from the edge and 2 



third row may be 





e arches of Roses 



where the gardens are limited, and there is not room 

 for a complete Rosery, there is always to be found 

 some path leading 



ling when isolated 

 all sorts of flowers, compared wi 



on a lawn that could be spared I 



i them look very pretty ; but they se 



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 hout being backed up by one ai other. We, tliere- 

 s. in all cases recommend that a portion of a garden 



' : ; ^;- ..:■ .,■;■■.■.. ':;■::.■ 

 ■l.mvelv " If it be but a few yards of border on each 



dis met i ,'.n ; if it be but 3 fest wide on each 

 » let there be two rows of standard Roses and a row 



. , .. _ ...,,■• I- •: - 



'! -Z "ach side in a ringh row ;.the eft« » 



wrfadSoO^ardV'K'^ 

 To 8 w alkXtwee d n'two e banks of Roses is J 



S is re eenera°lly support 



aj^^feji 



f subjects, chiefly on acco 



d design in landscape gard 

 t that belongs to the gener 



