Eau moon 24 
8—1854. | THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 117 
direction, but in exogens the vertical woody cells are 6 or 8 inches of soil. Then proceed to lay in your roots. | | from this neighbourhood who have returned to erae 
p ong tanc e gr en ptal Foiss this plan it is necessary to cut away all superfluous | in disgust, the brother of my — уни, and he w. 
id are known by the name of the medullary | large roots, and to leave only such as have budsat their 
rays. They retain their activity longer than the neigh- i ; : 
requen 
ing woody cel Salad.— ask your 
matter In neither of these forms of tissue are Mv in Era it will be found under good management to | counsel in distress about my Broccoli, Under the rude 
cells produced. New woody tissue is formed by produce as good a crop as if A the mass of roots was assaults of the snow and frost at the beginning of the 
division of the external cells only, and in the d ea left kou "bed, Ee thus reducing the roots, | уеаг, ар of some 300 all but three dozen have perished, 
of the bark. What is called cambium is Lmt а distinct|a greater number e got into the frame. And | Of some the heart rotted out; others rotted through 
tissue, but merely the nascent woody ti or, in its | each of ганд n "mul be found to contain sufficient | the stalk, about half-way up. As to their situation im 
most extended май, includes the pee yrs "of the | | organisable ma to perfect the crop... Lay |t the garden, it is neither much exposed nor specially 
bark. M. J.B. them ты "thick, and cover them up to their | protected ; and my soil is heavy clay, well drained, 
Ё eroe with soil ; : tm place your lights on, which will| What would you advise in the case? whether for the 
i 
SW AINSONIAS. | bleue ADAE е; if ligh | 
£ Tue туе! Sca gam : of this genus are all эу тогу | will answer the purpose well ERE By this method | or as a safeguard for future years! [Endeavour to 
of a place in every greenhouse, producing, as they do, | the roots of course are of no more use after the crop is | pro hardy sorts.] I never have so suffered before 
nnder proper еен а profusion of pety rafen | paana, therefore sow annually sufficient seed to pro- | all the 12 years I have been in this district. Have you, 
r thre onths in successio e the quantity of plants you элу these will make др from other quarters, similar complaints this year ? 
берне Жш, cs readily effected, either fine plan - La forcing at two years i sin * n Belgi 
iy means of seeds, whie e cuf undan Ver 
« 
S, 
© 
Бе 
® 
ЕР 
^5» 
5.3 
"3 
о 
о 
iE 
Ф 
[^] 
TÊ 
H 
о 
e 
mt 
Pg 
2: 
E 
5 
0 
E 
Ч.Б 
ю 
ш 
v. EE 
5 Tue 
o 
et 
[A 
in 
o 
8 
ad 
5 
Ld 
о 
Ф 
2, 
5 
2 
e 
о 
o 
2 
B 
"Ха 
Ё 
4 
с. 
g 
z 0s 
[-] 
zi 
d n Salad p 
d, and planted in a light sandy, peaty soil, covered | each piece will form a crown, and if this is done i n|I сэш» anything about it. Please instruct me as га its 
i f l house | Ma: livation ; 4. e, when should the вее 
wee 
heat, wher in ots ; a 
be found however, ‘that the cuttings are impatient of too Кері for forcing ; but I prefer the К r plan it ready for use! Olitor. [Sow in rich garden soil, 
much damp, hence се should be ме? carefully, Much of the well doing of Seakale, oirever; depends | broadeast, or in drills 9 inches apart, at any time ; but 
ving the glass off until the foliage gets dry, and upon the treatment it receives dur ring the summer | chiefly at intervals from the end of August till the end 
removing it c it to wipe out damp. gopi as months. If it is allowed to flower and exhaust itself | of October. Тһе leaves are used when nearly full 
uttings suffici | in a useless way, the winter produce must not x- ppt but still tender, 
hem singly in 4-inch pots, and p them in a nice | pected to be good, for the flower uses up that nutriment Sori ng Apples in dry Sawdust.—1 have а dark closet 
moist growing at ere, ti established in bets | which otherwise would have been stored in embryo for | in house, or rather I live in а тож with windows 
pots. Supposin ed off and es M Toe ci crop ; Tere let no plants seed , except bk and front, The house is four stories high, and the 
blished by the end of May, which, if a plant is sta ried o produce the qua — dis require for sowing | length from front to back is so great, that we have three 
early in spring to supply cu ttings, incid easily an be kept he following spring. 4. Bun rooms оп а floor, the centre one dark. On the third 
pase aste: 
r clo e to 
Attend to деа as may xem required, and sprin nkle Hom АД. О-да жы the cellar, and have it fitted with binns. In this room I 
the plants over-head on the afternoons of bright day 8, | | Му Orchard ya —I have now (Fe ui 6) finished | put some kampers of Apples (like Pearmain). 
shutting up the MD" rather ФИ in the afi iba with | | top-dressing pa trees, and have made a cai for each | one of the hampers 
A ere, bu ve 0 i 
rn r the о 1 
ofa somewhat straggling opi and unless stopping and | them water till the e of the month. The blossom as plump and fresh as when gathered, while those 
out are persevered in, compact dme will not buds have swelled rapidly lately, so that I have been | partially buried were only so to the extent covered 
ined. Expose the plants. freely to sunshine and | able to discern the triple buds and: prune back to them | with the sawdust, the upper portions being wrinkled, T 
air, after the middle of August, in order to get the wood | Without any difficulty. Many short shoots or spurs are | am so pleased w ith the discovery that I shall pack 
ipened before winter, and if this cannot be conve- | full of single blossom buds with a terminal leaf bud :|in binns next year, for I have no doubt they will keep in 
niently done i in e frame, remove the Bats to a shel- | some of these spurs I have thinned out, but have not | this way until next Christmas. Anon. 
sunny situation out of doors. During winter | woke any. And now I cannot help looking over| -Cost of Garden Walls.—If Mr..Daniels will con- 
is full of i i 
very враге supply of Ter provided the wood has promise in i 
pened, and they may be > placed in Sip purs My orchard house is a little more Rr, at e prices, as compared with К: 
soon as they show vigas of growth in spring re Ve | trees, da i s 
them to a close part of the greenhouse, and cut "Pack | of my trees have been six заа ts, and they seem bien nd the mark. At the present time e а 
the shoots rather freely, in order to cause them to break | | to become more sturdy, hea едн ы gps every year. | alone could not be forthe sum he quotes, in 
СІове ; and when free growth commences shift n pias All this is really very nice and gratifying, and р | this теб, W. P. Ayres, Blackheath. 
pots, 1 1 { t disappointing ; for I remember about three years ago| The Manetti Козе Stock.—“ This Rose stock is con- 
as can be idi те done, until rat roots lay hold ot a clever self-sufficient gardener—some are apt to be so | demned, » I read this (see* р. Mire with —— surprise, 
the n this is the e the een will | till a very mature age—telling me “that it was all | but it — to be the sentence passed on it by Mr. Ww, 
grow vigorously, ker will require attention to train the b to think of keeping fruit trees in a healthy | Paul. І ат very glad, kivi to be ab se my 
L Í o secure handsome speci mens, Parse ere | pu ots." But it seems that «i Russia Proper, | voice in its favour ; "S die to live im а 
in bending down strong shoots, and tie them so as to kiin to M. Masson’s report, all fruit trees are | where sand is predominant, I was at my wits’ end to 
equalise the flow | each a о i Rose а 
Ње аа і 
of July the plants should be nice-sized Specimens, and | prone to condem mn, often са trial, = ай or | Hybrid Petit in particular, seem not to know 
сотегей with blossoms у {эр at all novel in its character, This y pr not be, when to leave off growing and i and one of my 
to any light airy port of the greenhouse or conservatory, and is much to be regretted. Reverting to orchard saan who has Mn closed а piece of 
Mur rer ens be objects of considerable beauty till. houses, I was told when I first commenced operations | from heathy waste of Surrey, is in like manner gn 
L in 1 autumn. . " their beauty for the season that my fruit would have no flavour, and that a first-rate | delighted with his success in the cultivation of 
į С. Ч 1 Roses i 
3 I 0 ed was deficie em i 
ns of growth, turn them out of their pots апа some folks call balises id rsevered ; I am riehly | Roses growing with remarkable vigour at Darlington, 
reduce the ball, taking саге to injure the roots as little  rewar е. , for o cu h Derse is an inexhaustible which were stated to be be budded on this stock, so that it 
as possible, bre repot in the same sized pots, ual | source of gratifi A near neighbour has a house 
. By annual use in | seems to me to be zar Meca for light solls. I have 
üisr ooting, E free use of the knife to keep them | which Nel reni a fronr 30 to 40 tree ason was | Neyer purs it x ш” ‚ 50 I presume 
is t 
s— last se 
wider D the specimens will last many years. Manure the second ; he gathered nearly 500 fine Ponchot i ertheless, in. my 
аттайт а weak state, given two or three times а week, Жыйым, i well өре, xe from the trees on his stock. An; Old Rose 
the pots are full of roots, will be of service. walls—no 
ap into sandy, turfy loam, and rich, fibry peat, broken Burnt Clay a “Material for "Walls. — Wil yon allow ge very 
to small piecés, adding a liberal quantity of sharp | me to ask whether y one wm керү burnt clay | course, a first consideration. T NOM, ate pit's 
ilte a. and some small lumpy charcoal or potsherds, | for the Pa of Maior TO or garden paths, and coal is to be had for nothing, or very 
ound the most suitable compost in which to grow | what is the process of uiu ^ and p түнө не expense little ; if this were mixed with clay,as is done in Wales, 
"ainsonias, Alpha. per load of 24 bushels? I have heard of it being so eourse, mak ue пег. I 
крк сес employed, and should think where stones are difficult to | see ” is to be — and «8 
obtain it might be advantageously used in the construc- , Ог coarse litter and clay, 
T i FORCING SEAKALE. ti ‚ &е.1; the expense of stones where coals and clay do not, 
Mu, plant I need scarcely say is indigenous to many | situated is 9d, per load, and 2s. 6d. the earting them. € require a * pug," ' being mixed i in Wales with a 
dti sea-shores, where it grows in fine drifted sands, | Being now about to make some length of road and several | shovel. Somerset, 1, ‚Ну Park Stree 
he. es partially covered with small stones | garden paths, I should эй much ex rds any yv go Houses.—I am obliged. by? Mr. Duncan's 
md gravel, Few esculents are more improved by cul- | co ndents if they. ould kindly give me "| corrections. It appears that I had ies the length 
tivation than Seakale, en forced at mid-winter it is | information on the эщ kind of of of rafter for width of building, but at the same time 
553» Р. B. [This 
far superior to any other vegetable that can be obtained xe is largely employed i in t га я of walks | I must remark that my calculations of cost and produce _ 
ins creen ossessing such merits it is not astonish- | in the park eis e the new Crystal Palace at | were calculated for a promenade such as I should build, 
in с have been tried to bring it to Sydenham am, where great ео of а clay are burned | and which even at the present time could be erected for - 
ойна a e perfection. The following will be | for the purpose ; but we know nothing of the expense | what I have stated. In Mr. Duncans case he has 
plan bete excellent mode of UE T it, provided the | iie the process.] covered very y elegantly and substantially a garden wall; 
Dig Sine avo out. erica а Field for Gardeners.—I observed in your ү calculations are for a иг аи without a wliat 
at^ about 3 feet deep, the breadth and width | colum ns some tim that young gardeners imagined | all. W. P. Ayres, Blackheath, _ 
"tended frame ; fill it up with well prepared | hey could. I "Rida pe сад stt o Ыы pors 2 
nd leaves, upon that plaee your framo 5 pub jm | felt at the "ЖК aet A A < z 
| Игр 
