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asit. is zii ie fou nd that the roots have reached the sides ad the , dem additional forwardness. The result. is, that what supposed ; for, for real ev a ^ad use, — is no tally- 
pots. Replace the plants in their former position, and led the * rest” is over, and the short, dark, leafy | pin so convenient and so durable as a notched piece of 
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continue the same treatment till towards Oct E r, ne are ready to ee forth into grow wth. No great Larch or alter Sang, "irkaldy. [We do not 
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when the atmosphere should be kept cooler and | heat is enam, for this. I placed some heads of the publish a eut of this, because we are of opinion that 
Jess humid, and a freer circulation of air afforded, to | Walnut-leaf Kidney, thus treated, in earth in a cool | Seton's well-known n plan i is aite as good as Mr. Sang’s, 
ipen the wood and induce а state of rest. Be careful | place, and the roots shot forth at once. The tubers ог that in the “ Florist," and we abhor needless reform.] 
not to overwater during the winter months, and place | of plants from sets thus treated are formed and nearly | Covering for Rustic Seats or Summer Houses.—How- 
the plants in an airy part of the stove ; or any situation | ripened before the M attacks v leaves and stem. | ever neat and appropriate a covering of Heath, Reed, or 
near[the glass, where a temperature o of from 45° to | The two samples are portions of Regents, the most back- | straw may appear to be for the roofs of rustic buildings, 
50° is maintained, will do very well. Towards м» ward I could find, to prevent the buds being rubbed = | ofthe te just named, every one knows that e are 
р nts іп growing circumstances, апі as soon | by hard usage in their journey. If you will examine тапу inconveniences attending the adoption of each of 
as they show indications of starting into growth, examine | the —— eyes of the larg ah one, you will perceive that | these inae als. x ir -— rats, and insects colonise in 
the state of the roots, and if these are active give а | three more small shoo are bursting from each. |a ing м them yd and w ecay begins they are exceed- 
liberal shift, elearing away sodden soil from the balls. | | This is £f desirable, one sn E being wanted. | difficult to ing Larch bark, put on in sheets, 
1 the plants can be plunged in a gentle bottom heat, this | The portion cut off, ber efor re, : песе searily large. | is ne re for the purpose. It has many qualities to 
will greatly assist in inducing a vigorous root action, but| А thickness of five- "eighths, or d s annm -tenths, of an | recommend it; it can readily be procured in large 
be careful to keep them near the glass,in order to secure | | inch v would have sufficed. e: S. pi pn it is rustic in appearance, quiet in the tone of its 
strong robust growth, Beyond a stake to keep the The Manetti 3 Stock.— Your gorrospondent, * An | colou M no means rapid in decay, and a roof so 
leading shoot гарне very little attention will $e | | Old Rose Ан ateur," is wu. in supposing that the чан is when necessary, be easily qase without 
required in the way of training, but if any of the side | soil of our nurseries is “too deep and rich? for this leaving an unseemly patch. d into = 
branches should incline to grow too rapidly for the stock. Happily it is deep, and vegetation flourishes explanati of the mechanical operat ions requi 
others, these should be stopped. Keep the plants pro- | nearly alike in all seasons ; but it is hungry rather оз procuring and cen it ; those, I presume, are кей 
perly supplied with water, afford them а moist humid | rich, and I may say, almost destitute of organi Vei | eno a 
warm atmosphere, with a slight shade from т, midday T have ier had no experience with this g Dads. VETE correspondent, “ W. В. A's. 
sun on bright days, and attend to potting as may be |<“ heathy waste," concerning which yt correspondents Piena {== 70) is incorrect ;—he says, * dd 
necessary, and they will make rapid progress during the testimony ma ' be valusble But ould hope аё most modern Eod best method of planting Oak 
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and may be allowed to flower the second season. able vi our" to be the strongest point against it, It make 8—that 8 and 4 make Axe nd that, ym 
ха the berries get eoloured the plants may be | would really be a service to the Rose-loving community, by planting Oaks, or any othe r trees, at 10 t apart, 
to ose corner in the conservatory, where | if such of your correspondents who have tried this stock | and then filling up the space between with ud plants, 
they will contrast well with other plants; and if е | would furnish the results of their experience, with Set at regular distances, the distance from plant to AR 
temperature averages from 45° to 50°, they will remain | names and residences attached. 16 сап be no interest Men not be 4 feet ; by planting Oaks ‚ howevers at 
beauty during the winter and spring months ; for | to a nurseryman to de p m as ne^ is produe ced easier and | feet apart, which i is quite close enough, ; the intermediate 
such is the tenacity with which the berries hang upon at less cost -= the Dog R . Trath i is what we should | Spaces can be filled up with MÀ plants at 4 feet apart. 
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ebject of interest the year round. It will be necessary to length of time this E has been кае and th of tree cA MNA dad. in the royal forests, to 
annually grow the plants in a warm moist — for | numbers who have grown it. Wiliam Paul, Nurseries, favour the foresters of Britain with some account of 
whieh purpose they should be removed from the соп- Cheshunt, Herts. peculiarities belonging to those systems which have 
servatory about April, and care must be vn to iei ngi on Lawns.— Would you kindly favour me with found so baneful in their effects upon the forests in ques- 
the foliage free from scars, clean and health у. B our eie in the аа саве :— Three years ago | tion. Ву exhibiting the errors committed in our Crown 
occasionally mo eus ра: Supplying the ax элемш I filled up an old reservoir саса had been previously | Woods, foresters іп general would be enabled to Steer 
with weak clear ter, they will. grow to à | drained) Pith epit d Seco ,loppings of trees, and all Clear of mistakes of a similar nature. Woodmen o 
great ens «а Ай, f for "nay: years. Few plants are | sorts of tubbish, e the de epth. of 6 or 8 feet; upon these extensive practical experience, perhaps, might not be 
more suitable for the amateur cultivator than this, for | I laid 3 ог 4 feet of sand mixed with clay, and then a | greatly benefited d statements of this kind; but as 
with & very little attention it may be grown in the | few inches of Bes on which I sowed Grass seeds, In considerable extent of private woodland property is 
greatest роса -it is at all times extreme ely the autumn of the eit xps some fungus appeared, entrusted to the Бе н of persons almost wholly 
m tal, for even when no fruit is to be found on it, ich has increased every year, particularly at in unacquainted with the science of arboriculture, such 
the deep gree d jus ealthy appearance of its leaves will season, І should aec уаң that part of the lawn is on a | Statements beris of great v to es and of E 
4 command attention. Alpha. slope, and the lower part on a i level, which is greater benefit to their emp жү 
edd Minn ie generally damp ; the fungus is seldom seen except on the Lily of йе "Valley ey.—It m t be gen nerally known 
TRADE MEMORANDA. lower pr and that pait is Sla mossy. I thought this meo i ON ену СТА x ard 
Үнал ring of taking up all the sods, bringing in а quantit Á ме т. 
айе, E ais namo en ina cottage Loa ra thata of m and ela, sid making the bopa Б di i but to have it in flower in the y unite or tuns 
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e iic э j ке i | then to relay the present sods, for I cannot procure any it requires. This may be еш is erri to the 
bk eis ers. v. What, еп, io fe teal Nature Кей Do 1 : " gement:—The 
Jak qu ME YES at present the Grass is quite spoiled, for the fungi in order to allow time for the formation of roots pre- 
Hom "n cone in "thousands, f from - size of a Pea to that of a viously to starting ee — growth. The middle of 
Forcing Seakale,—There a I Mr. Bundy's | saucer s large as a boy's head ; the | December is a good ti о begin poe this Lily, and 
remarks wr subject M p. 117), so much at cem а ҮЛ yellowish - colour and the latter a | & Su cession of flowers iae be kept up by t — 
variance the ciegas and practice of good | dee ep pu € Wil the contain seeds e will | pots into the forcing pit every ае or four weeks, as 
gdoning, thi 1 "E мр ү, not be allowed to t — асан , Pratiche [We will not undertake | they remain a long time in perfection. When the 
pass un r 8 inches of soil | for r you apis an ing. A better уау, since the old | plants have done flowering, they should be removed 
to be put bm v ree pum pore ei in the. plants, | wood са бани е еб н: is so far off the surface, | ftom’ the greenhouse to а cold pit or frame, where they 
io eut away all large roots, &c.; thus removing the| would be to uncallow the wood and kill the fne TAE an have plenty of light and air; and as soon as 
chief source from whence the organisable matter is to druidis i it рад & solution of eorrosive sublime they ми em their growth, they should 
be drawu, and at the same time only providing 6 or 9 | water r.] be se a partially shaded border, protected from 
inches of mould for any new fibres which the exhausted | Rain at Castle Hill, Devon, in 1853.— eu eie кузы They may remain there until the end 
roots may throw. out. I have frequently found the hes. Inches. of October or beginning of November, when they should 
new fibres upwards of 2 feet down, in beds made up, | January .. .. 415 | October — again be placed in the cold pit until "they are req 
and the dung placed at the sides, the produce being M T e T -. 326 November сш. 28 for forcing. When the plants are taken into the forcin 
large and heavy as as that А чая wn from unremoved plants | Apri з. с.  .. 361 Uo ULL | pit they should be plunged in a mild bottom heat, and 
in the natural way. : The plan eroe d is apiy Мау... aet cote te n ME 3893 |entirely covered with loose leaves, to exclude light until 
P m д the вн gardeners wh ipa for po СЕ с For 1852 .. ... 50.50 | һе roots shall have become active, after which Y 
ages ne t with Ub сбое difference, aci AGNOS М. e i should be deas ичир to light, and given plenty 
' very careful to take up ihe plamte with а. much ym c ai аңа ati 338 "pe nd air. Plants treated in this way will not require to be 
тро! ts possible, and to pro vide or three times as| The greatest q uantity which fell in any 24 —— repotted until the second season after they have been 
much soil for their reception as тосот pm your, 1.17 inch, on the о 3d Feb. and preceding night. The |removed from the ground. And when it is necessary to 
correspondent. S. S., Deptford, Kent. greatest amount in 12 hours was 0.94 inch, which also | do so the soil should be carefully shaken from the roots, 
Autumn Dried Potato Sets, v. the Disease, — The | happened on the 3d of February. The next largest | and the plants re-potted into pots of the same size as 
Lalian method of preparing Potato sets (see p. 92), quantity іп 12 hours was 0.72 inch, on the 24th of|those they came out of, or larger, as may be found 
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communicated d T Royal Agricultural Society by | April. The amount of cold was on the night|requisite. Five-inch pots will be found to be a very 
Lord Pal no Bw idea veral of e of the 29th doeet when the thermometer fell to convenient size in which to grow the Lily of the Valley, 
corresponden bi Qd iyd. ды thui) la ve tried | 9°, or indicating 23? of frost. We had also 15? of frost nere soil most suited to its wants is composed of 
the plan with success, and the results have appeared in | on the 22d of November. А. Saul. turfy loam, and sand. 
Jour columns, As it is possible there may be some-| Tally Pins.—'Thoùgh the — ж of оми налната а Ата 1 have & Grass lawn of about 
new in my method of treating the I send a | number-sticks has long been reco nded, it not|three-quarters to one acre, which is so infested with 
couple of them as d а few words of explana- ye driven out of use the t рандан of re- | ants that to cross it is vind an #7 stand or sit 
- As soon as the Potat es require ing before | fathers. s s m the inexpe- | upon the sod is out of the question. With the hope of 
use, I have, after washing, a portion of the head of each беу of altering a custom mnf established in а | banishing them I have had it broken up, and it is at 
cut off, an inch from the long kinds, and seven-tenths| garden, but it is also partly caused by a want of|present planted with early Potatoes, on digging out 
9f an inch from мр others. These laid for about а "ipid and а E е mistakes in most of the | which I wish to lay it down at once if possible, Can 
Week, with the cu Dosis, cm a board, to allow | plans proposed. т place (* Turner's | of your correspondents me how I may dispose of 
fhe new cuticle, which Nature creates, to be formed Florist " for Jan. sron seit offered, which though | these little invaders. Would ammoniacal liquor have 
before their subsequent exposure, d e certainly an improvement on Seton's, is still een to | any injurious effect upon them? I hoped that 
with a large darning néedle, and the two- d | objection on the score of the similarity of ба тае ters, | breaking the ground would have destroyed them; but 
used in shops, in len s of accom companying method as this is the second crop I have had in it, and to ай. 
. Twenty years | i areas numerous as ever. S. B., Dublin. 
i little chance of us Pinaster var. maritima,— When it is generally 
merals, they are easily |isit that kinds wholly unfit for the situation are con- | 
—thus in writing, 8 is formed of two O's, | tinually planted there! On a recent visit to Hastings I 
ight stroke and О, &c. This matter is of | was struck with the vigour, freshness, and beauty o 
ice to gardeners than might at first be | small group of this variety in а 
characters have a (rude) | known that this Pine thrives well on the sea-coast, how - 
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