.:288 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [APRIL 15, 
эйе Vues foliage, wich continued in ессе 
һ make me think that - Indian Reed, for the extension laterally and upwards, at | à j perfect НЕЕ 
t NZ ы эга а садове oil and w various ang ales of inclination, of the young vina as the the young s shoots, upon probably three-fourths of upon 
w ou some of tlie beds of oolite; es grow ; the object being to afford the greatest quantity lengih, leaving enough эртен forthe their 
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that, on these same soils, the Deodar 1s particulari 
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the contrary is 
suffers from Aim hilst the we Fei is M ire and 
quite bardy. Your correspond - 
interesti 11)|of March; o ‚ 
* 78 пери Уян puber (at Pa т js : tid of winter. Itis not фе practice to sto the | of sugar to the gallon of must. 
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— b ase, the Deodar is not healthy, and | the direct action of the sun's rays. 
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inch and er sap! wood, perfectly sound —— than to 
Th e shoots. Gourmands or water-shoots and those | їп the appearance of the. Grapes upon the injured 
which sometimes spring in clusters from the old wood, | to lead one to suspect such a difference. .8 
£ course rubbed off as they appear. Although it is | had been very favourable, and the period of р; 
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но ог Ала) of the same age аге поё | pruning and general treatment, or starved through the | wood арреа to have ripened s 
Һа the size. Small plants of M Huon Pine (Daery- | occurrence of long-continued dry weather, at the. critical | earlier than usual. The foregoing circumstances wi 
ditin Franklini) have stood the winter bin red with тта between stoning. of th it 1 seem to h 
when a 
a'cold лаа situation) а large plant pih stood the | branch, injury has been caused to the bark. by aeci- | important influence upon vr нене 
winter, with only the extreme tips of the shoots Pers fracture, the gnawing of em — — as the | that, other circumstances 
i r by th п: duri A y| will become аре ves coloured, sionis Qe NES 
ent of yours a few weeks ago. С. W Strickland, hot дау; or , when either "ot "the: pr twoi peres should b Me 7А, 
poco Malton. м causes have operated upon Ше stalk: of individu Here are Дон ан Ме? relative to Vine ail | 
Wood. Paper.—For several years ears I have entertained | bunches. In the garden, so entirely do on- | ture, the result of our observations. The fruit of yog. 
tlie idea that paper might be be made from wood. I was|sider the imperfect colour of the fruit a eit Vines is never tob | 
first led to to think of it while attentively watching the | that the Vine is over-cropped, that it is immediately of mature age, which arè well дык Tt may. beas 
, fne fibre | relieved of the greater portion of the bunches, and at | fine, perhaps finer to the eye, but it is relatively doi 
as d some 
from h rail, which bad been exposed to the action | the winter's pruning eut back very short, besides having | and thick skinned, and deficient in the high: р 
of the elements until i surface had bec ood dressing of suitable m pplied a t. I flavour which characterises the we of h g | 
covered with fine flax-like hairs or fibres, which І | сар ъа +: i su más que of badl - ү Until Vines attain the age. 
caused by the bleaching process it colou: rapes upon in vigor ealth (аё із; | ог eight years, I do пої think their LI 
ergone, I scraped off a porti асе | prey furnished with arar а. jepara: leaves), м 7 9 if even then. "In vineyard culture, же. 
en howe ned by that foliage the fruit mi ight have | satisfied that the йе. of E wine sensibly improves і 
"Not to k mperf: The e same ad 
d mean, so longas air а g 
e process of seraping, which I believed keep the leaves down to the bases of the shoots in healthy | the same sorts, in the same soil, of only 10 or 12 ye 
allo itd growth. I have no doubt o this e et,in our 
would be too expensive to w wood to be used profit- | condition. In a vineyard, where it is the practice to D 
Лу for рғ making. “Т абаб experiment" | encourage the production of the fruit much nearer to| atleast. We do not esteem Gra i foi the table affer 
xad with non-resinous wood, 1 | ће ground, I have witnessed ше imperfect colouring pe have attained the m рента desirable, кез be | 
such as young Larch, Pines, of the Grapes from a different cause. The variety the се ien scarcely Mme ome, their jui 
заро, rod, ir inei bailor, ватною raios affeeted was the Black Her mito (the “ OE я too viscous and sugary to be easily d 
е ert it to a state of great | © Sirrah ? of the celebrated vineyard of that name ме ттд most rich in Me , out of sever 1-3 
whiteness a extracting fx resinous matter, "pe wash- | the Rhone), which has a very rambling, rampant habit it| which at various times have been in ges P 
. bleachi diee: Some time ago І read in your|for a wine Grape... The ана question were growing i ; 
columna ап aeeouti of a process by which nA leaves | in a low, rich spot, where the soil is both deep and mi 1 
were cleaned of their resinous matter, and rendered | porous ; and. there were probably three times as man 8. E. ў 
oses, for bedding, &e.; and І | ріапќв о a given. nrea as the nature of the soil and the xdi. 
have been thinking whether it would not be possible to | particular. variety rendered advisable, bias ө. пе | 
matte the wood ine trees | sud aetion of lab attending 8, Tu 
by means of a similar process ; if that could be done, I the Vines, which had been pruned to the height of Be s mpress its sweefness еф ny very 
think the wood could be easily made available {ог | 18 inehes from the ground, and attached to stakes 4 or | ble degree й "е palate. Ме consider the Lir ad 
pàper-making. Со uld sawdust not be madè available | 5 feet high, had been allowed to continue their summer's | be too poor in sugar even for the lighter d 
for paper-making ? 1 Тһе dust of Pine, or resinous wood, | growth unchecked and untouched. ey стаи n much | wine, when itsspecifie gravity gd "i gn d 
y extracting the resinous: matter from it, and then | that, from the tops of the. stakes, their s were | or 1.086. e greater part of our 
grinding and macerating ; and the dust of төнүн г-ны interlaced with those of the ewig Mrd from must ranging from this point: A 1. lin ee 
woods, simply by grinding and into They are considerably stronger than t 
suppose that the length of fibre is an object, the "t of. luxuriant foliage. ong before French wines, and appear to be c 
fibre i (to: aooi pei liar fine- | vintage the under leaves had become р апа Ас with advantage d а number E ki 
fime mass of fi pre nih I apps Pe e of li ч. and air. A the usual period | attains still grea 
from saw maturity the crop, whi« sufficiently abundant, | tion to be ааг mana Tu 
maie by paca п pa of di. remained in very imperfect condition. The Grapes of the whole of the vm and when a much 
journal; от if поё | were sweet to the taste, but deficient in sugar, and so degree of ripeness is reached 
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Ems abont 26 = zt part of sü inehr| badly.coloaxed that only у= more exposed portions of managed by keeping а as the Fron 
нм кез breadth of. three инин and berries had а purple tinge; the less, dry upon hurdles, in 
exposed, though .swelled off to the usual.size, and with | they have acquired the greatest maturity 
oth vates of maturity, retain h eolour, | Vi seems to 2 
re or Vie M ы, with red. After being ъз еа to bodi ed sweet wine is the те 
ang upon the Vines mit beyond the usual time with- ере than the boiled түсү” Lunel; 
тян sensible improvement, the erop was gathered to and m Cons 
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save it ted otting. m may observe that the er of Mal 
e por м unfavourable, and that the same varioty flavour peculiar to itself. 
y, but much less е closely руін had ripened its taining cite the d of i 
Wh Where ibe Grape ur and bloom. | saechar not extending su: 
f e тан were badly. m red, the mh is probably di. 1140 to 11509. W. McArthur, 
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ted or kiero „а surface of mec and the sur- 
roundin damp, unw 
g dn a holesome condi- 
tion. і is of course impracticable · to distinguish the Societies. | 
{тот | Linnean, April 4,—The President 
руге а E po by a stagnated, damp перех, есм J. Stainton, NE vu Y^ cted а Fellow; 
raph of а ‚эк due cim "— to be separated in out- | M'Intosh, of Dalkeith, E ah Aidat N B. Wi 
the Chroni de of the let SR 2 талаараа eai isa и die state of the exhibited flowering plants, in a case, 0t 
ә rmation, сема. ишү = rain, being so thoroughly drained желу discovered locality їп Galw. 
> irman г Pal neon great depth and porous charac- | with a eut flowering speci 
| Spain. ber dm — e ino I leave the conclusions | accompa wi | 
DIS uthort ; 
сиы | һуа | "Th competent th. 
m. | of Gentiana nly reeei 
but the plant itself has flowered on 
orthelast three years. The An 
=ч the same bank, now for the first 
E ——á backw ard. 
time 
| сате into flowe in the first week of Ja 
1852 and 1853, did not flower this year". 
pa Feb: rd Erica 
ust ing into 
about 5 D feet high, | | t | d 
x to view. but still weil. | 3 
supports of the | p bare and atidi of a nearly vertical epe m. opere wn Curtis, я 
