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for < cattle, &e. at the same time that the|in severe wea 
SL. Йө, И en and protection of her Majesty'a deer were | not d ер in 4.6, - y pi F- Ф м A 
Етен -Sized, УМ inches in (o and 19 inches | regarded—a measure, in, my opinion, meet. мангу high ; P. Kusseliana, 10 feet high T. Hartwegi l 
өн aides З of à regular pyriform shape. "Stal of any responsible adviser of her Majesty to pursue. | similar height; P. teocote, 16 feet in ш кл 
nhi an ic ength, heka d woody. Eye shallow | George Palmer, Verderer. оў ийат од Nazing | branches 20 feet in diameter ; Р. leiophylla, 90 feet in 
5. фе \ Ыр of the skin light green ; but.| Park, Waltham. Cross, June 29, 185 height, and branches 20 feet in diameter—— these 
TR Ace is russeted. esh white, fine, Caterpillar ars,— When p assing am oiu garden in this | as I have stated, have not suffered, and are Bes 
-i ЖЕЙДЕ) juice, А fruit of first- neighbourhood ose c my attention was attracted to | fine wood ; P. patula, 8 feet in height, has had a very. 
УС December and January. the singular appearance presented by a large plantation rusty appearance, but it is now making — from 
el hs n9 oi Gooseberry bushes, loaded with fine fruit, but wholly | 6 inches to 1 foot inl ngth. Pin ifo 
ed Ь!шойа "ON. THE DISEASE destitute of leaves. І at first supposed it to be the effect | to be quite ав bar dy as P. insignis, and it bas фей арреаг- 
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of" some disease xL from the long coniinuance of | апсе of eb а more noble tree; 5 in 
cots, aa —— AND MELONS. cold unseasonable weather. , and the dry blighting winds | height, with branches 20 feet in diameter, and has no 
ч М that еей during the past ==» ton inspection | fewer than 100 cones u it, which have a singular 
been Ш merid | ird оваа леге та І fo ШҮҮ, о be А work | of m ic of caterpillars, appearance, being ен, mL on the young wood, 
| the leaves EA г I by patches of a | Which CAD their appearance, as 1 was informed, about | Pinus insignis is а fine pres Medis! attained the 
| yr eo» 2n ts в ago, and in that short pend nimia all this | height of 50 feet, while tho d of i 
destruction, It is not unusua in our best | 40 feet, and the ras oops the stem, at 3 feet from ` 
Ме Рорти tolesablr ——— аын дрен териде йд а Ф А- bushes disfigured in the ‘early | the ground, is 6 feet 3 inches ; when planted out, im 
one has known to what to attribute this | Part of the n, but immediately the pest is dis- 1939, it was from 8 to 10 feet in height ; the annual 
affcetion, , Seeing it daily increase I examined | Covered ses are Жж to check or arrest its progress. rate of growth has been 2 feet 8 тет, it has several - 
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hid themselves under ihe lower surface, such a formidable enemy, until the latter bad nearly | freely as P. californica, and it is not во Jarge. Pinus 
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unavailing ; and the consequence is, that from the bushes with branches 37 feet in diameter mode o wth 
in РЕА jud ^ utere rte on PN Ep" being as An of leaves м they are іп winter, they will | is singular— {гот the root to half ет e height of f ite trem 
of. Panels healthy leaves ое naturally receive a certain amount of injury, but поё | the branches hg one across the other, while 
t were attacked. and reduced to | РУ any means to be compared with that dep the. crop, | part grows more erect. Th f the stem 
|. де condition as those of the. frames. The insect | Which I should imagine will be almost worthless. 1 | ае 9 feet Өш. the ground i is $ feet 6 inches. "This tree 
Г v dt but poisons the leaf, and | "egret to say that the ravages of the catekpillar are not | hes not produced cones, but it is annually cov with 
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; — Ав a confirmation of the well-known fact, tbat frost is | врге ing tree, having lost its leader several time. 
n at present M epe E m as fur as often much less severely TW on the bille о Pn on the 45 feet i in height ; the diameter of the branches is 40 
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t may be sna eho int that ten. ‚| Ba » Lavruetinn us, Hydran gea, and Escallonia. Azaleas |y variety.of Doùglas Fir (Abies Douglasi taxifolia) із 31^: 
ia Y ree n *| have #0 t are not at all cut by the frost ; | feet in height, while tbe diameter of the branches is 32 1 
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hid оү їп the day-time, and. опу тай aboüt M аге Dot at N ; t RM F p ppoteeted Apricots ge of A^ emere һу Ше, wind, with the sun s 
lit, an hel ы reengages are а, , Crop. e only whi pon it, 
nig which séemed з by re ravages, the ven pi P p py are Peaches and common Ro- ie AN I dett c 
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| rely rem on fine days, it had pet injured in E ae muse dismeter of its. dranches 
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TR ДЕ ENS "re ll'under'a fixed жо glass roof ; І should, 2 inches... The long silvery foliage and large blue cones 
Wnuo is Mr- George Baron, of Harley Street, Black- | ave had i ance, сз haa not 
burn ? ith thei inion. be Orchard-house at Basing spring frost od er oar catkins. - P. nobilis ig. 
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Home Correspondence. sh son why | cones, . P. Nord + чым iana bas the appearance of ита. s "t 
Waltham Forest-—1-was very glad to see, by the | they should not, under rough plate ; still, І should not | а noble tree, ур attained the height of 9 feet їп a 
arks ' ; i i r 2A * whistle" and then ort time, Р. c onica is another species that 
the. eorrespo: s to : adj : gen i by late frosts, itis 
John. Russell,'and: the: general: bbservations upon the| Aëration. — The system рг opos by your кле 28 feet in height, it does not suffer in the least: the і 
manner.in.whieh the management of her Majesty's spondent ©], P. 5° т Cheste rfield, seems very important. | diameter of its branches is 21 feet, and the circum- © 
Woods and. Forests is being transacted, that you take | The even ad is not new, but pr actieally i it has been bui |f ference of the stem 4 feet, P. pinsapo is 10 feet in `` 
Some interest in those affairs. As опе of the verderers | imperf ectly understood. 1 “J. P. S." would take the height, and appears more hardy than cephalonica in ^ 
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rights of. tbe Crown and poorer foresters which have on y parties in this ed and probably on your | Araucaria imbricata is a fine tree with a luxuriant mk 
iadéré pe nerally. H. A., colour, and branched to the soil ; it is 24 feet in height, 
forest, Effects o of the Wine 22 ү AU on the Pinetum at | the diameter of the ome pa is 16 feet, and = circum- + 
тесеїуей по эы ed from either the toris = the Вісёт, Devonshire.— With us, last winter was the most | ference of the stem 3 feet 3 inches. This tree was moved ` 
mmissioners of Woods and Vigor severe we have had for these 14 years past. Through- |a considerable distance, s a large ball С — 3 
keepers have also been anxious to do their | out Jan nuary the ттт indicated. from 8? to 17° | to it, in the year 1847, which of со 
а чейии сны ted the eneroachmen ts | of frost, accompanied by cutting north and north- wth for а season or two. беа, оаа ај 
taken расе, some of them b t Me p= T dd winds. NO Y very serious eX was then done | its removal it had formed cones, and it has continued to — 
ves, of p from 1 e plants. The nights of March and April were | produce them yearly in quantities, and of а large size, © 
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ае very heart of the forest ; and then, viis ad pete èn- "a , the thermometer showing, di Tori ornings at | Seed of course it has not perfected, having had no male `° 
croachm ve brongh before the verderers, at iui Mie, from 6° to 10°. The ym pube: i brightly and | catkins. is season ы, е ттр 7 ' Araucaria ^. 
their Court of Attachments, they bave pleaded, through ape к on the thick hoar-frost began to sear imbricata, 16 feet in height, has produced its curious. 1 
their ће land. ce Гот: was ы hin rus sy Dub ants ; but it w id өй бе о last weeks | long brown coloured catkins or cones. To us they" 
her | Mdjesty's forest^of | Waltham which pleading | in April t cre ost serious i Lio was doe here, after | have a novel appearance. There is an avenue here т 
under the act of umm Qe Geo. 4, еар: 50, elause | th 
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sap was ret od Aat and many plants had been VN. one of the parks of these singular etn 
р mg to Mays into freo E We had then from 6? to 9°, | i ry healthy "eina meer a averaging 15 
em merely to certify the|and even or Td one morning at sun-rise. | or 16 fet in height. y therefore expeet: to " 
| oachme: i i showed the | see more "with or 
is well known|but totara, slightl tected, is unhurt ; Daerydium кн» 14 eg oU » planted at th 
alla j instances | Ma Sedi i А мыни . A few of xic in height, Sik branches 
have been“ protested against at the | Pines have been entirely killed, such as P. occidentalis, | diete. and not the least injured by the la 
-made, by "he freeholders and poorer | P. Grenvil Пеге, Р, Gordoniana, P. longifolia, and P. | Callitris australis was 16 feet in beight, but it 
tbé Crown to desert these poorer | filifolia, These measured from 1 to 2 feet in height, | killed, although 
looked up to the Crown to aid | and were were protected with a small box asphalte protector, , Callitris 
