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n of continuity 
first Sp! st. The | ће effect, like that of boiling, is a solution o 
frst: Spheeria. auda on the lst of Aug us 
tha 
common 
бя edition ж: hi h lished.some 1E 5. mm 
i ara wl ^ was рери some 15 yens 
ti veral parts men MR ecomposition on otl 
йп соп. сазе t. of Wheat, mi е кү à pai iss AR of "ihe кнын Жый M. Dunsl has чя so. imi it is. r^ novelty. hens e 
moRye Grass was gom t the same time, TERP кас a paper on гау вер so eongelatin on plants, | not, as. asserted by .M..de. Jopglte, „вде ta t 
nówighowing little heads, which are, however, at which was read before the French Academy, Feb. 21,1848, | effe f, our. Боа frosts ‚їп з spring, .Незі 
esed t diman infant state, without the slightest trace in whichhe states that t alls x ot ruptu d know; full.of enthusiasm з отоп a visit. he део эй 
Í ld b well for those persons who during congelati h r this, however, be the 1en,-on.ace t y Leonid а Par, 
vis , e ent, the r not, is of little consequence if the vitality of the inner | all, my. trees, he pointed; to. some. trees.o {Беште бмв 
а After it is gathered, as they will probably have | cell wall be destroyed, а contents of the cells will | aumont, too.much erowded with 4 
E тоге abundant ust also be prep in either case be subject to mere chemical or торни said. triumphantly, билан" Fares, Mrs Шеге nnr, 
0 exercise a little patience, as th ]t will not|laws, and decomposition is to take pl fter а | you have .-lost ;all.;. you 5 sfróm 0m: eneh. 
М пей е Broome remarks that th ort time, The distinction, r, is А imes | culture the trees uL eros the arbaro 
ba th that of | only partial, especially in trees and some of the larger | of bloom ; they: exhaust Shenaelybtijn рш 
Sph bas.no. analogy wi yP ting; 
i і ts. as the | h eo and с ntly even where great | and consequenddy і Allg drops о, 
thase:species, ma, New d Si pma m mischief is done, life may still be maintained i ch a|any fruit." jds this.-instan hs к dag 
y 
tion as to admit of the proper end for which the plant 
stances wou ad der dots rpm, but Mí soni after а time, entirely repaired, as f; A as outward appe d 
+ be süre of 4 crop оё! Sphteria entomorrhiZaà, DY | „ооз аге concerned. Опе of the most familiar instance 
wing 7 illàrs оз 4. B. 1 h 
Tackey Cat is that of the greater or н Peu in which вис dno 
Broccoli are affecte frost. So he degr 
— VEGETABLE: PETROLOGY, —No. XXXII. of frost is only sufficient to affect. the aena Mute mis 
stonsiderati em ure, as regards | chief is done ; 5 їз {е ere is 
E Riu aff гор by о ра Hence plants | always more or less da лл according to the den » 
hich flourish in а country where the sky is constantly | which the frost has reached. If the bark only 
qx) are sustain Truy of radia- | affected, the central bud will be supplied "ibn citet 
in our n el mate, re the nocturnal sky, | by means of the still living tissues of th and the 
ially, uently without а pay , and acts most | head be perfected, though it will be smal m "n ; and 
powerfully Jiu mn temperature, This, for instance, if the evil has extended deeper, the head will wither 
is oue of t difficulties with w we have to | just before its perfection, or entirely decay. 
tend їп the cultivation. of y of the beautiful | principle applies to forest , and in consequence, in 
teh some Y the Alpine steeps of Sikkim | those countries where trees are liable to be injured 
and the nei iation, whether | severe frosts fissures and congealed patches may 
кде; Fi savais e 8 easily ое by the inter- | be traced at every period of growth, however remote, 
i sad i is is mainly on ie principle | so long as the wood is not decayed, insomueh that the 
Тайчы ous instem a" ч, for shading plants | trees are а living calendar, indicative at once of favour- 
te where hg mployed, or for the | able Legem ‚ by the breadth of the rings of growth, 
protection of plants from na rut еа of direct and vere winters, by the number of rings by 
which as. frost- bitten patches are Parse d M. J. B. 
143. Plants ойеп suffer from the conyergeney of the 
і РАЎ LE шу; 
ledge the itii of my, ways" in:-alidwins 
nde a. 
was intended being fulfilled, or кта of the mischief being, | trees to Бе. too. m 
uch. erowded,. but. 1. knowing \ 
climate well, . stoutly tgo inferenes,... 
immediately took him to: look тт 
healthy pyramids i nne of Jersey P. 
years old, whieh have been thinned Abd prunéd 
regulated ndu M.. de У. held his jum 
but allowed that our frost in spring must have been 
severe. have visi it gardens of Helga 
ore than once or twiee within thése seven yetrs, ац 
till. this, year their crop of. Pears, has been йт 
places а total failure, owing. to. the rrr. 
n Belgium, in common. with France; did notenffer 
y 
Monsieur Cappe, in. the Jardin. des Plantes, havet 
th 
e et [part been i of p and Io when 
in the garden of M. Jamin, at- Bourg la Reine, in June 
last, that all his ven лсана aud beautiful pyramidal 
w of 
low ‘and damp, which „M.i Jamin, alleged ape 
sun's E Jn Ry E Pops, fd RÀ of water acting Аў . PEAR CULTIVATION. reason ja their hedding their. ima mention 
lenses on th wever, re&son [IN common, І should expect, with many of your | these facts to show that no o pruning or training eán resist 
believe that vaier, eie ud шее, Sn at readers, I have been interested by, oo сару. # the adverse effects of climate. saso slide ваар lla 
when it vs po ро г: ses. a, pecu: | M. де F опрһе ori our Pear culture ; it rely w With respect to the observations of, M, de Jonghe;ia 
Tar кн wh X! д os the sub- get $uch from a foreigner—they are vede of AR р. 868, I can assert, from the experience. of 20. 
epu у concentratión value, stirring us up, as it were, and making us look that no matter what climate your I REN oerte 
murs. б „TAYS, mea more. ves into our trees, and our management of | Н itis а hardy sort, and. bas good 
s A them, Т cannot help, however, regretting that M. ge ell,. I have,for the sake; of; experimenhi 
bad Ppr nek died i in England, within thirty miles of | some trees of the Glout Teal 
London, these cd ice n years, Just to have ex e south of France, and ha {ей 
tlie effects òf se Severe spring frosts in a humid climate | received from, Belgium. and, Pai 
like ours, ү fi il e, in that respect, the climate of | own grafting, giving to all the 
Brussels—he would then ћауе beemable £o. have said to ny difference after three- yearsith 
ertainty if thinning out the bran and 5 of those fróm the south nce, 
buds of Pear .would шаке the blossors strong |t E on see 
- Within enough to resist ері or^ ten degrees of frost, Plain | M nghe, * send strong roots in 
e maintain o facts, in all gardening matters, аге " better than. 
| li 
oth aré RH to. fail, if not at speculations, howéver well based ;. such 
k 
those from careful ht of tlie trees and bearing 
spurs, About 14 x UON. E риге from а 
i he 
А then all grafted with the 
piaumont nt Pea 4 they d. Vetituny and vigorously 
ij in 1844 bore quantit € fruit —the 
1845 ; their bfanches were t іеї out i in the дасан of 
that t year and the trees were in thé most vigorous 
healthy state, but a frost часа All the blossom in the 
am of 1846. In1847 they ga ve a good ёгор of fine fru "i 
n 1848 5? of hoar frost on the 27th of April destroyed all | s 
the blossom; and from that year tó the nt ton 
though the trces have beeu full of health and vigour, 
the blossom has been destroyed. . It thus seems that no 
health, no vigour, no eulture, can make blossoms of 
ne of our hardiest Pears (for such I have found the 
iba. he one 1s as ау Beurré Capiaumont to be) withstand hoar frosts in 
ie МЕ сул заты уе S oie! di nightly fogere S spring; for in 1848 m es were in th eme of 
ur. 
145. Knight Пав ваа that h weather destroyed all the fruit ; and last spring (1854) 
| pma бе мез. sia Mf =? ig ih a нар геч the quantity ый ен 4 А: and rapidly swelling 
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ts. are greatly inclined, from e, own observa- P s i ee е 
ne health and thinned and pruned ever 
tions, to doubt the correctness of this. In the growth of quite astonishing ; but 7° of frost on the 25 иһ Apri 
» re 
gon for will allow me to.give, and it happeus that Ta able to | of 
| o | it is. abso. уени ecessary {0 
was Yang a NS distet stock. "They were "iMt Ф Еп 
in | market 
to obtain, a circumstance: which, in 
Melons, at least, we have found rather hs „contrary law 
ma 
be due to the comparativ: ter number of male | ag 
tan 
runing will save в from such frosts 
; ry possible | glass mes i5 
dno m degree, ma : | 
is imagined, but at present direc А oving to the dry and favourable 
E swelling fast, 
E ip de К the o ma on тес 25th of unl penetrated through the 
ied b ometer 1 , е | glass and m all, not leaving one perfect fruit. 
у d a ОМИ whole past is innin i ы ossom-buds P Pear ы i UM 
шлу ethernet Suy эм 10n of | on walls or cultivated as as pyramids, is good culture and 
ts parts; із greatly depressed, cannot be too much recommended, In а pamphlet, the 
n M. d e Jonghe thinks iem 
the late Van Mons 
tr 
cold mes wis on, whig 
find tbat the trees ої, 
B EA i T a A ап 0 
kept healthy. and їп а. bearing stafe һу:тешаг ениш 
lifting, and bringing har roots to 27i 
In his remarks, рыи cn ; the, soil and, climate of 
am, bos onghe: reminds, me pf 400 
3 
healthy than those in the вагі AS ' 
deep loamy soil Y de ya ley. бар, ' 
highly favourable eir growth ;. bs 9 
ле espaired of A iot "As ‘Pear gange 
s the spring frost killed ‚ай, or. d d : 
diy season, 1 consoled, himm T. c 
cycle of frosty springs. was, De су эре гы Рей 
- pod times 2 he grew ps : | 
wo return, 
in Ше, gardem УТ o 
ultural. Society, the trees are thinned 4 i 
REI carefully attended to, yet 
e fruit for several years 
anta trees in the valley of the 
hithe, have had their blossoms 
those. on the continent, they рате escapi 
