THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
now how much higher а spriug frosts. We have not sustained half the damage ibeing formed T ien picking commen 
"nhe ese last winter that we received in 1853. М. up every hill of Аз they adve 
@. Н. Beaumont, Bart., Cole-Orton Hall, the lod cy odd "ef mould ap 
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haer a i d the Potato will bear with impunity. 
submitted rather i hp what may be | Gardener to Sir G. 
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m Pilas ey Wiat isthe bas пуне seeing how m | На е of Plants.—You state, аё р. 595, ха б is machine will throw the sulphur into #6 
attempts have already been minile, and how little success | “hop о gro w New Hollan Acacias out o rs parts of the plant or Hops, which will th 
has been achieved. itheroe. [We have been | wit ; d in most саў 
obliged to defer а portion "of this letter, relating to other | * s that I 
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тайба for want С m 1835, and now about 22 feet high, in full v rand bu , mpared with the value of th 
Аней гей on Chalk, and a of the | beauty, PA to flower, in every part. | and in some cases will not much, if a 
ria | In the winter of 1837-8, it was cut down to the ground | [expended in the large quantity of 
rauc 
Winter on other Conifers.— You mention the Araucar 
imbri ; e d say, “ A | by the frost, being then young, sy it has not sinee been | 
branches were so | known nearly à ton an acre thrown 
of per- diseased not being touched. "The e 
? Boyntón, which is near t ry. ыу, аа that а бена I consider e E as follows, viz, ;— 
3 iran d А : : s * not| Man's wa ч weeks, at 168, per week 
remarkably well, and, 1 think quite as much so, upon fragifera is growing near 16; and so far - m * no Ё ре: 
| Wis к! : 1 ton erem vivam iS 
* it has flowered үл A Mrr ог) але мон Ре : 
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d some of its эү the 
T  Deodara, about 30 feet If 10 acres be а 
8 s omer 
were quite uninjured, the only — s of Cryp bacs) 
whieh showed symptoms of having felt ма i. eniad 1а no En T slope of my garden, well heh ours 
those in the most open and expose fad pla t where the A унш; west Len situated seven miles due applying t the sulphur, as it will not do to th 
insapo was quite базіс by the еуі of P. north of Lewes, Sussex. rhe mean temperature of phur on the pens when j , 
wo uthe 5 иц, уд killed, y lst other ers 1889 w was 47° КӨ, and the thermometer fell to 16° black blight; but, even in this case 
heit оп January 2, 1854. My elevation de the ficially applied on the * bur? or Hops 
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in c same miu were almost unhurt.. Of the Cyp resses 
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winter best. - С. macrocarpa was very much injured, were against *Forsythia i р 9 
rally killed, regret that І was unable * 8 РРЦ "Magnolia grandiflora, а and other lady at Exmouth, specimens o 
out a list of. the -— A or other-| varieties of the same species (12 in number) ; Daphne | А à 
wise by the winter, at the time when were col- | collina, rci e graveolens, *Euonymus undulatus, bourhood of Dulverton, growing by a bro 
Lov impr qom on the stibject, С. W. Sirie olm d.—— | *Myrtu mmunis Ae re-pleno, *Camellias, various, — Ача) y. Lect js usually 
and Silver ере - — EX, nsignis Тах та трег *Hydrangea quercifolia, | 1. to 
plant ante ей pe is hardy ; in 24, from 20 ; *Plumbago Larpente, “Garya elliptica, “Село thus | f we сап n tr 
o 24 inches high, 6 or c: were killed. on "the 3d of azureus,* ‚от раги, and must Dear en repel. 
anuary.. Р. dg dern m is uninjured, as is also Pampas Grass. J. Weeks and Qo., ; King ^s Ro ad, ea. Lese Ё. cae qi in рт. solitary axillary pale 
wt asi My ex i inci 
ce. , ont 
is hardy ; one, на. in 1839, is now 34. feet: yourstatements. Pinus gres with we аа А Жр 21 China de ber. 
6 inches high; some of its lower branches measure. Thuja Doniana not so ; it survived the т, did boxes from эрч e af я Y 
10 feet 3 inches, the circumference of the plant.not flourish. The Hima Mira "Ваньо. гче e bling deal, an hich ve have no dos is die 
exceeding 52 feet—the magnesian lime rock is eet dig but did not per ih. The ому o one o S ew that alluded to Ts * Jael? When Mr. Fortune 2 
0 England last, he informed us that it was the 
dd e !acdnsitéd f r the bursting of large tre 
js influence of. уени ve cold, attributing bu 
proves it uninjured. -Cupressus Goveniana is uninjured, Бе hardy here! sain andbach, теат Tier М me force of the sap while underg 
is also maero „ С taxus Fortuni, and Libo- [Yes, if eu "e e | 
cedrus chilensis. гЈегоепвів was killed by фе frost йы Hop JDisease.—1 am pleased to find that “М. J. В. «iy 
1883.. АЦ езе plants grow on the magmnesian lime, bas been in this neighbourhood inspecting the mould in 81 
and are at a considerable distance "^ uote ry: ops.. І have for the last 10 years used eyery means. э үр 
elevated above the nearest water, On the 3d January, | to induce the growers to eradicate this pest hy the appli- СОК 
ea the lowest gp =, ; of the cena sies on -cation of PN vivum, and not until the lest four 
s of he Swale, in. this was. 8°, уай have 1 been successful. The first cultivators who 8036 extent duri 
[3 Lern - -> NN. „жрт Гүл айдан applied the remedy were Mr. Thos. Harryman, of Mere- tO charge trees with such 
I:see of. da unts. of .Conifers, plants. worth, and. Mr. Chas. Leney, of Wateringbury, m „in cold climates, where th 
наг io. е бей du "iba ра — бен A extensive growers, I have heard Mr, Harryman sta 1 
us, e Pu be perfectly and mey therefore, | | that if r^ uar "dig the e when i it was first "d | to apply the sam 
to furnish you witha es x bin plaee.. Pinus :gested, it would have saved him thousands of pourids, I Professor attributes the destru 
Рагач ир алет filifolia, ‚ Wincesteriana,. and. find n grounds or "ръбове v whieh are most subject to cold ration of 
Devohiána were killed, . patula, Teocote, . this dete e those situated om the hills of Kentish how will this account for their 
D^ RÀ sand palris had 995 b Mota, ce g-stone, ежу m many years it make its appearance on Оеп happens, the sun's heat has Mns 
as well павуае, they. did... P, єр 3 when ine i or amount of during the day as at night 
hak ма, · $ н d 
S oen rtiana, sodio, k pt: pe sn t and are coming 
ч) T ame, is now little doubt that if genuine sulphur vivu m be mois ture to counterbalance ev 
, adune 
persica, Ayacahuitó, pem Lindleyana, and properly and syvin applied, the grower may bid can 
ais Leges of - latter -defiance to this disea t to say that t | is covered with moisture 
sort from 2 to 20 feet high, an and none of them were hurt. | is still great стан d ud tof applicntin e Клад | more in accordance wi 
insapo, amabilis, эло nobilis, Drugs, Um this eris dtd, blight. 1 know of several culti- table life requires a certai ‹ 
Јегоепвів, ette, cephaloniea, orienta kde ould have grown this year from 15 to 20 ' ing to species) to enable it 
Menziesi have not been in jured. A. Пеене m beg pera which would тет edoceri from 18/ to tions. When our fingers 
plant, has been killed to within.2. feet of the ground, 20/. per ewt. "cd this blight.of m hu been prevented, rot off, we do not attribute it to evapora 
А. Webbiana and morinda esca injury from the but now the crop is worthless, pu о ease do 1 consider | suppose that t ve lost th РЕ 
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winter, but nearly all ibeir young shoots were killed by фе sulphur properly applied. No gardener would expect | circulation of the vital fluid, and in eons 
a mtd of the 24th April. Deodars, also, were quite t мү гей roy m y ald in hie Qénpit е less the whole of the become mere dead oes subje o tbe wet 
Ё isi the winter, but some of them had their ym g parts айесіей were thoroughly алда with the sulphur; Of decomposition, and 
e b ed by the spring à tubi. Respecting Arau- and in the case of Hops it is is impossible to do this b the | cable to Ap I Mimi that this does d | 
- - ^, some of our plants had a few of their means generally adopted, which eonsist in cR wd | light A the actual mode in whioh col, 
eaves browned, but most of them eseaped untouched, sulphur on by the hand, or with an instru lar | plar ants 
niana, torul Uhdeana i 
specimens) are allu Minim, except а small plant of t a powerful syringe, and this gentlem — tissues of frozeu plants, 
са which had a few of its branches killed. С, thuri- prend grouer ч. his parish, pot bh а hope that some ot your 
era, funebris, Knighti, а а sempervirens tv A little entirely owe to his destroying the fly өг black Бан sonal observation, to eom 
Б» but they have quite recovered. Juniperus Ber- ‚їп the first place by syringing 1 the plant with а solution | 5ition. R. 
u— macrocarpa, and flaccida were "killed. J. | of tobacco Led &c., аш n the mould, b mixing Thorn Hedges. "o ng read М. 
0 nga, pendula, recurva, squamata, chinensis, sphzerica, ‚е sulphur in water nl wm it on i а large articles on Woods and Plantations, ре! 
thurifera, phænieea, PEET Aps fragrans, excelsa, (syringe. It is a singular fact that many Pei | ы, 1 understand Ша са е 
т bap tigen and tetragona were perfectly , practical growers still ridicule and laugh at these reme- | season for cuttin f pem old would 
ndents 
t you. е anon the two last-named | due, although they are at the same time smarti мезг" other of you 
tender; Vaio here is one of the Le ornamental the blight. There can be no Lis that if gine. experience gf аер n 
ants we possess. Itis above 6 feet high and , would adopt the means I hav frequently suggested with their syste and success, 
mbar across, with а beautiful pendant habit. АП the | (even our suecessful Н Hop grower - Dr уд, this dis- | А Hedger. Foul o 
совіса ùd агн y with us. Fitz-Roya pata- ease would be ke ept in subjection às much as that of аныи 
йй: poe ү гз мим il when Cun- | Vines eed ee с, и» ourse 1 su sagit ie as follows Sorietirs doa 
ihe... ; uu titisnow viz, for every 10 employ an intellige ent active p 
xum yc» у О Te plants 9f. Liboeedrus man ; let "him be Prid with а bag w eh b will bod ЭРУ September Pali v Те | { 
| ere not the least injured, and the. about 10 Ibs. of — perve iag m I3 nad (to be chair. Donations to the librar, 
саар ал ач лату ла ысы эрү е, Glypto- | „Вед when necessary), get strong and|awnounceed from the Royal Ас 
омы ais din JT n gung k de, name. the stra p "fone invented | Royal Societies of Spain, ааа à 
y me and sold by Barber and Groom, a light step | Land. the Society оѓ Arts, and ҮШ 
high (about WAV. уе "A devel бам the E Fei eer ito enable him y" €— to the i» d e ебе каиа аа The 
те рде mE from Professor 
considerab] recei 
if necessary, let man be consta 1 ed : 
Usi rui ao өгү: кой & severe winter ae Trom eer garden (from the ine ot the midsumme: x^ БЫ И ree in organising 
