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ts cannot so conveniently get to the bark, funebris, E pe синен Жу: Kouki r = 
n the seed vessels > i ellen, ЖЕ are down ан ч ightiaua* 
АЛ e afe direct contact of pol inde- | so that extra men must be employed to A iC Eo the | injured ; ар s, juniper S, pendula, and [] eee 
m Dr. Hooker's ex metet carts, ыраны. of those who work by contract. Ina have been kiied; oes was kil M nd M 
US growth 
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by the winter о 18 52-53: 
and his results appear | general way, two men will peel the bole of а tree in as | by ~ it ma 
rcely bo ср to be t tated by | little time as six men will d the branches. When the | last un and Im wholly esca ped "- 
и experiments, or the testimony of others on the, trees are left standing, the man wlio ascends to peel the | Sequoi: sempervirens is perfectly hardy, and vinter, 
all 
ubject. As, however, lie s for any further | bole begins his work by piara off the DE In Mi um magnificenth in are iar marl, Pia 
ma wr ч same are sti ther 
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is imi Al eti the ктарын nica агага Wittmaniana, Bedfordi 
ble efforts to accomplish a similar result to | short a as. three даа wil p nica, eracovía, Wittu ‚ Bedfordiana, 
rper m bás achieved. Some rears ago, in 1 50 | below end E or bed the bark. to dry ойтеп whọ its varieties; Virginiana and its varieties ( 
or 1851, I cultivated pretty extensively the Calceolaria | аге accustomed to the "m always EE to peel ы ip is: thurifera. 
ibe ; f owed no seed but such as I had produced by | standing when the bark r well. ва matter of recurva, а and rec диш (9 eli 
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ation. | 
i ‘flower н. „+ was large, | time e eeling season is TAN limited, and some е. foe Аз: Gossaintha d flagelliforimis f 
Ва ле for jene had дрн secure as much as years of 1: short duration, whilst falling may be pro- sphærica,* and alba of tliese were injured 
orm. After many years, I did suce mn in vje Peins 4 ceeded with at convenie е; б. Bu опат Bakewel, Oct. 23. | the past kie alicui d а pine of Gossaiuthania was 
æ thing which, for size, ud have certainly mpm ед| Orchis variegata. were re — y pur rehased e tu bers killed by that of 1849-50 ; drupacea,* flaccida, оф. 
ihe most fastidious gardener ; it. was the size of an ordi- | under this name. "They are entire heart- ыле roots, кареы and сап ved se шы been severely no 
Pippin, but in form it was just what a Sipp, would | not pa almate ; and are nót, or ought not to be, mascula— | neoboriensis,* tetragona,* Bermudiana,* ; 
appear if cut through the middle—flat on one sid inasmuch as both that and О, morio vile d old at the same kille BI cd orreya nucifera was d in 1849, and [is 
convex on the other. The colour pleased me vell, ма | [рсе under their own names, It must, I think, be the never eived any injury—it is perfeetly hardy, | 
i Duy synonym for some better known name ; сап you tell reports ot the Cephalotius ii with yours, viz 
сб: А04 out of this Having plenty of others of the | | me ә ips ? There was also something called Orchis itis hardy. Fitz-Roya* i is not visibly injured, but it] 
pproved form.to cross it with, I fell to work fertilised | | pallens; can you tell me what that me A. H. not grown this season. Saxe-Gothæa is hardy, [ 
every die i developed— hut, by апа bye, T [Orchis E. is à ар reds in E sou and | Dracæna ы one plant is killed ; another, д % 
find ы, 4 
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lants, іп. по. one instance had the cross taken. |t. 3 ; e tubers pem oblong and undivided. pod is killed ; пераје а, һай its T) EE da 
E a word, I had. diseoyered that I had crossed and | pallens is a pale yellow "ae figured in с Us ate ra | Sedit from the roots ; 
crossed till fertilisation could по longer be effecte d. | Ma gazine," t. 2569, under the name of O. s rea.] | Escallonia macrantha has been tini 
Yet I was loath to be baffled. І examined the stigma ; | ошо from Cuttings.— We have Aer apr youa t y= roots, So pasis thrown up strong shoots, 
į nure utus n and procera, 
yn 'The idea suggested itself that the tubes by | land. We have dug. ail up except No. None were en idana the Winter * with very trifling injury. Pistacia 
which the: pollen is supposed to be carried dowr to the | | pla anted until after the 20th of May bu and none of mutica," Edwardsia - Ligustrum 
ovary were closed up or too delicate to sinit He E the sorts will be good for eating, x^ det less тап 20 tons cum; laurifolium, and Vi vA m japonicum, against 4 
passage of the pollen dust. It then struek m of manure were put to the pee is а fair von south wall, have endured the » frost with but a. 
remove the giae, which I did — а sharp ied ie e| en up with from 9 t нан of Ше haulm Yucca eloefolia amd ыбы variegata ar 
åt various distances. from the ovary, and immediately | nearest the roots, quite M. С са UM spem C. E. Wells, gar vate to T. Gambier Parry,- p» 
applied the pollen, just.as І w PEG Tave ag i "e bliglited. We have found ev need na dy тр) Glow | 
stig MA esu; m was unfortunate; age 1| growing Potatoes fion euttings ; dist the pter is more Ben mia frogifera.. Phi stood the winter well at 
did. not, so Al, charge emo sien e i | wiry and hard than in those grown from tubers. this eom whicli is - the north side of the Soul 
Hooker did, ecc over the pistil t ey ovary, so as | No. І, Early ampi саа ќо, from tubers first year, down hi s It has blossomed, and І expeetitf) 
ireetly to apply the po ou to the ovules, or leaving | (from Drümmond's s ; 20 in the bushel diseased ; n" fruit if the weather keeps favourable, as them 
that {о be -— as. nature might Ae Eia inds or көр 240 бова s ee 2. ege from = etta dozens on die plant. J. Gadd, id, Bignor Park. 
will at wat see that my failure 55 not above; 6 іп the Bois pim ; produce, 320 bushe ESSERE GEI E" 
in the alightest т affect the success of Dr. Hooker'sex- per a E Early Oxford 88. Kom tabere s, fo orti New Plants. 
periments, I wrought with a. stubborn mule (I speak I eutting ase ; 160 bushels per acre. gr Sarvrá готуп iugi. Daami 
ally), the result of many erossings in ап in, a thing 4. Ditto, from Cuttings, vis year; no disenso ; produee, |^. eble, 4 ser. VE iti., p. 301, fig. 16. 
y barren in its natural unimpaired condition. Dr. 200 "обаја к асте. 5. York Reg from Бога. Otfadad раа hui b een published а very pretty 
Hooker, again, + ht with fertile жагу: and his|first year ia die bushel ow produc Mè. drein of whig pe own, but which is keptin tle 
& I red to another 240 bushels E acre, 6. Ditto, from the abov ve; first 5 ife i Aiet used for beddipg eub 
may жаа V UA ed the "hints which the | | year; 12inthe bushel diseased ; produce, 200 bushels 5 mmer, for which е. faeility with «Ка! s 
Dooter'a xir eresting tate h sve suggested. lfothers per aere. 7. Ditto, from tubers ip tcs M He Шш ; ieularly well suited In 
pos i; 
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should try. geh: experiments they should perhaps follow | Pe no disease ; Jes 320 — s per а mé M is i beautiful 
nature, жул apply the pollen with ап, insect’s wing, the 8. Ditto, from cuttings, li jn no d $ atki дым y ‚АР dhi foli a. alias splendens. each branch terminatingin 
go А а spider's web, or the most sain tissue. | 240: bushels 8 per acre. Hay, ав, andit бы iga tii 19, Feot radimo Er чыган, scarlet flowers not feri 
Much depends e ер І 2 be glad to communicate | Cunt Чапа P. "Place, Newington Butts, Sept. [Afte dtd А, t o Vice of Debelis.f 4 
ihrougli your S the results of m my o wn humble | careful examination of these samples we 24 nei a loss to |... sity roundisb, heart-shaped, аети 
trisls, as Г үш, pee will, ne this vi Tnterest ng in- | know w vet they show, except it be that m great ди wrinkled; tind npon a sloni purpl 
vestigation; so suceessfüll nb Hooker, whieh | į tity of tubers. may be had from cuttings. The specimens | | oe i, coar тар йм in their nature. И 
T trust he will Paid Toe still farther, Isaac Ander- were теу ие mall or bom e and bad ; most of idm stai T UE mh т p not this spesies tasti! 
"son, PM ЧО merel ay “ chats.” Among №08, 7 and 4^ we found dis- é x sid veria Beet ы БАШ Salvias ; ifa \ 
Chik —I ч е н d sie р рии of a eased Potatoes. bur ырны Т тей Pad p esent Y 
зш of S Barbi Peas w t latel “жэ, of Plants— As you still — cotitslbu- yos ti frontthe áceoutit publie di Pares А, "d 
iverpool, I paid 38s. per quarter oti mel lbs. for Фаш; ; tions relative to the effects of the past winter on our P H у * 
jand I find them segre nt food for horses and pigs, and, Pinetums and gardens, I beg to furnish ра witli а few A P: preis 1 and deseri Un the 
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wa they make excellent soup for the table ; but L| facts from this place ; and, as we have planted our “ This sen 
‘scarcely think diee. Peas. Гепс1ове you some of the | Pinuses © Анес дүрр, or according 4o th 9 p of tanical Magazine (io 74709), fro | 
-T found кс ien them. , ould you kindly say | leaves generally found in a sheath, I have 8 out may 95 (0 Kew ; itis 
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Peas, the produce of Cicer arietinum, and haye a great placed over them; this precaution we generally adopt 39 remarkable as for its riget 
ition, when split, as the best Lnd of Pulse for | ve EN Mao species whilst the plants are € is erect, covered with black 
making soup.] wien su e find rather tender, or apt to terminated. b : vid 
Parking Oak: Trees.-—1 am glad to вее a discussion оп рү к yd aar severity of sreathef-and late frosts, 2 or 3 feet long, and ats distance p ectitia ( 
“this subject opened іп your e of October 12; I| We Militia the idea that they are less liable to tHe appearance 
hope it will continue, and be extended from barking {о injury as they grow in height, the air being drier. than | Yarieties were foun 
ther ches of arboricu culture; The system of felling upon the б, 
Oak trees лем they are eeled is bad, arid attended | gets better 
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for other purposes, are often єт эн m for nothing | апа (whi Pr dade s soon 
i insignis, tuber ipea Cembroides, Bungeana,* 
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unfreque shaken and split nearly to the centre b aveana are not injured : the last-named Mill, 1 think, f West Нил, W. 
the strongest heavy-topped boughs separating. them- make a be аана. iren although short-le aved, and of BL eiue id MA of Orliki for viia du pe 
selves from the parent stem when the tree. falls, Se- | slow growth. * Quine,” or fi е section :—Масго- | is so justly celebrated, is at present in as fine "ie pitt 
condly, not: only is the fallen tree injured, but its sur- phylla, of this са we зера most beautiful speci- as ever we remember to haye seen it; and Вер. 
roundin ыа, экон, often: feel the e weight of its large | mens, one upon ап eminence, йс it caught the early have this year made Aper es в ee s ence 
trong 
teid г Эма its way to : Many fine thrivin : Н ‹ : | lately ex 
: E N ving | morning sun а іп а frozen state, during the severe to the bright weather we have ye 
r which were eo, ed to grow for 20, 30, or 40 | late spring frosts, has been killed ; the other Morem wach well poe ned. traordinary 
render | 
3 ; - flo herefore be 
to have sentence of death assed against them | is not i injured;. Hartwegi* has been killed; азаа hare fined gro iig and have ! 
тат у: p Tur Р n if they are left Мопіегшрге, occidentalis, apulcensis, Skinner, Ayaca- nter, as are also the Cattley 
Е : ДА 2 3 Е Гр ing tree to a small | huite, and Lindleyi, are uninjured. voniana* the Маче drm fine specimens. 
| ed | foliage is much hurt. Of Abies and Piceas I 1 ouse in whi ешр! 
of years to come, nuray, the cost of ж fe Ms H pire, ше vido gro i 
з after Л. аге fallen is not less, but | much tlie ‚ваше here asat other places, А. Smithiana course, been greatly dimini 
e paid in M ve grown beautifully, but are much more tender shoots fit them the 
some plant, though injured severely,| Am plants. resent i 
th of Picea P contener Piehta, Д оао ме gie MR 
a Mod Be injured by late frosts ; relipiosa* | set saccatum 5 а р 
| i nningħamia lanceolata is ha ardy here; Lady 8 "p е >a Purus var 
Pe ERO. У : err навыт U fap and | ba barbatum Les sem bilobum ; М 
ызын when trees pecu Жы АКсы (a variety Us белон, болшы Я | 
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the same 
"fallen" at the same "time, not only bee& 
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capita анун before it isp 
> number ' men must be етпріо 
same quantity of bark when the ribs hai 
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