the aid of the large conservatory and an inexpensive 
neat weather-tight equ E of 
the old Exhibition days any rate the setting apart dosi in oreng it; I have seen him ! erop. Tw enty-five yea 
of some promenade Pays with a band of music and P uite sm 
refreshments, when the gardens are in perfection. AF The e when under my care was g 
ifficu 
MZ 
is "Chiswick, wou “aoon. ive their full share of heated ‘ey a common flue uile it was growing T inatas havens ieri lost a erop 
and shade, from fine spec of i resting shr 
and trees, would be one of ‘the path delightful Lm of | | eight m onths in tbe year it was 
resort in summer. 
the | jener element, as Mr. justly 
had b It -— 
strict peg he Council sho ld alw aise par 
tially nue i Rec whose business ak calling is is 
gardening. They would watch over that to the oth | 
which the Horticultural Society is nothing 5 would s see | at ather long season of Penes rest, I have found | stamp the names, and for that purpose I hae 
that the practical was not swamped in the ae. i i a 
wor iudici Wentworth Dilk gto f capita ers, M 
the place for making g money, hat this money was | | sam P Jas. B. €: HE n Hall, near "y. akefield. T ruit trees of cng al! sorts on walls are labelled with 
not all absorbed i in the ever craving maw of that great | | I observe that sev lead, and though that was done 
unde 
there was mte viria be money mo lossoming is still a matter x the day = which they baai nailed to the wall, A 
and trim the trees of Chiswick. The rome Co ommittee is | uncertainty i in the "Hindi of some cultivators. Having | of A Apple rees on a X bora ept dw. E 
a cont in the right direction. May r fruits prove | been d is 
is 
padat t Old F.H.S. of London. opted, perhaps some account of my method may be | branch with circular ced wire, which is capable of 
Successful an idered thet t ein € interesting. I may also state, thai 1 have had as being swells. I have also a set 
1 
2 yy away baud E have little doubt that half the duri ing iei severe weather, it was kept phy orem 
eIv 1 house 
r marks subject. There mu ov. 5, e ov. 5, sp p d on them. 
a kind of sting or dread attending som more pro- | 1846. The plant from which these flower spikes were in pieces of Oak with three rows of holes in them, em, deep 
ductive of improvement than any emulative feeling 
consequent upon success. I hold therefies that if 10 feet in length, I ie ee En ia ierit, —————— 
all failures, and the cause or causes that | , which enabled it to easily trans- | 
duce them, were truly recorded, much ben refit | ferred fi I another when required, yl v For eign Correspondence. 
would result, as —: of that description | plan of ——— was i ae it in heat in winter, | wn.—An iene a article in your Number 
‘aie that the minjorit o ur in would | fore, to roari abate the Begini of ak -: plant | pe cmdum n^ Menem o strongly against any compost 
198 | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [FEBRUARY 27, 199) 
with anythin a pes. eme and certainty. A | during these 14 or 16 days red spider 
4 on the same neighbourhood was likewise most | established erg on the Vines, pis ese that irre 
t 
all plants of it in bloom at the same time. | fore, 1 occurred to me, that if ge door fru there, 
when und a 
lty of access is the present drawback, but a small 
hat i y | neither e I ever been troubled with red 
ubs | sto ove heat, with abundance of at but for about Musente : “ind in fact to set best under the t r 
comparatively | just mentioned at a temperature of not pe Tp 
I could have wished that me st nol and dry, as may partly be fodged Mom the fact is 80° to 85°, but the washing must by no = 
Ch wberries being successfully grown in the same! tinued after the fruit app roaches soning lest id 
o s | bea a | ii from the beginning of the year till the end of interfere with the bloom upon the berr imi 
ay. In short, M e suecess, all that is wanted is | a PES N. ae 
a id wel ek p: ant, thoroughly ripened by see p. 152).—In my ex perience I have f 
, with currents of air at all times, | the best material for ese to be sheet lead i. E 
ie eerrm moschatum and D. Cale omi likewise of types made of iron and tipped with aieo es 
nag 1 in th i i 
rtaking-—in fact, that we should not hear again that | | Where this fine "Chinese „epiphyte has flowered, which | | 10 or 15 years ago ~A labels are all as legible am 
for r getting 
ini ian elled in "the Eel 
orthy of an extra Knighto- Penal. gold medal! vim of treatment differing roy that commonly but in this case the labels are fester to the outside 
cut, was grown on a mossed block of wood, fr in to “th nough to allow the types to go half way down, JV, § 
would act as a guide to the mem ced. I imagine and to rest ripen it in r. Preparatory, there- | | 13 inst. ends with these words :—* We cannot caution 
shrink from giving publicity E their o errors, as it | — "s rim water given it: for & week or two, SO as tol i eee LIE is n already dene with 
ngu mit 
to induce a 
want of skill. Nerei, d and open mind most sui place at for its deme io | 
vonid a EIE e "failures will often happen | and in whi ch fruit ripene 3 about the end o july. It | sand," I of course require UH sd dealt 
admitted. The 
a eel d ‘published e mien oil m, rin Bat) little water durin ng cd — As 
made i managem 
achievemen is own, and if truly and minutely | active growth, flower stems began to make thei 
| 4 | in pyra ds (quenouilles), and Planes as standards; all 
described, his Teport of the matter will answer the same | ha rg aig In' order to have fine large Spikes I found the ed run of perenni B ini E nual flowers; green: 
the former. Bad gardening is more easily Avtal glass. J. Webster, Gordon Castle. 
and made known than imperfect agriculture; because) Gardeners’ Education. —Havin ng seen in your columns | fans the mold. ou or this kadam Jė : ae 
i Ol d 
mi ni 
of them reading men, Since horticultural publicati , I should like to be informed to what degree 
have become so plentiful, literary gardeners he im. | a gar =~ ener E PT ape to be educated for the p 
" falls 3 n 
upholding truth. Such records give periodical publica- | tending e fires, all of “whitch 1 iva to do for the s 
Foreign re ha 
corrected in the next or some wing Sie] and as|race, watched over by a mi ki ms and so tend 
refutation must Ux accompanied by some discussion, and hidden by yc wn han min gi i 
facts are elicited, and new ideas not eid fair warnin ng that if I c di an ps botai Societies, Aone 
broached, which but for the first mistake or pirate" at either of ies plants, I will shoot him. I| Roy ORTICULTURAL: Feb 23 — 
statement, would perhaps have been for ever Buried. 5 am a humane man, aud shall give him bees we allo jc: J. Blandy, Esq., V.P. : in the chair "1 
ena 
oblivion. A record of failures therefore has an equal, if | fora dog that runs hri ounce 0 of No. ( sata t 
red greater, value than that of successful practice. John | so sure 2m my name's SALIS ards | D nist uM il 
edel - j né La ed Ae it e: > Gard nd of Sir reads Setting. Di "Nikolin (see p. 102) appears | to the adjournment the Council had T received E 
all, North Wate, ynn, » ALP., at Llangedwyn | to attribute his success in this matter to the daily | fron the Royal Commissioners of 1851, d 
are a atec i 
reported by visitors, from uch reports may | ripened hue towards the latter end of this at en in| 
ae go oe answer the question that it is m e pai o ensble gardeners to send their i The vdd uring a “ season” 
seful to pu ful as il ar i i 
publis M vut fal a sound pr Pistas | e] -— to school to learn such things, for they will (about a * Ka n EG it dion vast caver totally deprives 
os nth ar from ioiai this — Doe question that gardeners in general are opposed to|increase of interest to be paid was only 38. 
loom. i 
n uty so predor minant as Noni less felt than otherwise it would be | fui 
man iiy acknowledge his own | Thun ott a a bas s eb airy situation ; the give m 
: Gh 
oe 
säs 
n which I end ate in person, “ en amateur,” 
a fair confession would c no uneasiness, neither was a Peach. hommes ‘that es Tittle fire-heat given it, being orden eh d on a southern slope, and the so il ^ rabbit 
nicer 
ore, professional Nue nd ko ept there until the middle of September, daio 
m 
cular flower- | regar ing and other matt house was is ind aj dS or 12 years I havo 
+ ans eic my ai garden 3 "€ deep with 
f| this ma erial, and I have never foun bad effects 
| to arise Ton it ; in the autumn it is "p dug in, 
and eta since using it have I found a single Mush- 
room to spring up. 
cultivate Peaches and Grapes as wall fruit, Pears 
Me bas "Vines, "d Seng m suc! » aim to suitthe Peaches, v jeter if ter Tem 
eply, or placing them too closely ther, nothin o paaiantertineh dees e leaves and stem 
an unsuccess. it best to keep the whole plant as nearly parallel to 
i h hoot 
ul experiment; the latter can easily te nferred fi the roof as possible, and the young shoots near the| e plants put ovt in summ nde agents 
[^| 
rge —— of succulents, wielo e freely 
g gardeners are continually passing from one place |a letter from a“ Very Old. F.H.S.”, in which it is set |ping = E: pa ande Mint 
'The old quarries 4 Chaville et “in the side of @ 
bil, ‘and from which a good part of we Paris wis 
— obivit of light, and. their tem- 
ei Wb utatve Ts h y " má € never abs Sus ow +6 to +8 deg vier 
us ; for though their contents are not dieti I | drawing, and natural philosophy ? If so, better wages |. EO TA ME he Paris nn 
i b 
L4 
dening have been on the increase. Few I sum of 507. or 60/. per annum. Is he expected to be 
8 
canvass men an Biot exposing error a din ight, and in the win m up most of the ee 
à ho es SNL or e eem an inquisitorial | © v 2s. week, nine of which I pay for m Board, r « 
ey are kept pure from abuse and ee ing, thi lodging ; z peed other tide go in finding g me eso eer ge ver america - The ; 
bed h ley are vide Mae E in ewig | a red: nica a ERA clothes—and few they are, I can 15 sous the lineal toise of Mushroom si ue thes? 
v petu ony ups tier re T Te den EE Prts | employing it t was only used io make modld a 
ake tha nity n my 8 gro arnassia fastis, i ieri 
"B noit vare of being Ha there is wi more in the co county, the Ikt of ad] = presenti it is extensively employ ed i F, Palmet. 
á ging of his "Vines from the period of od 3 
—None who have the means | until the stoning of the fruit. Nw there dif bene it would. be À to the neces rm as YT 
ral 
| is difficult to en inging Vines while they are in flower. In my youn the intention 
_— late LA s okii „at m e = days the plan pursued was as follows :—From ti first present "geben o a dow ux to carry n 
t of it oven with me Pe bei ind -house was shut up, washing was commenced f ds Society. That was not them 
- r 18 - " a fone ania ger M na until the Vines came sate Towers In ps a) members of the m— Council had : 
S or so the en -— oe working, | selves on n, before the removal to Sety 
| and during u time the m raised up to voor 0007. to save the Sue 
r | from 70° to 85°, ‘The fues were then delaged with | ost ms became security (Fey were therefore oil 
waa eg steam to dile, which heightened the tem- | to som. had done, instead 2 
bé e credit for what they made : 
a ONU dieci cing what was termed “a n having the al allezations which had been put ut forth MT 
