462 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [May 14, 1864, 
wrought-iron bar beneath let in ihe wall. which forms way Mr. Thompson has ogne the opinion at which they p mare of of the ae dr pe. may be CoE pared ta the 
the pue principle of support. r rrived. es E the Committee. e Western Bivisee “Beaded u m: “direct ra ie Ne 
e Hydropult.—l can say a little esi i hs = pelt ol sun, and protected from the northern winds by wy the 
tt than your Corresponden r ack- | tains many thousand feet high, it enjoys a oun. 
nd = dropu = 2 aily use for | Winter climate. 1 amo ich ie Oe tional 
ached to arm a regi 
ual to four h w e P 
m to fo times the weight of the me ETE Lev kadone Ja almost: da ti 
I — it best to quote so far, as the my vaha an 12 m onti s, and it has turned out very | parts of the fiver, ote as Mentone and St. Remo 2 
fixing ir hg are altogether beyond my "head, aye satino in fact, if Beam never had La» 1e E t — excursion to Sicily, of which the details were given this E 
I think as to the gardening in them I may pe erhaps say | to ped it. We ha ave put it out of working o last year in your Journal, proves that or really the case, 
something, Abe same style of window-garden having just now the construction pe it. |t 
been such a favourite with me. I was not aware that the valves are made of india- | warmth and the grea atos protection from winter cold, [ 
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pedo x i trese creeping w up — i of to o momo ana pai 
ing = froth _the shore. Sev eral winter: 8 passed at Mentone 
p om now appears had onde a I WU 
very tedious. h the vanis d can syringe a | ame deg A peel a hav A p bere x. to taken be 
k i tle ag exception 
rn 
being lifted up from the ground. The first tim t di e same prend 
tried the ai myself it yes that there was a back a whieh Eo For Lid nat it is pos liked by m 
'den p down and well-like, in which n not a thin ng | n than vk mi 8 gI ~~ before. The 
out upon this “dampery,” and there T got bud boxes 
fixed, raised above the level of the surrounding hiems M pe » KES , 
the plant enjoying t the free current of air that now | move, and I never found a Vs escape from it | MOn the tk of AE ml iv began to A 
passed round th O7 | except y the proper channel. So far, therefore, i | nbetticenst wind, and e roi the rod an ind EE 
The way in which h that garden throve attached me| appears I have been fortunate. Henry Joyce, Bran- | Although the clo uds diapered and the sun shone forth 
for life to this The soot an "E moke may be bad | | fridge Park, Balcombe, Sussez.——l am of the| nextday as usual, the temperature remained unusually low, 
in — but that I ils think is e real ene | ‘same opinion as “Veritas,” (see p. 246), respect- | and bn thé sea-shore and at ithe OGE direi. night, 
It can after all be wash ee , r | ing the Hydropult, and I endorse his remarks im’ tothe higher mountai e they are down draughts, tp 
the no Tight in apie ases— cA scorchin, ng sun in | ever respect. In consequence of the flatterin g Pays or eight. ‘degrees vel freezing. The snow re 
o at ki i 
ea tri | on the oaao m the shor po fra north aspects behind the 
T j» | fth ~ pea s hous for Mya + EL. cir stance which I had 
worst of evils, because those beyond our own remedy, | of the ce and after using it three times I put it | witnessed po the previous "Winters, and which the 
it seems to me are removed by the registered iron | away, for the very same reason as that mentioned by | educated i ra ne tants e had not occurred for more than a 
window ens, The one that I saw in use was filled | Veritas.” I have since substituted one of Warner's qu arter of a ury. results Er uch severe weather on 
: G ines, . pi |! the hte Olive DUE ‘this A ee are ha ae 
3 t ponte 
superior to the much ove ei pni "ra dropult. My men are and of a hoary old age, and whi oteta e 
PutIshall advise all gar rdeners on se ing upt these much pleased with the can machine, Dum the arboreal: feature of. the ma veg not injured - the Rene 
contrivances to use abundant pie drainage, and Hee ult they despise. T dot o wish to run the » of tno exaontional d RM. hie f» LA ze roni ith, He AN Riven: 
then above it a layer of cocoa-nut fibre else d mplement down, I may have hada bot oue, but it is y. ds nee ina century, can damage them. Many were, how- 
e i e AE A iei 
und, two, 
t in their own pots ll means, and Clematis, | ments. There is on e thing I certainly object to, and | (Bree or vd i. f tid pumorma s ches havon a aonta angle, wom 
Co Scandens, and Sweet Pea, Canariensis and | hat is, persons not giving their names and addresses | city ; i Aeheds they are nearly as rigid as metal. The foliage 
Ipomea, Ivy and uiron alos I know will flouris rish | | when ene ge subjects like that now | bein ing terminal, as in most evergreen trees, the snow which 
: ly. under n LCD: ennett, Gr. to S. Foljambe. falls rests on their extremity, acting on the branch like a 
d pa J ? | weight at the end of a long lever. pecias bers of immense 
oss e i er’s; it may do ina small yn 
extend round the front rim. The plants can then be | villa garden, but it is of little use in large establish- | 9f the Olive tree are generally given off n 
b ^ 
Roses had flower well, but not in very | Esq., Os ive on Hi all, Worksop.——I am indebted to} — hundreds of years old, were "i off from the dm 
smoky ys ; Stocks, Mignonette, Lobelias, pies | this, and feel anxious to pay my good word honourably. | stem and strewed the ground, occasioning great loss to the 
niums, and Heliotropes, Arums and Fuchsias have I have no wish to ove tee course that has brought | proprietors nn de asta ht: n s shows s thn Olive ve trees A 
also grown and «rng well It is chiefly, I so ey. it, and brings everything so treated, rud trouble at such a 3 t € Rd un o it large m Insee e M bes 
watere us e d 
pese I find it | i stance. The. Cont 
the great benefit of free air. ar more useful than asyringe; the discha ree is copious, | uiri have mostly branches which do. T€ i. ^ fi fron 
And then what a eni they are to our little dull- | (mi so ately repeated as to be almost continuous. The | and La an elastic i Spesa p pranohen, aleo bona one AOIN 
: } 8 or oe id x what a ma | een flies Mn their eh and are gone before they can ow out breaking, and can thus either shake it off or 
Lm rr pA hee will E he L ondon artisans. find them ain. Nos syringe can deliver the same quan- | give why. aneii th it without injury. This is another mani- 
than whom few ar e | tity tit water festation of the adasicahle manner in which trees are mon 
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interested gardeners, i if they can heey for. their parlour e Tightly | y to a aitan from a syringe; nor is the jet | they are destined to exist. Even could Olive trees grow and 
window such a | country-like bed of sweet flowers. of WES syringe equal to that of the Hydropult for | flourish in a northern climate, they would soon be despoiled of 
n : e under | all t TA e ight of the winter snows. 
M s, « Ji 
h 
trees wed a more 
sur surface of the leaves of climbers; tender shoots at a | tion than the inhabitants of the South of Europe give them 
credit = a mage irse Sie aa | to two or joa 
ome is 
[jet without hurt, and with benefit; it is also | degrees of fi m the — = 
Floral TIratione. 1 ane 22 n pe nursery- very easy. to aim this s md d : "NU e in e| two more killed the ya yoong shoots at te cireum| A 
issue plates of the nove NM they s syringes, „but for a general house wettin 
a g none are|t ts le di the ^i oH untain! ns nk hes 
ree out, should dot be | equal to it, My gardener is a dwarf, having been burnt cet ei E up to x CA mo yet; centire 
that illustrations are correct. The hey are so often ; when a child; yet he works it with ease; the foot gets a | orchards were killed, re individual proprietors ye 
overdrawn and over-coloured that 2 - Pm ng c — | little A at times, and it would be an jui provameh de | OA IRiued by tbe lom of their Lemon trees S thajority Ot 
to haro any faith in them; and if I show one toa this obviated. Still it ie but MDgM and Mie me Coat tive ay damaged, eO Di 
iend, he says: * "ne utiful ; if the original isi eni a & 
half as good, it will be an aequ nisition.” drum n. ly | nnoying “than a wet shirt sleeve. It be: ats the syringe Fre where 4o asd; is to We exp! 
Ta 
Ih to make the T EUM 
^ g the & rean fidi your man's working. ha x tional even on the Rivi viera. oe 
remarks by soci g a plate E the Rose * Prince z of | had mine one year, and shall buy another when it is | omiy i the small A caged ett three 
ales, V M row oots ni p 
regards colour might pass for any one of the 50 new | Wat. ass tee dew tim cx e er E te ec cat espinal v7 s this effect, the unusual cold was to 
of Wi nei MM die dba Ven do elias in| Sik Seg eibi Ponen — —A— m ( toncé Mare DM rper 
in S, Ces Ci 
the living plant, while the plate is coloured a bright | Fairlawn’ meme Guy vm tho sest of J. Be Rasva | wwe jn, sheltered, gad ens tironghont the winter, eom de 
H : is , » - s | how sli ew 
the plate scarlet. I do not say that in this instance | Esq. ; TT 40 and 50 heads of bloom were fully out | ound, and how great the influence of the sun in Poo conte 
plate is exaggerated, but it is certainly incorrect. on it, and although the plan was surrounded b ities.. Where the on trees were killed, on 
Antihumiug. (In this matter nurserymen have to Fortis tes Vie ike Y, every flower was "destroyed to tho ground. | n in the 
very much on the skill of the artists they in pora E and sndoubt edl M the Sth uf s RR "ole iple fomeueed im the 
: y possessed merits to Italian lakes, su bad regularly co those 
employ ; moreover the colours of flowers are for the : hic! of of them iue! lay ere Ses epe em m -The spring t Towers wore pa — way, ad hs a 4 
e substance of the tube firm made Y thermometer 
We agree that for € the m — ‘by own interests all | and feathery a and undeniabl y the florets are large and and cloudless, tho S ag a naa aire Pleasant, "ero clothed X 
possible care c: y those 1 who in this L^ ndsome, pla: tI believe, bas flowered before at | verdure, and perfumed with wild Thyme, Rosemary, Tn full 
manner advertise their novelties merely hs Puis The sit uation i is | mountain Lavender; the Willows and Poplars Were y the 
that there is any intention Do aeree ode dto dd south and east. A few high| (lage. On leaving Genoa, and passing g the prote stil reigned 
Collinsia vern inno Mr. W. read s gie it nee the ii TM 2 the Hardik- a in the plains of T of Lom Body, tí the trees were le € dorm 
: measured terms award | belt « ews might screen it from the h. Indeed, the spriug was no more advan oiy 
Committe he plan Collinsia | _W: ' had also flowered in. the same border, than ream ain at tho same time, owing eV 
for Ui Inspection, his own remarks go far bit Joss satiafactorily ; X. are | sad Bemotonote thar the mna gieing between Turin 
ve ice VIE ERN oe e manm wa ple E e plant of Desfon- der aA Me leni 
large masses of flow : tainea as pointed out to me as ered merely divided by ditch small 
pt yo See een, them *m nec hee won "EM beautifully for several years, while unde Xin the noble er d be pde d th fe ea otal e yore E en oling seated rite 
verse . Dal lhou usiæ pas p ben splendidly this season. J, R. | Ri E oparktonk s opera: B 
d the sprin tion: 
Fouad ens d perceive that the Committ vee can only judge Lucaly, ptus glob sa—A fine plant of this is now in of the co e ey as wales MuR thous a SE Bnet ivide 
loom a large conservatory here. we i dec been in | Process ms ns to "be firstly to plough the fallow d 1 foot 
or any other plants are sent for "examination, the t into sections of from 10 to 20 acres by banks of moul 
result will be bertet at i the con pei the lants the san n ritur pisse Mb ca ne ere e eoi ue high, and to let in water so as to thoro hly irte fhe 
Rie Miah erihind selfevid t ita sie ower ed E shall be glad to know it this i is a As sual ut und. The water is then let off, the Rice sown, and Ja or 
prie are sent nel fly 2 e rue m en pla nce. ly, except one cluster | eld i again covered with water to the depth ° 
, in bloom their té odio tl of four, J. B. T., Barton Seagrave, May 10. eu immediately 
; and t aem signa e case with the Í Tha Taian nee. — d T ges d irai thewest OF by Tey, 
Collin mic tei ule ton ikes Poi onc rennet aa urrounded on t deus north-east, an 
‘ m high MÀ and thereby obtain tbat poor 
the habit of the p = oreign orrespondence. north which appears to exe exercise so o muci influence Ji "The 
myself he| Tar W, OF hu R ing Bea us summer ap again ve been ‘Willows, 
of f its | —The winter which hda Jus pissed Ti be has be allia! of the os ud ou | Copines bx fell Sotinge c Dr Mramor flowers i hod were 20 
old | severe, if not the most severe, of the present century i pe ee wing and flowering in the open soil; the former V? ^um 
pry Sy E . Bnowehas fallen at Malta, e ier as been feet h or more rge i onore, and covered e 
seen Mns. pd Cairo, S Mis at Suez. Some your | myriads of beautiful flowers. The temperature Wat. gied the 
eae ra Moe rd e imber " te of the Meet geo in | all day in a north room ; indeed the m ced have I 
= ae - wenns Europe, Ithere-| climate of the south of Europe the convin „east bas 
£0 Apenin. th the following detail” si become that protection from the north and no re and 
air | Medi mountain chains and M eni OG, Mee reach the| much more influence in securing a mild temi ». pellagger 
, in the'name of the Maritime Alps. On the sore at thelr feet hard pci inn s t i 
