Marca 12, 1864.] 
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h 
re are yet 
i 
much likely | to | 
ramificati tions, more 
and rag after- 
they vei 
ng 
ng 
ess, and s 
wo w?” My rejoinder i inv ariably ue ew egniique;: mi ais 
vez-vous vu une exposition i fleurs en Londres ? " I 
we b 
nm importan nt than mos 
boe is rns of those points i n practice which 
rative on Pi ied out, in order that 
ope poate s which de 
requi e to 
i 
many who stoutly 
utmost that ought to to be practiced i in strong wet lands, 
and that - ^ wid This 
is a perfect y; yon allow dra s may e rtainly | s 
at first epe vs ‘act quicker upon the soil, but "this i is 
and far from effectin 
— 
follow ure 
its being efficiently ésfonus ER but 
ate to this idea under another sectio on 
epend 
as I purpose to 
of my off 
as not o 
: un ts frequently 
class 
eral ants ts? a 
| bject, I will resume my remarks on the 
2 — in a cee moving the whole rs the 
oil th. This will become more 
e 
years ago a tenant of m 
meadow within view from the mansion; it was at t 
time full of Rushes, and although on a gentle vnm 
the surface water in winter lai id e so deep in places, that 
one was pe ee to make considerable detours we A 
across i The tenant, a stout opposer of deep drains, 
laid i in his arate at 2 2 ft. deep. and although some of the 
drier 
n 
he pom s Á— 
ue are made wort 
s subject dering 
more of the atte ntion of the Couneil than it appears 
eive, viz 
d fro 
faial 
equivalent to the addition b 
vont unt of Den nanas aërated. e£ disin- 
roata soil, being more capable of retaining the ferti- 
lising — whieh falls from dis elouds. Tn short, first 
en 
raina 
and the water kept on the surfa 
years a after it was very lide niin rore gies rens dion 
diture, and at that it came back into oe -— 
lord's han - d immediately had it well an 
is vastly i — ym 
e foet. — 
| for the object i in view. 
e 
ough efficiency, an 
sawn them considered as the ouly | 
ut 
certain way of ‘obtaining | a ees t condition of fitness 
It will of course require a considerable outlay to 
to and into the condi rasa 
we have now 
€ is , worth do in g at all i 
nd 
you co save E walk w Vere T getting wet int 
I trust that I een urged this 
im on the inds of young practitioners, - ris 
drainage to effe ctual must be deep; and in the 
case of orchards to be durab ll as effectual 
der thi 
-to the depth of 2 ft, a hole of 6, 8, 10, or even 12 feat i in 
doing well,” 
foundation ne pro e pro tee “for - ‘years 
le | 
tet: are entirely — inqui 
d the » 
s worth 
the 1237. 
xim Plants—for I c: e hon rary a 
that title. That new phiites nie die fhoit interctinga i 
attractive — at zt en 1 shows, no o 
any knowled the ean doub 
ew? p: 
crowded during the fees time it seit eh ‘pen 
Tt o this subject (p. 990, , 1863), ai 
year "8 etel are even more vaguely worded n M 
his t the — — ows, 1672. i 
too hig 
1 er 
for r Geraniums, and so on—su 
ms not 
4103514 
ofitable 
is obviously very questionable iib to 
ni — in the application of means to attain that 
"m 
resu 
Tho pr 
late in October or early in November, an 
wo 
sideration oal: 1 plant after tbat mm S I ud 
he ground 
pulverising the soil, returning a portion to the hole, 
void it. Well then, presuming that has 
been. drained and trenc -— during autumn yes wint er, 
vo 
oper oe to plant the trees a 2s ove 
; but how much isthere for new lante? 
and whatever sum may be meant, why is the amount 
not stated? I happen to know something about this 
matter, for last year at the S Society’s great exhibitions 
medal, i oed 
medals, 
| end of honorary arando for all I which ow the vid of the 
year, I wa as s sent the of 5I. 6s. Alth yw interested 
d wish a 
our can best 
and a planting the tree, taking ca g 
compost about the roots in addi ti tk 
soil. is indeed, taken ce most beni sense, is 
e I have 
very excellent practice co 
seen, W. a 
rpose, it uld not be deinabla. to leave it 
[enonplored all tib summer, and t 
bec 
ropped with Potatos, marking vol the rows a t least 
roots — pe soil trampled le the turf ni 
iN ed and tied. s a m» be 
opera! ing from his 
imagining the 
labour, wih i ot t on the spade, rtr wiping his fore- 
head, w while or golden 
fruit in due time to be produced. Alas! in such “i 
vase the nd Le very seldom ab all commensura 
bes the e 
I mention this latter because itis a d 2 be 
-— 
and 
mon sense ; and although ‘the firs eer vésotiós 
i Ve of large holes and de addition of new 
p 
it should 
|w 
ee will still farther tend to the amelioration of the s 
ingi 
x pp class 
of prizes to be made for redi Such i i et the 
ich horticultural p 
ety, 
which ne — has —_ — - Fellows, by 
divers endea g to 
itle 
t4 
Jet there is too much of the old leaven in it, and 
— never consider myself justified in Petites. | 
ing it toany one in the planting of a new orchard. 
But it Pied be adopted in eases where it may 
m in lis 
s, imperativo that the 
Lof 2 feet, and to a 
I advise 
ld soil, because it isa 
of satisfaction to the Fellows, 
eulturists generally. As, — the 
been r quested to “ spea ak o " <a 
and ti 
e assurance that 
uring 
bto ofer, vith 
“where segre they will be 
o do 
it 
*". but it certainly now is 
no coma id the Council holding 
at meeting o 
dn in the so 
place where » = ue od 4 dea same kind has eevisetiy bui 
bn will 
m 
Tte size of th bl excavation, and t 
t will be found excedit eric for the 
ite. first few 
such D to ze out (n Octo ber Da 
set deep, 
y mistake, no doubt) ier ida any other 
.the nominees of the Counci 
soon publicly m the 
itself? capéclally, too, when only fi 
Were submitted for filling _ five vacancies, 
Count 
ing vem 
oh 
à lows have | c 
so|c 
the "— in 
, the | o 
five | tag 
soil, and the bringing it into a better condition for was a time w e 
planting the trees in the autumn, whilst the Potatos, if Horiattral Society very “Uherally rewarded new 
tolerably successful, and they generally are in newly | introductions of a deserving character; and this it 
" renched maiden soil of reasonable era will afford | seems to me is one of its most € objects. I 
very fair, return for the outlay up to this point. | know i it has been ‘mooted that | the pedem attached to 
John Cox. xhibiting new ecompeuse, but it 
ight as well be said that a cades recompense would 
^ be sufficient for any other attractive object. ‘The with 
H ee holding of substantial prizes for new plants is already 
Royal Hort decus aL Soci Sa Tlie: handsome | detractin nsiderable interest from our exhibitions, 
anner in which her — 8 s Commissioners for the | inasmuch as foreign novelties have ceased to sent 
Exhibition o 1851 i Council of - e - a 1e ss e held t Kensington a t 
and th e comicilia wis $i ie "edi; way i me to — 
any pia sen 
fer foreign tortieultarists, as nds pS - —_ 
t from that show to the pen 
ear, however, I received e one € exiition, and it 
e wa st rath First- 
value splined, that nena a ver pne 
distitotiony | it dens merely honorary, he request 
immediately to return the owe by express penser 
with some feeling akin It is much to 
wy 
— 
i 
the subject ie: Due which 
y A 
its 
I bow t o their decision, “i howe 
trench 2 feet 
outside 
meeting? My motive in "ding this is not to thro 
may k in way. Iam gud 
any others to be put to bar 
the 
g so emin nent 
D 
down a | stumbling bloc 
the „that 
a positio 
J out the wishes Ur sss 
would, doubtless, be impossible to: ee in every 
| alteration Fenn sted. William Bull, Mar ian 
eneration of G 
rchard, I 
g that the whole of. the 
€ y necessary to 
operations; first, pe se the wie a 
being very part is 
: 
ie 
T 
€ anagement and 
with a view to horticultural advancement, 
mee good two spits deep, | 
to the success | 
of it, - that tbe majority of t| 
selves i 
— 
them interest t 
so elevating and regard a pursuit as hor 
5 Wok also believe that with conciliator: 
bien resources, worked out 
| to take a s livel iris a our. future welfare, pe ede 
iiie of our roit 
the secret of what os eh us in our ME Ue 
dition. vati t they will do apium pii ee eye, 
and purity of motive. Have our M 
endeavour to cetus — uiae ~entaberoptie:'te 
dem 
May that day not be 
-— of a 
ing reactor to 
orticultural interests a and to the Sistribution of Pact ti- 
cmi _ eelin 
turned ov 
beneficial, E m ~~ 
; that still 
I would rede 
Hi 
f 
Um 
1 that, the Bottous 
and broken up, bot 
ert that for the 
Hi 
d. desire 
— 3 MS but fulfil its | à 
th 
ng | decessors. as 
selfish motive? It m 
sx the: nd "SA the ed 
bringing it on? q and 
ught to have em pu “investigated before 
mp rculated 
pane practised as in ‘this. “We have -— to look 
Ave shor 
lateralis sla 
nd prosperous they. pon overlooked the necessity of 
w, when declining 
atheri ng r round jene they - aca that 
T misspent pareden scarce ev > and to 
years 
I 
vindicate themselv ves, they s say the “fault “Ties wi ith the 
we > should hot, now, have to deplore our presen . 
They have made one cured 
