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Arar, 16, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL Frasin -865 
munication from Mr. Ski ed to, it eoe answer his pur pone 
found at a very y considerable dleration in "ew pourisce far Meriva ‘au ad T prion chea in the end, for him 
of Quesaltenango. I met with it on the slopes of a | to give 10s. or even 12s. for one tee, carefully ane | 
eep ravine, growing edi a profusion of You s and | for the object in view, and re ing very li d rer 
ere attaining the height of 6 feet or more, | man et the de o oak) f the branc n 
but in cultivation it did not exceed 3} feet. In this = former case—that of four trees for the money— 
condition, however, oduced its finest flowers; some | they are like young cubs, and have to be cut, and 
of the racemes borne by a plant in the quam of Donna hacked, and tutored into shape, which is a work of 
Rafaela Jauregui bad A mcr 0 (a great florist m Guate- | time, and would be far better performed on other 
mala, to whom I g; ae npt pt being less than ks f a yard | ground than that where they are to be permanently 
in length! It w us x^ of gems in s, but | fixed. Most persons when planting an orchard of Apples 
P i p Lis | the Do onna Rafaelas garden | make up their minds to wait some years before asy 
and ore e modei was made, was not finer than | can obtain a remunerative crop; but i » a 
the specimens Just imported, and all of which are rod and careful management of the trees, "that 
happily doing well.” nterval can be consider rably s shor tened, it is obviously 
as bad economy not tot ‘at * iod, 
E they are neither able nor willing to undertake the ane 
" RC CRARD MANAGEMENT. .—No. IV. = : bour of preparing their own els iid bee no ais Tu — drops coursed i Jl cM cheeks, 
HE remarks at p. 245, in w is recoinmende ut those who proper r business itis, wou nly Ed no one was near to wipe away— 
to uel tapso -— trenc! oun und with 2c! Wa glad to do so, it onl. d, which, as I ae emai ry € e ÀÀ € r flaw 
sed on the A before observed, depends upon the planter. Those nestling cl that deepening h 
em rental i lay the orchar ay in i Gea ax ;| In the mode of prepétalion to which I am now about From the pale len lips to the pare bloom, 
but for first few years after eodd it will be | to draw attention, ud foundation of all is emphatically Where its innermost glory ims re M 
more desirable and profitable to crop the intervals at a boy stock, and on its careful selection and treatment Sr Ue ie brain A gels, a 
certain distance from the stem s of the trees, say for | future success “depends In the case of the Apple, to That shakes in the stilingos and bends in the abr | 
example, five ^r me commence wit th, that distance to viii I am more partic PIE RA alluding, it is “Oh! tell me,” I cried, wha at sorrow is 
increased a foot o |n ary tha vigorous habit iere far from the si sterhood here you des 
laid down If the orchard 5 ja aMilachad to the garden, | both in zoot and branch. The ve wt are thee whioh are | Charms so Vendat, and ships ce dne? 
the gardener | will find these spaces u useful for almost any | grown fr rom the e pips of Apples, either taken from the In vain would sympathy hazard a guess 
kind xt E tcl "V E m op which will some Tory fno g garden i e the mA e$ see oF thie strange distress.” 
in a fresh soil if the qua ity is falar es more vigorous of our common English wild Apples. Likatha, fe ET NUMOS 
€ ps the tenant farmer may cro p the d hed These should be sown in beds, in a similar manner to “My tee una ie Fis a qued ts pr i : 
h Ca Seva ES ore. Onions Turnips, | beds of Thorn Quick, and not too thickly, so that they For life is cruel and fame must pass. 
or atoa, each and all in rotation 1 no con nader may be allowed to stand in these beds until they develop Rear mae a —— mote dn BÉ 
afion would I sow corn or P vs ess y distances | their character—that i is, tilla goodly number of sturdy mes Magna LH, VUE rg 
between the trees were very wide indeed, so that ample fellows take the lead, and thus keep the weaker We shall see her no more on the dowy walk. 
space around each tree might be left uncroppe ed. n th he background. These sturdy plants are ae Of thor now s and Paul ag EE mm. 
d After thei e ary E " 
oJ And o iil 
ova of the weaker ones may grow out to ved We iin ioe usa uae pi e HEUS. 
un nen atter e crops ES ier emi of xw "for s aay season, but as a ien rale the To pri bep 4 -— where S oh ie, 
manure, and constant and careful cultiva ion, ain ette ere, 
a remunerative pun; and if lit PC e il A gazing stock for t the. 
it : would be bette to s sow Gite aa after the Baai] which, having less space to fill up and being essari] am M REY inr 
in tl ill require] ipulati And I—I am only a Sum ý 
dads supplies of manure to the soil would deprive it | when worked upon slow growi ing stocks, Think of it, think of it, maiden 
ofa large dC of nutritive matter, which would tell} In this s early stage of ‘preparation of the stocks, the Just shooting up into Wonkoly Gig; . 
very much e t the maar e of the trees in after | leading shoot should be shortened to about a foot in es feeling the poal of «lovely face. that lies 
phis Be A oro ane mre ae zh ie length, after which the branches should be left to The tide that has turn'd ne'er bac wand xn: 
d j h e nec?ss when | develop themselves freely, in order to encourage both An nd beauty is only a Su tea ein 
" cultivation and libe manuring are combined, | the constant formation of roots, and a rapid increase in | WW. P. Z 
t cd land can very well afford to throw up a superior | the size of the stem. At this st age alið it is highly 7 
produce, and at the same time leave the soil in a fine | important that the operator should pay particular NOTES ON GARDENS.—No. VII. 
^ sed for the ingress of he roots of iia ieerd ttention to , because it is quite as important D. EI 
as soon as they are strong enough to take adyan- Ahat fndeatou ah ia maid ti tu them toradiate} THE v bra h of & profossiinia] son of 
tage of it, which under liberal treatment will g ally from * ^ it is to cultivate a nicely Yide ie p at Ins specialty—without having 
T enerally | equ; 
be in the fifth or at the most the sixth year after plant- | balanced bad ge it is at this stage of transplanting |a look at Dalkeith. M out t oo much resemble the 
ing. This ies is quite as long as such a system of | from the see sd bed that this owe „must be | rustic’s day at “the ‘house that 1 Fowk oe minus a 
uring ar iT 41 T ^" 
manuring ought to go on, otherwise the soil will y p gh, | g inton’s founi And so 
e (S ap ed tho mation D pid garden 2i tt ly) at that part wl iber of small | on a brilliant eim 1 ra poPped E Dalit on i 
y favourable to the healthy tl i t Loo fe pd ay, foun e guiding minc 
growth of fruit trees. At the end of that time, there- Der dt the ioe zx NA gn round, t s ecessary | rom home, a yl bagi d a rapid walk round the place, 
fore, it will be enable to level the soil perfectly, P" in very particular des ; however tem sti i 
pting the boghuniut at AS Thomson's * dmt The den 
afterwards to roll it down fir mly, and at he p proper el iw d may Mia x however unprom a ising | visitor does not proceed far from that Gone ee fo 
"me say the end of of March or early in m those round the a the latter must be retained and halts, as a view more interesting t n 2 than the bay of 
ie finer kinds of meadow Grasses, which de cs encou riged. and the former wiew M removed by a| Dublin, the bay of Naples, or aay sue h famous scene, is 
ag or harnomed à py be the si ‘surface > being again | clear horizontal ae through the m stretched before rah Tt is the horticultural wealth of 
that firm—very firm t will be readily perceived b ety pth aci ical operator, Penate Er all ured on one page, with its ric 
Grass seeds ap meager eup! preinan er and become | that the object is to give a lateral direction to the|and deep mar of. ülbabieniged colour—streets of 
established much sooner und than on that | future root stems—if I me so designate those large | glass with bril fant and nobly diversified surroundings, 
Which is left eri an a which any intelligent | roots which spring from the collar of the plant, and | which, again dra esta on the *' International” for a 
itioner may apply to more cases than that of | which are the channels through which the reciprocal | simile, I may compare from a horticultural point of 
I Seeds, action between A IM view, to the eerta po spread out from ea! 
have Aes ^: this train of reasoning up i this | on; and as these should be Ex + naan ae the great dome. Range after range of symme- 
becanse ll connected ith the nenas! the stem, a j^ the same e kept e|trieal and bright perfect-looking houses, furnish 
soil ; but I pres now return to that poin pe a: as ible, the obi t is the time i in ph glass enough to IT the comparison, wbile the eed 
ere? an mistake, 
which p CSi bout | gro when the fo roda 
I have something e, en. Before, however, eee by Sd out t ve practice. I do not | little dyers, and arranged by Mr. Thomson Trish. al all 
"ecan plant, we must have trees to plant; say but that it may be do id Ne ater, But then the loss of am skill X a dbi. d Ha aving concluded my wondering 
qa Up some eroon of very great cM = much time, mee ch is bad economy, is entaile , 1 a the great “square” kitchen 
in culture of fruit trees of all sorts on free stocks, an BE stocks thus prepared should be planted in beds, pared: kerik "the "host and, there being nearly a 
Which a vigorous and healthy development. is the | | in rows three feet -— and the plants two feet apart mile of them to do, the examination was a 
udi aimed These questions are, first, the prepara- | in the ed and placed quincunx fashion, . The beds| The first house passed through was one devoted to 
h ea sho uld bi | Apricots, more than 200 feet long and abo 
ret ; trees for planting. In the | did t «di down firml y and ah lev vel ;|t | he trees being trained on wires against the back w all, 
direction, ae roots are the parts subjected to control, (the planta "n Md be taken and placed in position, | and a row of Pears in pots plunged in 
stem and. and encouragement; and in the next, the care be eing exercised to pirea the the young rootlets out | front, with a us pois eh hin 
om. ETT m the fiat aafin aid ‘then cha whole should back gie st the 
m proce are a work of ce hri b covered to the depth with a Wake. |sash moved is pram piene d 
once o for all who des inn to hana fon piti compost, w which should. have been .| sash is "ous dt the sam 
mere re te » Sogl on ouly to be plan imp is infinitely Leia to thet of f | house ratively new, 
expense hag been incurr d carrying oat digging su el hol aa He A Eg the plants in,” as | in all Lerops of Apric 
b prepa p John Cos, ped rci epe ripe out of doors, ~ 
ns em so; ven years before cover is construction 
will be require, red, me iC Rae ex : ; last mentioned, and the trees aré also trained on the 
e oet : which I am strongly inclined to THE ROSE BALL. at n CUN P NAM are 
very indifferent attention on the : t hisoarda rain: S ront as high as they can be without 
majority of those who are supposed to ora grand Wows ball : me lus iod night, int he sun's rays from those on the back 
fruit trees eligible foz planting. They Thousands of glow-worms far and nea. wall, o y at is in either of kag fine 
Course are not to blame for crowding as many trees on the pecu with oe mellow li light, houses. I learnt that more than 200 dozen Peaches 
they can possibly get to grow, and er py = eg pe be Pit and Nectarines were Arca from the cnl rd 
ch as they are. The fault lies with Thes splendid General Jacquéminot house during the s 
es not demand a superior and highly us clad in his richest scarlet coat, I passed on hanagh "the Vineries used for early work 
icle, being willing to give a corresp ondingly om ofthe K pess streak i a —houses of Black Hamburghs, Muscats, and of mi sa 
it, rather than rest satisfied with an ‘Asad bia telat avast Dear eemed ever to sigh, | kinds, having their borders heated and aérated, into 
er price. For example, a purchaser Is there any here so handsome eis stove, w usa Cavendishii is regularly fru ited 
Ty well treated if he odas four fine irm was the Géant, bright and true on for table; and from it proceeded onwards through the 
| young Apple trees for 10s.; j ce oderint s rg false doom, New Holland and three Peach houses, into a Vin nery 
at the treatment which such trees are | Marengo vivid, but-all-too bri "110 feet long and 11 wide, chiefly plauted with Lady 
