FEBRUARY 6, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND sands one GAZETTE. 
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gmament samen with utility. F 
is no D 
dae; efe it 
OF i! 
hard to be rectangular in 
ee al to combine the | 
within vi f 
rom 
I have known several orchards where this 
important bnetktdols was not attended to until the 
and only t then 
ears after planting, 
Sh hd 
t I have obs erved, viz, that 
Ve the Rozes silo pie distinguished "people i in 
ng ih = Eig ish extraction, or of 
bw by 
eni worthy ft 
wood, and moss an 
| something was amiss bel 
trees, and if 
t 
n drai ins would be 
zs 
x 
and 
this operation w were well td eic ntly p iced, 
s taken egi the trees of rotten wood and 
egeta tatio n, good re esults have followed in 
- [hold it to 
. lest, I Shout ee a thorougly Selon. 8 
with an inferi oil to 
in shelt 
tant be: 
b^ "but also Mickuse Ib 
ment enm a 
be the mo 
[4 
Gen 
"rh 
opper, 
ral Washing gton, Souven 
The 
de 
Leveson e foloyiag 
ower. 
: Duche: 
to restore the uw num any 
and both money and labour 
y rms in tablish- 
e ev 
cases it AT ps dob late 
unt of exp enditure, 2 
soil, 
and good orcha rds 
hat 
tr ninos the deficiatidies of soil can 
suppl ied, 
situation | 
a 
h 
ing sx Lew 
n J 1408 
George Pélbitds? : ait for pue ik Men: ds J. Paxton. 
either too small, 
"lefecti tive growers. 
Re spectively; Cdaepil Siinai. Reynolds Hole, and 
| drainag often seri fe mo ats bike 
ud frc fond su , because the latter are often the 
ee bd Maven EE circumstances, which we cannot | 
and. I have myself both made hy Mei 
mistakes in the drainage of esta- 
istak g in using on nly | 
of the drains, the consequence of 
vers, and Duke of i ver a very fine 
Rose in jotta hands, will illustra 
My hope for this year rests in E t Roses id 
1864, the octagon of my antici ipations, eae 
| two first named, It is possible that I may be a 
e I hope to find in these T" Roses the *remedium 
effieax e NA true Catholicon and 
| panacea for all griefs. Ie as iu to hear that hundreds 
| of the pa nity, gentry, clergy, and commonalty can 
stify t value e "remedium efficax !” 
into 
A 
rapidly become choked u 
ns iin tic ular 
nstance it took j ust fas" Ses | 
f thinoca. 
the rormer 
Guided by! these and similar experiences, I hold that 
m the vp e and that 
of 
t 
E: 
at the outset, for 
under Ss iol 
es of proceeding are en 
nce it 
llow on certain m 
dependent » its thorough efficiency. 
perhaps be in 
able to plant 
as gravel, 
, or rock, or sand ; 
Hen 
the system of vlántia 
| S mangement whioh I shall have to eet 
e the c 
E 
he purpose of ping 
Ad Soil at the tim 
= 
ferred by some that it would be prefer- 
where the subsoil is naturally porous and alw: 
but I have not 
found this is to be the case in PS de: Meis indeed the 
0 pipes, ar 
ject. 
| f dra TNR pipes in the werte 
oe the decia Vite covering them fi inc 
with broken stones or eR and rds 
ff the 
w one ately 
which was Bd im ough ung ard rly 
50 ipd ago, and it runs as fredly as Mae first laid i bm 
As stone Jr ovd these purposes are 
o be Paid I would rec mend, i 
ork is s gol ng on, iuis 
incite and 
T 
"peer 
Tete locali 
io bop d the Eade in Eo 
such t 
rr ful 
which 
t growt 
iae su soil, 
g large additions of fertilisin 
od health. Moreover, ifthe 
t the roots mus 
is for want of x dod; rid 
S gef Yos off; and 
composed dii or less of Men "n 
in is often Mani 
essity | n 
hence i it 
which i 
iid 
the health P MES rofitable "develo — 
Which are required to & ee x 
18 ib 
but then expens 
thereby diminishing the | bro t ed still 
ne eens. the necessity for very great care | pnd 
RE very 
effective drains ; but bud these there are der other | © 
mean D Moa I purpose to bring forward in next. 
-| John 
NE SES. 
'VELTIES are always te forward to with anti- 
spins which may, or teta be realised. 
fs 
The i 
try to 
imitation 
W. F. p Aen Rushton 
et universum ! 
vut had ains 
Kitchen 
of the atic jr ^ T5 t thot pare gardening is the 
department most disl TE by young ate and the 
noyan 
ot 
o 
requir 
pix Mr Potatos. 
ders tell 
mber of these for 1864, la A 
m 
us grow 
oia. 1 E Roses of 1864, I t that 
Rosarians will be safe in et the following go 1300, 
DÀ: d 
V. Paul, Mr. W. 
cracky dictan Sour d iges or grovt, 
magnificent superior to its portrait. For growth, 
ant here obieebs3 in reference to this part of my foliage, and resis istance of blights, aren, SN t man 
| La Tour de Crouy 
mal management t of orchards should be to keep | and es Anges are the best ag far ot ag m | 
ie subsoil 
Mite a, is retenti 
daa pue 
ihe 
ph and thus the indu 
remov 
if the drainage 
Hanik m 
are the surface as possible, and for toei 
I say stray 
by feodis, them 
cement for them to penetrate | 
S 
LE 
from 
The meroes 
now transplanted ; 
greater satisfactio on ien ima. 
t Rows of 1864, I have decided to buy 
ninie. yy, figured in the Jan Num 
orist of E ina highly spoken of eye 
of Pendomer, Somerset ; La 
| de Morn, y, light but ag y shaded rose, 
reverse n petals. Monsieur Eugène Verdier, its 
raiser, kindly seni. me the „portrait ‘7 it, as figared in 
^m choice 
iae 
d left to tak 
espair o 
conditions might Seu to 
My experience, s 
of strong lands bs they 
relig 1 
e of water, the ply will go | Eu 
ted in ligit | | 
o far as | lik 
= 
ien milt ba the ms mie to be attended 
whereon to establish an | I am not elke) excepting Malmaison and A: 
splendid one, as so —P Un br 
sculpture by Debra: most 
e they “strictly, fllomed Prem 
* Natur" to. be 
e hi 
s uprights strong and wide 
ars for the roof, whic 
paints 
will preserve them. When zinc gets hot it easily bends 
and buckles. Iron houses -—] po S c of lights they 
r drains, 
Poi; a pu —I a 
| attention is ng dire ted to ‘this planh 1 "or it is 
extremely'useful one; and having had som 
| its growth, is give you (my mode of A erak which, 
^ followed up, will not fail to produce favourable 
sm 
| 
ely. Af 
into small m ‘bat still jn. them int 
until they, have become well esta! ups ed, after which place 
them stove, keeping them ear the glass. Fro 
ibe aging of June, nime d the end of Cu a 
should it kept in ~, nd wien and sfera 
id ‘in the stove. Having proper atten- 
tion as rega! pn , &c., up to Ta time, they will ' 
very soon pus h ther brilliant heads of floral leaves, 
which will pr E the little care 
bestowed on this plant is po to be 
Ris pA ou a sis ti the upder sides of the leaves 
occasionally, but after the flora 
"n [oi to Bake ott syringing “thou ld cease, as 
the water wiil ENS their beauty. d planta do 
eT 
a little licence. 
who, upon his bin hs pls by i the ei aly UA sould 
taken, answered “ Take me with a Roma 
9 c 
heads as young o 
therefore advise cultivators to 
Reveil, 
cidalie. 
| 
pro 
r,although this Poinsettia may be 
eH 
me 
; on VES until the plants are partially dried off, as very 
little d vil S aus occur. This plant is one which 
; | requires mage, and the soil should be equal 
parts ight x one and leaf mould, well mixed with 
? | Rei igate sand. John Cole Medr dell, 
Win irmi dose es 05 fone be t3.— nswer to 
| the risin of * A. B." (p. 102), i beg RA s that "that the 
