Janvany 16, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 58 
and have just been removed for the first ti act the fecundation of nae eges | | arrangements for incubation. The waters of the 
(Nov. 25). I was surprised at their ie roots— | being an externi act,—in other words, the roe of the | spring enter by the end, running t 1 
h better do Briars root with summer R t fecund ated [by the milt oa ae fish | rd ground trenches, surm mounted by high ‘trenches. The 
them than with autumnals; moreover - hof heads are till after it has been depos ited in its ery bed. | waters of the Rhine run ke one of the sides, at their 
ndid, and their wood is uninjured by summer nthe Vosges natural level, in a built trench, t 
demolitions, from which other kinds nm suffered | one Joseph Remy, was the first in Trance to discer is edged with i aca with falls. The reservoirs con- 
more or less. They do equally we anetti. | that the natural principle of fish ate taining to a certain height the waters of the spring, 
From their freedom of growth, and a Poe so freely | md imitate d, an 80 e turned to profitable a. iod | allow them to fall p the higher trenches. All the 
attheir heads, the stocks and roots are kept more The Chinese have lo ong | appareils c of incuba tio on of this buildin A Trends the 
ealthy. Roses, however, as I have said before, will, on practised t the art, ge h p continual strea 
their own roots, and on all stocks, occasionally die. TI ly of those par-| A building to the right isa large hall, containing the 
most scientific gardener himself has not an immunity ticular fishes which inhabit their seas and rivers, so | > | apparatus of incubation. The waters of the spring 
from decay and death. How unreasonable then is it to | that erg quantity of this kind of food can be | there flow into three trenches, built underground, and 
expect that Roses should never erg Ay die! Even i ine E over e kingdom, at the  rate|capable of receiving the hurdles. These trenches are 
they were budded on “ Bre ar vite," they would ab 3d. a stone weight. Heat expedites |s y fittings 
be subject to death and t bith of the fish. Salmon- -eggs deposited early in | of earthenware, with fa ls and hur dles. The higher 
“ Time's -— Sway." the legeris t ed ai go ies dentia 
wonder to me is, consi wW ife than those spawned mid-winter. Salmon |into a e troughs by pipes and ¢ At the 
M ese been for the ave gaa used have been brought to life in 60 ays at Huninguen ; | higher end of the building are pla bal. pis ‘small tur- 
on own roots and on all stocks, have not been exter- | but the quickest hatching ever sccomplishe ed at the binas, set in motion by the waters of the Rhine, 
minated. The demolition in England and K France this Stormo: ntfield breeding. oet took 120 day: which dri ive | two pumps to raise the waters of the 
y great. i "d 
nn 
mmer ine four 
times copiously during the torrid f +, | before Remy, an and ex experimen in salmon- ee had 
"ed lx ed af €—— MÀ -— | been made some TT — Y3 time by Mr. Shaw, at 
lt 
u en 
TN along one of the inner sides of the building on the 
y a: relini sondia g but « his Re say was ignorant, | right, to return etd i principal “bailing yer the 
for next year. Owing to the mischief done to; the it seems, and went his own AY ere wing They GN, pt well, pe eee 
here ie How Bt thom d vowing how enormously prolific all kinds of fish | appa Modi. of weder din in case the waters "i the 
wood (this year's wood) than I ever saw before. Still naturally are, he could not understand why they were | a should fail. 
there is plenty of matured wood, old and young. bere becoming less plentiful ; but he found, pied ehind the main M a series of simple Mm 
Iwo ave loi i 
conti : 5 opor given peri lmon, the 
the spring with Parkes’s fork to make the ground | 2ever came to life, m being deposited in places | ombre chevalier, the trout, and other of the fishes 
healthy ? Secondly, after the torrid weather set in, di d | where they were ultimately bereft of water ; that others | which are of interest to the French people. These 
you water the Roses copiously? If you did not do | Were eaten by waterfowl, or devo red by other fishes ; | can be seen at all ages, some a few weeks old, others 
these two things, they are the main reasons why you ua a a proportion swept away to he sea, and so lost for having attained their fourth year. We may explain 
have lost your Roses, and why I have saved mine. I|$Ye refor OTOREOUI. SOW. that. the best way, to here that the fish are not bred fi 
ivided 
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t e nce by OuvsiGe Doinds--uicy are oni tl 
and the nurserymen! I hope nurserymen do not | tecting the young fish till they were able to take care of the basins we have alluded | to, ud ilie of course, 
listen. themselves. He accordingly went to work, obtai € a the epe is a great deal higher, ma — con- 
d qm taken up b 
3. “ Is it best to move Roses? " great degree of success, a : p M the speedy would 
This depends on circu: stances. My rule is to let NA ay pee we ow ca hE qd where be i in h erm “At S ornan; again, the 
well alone. If a Rose looks ill, or continues to do e M eint: a kodaro. ao tho | salmon breeding-boxes are quite unprotected, and all 
badly, I remove it. Roses may be r mov ed Se 1 kingdom, and seems e ually at home whether | Ta Te m 
or biennially, into fresh ground, bite it we ms mpeg points eid f 100 "s are tot hatelied umder e 
)eriod tin 
M s dep sn - the modas, ap out that a large number of gentlemen, prapriskors of | ¢ s come duy. life is littl wp aig bere arto 
all round tho plant à Ub 1o inch radius ‘and | fisheries, &c., in England, are quite as ai s to take ee eredi E ^ 
pea Toots before he lifts with the spade | up piscicaltur nd 296 applicants fp oe pent the | breedi sida Pap roadie AC om Decr ing, ;* "e 
under the ‘have seen some dig th DP aK erie te is at Hunin > | breeding. ponds on tl : 
down under th t and force it up. O 2 ibat ino or) xi i ent fah so successful as to ind t f denis boh 
ee some of the best roots are broken off close to mf ped Boxes either actual ae ork or waiting for M — 
3. D ock. By t ove plan I have just moved | fsh o = bob tbe rite following laces ; onsidering that only 20 years have rela since 
pr riar Roses without the least damage to the roots. vits, Hàm s Un M acrem Watford, Ca ios alton | the Te Apc yid y of the art by Rem onderful 
arde e e 1s up, cut out all brood suckers, and | (4.5 in a ruris cnm ho Zoological Ga Gardens amount of has been pont ia in be. repopu- 
spore en nay 7 mo ape to a Afon 8-inch gadne, preserving egent’s Ran m. rystal Palace; also > | lating of t ise norm that had become by ve ene 
you it is not we á f any mi n Eaa iuit 
CAN move the plant, to stop blind wood the DAR Canterbury; Poterie Hanis; Bayfordbury, distributed throughout the coun by the French 
runed with good e rees given : y "NUT ^ hi ^| Government; these being first collected and sent 
blind pu^ sse be th gi €— diem and Woodstock; in all of which he 
«ell qub: t ipod S but allowed to r less in terest ; b say. nothing of the Huninguen, where they are nursed on the apparatus 
apad a uantity o Pood Me Ashwanrthi] | We have prai till they are "t enough to be 
is Serco ald. ial as nd o seis | transported to an uired distance. 
Comer Se gre Mea Sharh aden, of Haupion, tod Simei). [T ese extracts win vu lead at secon 
he raus rien o procure the ori uilder, 
IR^. ordered base ot ducha » vhi T shali Angling P undertake d x Par ote s "- E e No. - 1072, Jan. 9 186 f gin t : 
e eand mix and, having int wee ee 
wash, I shall sor ihc hire ae This e it iri abo p; to st ean 
hevier, p is je “the shallows in the nei cedes g fires ion 
pr OM Apple trees. Add a little salt, aud it is Sang Win, Èc cot lish trout im voe chu S RECS 
oming to erona oat blight: -This Moss or is | Rhino salmon, 2000 French 000 "ombre Hom E raene 
the foliage; and, as it done t lier (charr), and 2 00 graying, in all 35, 000 fish;| The National kote Show.—The day a appointed dor 
impedes its h health us into the rind of the tree being v when let loose boat the size of minnows. Should | this show is June 29. I see also that it is proposed to 
scurf in skin, etions. It is equi iue to | there be any doubt as to whether these fish are doing | make it a two days’ dor. the first day to be open to 
essential ^ iin E or uà rind and clean foliage are | well in the Thames, let me beg the reader to he a | Fellows of the Society and their friends, and the inl 
on it. A hardy Rose of the stock, and. of the "Rose boat some warm aig next spring, and paddle|day to be open to the public. The programme is so 
its roo y » OT | gently al the shall above Hampton, and I shall | liberal that it costs me something to demur to this 
5. “Wh, be much mistaken if she does not see a considerabl e| dri nan A I hope that what I am about to say 
Tute none at are the best tallies ?” itt mind of one distinguished censor and 
mb myself. They are apt to be 10st o be like water-swallows from the bank side." This hibito ors) will not give offence, ien 
teme bom lin es s defaced. I plant my Roses chi promising ; but we want the practice on a a much pr seem to epo so pee a Society, to whom w 
The chief es, and always write tai names in as scale, and we have no doubt Mr. Buckland jn so much indebted, a more favourable revi wit the 
to kite object of tallies is to enable the Rosarian | agrees with us. than could be EEA to crowds of the public. 
even a, to prune them, as the habits of Roses, __ Let us now tura again to the „establishment at IT fear there are serious reasons for not extending 
am e family, are often dissimilar, and the| the show o ese frail cut flowers to two 
fone merely. vni dh out and a more "liberal suite of bui c necessary for carrying E the| days. 1st, The flowers will be barely worth seeing 
ity of wood than o | business has been erected in the form of a squar .the second day. 2d, Many cannot give up the 
t What is the best Vah 4o prune ?” supply of water necessary for carryiug oi the time, and many will not incur the expense. The 
aking the average of seven years as regards summer | piaiolturl operations is derived from three sources— | clerical exhibitors could not give up the time; 
n and autumnals e cepting Teas and ‘Chinas, ' springs on private grounds at Huninguen, the and to send a servant not versed in Roses, is, as 
‘sald Should be prun ed later), the 15th of Mar * | Rhine and the Augraben stream. The water of the I have found, simply futile. The nurserymen for 
Dat 1? the best time. The two exceptions r Jeane higher pod is di towards the buildings|obvious reasons might like the arrangement, and of 
dx tle pruning, through an underground conduit, whilst those rising | course servants of exhibitors would also like it, but 
g Ree and many other points the excellent books | at a lower level are used only in the small basins and M i 
- Rivers, Mr. Ww. Paul, an . Cras ive | trenches for it; and ne. the ` public, I think, would be 
ka the advice—indeed, one or aoe ‘or all, frond gle t The waters of the Rhine, being at a higher | grea eatly disappointed at having to d. ae cern which, 
i library of all Rosarians. evel than the springs, can be at once a: in the | even on the first day, are often sadly in con- 
believe e that I have now answered, as well as I can, apparel ud ing uncovered, however, they | dition. Instead of making it a two ‘tar RN, could 
may frequen! roposed to me. The questions | 97€. are easily and are besides ed muddy | not the Fellows of the Society and ti ends have a 
Seem trifling, but they are by no means and I. "The waters of the Augraben stream | p rivate > review, to whic h they are wo july er vmi by 
mmaterial, Jy, p. Radelyffe, Rushton. which cross the ot oer are of very little use. ly g Let al es be 
; dry in summer, rapid and muddy after rain, they aks by 8 o'cloc orning, iu i the 
| ——— eg — served only to supply some small basins M and their yen aol | have till half: ae "10 to 
E FISH or V nage exti d i w the Roses. prs was not sufficient ti we "^s 
B Cain ue. n le buildi a 
sume of an ésant of th, the Builder an excellent | pavilion, containing on the ground-floor Azar the | making use of me next hour for their mer hae 
for Breeding Fish, the new French Establishments | laboratory, used for a operations as require par-| Amateurs would rather consent to a ny thin ^4 than in 
TES "th; eme in the |ticular care, or are undertaken as experiments. In the kept in — ssim their 
y show: 
owes er underneath the middle of the pavilion, are the | I have just ^ a rien on the subject, in which the 
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