100 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jury 23, 1864. 
described it from a sketch which had been shown to impo rtant ste teps in dts — treatment, “and most | inches from the surface, thereby getting the benefit of 
him by Mr. Hill, l^ sre ee difficult to describe. If house room is plentiful i&may|the full ground heat in this very fine climate, 
p Phe P Prage —On recent authority, bocas ed with but little fang indeed bani firing, | Pyramidal Pears on the Quince were also p; ucing 
Baw risk as quoted by Mr. T. W.} but if house room is an object, heavy firing j^ fine crops of ruit. I observed also E pi] 
Gising h in the Phytologist ab i p. 151), it grows in| necessary; it is always necessary viia a dark rich| mous crop of Plums, ripe enough for market, on 
r from Plymouth, by the side of the | colour is desired. Do not begin with large fires. what he called the Early Favourite. This was on 
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South Devon Railway. pi tinpi bus grows in a Keep constant gentle fires until you attain the desired | July 4. But the most complete and interesting modes 
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first ien that occurs sly railwa ay north of Plyn mouth, entire leaf is thoroughly cured. It now hangs until | ever remember to have seen were in operation at the 
xit ortBrbctun you are ready for the next step, and until it comes in | fine grounds of Messrs. Jamin & Durand, at Bourg la 
ibis dé state whether this Oak is still in exiténde “case” for Rein i in frui 
with the Mistleto upon it. The authority for it,how-| Stripping—Whenever the leaf is soft enough not | cultiva i Wes visit France make a call at this 
ever, is so Fd. and so recent, that I am entm to|to break or crumble in handling, “strike down ” and eon ere grand specimens of the blue or 
have faith in it. bulk ; removing the plants from the sticks, you lay it ather violet "Clematis shown at South : Kensin ington 
he. ese are " the ue of the growth of the|in bulk, the tails slightly lapping over to preserve | retis. viz, lanuginosa violacea. I measured one 
Viscum album on the Oa at I have been able to | the “ order." ow, put your best judge of the article | lower, and found it to be 6 inches in diameter, ' My 
naihentionte; ei s dh in, as existing at the Leica to sorting ; he will take off all ground leaves, lugs or | pri incipal object, eng was to see what I could find 
time. I fully thought to have been able to give some | cullings, and the strippers will separate the different | fresh amongs In th e 3 was unfortunately 
examples of Mistleto Oaks in this paper, which had ol grades, putting the bright in one lot, separating the | a lit "x too pe and could not see many improve. 
been recorded before, but one after the other, they |long from the short of the same class, the dark heavy | ments up io ur established Troan es, especially 
have all ed me, and I have had, on the contrary, to | shipping leaf to am the fine dark meu Rad to after viewin "the fine sb of them the other 
reduce those before known to this small number. Dr. | itself, ies . Tie n ha nds of from n five to s n leaves, day a t South. Kensington. 1 "must not fier however, 
Bull, in Tataia of Miri Naturalists’ Field l f, ‘th t two new on ic es Ma rgottin. 
Club, (To be continued. * | over ld inch lon ng. “h sc ee barn. | showed me amongst a large ba tch of eles ted seedlings, 
——— When it nd thoroughly Aa and again case m; ON DON which is both deeper and 
or “ prizing order,” that is when the leaf is s soft má the r in colo an the old Jules Margottin, and v 
TOBACCO CULTURE. main rib ja sufficiently dry to break readily for one- pee full, —€ mdi od ie ge = e p douit 
In reply to the inquiry of “M. P. M.” at p. 677, a| third its length, from the larger end, du own as | less, turn o be rea om A The to be 
correspondent has sent us the accompanying informa- | follows: Raise a platform on your barn floor, cover with | Ca lled Baron i de Men n the Madame 
tion, taken from the Canada Farmer, of June 15,|boards, over them a layer of dry straw, and lay one or | Rivers or Victoria, viZ., Mel ‘white a ms obiit ifit 
1864. The information consists of extracts from an|two hands at a time, heads out, a course the length | will open well it is very promising and distinct. We 
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in Kentucky, in reply to inquiries which had been | have the tails about to meet; then a third course with ipeum stamp. ys as that 
vem to them respecting the management of the | heads about midway the first, and the fourth with heads wanted qualit yl Sanity; vd “something - 
rop :— midway the second, repeating this until the work is the way of good whites and i yellows. Here, as well as 
d.—Among the complete over with boards and straw, and put 
ence to the Blue Prior. Itdoesnot lell iMa kert pres weights on. You are now rea e of se eedlings, one, two, and thr ree years old, tT 
leafy staple as many other varieties, but, all things| Prizing—Procure a good strong cask of well-| not observe in those in bloom anything patel 
being rr : ae a finer i ay and richer t texture seasoned timber; the drawn staves are the ies strikin "n - Godwi ^, n, The Nurseries, emi 
than most varieties, and is alike f Poplar and all soft, brittle wood for staves.| Ame Blight in Australia € u may 
turing end a 8 nan ping. The - prizing process is an imporlant one, and we | think the ‘following letter on this Ins received this 
Plant Bed.—In open weather in January February | recommend the following mode :—Get a piece of board morning from a_horticulturist well aa in the 
or March, select a rich spot of virgin win clean the | cut to fit od man of ts cask, say 6 or gi inches at the neighbourhood of Me Ibourn stp cin a a pha - - ier 
silia of all leaves; burn thoroughly, so as to destroy | Todds t point, lay this in the easke and pack the first | irai The writer, Mr. says: 
all wild seeds; then dig 3 or 4 inches fret j “th ghly | course y bad year for Apa. ‘blight on the Apple tei [e 
pulverising the soil, inco! rporating the ashes with the | board, ine Too of course laid at at angles with | —so ‘much so that we have been a pplying Gishumt 
burnt earth ; rake smooth, removing all litter, and sow | it. This co rse being completed, place the board on — a the eta engine, and in doing 80 I 
at the rate of one oe A ote 100 sqnare the opposite "side and pa ack as 3 before; next place the nete a fact that may interest you, viz., that all the 
yards of su > ix 6 he seed in ry leached ashes, t had been dress ed w ith Gish 
say 1 ga of ashes t d. It is best hesa opposite this last set sae and repeat th 1 
to sow ways—now red again, - nd so continue until the work is completed. ieee ad nover been lighted nor i 
boni Any feet perds. green brus! covered as with snow. The spread this season 
] Remove the viet if ter the frost i is oat of the | heads t thus anon Never put into the hogshead more | beyond anything I have ever kn TOM is rd 
pound, and the plants | begin t to cover the bed. than one hand at a time, and let that be carefully matter to find a clean y but I am determined if 
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soil. A Nir y ound” or virgin soil yields ir eee of ihe packer before it reaches him. mily tee been so complete Kc diii dressings in two 
manufacturing leaf; but old well.manured land v If your Tobacco is ripe, un. and of fine fibre, from d n the spring, with a solution not stronger than 
give a larger yield and a richer heavier article, which | 1200 to Ibs, is enough to put in —_ shead. If | 2 oz. to "the gallon, will carry the trees through the — 
will be sought by the exporters. The soil should te very fine or bright, 1000 lbs. is heavy enough. In | summer clean. We do this when the fru it is gathered, E 
thorougn'y cnitivated before the crop is planted. The | “turning out” your hogsheads, _ „space enough to | and before the growth starts for the following season, — 
ground having been well ploughed and cross-ploughed — "€ the top heeds ; see that trou ac — i 
and barrowed, you will lay it off 34 p od each way, and | securely *lined;? then nail all he hoops, and mark Water Pumps.—Your correspon nden ME Lu 
raise a site hill i » re check, You ow ready for | your udi plainly on both Mn x across the staves, | have no apprehension of obtaining a supply of water 
Planting the —This you wil do the first | putting on it your private m Note in your|from the river, and in sufficient quantity, by a Tift ; 
** season," book the analy oat eri of each hogs- | pum : 
first leaves are 3 or 4 ‘inches long, just “as you plant | head, and furnish your mission merchant with a |t 
Cabbages, r batir of course, until you get a stand. | copy of it 
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Field pu rm hait e T into gimp | t : 
tie pni and hoe. The ground should be stirred at Home Correspondence are perfectly sound, and the suction pipe large enou 
least hen a week, and not a weed or sprig of Grass be| Continental Sowas and Rose — Establish- | I recommend c iq ad "be 
to show itself. The last step in this process, | ments.—The fo ppt notes made during a recent A valve at the mouth of the xcd d eva ver m i 
or me “laying by of the crop,” consists in drawing up | visit tal nd es and | be u Tepaus wer ‘allie 
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Topping is simply arresting the growth of the plant hy | feet hig ch and | 4 feet i in di ameter, forming a remarkably Pte Croquet, and Fi pue d s dl 
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alone has to be rib if it goes beyond this | real panicles of f flower not quite fully | oracle, gi a dail contemporary, ers Tt aie 
point much of the strength of the plant has been d ee but Am so rA pee me to arrive at | that a deputation of yoong rod ately Me i 
ended in the formation of leaves that are lost. bead > tom tat E DM rate put; pit stood in H the | authorities of t te Hort Garden ens, to as 
« off the under leaves up to the first good ial; | open e that eas Tea that i 
which is usually a band's breadth from the top of the open quiim md ie id. Dig much more were most soattotmaly’ real t the same 
hill; then top, Teiviug 10 —€— at first toppi dur T Lina rg in its mits folingo than any other of the | time informed that THE GARD it ‘ 
reduce as sop season advan had seen before. Th ted Maclura | HORTICULTURE, not “ husbandry.” d his true? Iri if 
Suckeri Worming.— 86 eo s the growth of | rantin T did not think m ich OF á et — — M I shall m s hope the Cou 
the plan at is arrested by topping, E "will throw out | little of the variegation méutiioed ! in it. e | (not soon) to their proper neg “put ^am er 
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“suckers” just above the foot-stalk of the leaves plants were streaked with white, i LE je falf | 
around the main stalk. These, with the horn worm, | so beautiful and effective as Acer undo variegatum. one or two 
will demand vigilant attention. Never let them get a Spiræa callosa alba i is, however, a real ge m, a and when ky prea steention’ » "the: x3 ; 
start, Once a week will ordinarily suffi known ven M the Times. of to: soirée which followed | 
om — In west midst of this ap Sen with these I f bl - - at the floral T 1 
i mi ; fact it one dense mass y 
rmidable es you will fin f the ft pers white flowers; in fact it was one de of t suutidiond Chiswick éóeld afora of 
the conservatory were not E artificial," Lures 
cff réel b putt g its colour, losing some | of green. and white, and apparently was likely to c ld af 1 
P of its clear deep green. The leaf, if folded rts the Hahi in that condition for along time. When cheap | pressed into temporary service, so that t. d $ 
break readily is wi a capital bedding find the old garden j d, ; 
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cer. ‘Wagener laciniatum E also 
dci r Maples. In the same 
ediatfishisent I also rem: eh in the wit} of variegated 
plants, Weigela amabilis variegata, and W. 
variegata, both distinct and ag The striped-leaved | t 
white Jasmine A also thought to be very pretty. Here 
Int not eA loita eath-like lorizontal mode of trainin ng perhaps n 
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verde: be wondered that the leading e^ — 
PO th tied do The Preseni "grae ht.—We now all f is 
ines pne with the walks ; hey were s eite Karoui n Dri PR OE bat prol bably 
ere bearing a fine crop, an "pol D. informed me | few have realised in figures the extent of ion : E 
that they scarcely ever failed. The witi was about 16 for probably it will prove to be. little else. m ; 
