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s will, eat und depend upon the larly fed and & tl f my own observation, I am convinced 
attention paid. to iota dressing X am "i l g | that the system does much mischief. I i f 
nes te for Shallow planting, but. ot em | bedding, e a temporary helter T ^ should e pro- 
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w circumstances, such as the quality dition of dered that t} , and d mixed that mercenary motives may be, and in some cases 
the soil, than by routine. For ute noe, if n 31 ia of h the surface soil by t ing|attributed to them. Through jealousy or Peru] 
a cold mature d liabl t T the swine, “the ON shoal be pu to mmi feeling, Messrs. A., B., and C. directly Ee that 
tent n eate d. Whe nI Messrs. D., E., and F. exhibit with a view to 
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will a always retai uch a an unt of its age ae that I recommend an unlimited supply, Lem i is | natural c , Messrs. F. give v 
dines. as to mora it desi irable "us keep the roots on | quite M to overdo the matter. Apples are exhibiting altogether and these Im May add, are nop 
the surface. I shoul weno in this case simply | greatly benefited b f manui me ik xed | imaginary cases which may possibly occur, but only a 
prick over the surfa ce and place the roots on the with othar "fresh redi) and applied on the surface i in | small portion of what " 
ground level, pro portions only = the trees will be able to y 1 
80 as to form a large mound ; rha i f the season ; s there would have „Deen no room for jij, 
the soil is of a warm vari on a dry ‘bottom, and E applied at once, ahd more particularly if it is natured E he prize animals, adduced by 
composed of a good sound loam of a e dep o0 strong. they become as it were go orged with rich “ Florist in compar n with prize plants, do not 
it Sua be taken out from a hole lav ving a rm food and. fas pi : thes i 
roots, to the depth of|been nearly killed by it. Very strong sewage manure with, bona Lopes 
a a foot, but certainly 1 no more in “any, case whatever, and | will have is effect when used pure, but when xe | 
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he wind, and this can be more efficiently | furpamity, because most of the roots will be low down t win prizes 
performed without injury to the roots before they are | a = earth, and by well enriching the surface the | are n hol those pis am ave the "ew i a 
cover: will be induced to strike upwards to fee lere them to do Gardening of the 
As this is an important point, extra care should be dios it. as exemplified at the leading hortioalbalt ibi 
taken at first, for then the trees will be sooner capable lies th fit kingdom, is cert ain inly in - vance of tl 
of standing without any support, I say an — o be derived from crea sms reg, | that the | othe countries ance directly attributa 
point, because no fresh planted tree with a moderate | roots are ther reby kept near the su ; for if the food to the thoroughly. bera spirit "which Eee 
sized "head, can throw out new roots, so as to obtain a | is is placed there in vafficient dantis rt ey will come | evinced gardeners in all matters con 
firm hold upon the soil, if it is not secured from o feed upon it, as I have Eur ver and over | nected wi ith t their pes n. Gardeners on the ole 
ower ing about. There are various methods of securing apa y ; and although some of the p rineipal roots may | hand have also done their best i in order to make a iuit 
this object. I do not hold with fastening t e subsoil, it will b g 
tree to a single seve: two is much better than rather than otherwise, and the bad effects hick out, I a raid that a wet blanke 
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tances in a triangle, at from 18 inches to E in| on the surface. To this pe all my observation Sit | that where show ied out, other things am 
from the stem of the tree. A very stout collar should | tende d, and every point in practice is designed to lead | neglected. ET is ponte t that some pp may act 
then be made on the stem, large enough to allow of encouraging dly in this matter; brat: 8a D I main. 
inch for play. The collar should be made of gaskin or | near the surface. To ensure this the pe must be there | tain that things a are just the reve f I might be 
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twisted tow, and closely bound with tarred rope yarn. | presented to them m, and 1 often X the case, allowed to offer word of Mes: 1 "hound say to 
“A hole should then be bored near the head of eacl under the i idea à that then 10 have the privile ege of showing,—alw: 
stake pointing to the centre e the nde and a| may be taken from the ground with i mpuní to f. your own time that lost 
len vani iron wire, ith of a inok in |in cases guere the pad im perfection is MER is sake, sai in preparing subjects f for them. 
diameter, re through the hole one end bein ng bent|very short-sighted economy. If orchard trees 
round the ar and secure! ely fastened ; each wire epee = Pay well, it can only be by liberal treat- vegetables, and mu ier general keeping of the pla 
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Suing den as will brin making every itor object entirely s equal o 
Eie me af the other end fastened round the| soriient to ther culture. John Cow. Misropresentations  oomá from: more sources than 
The best of this tria erst. fee fastening E that E: in these matters. I know men wh pe" = 
S quarter the win ws, there is always eir hands at exhibiting and who have been deficient 
the a « Home Correspondence. sr gt skill, and also in z rever perse | 
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only ons Phé stakes, C: Garden s cede ux of y de insure success; suc have found it 
as before protects in rca be erat in previ espondents state their experience in the application carved nent to pra round and represemi timt-t 
to covering the roots, hat the after operation E ré artificial manures to kitchen garden produce ? Wel advisable to show, on account of loss of time, inj 
fasten ning fo the stakes t be we un € the soil is| cx in this oe ri mee a thriving Cottage Gorliz plants, &c, At present, competitive exhibitions appe - 
all thro over nens to them from he togae h-| to be ¢ i s that move everything that 
being Sd by des" The final ive pif bour rhood exbibit, and i in going amongst them I hay ve | is making progress—not in gardening only, 
planting and securing, is to level the surface, an been struck with the very great difficulty in procuring | other matters. I would suggest that all who 
cover it with a good mu pp of rotten dung. commie supply of manure. Where no pig is kept, on matters of such importance as those 
rt is presumed that, in accordance with a former | $ cottager is thrown entirely on the resources of his to the regulation of exhibitions, should affix their 
recommendation, the spaces b l be E ey dor daa of <p and when ss Ste to their observations, so that the e 
"ulti cann ai y occasiona’ -scraping or pur : "n timate the 3 
ing, but that Be diameter of the snis left pesar se of manure, it is quite insufficient for the require: in a pain uf bui a 
around etch ire will be annually increased, until the meta of the uil In Page district eng € Bo wdon, Ches shire E fih which. 
extension Ua te chs d guae iq desirable ve ot be p at a profitable rate, and if a has been adopted and em 
that the vins should be laid down in Grass, which garcen | at the metropolitan othibitions Ai Bes their com 
will be ne d be obtained, it ge A a great boon to mencement, and that, ib may be assumed, with the 
ing as Cg = paration and after treatment are | ANY of Lae ighbours. I have often won dered, entire accord of aan plein since they hive 
lor th erse. Previous to sowing Grass, the | Whilst, such success "has attended “the application of | the remedy in their own hands. “At country exile 
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by $e = RE thi k eir use to the Potato, Carrot, Parsnip, Cabbage, m eners’ concert 
pm erum tet [rt soil, so that after sowing, | Onion, and other staple crops of the garden, TF Mt bona hbitons to become ame 
Etre poe vee at used, oa me = ae manures to garden husbandry, and on oes ms of | on eee ee pen Men 
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and ioni as Vind practised on [aea i will be | Manure and the quantities per acre he considers would bá pi EE: iil gro sh alge in the lent 
Ls piano e applicable to ve crop, I — lite t tö institute á| whether y they obtain E or not.” I think if there 
order that n othing gd LA omitted that is mate- | Careful sei jes riments on the subject. Geor, cord’ | be a solita case of this kind, “ Florist” might be 
to ensure success, it is to observe that it Maw, Benthall Ha all, near Broseley. | ble, to uem it near home. I at least have seen mani 
5 not at x begets C mow 7E rass of E SL n of the Manetti Rose Stock.—I have ane | many cases where the result has been the em 
r e|the following in ing oe ctm this | wie ladi d gentl have been 
anus o^ NEUE Sabe Uit e tothe, fom toy Kod fred and valusd. corropctdent, | thar gran oy’ caren cud happy io yl 
been ‘and cattle, because whatever | Mr. Rivers :—* It is 30 fios ago, th this month,” * Florist” 
from it is returned to the soil in a condition | he says, since I received one small rooted cutting of qum a ag: eR ies hen g 
calculated to inerease its fertility; by which alone we Manetti in a bookseller’ essts. Long- | for exh ion is the order day, except the 
trees are te in a vigorous state of health. man & brother, raised i in the same batch, came € 80 grown, mainder go more or less! 
E. same time it must be understood that this footing over with it, and "M — : i E . ay oin eel no! If those who wor 
sort was called indic ti^ Both we med a ould ke the trouble io visit. the 
f pe pase to which they raised by a Signor Crivell xe , dedicated the latter M se tom ot exhibitors instond of granted 
may he brought by jh udicious assistance, It will there- | Signor MM, D ctor of the Botanic Garden at t | that on show days there is nothin i A 
fore be advisable to give annal top ung of good | Monza, o de Como. Tho first received was | them, they ic find that, as Ps 
rotten manure and o mposts of fresh fe eios ails like. Manetti in leaves and habit, but not a| better done than in places w 
materials, which shou! dd S wal prese and sp cutting would grow. So, after some years, I destroyed | Again, * Florist” * Very ma 
i vh over xi the, surface, whic «ds. a time hold it, which T now regret," r. Rivers further says, “ So | not allow their gardeners to exhibit, as, 
a ded over, and afterwards rolled down, highly A d — stock esteemed in the United | of i ney all 
apply such surface dressings is in| States, tha. ave sent some hundreds of thousands | and inconvenien 
ae. ann, after all the fruit : A sng e pt after | there; and there is at this moment in t sod an Mchibitors wonid d rep SM io: 
Mes ue ng at of it will dis- p ed 50,000 for one nursery." W. F. Radclyffe,| prove his words in this case; and if 
y r spring feeding. the deficiency as a penalty for 
g, I will detail a E taking at Horticultural Exhibitions.—At | statements, he would find to his cost pee 
1 any places with very | of the exhibitions in this part of the Kingdom 1 oe th hough it 
pite mice in m in the case ot t , not to the s gentlemen and ladies too, reapan i 
zns of scotty ; and that is to make a gardeners: at the same time the em loyers do not ‘om "xem and real 
hurdles, at a distance of S or | receive a fraction of the Sita but through a benut specimens of their r gardener’ 
or trees, as the case may be, | generous feeling, and as an incentive good exertions, | quite willing to award him all the ered 
these must be regu-! giye them to their gardeners. Yet, from facts faa ifthe alteration suggested would 
