Jan. 12, 1856.] 
THE GARDEN BRS 
these discoveries that 
 cmtainty in the nines Char ter = 
L Or cha rd- Hous -In 
0. Babington, "Came idge 
obtai in a succession 
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there is, however, no apu mea such a be killed off 
far too clos ely. It is a dangerous 
 deatx, concerning th That botanist is a sufficient ; could ed. In New Zealand | Eroi- 
authority for the eroria of the names of va — ts | them out in small ve 5 nee wi m glad to lea 
rai Tt will also’ be see! —~ oai neni = nt orar | letters pei oa no Wellington, that most o 
ve indeed, asii delaz ly the Gus 
saia Tobacco, La w whieh. æ had only three ods, whieh | 
I gav —_— a th greenhouses ; 
Bec a “iy, who writes ‘me 
surn out a fw 1 trees in the ber: nning of sum and 
replace them in the autumn. As by this ri — tlie trees 
— ea cht time the whi ch hav 
re = 
mill suit it even 
gus’ mos 
t 
mutilated, it would — that i in order 
ou 
je used than are required in othe I would, 
Dowaai naa a much simpler cna maniy kaini 
he pots plunged under a north wall during winter and 
arly spring, and moving them 
when the first bud shows a little pink. 
ing 
a “nor severe frost as in England 
; h 
n r h 
| greater number of our la arger hawks better Bersi ~ 
would be found that instead of being Eo E to the 
me, a 
bly draw their conclusions as 
from 
ao 
e aet of diseussing t the 7 rn 
ms, it is but fair t 
one of their number “who, being pence rer 
intelligent men, re oice i a visi it from e Peregrine to 
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their moors dur ing 
being aware that the falcon’s principal object of pursuit 
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pleasantest season, for midsu ings heat, 
ssn would not be bad but om the iequent a 
and 
then everything 
urpose trying the plan 
t fou 
year. For quality I have not yet found any variety of 
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egg-stealers which then infest the ground. On some of 
the Highland moors the alpine hares have become so 
numerous, in consequence of the destruction of their 
chief re Th the golden eagle, as to = a perfect 
armer and e sportsman, 
Peach which e uals the N oblesse. nuisance to the fi also to thi 
Seedlings. i 224 ult. there i enue of Igo0ks, whose dog worse continually point them.” 
article on the subject “Of the Propagation of Plants Ve wish we could cence _that country gen 
i from Scions or Buds retaining all the properties of the | Falconry in the British ei By F. H. paina and W s, especially as regards 
Germs or Buds from which they are originally taken.” | Brodrick. rge 8vo. Van Voo: Pp. 147, | th or ba which have 
My son raised some seedi ngs fom the common im-| with 24 coloured aiia be rare to save them the trouble of usi 
i Turkey Fig o mameree, which bore As the long bow gave way ` to the harquebuss, and boar legs. At all events falcons and faleoners ean « desire no 
incipient fruit freely. | but Seis never re reached maturity, | spears to rifles, so has falconr 4 
: invariably Jiii off ee ab ea or two-thirds fowling pieces and patent cartrid e say perished | Concerning which w d only add it contains full 
prown. I bi ded one Prawn Rr growing im- | because we cannot bring ati ip nE oq et and particular Mrcothe for all mh of a fale 
‘ mediately oig o ‘d the e aspect, and the fruit sport ea be revived, even os aided by the | business , that it points out the merits and faults of th the 
w varies ma materially in shape, colour, size, and flavour ;| knowledge, skill, and enthusiasm of two oon 
shape is more ecg ag? size oaia sei who have produced this samanea Herearsn coloured plates, and that the whole volume 
cme colour darke: he skin more bright o hen the late Sir bright gave to tl itten in the t pirit of the 
ne l idwill. his admirable Jittle ‘treatise on hawking, | he expressly of the enthusiastic sportsman. 
The lia gratis —It i matter of surprise 
)*this plant is not ‘grown in every eol cal perine. for its which a may be rec visi med, rather than e Year Book of Agriculture (8vo. Paterson, Lon- 
M beauty and fragrance at thi f the year cannot | enlist arattam for a sport s0 completely ‘fallen iaig die- Kaa for 1855 and 1856, is not, as its name indicates, 
je asse wo fine panei in growing in a p use as it had become in 1826. en then a yes merely a recor ord of agricultural facts, but it embraces 
: conservatory at Thorp Perrow, Bedale, where Dutch pee appropriately horticulture in all its branches as practised in the 
ometer seldom rises — 244°, It covers a space supposed to be the last refuge of p foba fal ‘5 United States. In this. point of view it may be rwageatied 
m a b wall 24 fe y 12; in the Christmas wee 1 
i were more than ad) bathed of bloom open at one | to remain to the race. And ‘though our authors well as far rmers, may be directed, Mr. Wells, the 
i ime, and their kesir Ah is e t last for a Tae ff editor, + ns done his Aarh seri, apron the a 
which makes them n winter, The í in | Of correcting the atil 
tting They were daa Y IOIA ee aeris are introduced is grediiyá ri, revision. othe 
other vik: 
the person of one of the lanai of Baroc han; 
even down to 1845 — Sir John Max ~~ —_ Polloel “hy 
d Wm . Barr, « as his yet 
volume contains 
oer 
The soil used for 
a mixt of loam and leaf-mould ; so im- | ha, ivation in N 
patient are the plants of heat ot-water pipes } 
near them have been covered up for two years ; previous brilliant ant spons which: once’ was ithe: mar of pries aed view of what is going on in gre rural > aad 
he kra Ie blooms a aay roppa off before they came | Corn-fields, drains, and railway ce have done their work, a a Ame: PEAR bea ume contains 4 ae 
ortulan our report on Frog- = Falconry must, we fear, be © moni tioned ong the | res well a a closely "printed ara which 
are lost, Weare,ho still | ei on | Mechanics and ——— 
Ailanthus meneere ras at 808, 1855).—In answer = Fm cree its rene rs 3 there is a cana ab held surreally at | 134, Agricultural Chemistr try and G Gaok 2, M eteoro. 
to “An Old Sone I would’ suggest one use to | Loo, near Arnheim ; Wallachian gypsies pay tribute to logy Far ya 10, Agricultural and onomic 
which the <i of the tree he is about to fell (or part | the Sublime Porte in quails, which are all taken by Bot Blog 60, culture 50, Agricultural, Zoology, - 
of it at any r i may be ai eously put. If he | sparrow-hawks ; some Russian nobles still fly hawks | Statistics, 60 foo The text is illustrated voy way of 
will offer a amei to Sir Wm, J, Hooker, Royal | over their steppes and bound plains; and Mr, | woodcuts and gues) ane for ; and contains by way 
ns, Kew, for the Kew Museum, I have no doubt) Q*Keefe, an Irish sportsman, rides after his hawks with | frontispiece Rk ait pt ere ne ele i 
its accepted and gratefully acknowledged, oodcocks, ridges and | America, w cores o ” arison 
Publicola. g p 8 y ged. | no lite success in ques woodcocks, partridges A ae E A Pip il p taka ay or: 
p88 Era Borders. —In iaa k m kA of Dec. 15th,| « “The man á say our authors,“ of a a sport t onoo 20 B0 ee Wes Satan take poetin to refer to 
e say 8, “ ee | several causes $ _the principal one “having n no »doubti in the | 
of wall tree b 
, as well as trees 
r, 7 ie geting: in prendem ce of the wo 
i ag being more et Ban matured and icone pow te lands ae den Memoranda. 
tumn be the productio; ore vigorous blossoms first ‘blow t to he art. nae ere reaction Peitr re regard to the Roy. e PrE, visit to these great 
ore certain oa oct g, more capable o piee of which plans were given in volume for 
the action of frost, and less susceptible of | tion they t 1849, ily highly interesting at any time of 
that or aty: other cause ¢” I A peia E Discarded allies in tbe field ae were and are | the year, scarcely } at the pr t season than 
n of this, th f a gard only looked u upon as enemies ; and the same noble bird in summer, for now an opportunity is afforded of in- 
à autumn, and but a poor account was given of ms ich i ng houses in i 
rist, is now handed over a the tender mercies of a Pine E pher masts the porate grown here is enormous, 
ts of Tat season when ihey were under mch notice, for meni ial as yerm _ The ustom of collecting oe fruit or ecu health of = : 
hough the trees were p rotected in tities of - plain tt is im mes ible owe in too 
d bl elle red, and semi lg dicated à wy vet te hey Cayennes and Queens, + “ands oe 
t the time the blossoms should have set it was a great = of meeen ses! taste for real the 
ointment to obserye them die off and oneal goren se orders, and at the same time laid in — even the RUR aln i: 
us with no fruit, Now, the cause I think puna the m: o from the iower ranks of society. ° No pert into pots, but are en of the stools and planted- 
ee garden = a very oe pursui es the title of sp . = a bed of nae 
in winter of moisture, It appeared to hay = vont of ma i who follow it. | The ts in the two Pineries in 
not effi Af Tie Battue sgn of in which hundreds of pheasants | are T admirable examples of skilful P igean: 
d Pef full of slugs, worms, wireworm, &c., EKrGEA Tiii agement, not a broken or diseased leaf nor 
stand 
would nd | hares en within ne ven into the an insect ia to be seon on ono of them, and they promiso 
i like half plani ts than oth erwise. | faces of sportsmen posted in tageous situations, | to spori noble gardens from which 
l] à slaugł i by wholesale with the smallest ible 
doubt it had been for eat enpeiidioase ot eee, tothe ers, may be styledin| Ri a eae pes are obtained here all the year round. 
season might bring its blossoms on the | newspaper glori naani os has house of West's St. Peters has not yet been touched ; 
trees, yet as freely would they shed them, e | certainly nothing in common with of the fruit in it exhibits the greatest 
o true a tale | sport which brings into play the qualities of energy, | The bun large, the berries well swelled, black 
t trees, and | perseverance, endurance sfiga great self-command | as Sloes and covered witha most beautiful bloom. The 
pect bl to set whil teal f nerve in ti f difficulty, and which | foliage is yet green, that on a plant of Black 
Toot are surrounded by superfluous moisture. J. járok 0 the wathonalclinredter: Hs Rie t at one end of the house, and 
in the by fiood and field at home, and | to e same treatment, is quite withered, and the foot- 
the warrior One part of thi of | stalks of the berries deeayed. The is, however, 
i in the ion of every | a e late Grape, though many still prefer the 
ce. bird or beast supposed capable of claiming its share Peters. e d variety there 
Mona, Vale, near Ross, Van Diemen’s Land, 18th|in the spoil, whether or not has provided could not be le less than 300 Ibs, of ripe fruit in this 
fess I regret my own ignorance | it with requisite powers or inclination. |. i scarcely say, at mid-winter pre- 
is a very extensive — here, As might be imagined, this of arriving at the sents a novel spectacle. A low house filled with Black 
120 feet in length, an desired end generally defeats itself, extirpa- | H: ised bed over a hollow 
d height, with a lofiier oblong in the tion of one supposed hostile species only makes way for | chamber elosed in witht ates also now full of nearly 
ie 30 fet by 2, whic ae ee been much 1 some other still destructive instance ee Te the second ge tapes same Vines 
‘late years, pote nee ‘fro localiti re a of weasel, this season. Ter nee last March, whem 
= pain ifroe tunes young ; he brought ae fi disapp 3 f | they P p by taking 
Grapes to great size, quan, and Guay Jaat year, | he lights off. About t 
i, 084 korai fe petra oren enya ei aa 
i= Sine te plead e tian so that I often | ey ies man to hunt them down. An result isa fair crop of fruit, which will come 
: was given me | e: birds and beasts of ea cama Sarno Be the St. Peters above al 
New of th id ad there will be ripe Grapes 
and thus 
