the growth of Rhododen 
plants. The design of th 
are entrusted to M 
pavilion stands upon i 
a magnificent view 
p 
good y on a e bottom. well 
pots ns and other 
jesa ted to 
coe 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
its highest part 
of the surrounding 
rnamental r 
We haye reduced the French wei ghts 
to their English equivalents 
essrs, STANDISH and pirg of 
last number of the Revue Horticole con- 
n. 
by Mr. Bh on the two days, and the 
emainder igo be Eao of afterwards, 
and skill by the 
come to the ham 
month will henep 
gether 
correctly named, will thus pass bénesth the hand of | yer i 
y cauticus. Accordingly, not a few gin! 
the a We understand the plants to be all | doubtful ‘plants have hitherto received so 
in hi uh health, ti heir safety is fi 
late Mes 
rs. Loppicrs, is about to | have (chiefly within ¥ three years) 
The a pe aw pe aitempted the rearing z exotic "rubs and of a few 
ines: 10, 1856. 
which will one 
he 
wo hundred aa eighty lots will iba ‘offored | day makè the place a ial Everything of the sort 
about 450 distinct species and varietie 
_YEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.— 
which I have must out of doors, winter ag 
Alto- (Summer. I have no ph beyond a one- 5 ms fra 
| Howi 
S, | failures in my earliest Season or two have rendered tn me 
more 
ro- 
tection that their safety is far from giving "sinelui 
evidence of hardiness. But my collection contains a 
m thin: are 
gen 
end as a whole, it is pretty ot 
fest error of the press in the French original 
| Tons. Cwts. 
Potatoes ... | 26,298 be! 
Cabbages... 20,166 
Carrots ... | 20,225 1 
Turnips | 3810 1 
Parsnips ... Ho Paik TATO 
Leeks ... ---| 12,400 ^} 
Salads -.. |e 3934 1 
@hions 0 | 2976 3 
Caulifiowers | 2487 
Brussels Sprouts... 124 
Asparagus -| 854 
Artichokes >, 28274 1 
Sorrel... ie 7440 1 
in 382- 1 
Chicory ey NL) 2095) y IZ 
Salsafy ... 254 17 
Summer Radishes 425 2 
Black Ditto 31 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
“Avernge 
prt 
per kilo of 
21b. 3} 02. 
= 
5 a . 
dat 
me 19 bo bo 
-l 
ice 
of a branch 
return n of the s ; the lower side of a branch or of a 
eP 
is much increased in many instances by 
deflection, npa Le 455? an obstacle to the too speedy 
V: D FRUIT CONSUMED IN PARIS 
extract 7. HEMIDYSTROPHIA * Th artial oe “his! ae for an patrons who has little ground ‘and n 
M. Husson, an nha ee isa term inv vented b y RE to express that con- | permanent gardener. 
dition under 1 paa Bare y part of my experience is worth recording, it 
and sor the P Othar $ ae soe Though ae ee cy ally wiieh a uld be understood how our climate in the an t of 
a t a sap 1s istri ute o every por 10n of a tree is par y Fifeshire sta nds bot h for e vil an nd for r goo ood. 
, and corrected a Maul- | vita], like the circulation even in the highest animals, : 
it is greatly affected by dynamiclaws, Thus the fertility the nearest 
pels. of tl th 1e a beach, and ‘se Pica close on Pe east 
+ at, 
+l 
c 
478. Ext 
| fluence on ne apeeiation of „sap. 
posed to the 
ernal agents Siso exercise a powerful in- 
The side of a tree | abou 
do sayin a litte, an sp wre winds from the sea 
cause plants n far the ipep the town, to be in 
danger which our Notorious 
= | bay exposes To. The M at 
erity ol 
y Conifers. "Ee mountain plant 
Pinas. Can sbra. for instance, which grows beautifully 
3 
t Edinburgh lives indeed Aga but my PU are 
e Iris! 
} it s law is so = 
constan t 
| di irects h imself w 
commo strippe —_ 
that when once the gen rr oe ee hed late eis gee 
parmu windg ne: thar nature is known, the sav. 
w 
[S] 
| every now and kig as he goes ong, to a ertai in fr rom 
À pts by exam 
alo; 
f the 
nerri ing. openers through the 
os. a a branch 
and the ea .% m 
Be po most sre in y“ neig hb ourhood ; ult bay 
ven pore succeed better in a elosely sheltered ti 
walk of mine bey vo the garden ; and in the garden 
he edge o of the Com on Yew (which is oN pi = pe wid 
è aa A 
s traine 
but this, 
ation 
he is steering, 
vailing winds is seen on almost every coast in the Coins 
leaning of the trees away from their course, insomuch 
that ev exposed position ts an 1 
instance of hemidystrophy, the branches fai on the 
sis ed si not always to the same point of the 
ompass. Anothe: anger arising from mechanical im- 
pedimen 
t ia presented in every garden wherever a tree 
d to a kjara or other impenetrable substance ; 
of course, can only be brought forward as a 
pt ration, as rit Aari” s object of this kind of culti- | 4. un ado 
is 
to expose all the fruit bea aring bra inches 
A familiar instance of the Na of pre- 
ese . 
broad-leaved Evergreens we are yet worse off. The 
mon Laurel, a vicyadiine delicate, has lost with me 
in the garden every lea af, and been transferred to the 
walk just mentioned ; the Laurus nobilis pA not 
thrive even there, The Portugal Laurel, as is usual, 
eceeds better. A 
there are in gardens here ae 5 of the A, Andrachne, 
co 
.un 
of which. how as kille some winters ago ; and, 
here as @lewhere, the red-flowered variety of the 
is much hardier sown! _ species, Experi- 
l attempts at growing 
as benefit of age and of reflec coe ne 
£4} 
Cd 
On the other hand, we have several advantages for 
479. There is however another cause which affects 3 
| hy dis ‘tribution of sap, inducing distorti ion and disease, brs tende shrubs and trees that are deciduous. 
|an d that form whi ch R é ha d mo re espec ally i in view. Although a very hard bed of blue clay runs below our 
| grow nr 
| had a more ats ob soso to particular portions of | !€S 
part p p 
| the tree, the trunk of which, is in a very great degree | | 
bie ahoa 
e side ean pen 
while 0 on the other they m 
netrate into a rate a congenial oa, | + tet 
eet with PPE 
ant eg be ieee | | the plants daa sand ie rotted turf, = leaf-mould) 
ther 2 4 a 
ing these with 
matter of interest, some measures 
+o | earth, or any mechanical wi be that to i in’ depth botto 
progress, - the mor epth, bo t 
en iy 3 whi] sido» haen if: loose stones and Sarai Our lowest mperature in 
kespi iiei Mat ii } PP = | Winter is a good way above that of places even a little 
She as dévand th Esi na amore inland, though considerably farther south. In 
i 3 e 5, when the Horticultural Society’s 
ais: Bo doie to ki the en of dakar ity, b in Edinburgh had frost going down to + 5 
where the preservation of some particular tree is ‘af my thermometer noted morniog. and eveging £n 
ve 
s may be ado opted for nothing below + 18°, and the registering thermometer 
fs one of b . 
480. Ré I l o 
p to the 
category under the anes barbarous name, 
no instances of such an affection, In graft ‘ees 
where the graft and stock are not well adapte 
other, the trunk of the graft will sometimes greatly | Mate nfor pickling: In 
d to each | | nei 
y S 
t winter again I noted nothing below 
growth on the other, Such st eps however must be 
taken with caution. Ré also ree miia i incisions in | af the. older kinds of Fuchsi a prosper aie 
the bark of the weaker branches, whee more gener psa 
diet is administered to guard against the contrary evil served i its wood ‘il it covered a a he tyi rep 
of repletion, but whether thi depends | and across ; the F. Carolina and m s oriee 
personal experience or not of its benefit, is not | with white or pink eayces ir fope sightly p vered Wi 
tate | lea ves or litter, th brow up e spring $ trong; Laras 
The ood of the ea 
a3 
| Be might be expected, pre tty hardy ; so 
va © Pipi. ; a young Fig tree PP age my orm, ona ate wall 
| [has come near to ripening a crop, and the ripe! ring, I 
m told, is quit te reached by a tree belonging i to onai ofmy 
hbours, n far 
rs we paiher ripe 
its growth 
arm sum 
ful berri ies plentifaily 1 from an old wee of mine (Morus 
by t 
of coma 
Apta as to prove more than the ‘the. 
& 
x 
e 
p 
a 
w 
w, 
kilos ee 
“om Asi ri gan: set bu a ving | Stock =f have never, however, seen an aii 
10s: i Aaparagas, forced HE ae Bahia oi in which prin “stock has perished from the overluxu- | itself for rising, at the of eA AR rh a Kiso, 
SOA kilos: ave g 8s. . to 16s. sa. the 2 kilo. riance of the graft. All the nutriment must pass pease ‘son F tan a a man’s leg. Pe cna mine 
value of sian i through it, and jë oan avail itself = alla s it passes, and | thich certainly ax be oe ven by a rim ner 
£ as it is on. n roots, such m t wi pie 
eS owing to the in whi ch the iied t ‘ge ‘tt fais nE it w ab set ped Picaggersecth plici i in a eleri Nabe sev ea feet 
market e sell their forced ikopri A returning p will certainly be ntt in quality and fro; ae arest walls, i reas two men te 
small pot icaitiective fruit fetches | does in some cases affect the stock, but I am doubtful made n 0 row wth, as killed outright in eee nish 
1 franc the The first cro woh 1855. I had been pratt to try it by seeing aie rs 
24 awyr , the second crop 16 w Pine ‘Apples death. "Where the stock fails, which i is sometimes ithe plant, in the A of Coniferous trees, in Mr. Roy 
Po ey 
is beng 
withou t any tin us disease the graft, i 
M. "7 B 
s announced for sale. That assemblage of all that 
beantiful, formed w 
most rare and 
uch care 
nourish, 
XOTIC SHRUBS AND TREES, 
A: 
gal 
i requi 
| vegetables, fruit, and Grass. In = e remainder, indeed som 
ae aiat collection of Oncmins in the world | = °"@*¥ Spot where : 
be found or made, 
From yuseus half, dus badly, and +2e¢w to nourish. 
t From zaj a bY anch, sous a foot, bus badly, and resu to 
nursery a 
mt 
Ag d f Jants, I hesitate whether 
o a goo -vs feat al, "Nat haie 
ra fon hiliarly kno che anes rarer a 
e I set down here a miscellaneous list i 
nr trees, most of which have stood in my bit ek thes 
for more winters than one, while a good map. of them 
Ae a ee «ee A O N o A E E 
TNE SS PS a E S O 
ne a ae a 
