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vegetable kingdom, where there are so few indica- | 
tions of vital heat, a moas peer similar in its | | 
phases cannot be expected, but if we mistake not, | 
something closely analogous takes place, 2A means of | 
which the dead part is pushe! the 
as delicio 
a wall with a good aspect. 
P 
tee 
that mode they occupy least 
| | Space, they: are pruned at the fall of the leaf in November 
cb ard to the Peach and 
kreeres of the country, we find there are still | Apricot trees they are noi 
th reg: 
t pruned, but merely cleaned, 
brok 
young agg is just ready to fall, if a ry degree of | 
vio. pe is used, t If then 
the disc which the fruit and bran chlet were 
uni ited be ex: lin ne it will be found to exhi bit a | 
estiges to attract the. attention of the | obse: erver. | and the branches trained and nailed in oe s re 
fth try s the en 
mene the moveable structure is pe against 
of 7, 8, 10, or 15 feet high, furnished with co copings | 
18 8 inches according to the | ia 
f these walls are | 
the best | or May the, moveable structure is is taken off from t 
t, | 
r south-wes 
h 
wich pe en from 12 to 
height of the wall, 
erori sloping hee oo a sr ef pa gees 
For 
As soon as the fruit is set, and in a fine day in mn 
g 
aspect, facing t o! 
protection of a wail ‘higher ‘wall is watford’, 
of almost free cells, which are often It was on | of disbudding, pinching, and the removal of old 
snow, and are e either thinly dusted over the’ atai | these, according to the testimony of the old friars, that | | exhausted branchlets. ‘The fruits are thinned eo wa 
or form a rather thick stratum. ese cells g 
generated at the point of demarcation between the | were cultiv: The riches of these institutions | leading shoots are nailed i in, Ifi 
dead and living tissues, and as increase | permi itted the erection of these Á | illed by sprinkling with t o wat , Which n 
have a tendency to throw off t ad or dying | structures. mee 1e present day om ply "vith 
it stalk exactly as the ne wth does | tions ape ot taken en in th g of t hy; es vee ace r l is hie eet th 
e putrid slough. They are dissolved instantly in yet the injuries a it trees in spring, an woi vp Ea avourable ; but if no ot, ese opera- 
is aah ide th ‘herd t consequent losses of pe S, oa = that it is | tions are performed out taking down the structure, 
OEE PUUT ACA Oe ey dO NOt high time to adopt remedial mea oe | It remains up till the Peaches and Apricots have 
yield to caustic potash, and AOS and sul- | is” had to copings, whioh aaa the blossoms | arrived at rag which is about three weeks or 
phuric acid the outer coat becomes blue, while the] from snow and lat Some akra atte “of ce a month before ripe fruits can be obtained from 
ame ge i rete oe th o remains yellow. They | eal: straw, or Bi mats, Others ag pao of so Sep , of 
are then nothing more than sip upon ore or 
Rary p nig rege colls; very See ee ent AS cea gee Jess favourable. Th watt es when taken 
simi ose which = s of are laid aside till the following 
walls efa ccidental cavities in ||| | | if eet j | r) spring, im; th paee eben 
S i | | | | | | | in ROE ol al sphere i 
of being. studded with m il [A their vegetation and productive vigour 
Hkt they are beretli amooth | | for the follow: si year.—J, De Jonghe. 
e this tion ts in Febi in || Explanstion Ki zg Pigerne aps 
fi how; was 
the young shoots, the old axile || aed op aT i a of mng Pott 
portions from c duncles d struction, and which has existed for 
of last year’s fruit were separated f more than 25 years The wall is 
in autumn are undergoing a some- f Oak, form- 
what si pane a though a more ing sc in vice are set on sago 
grad Wherever a bract or es thick of blue paving tiles, 
leaf effete re qu , SO AS o break joint 
axis jeep takes place, de- + This hs wal 0 feet high and covered 
tep till the whole > we > 
is removed, Four or five irregular T mi a ps Bee ged Tie 
eg are formed in this way => copi ye xed hooks which 
fore final separation is accom: hook into two eyes 
plished, and at every step the PLAN T rest upon 2, 
is powdered with the same |i in the ground to the depth of 
glistening cells, which are often |!*4 a ss Wir rats i Sais 3 oe 3 inches. Each su 
so abun to be easily re- = ends of — which i 
baie the point of š tly on the one and partly on the 
i ti a i IZ. ef as at w. T 
The chemical reaction of these 
cells is just the same as in the other 
case, soe there is nothing to con- 
Fa i the notion of Scnacut, tha t 
the Sanaton of cork cells. 
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nw 
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up in pct ag frosts by straw mats, 
t, t,t t 
_ sare. They 8 re kept from blowing 
in or out n, being tied to laths nailed 
to the ore 
very possible that a 
posure to t ir they may alter at So bal} piove aE 
their chemical characters, but this yw gaa ot a, though 58 Tat 4 inches 
is a different matter to the produc- -$ SM Hs smo ngs gp pa aa 
tion of cork cells in con osi- | r A in minutes ý 
tion before separation, an vomi | | etei wa wage lang rc 
ourselves bear witness se after | 3 | 
ey have ats perfectly brown | re ones there only remain the _ posts, 
from exposure, their chemical re- | l Y g its principal object— 
action re ins same as x — t SCALE FOR DETAILS the protection of fruit trees, such as 
before ar process in all ti ‘ $ 2 ter te ee print, A ve ke. 
probability takes place in those or yenes fant eat E r : the same 
where branches of some mt pts me production of mgs al 
thickness neers pans eously by vt table Sid bara ink 
om eel fissure, and paneer : e expense of 
of the same kind may exist e russels 
where there is at each bud a Ponin interrup- Pee: orgy It is co ie e a il 
tion of continuity in the pith. M. J. B. Bee aes s d 
Carpenter aA. A ewe 1 211 
_ We observe that Mr. pene ate 5 Jis new wine om eee wood 1 (Oak and Pine) pee gS Pa = 2 ks : 
ives a very my of the Oil, white l BOOT Lie A eG 
Portuguese vineyards, The hi h seit ‘which his Stews ia an Cage oo a aes 
obtained in the French Exhibition, w a on ay ERA 6 gardener n. 2 0.5 T 
of 24 samples of Por t wine exhibited by hhii ity to the painting, an i making the straw 
gl jury, fo urteen Were | those af | moveable glass structures, which appear to i to be spe men aving eon, done done alk the be paren 
entit des of protection, By means- 
It api that the goer of wines in oe! of t h I d Peaches, ake and Total expense s es £T 0 9 
not now amount to more than 5000 pipes of 1853, | G f —Charles Van der Straeten. 
,000 pipes of 1854, and 20,000 pipes of 1855 of | beyond Teich i nothing cl be a ens 
all qualities. Choice old wines in the hands of| one of these structures Die n Charles VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No. CXXII. 
natiye hol fog tate exporters, cannot be Van der Stracte n, at Taste les lèz vinta card mies. Vu po dika ounds).—The most cuous 
imat 5 hich | garden is situated on the SRAT EA art of the T most serious wounds, are those 
ilai = BEES, than 7000 pipes—for w of the city. The`groun store and stiff care oh whi h affect the aranes rinon trunk or their investing 
; $ . e! 
R are. demand it now ap ears, | but the layer of vegetable so bark. It is: well known that the: bark of a tree ennio 
not only that ‘the proprietors, anticipating erty | 
of the blight, hav a nba Totten ‘Corn The moveable strme resented in the foregoing y i 
rugged gro amongst thei Tine inet, ‘bat © | plan is placed pana wall, facing Li south- rome of very serious adie cipal wei ae ne 
wares A A of tiles 9 in square. ascending sap passes throu gomg: : 
d cE ing the wall and moveab sractore are given in the the surface of it dries up in consequence of exposure, 
ance, and > aa ni the Vines of Portugal with the | explanation to the plans; some remarks as to the fruit- | a portion of supply is cut o upper 
fate of those in Madeira and Teneriffe. trees, and the period when the structure is put up, may | branches. Life may be supported feebly for a year or 
See is ee | however, be given. as a small quantity of sap is by 
ON THE CULTURE OF PEACHES, APRICOT: e wall being constructed of tiles, and the joints | older layers of wood, but except patient nem supply 
AND VINES UNDER A MOVEABLE GLAZED being perfectly filled up with plaster, no xefage is is | is not sufficient for the exigency, and death at length 
STRUCTURE. afforded on its for i This is a circum- | ensues. i ne 4 = bi : 
ALL cultivators of fruit trees know that the Peach, | stance worthy of note. Agai e wall is placed a | long sustained veer Are ree vom i eRe. war 
Apricot, and Vine are natives of much warmer climates | trellis work of round rods attached to the uprights of | wood-rings had been re 
poche sg England and Belgium. We have not yet | the Oak framework at the di here the reflection | related by Prosper Alpinus that in the sixteenth century 
E g! yet | the pai : wasa re Fig at Memphis of ancient 
This is another point to be noted. | there Sycomore Fig vey 
“years date, under which there was belli that the infant 
varieties hard y enough to bear, inthe open ground, fruits | After the Vines have been three 
