694° THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Ocroser 18, 1856. 
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the other fruit that though you may grow itin abundance open si —— where it was fully exposed to the sun,; of such moderate cost and easy application as to be suited 
ping have little favour. 2d, the Strawberries you say and sa n began to recover, and with an ocea-|for family uses—to make bread twice a week for 
may be changed a at least twice ; f sional shift, gow 16 inches of a leading shoot in one | 20 papie: W. B., Esher. 
: a befor na : my first ¢ oe RN the season, with side branches i in proportion, It was again Hartley’s Rough Plate cope io B.,” Somerley- 
daniem cleare ear you will raise t would not recommend this glass 
enpeciation tao Di high wien you speak of Je he se rg winter, siving it but a very limited supply of water. frames, because he cannot see through sit Query, E 
u as can ee in a pot. 4t May t it 
very much a ebi whether you could grow 18 fine ita large shift. Si that t ime it h s made wonderful best qualit, ty—does ni t that imply a e aren "will on bee. 
— in a 13-inch pot as I have ous. if you confine progress, and is all Ith t which obstructs wes vision do ipes same aio re. 
e pot; your crop too would be far more be desired, This plant i is now 3 feet 3 inches in height, gard to the rays of ,the sun? How many years’ ex- 
exposed to danger fron om ace cide ntal neg lect, for in such 43 i inches in cireumference at, the bas < W. B.” had of a Plate glass? You 
g h 14 inch say that it was impossible for o be in beti 
to be e constanily watering if you had man y t rees. Iin circumference, forming a pyram hafi h than those at Somerleyton we en pe 
quite ag to the desirableness of having | to top. d tha does that opinion embrace fruit trees with 
some means of Keeping out spring frosts, or assisting | made any Te progress YNA the aes but rat reg oe to present crop and prospect for another year ? 
TAAS h Mr. hamaga s boiler i Te | Night, 1 C. R. [Our remark applied to all that we saw. 
in is wee 7 i — 
1000 feet of 4-inch oo for 4l. is, I hope, only ‘the | i 15a —— UNE Bera | y ne jen’ anys vor pears Vir a 
first ste wy: sats Bonen pay Dor ae | ; faai ani a RE pen —— ony — | to pine ben rm sun 
. | stroke. establi i 
Ag as I do with the views of your correspondent, | P O (tee tits ele esto ETTET ETRE Ea | which the Vines 'iappened to ° fail in the calls am re 
gardener at Alton g to say that, like him, I; roots lifted d placed 
found the front border inconveniently near the glase. | » 9—62 EE |in mal decomposed m ure ; t pg sep 3 
This has been remedied by Jowering that border about » 8—50 =- — — — — — — af bunch with a bad bi 
cutting down the wooden akorat „ T—=55 = — — — — — it. pie mention that I always thought that what is 
adjoining the path to the same level. The upper line of 6—49 — dk Sig a ote ll ing occurred when the Vines were show- 
in ont wall , according to Mr. ers’s | ie 54 PN ing their bunch ani ve they made their appear- 
plan, on hinges, but when the border was lowered, I| =” mh Sangha ca Res TUG ey oa ance twisted roun e Vine or anything they could 
took out the third line of boards, and put them on | come in contact ie phn becoming useless. 
hinges likewise, and think this power of extra ventila- ee ee | This I should attribute to a cold wet t paie a fn lam 
tion desirable in hot weather. In order to allow this | | w wrong, I | Stewart, 
second line of ventilators to open, a little earth must | ee a ek L Gardener, Witchingham, Norfolk 
ay from the ont of the house outside. | Vine Borders.—. inns in your last week’s Number’ 
pet the TIR with ivg nets nailed inside | n - 2—49 that ou are aver blood in Vine borders, 
use, 80 as to keep and deter dog 4 will you do me the ee inform me what you con- 
and rabbits during the summer nights. construc = sider ho beth suited for that purpose? The border at 
ting the orcbard house I alteration which I|, _ ” Se Bak GO age) toe pre: e loam and dung, with a 
think an improvement on the o plan, namely, | June 30—69 —~ ry pa G iy of iraa tnae. been recommended 
stopping path about 4 feet from further gpiribecSo sata 2 Biba ad ae ety ep an addition, your advice will much assist 
end. Thus 8 square feet of border are ed. ri eet g @ |me. ould it not pea re to the public, and be 
An extra tree may stand at the bac and ie exe ee ee a % |m of saving trouble, if gardeners advertising 
of b laid the earth in Hs A ra the medium of ya Paper, were to state the 
serves as a comfortable This convenience , Pest eee are ie fae e = bese of salary they requir N tions, 
amply compensates for a little extra difficulty in getting aap os, Æ |doubt not, but I question Pe the interest of all 
at the trees in r u : "DE ai ane Ce SS £ parties would not be enhanced t! PETRE [We think 
mering arios wer I stated that my .mpccons has p a aa Ten ans BB = pts E [Blood, flesh, and all such substances 
been parti Possibly | I may have erred in oes aa aur 2 make Vin s rank, difficult to ripen, and predisposed to 
” d a oe |. e eo Or et beet ET 2 her 
~~ the eyringing nie ‘the fruit fairly turned colour as =. ni Eeto Rot Rot.—I had a lot of sound press put intoa 
commenced 2 Ssh a SO TiTE cellar which of superphos phate of 
is a general rule in ste bat possibly wniswibedsto 4 iim 20-89) -iim aaah: samman pee om guano, I find now sR are po. 
house culture. At all events, I intend next Np =) pegs di iy oars 4 Is it owing to th f the manur 
Pages try ery the effet of more ebundant wa gae tering 5 ka ee der, [There is no doubt x tt presence of 
chief alteration on which I rely is a ie aia cs a i i ai | the decay o ‘otato.] 
_ larger trees into Mina pole.a and Cenie hae 1760 — paih Moparts i late Mr. Otto.—Christoph Friedrich Otto, late Director of 
j of space in 16—57 be. norsk Botanic Garden of Berlin, — "September 7 7, 1856. 
eee the result has | oe encoi e = oe gree permet SE He was born December 14, 1783, ae erlin 1604, 
After having stayed there for < aa as jou fue y 
gardener, he was appointed Sub-Curator of the Royal Botanie- 
Gardens through the influence of Willden who app! r 
his talents and worth. In January, Ten, 4 he ane : 
uraging. 
That Peaches 
goa sceeetliy in pots, under glass, pepun arüfieinl 
position which everybody admits. That ” 
È daughter of Mi the War De b hed 
ere sa Ste he he 
pe = è < ~ T O į Al 
be considered as undeniable. | ami Deceased Beea = bo Inspector of the” 
ly gy è notice these useful and cheap| Berlin Gardens on the 14th April, 1814, — ds received the 
Tin a publie benefactor fourth class of the order of the Red Eagle, gs was eni 
fi h B ” with the guardianship of the newly established school for yomg 
the me, not bes ised annia x i Di e A or t; ia p? ising ar rin Gs cao the 
” ‘ais 
? wat Sa ea we BE "palend a 7 L Rae Nae ee gave rt evidence of his al = a 
Mr. Rivers’s pamphlet led me to anticipate, I-ventured ” Sease eyin amia ia eria eny, OEE E 
to result o in order ” the liane Gar: ween tena | the Pear 1833, i m ith 
moderate the expectations of , and thus prevent lt me ie 3 A goms Kg belliferous Tete br 
their disappointment, of y correspond m i is a arp Pan ray ea Sise tn HA: tioii 
demur to my statements, but is there an. them a. pens of eres $3 piche ALA 
who can sa; itful picture drawn in the y has performed its growth 1 igi 6 p.m. and 6 A.M. generality of German Th, vom m Spreckelsen 
Eiee heis anil m ves, or in rare ; i of progress, of which == 
words, ve been ina a to |t 
A aaa Bok ca o | the accompanying seale is a ‘repredintation. It will, be | Patices of of Books, 
dozen of fruit, equal in quality and vse > ak "wall | ¢ the warmth of the night, John Reed, Orton Hall, 
fruit? The plain fact is, Mr. Rivers points out what a | Peierbos iB amt Doni of Zolo. By By J. Der Hoe 
tree under the most favourable circumstances ma: Nerii Fig.—In your last week’s Paper a doubt is ex- ranslated from the 2d Dutch edition by the Rev 
oem —- and it is rather — by = pressed be oe i be not the same as the small wW Clark, M.D. Voll. 8vo. Longmans ; pp. 853. 
asserted by him that > large number of | green Isc! ithout being able to solve Po doubt | The ink of our last week’s remarks on British ” Entomo- 
ater: of which are placed at e back, sides, a and 1 Maaco, I would neverthe less observe as the logy was hardly dry when this cy eg Hea 
jety, it is -| put into our hands, in which we have trom 
on an average, be equally productive. S. B. pro mente’ ‘nt = ed oa . Knight soul ‘s Tery im con- af a foreigner, admirably aided by a very competent 
__ Wellingtonia gigantea. —I bave had three seedling | sider ed the N and written a paper| translator, a most useful epitome of omological 
p ina w bioliiho ges the | science, perros down to the present <i = "r 
two seasons. ‘The first was 4 inches in height, | and was difficulties which h impeded its successful cultivation. however, w with oth er branches of Natural H ory, and, 
planted out in a wood in MaRa 1854, where i i “embracing 
surrounded with underwood, which afforded it consider- | here and in Italy, which is not > opin with the green | tha insects of the rA world. 
esas winter and spring, but in July | Ischia. Again, Mr. - London, writing as one who had _ Professor coe Hoeven in as first Aypara a f 
itb e : the q el} icall stematii y, of a 
theair, and died f pi oo l until it became a mere | other Figs in fore iy kslight acidity. Further, Mr. Infusoria, Polypes, Acalephs, Echinoderms, Entozoals, 
anes it was then lifted and repotted, and Markie. in the Chronicle of April 3, 1844, says m =r: tatorials, Annulates, Insects, Arachnids, Cr 
made a healthy leading shoot. The second plant was in even in the latitude of Hewell m Worcestershire, I ye evel uses—a prodigious enter” 
lies 3 is the very bes for the open | prise, which none but a master woul dare to 
= FB 7 “it was sheltered in some wall, while pate Ischia will not upon, and which exhausts the field of invertebrate 
ere i from the prevailing winds, but it enjoy even in th ttl of London, in an | animals, His manner proceeding is to re 9 
i f ir. So situated, it has withstood the orchard h ouse, unless the walls be of brick. I think | each of these great ain as a general account of 
severity of two winters, with the precaution of a slight h hich will sa and well deserves, | individuals that aenema ne their place in the seale 
protection, and has made a leading shoot of 10 inches | moi ating: “The Horticultural Society’s = of organisation, their anatomy, their propagation 
this season. Iti is now 2 feet i in height, - and in _ perfect | unfree have e no pionin ry conseque: yi do t|and so on ; sn y Miish the genera are given ina true 
health. but if t 1 sof WN with critical remarks and mph 
: af etc to ‘the Ii literature of the subject. bape 
| in pages long dreamy discourses 0 
of which angels themselves would to extract 
te meaning. On the contrary, the 3 itb 
the , sections, and genera ma 
that genuine Linnean brevity and precision m 
