Octoser 25, 1856.] 
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re is probably most sewang would then flow 
E GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
the requires then of ; and short join tifull 
e surface; but th kly 5 ted, is ripening beautifully, and 
orile artaco; te te andy md ohalky so eiis ias ines yellows which ha aarp ahile hoe ‘sehr have a ppc crop next summer. In ‘April, 1853, 
The once barren sandy beach between Leith and bap ell now | been of their beauty by wind and w t, we > ave I planted some Vines in a border made of old pasture, 
Oe UT de Cda Ermy of Mari- inaguro, snd Tels rebtine... tee Seu R 
gers therefore, an Act of Parliament be got without delay to | gold, I tink called pumila, h is difficult t t | 1 mass than that which I have described above. 
secure tlie above lands to the inhabitants = pin metropolis, as | true to col our of the seine ; Rare it should ibe | ‘The roots went iaronn pn down like Carrots, 
landowners, with power to cai my proposition. Let each Hy en a plant o of the true colour is | it cut down the canes last eyes, the 
yaannrial district iat its own allotment; and if properly | obtained. Let n me name, en passant, has l mier wood, 
farmed under steam culture, I venture to say that the proceeds | a1) gang wn jointe spon 
of Italian Eye sari ei ign will yield maenig interest on | alrea dy kno a gem of a it inferior in strength to the young Vines of this 
the “ol sted, as 'a glance at the facts of the case will | different kind an Pai real boon to “those who enjoys year. G. Aiii [But what of the effects 
shor ths of 2,500,000 will yield annually: upw. ‘ goon salad snamely, py a raised of fiesl es e have here ag neries, 
1,000,000 tons of fæces and urine in their natural state. ee B. Proctor, Bart. "Langley Vines in which ie rome Ae! t are very 
this the dropping of cattle, soap-suds, &c., and the result will Par E I have a bed of i weak and exhau not at all 
amt b 2 the equivalent of half a eat gor ‘ons as mone; | its neighbour ; ; indeed, fey are unique in every point rig , chiefiy y Binet w iite Sweetener, and the 
application Now such a dose, successfully applied, ngiti at a ei ees good Be Beet. H. Howlett, Havcrland | like meg i up with 
least, to produce an increase of produce of the annual value of Eam oat} Muses 
500,000. 1S Sn of pa d urine, epeat, do not yie ld an ce rge ue urd.—A specimen has been grown or eee i in the fo tow sa Fst einoving the old 
increase | u e value of ten shi aS: FE A is gae en of G. W. Tiremans, Esq., o E Lofthouse "ral soil to the depth of 2 2 feet 6 inches, and placing in the 
farm uch a po) = > 
Tito tons, superior to CS pagan ayn s att A aea Si Pp ures 3. t by „his <2 rdener Mr. Milner, fine 
geano, it is worth more tha: 740,000. No farmer would think | 8 inc? circumference, and weighs | on the surface, with drains to water, 
of aa less o oprah grand double i the ig hke dace Sout | | 8 stone. M. ee renting i, nearly 2 feet of prepared 
roll tll gd the Fes than moreas of AATE he fey soars se slg Poi oisonous Honey.—Please ask “ Apiarian” how it | compost, in which the Vines are nage but from 
dao of the maui happens that the bees which feed ae at o Mie ol the abstention oe wi houses their roots are all 
W. Bu URNESS, Prospect Terrace, Brixton, Surrey, |On the $y Reeser! tee ned honey a not outside. Now, I had thought ti that from such a pre- 
destroyed. To | what is one man’s meat may | i medium, and 
b h ” He need n be | th application of fermenting material in 
Home Correspon pleasure of keeping bees,” nor the deligh ki of PETA forcing season, a and a sligh 
A New frit —I send two ae ola aia te Necta- Rhodade lendrons either, rail crag Bt Honey Rs pee I should in: ure success. But my employer has 
rine from a potted tree in my orchard house. I received onstrous Broccoli,—I beg d you a head of | hei ny of, and fenta vered 
it some 20 years ce fro afin all, near Bury | Broccoli ‘which may possibly ye rorik attention. I|over with stone or tile, or, in a concreted. Would 
t. Edmunds, Knight, the n gardener there, told have been^ñan extensive grower of that vegetable for you be kind enough to say if this plan or any other 
he tr en growing against the age wall more than 20 years, and I have never se aay tithe! would be better than what ropes: s Hi 
had been received from Mr, Lee, the f the | like it before. To what cause isits a alous condition | Park. [This method is recommended by Mr. Spencer, 
present Mess ee, of the Ham ith Nisd to be attributed? J. Clark. [Your Broe is very | of B See Theory and Practice of Horticulture, 
The fruit, as you will see, are large, although fro | curious, from t agi of six perfect heads being grown | p. 144. 
tree in a pot, Itisa stone and piquant in flavour, | on one and the e plant. The cause of this ra ther | The Peach Apr icot,—I observe that you place this 
but not very sweet, owing I presume to the cloudy unusual NRE is probably owing to some injury | variety among fruits not fit for orchard houses. I 
weather we h had = 1y. era 3 + ia presume this is merely a clerical error, 
A E i ng the for it is meget pom a to my experience. 
a fruit e Nectarine, dite d core Te sat ne The Peach Apri Yown ve ely in 
houses in athe auil of Poglends is li ae to prove the south and caller rance on standards, 
worthy of attention ; it has rm glands and is I think the of the Moor 
be small flowers, ait is Ba ikay d to Park race ; it is very short-join bears 
the Peter! ‘bo rough Nectar: ne of the Hortieul- most abundantly in pots in house. 
g Phos. ivers, Saw- I have had small in pots so full of fruit 
KAN t This very ing destroy themselves, every twig 
variety, own. It is much like the b d with fruit to the exclusion of 
hite Nectarine in appearance. Although leaves, thus weakening the tree. I must ob- 
tooacid in tate in which we received it, serve that I have only ki 
there is a fine aroma about it which more heat lace out of curiosity to see fruit 
would not have failed to develope. And it is such pi; could give. Thos. a 
et fae clingstone e.] We are glad to hear so good an account of 
king of Grapes — While this subject is 
fi g Pens it would be well have reached We should have hardly 
for ite who know what“ shanki ing” is to expected so large an Apricot to be produc- 
stat ir experience opik ingit. I believe g i ] 
that many totally unacquainted with it Sir Harry Strawberry. —In your Paper of 
Ai the fact that they have never h o the llth inst., p. 677, a tion ked 
with worn out ut or dee d Vines. by Mr. Doubleday, Epping, relative this 
a shank in se aieka Stra k — him that I pur- 
they were deluged ‘with cold water? Did hased pl: fit fi Mr. Underhill in No- 
any one ever see them shank on dry, ber 1854; the a A bore 
gravelly, or chalky subsoils, where the roots | _shundantly, prey in n poin nt of size, fi and war our I 
? Did any one ever se E at all to com- 
“shanking” occur where the border was artificially | | pare meen it. I have also si che ard it xpressed by 
ed? Did anyone ever Paget in this evil on |: pra tactical gardeners that it isa question whether any other 
open walis where the roots warmer than the | y yet to be raised, or tly introduced, 
atmosphere? I ve re a Vinery | aE. aie elles a it as a E OS berry. 
‘in which the Vines were planted about 25 ago; | forci k was I when I gathered my first erop 
there is not the least sign oť a root within a fi f the | frui , that I distributed berries 
surface ; they grow strongly, but the wood is watery, | among my friends, and the result was that the Sir Harry 
and one-third of ki “shank” just as | is now in almost every garden in and about this town. 
change egal arly in the season they throw out | Howit i is that bape r. Doubleday was disappointed with its 
‘ spongioles,” Wile er a dry atmosphere dry up, | Bete: ain stout may- 1 i n R 
and then H bt their food fi from its right E place. ji Bas at a late odor, of t h ff | sort, fe tat ta frait 
have rarely seen an instance of Vines rooting up t ccident would be the * produdio of several ERE was expose iy 
stem which has not been accompanied by “g ing.” | EATE the Feige you ha een so good as to| I may further ead that the piesa acting for o bi- 
I can prod proof r especting ng the di ference of tem- | | forwa rd to us, of whi ch the areomp ede A fat tions in 1855, ing the dish ae rept them 
peratu ill convey a r idea | with dumb astonishment, and w was 
Grapes at the period of ripeni ing. A ‘Vine planted | than any eo nton broken the first qu ked was, Are they or q 
against an open wall with its roots below a cistern of | A eg p Garden yma ny estimating the cost of a | as they look ? t y p 
water which daily overflows and complete] È brick I fou nd it so expensive superior to any other Strawberry at that time grown, 
the roots, is now loaded with Hamburgh Grapes as | b ret rize, together with highly < 
black as a coal, and not a shanked rry among them. | paani ” After pat aek the subject it appeared to mending it. also inquired the address of the 
Such experience in reference to “shanki ing.” m » that by eas the be rel. re a very cheap | owner and naman the purpose of ordering plants. 
e foundation 
s my 
Perbaps Mr. Whiting can throw some further light 
the subject ; Grapes used to shank at the Dee eepdene | 
ma he replanted them. John Gadd, Bignor Park, | 
worth, 
Late-flowering Pla eae a 
has broached a sibit which is yor ting to many, | ce 
and which I ha ave found fro m experience partieulariy | 
re 
alladed, and I l hope other gardeners | 
scarlets, Salvia re 
poi, Ari 
Should it tbe that Mr. D. has p 
than th i arse him to pro- 
be euryed, each c My 6 fe e 
| deep ; lay. the low: a t bri rake) inches m which 
| build 44-4 inch brickwork, set in the best blue lias lime, 
Si ee a. h top ro i being se 
o ng o 
Sieh w 
a 
more Peat cathe tot the varying 
ined, 
B a ae Oe eg we ai: R/s i 
I beg to inform him that I have e had i denen 
cession of ripe fruit yont hehe obtaii 
the more humble | 
Eor | is 
it 
a great t deal of rough 
‘ul for ere “trom 3 = ced 
hsia, globosa, R 
etly y speaking subjecta for the 
weather a 
js the: old- ttl af | 
alt hough not 
en amongst | fi 
EN 
a 
On NW, Tre 
I can only say that I 
of under it. 
in a 
scorching 
m perfectly natisfiođ : with it 31 don 
Pine Br rders. ee Ma rrespondent “A.M” i 
benefit of eran beget in ots paeen “Last 
use 
shade than sheet or crown glass, ay that some of 
for from its 
April T buile a eye o 0! 
my border 
Le pin te is duly. te 
h pastu: re loam add m ‘ese of ian wok slaked 
— of this re put | i 
Ti 
rae Prominent, It grows from 2 to > feet ne ile Then 
getes 
one load of rotten manure. ines were e planted |t 
each cart-load of! s 
that was ss supplied for our structures, and 
on ara of it had it not been 
before 
is quite clear. Now, rightly, 
the object of fluting is to diffuse „the eun’s i ei 
in ce pl es Az compost, Th he roots a 
orang class we 
J 
i } E, 1 
in 
re the useful Tagetes lucida, which require 
pot 1 , and thus pre- 
Nas ee : ei 
tment, but it does not Ese a i Hae 
A e | 
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