DECEMBER 6, 1856. | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 805 
<== Sis Paar ie The Hime however wil! weapaced ull much on your renders patience, but Irom p Dut 1 seldom requires more than three syrups to be 
py decay in the Pear tree. The time csp as will | trespassed ft full much on your readers’ patience, but trom but it seldom uires more than three syrups 
when attention to all these points is useless, all who hiner sr may calcu- | well preserved, The shift age oy eae useless, but 
ent the tree loses its vigour and o only pro pikes es poor | late pretty nearly what their consumption of fuel ought | are diluted and fer rmented into | small and pleasant 
and flavourl he terminal | to be in proportion to the size of their hodis, and the ne 
} shoots short, slender, their bark crack ` nes they | quantity of pipe employed t o heat them. Te should re—In the Gardeneré Caron of Nov. 22 T jee 
no imnger 4 perhe ct their wood, vag theis leav: 
þecomi Aiea Ee economy than the use of a f f pip jand I find | that the author acknowledges my 1 send 
When tree presents these npr of old Where that is the case the house can be heated only | resp runing of fruit trees to be 
aly ;| d and this is much. i will be so courteous as to 
room, has an unsightly ith panting ad can only | and this is attended with ve ry great waste of fi 
deposit diseased excretions by its roots, which it ought | heat passing up the chimney. A Vinery 14 feet t wide of fruit, as well as other vegetable ble produc ts, han 
not to be allowed todo. No other tree ought to be ri searcely But I still persist in maintaining that trees 
planted in the same plac Gl miiy Sh ars have elapsed, | if i s to be used for _ early forcing. J. Roge r | which | ha ve been w ell reared, w ell planted. ‘and treated 
unless, indeed, the soil occupied i Sy decayed tree be | I wish “ An Old Stoker f rt, afford the atest chance 
removed. J. De Jonghe, Brussels. rie that 1 recommended an econ teal plan ae of s By seeking for the causes of agers Bod the 
= nA FER and that I sma: cultivator wall find deg jnatrentiat and of these 
of fail 
nothing “about forcing. i have burnt cin nde ers in ure I have pointed out several in previous 
e Correspondense. In No. 48, P. 741, I see that at the 
Fuel ay onde Boilers. —There is an old adage, | than six hours, and the b hi be | exhibition on me 25th of Nov mber there were t 
“cael are so de af as those wl ho w will not hear,” which a large one. Welsh piee are e excellent | both for givi (of Jersey), on the 
has its par: lel, “ N g purpos The te struck roe from above 
understand ; ’ 80 that I fear I shall ever fail to make | of iron pipes, made with Pari nd and Roman coment the a treed meet cor the Quince s stoc and losing 
myself intelligible to your correspon ndent “ D. A. 4 l mixed, will n ot stand : en pressure of water. Ih pro- 
There is certainly a slight ambiguity in the feet a pty have found duced cankered shoots, bearing, if any, only im mperfect 
which he has quoted from your Paper of Nov. 22; Hi | that althou ugh the jo ae be of even double thickness, | fruits, What is the cause of it? It was not pointed 
but it does not seem to occur to him that there are | still in water oozes through. Sigma. out, although useful to cultivators to know, We have 
ascending as well as descending series, and that the Hogg’s Edgi g Tiles—Mr. —— inform: e that| observed the same thing in our cultures ‘or more than 
hk numerals, 1, 2, 3, 4, may be said to be valuable (or to |} oyu stating that ies “ies ‘will not 10 years, and the causes to which we attribute it are 
` bave value) in the ard in which they stand, With this | stand the nae il The fact i nar the these :—The roots are emitted from the junction 
; explanatio: ion all I hav iag is clear and Ga | | by Mr. Hogg to your corres} posün by | of the stock and graft are called, I believe, in scientific 
di iti this kin 
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ulty, it seem: also to | me. ate rae Ae re Four vers and never apr language “adventitious roots ;” and 
have escaped his apprehension that a boiler is not | pe complain specimens laid in 1853 as | subdivide but penetrate far into the soil, whether the 
always ‘moet available when its fire is mo: werful nh pp am reied i a a my ar will | latter be good or bad. hier subdivision of the 
but that it may be desirab cna Ss a fire pria shall | bear an ny exposure, which is m the eI itl it fibres i 
come to its maximum xa e hours after it has | | all brick-earth. Ita — ars to me to k pi ies spe on of which femena is re draw nourishmen 
H omy pen let, espen if th ateria ial Tar beig edging, as a the soil, that nourishment so essential to the for- 
r p for the, atap "The ‘object s perish by ras st, ‘agains | mation of the organs gs Sor cago me to the gro 
i sant is duration and uniformity = lent, not to | fore prieks are not | a eed material for building of the young fruit, It is not only th e Louise Bonne 
boil the water sat of the pipes at 9 P.M., with the pro- | | purpos The foll a note rece which in freeing itself nan th 
amg bs a ing them cold in the morning. I too from Mr, ieee: Russell Blacket, Railway Thar result, but all the varieties which have been worke eà 
do with many boilers of many forms | gra “The tiles, whioh z supplied $ o | upon the Quince have done the same, forming adventi- 
st 30 years and more, and have wit not yours, but w at a ii tious roots at ‘ junction of the graft and stock. [f 
arg Ina vazi varieties of mismanage: ement, the result of geen or rather t Soha a ve ace this effect does not t take place imme tee it will be 
| miles of Ely. So cha, ff these, P pelien i; 
=I ploying t to mere Breet is An Ola Stoker.” PIa d: gs of aclay which did not stand | to perform their functions. 
FA I e brought forw: apap vl an Dee pescera to yours, | evil it is essential to uae’ the trees on acne cane 
Sf 6toolong wit! h him, and I think he would minty | | you may with po vires rt that ne were not|so that the adventitious roots may not form at the 
= a the we bry of 10 quiet hours in bed i | yours.” Robert rt Hogo, Hungerford Whar}, Ni 21. eros of the graft and stock. In a special article 
o be willing to take some pains to attain it A | New Roses. À he Quince stoe! 
rk boiler of | t article on this subject by Mr. w ge lo it at greater 
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ay may be expected from Cheshunt How far his remark relative to the fi able eng J: De Jonge Lira. 
a conical i boiler a proper fel propery peer" The of the G ” may be applicable to the alberry—In the kitchen garden here there is a 
house, consisting of two is 32 feet case in question I will n t pretend to determine, but standard < Mul berry Tree” which annually bears great 
| prs long by 14 feet wides prise s| meen hy On is mu aeh I "Ril say, that i consider the poor unfor- | quantities of excellent frui 
part isa ig isl i 
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transept 4 feet higher than the other, and the tunate new Roses have been depre eciated to an extent | and every twig is loaded with berries w ch begin " 
d ends bein g also glazed with vertical glass, on the, do not deserve. I am quite ready to admit that ripen ap the end of September, an 
2 foot A b H ghb Oci 
big 
y Bepe 
g h igh, exclusive of thegables, our novelty-loving n tober till the frost cuts get ee fha TONE e oi 
it presents a form more than usually difficult to heat. It palmed upon the public far too many new kinds with | ycur cxreopesdit nt PNS D. e knife too 
is heated by 170 feet of 4-inch pipe, to reach an nd higt hich have not realised the des- | freely. g 
rn from which the water traverses a oi house criptions » with which they have been accom panied. But ery eut down, that cove ane a piece of wall 20 feet by 
of 2inch pipe, where some slight why rthy?| 10 feet; the ew com 0 the see 7 routine of 
waste of heat takes place, The consumption of All the new Roses as they appear Roe ing nnually | pruning and nai many years, it never 
fuel (Welsh coal exclusively) amounts an imported into this eres mah a view of testing produced Seyning a having plenty of fa from the 
| average of six ye to 74 tons per anmim, which only those of sterling w worth | d Tree” I employed the bas ot ap: wall 
is as nearly as possible 46 lbs. per 24 hours, | hav e been retained and ‘os pa As id: out of the Jarge bes ol bly. James Maton, House, 
*# on an average bepress the year. The absolute prc pale imported last season the following have | Herefordshire. 
sA S page Eigra as high vid Ibs, to 90 ae or Ban fo here this past summer i, great Bigs ce ‘on, Flges gril gigantea, Clematis from the Rocky Mi 
pA very severe weather such a had i I think I may fea rlessly assert will be d to y the Syrian fruits q p. 790) 
1055, cereal ‘he thermome ete was 10° | belo by Pe vy Perpetuals: marr rei y own account 
day.” At such seasons some slight waste takes etree ae Sansalles, dark eri purple énon, | others. Would it not be well to Jay the laira 
the chimney. My under gardener who ane eh ea white slightly poem with i pale yellow ini, abou a | suggestion of “ C. T. W., i 
si n Je very b pl Rossa i gtonia, ore the H cultural Society, who 
lilac 
thi 
5 PM, and does not return much bufor.. | for an ape ay rie Pelissier, pale lil sian ican Ambassado! 
Aa, 3 he finds on his Arrival a fire as good as he left, form of William e with flowers of immense size ; | on “the subject, and who would no doubt | pay prompt 
know 1 Simpson, brighe Se mine, form and habit 
A is not often below at Te a.m., and thatit has not | Lo se Odier ; Madame Knorr, deep pink with rosy 
io] varied two agus of rns or aie that data the | callie, ver ry large ; Mathurin Regnier, bright lilac rose, 
“| night. T _have two other bo ilers i constant wor rk | (much in the way of William Griffith but t having à greater 
a body, especially as the movement is made to save the 
reia of those pEr trees from 1 destenetion 
or further mutilation. n their 
eriorm: material | 
ul Pauline Lansezeur, light crimson, sl shaded E violet ; | did specime retin Sorte “passes panei 
in Souvenir de la Reine pgp ae bright rose, very | May i it "not be Pettit. sen Ambassador that a wider 
. 22, in which m remarks on fuel occurred, a | la large and very d dou! uble—this is, in deed, a very "Superb me range may bring other most desir. 
„3? whiel | able mere to Bats t In reading Astoria, or Enterprise 
th mine, and which therefore calls for | this will prove an acquisition as a pot Ros; Tri apl y Mountains, by Washington Irving, 
states that in 1855 he expended 217. 10s. @’Avrane r deep red, a large bold fio b t: 
. Vinery 44 feet long, with a co ical | a little oarse to be reckoned rior de ‘Triomphe the. ‘nlowigs —“ Among the flowering Vines is one 
crimson, the flowers are very | gof a notice; each don toed se 
beau- 
ey are less easily checked and reduced to 
ni too 
856 he obtained the same results with | de YExposition, bright cri 
mother boiler with an expen nditure of only. 121. 10s. | large and finely formed. Bour 
th rosy blush, with Kelaa centre, f form and size of So Stal crimson, 
inary every a and that my 0’ la Malm . Charles Wood, Woodlands riemed r a fine green owi ah A apiri by This 
that year st oak double Maresfield, Sus lant lant cls upon trees without attaching be elf to to them. 
‘usual amount of fuel. I am however not disposed| Preserving ii —For the information of your | When reached the topmost ranches it descends 
atta the difference of rm he writes to correspondent Col. Mason and —, who may be |p cular] se as it contin ae grow extends 
ause alone. I think it 
to tha 3! 7 
was m re tance that the | inte rested in the preservation o of Ginger, T send you the from tree to tree ntil ie na yer garde interlace the 
oneal boi ual t fore wor! sa which cas j 
reat U boiler w mast take e p ” Moreover, as he | History of Jamaica : — reserve this root in | of this vine phi en Sten more fiexible than Aker. 
joes not state what kind of fuel he employed, it i it is very | syrup, a8 My is pro y don be dug while its | and are from 50 to 100 Seon -a len see rom the 
Possible t! used bituminous er an sap ; en the the Indians manufacture bask wa ch close 
unsuitable, iad could “es be employed with great t waste | shoots adii exceed 5 or 6 inches in height. These | texture as to hold water.” 
both of fuel and labour. wie n stated my I results ir in | roots are carefully p icked and washed, and afterwards | Goose! of 8 and 9 feet high, of em flavour. 
weight of fuel, because that alon affords purp In wandering through the woods last autumn twelve- 
parison i p Pronit try in which They are then n put to cold water and scraped and | month with a companion we came opposite I Downton 
Pada Aoo ght to be poo ergo Vst ually ; this ea may last three or four | Castle, the residence of the, pi the Hor 
ce he gives, | days, during which time the roots are constantly kept | ae Society, an ith 
18s. per ton, ipplkrs to me very P Coal igent m in water, but mne shifted ted both from cleanliness, | the beauty of the pie Clematis a and the Virginian 
costs 25s,, and Welsh coal 32s. per r ton; and - | and to take off more of their native as After | Creeper, which mingling toge ran up or a ias 
age forms a large f its cost, I consider ll 
highest prised ate p t ‘sy that | which i is intrin- jars and covered over with a thin n syrup, which, after | masses of the Clematis gafara most beautifully | with 
sieally the strongest, or three days, is shifted and a richer put on i and the deep crimson frost-tinted leaves of the Virginian 
a m vin of ir a Thats this is sometimes again removed, an d a fourth put on, on, | Creeper ; searcely could there be beautiful 
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