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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
101 
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ben quantity from 40 or 50 small troos. os ran no man's skill and ingenuity is sufficient to ove ercome 
КЕ NTISH ORCHAR e 1 have uced me 43 bushel my unfavourable conditions either of houses or climate, 
icle appea n your E. Paper ond reine exceeded t. this, Of the mAn yis pas. сы 1 be brought to bear directly on th 
dn р. 7203, ereh p “А Кешн! p Groner, com- | above, 253 were gathered m very young trees tha vil. For instance, if an artificial atmos- 
men upon a system of growin ery small | had only been planted three or four years. The rest се е nli » kept лучи humid to supply the 
acra "plant d very closely together. E n 7 of your | were from trees ranging from 12 to 31 years old, and | necessities of such thin as Pitcher plants, no soil, no 
present volume a reply to that монар рена by | growing under differ pee giving management, prs ы for the incessant waste 
“Т. R”? appeared, which, as far as І was able to under rage of slightly over 6 bushels each tree. Of occasioned by the conti drain on the vital juices 
МЕ orte e plan of Mn ruit. on — treatment they receive I will say some hing hereafter. | of the plan ink that if, first of all, the require- 
diminutive trees, althoug pd ore esp ecial objec In the mean time, I shall be obliged if * T. R.” or any | ments tain classes of plants'were well studied, zum 
the writer seemed to be a ea t one else, will show by facts and figures how much | houses built which would suppl these wants ; and the 
fruit gro wing adop ted i in d». i Аз your nbn return a diminu tive orchard has ever made for the | if a judicious distinction 
may outlay incurred, кйш market not delier prices in | houses and showing houses, there w d be m neh 
Iv as one who has had a fair share of practice support of his views. W. C. Springett. greater success in plant culture than гче ever has 
fa ed s pd for the London market, to state a few шайыны кыйы ы been. There would be less e from the attacks of 
ain fac e matter. | insects, and there would be less 
"m oc in t place, I may say that “A Мера Fruit LEAF.SP а eid AND LEAF-BURNING. mproper methods of а рса ventilating have 
r” much too liberal in his ideas readin FEAR I shall able to do much towards either | something to do with these disfgurements, as well as 
tlie. ik өр fruit trees ln r a supposed жакыш оа | solving the difficulty of &ecounting f bad manag 7 And besides these, - impurities 
over г10у ears, The custom of this neig hbou rhoo d (the leaves of ' plants, 0 ng more than has been done in larising from differe poll 
туа for. trees that have been fiers more thn 
the classification of probable or well azcertained causes 
n | in your able a д at p. "ipd Н). I have had агути 
observ 
e first 
ҮР 
rehing produced by 
rofit for th 
E have 
cost 
1 
gm à and rms cod 
а case а " An an jlants— 
ej 
ge 
of mine paid for a i ut 
germ rth. If the Sur 
friend | 
osing tha 
h was char dod there 
supp 
set still b. i 
" adopted meaus to 
purses 
Ila 
o 
that c use. I have seen a large collection of отв 
прш is 
ian ts, 
uding Ferns Md, Orchids, „engined ove rhead 
in 
eA ii all sure that „the scorching i s to 
Cale ied Now 
ле con 
e нд а similar, i in fact an 
ftl is опе 
або! лез, appearing as if 
which rond I have i 
es actio! 
beli ieve the noxious vapours fr rom чиба pollute the adir: 
| Fepentodiy i in bright sunshine, 
aem pen e fo apes lenses on the leaves, and I 
n for a ; but t the 
hl 
ра арр in 
and are the cause of this kind of н William 
Payne, Gardener, Fir Vale, Sheffield. 
many fancifi l forms in hisearly davs, whic 
n 
of eu tting p заав trees 
vould 
n didici of 
er fruit 
sm and € of small орке goo ted any 
accumulation of hot air, which the m n system of 
glazin ng does not so readily permit pe cape. This 
4 
NOTES оха GARDENS. mis "eM "nm. 
THE рових аап S GARDENS. 
and without shading. dn this сазе, too, the poe 
ief - ка 8 
t the 
produci; 
8 
е readers 
the | in 
uce. А couple о trees 
bu sh 
seldom have seen a collection of pla vim 
hing w whe 
seen instances of 
sun spotting ought to have been very prevalent, yet I [| 
more free from | 
visit- re 
y of eee 
ercises in pre DA » however, 
PME seen [feme touching the glass, 
e wasappointed 
It 
to piod Му. 
from lis day ti 
till that of the the Present it much-respected 
y wholesale, so that entire 
been destroyed as if by 
McNeill, ful, both as 
| an F or fruit. and "ш than any any of his prede- 
e 
us acid. 
of o follow his advice, he must | leaves in without showing any scorching, th was br tle liter d ок, Ae were 
give us more satisfactory examples, A single bushel | leaves fling while still green, > seen a case o t shown or grown in Ireland ; however, Mr. 
of fruit selling for 6s. i pun ; le& us kuow how cet ki gea Vanda tricolor, kept in a very dry house | MeNeill is giving up ir cultu some extent, 
much 100 bushels were sold fo; season, I thin nk however the ee eng. the pon for his choice greenhouse pla 
I believe your Kentish i Correspondent "we of t alled « ADAMS two gardens being so close toge there is a 
prices obtained to be q t, and 1 Ae any of the cases above men ntio | fkiendly VLA bere шюр, and indeed the produc- 
confirm his views that. a gie erg no did Again, I have seen Orchids. in the most robust m 3 of alike, that what is said о 
complained of, as they pay. lndeed the fruit season of of | condition, thoroughly healthy and full of КЎ and ‚оц ЧЕ шау poste suffice f for the per bui withal there 
1864 may beregar as a favourable one. In my are о distinctive featur res, for thoug the “ TIMER gi 
case I have been at some little trouble to look over my | result has been the complete disfigure jq 
market tickets, and I find that up to December 31, I | of the plant, the M" all the time vea pem 
had sent 2874 bushels of Apples, (or perhaps I ought to | only abundant, but in a he ealthy s State, d аа м very good s specimen shes rai! e. and stove plants 
8ау sieves) to the London markets, and the sum "€ 5 potted in the best асна, and in Клоо nce w. ith the too, yet the * Chief's, " and Mr. Ун кйш ree it all 
exclusive of commission and rail carriage, will av most scientific principles ; wher with other specimen sho 
between ls. ld. 1s. 2d. per bushel. the use of cold wa Ба ever Here it was that great specimens s of c амай, 
апу since the new year, but a neighbour of mine se pe rmitted, I admit е that n. no one could say no | Pimeleas t 
jome tolerably good Golden Knobs and Nonpareils, and single drop of cold w ame fi Dubli 
his return №; ot qui .6d. ІТ, R.” will look e to the plan шушо previously, like other people, h been accus 
at the market; notes in the Chronicle, he will see that = pel, is not Te T: where spotting саа and to bring to shows, a стщ А stove 
for Apples the ipi rr at 1з. to 2s, Now it is | it de A onfine itself in all cases to one plant, nor | and gre Моше plants all nicely mosse 
all Very well а Hor tic ultural writer to urge, the to one рая. гре of pinnt, bur ub will often aito | basket); and from me а n still go ча ds "Dublin 
пес ity of I t is not invariably во, for I show: dee est s n plants. Fin 8 they are, 
improve tl hl lthy plant attacked, th а ee er some рар ез, irm to a large 
Work could ensure an increased price of 3d. | all the other utar js enm D and this i d Peaches, as the chief glass is 
bushel, org that would be equivalent to ш ум neither sunshine, ША lens action, nor insei 00 yards еа by 5 wide, which is all 
per cent. -If the buds on each tree have looked uld well have ca used the mischief. I a aghora psu pr s growing. In these houses, e 
Pe day as а) R.” suggests, 10s. а bushel will not be | satisfied th that there is "ied ү nene cause be eyond these. | may, Mr. McNeill stows all his larger specimens, many 
to much, My o чартера oe r suggestions, eep Orchids wet їп winter, aud allow the of wh hich would attr. ore than ordi tention, 
бат аа same time, will pro- even wheze Messrs. M. ау and Whitbread compete. 1 
сы, йш rien ‚ - spot: ting, y of a li report, as in e t eof the 
Ihave a right "d асо that — ite upon СЯ is Promptly a de rs "Bat whether the cold Peres niums, ‚ about the stove and greenhouse plants, 
improving Kentish orchards will point ош examples of | | pr roduc ion of the sap, and. cau ses the › tissue the culture of which is now so oii ally understood, 
Some extent which аге bet ed. which i т. is lens perfectly developed b istake not there were subjects among the 
f I leave “Т. R” to define the difference between а | or wh т some insidious Fungus. is i гта а ed, I am | not common to collec ions. I particularly refer to such 
ruit grower and a fruit cultivator, сай " has per- unable н: though t the latter i is very ' probable. A brisk | plants озоди erp and Tristania nereifolia, 
"usded the landlordg to make an allowance for f which th specimens, while of plants 
trees planted 30 у ith m saec to the different селен of daylight, i is the condition least likely | | better done than I. Mw: noticed them at the London 
є a markets, I may say that I have not sent an y | to produce spotting in 5 hids. І apprehend the same | shows, Acrophyllum venosum, Rogiera cordata, Steno- 
Garg fields for some years, but send to both Covent atmosp саар conditions are the m в vourable to the | carpus Cunninghami, and е — may 
Not en the ugh with about equal results, production of Feng vhile a moist stagnant shady be named. e oides was plenti- 
oreha atandi ng “Т. R? denunciation of Kentish th duction of these | fully те on huge trellises far finer tham. it ма 
Сотер 5 my "rm belief is that if he will go into | p үг воан been shown by London exhibitors who indeed do 
Neb Garden Vierges and т-м into the history uch importance cannot be attached to keeping bl aths 
ух n best kinds of Apples he sees there , he will be. dine of plants in a mend state. Whatever riat nely grown; but the same is s true f all 
ton err hen f рода оа that six ofthem come | disturbs their fun ctions ces act detrim mentally, not Mr. т. MeNeills plants, Ene pre-eminen ntly so of his Chry- 
n the yG development of atem xem Te e trained, without sticks, in си 
More bushels of it is certainly ll аз gatheri seeds, erui ныр» is the case, that manner B itie анкай iums, and so 
