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bserves, “ you see I farm high, and — young pen s of the following sorte, all from | to о possess it, is but l know Dru 
Faye id ts dar the more 1 put into the dog d, | e-saved seed, viz :— Pinus insignis, Abies mese price I bought vieni Mn ánd. а us 
the re I ge of it Picea е. ibd others. Cupressus Lawsoniana in a | express my grief, that, sown the same "аут în pb 
capo iiai ner eeds very freely, a circumstance 7" ich ee es with Sangster's No. 1, they e ach b biais ovin 
д colour and ri yellow. The nuts ЖМА | indicat be tha t it will not os — of a tree in Britain. same day, and were fit to ga te imita 
be gathered rhe quite diy, n and spread out on the | Cupressus Goveniana is an most rmn seed- William M. моки з, Canterbury.——- It w. "d у, 
floor of a dry chamber, where there is a m ventila bearer. Gen tlemen те in proving the me rits s Or Messrs, Carter this spring ps the uni Peas do 
tion. The drying room of a malt-house, or an oast tried and prove : 
house is excellent, because it may so metas: Ён s in very | may, by sending me their addresses, have a pinch of | аб Waterloo Nursery, Kilburn, a Pies үс иет 
damp w eather be necessary to IS on а little heat. seed from last ате dole of Picea Webbiana grown | ground with a subsoil of stiff clay. Wi 
С. Мер onald, Woodstock Park, Іпізііоде, | our intention to Messrs. Sutton, of Re 
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. When the husks Pede ‚апа me ra dy heat. Wasps.—In you r impression о of the 3d inst., ** Vespe- | of whom kindly forwarded to us stocks of thei 
ыма. past, they may be put ту, ап сег in larger чєй: cide ИЕН cates to us the intelligence sint bel M. hia Peas. 3 Messrs. Fairhead, hearing of the IE 
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dry and cool place. Mouldiness is the great thing to | the hope that an abler pen than Msn: d dott te al E Rod: Qe rat Express and Dillistoné's Early Proli 
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quantity, heat is generated, and mould follows. eater destruction amongst the wasps, ai —Sutton's Rin ded A Fairhead’s Сод, 
ere are several varieties, all more or less well | assure “J, M." that his doing во is of finite benefi | queror, Dinistors Early roie Carter’s First Early 
adapted for culture on a small scale where variety is to greenfly, bugs, and other insects tha infes Fai Railway, Sangster’ No o. 1, ба ui 
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variety in cultivation. It is of a large size, a most IN pet ow € be m tes ue and Fairhead's йы all 
abundant bearer, and with үрт ap me ста will n large quar fios of [re Siri pei petes to be the samo ' Pea; their height (2 feet), time 
keep good for two or three year very fine ross рне: badly eet a кын ie trace of the|of flowering (13th of May), colour of the foliage, style 
samples of the Nut tribe were tiet pe^ the dme. cleared off again an a fortnig ght by|of growth, measurement of the pods, shape of the 
Royal Horticultural Socie ety a few years back by wasps, latt дач of Peas contained in each pod, peculiar 
f Reading. struck me bei mo ornin ng till evening. Itake e every means to protect | property of producing a mass of padi: from bottom to 
improvements on some of the older ау and it is | апа preserve the wasp nests in my grounds, and if M top, the viale crop being fit for use simultaneously, 
probable e that some. of them may be found to possess | body would do the same we should have less bligh Il all fully confirm 
ualities as to be won А ed more fruit, and healthier Pee Excelsior. judgment are concerned, the conclusion at which we 
above sort for n a large scale, Se cacia armata.—Admirers of this pretty Acacia are have arriv ved. Thro oug hout all the stages of their 
tingham picea is Гай а very good v йу aid val perhaps not aware that i is wonderfully hardy 6 be found a shade of difference, 
adapted for vp culture on account of its dwarf | frost-proof. We have had beo plants of it out all the We therefore consider ken Козо should be given to 
habit ; the Nu t is of good quality, and ved b an nter, totally — and they have t ert Hr to Mr. Dillistone 
dan t bearer. NOF early purposes ther: A. L., Monkstown, Dublin. belongs the merit of aring ә Mot o t the earliest Pea 
better than the Cosford Nut, ces а алые Horseradish. Ыы corres — have the|known; for if turned out by erben these varieties 
| early sort, and a great bearer. John ki inis - to inform me xe ther there is any certain | could not be more alike. We T come to Sangster's 
| mode of eradi icating Horse- radish from my garden, | No. 1, Dickson’s First and Best, Carpenters Express, 
hich n with it, I have tried digging and Fairhead's * aee Un Early; these we treated 
e Correspondence. оа great irt, but have failed, a s I find tly alike, one long row of each baig planted side 
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| others deserve credit for laying their observations | if f applied Pers xi it? Wald ME eem be n the others, 
respecting Conifers raised from igit d befe r salt PAR thlea ch. | there i is sheolutel not у shade of a iiforee among 
the publie. I is in conversing with those who һау; I hav The, of tl t (3} feet), 
opportun of apli. чече the жокку tree Ж. this, about 25 fet bigl T кү 18; Ja old, which they were in flowe п Ма ay 20th, and x M ot 
that наю тее of opinion exists regarding | has three cones on it; they increase in size very growth, flavour, shape ot pods, &c., all are same, 
it, the majority, however, being unwilling, without rapidly. E. B. Curteis ‚Те easam, near Rye, 5и ивзет. Опе по otic eable feature in these varieties is, "dat ied 
ndi e than ore JW, been produced, to condemn | Fespa arborea. successive gatherings my be picked from them day 
With the majority I agree. І | реп nded nest, it acie appear to be. plentiful ene m after day, i.*e., me whole crop does not come in # 
ik "that. it odd. be well before remet ng that| within a short distance € is one in a hedge, once, These four sorts are à iie 10 days later than the 
поа wn seedlings of many of the finer Coniferz | another hun g from the upper end of a stone ciere | others, the five early varieties being fit for use b 
The common vus seems this year to| 3d of June, while the four later sorts were 
that they Arén be tried in different soils er situations | e its эч projecting out of the ground, Why is|for table until the 130; m uch however ion 
Ree are certainly some difficulties to c'ear up in | ів? C. P., Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. depends upon locality, snug eam warm borders, 
mection with Mr. MeNab's experiments; such a Earwigs.—For the last two or three years my |subsoil, and similar contingencies, 4. 
how Ы the old A Abies Douglasii, m layers, and "plants f| bedding epe when first planted in да in the lawn | $ Co, Pine Apple Place, Edgware Road. —l і 
t raised from foreign seed thrive so well, while plants | have been a айас tacke d by earwigs so furiously, that t some- | Carpenter's Express direct from Mr. Carpenter, and 
Per hee eter night a bed of Caleeolarias is nearly | grew s i 
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exist їп the soil or subsoil than is apparent, or that f th ts; but this year they appear again їп most | 22 or 23 years ago, when Cormack's Prince of Wales 
оше other cause not easily discove: red may account for | formidable numbers, and we daily destroy from 80 to t ont, I remember supplying Mr. Whiting with 
the ill health of the home-raised seedling plants. I am | 100 of them by trapping prs en flower-pots turned | some seed of the Early May. The two sorts were 
nduced to make these rema: ed een the few seed. upside down on a stick, t ing about a third | under precisely similar circumstances, and t 
ings we have raised here from ay om wn seed are in | filled with Moss. Can you "iind ныг b best. mode | was no perceptible difference between them. 
general thriving as well as t from foreign seed. | of getting rid of these insects, the of year they | our boasted new sorts, Peas are no earlier no 
We have seedlings of Abi ies nobilis from the old plants | breed, the places in which tbey "е у x the rie they were 40 years ago, for I then gathered Peas on 
both at North Berwick and Riccarton, in full health, |of their eggs as well as the number each female | the 17th э ay, and if our much praised new sorts arè 
We have also seedlings of Abies Douglasii, raised from acepte ш em logy thabl I arlier than the old ones, we ought to n 
seed taken from the large tree at Scone Palace. Some|give but scant information as to their habile, Peas in April Ihave this в year grown Sangster's 
of the plants of Douglasii, not in first-rate health on | G. J. Andrews, South еш оо. [The pres Li ou ka s EAE side by side; they were 0? La "a 
thin poor soil, when removed to richer, damper, and | dry hot spring has pr in immense 5th February, and several рескв were ga — 
deeper soils, soon became dark green in colour, aud | fusion, or, to speak more аф ME gered no dick 26th of Ma v FROM an open field, Sangster's being ive 
grow freely. In Mr. Mitchell’s nursery at Stranraer, I | to the hatchivg - це eggs and кто тШ of the young. с later than Diliistone' E 2d bos t Early ront 
saw the other day about li young plants of Abies| At the present e (2186 Ju ne) а the s specimens to be Sutton's Bee p m of ары 
nobilis in fine Hr I - lately conversing with | visible (and tl M was ready adr t he ү hi ia 
a yw te is in a neighbourin; n the pupa "atate, with rudiments E wing-covers. n Februa! th. i a second Early no ma pea 
Mine (Eirkendbrightabiro), who told me that he had Small bi A К: ges twigs with the ps scooped out, EE is priy to Nutting's No. 1, a delicious 
он number of Abies Douglasii, very healthy, and | laid a r-beds or hung а =, Marrow and tree bearer, with large pods per s 
ing extraordin vibes growths, all from home-grown | are irc т Тһе (ета! deposit. д ped flavour. Richard , Salvington, Worihint Tin 
With fasts like these гон us, caution | tively у number of eggs іп holes in the Sdk a re^ Messrs. Sutton's Ringleader ought to be inep 
xercised hom seedlings are | brood over their young when hatched, like a hen over | every Seed List as a first-crop Реа. I made order ; 
altogether ——: and exclude d fr from cultivation, | her убн I. О. W., Oxford. | of it about the middle of February on a south "m 
often surprised at the strong. language used by| Zhe Hamilton or Cadzow Oaks.—1 am pleased with | it lowered about the middle of April, and I con gth oí 
«nion dio qd grafted Conifers, which жеге | “ Ј. AJs" report of these Oaks. (see p. BD. I was gathered a dish of Peas from it as early rv. that 
Fiva ion z some 20 years ago. Mr. Barron, of| very much struck with their fine appearance two years | May ; I did not however do so before the 24 
vas d many mend tie aha produced in|ago, when m y frie nd Mr. D. Mi tch ell, the. gardener at | month, when pods were well filled with v wek 
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entertain t the T doubt — VA nearly | hollow t er of С voe of inem penty ot саа к= аер b ; еы oí Mon Ringleader, ai 
es pla ith the sorts of Conifers, more | found for а a part; yo at six or mor — de e-sized m o | days before the others. D. Bain, Gardener, ^ font 
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i fted, thriving | in aud stand comfortably. These trees are well eed Park Gardens, St. eots, ——M. 
т e pem д е: finest seedlings | sings they. are ано M я and to my | sorts of Peas for succession (р. 556) are e 
we have, and forming in evi respect as fine| mind are handsome; tor I am а lover of wild netu ral would, however direct attention of the 
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that s thered from full. | no e Duke, this primitive fr, т designated “ First Crop," is of medium feet hi зїн 
native climate will produce more der us ie oportuit of gazing e dix to circumstances from 2 to liest РФ i 
nts than those raised from home- | wild scenery, I 1 Ie Oaks, the brav old pu в,|а good bearer, and is Lecce" the i white 
seed of esteemed varieties will |t hat live in the for во green; "long may "they stand, акр. It is, how rooe ор 
dman’: Lit kx T ig a light-blue wrinkled тапа Т1] 
Early Peas ii n anxious all gardeners are to саз and very early. ene ro ibat C na 
gather the е first dish fr from the open ees ud we know; Sig dr dE upon еи Һа Жыр, according 
w vértise ment announci dwarf, from 9 t inches : 
“оше E more variety than | that that is ee arrive, as the * something to be vbi diss our soil, &c. А it begins to boar дей 
the grounds here are | | wished,” a week before any other, [e eager they are the inni. and the pods s deren 
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