1228 THE GARDENERS” CHRONICLE AND " AGRICULTURAT, eui sal [Обама не 
меда plantations in the shrubberies, all consisting of | past season; 
ung but by no means small rut оа seed | may not 
D gown in "February and /| the DP lants re grown ошар 
They are е lifted апа е in these warm 
have seen чта plant іп Зен will not | have m -- ae of ыз a4 
it before giving it а fair trial. Edward терага to this ect, die a 
ennett,: Osberton ^ Hall, © Worksop; ` Notts, —— | advances o erg: ea Опр tobe à 
I coneur with “ E," (see p. 1204) and Мт: Bennett in | says that “he would вобпег take Ж ы 
омен! in October, and in the flower garden ema a their -appreciation of "e —€— vci ri bet I differ nur&erymans recommendation than d euer from a 
but nearly 700. 2:1 PET EAT 
l e lat the enuse of its where, if you go to look at his place; he зешн, 
Жа, later. The quadrangle was Aoin 
the time of my visit. (first week of отав, lu 
Mr. Barnes's Ета of the delight that ied 
* Violets dim, but sweeter than tlie lids of ra в еуев 
success at 
garden ; min 
Osberton. He reni eri ina roten esie to garden." - In'such'a case, what; néed | 
which- was: quite: as successful, owas in | of a-gardéner?': If the garden is but sua]. aleman 
great benuty for three months ow high ground; fully | gardener kéeps“ it w ad dressed, 16 is not wd E 
and west, on clay soil—his was in | result tbat he has noth 
or Cytherea's breath," affo — Ыш whe 
Е 
light 
boil of spring have induce 
and sun themselves en vei] reminded me of Moor 
and Oriental flowers. 
Never having previously seen this delightful eren form 
r 
plant in — like such ic titio ag шө thou чё ба 
ht b 
о rOWS, 
to 
My I success w. ith it was in the sha ape and a gene eral топ tine of t sines и она 2t INA large, 
inclo gardene: io tiowa, vas i by lee 
за eh 
эйзи уне; EM {һе close upright growth: of t о take ат "m іа 
ег contrasted and harmonised with the more | tion from a ids like e this, or pe Айшен й 
spreading tendency of the la tter.. 'Fhe season; howeve т, Гоо nsi ider a man learns very little е ойе to чын elt 
special по the subject might 
readers. The ino climate of course e makes ла culti- 
tion all th 
а never saw 
the olea do: so well. in - open air in | ——Do the many operative 
vell ре y p mechanics: and оет 
well off in th ый те вре ct, but in which Viola i is ‘poorly 
treated ; and similar ordo, whioh со не уз ade 
most places where h аге nu would. no 
doubt afford a ied жардыга: райейшогу result in 
but show ? 
by your Corr 
Pears,—Mr. Webster (see р. 1208) may оар " without being paid for it? 
din Castle half a bushel " fine- Pears derived his practica рк from die Or fróm 
standard ©шөїадүйөы- Воб аге they fit. for карй: Ше following branchés:— worked аб budding wt 
rdp del work ovet-ti 
5 Жы - de artificial light 
I had last year f from. жы garden i n No tts куума not ; omitting the ground-büdding of MN 
most parts of these islands. W. R 
ex 
July stoi m- weeds; y! 
MET "e N f 
Hom i e SE i aane 
Mr. Paterson's The unfav parasti opinion 
expressed лд Mr. Whiting (eee p. 1180) Peine these 
walls | at two - 4-gallon  Waterpots from 6 to 6, amidst. кд 
+ 4154 4 
tbe varieties suited to each.: cI prove | and tre r led by buildings, causing a heat | 
ave ext. 
that after 50 years" experience I:should not hav ti cperienced iu an Indian Corn field. DN 
етегі. 
that 1 
ort has found a situation where it | and other deciduous urag taking them зн clayey 
duly, we never found 16 mellow or well- | ground, with little m to be [e —à nàvvy's work, the 
th 
of those who, like myself, had determined on g 
them м "trial his senso on, bu tI am glad t o find e 
р. 1204) that же — Mr. seems has teni such à 
fav ourable e report em. Now, altho ough I ba "Aa tery 
still He "quaii стото of such an enge 
cultiva! s Mr, Whitin nus n to point to the fact, 
that d Potatos have not, E "lis been asserted, the | ps 
— us perty of being entirely free A dis- | 
1 
« lad bon 
wall.:Gansel's Bergamot and | removal of а көзү en yd para ey 
ths 
èb di Morceau also require а south wall to do them | with this. Нав he likewise Кт "bo winter = 
tiee. Pyramid: Pear m succeed well with ту | amidst Orchids, &c., and when going out from 
neighbour 300 feet below me, but mine keep much|in the morning to breakfast, . Or at night to өү i 
G. H. V. 
he bs shiveri 
атте ng Pears оњ Quince Stocks. —А neighbour of | hair highly charged with abioa ptione moisture, standing 
mine memi asked шу advice as te how he should |in fact “like quills upon the fretful po rcupine ?” 
nursery life, and can he say that su ch after-work 
ars, which were budded n Quince stocks; | Has he, I would inquire, followed апу of pn 
instructed to pa nt th f 
Sty fF 
ase, and it would be well if those wl 
тешу tried them in various |localities, оша give 
y excellent 
below the не У in order "аб that pas ici: be "n esteemed nurserymen of our day ri othing, 
their experience of them, in that as well ав in other 
uld be gained A late over. Ik ls I Ks 
on Quince бс) 1 hi ing а good 
particulars, Apart from the property just alluded to, 
am inclined to believe that there are many ki nds, 
the junction in ейди: might be juet. ainar the upon the shortest dy. William Early, ii. a 
H 
еи those of es ir wit ction, 
productiveness and quality will maintain. à place 
te ү of Mr. айр е The few аа 
Mr. Dean respecting the culture of the 
lower parto 
e why 
rs on spe subject, all poini 
f the graft гапа the soil. Hon Y з d me to | out the pe^ of might w joi Ung 
I did this, and I told him few years | ^ Culture of. the МЭР 5а ab en апуоё — Corre. 
о I had received рат for planting similar to: his, epésdànte furnish me wit е пате of ану book 
vn that my soil bein and- rich, the graft or | treating. on id ейге "of ўн Ra Nut: E 
n budded part 
when covered, with. soil Pax e; Шу nucifera) in tropical regionis 
radij done, till the haulm is com-| 
pletely” gone. "or. course this only applies to paR CUM 
Ro ck sufficient ly ripe before tle disease arrives, which 
is generally the latter part of July. I may remark, 
гу the two vari 
however, that wo varieties e t 
1 a stronger constitution, and are thus better able | 
resist disease than most €: AE and this 
seems to support Mr. Paterson's v the case, vize | кее 
that it may be possible eventually to онсе а race of |i 
Potatos which will bid defiance to the ravages of 
Vinery for 
perplexed a 
n his book, 
eeping | the roo 
id W., Southam "ue 
гесо: 
oreign Со: rrespond ndence н a К 
ү 
VN Vine Borders,—l.am intending to put. u You. sol retemiber that it is a ошо Dum ү 
uising early.: Grapes, and „ат окыр found in à “marsh borderin ring a tri 
whether Ishould heat libe, borders by:| mento River." І obtained several pod plants d 
Mh 
mee of iron DM as péril homson which І will ofico further Tni Daring thë 
Y 
in pd ча erenca to other ar КП means of| we had progress aep i ong, not distur! i 
тоо m, Iobserve tbat Mr. Meredith, Тайна: We ha them i the ce paddlin 
on Vine "borders, does not allude to heating | in their * dug outs, victi the [n of the yellow 
- in this туен ; and correspondents frequently | Water Lil у (барг a imeem. Ait. hu y or f DEED 
ificial means of procuring warmth | rude © lotas: -eating idleness.” The: 
end other 
Eleagnus reflexa may gratify some of your | without mentioning i iyon pipes. One authority to whom| At Kla math Marsh 1 bade good-bye. to my quon 
the 
Eie ed to invite their анса to this very огпа- 
ow wth , making long ‹ shoots in one season e leaves 
mental shrub. It is hardy, evergreen, and of rapid | thi: 
E The lea 
Is 
v S 
ndam 
subject said that he did ly over a ridge 
ан ot giving warmth to the ronka, and preferred of mountains, in company with Lieutenant M‘Call and 
concreting the surface of „ће border. Dr. Lindley, I escort of dragoons. We travelled t one 
eath. 16 is now (Decem r 25) со кА with 
numerous tA ч 05 md the size ef. „those of а 
borders—i. e, “concreting tbe bcd surfaco, If this is| with Sugar Pine (P. Lambertiana) and P . grandis 
an open question, perhaps y our correspond will giv e| md amabilis "Through these quiet glades often 
manner of treating Vine of the finest groves of Pinus Jeffreyi I had ever seen, 
icea 
Privet, and they G. 
Iresine Herbstii alias. Achyranthes Loser аў 
Мг. Robinsor's ME ue Me zn 1180) екше this 
plant are МЧ severe, the season, it has been 
held in uch high M here, that any further 
fluous. m was among the “first to recommend it - for 
and all that I b 
Chok 
Mow 
botanic nam 
Fortune in hi 
we 
5 joies e Californian Coyoté wolf skulking along, his 
DBamboo,—Can vasi tell me the es expedited by а carbine bullet. On many of the 
e of a Bamboo so h boasted of by Mr. | Sugar Pines (only the burnt ones), we реке 
under the Chingse name of mow-chok? I have planted | sweetish, pleasant, and usefully cathartic. After 
in the open 
is work, * Бадай ios. the Chinese," famous sugar which gives its popular name, tt 
ir В. gracilis, B. Metake, B. aurea, D. nigra, | some 15 miles, from the brow of a ridge we look 
B. . officinas, в, mitis, B. A ptaria, B. verticillata, B. | down into the valley of Klamath Basin, with the ong 
hok to 
i—is this mow-ci e refer 2 тар of green prairie shut in by в Pru moun- 
has been fally алей. ak Osbert: Мг. R. states that 
if it would gro P. р n the country, 
n tha 
evi comparatively BE "ire ясар І Мар 
that ibo i is no s without ап exception. For instan 
here it is too cold and damp for the Clem The Ama 
thus does well 
dies off too early in poe The Iresine я. in full 
beauty MEM after the Amaranthus 
to алу of P d i 2, дч Florence. mag 3 studded with clumps of trees, like 
ning 
y y 
(p 1156) M ne M. has been Bacdening for 40 yenrs" Klamath, whore we received ar most courteous 
tive who d and ш са 
asks—** 
gos ived at Fori 
Work for Gardeners.—ln. your Paper|i e lake, and by evening we arri жау 
the f deja 
years ы has ens пар ү іп Ње +. абарона іп miel excursions into t p 
bouri 
gar 
- fs Tatio as his judgment has improved, he will be | bouring country, to the Grea! 9, 
1 e but a small balance at his banker's. Не | about to take my Eus journ 
ad d the din 
carpenter, smitb, printer, Weaver, painter, | to the va alle ey of Roq JEn when Mr. Hanse 
i hi on 
tingdon was abou 
all know uM a nrw of any of these trades nh 50 miles east of the Fort, into the country Y ей d 
away; and because the Tes к gaet not Fes well 
everywhere, I eniinot see why it should be so strongly | command from 25s. to 30s. per week for his labour; kasketz, to meet the Snake chiefs, and 
condemned. The Аша má d. Aes to my knowledge | isit. fair, therefore, to put a journeyman gar | accompany him ip was to а new parh, 
in many places, as does also the Cloth of Gold Pelar-| (I. b don, a student. that is to be).against| would only occupy а few days I j 
gonium ; while in others it is all that could be desir thoge trades, w nly.receives from. 12s. to 18s.| travelled. eàst to the valley of Spregue's River, 
Т ine, notwithstandin Б.’ rema a will, I| per week? о. would. «be а gardener r? The. long] for se seven days we encamped; and whils e Dy 
feel зобов, yet be а general favo winter evenin 1 with the Snake Же р А [т 
і of- SE. 
rite 
quee m L4 t is not the very best poses plant for 
garden which we possess, ith 
Tittle trouble it сап be had of all. sizes and of 
g be eights; and with respect. to its hardi sema 
the fi 
mici we have berton, v 
p^ "below the surface of the vM, 
young growths. I may add that it vis зич s andful 
of PM that have looked beautiful here Abeita the 
publie 
ew gardeners. attempt to` improve tliemselves “by с? fruit not sufficiently ripe 
eading. ^^ This is. j itd k H 
ыйа 
and аз they have а character to. phold higher | very different. I iive 
than that of other workmen, it naturàlly makes Uie endi, but this settles me. The “ 
e high r. pA h Е" "uo. Pæonia 
ig о Wages dtc receive enables tlieni | in lants: amongst others, the Dne 
рле Ti think that-he NS Рф Rage. 
his own sack (i 
reading ‘тоге than young тега: йо, | No. 6, and J. No. 212 ат afraid it was. 
Sage 
-yes,and heo ought +о bave added, | esten around, апа obtai 
measures a bushel out of | Dougl. Ti ough treés were rare, the im 
of wbat he has been) whei he says very раа nów cómmencing, Firing 
is'is incorrect; for it is well known, | Juniperus occidentalis, Hook.. | 194 Nu 
hat no class of workmen” vire them- т if this is J.. occidentalis, Rt Br. Jun) i8 
