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lead, an inch or two in breadth (or more, should the largeness 

 of the specimen, or other circumstances, require it), folded round 

 the stem, or two pieces, the one overlapping the other, will most 

 effectually afford this ; while it is unobjectionable, or, in fact, 

 imperceptible, as regards appearance, doing no injury whatever 

 to the tree, which is able to unroll the lead as its growth may 

 demand more space. With such protectors, the grass may be 

 cut close to the stems without the possibility of injuring the 

 plant, or even the edge of the scythe, should it come in contact 

 with the lead. When the trees are surrounded by, or rather 

 stand in a circle of, dug earth, such protection is not required ; 

 and this digging or forking of the ground round young and 

 newly planted trees greatly accelerates their growth, an object 

 for which appearances ought to be for a time disregarded ; but 

 the dug patch ought to be done away with when the growth of 

 the tree is established. Such patches may be allowable in highly 

 wrought or avowedly artificial scenery ; but, in my opinion, they 

 are inadmissible in that which professes to be natural, 

 Folkstone, April 2. 1842, 



Art. XI. On the Construction of Fruit Corridors for the Culture 

 of the more delicate Fruit Trees. By Alexander Forsyth, 



There is perhaps no branch in the whole round of gardening so 

 universally admired, or so seldom attained, as a complete fruit- 

 garden. A peach tree in blossom or in fruit is not surpassed 

 by any plant whatever in beauty, not to speak of its value as sup- 

 plying fruit for the dessert; and nothing rivets the attention of 

 the natives of the northern counties more, when they come to 

 London, than seeing the peach do so well on the bare south wall, 

 without glass or flues. Nothing, in my opinion, looks more 

 truly inviting, or shows good management better, than a fine old 

 kitchen-garden with a complete set of fruit trees on the walls, 

 healthy and heavily laden with their fruits ; and as very few 

 families have a full supply, and as by far the greater number 

 could use ten times as much as they can grow, I regret to see so 

 little attention turned to this truly desirable department. Now, 

 in planting trees, or, indeed, any other plants that we wish to 

 perfect their fruits, it is necessary to give them every encourage- 

 ment we can ; if, therefore, they are natives of milder regions 

 than our own, it becomes necessary to make up by art the 

 natural deficiencies of our more northern climate. The manner 

 in which this deficiency is to be made up, and the ways and 

 means necessary thereto, form the object of the present paper. 



Now, it will be readily granted that the main supply of light 

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