THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
FB. 16, 
Be é 
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ceeding, f 
ing wih quote a check 
— oneal — in ome > 
Suckers should be carefully removed; cx rather thoy | te 
and thus 
place, the plants en 
resembling the breeze 
that 
of their native isles. 
at is kept — a an 
3 
joy a free 3 of air 
ugh the higher ranges 
should b. their appear 
ance, pia this ean be done without anjuring t he roots; u 
other or g of winter is the best 
— lay ing bare the roots for some distance 
the stem of tree, and thoroug 
vestiges of suckers. N. T. 
VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 
[nated god dat of ote Root pruning is 
It has b cen followed jess 
; but 
round 
f late | 
ou li 
z then 3 — examine 
e N 
degrees, d be preferre 
to aS other for the operation. 
point in the 7 ed of * 
8 on 
are planted — is nothing — 
fruit. 
onth of A 
e summer pru 
when the 
to be done, except picking the f 
uri 
summer let the the superfluous shoots = topped baek to 
within 3 inches of the old “at 8 off m | 
ecting part can be removed i 
to the fruit hae by following this mode of treatment 
the trees will be e kept within a limited space, and their 
umontelle, Nov. to rae 
Ne plus Meuris, Nov. to March 
hly clearing off all also; and 
a- ome 2 slightest a but a 
but this ee be done by wa 
ugust shoul 
pipes. When th 
et of pipás — to the boiler for keeping 
bottom h a purposely to keep up 
arly as much fuel as if the 
h the top pipes 
ipes have to be par- 
or pit; and w 
a rapid, a b —— 
| of fuel is required. One . is anxious to kno: 
if means are used, — 
enough, to throw them 9 fruit, such as 
or keeping them cool m length of time. 
i adopt any such means. 
air, as sha 
t urity as qui 
irder by liberal rent, in company with heat, 
light, &c., and uch treatment the — attain 
sufficient strength to 2 fruit, while in size the 
excepting that their sturdy 
sks, how w 
1 
The Which the replanting takes 
p = is so exactly deseribed i in page 85 c, that it does not | 
necessary to r . Fl ming. 
Food of Bird. ds —Yon ur correspondent ce ak A'a” tee 
ood of am: birds are so 
that Ido not t thi 2 
constitute a 
by them, 
eagerly — after by 
haffinch destroys great numbers 
small —— y Frequently sates them on the win like 
pi 
asse Colmar, Dee. and Jan. 
em! i 
ver feed upon the buds 
e wane Jan. and Feb. 
of trees; 3 insects oven the principal 38 their food; 
but the pon seeds and fr various kinds. 
The Ox: eye titmouse does “much damage to Pe eas, and I 
Easter Beurré, Jan. to March. 
Rance, Feb. to April. 
r — 
Pine-· apples at 
nce. 
Culture Trentham.—Since 
article on me he 2 — a ram I have received several 
asking f ; and 
my 
letters 
prevent others the eae of writing for 
purpose, I take the liberty of replying to their inquiries 
— aa the medium of your journal, at the time 
m that th the greatest ure. 
. a bottom heat r rangi from 80 to 55 y 
means return pi those which supply 
the top “Bey of from 60° to 65° ; but ter will 
appear clear whi heat 
i in 
simple, so easily pro 
- | should be so s 
The blue tit is inj urious to summer Fears and Apples 
I never saw either cole or meddle with 
— Bullfinches — in jure 5 6 trees by pick- 
off the blossom-buds; and sparrows will sometimes 
Damson tre 
feed upon the buds of Currant and es, but I 
never knew them attack the Gooseberries. The song 
| thrush destroys immense nu of shell snails, and | 
on this account is very serviceable in ns; and 
[although I admit that some birds are destructive at Cue 
times of our I am convinced 
that on the whole they do far more good harm. | 
a 9, entirely confirm pe theory of 
— for felling the Lareh. 
in 
an 
‘4 Practical 98 Arbor. 
On the 
remark 
borator. 
5 in Plant Houses — Lou w. 
p. t. it is strang 
cured, 
also | about a ee as it A reii dry, the boards — 
| Snit en d 
ne | 5 in 
remarks rat 
carpenter, in your Number 2 | 
“ Arborator” 
the white 
e 
engine sprinkled the 
pipes and boiler, x, Abemeby 7 the house with 
. holding which, when 
condensation — place, conveyed it to — plants some. 
what after Nature’s own way. While e on this subject, 
bserve. 
ore effective, easier of application than an tobacco 
remedies” for the des 
han the other: , urge the e mend, 
not until — in its a try it, unless 
on — seca poo — luable plants. I have 
se 1. uence for a 
ide me effec otal 
s of nla oniy gre my . the tiny 
plant- suckers 
Sunday Cob ale was happy to see the — 
of „G.“ on the m 
wishing 
with a few such, drawn 
far from wishin; 
med noke but I p the 5 of our 
ould be mips ee covere 
ustrations pa have suggested, Many 
that would be of infinite value to 85 
i probate 5 ions several of the sc 
with trees 
me ie after-life. 
will have to d 
r probably bia ne with elephant 
_ 
wi sof the Spanish Chestnut as Timber 
e 
diapnoint ment I t 
timbe I had two 1 trees of this Chestnut which I 
falle a few years ago, and had them sawn into boards 
thick planks. When the 
Sawa 
p 
qh a: with its appearance ; but after it had been 
rings 
8 not quite literal) represe a 
ood. My father like = ip eia had been lei 
to ay ee this to be excellent timber, and consequently — 
en 
not to the ti 
means of triangle and 
or h. ruled doled t its use in plant houses th t arid eos ocr te 
the more g y, but oughta hop — r 
less effectual form of the * carbonate.” 22 | —— 1 
of your will, — esaten do | 
[anxious to test its efficacy, they will find the necessity | 
our 
d 
2 
country peasant might get hints — such illustrations 
ki 
0 
5 
less — 
I am desirous to Fe for the ay of others, the £ 
anish Chestnut 
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n VENT AURE 
