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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Nov. 16, 
nt, | some obse 
consist of, an 
j b 
3 mens, yaa 
from the wall, a zine wire netting, filled up with com- | 
and in this w ted various kinds of 
teresti ing mi 
for the fear — the large 
nn of insects, I 
with- 
that 
hope will soon 
lass and cheap w. 
At Edinburgh I visited the Botanic Garden, which is 
open to the public ; it is well laid out, and surrou nd 
y masses of beau tiful evergreen an 
When the Gardeners’ Chronicle first 
ome i t, in these days of ce 
© 
nd yo mised you would take up the 
ut you atlas Pe = done so. The subject is 
I am s 
subje 
ere is room for impro 
et, 
ae 8 chan 
he wood; and both 1 "peing, in 
7 fitted to the wood or bark in the ordinary 
Both ting were equally sucess- 
In each of these . of grafting it is a 
way almost all the wood of 
U 
dimensions of the med 
ots 
yi igi tree do not present any inconveni- srp 
o the | 
* ener No difieultios will henceforth, I conclude, occur | sess 
ng varieties of Walnuts by grafting ; 
in propagati 
and I am much inclined to epams 1 aen kare rent 
ies aks ma 
the same mode of Vilag — 
ch graft the Walnut in a variety o 
ing-grafting. T 
it 
sie whatever yo — d they employ. Their wa 
of ring-grafting i When the sap is running 
freely they rave 2255 the scion a ring of bark o 
which there is a good bud; and it is 5 ely 
to the Pek, from which a similar ring 
e e the ring must be divided m 
on the side awa in order to get it tround | qr 
the stock. When it is properly fitted, the lips of the 
wound and the edges of the ring being ac accurately 
ting wax, 
4 preferring rin hey find | Orchidaceo 
ecessary, however, that the sap should be in full i 
‘adjusted, the whole is tats with graft 
i of pitch, 3 resin 
as will nik it consistence ; it 
can readil ar it.. 
back; but they, in such cases, operat 
w Schaal ae UW py from 
larde 
head. 
In addition to these modes wWe would suggest the 
trial of herbaceous grafting, the best of all in theory, 
wher 
e 882 
ere circum. 
the addition of as | 
| peer of space 
ack wall. 
* 
3 for admissi ion to the houses are not 
liberal as S b Kew, 
one day in a w week, and as my visit 
I flatten e for some time at the window of on 
t on red 
castle for the purpos ing the 
us p 8 of the indefatigable 3 Mr. 
Although he does n pt any 
ecimens, so as to rival the great collections which 
the Chiswick and Regent’s-park La ws, he 
e 
2 
— 
pa 
od * e there — cou 
e | such things as heck w ny and aihio houses, which 
ex 
ed | the _ form, w 
p arge 
2 partially 2 them o 
8 
Į | be Be 1 with safety, am 
ent in his mode e pah 
i e 
hem a long rest. In 
seen on my tour I think that this 
| attended 15 
Nothing could be more princely than the gardens at 
Dalkeith, i both in the fruit — the flower department. 
is not sufficien 
observed a mode of training the Peaches in the | ey 
eco- 
8 whieh appears 
“and by far the best in practice 
excellent as regards 
j n in the count of trees on the 
of 
em fr 
ne — ing, h 
ae bebe of its application. But, perhaps, some 
of ou dents have had practical experi- 
in this miner in which case, we dare say, * will 
favour us with the result. 
GARDENS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, 
0 
sc COTLAND, AND IRELAND. No. II. 
— perhaps no made rockwork could be better, famosa 
from the — point. The parterre 
be very . weg much 
I in so vast 
ing about the house for the Victoria Regia, | 
. R A latel: ibed in the Gardeners’ 
i 1 
very high. There was . 3 
a 
and Aerides, but I am 
s | Sears 
served, I have been better if they 
had been grown during —— . in more e heat. My 
„Vandas, 
am aware this is questio vewata, and 
that skilful growers per r inall cases a low tempera- 
ture, rdens here, as at Chateworth, are shown 
tolerable crop of Pears, 
what we 3 ada which 
that —— Dod: 
N AND ag toon) GARDENING. 
Tuose who garden in a small w. way, will now be pp 
but I did no 
succeed best 
to ++ t 
from rate that have ap ae their 3 gay eas 
past seaso ch as have pits 
There appeared on the at | 
ses, and | arran 
pine ts that are intended — a — decoration ip in 
and wher 
er garden, a 
the fi 
ist com- 
us bising "stability ara en — 'the means of sup- 
| 3 rtificial warmth 
uire 
3 which is point — be atten 
"is not required, indeed s 7 
pelled, n uffers 
with a superfluity of pnp „spongy foli 
which have been growing in the open 
rse, be in suc 
pecimens 
my aae will, of 
a condition. 
The getting rid of the 
ith an inclina e south, 
4 thick, the tag re when ng out 
f the ae should be dried for a few oon the sun, 
in reep. to ‘cheek their vigour ; a ball o soil being re- 
— be potted ; when they — en this pre- 
y soil should be in 
of 
m in the dry material above recommended, 
wet, wi will secure 
Aby — exposure, a the spring 
wile begin 10 ess signs of growth, 
exposure than plants taken from 1 Pharo 
BRITISH N BIRDS. 
No. V. —We have n w to consider 
cessary for f 
aviary ; for on a completeness or 
internal arrangements, do the comfort aid happiness of 
your — — Ne sont 
First, of the flooring. My flooring was of wood, laid 
on — — d elevated some considerable distance 
e Pood. however, of a 
ent 
= 
recently been rendered 
tal destruction of all rea apem emit by an 
midni like—made 
us onslaug 
eners’ Chronicle of 
tiles, about ‘ee inches square and 
earth.* is would effectually prevent the entrance 
is all round the room should be cased 
Ton 
rted 
every alternate perch being le 
arrangement will prevent the ee. E the birda 
n. „ greenhou: 
er a ispre. ly heated will, nan tae 
mere better and safer means of protection than those 
possess artes of ihe kind, 
aint bits that the m 
majority of tender ornamental | 
this was flower. garden plants require heated 
tect them y aa, rost 3 is of 
kept perfectly 2 without — aid of brick or wood 
frames one azed lights. there are a few par- 
this 
“subject, that ‘must be es 
especially | Hoof 
They cannot burrow s aviary, no rat could bay it 
pues barn here, and it has effectually kept this 
