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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



esultory umletiii 

 uaked bjMe. and portions of the stem on 



1 M ^A AA 4^ tf~« ^k A Jf»- ■ & A_ 1 H 1-* ^L ■ 1 . ji __ A- m I _ 



nntMias almost mvana,uij «.u*w *^.**xxi^v4 mwue iu e.\pi:-uii me pnjsioiogy oi tne 



one side also matter • in the mean time, I should be glad to know if 



I f*1lffnirfO t.-lim ^vx»,-i« li/xn'rt nn-^-L **m& I-,— -il 



tiere 



variably more learned friends to explain the physiology of the 



*de also matter i in *h^ moan +;m A i ^u^.^a u^. «i«;i ±~ i s* 



be not plants .from 



ree, as trade [no do 



ervvise every encoi 



it is a strengthen i 



^ ^ „ , __Li)se of on i\\& GmViid 



that a tree planted in a conspicuous pi 



, _ r . _ one side also matter ; in the mean time, I should be glad to know if 



bare; if the Migration that I have thrown out be not plants from cuttings '.have ever been sent out by the 



re must be varieties of -die .tee, as -trade 



how the difference cau be otherwise every encouragement for doing so. It may perhaps 

 case is worth investigating, as it is a strengthen my opinion with those who may be sceptical 



x "***"" * hundreds 



1 cannot conceive 

 accounted for ; the case 



by the 

 ;e tins tree at first realise " 



w »r doincr so. It mav n 



nted for; tlie case is worth investigating, as it is a strengthen my opinion w 



r of groat disappointment to find, after a iapse of on the subject when I tell „ ,„ V4 ^***^ M ««. Mi *,***, 



^that a tree planted in & conspicuous place is trees raised from layers and planted "out, no^oneTnTen 



thing 



years, __ r 



never likely to become an v 

 of its ki » - - a ~* 



pondent ^ 



another, would be attend 



^ ^ tree loses .» ,, -,- v ««»«•. v 



produces another, winch takes its place, and in a few 

 years, the loss it sustained is made up,and all goes on well ; 

 but I hold that theremust be some constitutional difference 



between a «f*><l J in" nlant and a cutting. for rvrnrlii^nrr 



and 



jketweeu a seedling piaut ouu * L-umug, iur proaucimr 

 m leader. The one only restores what by accident it 

 •fcad lost. The other can be hardly expected to create 

 what it never was in possession of. I think much 

 might be Baid on this subject, but I leave it to your 



Ara acar i a tin b riea ta 



it 



it 



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Tin 



iuaeroearpa 



Pallasiana 

 t-iorica 



macrophji.a (a) 

 apaieensja ... 



Russtltana... 

 Montezuma 



Hartweqfi ... 

 Oenribra 

 babtuiana 

 austridca 

 Abies Webbiana (& 1) 



DauKlasii 

 Monnda 



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but a distorted specimen ever assumed the proper shape of a seedling plant, and] 



now 30 years old, deformed and ugly, bearing 



he same disproportionate resemblance to the 



that the complained-of Deodars do to the 



proper ones. With the latter my experience does not 



carry me back to their origin, but in the case of the 



Elms I assisted in the manipulation. An Old Sawyer. 



Annual Growih of Conifers at Ifolker, near Ulverston. 



—Several statements of the growth of Conifers having 



ately appeared in your columns, the following table may 



perhaps be interesting. The height of the different 



species has been accurately taken every year, usually 



about the middle of November. 



. r—*-« uuc Wle ends 



showing, flower, which wk\r **** W 



mended, will be earl y £ ^ **^M 



may be stopped a mi ^ ^Ptemb v **2! 



must depend upon T)> 0r «" J^*^ 



into threelots, I secure «„* mean sof *-**• 

 to March ; bit m?L^ CCe ^ 



.on 



53a 



»fiw 



necessary to bring them iSf War **; 

 The amateur will find „ '„ ° ?«» at? 



uritwi^^ 



«n«l it shows symptott Jl>.« *,' 

 back, and kept in •„„ ~Z <u > ne 8s; J t ^ 



Wii* 



.^ 



1. 



^ 



1847. 



feet ing. 

 3 3 



ftet ins. 

 8 6 



If 



If 



91 



tl 



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< • • 



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19 



n 

 it 



I* 

 99 

 9J 



99 



9f 

 »» 



99 



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• • ■ 



• •• 



Tich-a 



Mtnzi< sii 



• ♦ . 



» • ■ 



• f • 





- - . 



.. i 





« . . 



• V * 



*•• 



• ■ • 





• • 



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Piosapo 

 eephalonica 

 Deodara 

 Juaiperus exctlsa ... 



*^cu™a 



., Bedfordinna (c; 



Copresaus macrocarpa (d) 

 „ thurifera (e) ... 

 M Uhdcr:ina 



Xaxodiam semper vireas... 

 Crvptomprja iap.>nira 



t> 



• • 



(«) 



1818. 



feet ins, 

 9 10 



1819. 



1850. 



7 



5 



14 



15 

 17 

 14 



10 

 9 



feet ins. 

 12 9 

 4 

 9 

 3 

 3 

 4 







Pinus macroglia and the other long-Ieaved 

 in species are very liable to injury from hish 



m bf A 1 ™ WiW " ^ much i^hand,omest. 

 1 LSr the ^; two specimens of Abies Webbiana (1) is 

 * jeedlmg, (2) is gifted. The former it will be seen 

 has grown much more rapidly than the latter It pro- 

 duces annually a number of cones, (c). In the catalogue 

 of the Horticultural Society's Journal, Juniperus Bed! 

 d^ul^^ spoken oft 



«i- lieatordiana is verv harrlv t n • .i - C1, 



tender t<!\ r bvei J llaicl )- d. Gossainthama rather 



»o d „T ...f L^Tcsr k; ius p* *• !* 



rtwo varieties of it TV. ^ niters - .Thfflre appear to be 



most desirabte SJ^rf % ^^ ? P robabl y the 



ven- viVor^trowth J^'l Cu ^ e3sus t hurif ^a makes 

 j i^ui uos grow tii in the summer hut io « n t ^««i 



more or Jess > evoy wf ater l,y frost.* ' ' 1S CU ' ^ 

 ***d«Hr Halls. (See p. 2300-Perhap S «J T" will 



this pkce, as TSe "e * ttJT" , % V*^ the WaJJs at 

 and efficient. David P t0 be both ep ~--"' 



first 



t ^ uuu s r^u, winch must I 



Iiiacomfoptable^oe^J 



until 



lb 





fcruiA 



*5 



*% 



* 



pot-room, & c., fl^^TSft^ 

 l»g i, and as much through ■ an5?„ v Sue " 

 with scarlet from the edge 'of tl i^r**^ 

 course such large pl an ^ £fc B I*** 

 This plant would doubtless Zrf • But i: 

 window of a comfortable S^ lts fi «*« % 

 purpose I do not recommend K^ ^ ^2 



drawn m the absence of direct soh, r f ¥t, N 

 nothing about soil ; but itS U beW If 

 t.cular in this respect. I use Zt i Und n,r 

 decomposed cowing, in "^ j£» ■ -jsS 

 small plains are wanted use 1ml \* ^m;M 



The Turkey Oal^M^^l^ 



I now live cu t down *£] ?Tuxkev It ***** 



gears' growth. He found fte dmfi' ^^ 



qual tv, very subject to snlit ^V* . to . k 'H 



wind. 



wood. The tanner ,^^7^1* 

 inferior quality. In Hampshire I hearlL 

 is not reckoned durable. £ K. 



In-door versus out-door Tmperatun.-Th, 

 is a comparison of the heat out of doors, i jS 

 glass warmed only by the sun ; and I £ JS 

 accepted at this time, when Mr. ^^ 

 attention to the subject of growing fen £ i 



TlMPBBiTUBE. 



tL t ct " he cut ^isa?^ 



Hie tanner a^sprtprl *w 41.. 1 y l tt»fc 





aluabL 



' 



Transplant inu in Autumn 11— : 



Plant a good many ttesTn u ll"S ^ ? ° CCaSl ° n to tra,ls - 

 1-t year, in OctoLr, and ffid L d fn STT^ "^ 



1'eaches, Annies T im-oie x?i t!i r / ums > Cherries, 



**ny other ffij. ^ ^SS " ^ ,0d °?f ndl '°» s > «d 

 I found, without ™<; examinujg them the other dav 



roots, ^uJLZi e L C ? W1 l' tha \ the * bad »& 

 the buds iked as "p^d "^ f ",, ^^ a »d that 

 been disturbed - nrov ,?^ f T W lf the *"** lj ad never 



**~* Loan ft™ _& .^^^ rf 



— '."""* " F' 1 ^ 1 oy ivir. vv 00a, winch appeared 

 in a previous volume ; but, instead of growing it in™ 

 er,a S Mr Wood directed, I imagined thaUhe beUer 

 plan would be to grow it during Lmer and autun m 

 and to try the effect of retarding the bloommg S 

 plan I have found to answer perfectly ; and, in niv est 

 mation * w to the conservatory or gi'eenhouTe, 7uSng 



to th L7 1S -° f %Vlnter ' What Scai ^ et Gerauiums are 

 to the parterre in summer-the most attractive of the 



whole ; and I have no hesitation in stating Iat atten 

 turn could not be turned to an V neglected" nl ml wS" 

 would better repay the trouble'reqS 1/ ta jSS 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



11 



12 



Out-door, in the shade. 



Lowest. Highest. 







37 



42 



43 



39 



33 



34 



3(3 



29 



35i 



28£ 



34 



33 



5'4 



54 



56 



53 



53 



&J 



52 



53 



54 



63 



50 



Under glass, Vines are in blossom , u 

 buds are swelled but not broken into leaf, 

 ling Strawberry is in full blossom under glass ; no iy/* 



out of doer* * 

 Keens' » 



under gl 



iaclitncuffs 

 in blow 

 near (w*t 



wood be c 



If loured ^th'a^sentirio^r T^ °^ C Verbena - 



emit rodts, and ^JSS^^^S^^ 2" 



ff ay p ot s lr" rr or ^ViiTff^ 



where nlrTtS 1 S£l ^ ^ ^ ^^ 6 °™ e " 

 moist, Here theTwi « y Can be ke P* close *nd 



the formation of tlTe fd toe b^ £2 ^T^ fM 

 are well established in Zl pot ^ t 7 nas . th «P^nts 

 larger ; 9-inch nots will il „ S.. 8 "H * hem 11,to a size 



of doors.— (?. J. ^. Lloyd, UluUiugion 



310 feet above the level of the sea. 



Conifers at Dropmore. — As I have been ofa«W 



what sizes some of the rarer Conifers have attained b«. 



I now forward the heights of a few, together m4»k 

 of some of the kinds which are making specimen Jw 

 grafts and cuttings, equal in appearance to a4| 

 plants. We have the Douglas Fir, Abies Msj 

 and Smithiana, Araucaria imbricata, Abies gBMt 

 and the Deodar, from cuttings ; and the ^^JjjJ 

 Lambertiaua, and Taxodium sempervirens, ^* 

 These have all good leaders, and are verytoP* 

 The following are tlie sizes alluded to : — 





The waggonand three 1 orsTare Z |„? " f t"* ^ 

 »hey have not been at Nal^J? T r to be see " 5 



told by persons resid n^L^ S* "T*? P-t. 1 was 





not desired. 



Hardens 0^771 T 1 ! 8 the influ ence of th< 



The wagaon and £11™'?-^ ls at • "^ount. I that period^ ^r dre^d 5f 0t , M ^ ° r as " 80on a ^r 



left /on, prepare pTantsf,^, 21 ^ C ° ld ni S hta ha « 

 tl-y cante L„ JS tf^: a , ce . ,^ «f doors ; if 



want any _ _ 



,'!=S2«5«S?=SC 





* t ■ 



they can be plunged in 2 » Ihdt^M °? ° f d00r8 ; if 

 tlie sun, they will ren „ ™ lit b f *tJ. border » ex POsed to 



staking, and'turning^ound the nots^ 8ttenti ° n exce P* 

 roots from getting into he soi n v P . l^ prevent t,le "' 

 Stopping nfust, i^J&Z^&™*-U+ 



t»ut this must not be 



Geminated 



hill - 3s 6,7 n«n *« ""." vvu M / lI1 « owner of the imli1*n I Rf^~ : & tttUi fe r miotne soil in 



Salvia «/rf«i//«w.-_This brilliw ™ t. , ean be assisted bv n ia!? ?u Au 8 ust > except flowering 



W genus was introduced tfS JS^^ ^ CSS^jfetfrgS & S ^ 



•*go. It i s weU knowu i 1 f X, ?° them to the wa nn end of a SSLi, Se P tember > remove 



-only in a negfeS %£*£* tl ^ "* *>on be clothed in SSlC? " ^ " ? icb 



...... » state. tl,«„ I prove we] , worth iu 1 1 e ^richest scarlet, and will 



- • • 



«•• 



«••• 



eoxne 30 years 



«*eivm g ' ttsszs&x r g!ec i d st ^ a » 



flowering at a season when flt£ arT !*^ ite free 

 and rt. dazzling scarlet col^l^F^' T?*> 



it. It lias 



oeeasionally be?u recon me nX , f , fw Jt ' lt l ™ 



^t for this' ^SK^fctw^r^ ' 



^orth us room , purpose It is neces^ K-TSSi S J^ 



prove well worth the little t.oH,^ S ? ar,et > ^o wil1 

 I *V are supplied wl!h Cnnl v^r T 2" f"' 

 flowering season, the latter will be conli ui t "? theh ' 

 I have said nothing about securing" ab * P ro, onged. 

 nevertheless, this on d.t to ?» 8 t su ? c ? si0 n of bloom; 

 purpose it \JnJLl°t to , be atten «ed to. For this 



Abies Douglasii 



Smirhiana 

 Deodara 

 „ Menzieiii fcutting) 

 Araucaria imbricata 

 Cunninghami a sinensis 

 Pinus in -Lruis (cutting) 

 excelsa 

 Tiionticola 

 macrocarpa 



pond • ro.ia 



Lumber liana (grafed) 



Sabiuiana 

 Taxodium sempervirens \ 



(crrafted) ...- ...) 



Abies nobili* 



^randis ... 

 Kordmnoniana 

 i'infiapo ... 



cephalonica 

 Webbiana 

 amabilis 

 Pichta 



ft.insJfr.ins 

 62 6 



ft. ins.ft.ini 

 5 {53 & 



6 ! 8 • 



9 20 • 



9 1 



6 IS 



b II- 





 





 







19 



II 



i 1 1 



99 

 99 

 99 

 91 

 99 

 99 



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tt* 



■P. Frost, J}ropmore, 



&otittit& 



j. 



R. 



I Treasurer," "in the chair. I*<ty a W e £ 



v. Jl* 



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