312 Catalogue of Works on Gardeniiig, ^c. 



and other fruit trees at the same time testifying that it does them no injury. 

 The trees in this garden are generally fan-trained, and, though perhaps past 

 their zenith, afford proof of no mean description in favour of that system. 



" In addition to the preceding remarks, I would say, let the operation be 

 done judiciously; by which is meant : — First, with water which has been ex- 

 posed to atmospheric influence for a considerable time, say not less than twenty- 

 four hours. Secondly, when the leaves, &c., are to receive the benefit of this 

 element, by its application from the garden engine, let it be water simply ; and 

 by no means wash them with lime-water, for, if this be done, the probability is 

 that an abundance will run down upon the bole of the tree, and the effect will 

 be very injurious, though the cause of the mischief may not always be under- 

 stood. I have known trees, the main stems of which have been bared of 

 their bark on the part where the liquid ran down, from no other cause than 

 this ; but at the first I could not imagine from what source the evil had 

 originated. Thirdly, in hot weather, let the operation be performed season- 

 ably, that is, in the after part of the day, when the sun is declining from, and 

 not when it is shining fully or powerfully upon, the wall. Fourthly, when 

 the soil alone requires to be watered, let it be remembered that one good doing 

 will be of more service than several ' make-believes.' My own method is 

 to prepare a trench at some distance from the bole of the tree, and, if the 

 weather be hot, and the soil becoming dry, to pour the water in by whole- 

 sale, until the soil is completely saturated ; and, when the whole is passed 

 away into the ground, the disturbed part is relevelled, and made to appear as 

 if nothing of the sort had been done; thus the sun's influence upon the 

 moistened ground is beneficial, whereas, were the surface exposed in a moist 

 state, it would be injurious [by the cold that would be produced by the evapo- 

 ration of the water]. Such a watering as this, taking place shortly after the 

 stoning is over, need not be repeated during the season ; but the surface of 

 the border should be kept quite clean, and raked with a wooden rake at least 

 twice every week, in order that the atmospheric and solar influence may be 

 duly received, and thereby the perfect maturation of the fruit promoted." 

 (p. 101—103.) 



Mr. Smith protects the blossom buds in spring, and the article he prefers for 

 that purpose is bunting. " During fine days it should be removed, and when 

 the fear of frost is passed for the season, it must be taken away entirely." 

 Syringing about sunrise after frosty nights he has also found an efficient sub- 

 stitute for coverings. An alarm bell, attached to ingenious and yet simple 

 machinery, is described and figured, the object of which is to detect " fruit- 

 gatherers who have little regard to principle." 



The reader will see from these extracts that this is a valuable little manual 

 of peach culture. 



Hortus Collinsoniamts. An Account of the Plants cultivated by the late Peter 

 Collinson, Esq., F.R.S., arranged alphahetically according to their modern 

 Names, from the Catalogue of his Garden and other Manuscripts. Not 

 published. Swansea, 1843. 



This is a catalogue with annotations, prepared from Mr. Collinson's 

 copies of the sixth and eighth editions of Miller, and from other sources, 

 which were in the late Mr. Lambert's library, and were purchased at its sale 

 by L. W. Dillwyn, Esq,F.KS., L.S., &c., of Skelly Hall, near Swansea. 

 In printing it this botanist has rendered an acceptable service to his botanical 

 friends, and through them, for the work is not sold, to the public. Under our 

 article entitled Arboricidtural Notices will be found some interesting extracts, 

 which may be considered as supplementary to the historical part of our Arbo- 

 retum Britannicum. In p. 59 and 60. there are some memoranda relating to 

 the fruit and kitchen garden, which we shall have recourse to when we 

 prepare a new edition of, or a supplement to, the Encyclopcedia of Gardening. 



A Catalogue of Sicilian Plants ; with some Remarks on the Geography, Geology, 

 and Vegetation of Sicily. By John Hogg, Esq., M. A. 8vo, pp. 31. London, 



