99 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Janvary 9, 1858, 
, I scarcely know any new Pears worthy of | 70°. 70°. I must however admit that ] 
e tree, This is increased | by Loudon, cely know any new Pears wor pc 
t of the tree. This is increased | by Loudon, I scarcely ae LSet ite 
ye me from oti aks = Pa woad from the bottom, and the | being added to it, Beurré d’Amanlis m e ere y: mai pen 
fin oak fruit obtained from the young wood. In strik- | Pear Leon le Clerc de Laval being the chief acq = ite 
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: dipping them in water several | spotti attacked th he t and completel, | country, At what period of the year sh it 
the roots, shaking “and pping em in T several sting „plani pletely d y hin Tyr tion? [Keep them till spring, 
which ‘destroys patches of the tissue and forms the un-| in sert them on the under sides of the c 
tly in question—but whether a Fungus is they will not be so likely to be eaten by bi 
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cause of it or 
atered with great caution, 
o t you should select young shoots š syringe; still I had sp otting on le 
me 10 oF 1 or 12 dscns to insert them in the ground, The Past Year.—I beg to forward go a | ia io were never subjected to conde 
with the buds on, about 6 inches. The buds of the my w eather hay ~ 1857, a remarkab e gen te have no drip I can speak positively on 
other sorts are rubbed off except about four, which are | whose su and autumn glories, aye and gar cn) orad aoise ae: Gekde- ail. eins 
left on the portion out of jet I have had black | too, ion an on sone —with Cypress, cull tiger tac 
kinds struck on the same system but they never lasted | scarce yet to have —- faded :— Sree cold ; and so damp with cole might be brought to 
ey =< off mya a abo ag — Shey 57. sage de 20.874 he as to hag in MERAS of igs a ie 
ought tc : nean eet ya zi w Uae disease. Practically speaking, ore ¢ 
holding dolly if planted on dry ground they = ead e of ot dit sa ean height of Thermometer :— en ting in high than in low houses. We mus not fog. 
much in hot summers, ae md, white sorts like mest {72 the nn . aR that Orchids are brought together from many lifen 
lighter soil; go produce e thei Pr OE ov ; :: à tl 419.658 sprees varying in climate bar vias a houses sub a 
old wood. Th RO Aee Ae et On. to ò mode of tr eatm men nt. Under such circum: 
back cc yest and thin according to the oni of Seong og i A EF E EN sg , for it is uch more eas 
ae 2 of Moree —Pray pity the sorrows of a poo Nov. 11. —— aee PEERU. — is he wil a p an Zian. | be 
Polypody who Tost j in a won ter a — handily oot sf Ditt est Hee yee E i able grow ving a atmos osphere & eh importance kd 
knows To he is, where heis, or e w yoi ma e is. ap June 28. Siika "Inthe sun aie N mbid: By suitable I 
= ot aM dium an “beha aa hes shade . 94°, an a prre ar re which can eens kept up to the 
such, w oom s he to be called Phegopteris, Pohang en Jin. aò. Phatroomnter, Jowes s dn dl night of) 15° ORN N without heavy firing, for this excites! 
Phlebodimmn, aang otite A n at va a SAE rs tintin Pe eee ARAR plants too much when they should be at rest, or | 
coe that ea nel a boen i ipri delight in Number o ot days ie rain, &e., nas paih 179 pi ma rade) ela Eom canoe ae 
ary 4 nust h 
Pia their titles; Smita, ee instance, prefer at Dris iin re “tog beter ee “ty WE be needed. wader Shee i 
eut ika n — oy ye Jan. 3, 4, & 5 ee a ies a circumstances, and unless a careful ventilation be 
corral 9 Aare typt ogn ms ax March 0 uy, ee 21} Highest winds reed 16 into operation the atmos ecomes dense, oe 
witout scutdtion of this sort. aly wealthy friends the | April 13 =) Oct T humid (I am speaking more particularly of winterja 
meme see: ile ae bd pt Plaine sehen: chilly on the first depression of te and pe 
Elai at oat or entitled Cassabeera, at another Notho- ase ny o is cause spotting may aprig iliam 
ra aa ganen oe S aE aes oe ee oe Gardener, Fir Vale, Cannon Hall. Sheffield. 
onest ani = able family—have as m » > Š s Fa e partis | 
a bu ao ch of magistrates. As for the % ie g: Sw 7 How to burn a Ship (Ti imber r used) ti a 
Aspleniums, their name is reall legion ; and when I mee | eet tae Mf She cP Ok Soon “wr hen ch, all of which either a 
f the tri fear to address them by name lest i » 2l ~ > ~~ @ 
seat not be in accordance with the latest nee die en Bethea iro Wairiise. a a aei ig gnite or do s0 ‘Slowly, but m = ial st wig in dey | 
i If, t som eee ragrans.—The prett 
an nnd loinie profane to do tone Mr. Smi Smit as tried | have at this a at Finedon Hall is Ch imonanthus cover this highly combustible material: vith a still | 
to but without s planted at the foot of a be py pip st yA Ayar xa ry high T | 
te in ishing, it has never been ERa ed or pruned, but is allowe an ve giv en it every c 
sie annii hats quale: to <n ‘now take its own it is 10 feet i in ight 15 feet in in | conceived 1 for being burnt. If Larch, or Poplar ] 
what’s what and who’s who in Fernlan ryptog width, and 10 ‘feat ‘tnroagh. There jected w ev om soaked i bo ee o 
j t Conifers.—In Je Paper of t the | blooms now expan vessels, : 
Mauna A vies ab ations ! n the cob bweb- | mild thousands more we open; every om from top to | of such sah afl events as | as that from which the Sarah 
like which appeared on theca of Abies| bottom is loaded with its eiA blooms, whose | so ly escaped, f 
I beg to state that it is not in | deli perfume is sensibly felt a long distance off, The Season. | do not eal? whether yo A f 
iferæ; I have discovered it in many instances, parti- | Geo. Archer, Gardener, Finedon Hall | observed the extraordinary abundance e- 
n a in T orig recently purchased on Orchids. —Very few (if appa oe ej year. This parish seems to be an a E 
have likewise observed it in plants that | free from this pest. a ave seen some clearer t| spot for its aoa The Apple orchards are 
have eo been slanted ot — time, but which have had | than others, but I h ever seen a collection Gn 4 the e | with it, and the Hawthorns are, if possible, mi oal 
d. I have no doubt that there is full sense of the word) perfectly free from it, I hay ci fear ote tre brs we i oon ke ; l 
akind of il which i used for one place for yea t ime trees, Maples, Acacias, Black Poplars. 4 
pots in my z the nurseries and other places, me ig} a bati. a have seen those plants under ay ae is som a g ith all this profi 
detrimental to this class of plants; a aun loamy soil is e treatm: pot all over and no good reaso one failed to elite any on the Oshe ioe i= @ 
preferal I orvet ra iman- teat hited bon efor the a same ohetan sjit is very rare upon em. Upon w ; ; 
canals pn ‘adopt fay plant appears in man belt | considered by many peculiar to Orchi hids, bat, Thave tr | besides those above-mentioned, is it found? [Sy ; 
rta ee above, if in pots or imti out), is to | other plants ablated by it, A plan FE ate lden, in a note on the Ninth Song in “ Po 
pitnih beliig on careful to preserve all the roots, | Blumei was removed the stove in says “on the Vine it is dedicated to US 
ae ‘ins off every particle of soil from them, wash | in the winter time, 4 
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et been decid japonica blossomed, and the seeds 
early in the autumn, is best time for performing | Perhaps no Psd of rel ai is i e dependent on the Walikaa Place this year, C too, 
this operation. In very many cases in which Conifers: | atmosphere th d 1 which, however, ne ee 
_ are grown, and annually shifted into pots, pro- | e sam erin rat en growing oi a log | Place, Hurley, is a very large Hickory y Gog E] 
bably for some four or five years or even longer, the | ina basket or or pot, in Peat or Bosan or pa | Which was loaded with fruit this year, of the È: 
roots become entangled and twisted into each oth nd if the atmosphere is in a healthy state the result is | sma mall Walnut, R. F, 
and they are often planted out in that state, only just | ge T: that can be desired. ing the case, MA, ES. 
loosening a few of the bottom ; this kind of treat- | sadden or frequent ch phere must | I gathered a small plateful A 
ment in a few years must prove injurious if it does tell powerfully and prejudicially upon the organisms garden a few da € 
in time kill the plant, which has often case, or | subjecte such a Every variation of have had l 
it is likely to be blown over with the wind Conifer: | this kind may be a pr cause of disease dork: oat Eh t 
often raised and grown in for a long time, and | tissues of the plant, but how is it that. leaves pn I have had in i 
afterwards planted out in the open ground with seo be e same age and v » growing on the same | Plais: likong A you will i 
roots matted together and the ball e tire. In s i | plant, subject to tha ho samo light and and other res, ences— | when I call yo tion I 
cases the soil should be shaken the ‘roots and um. | h how, I ask, is n of a leaf | tracted i 
twisted up to the stem and regularly laid out. A stak mc ing Seay of the same | Gerani 0 
_ is necessary for or two, to keep the plant steady. leat or the opposite one, remai ctly sound and | mere Petunia in health, w 0 
Ino. Slowe, dbury, Herts. {But if performs all its functions properly? If the atm | Petuni 2 
the never will i the cause of the evi evil why does it not produce the same | been remain; Mrs, Holford v 
“unscrew. ] upon all tissu nen of the same age, and at the same | opening rita paso two wo little ¢ eyes, and ger of that ci a 
D er ig Batatas.—I = not doubt the be ce _ time, and that n one plant or on one variety p. ; varieties oF h 
Mr. Sibbon (see last yea rs vol, p. 854), but I m ly but upon al heads plane to the above named | Cal "se gg family vi Bag t 
confess that I am (as brother Jonathan would say) i in a lame ia If it be a law of Nature no other conclu- | still half ex expanded 
miki account for the marve sion can be arrived at, y t is 
pyra- | whi kep 
ae ee i d the -of the sammer | every leaf had perished; the roots were perfectly white 
X ty of the fruit, though externally handsome, is | sound, and these ts had been syri 
panded Indeed most most of the Pear novelties have Aia j Fari Tages pe a 
prepared from damp damp that I have not lost- -single growth | hundred feet 
Reno tel pacha PEIE the water I i never below z eg 
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or an extent tl Sphagnum l ES 
to expect anmixed with fibry P "Peat) i is very rtf moisture, fa 
i pots, and mustbe | É ; 
for the Chinese Yam. James Hari watered ve very sparingly indeed in the wi uniess.| f 5 : 
| Josephine de ; Poteet ae should be glad to the pots stand’ on a good bottom heat to dissipate the | t 
have the opinion of some of your’ ts as to | superfluous > but loss of roots will not account for | ol 
; the merits of this Pear. i e | Spotting; it may'show overwateri proportion to v 
considers its flavour “in his opinion unequalled.” It has|I remember a urg bra and cærulea is 
x y asa Which spotted completely away yet even after ow 
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