January 16, 1858.] THE iddle batant CHRONICLE. 39 
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had one month i in which we have not had ] pla ant oft th -remier at Broadlands with syring ing Some of the’V es 
in bloom summer nor win = In si for Tie: and | ad dust ance of doe 30 mi aes, T have been enabled to which ` l ha ve aby i ie go jum wand 
uta th more bea e t pat |a asoartain the nature of the soil in that loc a ee and abundance a roots in the new soil, oa no 
expecially if allowed to siri, his specim | consists of acres of peat bog now almost u s. I| doubt turn out hereafter most satisfactory. bors van 
three or four pots with from 10 to 15 bu Ths ir in ail and tb elieve a considerable portion near evn he Deen Measurement of Trees at Aldie.—Havir ently 
I have had as many as 12 flower spikes from them, and | reclaimed by Lord Palmerston, and it is s aid that | | visited Aldie Castle, the ancient cea’ re Pete: of 
frequently from 10 to 12 blooms have been open at one | that nobleman reclaimed a portion in the county of | the family of ee of Aldie, who are now represented 
time. The size of the flower, the richness of its colour, i bre 1826, when there was a million anda ‘half | by the Baroness Keith and Nairn — ei ladyship’s 
and the fine foliage which bros plant San all com- | stat irk of uncultivated bog in Ireland, some distinguished husband Count de ault, so well 
bine to make this a most a ttractive and useful plant in | of nai t 307. an acre to reclaim. Let us i t 
autumn and winter. “Where even r na is an object | tla an acre of is almost wor thl less s land „to be planted |to mi measure a few of the “more remar Aien trees at rl 
single bulbs might be grown with advantage, as saan | with Black Italian Poplar The estate of Aldie is situated in the south- 
ower twice a year. The ‘ollowing is the s pacer that wou jt farnish 587 tr rees. Pa bon 37 1 for | | western ap. _ of Perthshire, at an elevation of 
of one of my finest single bulbs, viz. mh ee es aidat s| alties, we may therefore safely t 600 bov ve the level of the £ 
thickest part, with a flower spike 3 feet 6 pot in | averaging 50 cubic feet, or a load of timb 8 feet fi 
length, leaves 4 feet long, and flower 7} inc ches n | years, and calculating its value at 6d. wn r cubic foot | the aces :—An Oriental Plane was iy fet in circum- 
diameter. I have never been able to produce t is the ] t probable ofa the sum ba ference; a common Holly, 7 feet 2 = a Guigne, 
results on the drying system. I, find however that | | be 25s. nei amounting to 6257., or to an anorhdl t of | 8 feet 3 inches; a sie Fir, 8 fee a Plane 
Johnsoni and others are a 317. per and if the foregoing stnteme nt of sont or Sycamore, feet 4 niches; a a Spanish ee 9 spe: 
which I give them for a short e (if I cannot keep | | correspondent bè correct, that i ta ready sale at | an me lears 9 fek; aS wet me 1 feet 1 inch; 
them growing). I hav Jounal ` now beautifully in n | Is. apa er foot,” its te ot would amount to double that | Lim t 1 inch; an rr és tt and a h 
bloom the second bisama ithim these 10 months; also | st t may ary here to suggest a few hints | a ee cf nce rig goer bar! 
pulyerulentum, a buff coloured winter blooming “kind. for t the Aen | of this. profitable species of timber, The | gr ing near the one just mentioned a 3 fee he 
But the finest of all the tribe that I have ever yet seen | trees shoul e from 7 to 10 feet high ; if the soil be too | | grom bn itself into two limbs, abo t equal, in 
is one marginatum venustum, a continuous Aagi rains 5 should be put in 2 feet wide and 3 feet | zhi n v: e 
rofase bloo mag 
ei 
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wer like aulicum, m e 400 gr 4 st pers 
nificent flower; the latter is ag as — as that plante 19 feet distant fi ther; i to | versant with such matters would naturally suppose thai 
of aulicum, of a white ground colour with broad | cattle they may be protested oy Black or White Thorn | | the green one would have taken to itself the lion’s share 
scarlet margin and stripes of a on ‘the petals. I| branches secured to the stem by three or four withes. lof the sap, and consequently would have overgrown the 
also grow Griffinia hyacinthina on the sam AE rinciple : | These will Jast till the trees are cme $ Ëi rs The | other naturally more delicate variety. In this pager 
it forms a fine Pn deter a gm across. T} 1 branches should be cut o t t the case ; rather the reverse; which 
very fine thing and deserves far tensi Itiva promote re growth of the trunk, see it should sf presume does not a argue much in favour ve the advo- 
ti on tha m it at present ‘receiv es; the flowers are exceed- ind that no more expense is required either | sien of the theory of the w caring, a of races, This 
Chas. tre t le 
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he colour is a beat Blac, for spade, plough, or manure. . Taylor , Forester, ast a century 
William Payne, Gardener, Fir Vale, near Sheffield. Hurstbourne Park, _ Whitchurch, Han old, some probably much a w. E, 14. 
Chrysanthemums.—In answer to your “cortona s Vines, gether with a word or 
inquiries, I beg to say that I fully sur on the Cimon: two about Borders. —Econom my of space is always desir- 
of m i i ab g ace 
eign Correspondence. 
a 
“Chey h x í y into whi 
pots, and to all a ce they ted lately been rats oa but I prefer training on a trellis under the centre of | call the Sierra Madre, ain of mountains situated 
Talso brought with me young plants from cuttings struck each light “a 18 inches from the om that di | between the Platen K Tetine anit the Gulf. Unfortu- 
in March, which have been equally good. With a few t head-room for e leaves without | nately there was uch rain, 2! and we torrents and 
exceptions all flowers counted were full blown. Your Fouchtng th the o gun) i planting Vines «J. R. S.” con- | st ftl t he returned 
ona t will unders tand that neither I nor my r apart, and inquires if he may broken down by ign and suffering Sh m severe a 
— rs maage e.-k aaa with him that | matism, and without having found much of impo 
Hel 7 n growing my plants for that purpose |6 6 feet isa wi sde $ inte E. ce hand, will not | However we can send you among other ee those “ot 
T pein should pr thinned them much more than I | two r a Ga that naa if t the remain perma- | Buonapartea or Dasylirion gracilis, and B. gla 
=. The whole of my plants were staked shortly after | nently be Jer se? I should eel th Ae to try ev It is quite a eee to cultivate these ant i in hot- 
only ; under r your corr rrespondent’s plan rene in Eur they are much more ardy than the 
them stand against the rough winds, which ve amorioan nia growi at a he qin of _ pene 
often subject to. What wou uld Mr. Broome’s Nelly have | energy ‘of the plant were confined to one stem. At this feet; as: in mdna f the 
y. the end of September, plunged in an open | place we iere established Vines planted at 4 feet nd the snow which fell at t the rn 
garden, without a leg to support her? I Sea. also ask pesi tanie rained up — the centre of each light ; | December, the “hast named suffered slightly, be nee the 
where is the gardener “ans as much they a ciate on the close-spur m; eas not in the least injured. 
attention to all his s Chrysanthemums as as Mr. ` B. d d to | when disbuddin soot 70 bearing shoots on each Vine | seen specime write rming heads at the im ap of 30 fot 
Nelly during , especially where, as there | (which are 22 feet rods), the off-shoots are trained at and aaa they me nite om ms 
are here, and in short i in most places, from 1 160 to 200 | right angles, with the main stem extending on each side | y the same steamer we fi anil box contain- 
plants regit for aut I look | nearly 2 feet. Iam no advocate for stopping vigorous | ing the following specimens 
ea the case of Nelly i in the light of an experiment, | Vines too closely; in my case, therefore, the roof is| Cone and leaves o of PINUS Dox Pap DRI (Roezl). 
which pte every day be put in practice, at least by | nearly covered, the 4 feet distance suiting admirably. itto Pinv rol sank em e This 
gentlemen’s gardeners. J. Dell, Stoke Rochford. will be a startling announcement to gardeners (should | tree grows pa 300 es from Mi , in the 
Black It Poplar.—In your Number for Feb. oe — be no mistake) that Mr. Rivers never waters his department of Durango, where it is known "under the 
1855, I find that a ngaen hb been ask one of inside borders (supposing’ the roots‘of his Vines'to be | name of Pino real, a name g and its 
our correspondents relative to the value and quality of all inside the rare for in general great attention is een retin oe ior Like Pinus La Sertions it pro- 
this a? this I answered in your r of| required to keep the roots Beater moist in "the duces e which, in its dried state, becomes a 
< red po sw 
had planted in 1841. I had previously been told ffthel Its habitat i ld Ja 
by an old nurseryman that it would grow a load | moisture co spore se fe parka crop of| Cone and leaves of Pinus DURANGENSIS (Roezl). 
of timber in 20 years. In March, 1855, this | Grapes, wi pints ser recourse to w: . I have agtt gs Tee country as the preceding, where it is 
pad: in girth. | alw acial. results’ from | very 
I had then all the lateral branches sawn off close to the | applying both common water and. manure water when Cone and. leaves of Prxvs No. I., which be 
trunk, to within about 10 feet of its top, taking care at | given. with judgment. When I came here betwee Tt grows on the piren side of. 
the same time to have the sawn parts closely pared | three and four years ago I was larly struck with | catepetl, at a height of 11,000 or 12,000 feet. We have 
with a sharp knife, in order to facilitate the growth of | the appearance of the Grapes in one > Vinery ; ; they con- | purposely chosen a oe “ws green cone, as being more 
the bark over the cut which were all com- | sisted of Muscats, black and white, Frontignai abe tata: likely to preserve its nal form. 
= pletely covered during the following ‘summer. In |burghs. There was a fair number of bunches, but the | ie re leaves of Pirus. ie 2, which be so good 
November of the same year I had the curiosity to | majority were badly shanked ; the others presented an . It grows h Pinus Don Pedri, which 
measure the tree again, and I found that it had in-| appearance as if sn prematurely. I examined the | [the natant ei the iai Ayacahuite colorado — 
creased 6 inches in circumference, or to 44 inches in | border and found all th etable matter oe pele and | (red); t it highly on account of the excellence = 
N , and its | nothing left but a cee at ss of A or e better than run j of its “this s Pinus No. 2 is much less care for, its 
G: 
A girth 52 inches, 
it about 60 feet. I attribute the decrease of the | together and impervi ater. I should aad — | wood fake very brittle. Ayacahuite is a very common 
trunk to not having the lateral branches lopped, which | 1 d |name, which in certain places is given to those kinds of 
ll do this season. [You not] In 1843 | therefore never receiv eat tho benefit of rai rains, &c., and | Pinus which are distinguished by the we naan their 
a gentleman residing a this neighbourhood applied to | the base of the flue et = with it still rendered ; thus, for example, the Pinus patula is called 
marie. my advice as to the best kind of trees to | it drier. Next ed up the surface, applied pee in many p ae 
bend i by the edi ve a river bounded on one side by his to ita ENA top maik re gave abundance of water} Cone and leaves of Pixs cornea (Roezl). It grows 
Tesi recommended the Bla eis Italian | occasionally, but with aty any better results; on | on ‘the Popocatepetl, at a height of from 10,000 " 
15-inch Some of aa will now nat a 12 to | making an nother examination I found the soil nearly as ot ge i 
parang as t th l sh “and pt of PINUS RESINOSA, REGELTANA, 
ber each at the expiration of 20 years fr tting th I would! ve taken upthe Vines, but cir- LERO pe described in our = 
time were planted. Your Paper of May 12. "1886, ad th th ther | with aes exception si P. Leroyi. 
contains a a communication from “E. Jeffries, Colston | season. I probed sek th allover, sunk (at intervals) | Cone and leav of ABIES Pp 1. It grows on 
louse, Taunton which informs us of tree | 3 feet pipes by 12 inches diameter perpendicularly into it. | Popocate tl, at aa altitude of from 10,000 01,000 
cubic feet of tim! In | These were constantly replenished with water, which | feet and se 
ber, July 28 of the same year, of two | was also applied abundantly to the surface, but ll | unusual size and height. It forms a erfeot cylinder, 
also appli still al 1 
“a in 1821 and blown down | would not moisten the mass: of sand sufficiently; the | for the branches or top are as ; 
contain 128 cubic feet, | Grapes shanked much as before. _ I feel convinced that | bottom. We believ it to be more hardy than Abies 
ill shank i ver rder i 
Bis andi aso stated, that the timer mot | Grapes wil in an over dry ly as bad | religiosa, between which and it we have fo found very 
Maite aslo in: ar hoot, To as in an over wet one. In the end of October, 1856, I | decided differen : 
i took the Vines up; the roots I found in bad | Cone and snd of Apres No:2. It has the same 
their growth, T have only to state that | condition and very much cankered, which parts habitat as the preceding. ld parti 
ursery belonging to my | away; the rest were drawn through puddle made in a i tothe difference which exists, not only in 
5, fiat tub, laid on mats, some soil scattered over them, the form of its cones and bract: yin its 
these trees grown from cuttings | and wra up. old border was taken out 4 feet | leaves. i 
planted in March 1856, and which | deep Figs are on a substratum of gravel, so we have| Cones and leaves os of ABIES me he aravoa (Roesl) 
0 to 12 feet in h others | alwa; anid raeed with good Habitat the Mont de las Cruces is undoubtedly the 
planted last March reach from 7 to 9 feet, |loam de ca ie Vines, well watered them, finest Abies we have ehpenin Tts leaves aro 50 g 
declare it was covered with snow; it is 
traversed the greater of |a te Sp TOT. T ae Cont acl See ae ile tht at a ee 
Test from its cr a a which were kept moist | would 
