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pared befor = and 
watered and kept mi 
Dividing plans i g not o 
of renovating ther 
ich 
5s 
g: 
“— t, and I dou bt not eventually they will dead 
better mode of p 
their Tike, s should be regularly ivided and v a ed € oa roceedin 
other ways young na vigorous PATA ting fruit than that Aiei isat present adopt ted. 
sth Others. ir e grow with L weakens at hy boing of the soil Evergreens.— eing esirous of forming a Hi 
ae | opt rh Paar SAT aino: profit uyo Sanep ade sare he dge ina hour where it is abundant, and 
In autumn only such plants may be divided witl y of bushy plants, — her 
open ae a Beets strong deep-growing r n ti t ith tl 
sequently w: easily be lifted by the ate i are the soil in whi 
ay safely say that | different meray of. Aconiuma; denostyle: nthericum, ò 
ts pir “interosts the | Astranti: Dentari: 2 um, Orobus, Polemonium, the yg ow vie ‘this aun De ae pan thanks in 
s, who visit | Dielytra, Delphinium, Pulm ia, Ranunculus, Trollius, | good ae cutting them down the grow und in 
d Thalictrum, and others Tobe onik] order to obtain a fresh aa à irh them in 
(To be continued. dry weather with liquid manure an -wat Do 
you think this plan will be likely to succeed in pro- 
e Corresponden ducing a good hedge; and is the month of March or 
Hom 
cultural ‘Sool 
rila suitable time for it? If not, when may it be 
what 
desirable i in carrying oat efficiently ths great objects 
will have in view. pi bee? first 
place then, there is Hien ady a uable 
information, Sarg | the quality y of fruit rp differen t 
differ t books 
nly 
roots, such as 
Sy eae more than 
mber 6 inches of soil ot 
inds from nt places, in manuscript of 
the Society. The published catalogue was formed of it, 
but there is much more tha uld be ul to the 
public besides what the catalogue contains. There are 
so y different tastes fruit, that a fuller 
description is wanted than lst, 2d, or 3d quality. 
It is interesting to know the particular qualities, 
such sweetness, flavour, juiciness, &c., of each 
kind, both raw and c20 s more it is 
f importance no RAE. 
ote goles is of the tree in  Giflere sh soils and in 
of Pigman, ia the finest fruit in the 
are nless the tree be healthy 
and „hardy. T “suggested “that the aera aA tema 
Kitoe by good 
fees 
Horti ety’s Fruit Committ e | Apri 
announcement of the intention of the Hodoalbaral done with better prospect of success? ‘here is a 
Society to organise a ‘it committee, ee oe j ustly | | common notion prevalent here that midsummer is the 
say is ade no small impo ota ance, has givi e gre ime for . Can you suggest any im- 
being as Sa thing which £ provement in the mode which I} 
ork, especially anxious tiat, bos “Society should do. Though I have plenty of strong Quickset plants removed four 
I have stated my v Society, „ye et as you | years ago. Will these with Pritet make a good fence 
a suggest i it van as a s a gren sree? man “Fell the S tolerably green in winters or is t y other ever- 
take in t » Chronic L sues be ve giaa to | green plant hood be irori biis h the Quickset? How 
repeat in Pie a t has occurred to me as|will Holly ag if planted together? Wil 
with i 
i Taurastinus, and other eve rgreens transplant 
vell now, or [For 
Hollies or Eeee s April i r patter than M 
midsummer than April, September than either. Never 
Pi r ence: it’s fit for a division. 
Dope E 
e 
sho cally 
ve much weight against an , especi 
one, which is generally sub; Diech t to alteration and 
I hav Spe try tm a BE an 
ha’ 
new 
ee vement. 
ary hot-water us, but we idt 
dak this best of all ripen of heating peak iti is 
£ Rall 
y be 
ooh py ES nao on, Sr Sii and others resident in different parts of a rai 
the fruit season the committee were to co specimens 
f| of the same kinds of fruit from the different parts o of | 
h stagnant 
not enti rely 
gas stove for warming small greenhouses has been a 
esideratum to suburban amateurs ever since a duty 
was taken off glass, and I see no reason why 
son’s, or some other 
ie ny > of the kind, should not 
0) 
|| England where they 
Wee e grown, with information 
e respecting their tl I eer the committee would | be prongts = Rano 
p undreds from building a a green- 
oe T fu th t } lighting a 
v hitherto dob publshed o on is hee aut athe bin = vitona diea tő e m nd 
rickland, F.H.S., Hildenley— I read wit 
ants durin, 
- M. fire 
is more than m 
r will undertake wh 
si imply 
dener is ope soe Aa many plants 1 i tayo? 
beca 
a constant covering to Alpin ne p 
y not only shelter them against 
d by the frost but also keep th 
ture and 
ring 
oe g Soci 
from the 
reen them 
committee on fruit. Had th 
ago, when the Society seule the 
of jif an; 
ave | 
e I ea pnp KA risk t 
running out | in the cold to make up my fire whee 
with Ria: have only t T hope 
nufacturer has stoves s that will” efficiently 
tion of fruit in the whole world, "that branch 
ould ve been 
mot be doubted thai mmittee 
are appointed and properly suppo by the 
f the Horticultural Society, will even now 
effe $ for the important department of 
gardening to which it relates; and as it must neces- 
ecessary to look frequently after ay Af sat eae tare ts Fe ae ta Fane 
omologica’ iety, venture to suggest t e 
e the territory, to the great | Tatter should i in EA manner be co pected wi with t 
e slower gon fruit committee. HOR iculturists are all o 
e family, whatever they may call tiaia and T 
Took upon 2 London Horticultural gor a ra need 
of ogee fami instead, therefore, of split 
ment, snd. i think I can say that he will not lack 
customers. R. W. 
“ Heart” and“ Sap” of the Oak.—The newly 
ly fi 
| wood of the Oak called “sap,” w prire 
pe aeaye more 
perhaps a 
durable by far of any timber which this 
e| duces. In 10 or 12 years the perishable w ai 
the imperishable “heart of Oak.” I should rather sI 
that though there n perhaps 10 or 12 years’ grow 
d a tree, the change from “sap” to 
ished in a single 
selves mall sectio: ions, eac vhs ings 
a, aroia d antagonistic t the Empet how much better it Mi. be | a single season, and that so completely, that the 
ery ft seeds of Rhododendron’ s0 pes ae ere to cordially in carrying oui formed last year is as firm, durable, valuable, as enti 
overed at all with soil, but a Sige a taeren advancement of lenin Bat in every respect as that which was formed 
en by | Member of the Pomological u A r 100 years ago ; while the “sap,” which by this won- 
Fruit Baskets.—The remarks n this subject by “ ‘A aeta rot ess of Nature is to become heart this yéar, 
at Fruit Exhibitor,” with: appeared in n the Gardeners’ | not one whit harder, more durable, or ind 
are | Chronicle of last week, appar to yh be any guishable in any respect, from that which was 
who t a year old; it decays altogether in a 
of sending fruit for. exhibition e either to ae iad meet- Can any of your scientific readers give a soluti 
n London, or in the provinces, and as dishes are of i this wodach phenomen, or is it one of eens 
be | not aways epi psn ge I think it would be a vas mysteries, proving to us how little w e really I 
oý improvemen mt if several kinds of ate te ht g p th | 
seed grown se hic} Elm li hiefly toa 
ss the open ground are most | dishes are now applied. an iden 4 transitio: d does seers increased 
7 baskets should be square or tlong Sie ‘etter T cone durability, o or indeed ay ee k all analogous to that 
Cuttings.—The fi sider ee any other form), of various sizes, an e Oak. 
test tim 
plants” pe dividing them ist the late 
1d rst part of May), and and the lateautumn, | Might be distinguished in'some such way as dees ‘F: “The Perdar: ne and the country: about 
iias hi tablish ed and | pots now are; for instance, we have a sized pots | it are most indifferent, no flo are in them worth 
pera sa only i it they mal called aa 2s, 24s, and 16s, &e., which a vn bee looking at, the proprietors of them however think them 
ee ire rob oie would | as such cpt gardener, and I see mtiful ! a pretty sight “Tuesday —t 
there D a E be similar kinds £ tanketi Wini pora st an acre thickly covered with ai blue 
gardening pren e proper Sage ensions of ; they were hing 
Ss S io. Sibbal dia’ Sicversia, each sort of green cain have been fi ined around fad quite a blue appearance. There is is fruit of 
== Veronica, Viola, Wul. | Upon by some t authori pi exhibition | € f Peach 
e object of having the baskets oblong is | and * Apricots; Grapes for i per lb.; quantities of 
takon to S Teava at least some root- | with the view of occupying less than they would | fresh Figs. I wish lovers col ae Vin a 
m at once into beds pre- | do if they were round. I was parti ck with | yards here, they have the pst oh 
vering here recommended | Some 1 oblong wooden trays in which fruit was | a lange field of Potatoes at home. A. B., "Cog e Tona, 
ne wal as modification when shown at sheen Rooms last October, and it then 
e climate ae that if baskets of a Bdge form were 
but to apply it All coustructed the fruit might i ae for 
Barely have the e ‘Sogo exhibition, and afte securely pte ge in 
seen 
e Sugar Cane (Holeus saecharatus), —I hate 
Se ay altogether D. M. ravelling, so that on arriving in nA parts the exhibitor 
lately 1 been informed iy some inquiries bein ; 
or | to the t of growing the Chin $ San 
I have och pleasure in stating 
England. 
