asc 20, 1858. ] TH 
E GARDENERS’ ca Si Med e 217 
wne’s Seedling, but not 
the name 
ae 
of Lady Do 
the meh I am unable to give an opinion 
| R ENS | renewed, more particgiar Sl Seah gale Plums, and Apricots ; 
on richer ‘soils than the 
(0) G 
Boir is no Sie difficulty to ase with in | Peach and Cher 
ar 
ens, where | 
tte 
e identical. 
‘gh the = o8 June, 1848, I find a se 
n these words :—Fru very | 
fine "pri rm; a productive pM of 
om the best English varieties 
d to be 
ni | baits about iy ore kindness and by want of atten- 
| tio fi ivati ld 
Ea: a Cantal, introduced and dis- nged year after year Siope ate dns Mak S ap is ‘od actos ee wt be Dii 
rtic Society r . : > Ub nt 
me Raney through ig a erini cy black p serena etc rich to a hing to do will be t loy o Biy og Borr which 
enin n by Mr. Flemin Y Vive ee nee unmanageable tor grow! ordinary | are found by practice to counter: t soils containing 
ac, and my opinion is that it | heap PAG eg oma trees. ry i oe coi s Of | superabundance of organic manur ime is one o 
Kak from a rg ape which some | < i E scribed as worn out, OF a8 see ecome | the best and the most readily procurable ; I can strongly 
in Pine | 2 TOps—a wit E bey recommend d lime, mix ith a small 
covery, with | pitrate 
American blight and canker; and Pears make wood 
~~ |only; while the oe fru ibs as Gooseberries and | Gé he grou 
urrants—fail in mo lek Savin 3 and S Strawberries pro- | been pra gue ‘he je subsequent, v use of manure should 
e luxuriant lea ny ie? ure, but seldom produce | pe g again ressing of hot lime be given 
frui guano oë 
© 
but is more expensive. 
Both these applications Should 'be forked in immedi intely 
and. WI 
ever 
T | sional e 
tunities of applying road scrapings and marl, or cal- 
careous soil, where mnch poor is | necessary, as it 
to promote 
e 
nea rly every eames: town “gi 
is also a better rect than stable 
hi ny enero and | manure for these gardens, as it is more easily taken 
“jup by plants 5 and with chalk or "ties occasionally 
bages and Cauli- | added, will t better and more productive 
flowers entirely, have their origin in the same cause. soil, and one capable of keeping in good h r years, 
is unfortunate list of garden shortcomings, bad as without ke a of getting over rich. Turner and 
it is in the country, is much aggravated when we get | Spencer's Floris , Fruitist, and Garden ghee 
into the vicinity of large towns, here gardens are | for Mar ok. 
fr requently surrounded by buildings or trees, which, b; 
preve: enti ing the free access | of lig! ht and air, make ‘the Home Co spt te ndene 
k A hag Upg? Are Garden Walls Nece. pened asked the 
affair, ng a produce i as sahii i Havi ving g question (see page 110) if it was eat r desirable 
lled i times out re 
these subjec cts. 
o bl 
ge to give advice on | to have outside borders for any kind of Vines or fruit 
v 
he matter | trees, and having myself replied 
nas ae mat and 
able to convince 
e to bring t 
‘orward in “The Florist,” ts the aniston must largely | that a useful bale: might 
interest very many 0 of your readers and may not be | insi utside bord 
Paige 
e and 
“Tt was, I think, last ire aia that I called on an | trees in pots versus inside bo I also gav 
laim ie verdict against back walls of all Kinds and inquired ‘for 
old friend of fon 2 who lays ¢ considered an 
hera rity on all matters pertaini to Pinks, Holly n houses called “lean 
a and Dablias. I found him with his man tos” stating that I had Sarid such notions, and 
very “husity engaged covering over the roots of his my more recent designs had done away P with 
ach trees w Ear rees were without | back, walls, substituting | glass, and bere Pe all borders 
fnit; they had been n plant: ted four years only, ithin r for Pea hes or Vines. Mr. 
9 feet wall; the trees were irretrievably ei with Watt, 129, si p t I should thus 
Eere the lower half si tng ttg sadri nd a few | call “ ident pene re t grew first-rate 
3 
rong shoots only left al On borders, in “lean-to 
h him on his mistake, Kt replied t that the Rectory | houses t too and not boxed up, ge actually Ap 
TS shall not t follow 
5 
acknowledge that a ll 
jô be bronght round by ite means; and, ma he, “My 
ied a | ` and 
ry | have. 
those entertained | 
Watt further on the ] prese ion ton 
observe that the fam mous old ines o of whic 
cer tainly not the hy e quite 
—a Suburban A aa, thong Bot m resided him- | agree R. Q. ep ” page 194, that a wide 
ars there, was nf nti sind en ie a E Aiaka n” is oO S fae d 
century, I wide field i 
nobody r has fin er Roses th an I 
timpy to 
speaks 
ped 
ween Bes cm Pond h caiheews and this re 
i have been tasted o my 
in a Maa ere AT 
nd 
fesh ie tat sess delicacy of flavour. 
e that of the i bie Morcea 
Annia condition for a Strawbe ae 
long been of this anon and it is one of the 
a characterise La Cor nstante and several 
the foregoing, and from all that I have written 
oon atte it will be admitted that I am 
e ia 0 coun h the hege. is m pleased to find 
wl country in orld where for a 
+ betw 
has taken my advice, i mm p bernan rid of this extra incum- | either to t 
no do 
White) are those to which I | °° 
ubt will hereafter succeed ho bbies 
, or to, the practical gas en 
with “A. P. 
tter. 
There is a general impression among the propri ioli h piis ong the ornamental, for they are 
of this class of poe pe the soil of a garden cannot be | anea pretty objects, aod. wal | calculated to engage: 
too an gus, Rhubarb, and a few | t a pears s bre en placed in 
to man p 
bringing to a sho d trees already dying from a| of “Fleming and § 
plethora of the same thing, and which is haaie i this sys and 
destroying agen righ paye arly. trees gro pots 
med: ke these over-rich gardens | are ag aae Hes Mr : 
jon of the richest | Peac from gi 
re few d 
h 
wn in 
teins + fruits h: 
into — Sadie 
| 
h 
each. where s an exchange may not be made for fres 
is soil fi 
a 
Btene att its species th han ia| 
orget he ear adopted in 
in the cultivation pr, the 
i aitoi; and never have I seen finer fruits 
i iy ponr hich wore shown a t the 
ai must not be ication that I only 
copeength asa plant for the amateur’s 
rom Prince 
y of. my. seedlin 
ap a only judge; fo 
the same Who are good judges, and who h: 
ofthis aaah r ane, kiy cr | 
the 
In the t ai cle sen a 
garden soil forms one of the gi valu- wake 
ee s0) 
mat with, Tt is not sey possible to get t teres n | laden oho fruit 
soil from pasture land; but ee ra that from could on 
eye e and, ts modera! tely ge heap hats loamy, will form no | plants. MR ly, becau more 
bad subst 
ks, the e parings from | than 20 years fully if se all ` hav 
e making. When the ric h topsoil has | with glass to th 
ed, spread a good dressi we ry ‘quicklime over my ag planted "r into inside and outside borders, 
the lowered surface and fork this in; if the lime is an t I grew also a Rae trees 
inch in kies it will do $ road iEneas never SeA, with me as 
scrapings or old <n a ay be added, when the soil is | trees. I would stron ely advise “ B. Q. 
heavy; a aid marl, or a dressing 0 of the scourings - of di gest his plans gs he proceeds. 
when light. Bh n ae is well mixed Why n ont val I fear in the > a 
lewer spit esh earth and well incorporate |run that his “ gra of Peaches, Nectarines,» 1 
| the whole together. “Rather than do this imperfectly, Aprico' cots” in __ festoo of frait wills be Eiin 
for however great 
te a ay 
sorts when 
ee gardens of the 
1 Iir “ct he ee intelligent | 
hich Peas, Cauliflowers, Cab- attention, money, an ser labour lavi ; 
mae, is Lat Carrots are to be —, and leaving | hobby as gon fruit trees in pots, “ 
TS | the plots appropriated to Asparagus, Seakal e, and Rhu- | finally be pe meng the ks iting m the 
Tones a and Hooper’ A Seed- 
|n not so particular to om the Sagi grote all, the | whole acti 
if they cannot be entirely renovated, | ante, ‘oe the fruit from trees in p 
tl have EX one-half of the eet soil removed ples of cultivation ; Tey 
the borders when n and alas! for fine fullness ess of flav te Pees e 
is general 
tern, te, it si ae rent 
further a type is rem 
tendency to 
confirm, vary. The result 
"De Jonghe, Brussels, March 
oft the | and a good ru 
oved from its | which 2 i of the compat pte be placed fo 
ed this principle as repards the safely be lifted, if carefully bie; andl the T00 
Sigel large, a 
foot vege over | provision for sas borders; give Natur scope, and 
egetation as far as possible in ite tie and pan 
of fruit trees "nay | davelopient, by giving Tight, heat, and air; and l 
s lai d in | yom only protection be glass aided by hot- water pipes, 
any spare piece of ground while the entices are bei 
d hav bottom ot 
I may here add that many k 
ban nt 
ae fresh wl sa where | Peach-houses built by mo and alluded to by “A. P. gee 
bac! grew 
