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extend, and could see that no particular care was| fine Grapes, which beat ae a that year, perfectly straight mi remarkable for ț 
tak eep th y conductor said common border: and the view we | scales. Seeds w not seen. a Very concaye 
that there was no unnecessary passing over them, ~ took for the hundredth ae wis shortly aft er- We have pe aai paraki we : 
but that the soil was now become firm, and that| wards ably advocated by one of our most expe- £ gensis Roeszl, é rar 
the surface only was moved when the winter cover- Tanned gardeners writing meet: the signature of | # small cone “of the tiag ‘Blan 7 spew i be 
a Oe ts was removed in the spring. The wall- A, P. W.” (Aug. 23, 56) Bo far ihon ás the 24 w ays Aran the bes long by 
T! ers are I believe, cropped with vege- 5 eera .  |come from Duran a aty p t 
tables, excepting a space of 5 or feet from the bh bend Lieto te "~ jain par ‘‘ horsehair- pleasantly dese: ve by von y i ma nother i ezio 
wall, which is — for st to the trees, an ” gardening has found no tila a “Mitla”; and i pg ‘i ountains Pyle 
this a appeare d he rd e , from the cons stant mut must ft remarke that porosity has pebra bae. T o bei d it, 
li ng ing somewhat 
pass with inte igent writers on caltivation a very rthward of Mazatlan. to th 
different meaning. Itis yep ian that a border 
s. The so appeared tome a rather heavy loam, aa 
with small tint i it bce inclined to become com- | sho permeable, that is to say, sho uld have | aoe 
pact and fi and the = borders were | the earthy particles of whieh it consists in such a EXPERIMENTS WITH PEARS IN THR NO 
~<a en miis ee a, ie spot, a > OF SCOTLAND. ORTH 
from the park: eet dams Aerin at them, I con- | and be afterwards retained in the form of damp- ery interesting communication from 
1e nearly in a normal c ot wetness, whi eh is quite another matter), Johnston, late of St. Martin’s, rita. dkr, 
Paper of the 10th ult., has induced m to te ee 
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dto again as to porosity.” 
sees ame day that > ‘sited Windsor I also called That of por sity is 5 
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that at dlight lace Sheela In passing through the | nately, in all ferti soils; the operations of had the eA to receive a 
tory I noticed very fin SGP Geanes drainage a Bag ainly to the purpose of 
head ; 1 and o u vokte ng for the bor pont when outside, I SCC aa it, for a we m of in it is attended by bited at the Lon doa J rticultural ietys Show a 
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the house, and if any pa paration had pali made for | paa favourably t nw g to some to me. ihe So. Ti may thewte ha 
the reception of the Vine when n planted, it must have | gr und — Trees indeed spring fs vals | climate in a district 100 miles north Se St Neen 
long poner p Regnene hard sal compact, an ard banks, and flourish there ;| climate of this district is proverbii a: 
pego the walk ; but tha aN have, doubtless, “a tf their _ are followed they will | Atlantic, with its om nih jp Stream, vote nae 
g since ay odes vr beyond ae —— fé Man alk, and | be found in clefts and Arrn where the un- | north coast of the d, and forms the ebb. and fl 
are sharing with the plants of the flow rden, which | observant do not hey of seeking them. That|0f the tide in our rary The seawar 
wo am the good things the soil provides for the, and | sort of porosity is everywhere if A in ath é ia county is far removed from any hills or fab 
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to make the soil round Strawberries grown na À macadamised with flint Ne oy anite. s ich w is "completly sheltered by bold rocks, and a 
forcing qui firm—mueh firmer indeed than e are aware thai octrine may mill an th rises about 250 feet. above the level of the 
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* same mip. Teom, if ie plan holis. fer to me shall ha: i epared to show that there is no incon- | 2 to 4 fee ¥ me an alluvial sei from 
rt, maam rm in Age —— en grown in pots, why | sistenc coset pee matter should | any friend of “ horse- gh is fi bla tn wena 
differ from fa § shall confine 
; borders? It is a well ag be tek beth Kint to ma aaan E oe E ap whieh < 
au Boake: a À oiher obey trees. will grow siden | to raise the question. peeve at yoni ‘to the. result my our 
iousiy the first few years after planting in. hollow _ | the peas of the Pear. Pears.now occupy a prominent 
Eae n naamaa teenie ie Nectarines, and Apricots are, War can be done fi or the parks of London ? place in pay for a much longer period. of the 
ears, | They tie gene nte the inroads of a most}7' uit whatever. But they have the 
and they, Vigtima to dinen, Saarest das toone formid om enemy and seem ade oF 8 mast disdvantago of being: peli 
now Mougn seared oma © make Vine borders | destroying the desioren One wenden ce fecal of aaa nclghbera’s ariaa MA 
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too rich—and rich D must be to produce the destroying the a de ak _ sya ~~ fey | greatest interes a value. 
bunches and leaves we see occasionally at exhi-| Green Park, and in the Regent’ Dark, the tu e| Nothing can be more tantalising than to waste a good 
Sosa L predict, however, a very . long career | oroen Re a met ian’, the turf is | stand, season after season, on what ultimately tums ont 
Nene Raa gee plants can | in g nd you see | a worthless tree. With a view of prev such un- 
stand this excessive gorging without suffering, and it | Little eed pei Me tufts of a tom- hko m aias a FA fortunate results, I shall proceed to- report what varie- 
will be well if these excessively rich and porous borders | the re the herbage that. h rished— | ties have been enltivatod with one suecess, and 
do. not in a few years engender disease which Vines| With holes. sles through =e enemy 
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grown. under less excitement will escape. What gives | retreats to his subterranean ally syra: p 
cause to. underground mildew? Will not these rich | keepers say that this. goes iroles constan hat o =~ 
porous borders encourage it ? To sum up, are we ght, widening, that the po em in tie earl ES = about 25 years since, by oe 
theoretically nd ally, inm alive with jJeather-coa ted grubs, a q That an t i Ra EA yaa Earl of Dunmore, which was 
parar aa and porous, e, extent recommen pai” Saal nie t e soil in A te jsftemoon milli MS are | wick, throngh the berality of one of Sr miatt 
„To this there can be but. one answer. If‘ poro-|  * "Daddy pea ” is the ‘parent of this horde, | Me. pa an par from Min. Rivers, of baw- 
brid i 
| other ai tg haia whieh ts, it as elastic as a | mination. The. Board of Warts is doin 1 
e g its best | order. w] 
recommended, b eitber ther theory o Seep toe ot thomas fon othe aa hg batty by th ‘sd b e Catalogue of 
, for none so-¢! remedies th y the admirable and. eseri) 
common se ie good. have hitherto been trie d have been found dof usa vd Fruits” of the > Horticultural Soriaty.. O Our Pe Pear wal 
» abundan under an 
undance, but can end | Rolling do a 
>n ee shane” fee = of hg ih ae so toigh tie souti eont AAA NAR eiit ada 
c ; vigour | as. T uty; on 
Waa tees, and as long as you can keep up the| be that pheasants sp ale “Bisto Carmes come ripe about the re Se ot det 
excitement Po may have huge bunches of ric aad enemits of the insect as feed — it would soo 2h ak da are 2 = aisle : y in August, © 
peio gm ie. ‘ae oe But dhol have have fhemselvos Become the ai liras she fecha than he i at ih en eal 
be urmn, 
her way ab nat Tt is a fundamental rul ound | mischief would -probably proye: factu TM oe 
hief would p y e 
perdam pra y | there is the neighbourhood—Buckingham. Pal inà menih aS 
i kingħam. Palace August, towards. the —* the 
occur: under the yt favourable. circumstances, eriet se, the Gree en Park East, and Picca- ‘ gonalles « now an indigenous to be ma 0 
; «| dill 
Fruit trees never grow in earth like a horsehair | pai 
m e Taa b inei ir Es as soln eam nop [oa re le 
P OTA xtra a a That is to say, what practicable plan can bel which extends u intil towards the end of September the 
paris by tbeir own gry adopted: Tho "sammo misohiot was tuned fon | wth, Segal OR, aat 
We think that ali Wk years. since in the N. W. of London. Possibly | ; “ an pee, not yet fenitel: 
—* ms i at a o ae Been a atten some of our co RaT may: have advice ai pe oer P Beurré Giffart yet 
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du ti 222. Pinu: TEA, Roeszi. oa aP nli Alt 
s we showed that th es Pe en i ee ae citò deci- | Crassan, ieg ae Fondante. neon are second-rate 0A 
avel walk. In| str "se omabhvagioe ron 24-pollicaribus, | the wall, and will. standards. a 
e n obilis dne S dala s sara o Poesia ng persai wall, and will not succeed as sti 5 js perhaps 
a ve A physihas w Pias tis im squam: In November, on the wall, Marie Louise * tf 
ourt hides An empt: unriy: alt: y Retin 
; 3 à y eon: pose some leaves: are hat. we hay. È? S 
solid a A of its soil was | seen of this certain! di g ej (Marie Louise. will not succeed here 25 
: very see te Sina: d'Aremberg, 
out. So lately, indeed, as f mention is made in A, a e ot thn te aoe is second gr a cn ae smara 
Mr. GLENDINNING’S}a foot long, and in its open a d 4inches in. diameter, | stand signed arene Grosse Calebass 
