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362 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Thomas Lamb, Gr. to Earl of day I watered the plants over-head to wash off the | expectations, however, have been disa 
Bortemouth, Hurstbourne Park, Wi pap rides Hants. ur. vag om mer was ay and hot, ae plant in | can see no sug gges stion kar is at all 
the destruction of Dan- - the apa was of red pee hay sabes the fi ers, te esta 
delion and other broad-leaved sekn on lawns, and "to | mo ulg eli elas was full o ggs. From this | eee with none at ‘all. It is all 
the improvement of small leaved varieties, tha at „gas | time therefore I shall scatter 1 be eet rae ying “bottom heat” pf ingo 
water mixed with rain water in certain g I fill tl and I should | bu age ‘that purpose time and han 
would effect the object. I believe it is well. kno wn. |ddvine o Py ther to do the same, either n dung beds or | The plan of “potting” is no do 
that peculiar scents are more cord pa nseets than where hot-water pipes are oat Tam aay sorry I did | | by no means essential to the 
pa et and Be feel sure that d not have | not think “of sulphur before. James Cuthill, Camber- | Four correspondent appears rS kos 
ach more paseia to yr olfactory | well. writing for = i and se 
ee ari the wih ps permon: The ladies a sag P Sulphur and Lime v. Red Spider. —I have alway a rks wholl A t Teat t 
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ren y feet again. Might i t not be worth a trial? or |w. ole of the summer kupa excellent effect. In one of my 
some other _powerfu 1 ammoniacal pe on me not to i arge p W: on the} ¢ 1 
? Civ ——The „larv. furnace on which oats a thick coat of sulphur, giving |in his little pat : The p 
gradually ; no spider or mildew has ever | commence oiy in the month 
part of the = but more pena the pi teks or | visited this house, and then oe grea I have E ada/June, when he makes cutting: 
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pastures. They do Jine — on the common ange pit ap ed w “on sulphur and lim wing, I have | that can be so propagate, He looks over 
the coarse Grass, locally termed Bent, a species lieve to these precautions, I have never been imee the e preceeding autumn 
Agrostis, which ti they totally des destroy, being followed by troubled ps fe vith so sy ge or ses ig Being thus | his stock, if he wants it, with the offshoots, 
some of the finer Grasses after the lapse of a few years. | such a n advocate for with much pleasur rea Fuchsias, Pieotees oe and a number 
The method which is generally resorted to in order .t it of y | ma asily propagated at t € 
stop their destructive ravages in the meadows or Ste Gardinen of "Rassell tial in n No. 1 eo e | only precantion being to strike in show 
pastures is simply c ga trench round t | ess liable to flag. But 
cire p nch or guas need not be ard h as therefore | letme just s ate what a friend did 
es in depth, and about the same Bee it er = with ane prt that T read the Ta ie given by weeks ago. o labourers had 
inches i in width, the sod or turf being simply turned | “E. H.” in in your last bara fki its injurious -effeets | in the h RR manner the last. co: 
r, thus— whe en strewed on lime. I thought there must hav ve | gar rden. 2 being precious 
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and so set to do ting wae and he himself. 
ee with it as follows:—In a span-roofed house 12 the partiddlar ae mentioned, whi 
= Manene EERDE ER feet, ys I partitioned of a portion at one end next | warm, for a bed in which to sow his annuals, 
the door, 12 fee n length, so ‘that my house for the |a rake and with the head crushed the 
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Nectarine trees, a o Apr and t en threw over it a quantit; 
l and y of sifted earth, 
— undary. The rooks soon find out the yning so Eoi “all pots and in ful 1 leaf, gk ‘ci young | the surface might be perfectly even. He 
isolated, and anickly no Ése ~ puhe. As soon as the | fruit on nyae of then took a 13-inch pot, fi t two- | his seeds, covering them li ith si 
bs ar the tu e turned in without | thirds full with unslacked lime fresh from are kiln. ; | overtopping the whole with a slighi 
dkc Msia appearance of ti the pt W. this was sprinkled with about 2 quarts of water and a fee at Borer gaa the p 
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there are some old Hamburgh Vines and a young Ham- | mediately commenced to give off ie fumes. It w plants ad pushed strongly 
gh, two Muscats, and one aga eeg n ; the last four | evening ; E ARER the d my trees han strong enough 
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were planted three years sinee, and up to last winter | the next to my agre sable surprise not | beds destined for their reception. 
they were in dak health and vigour, o one of the Muscats a leaf or "fruit was inated, pes: all the trees|be taken of a rainy da ay to 
having had fruit on it last season. at this moment perfect health. My | bottom-heat, neither the „time 
m geld ha og it. My gardener cut over thes urine pba in wit the pA terta i was tried, is not | found to a; pply it, 
when a trimmed all the Vines for heated, and its sides are of boards with slight crevices | but not necessary. I should i omit to state 
have bet them a, pare is 
a ats The old Vines, which hem ; not large; I took from the haa. the annuals are planted o 
given a fair Fw. have ty ce eight or pe “ll rate-sized dful. It seems to | shad m the sun by po 
branches, and h: gone , in so far as shy ab me an excellent mode" of aing aan, but like guano, | correspondent gd om from tl 
only thrown at aed stunted branches, but and other hel culture, it requires | way .in which w. manage matters, and I trust 
ts. With th t f pats pat which caution. The lim may be, ay without stint, but a | remarks may he the ng < inducing him to 
t a good healthy cane, the other th ople of maike means like myself a helping hand, 
young Vines, like the ol es, haye only thrown o ila: on to notice your eor- 
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one or two short stunted branches a foot piss so a ia | _ Shrivelling of the Leaves of Peaches and Nectarine. respondent’s instructions on esha are 
small foliage, but an f them, | any correspondent throw light on this subject ? which are Cual open to hi G eis thag ) 
and they appear to be unhealthy and dying. ‘Such fruit wey the my out- e fi ty ent, 
as is on the Vines is well clare, but quite acid and | Nectarines were blistered and curled. T attributed it | certain class of your 
flavoueless, This Vine ery, commencement at [to the cold north-easterly Zin but the i porn perhaps ill ator viz., the glazed case for placing onthe 
forcing the ig ti ha l of Gloxinias, | here was that our cold wet clay w as the use. bottom- hea The suggestions, too, of your amateur 
Si is, Azaleas, mie other plants, and has | This Idi db p t might discourage many from a pursuit 
been Eor up a Migs, heat, s orchard house in the open which great sour i 
used to go kya > Ass we pe Vines, the steam con- | became affected i in the ttle way, This season T ore hong his sascnading articles may be an improvement on 
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on Mon- | cultivation and not not ‘to render it more perplex My peau 
„and pre- | four trees in the orchard house with all the jue those that have already been published. 2. K.H. 
my 2 pee! ya My gardener says | shoots curled. On exam amining teas, shoots I find —_—_—. 
that'd the cause of the state of the Vines is the borders, | five or six of the first leaves in this state, the shan ; 
which are so poor and bad, but where they have been |leaves, as the shoot progresses, being free. Al the Societies. 
for ears om least st the old Vines), and h have always borne | orchard-house trees were in the open air till the ane 
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Ae BID so that they could be in no impoverished | wood buds were nipped, but if so the trees on the w. vall Hor Anvan ME 
2 w the Vines back, and prevent their | will be equally affected, ae thay were all subjected to | for the Saton a of oun wa officers for the 
sin = poss young canes, save the Frontignan,|the same pa nce, this 4 i year, the Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, V,P., in the Chait 
and he asserts that the cultivation of the er | Has any one reason to loa e that. the aphis has iia | After ee eee ay tM 
eens ;' coul prejudicial | its á in Se bud the previovs aut ve in- They were a hat i make so te 
effect on Vines. Now for my season, | variably found the aphides a when the _— ey were a ble tte a in conbequene” 
soe ee os pageri See boned of E haro oss but in this) with these four d Pr Ba Linah haf Fs siat the office he 
your opinion: w] - i ve agreeably disappointed. Ts it that ge ng Weld of paid Vice- Bec ta 
5 a eae ha h and vapour is compatible with | are aware I am armed with Sigma's À Aphis owder, | to ept that of Honorary Secretary. oe 
ot ae ope a Vinery. enltivation; 2d, whether the which “A “Mells” supposes to be « Lindley a 
bone dressing may not have been the cause -of the Vines | I can assure him it now acts like powder and pergi he Society. Tn the frst place it was better toa 
being as they are, I mnst. state that the plants ane net for it eradicates ev. aphis, yo g and old. I cannot Lindley, as it had relieved him from to 
on reaching up under the ines ; they the Sean Sigm p. ed “ Mells ” with any powd m A pen 
floor of the Vinery on steps, but there is several feet himself, as I know he only the inventor of it. He aco 
between their tops and the Vines. Q, ight have given a little to but I should not k 
Red Lar ss me to repeat a question “ Mells” friend of his. Sigma 
Which appeared in your Paper Some time ago, viz., scientific ledge been able of latet 
“What is Delphiniam puniceum,” which appears in his original discovery ; we must make allowances for. a res 
r year after year asa red or searlet useful invention not being quite perfect at first, Inves- 
variety? I have procured the seed from him three tigator, 
different seasons. the first two packets no plants Alpine Plants.—If I had basa I should pare asked | 
ed; from the last there arose a crop of one of to make a few comment | notice, 
the worst old slate varieties, From the remarks | li wpm in Dr, Rege! eee in last "Chrono 
made on th variety by Mr. | W may rare hing tees One an emt. 
Veitch, it seems evident that you.were not bes adage ey very well 
peony with one of that colour. If this be so, will England, or rather Great Britain. I think an examina- ing 
Carter’s suecessor favour us a ipti tion of the English and Scotch plant lists will satisfy you ission. In another course 
the red variety advertised by him? or, if it be only.a}on that score. Amateurs sending to Zurich would, Į | would ‘be given, and deen, ve 
“lying wonder,” will he haye-the + to.expange | fancy, incur serious charges for carriage, from what I all from. 
it from his catalogue fi hathanste? P.-C. know of such expenses. I venture to say this apropos | be delivered. The Secretary then read t ae, 
Spider.—This is most destructive. It.made its of the foot note¥on page 359; some amateurs might not | the Coun uneil, from which the following are 
cl eras mete em | sy 
a am. e ula 2 ina is not in 
washed with that would be worth. ane E ‘or. Teenus. Mes peal on 
; i read. your corre- | whi ‘ 
and yet | spondent’s articles on this subject with oh att Tn AT DAA 
s | these measures were the revival 
eggs be | inthe ae ge a usefulhint.or twofromthem. Ihad an enti of 
that the and of 
and the 
on Friday ; 
