828 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE : 
f great G ight be had by | pod = 13, m 
bad; but in the former it is as lik o be | few crops of great coarse Grapes mig pods quite as fine 
altogether absent, 2 the fete = Bios is a use, if the fer es did not die ; “but in the long | rows, as could be found in 
l n destruction the Vines was inev kiar Ther t was that the covered = 
ioe kne i Nevertheless misled by the authority of a name, | by Angust 13th on} 35 Eor 
$ if y 35 pods, and 
rm than sue unwise gardeners allowed themselves to be te n the same stalk; EAE 20 ong: 
They seem to forget that fruit trees | led by Log noses, and paid the penalty of their k eS rows were crowded with clusters 7 
ke of their fruit and not as | egregious folly. ae 
k OF i ede isa a ends, and Se was at Key apa garbage-fed tye sol, ppd a : a he See in a few 
th ly, are to be gained by the operation ; that | for a while in all th y of rai of nos hAnas a to 
ree - y, 8 A ; improvement of |lency. It was K Raby that the o admirers of wiro be Erant in ta 
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ALL IF IT CAN BE Pruning hawers is | years, and as so much has been sa 
kraad but it should "be had recourse to as|and the wonders ey were to per atti a fe 
ossibl 
è e Kidne 
Vine poor Ts was “ds — s to see | thrips, and as I have with FEY: 
Th e aathor of one of our best agen Tp the state of the Vine nse a os hee Was dusted wi 
Pp u 
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managed for the first three or four peels rem orks, last saw the Vines, Aye what a falling off w was fertilisation of the covered-up Fis P 
‘after this nothing more will be necessary than to | there ; “perias, bunches, and w sol, had become | thus aided. 
look them (the trees) over from time to time, pire ‘small by degrees a beautifully less. Tn fact i Tat a pomno Bean there is no such 
out carefully any superabundant branches that my here was = in that splendid range of four j|p°tween the fie eye of the 
appear, particularly those which h tend Vineries (180 feet by 20 feet) one dozen good | p° 
injure the proper figure of the head, or are likel y|bunches fit to send to a nobleman’s table. |, 
to become stronger than the rest: these la atter, if I tound the E per _ r had utana by de- | led t 
armaren to remain, wi e ure any description of | composition and other causes to less than 12 Aok 
whether it be a standard, an sa or|in depth, an ecome a prea ct, stinking, | ago, 
whale it be taiat against a wall” (Gu ide s adhesive mass like putty ; the roots appeared to 
the Orchard, p. 118). ed some years back, as all|n 
can be givi vèn to those who yi the management ofle the roots in it were dead, and er few roots that |Y 
Apple trees in an orchard. is like the wor thy remained alive were in the oil above, made by I 
Mr. Grassr’s instructions to ‘ "let them alon ne.” o an drawn ae von 
te of p by the large qaantictey of hot ae laid on 11 lig a en ace “Teer wig 
They seem to be like the per eatite trees, the be oe ers, te ood of the Vines is wretched p plants jas jus ea Ss thee re Overs OPCS SMA 
which Mr. ee describes with ‘‘heads/the extre As s of hit or miss system very ee ar 
a 
ence amongst the ‘bad, and all hoary vit a ss and | mass “of confusion and failure ; sone alone the 
premature old age.” (Journal of Bath West | eerie to the noble owner, who has spared no 
of gam Aasai, a 195. | expense to secure for his table an ample supply of empty pods be e 
saludet ch 
knife and saw | fruit. 
ae ae used TMAS, and if that is what| “New borders are now in course of pr aration, | uncovered aie in an a ae 
our Suffolk correspondent’s gardener means by | those for the early houses being ohasibeied ‘and|by the bees produced 45 pods, 
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‘‘ scientifically” we agree with him, at there | heate oo of hot-water pipes; the | 195 in number, or on an ave 
ism much „science in the operation, The first thing | soil could see, turfy loam, ee h ae pal th 
the akay det =~ pe rubbish, eae, l, Saf rotten dung ; some of the | | thrice as ah e as the cove! 
‘limb, or spur ; esc do. no-good, and are|old Vines will be ,Teplanted, young ones being} tea ts eae from a New Ze 
mischievous on ace nat of the interruption they planted with them BE Ste is expressed that thei 
offer to sun and mo hich are as necessary to th We are peg ‘to learn that his Grace is not! niavor seated freely until the hives ajem 
tree as to the pei er. Until this has been aa likely again to suffer from practical crotchets, This: st us; at Te 
liye ted Should remain untouched. Se ‘not apply to 
condi 
wood is gone, and the irdena Wirz reference to the experiments on RINGING A err But I 
can see distinctly what he ra to work upon he | THE VINE, last wi ge ppm. Mr. RIVERS, 
Be uld prun te Ca every shoot th AIR ox Sron osses | that gentleman has sent us pon: er bunch of 
rubs against another, so as 3 leave plenty of ¢|} Black Hamburgh Gunpes which has evidentiy 
aan et cna “The shoots ; a foot is not too much, | Suffered injury; and he states that several more | cover 
In doing this the weakest shoots should be|#re in the same condition, while bunches on 
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set mediately show po does 
k uced j 
or less of it a to its e ringing has mar severe; either too 
strength. ly, after the stopping, all loose | deep or too broad, or both, For we find the wood See 
bark and pon should be scraped off = — below the rin g very mnt dead, which would of 
and main with the blade of an % r 1t impo n Se G Toine a 
some such’ S09 edge, = - ga ionli be | maturity, undoubtedly the degree c ofri iE es that | tried iiaei the $o last sumone 
burnt. In this way sects and their | may be wed is a very im int for |r 
eges Ùe destroyed wih etilis. Such scraping kad termination Our T own opinion + "that the ring | mor 
o harm; and in addition to the removal of ought not to be wider than is necessa sary to prevent |t 
| tree to breathe more freely - | the return Poe the sap by the bark, nor deeper than | 1mm 
t matter, for the lve bark is as | the bark = care being taken not to. injure the 
tre the | #lburn EA 
much a portion of an Apple tree’s l 
leaves are. This done Te ip go no Sg toi a BOE 
it is only necessary afterwards to leave the tree to ON THE AGENCY OF BEES 
its avn vital powers; watching however how the | IN THE [E FERTILISATION OF PAPILIONACEOUS FLOWERS, 
ped or A ord: and cutting i N THE CROSSING OF KIDNEY BEANS. fr 
posh tot such as im any way whip, chafe, or cross lusty yer E yon published a brief notice by me on this b 
jec erein stated that bees always alight on | o a And as he b aie 
In these remarks the state of the soil i the left wing-petal i i 
; : is not | n ng-petal of the Scarlet Kidney Bean, and in| were iero 
noticed. If however there is any doubt about its | ting so depress it; and this acts on the tubular and | indigenous bee firea ps this ia enie 
being thoroughly drained that also must be care- age keel-petal, which causes Son pistil to eg bees resembling e or bit N ew Zea 
fully looked ea for no Apple trees s can retai ae the pistil there ‘isa brus h of hairs, anc by t vata 
either can the 
— when out gro ay pa of al its a Sae m 7 pahna en FA stigmato mret. | | 
such as plenty of deca: ed rat peaa Fi oivana ia aaraa l x pany aa = bok dowi 
milar material should be employed, Strong | un hose pan 
anure is to be avoided. | ri a did not set a single pod, whereas some of those 
w uced fi ne 
g Vine BORDERS with | pods. ed |h 
encountered resolute ~|on small a ile to y g rani e this 
hatevyer fives it may | Yer co = ered ay Še ‘teen 3 and 4 feet in length c Ta 
1g: Tses, 
garbage of all sorts, what- i? Il bag of ' Faiy A Shia net; nothing in the strata e 7 
” giy with which h the jot the plants would lead me to su uppose that this was 
Y |in ay injurious to their p apee and I think | the Lupine sees 
havi 1 
oa 
nadya Mr. Swale my ad jell 
wey and to to ‘rations l geist Doukitees On eh conclusion on may be t rusted, for of t the flowers | plant in in New Z 
hich I mov 
same way as the 
