908 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 
trunk. 1830 it measured, at 6 feet from the ground, | placed in n heat at once, moistenin g them overhead two in pits s for } next. 
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17 fest ef inches, and in 1846 upwa ab ~ 18 feet rar or three times a day, Unless, it ita page can be | leaf, and where the 
ns, removing eve) ASE 
‘ ad | which made their grow th and s thei r buds early | this and rf sing oe soil a Bot groe, decaying 
inches; but it has long since pa mea its top 
i „the iiias I need hardly b so | thin woke dy | temoin 
Newlan d Oak? is even larger than a measuring g | finely as under more natural ieoutanegsen 1 in spring, | damp, there take ne thn Henig dia el 
Airt tt girth at 5 fee E = T Urai girth, | of E plants starting gro owth instead of flower rin g- ARDY FRUI kiir ks 
UEA but in a decay Sie re Ñi ridge. Do Pn fointrodacoa good batch of Roses, choosing o that stands tre w ‘hic i PRE iR 
y “There are ae “trees. ap Rt ge to the sh most pro of Teas, Bourbons, an which as i 
oved or pc 
near | Hybrid pitii A va are the best kinds for winter and also get ate Paws am, 
the Dive: * of myin reus estore kind, its leaves paints A gentle bottom heat will be of great ser- ing to bid done this ae or ate 
growing o R + rin stalks, ond 3 the acorns clustering | vice to these, as cot to most other plants subjected to | Endeay bay: vine 
i d perhaps 200 years old, | heat, in order to get them into flower as quickly | a ais a f to la 
iio feo eae nd af 6 fee perans the ground, and | as possible, and a moist state of the atmosphere mus E a is gener pte iy Parsley under aie te 
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still i very flou ara condition. Another Oak | be secured, admitting a te air freely on every favour- | event of a “ A ye ieee this; 
tree, near Yor measuring 21 feet round, | able opportunity. Pelargoniums should be ey oe er | ordinary mote of -Koons ‘and to 
formed eet of zaa trees which grew together | cool and dry, giving whatoie water may be ssary | Cauliflowers, &c., i mes shoul be re 
for ages, but not long since threatened to fall asunder, | on the morning of fine days, so that the superfluous all favourable occasions, See í 
necessitating their. being cramped the | moisture may be removed before the evening, avoiding | su ply of eakale, preti rer iad 
by a transverse iron ba’ he Brookhall Dite the r at except w t hich it is nen = mi Bors be a 
also the: an Oak entirely vari , containing | prevent the temperature falling o » 0) demand. k o 
100 fi f ; beside era! fine a dam hen is cannot safely be 
e 
P, w done, | nothin 
near, There are five very large Beech trees growing | by giving air. Calceolarias require very similar treat- 
abSut two miles from Coleford on the road to TERA ment, except that they are subject to attacks of thrips | r 
and others likewise, almost as large, o viie unless afforded a moist atm ere; they must, there- 
Blaize Bailey, besides several more near Danby pan Ww: 
but the finest of all the Beeches in Ben Forest is near 
the entrance to Whitemead Park, near York odge, 
measuring 17 feet at 6 feet from Sm, ghow und. M giving ortunity 
the lesser Oaks which have become timber, and have| vent the foliage from flagging. Cinerarias for late 
not been removed by the recent Eo aee Bhs bloomi ing must also be kept cool and airy, and should 
the re remains of the _ Plantations | made want of pot room. ese 
co fe t be trusted in cold pits after this season, for en ite epee 
the Speech House, on the Lea Baile ey, w y eraa Wo. od, the ey cannot ‘amis much frost. Plants inten ded to | Friday 3) 27 
mday $ 
and in a few other ago Many of the old Hollies flower early should be encourage ed iwi th a gentle heat, 
seem to belong to the sa agree being either gai very 
genous, or planted about this t e to se serve as food ra favourable mesum 
the dee ERE Pouacre t o of those growi ing near the aes EPARTMEN' 
he Essai 
Speech Ho res 9 feet in girth at 4 feet from| PINERIE i aha es should “render it neces- | Aver 
the ground. ary to subject a partt of the stock intended for fruit- | 
During the earlier half of the last century the ing. a a Sara temperature at. once to induce it to 
t st promising 8 pms should be very care- 
pos replanting various parts, about the year 1760; b it | fally jeleatad, and placed in a small house or pit by mare 
the effort to restock the whole of the Forest as it act themselves ; and, spire anything like a dagilar supply Mean temperature of the JaA Sjer te regi: 
appears was keena to 1810 and the 30 subsequent of ri ripe e fruit eq mired, se everal „houses, or separately Dultag A Wes OY THE WEATHE We 
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is such as to afford the m: hopes that by the close out this convenience no gardener can, reasonably be F Yem | Seay 
hi È | which it 
Average 
Lowest 
will be yieldin tie timber, provided the eae A be | others. It i is not. by any means desirable to start Pe 
y protected from inj ts int than may be ád? wE 
À he neighbourhood will | too | lutely , for Reg I will produce finer fruit later | Tues. 
Nine- tenths of the nt wt are | ini thé season my be obtained from the 
Oats ‘the « Pet ae Spent wep Ss éotch Fit, Larch, | now; and where a separate use cannot be commanded | £ By 
Beech, and a few Elms, Sycamores, and Horse | | for those dt ct tempera. PETEERE 
esnuts; Birch grows spotaooally 3 a most parts lants selected for fruiti is eh oa Sand the lowest on the 1 
the forest.” should be placed in the warmest par the honse at 
We are unable to find anything fbr apgpectis | | command, filling the rest of the house ‘with young stock. | 
ee the above, which is muc mort e nis The former should be afforded a bottom mt ry of about | B 
ven the estimates of age, being ‘whigh they & y any | 85°, a nd the latter about ‘10° or_15° low ive atmo- einer de an y inse 
aie of the penne on g ° to 75° by fire allow- te Tempat i 
formed, must be taken re imagination. Tt is true | ing it to rise 5° with the assistance of s sigs poe ai 
that some | eir show renee votes of growth of trees have | the young os near they og and ta Ay praht 
been ed by Mr. bna he = aby ay. surveyor, | with water at the root. This t 
ects in har, Seager form, unattended by explanatory | siderabl 
marks, they throw no she preg mates i “practised with cons raa fagi: c- 
ereer smg Rte Tower, trees em the Da] a cess; and hough the she ne rath may get iola 
want of skill sh in thei irate seen Ni drawn, they will gain substance as light increases 
siderable pierdeti as indicating the actual rate of] the evil wi Il be less than running the risk of starting a at 
g trees in the forest, The following 5 i Y the | t this early p 
opinion of them expressed by Mr. Vaughan of Court- eee thit ee oe comm: Ee for keeping up the suppl 
field-on-the-Wye :— roughou! * VINERIES.—Until the bu : 
“T find that my oy ree nce fully corroborates Yours, | are fairly broken the p points of the shoots should be ke 
is sigt Ms ns: eer me to believe that he so f the Vine ; rit 
is slightly below an average—which the ka and kies if this sh duce the bud Ha” 
tion would also induce ee to ima agin Ie $ lly tł hout the 1 engl f the Vine, the Grapes, of most detestable < e qual ity 
fat your table that an Oak tree m ing 6 i d buds| Colmar; 2, Bote hine 3, Ta 
ga di ables its contents ts (exclusive Of ‘ts increase in | to rie west level, cleatig ics that are backward. . 
eight and limb) in five to six years. Wher ereas, a tree Maintain a thoroughly m aie by frequently | 
measuring 8} inches, or half a foot sit, requi ires 10 nkling the floor and pa c.; and syringe the 
12 years to double itself. With re: the trees 170 7ines lightly at least twice, iz hare until the leaves begin | | 
years old, I find that A ery Saibbeaied: 19 feet or z> per | to o appear, w. when the am moisture must be mod Faster 
cent. only in 30 years, a’ 26 feet or 48 per cent. | rated. V securing a gen le] Beurré 
urin od; neither, one paying warmth for the roots; turning the litter and adding Golden Hemotto; rar Northern 
30 es) 1 
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trio ie 
Beeeees 
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Ao requisite, and keeping it well protected o Beurré D s Die 4, 5, For 
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whic a i Ås with a m 
6247. at 77. go per 50 feet t; or, if the original value of | buds i to push, w may gradually te oak to 
’ the time that t the Aion fairly begin to open, 
bes i be 
Where the tenderer 
Wes oa ne at beetle interest for- hte rs be cal- wn i i i for it 
culated, 6247. will be found to be less i aE at. brie ter Le tome this should be applied at once, for i 
=a hund dredth of 5 pe r cent. - per annum ith 
delay, for un ws wg are planted before spring the: ii 
to pii that the book is upon the whole one das must | seldom furn rong Ea an y budding. Many ce four u m 
t local interest with those who are not Siet o planting cia ai winter believing | B H. Capsicum opire 
oresters. As far as we can judge the reverend author | that the roots $f hit adi. ae an are liable to rot, | Prrs: An Old Sub. 
at which | and ¢ 
re 3 ta 
x rstood, and ferable provided you ‘hat 4 
aoe not understand he has done it as well as can be | i oar y carly in were is a very prefera wet. subsoil, and 
has poli 
writer unacquainted with t the - 
ciples of iiare. z — pre 
delay such ray S he J day, and if the soil is properly gn nae 
red by ing, &c., where necessary, pine bn i imate, ¢ 
me lanting, there will probably w ° 
Zren Calendar o f Operations. fewer failures cto planting sor than if the work was init oe eng wil ee tho = 
p: teki, Wor the prising Week.) delayed until March. The ansplanting of large < Z. Thrips may be 
evergreens which er en nately been diyat ar 
its ‘aie wan a ra in | > ve ay iy things a are known not "to ree 
where there is a good stock k to 
his season, and w The following is 
‘Some of the most forward plants should b the flow wer iari at a and any pants Fa Fp om insects : pint 0 
black soft soap, and a 
