APRIL 4, 1863.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
^ The duties have varied as follows :—On 9th uy. jw above specimens exceedingly 1; and the cir-| was sent to me re 
1842, a eif of И. 6s. 83d. per cwt. was fixed on Jordan | cumstance of its doing so may к а very тае Sugden. 
Almonds, an d 10s. 6d. per с hint, either as regards the keeping of fruit, or sendin do not generally like anything with holes! It 
e 4th Pons 1853, the duiy on all kinds of Boéet it to a distance. Seems as if the flower roots were in a kind of 
ord was reduced to 105. per cwt, Bitter Almonds instead of in soft brown mould ; but to thi 
were made free of duty on the 19th March, 1845; and RAISING STRAWBERRIES FROM 8 body a za a convert. pA ntire absence of any 
f A ERRY growing is in every sense a iae sort of risk or tr rouble further thin seeing that 
c alr 
317 
ady planted by Messrs. Barr & 
"09 
e di 
i А E is really a arkal 
and Walnuts, on which a duty o зя 2 per bushel more than enough of it, some of them may be tered, y | 
was levied їп ay, 1840, were low red to 1s. per bushel | interested in the practice of an amateur in raising une A and it if oy they int:oduce a 
on th e 4th Tun ВБ; 'and have н entered free of the "p — чү 1 gi ve e the experience of many years, Scilla Vill ci mie soon ri Ocodium, or some 
rad since the Tth March, 1860. j ерер E. 
zES 
о 
gu 
Eo, 
© 
2 
e 
T 
Е. 
а 8 
25 
et 
= 
Ф 
Е gro be, t b ost po pular next season. 
The тре iei are not miniatures, but very fine 
Italy cd e commerce. кни inii area grea To be M E nning. I place in a common 
тау er of i eties arising from cultivation, all are «Жл ES = Aus pots, at the end of November, single flowers of the usual class. E. А. M. 
derived from the Amygdalus communis. There аге, Ғор or а dozen of the most a approved varieties; for 
раз two well-defined kinds of fruit, the bitter and | the present eed Ihave Marguerite, as one of the very —  — 
the s earliest ; La Constante, excellent, for form and flavour; нут »— 
The “root variety of tbe ended 2-4 е British Queen, of world-wide celebrity ; peo POPP e? (c үт fron p. о 
оаа at the la te и кр in the Frenc our, by | Late Pine, Eugénie, Crimso een, Carolina Superba ifferences of opinion may exist respecting 
рце at the School of ко, With ordinary ca care nS , plants Ы bloom vell in advantages or disadvantages o e nre! e M most 
Montanrone, Bouch es de ge whose description of | the spring. Т give abundám E: urtail. 
the principal varieties was ently published in this | the bees. Thef Spk and С анис berries 4 select | will necessitate the loss of foliage ; this on а е has 
Jou ea The pesduction of Alon s is for Provence a | for seed, and do "not gather them until & ТЫБ past ening effect, and in the A » е стед? i феа 
ө ү dy: branch to die back, h to the loss and disfigur- 
very cde source of rai nu as the uality of the of the head. 
product is excellent an e frost does not kill the | When so far pre pared, with a sharp penknife I par е Bur данай (шо most of lie vari piloa жш иона 
bloss ssoms, "The ө ordinary vélos , produce d аә аге - M Hed шө кїр topi eid ы с - E Paper, pyramid, i int юх - садой) е for Tora altey i ES mm 
C кае»; а ese ТІ ? | handsome а form as can са All then that is desirable 
atherones, and Molières, sold generally in the window to dry and | is to stop with the е боз. and burai any large Water-shoob 
shell; the Princesses, consumed in France, Belgium E With the thumb and оре the sida are се ед thes s RUPEE ie LOS аА ead Spray 
Ho land, Germany, and Russia; the variety called easily rubbed off the paper. In a few days I sow | рузу DAY ор d as fM dani Eco ns clone to thé ias 
Ladies, sent exclusively to the United States, and | them on the surface of car refully P MÀ in| Шы © that they do not Жу on it. By so doing several 
where the import of Alm onds is from 3 to 5 million | geed pans, strewing very fine earth over the seeds айтап E тыыр in the o pyramid having a коба бм yil 
ounds y= ear; апа {һе “flot”? variety, employed | until quite — I do his in Med vester if | pro tect th 1 q po 
P P Aca Ыы A q aro the lower branches, extending — nd those above them, 
chiefly for confectionery and burnt Almonds. This posible, as good soaking of soft rain fixes the seed ill get the advantage of rain, dew, ight. Deprived of 
last kind is peculiar to Lower Provence, the best | in the e. they must eventua Hy pe perish, while by keeping ede 
being grown ix. These are consumed entirely | The ans are then placed in a frame, and kept brancher 1 etai йери teni а qi qum аре ed = 
п Paris, and double seh m ed is sold of that of | га - эч [5s Plightly [кее — - y —— ja da "grido ati »- But Should an i r form with 
other sorts, because they keep three or some wi wed leading branches owed to go on for a few years, 
The Jordan Almond 8 which enu from Мама were | | appear, and dte: "ihe perfect leaves s се earliest | so soon as à load of fruit comes many branches will bend to the 
небо - -. о, M owes m POE ае — lants im attained the size of White vet; ese: wh Vide tbe Dundee) nat: ызыл. df. the tree is gone for ever. Т 
France, the in cultivating good varieties, | | fully remove them into other seed The standard, with a stem clear of branches for several feet, 
now fele. k betfi бб. e imports of Almonds eep А in a cold frame du the winter, and | is objectionable, for the reason already given—that {he sun 
i i i mmer mon: r 
into France in 1 ere 714,25 T— €— them in the open ground the following April, in [пе den С ки аА reir c iai err 
and the exports TU E kil ap du а ws 2 feet ара art and 1 foo 26 from each other. | fro "- —— th t — what is called **bark- 
country, although many kinds are now перона; h foli and retards | ad: » n the cure of ripping the tree from 
have chiefly clung to two difti, [su as Jordan ina e ve y Some few plants will bear fruit the first | um to. to bottom wo ould likely З еочей to, а aquito lo тицөбейвдту 
Valencia Almonds. The Jordan | Almond is characterised | s pit i. e., at the age of one year ; and all that are | тв — ihe bark, from age, Bi дой сло үү rd ес рю. 
roductive habit and consequently of | te ot itself with a 
ар а rough loo e outer cover, to be seen on all trces 
The Valencia Almond is somewhat shorte er, and any merit wil bear fruit the second year. 
[af hs ed growth. n Hias 
it ma; oper e considered as a 
Меси " ряст. to its length. emi half ш Тһе result will be satisfactory to the grower, if his pekano i Аура ticularly neo PN V E Orange Сун Dg 
Sweet N са m п, và 00 ew ome fro F КЕ they bloom во freely, and usually set so much fruit, that the 
Жако, 1L "00 00 cwt. more from Spain а Gib illa, to most things i in this life. К. C. tree ovorbears itseif w bile very young. The exceptions are, 
and, about 2000 t" Я а from Italy, Portugal, and whero some of the strong- grow їр фы VA been ign 
vO 
Fran чэ d wA еа ya too 
‚ The Bitter eee buck 
or 8000 ew TTA ea 
om you; Orocco, DI жй Мора- | rce gains size and stren agn. “ou i 
dore. They are а ed іп the preparation of noyeau, 
as by so doing the tr 
| Uo T this means insure annual crops, that w 
LAsT year I etel to tr what became o 
yw 
Е d d ‚ if allowed Жый эз 
тпаблкооив and ratafia cakes, By е took "add оске bulbs kept on My Hyacin nths, ye x ^ "e dE | m чыч наад ватта - TM m p npe 
Mosi ti ed for fla d т pah bloomed in ы. in plates of sand, were there V kom Sydney, that some kiada ghe a POL 
: чуй ed X v edid or flavouring, and are occasionally fore planted out in mere banks of eart tb, ing just | |ping, wo aro кш from $ Ба. 
ыт чр. Tra ad rs NS УКОЛ. th h pushed out of the dis hes, and some carth 2А onthe| ты strongly v recommended b by some of our most experienced. 
н „ гапсе tne fine Almonds, as the Princesses, the roots. This spring the t het e been flowering very well | grow ers that thinning should be that o of the arii so 
pring they 
- Ladies, &с„ are sold wholesale in the shell, and the |: : ingl d | tbat what is x бна may be done in the very earliest 
hardshelled Almonds also, the s f breakin rua 2а: н Cut flo 8 but exceeding у Вау an If this were done where there aro d ү. Жы of trees in 
h їй id by the val 4 c» qne h " mi L pre They wi ft to die AM their heaps, a bearing, the flowers соша be used for the manufacture of 
em pemg repaid by the value o ES түп planted i in the latd ео, in the garden borders. orange-water; and some idea of their value may be got from 
serve for fuel. Different varieties eee a. eld of|^ My finest Н. acinths this year. БУСТЕР by far, have | the fact, that the flowers at the Tuileries and at pow д 
course different proport f kernel "hell. а. У Robi 5 The fowei E ite | &nnual:y, the one for 1501., the other for 2001, for this pur 
According to M. Arnaud, 16 decalitres Sof jn Almonds п studie tho ж ing бесеу with which hey А еса thinning may YE be given whe ch the fruit is 3 the 
$ ; ei rised me by таш i f a Walnut, when it may be preserved in the manner 
Ip ER REEL Eds л: 
byt the Chin 
: Ав the fruit ripens percer it should be gathered in the 
16 decalitres of “ flots-or t — » Ma 26 kilogrammes С or ЧА ee tis vH end ш, and oram- same manner, ‚апа. it wil be found уз the ear early part of ur 
м ; seas о after bein 
weighs eR унет дм иа The р E PME CC drops and splendid Crocuses had faded in great measure | taken from the о тев, РИТУ аА um тс mer 
ч д 1 In the nei of Melbourne, in early о 
the average а few years ago was for ub Prijcesdes 100 before the гры. n us beauty, they made the| In the "- 
i will begin to ripen in July, in late gardens in August or 
group very pretty wbile growing up in the windows, Шао n^ prime oon: 
rie sog E for Pen qr Wi їй, 18 апа et now they form a beautiful green ground. MM but Im a н ЕА. nof төй ed they will 
MET ари nile 18 | The lar. rge spikes of es PS many of Dm quite | become dry, and of remain on the tree till tho 
franes P. L. S. " & : = upright; put those ear the edge apt to following year,—it is said even for three years and that ón 
as ре — ~| wave out e е PE an y опе е disliked hin а ашай |$ TR to Же da oh ОБ "Aud mako em уе x 
PPLE FROM NOVA SCOTIA. | ак н the A re hole ut сы EDA it would o d juicy than they wi 
2 ; previ ppening; but to me ooks very | done at Genoa, ti 
^ Tarsis by far the best Apple I ever tasted." Such Загана to see ће ende-spre ading flowers, and — ibt. d ile pu 
was the opinion expressed by no mean Pomologist, | d s that a ate аф alone are во very far prettier than | portion of the fruit to remain on for one year, wind al арвай 
on the 16th of March, 1863. It was pow with фм}, be w Еч as some of them boots doing throughout the 
others, packed in fresh burnt plaster of Pari y uc ® whole ul "the treatment аб this beautiful vase of the timo. At no ti 
for 
R. G. Halliburton, Esq, at the suggestion s the | has met witb, has been being p! 
BG 2 Honeyman. i 
last were 
e 
am ulbs Паг 
тает жазын ча, iddle size, heavy, roundish ; penied ; ; then іб came out to а window and ний а ai it is not to be done one, E 
о. "шу о flattened depression, sur- eekly astonishment, when I was informed e заь зе зу. RU mg irit be that we. 
th small io eminences; stalk å inch tically that that dish did drink an immense Њу the to Ire alii 
be ie us in an evenly rounded cavity ; | tone being one that бырге might so thirsty a thing | ment as 
skin 7, lemon yellow on the shaded side, | be satisfied. The fact was, indeed, Y» roots had e 
sprinkled with small brown dots, and on the sunned | to feed! Such а — of flowers I scarcely ever saw, 
side аза fine blush of i irim rmixed with ocellated pena кде coming in succession it Eie r has looked too 
spots. uicy and rich. A very 
handsome fruit, which xil probably, from its mid c Sometimes а few Tulips are mixed in with the |: 
beauty and goodness when pale blue Crocuses and those 
alliburton states that the за specimens were pro- | white streaked Мз а — purple, are used 
duced Н in „the orchard of Mr. ye, and, he | vermilion or red Van Thol Tnlips, the effect before А 
M : vanced for some | Hyacinths d is very gm ав oed us 
of the Жы sorts of Apple Moe he raises; those|I this * Rustie Robin," 
now sent are hardly fair samples of er gg his orchard Hyacinths Ша 
produces,” They were, popas very beautiful, and | ceedingly pale tini 
the sort in question will form a useful and ornamental large striped 
variety wherever the N suit- | T 
a nd blue— 
We ought to remark that th mode of ра owever ought certainly 
fresh-burned plaster of Paris даси 104 х per Pitti 1 
