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I have fished for minnows, 
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are treated in all respects like 
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еы pits to gus them “а delicate dish." губоре S Whio would naturall be fen ed in that | the авг Hyacinths. 
Gudgeon, roach, bleak, dace and perch, bream, tench, | part where any rains flow cr drain into the pond. he second шой practised in propagation diff, 
rp, chub, &e., у ave been my victims in great would have the wildest hawthorn and bramble grow | from the Po. both in the manner of Operating on the 
proa dee: Doi Ane a AIDE a pike | here and there on the pond bank, and, in fact, make it | bulb and in results, A slice of the under part of 
have I been the onar revenging he bu lb in is case is „cut or scooped out, and the 
murders of hi в wea aker br ethre еп, And now I profess Here, eig: must break off for the present, E. C. | circul y f э h it is formed, are ex: зей to 
the view as shown e third sketch. 
y The bulbs propao in this manner require much 
ar Most anglers when EE arrive at this round of һе} A VISIT TO THE ВОІВ FARMS OF HAARLEM, | more careful treatment afterwards than those which 
ladder, fi are pues in the other way. They гад dried in "ie 0 
—the highest art, salmon fishi ing, —despise all the P о vets.— The Hyacinth pro tes e they are taken into rying room, 
lower imd, aye, even trout fishing. But, somehow Кдын как» таШу j^ fes aud by soe ow m ev oth | they hia be prs at frequently afterwards, а 
or other, І до not, Perhaps this arises from the fact these operations are too slow to supply the grent |: ds very apt t mouldy or to rot. t i8 воще, 
that I am growing old а nd le ess activi S -— RA 2 4. де med "vhi ch exists fo or this Sine at aszlom to mix a little dry E amongst them 
full well that nI indas ja Dyd order to preserve them. , Extr rem Б of dryness p 
like Gay's “feeble ” fox— the bulbs to throw out offse "€ a methods are | 9 : Ugust op 
ut hark ! I hear a hen that clucks: adopted, and both of v» а most Septem uber they КҮН pad d in "the о n beds, ang 
Go, but bé modent T your food— interesting. Опе mode i some- main there until the follo summer, during whith р 
А chi кы too, y lelit do me good." Í mos To de period а crop of young bulbs s been formed on the 
h hard and à iha! 1 der side of the old ones in the man in tha 
And I fis à ual зүнө Sketch. These are taken off in autu planted 
of feathers and irme enne p out singly, in nurseries, like the others 
Still, so innately am I а fishe: жана. that I despise ће iw three = eri ircumst [73 
none of those lower arts when better is not at hand; H N th these methods o producing young 
and I have been of late reflec г g on the happy hours yacinths which are worth: notice. The 
I have RUN к way by the of carp and tench treated in the way first mentioned produce young ong 
ponds. And now I ask poer p should n ers Бег їп size, but fewer in number than those whieh 
similarly enjoy Мама и nd why should мар bes | bul treated in the second way. In the first instance the 
the way, and endeavour to Str ct in the art of bs are formed at the edges of the cuts, ks ш the 
making tenc d carp ponds for other's benefit ? Second they come out over the surfaca, 
The tench, especially, and also the carp (dependent moe the bulbs formed b y the first method send up 
on the mode of cooking), T esteem good vig А "€ and Ves the first spring, while those produced 
рану: in country н» ede е sea-fi rarely upon the second plan do not sho y sig 
visit. of this. vem 38:3iot ground of their existence below. Some varieties of tli 
only wholesome, but a * tre i Hyacinth succeed best when treated in the fi Way, 
The amateur ine. and angler will of course deve and others appear fer the second. For example, 
tench and carp ponds in his grounds. Тһе amateur M own Waterl 29 does 
gardener and eom may have friends to тшш ап when propagated in the second vay: ; and I believe itis - 
to him I would recommend the creation of fish ponds, Faro, multiplied in this manner by the growers ai 
and the dener professional will always find a pon 
fi A ыш s— pond-water beh almost as The required for these young bulbs to "iud kJ 
good as rain, and he may make it “рау” by char arging бдай." tai. e н bo уп for the —— 
his neighbours for the ем of fishing, so жол pet the differen Four or five у, Mes 
head for fish | ught. Ii n my neighbor ur rhood, w E q y е so produced у »- md 
Sin lu ides tci fomi Жк; e firs t woodcut, > five ; 
ws осы Ме gardener, i бе — f summer, Hyaci at the to induce tha the smaller ones shown in third, E year 
too hot for prose I know no greater luxury of ойи formation of offsets, Е F. m in the summer 
— sans dignitate, if you pl than sitting or | 
i Lider the iade Ae an over-spreading t Pan is pr mere f в io, — M MA Aud By Se —As the time required to bring пука 
i e motions of the.fl І speak from g 
experience. At one period of my life I аһ i much in die MUSAE DRE pr db M род» Aue gren: the variety-—the propagation about 1 
this style, visiting my uncle's estates in Susse: all Haarlem is managed by itn. as I have already 
ponds, some full of tench from à 141. Indeed, were time shorter, the propa- - 
of carp tha! 3 or we gation of the existing kin would ha ve to be done ne by 
rous, and I had great success, and the boiled. [eA aid offsets, 3 
cese and cabbages which my uncle's tenants would -— their parents. Every g grower, however, is anxiou - 
indly bring me to wherej[ sat, seem to my mind the d 
the form of luncheons I ever oniy from e Hyacinth хи гіреп іп pus. end of is 
t was in every sense true luxury. I was idle ог beginnin of June, and are usually sown in October, 
fois А heat of summer, but not idle, for I caught 2: used for cd papas the - 
fish— кел Ра Li pring up are allowed to remain _ 
“н f idl withou being for three or four years. At the 
Ay, нару the happy hours I have ^ dis мы With end of that time they are taken out of the seed pans 
younger, merry, laughter-loving pron sub tegmine i d treated like the other b Some sorts show a 
TU vi тейт that * Fagi " Werea din n Oak, an Еа ар die : eak bloom aboutthe third or urth year, but four 
Elm, ога faggot stack ! Des «ent e put im D NAM » яд RES сеа | or five у ore аге required to bring the bulbio 
[mes poini iri ^ must Pent originally been derived ree And then, after all this time, if the grower 
from the “Fagus 5 of Virgil! "Those ponds vids s ге flower stem already formed for the followin one out of a hundred, distinct and worth 
natural ponds, and in that part of Sussex the soil w. and divide the lower portion of the bulb into 85 De PN he is considered peculiarly fortunate. 
all pure Sussex clay. | poer s, or, in the case о arger bulbs, into eight p Hybridising in that certain with regard to 
says, “ It is observed that in some ponds s carp | After this operation is performed, the bulbs are laid o з | results which is understood and practised by our 
will not breed, рәс in eold pode ; sbat where they | the beds and covered with d in in | florists with Pelargoniums, Petunias, &c., does not 
will breed, br umerably.” “The carp, if he ед position for 10 ог 12 days, and are then taken |®РРеаг to be muc ctised with the Hyacinth at - 
have water room and good feed, will grow to a very g room and spread out on T e. I "e Nw long time required before the | 
gen Ls e and еза” Апа кышу, had I space | shelves Here they are kept until the autumn, w essed at, is not encouraging, ' 
ground adapted pu da nough clay in енй а ue time NE that is nec "-— to produce 8 - 
is parae am ranga I ed. try the experiment of an stock for the mark et. We have n that three or 1 
or two, with perfect confidence of pom four d 
Adaptability md, the азаар of clay are | to give an тмн of the nature of the seedling, and 
conrso е Ву the former I mean I ride зишет MES mug by! 
select a spot in a o which rain would natu- urity. Then, i t be ood, and worthy of 
AO ids esie of the land ;? or it propagation, the fortunate raiser po only one 
night be on a s to be dug out à out being bulb ! Years after that must pass by before ће сш _ 
thrown on the lower Ro greg to form the partial еще. ve а sufficient quantity to offer it for sale* Tt 
ог rai up to the future water шау therefore take the time of an ife to raise 
— D а Hyacinth from seed, and have a stock sufficient to | 
allest superficial water area that I should | place it on the market. Robert Jolert Fortune. ies 
Pia fora а tench pond would be a а space equivalent to ————— FT A 
а square of 50 feet, 1 say * equivalent” to 50 feet FERN No. Ш, 3 
not a circular or a square, or Pese pond, which looks (Concluded Vds > 
so formal, but of that агеа— 50 feet square, —. uch ЫЫ .) "— 
gular in shape as a natural pond in the rough parts in the construction де у 
of Sussex can be. rp pon would make as a h NIU 
Separate thing—tench do not “ muddy” the T аз ts use D. Ё 
carp do, —more extensive, at least equivalent to 60 feet eve itis onl RU 
Square; they require, like P!gs, more grubbing ground. situations of isi t ae 
vae epth of water in the p hen com- habits of the t F lI 
dy imet ^N Viste in one part of it contrive a WU und mE TE T 
ere should be 5 — Bulb scoo; s : 
e to which p streng. SP etos water, ів, less, E ораса а А the mode ed gy у y 
S pit might vary in depth ft s 
24 feet, in etie pirt I tiim LXX ње à. теб ше f Оон! уезд In. е voe ia ^ 
t to catch my fish. Dependent on th owing winter and TERRAS 
i^ be pen e Ts balos we restera ma d d It is not unusual for а 
eut precipitously edges of the cuts in the саа чи: unknown 
ponds, | sketch, Теве ones are taken А epe te 
afe wat eT. am writing; per. mar ба from the parent and planted la rum, | 289га for male in the same 
