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— THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Ocromzm 31, 1863. 
researches and observati ions of Jin t has proved their 
good condition, the bad o one ЗС ай" the indifferent one | naturalists, a Анн the habits of birds ése ie em a е мне пана 3 to life by showing 
make re eyes me о, that I cannot enjoy the one |ing food for themselves and their young, analyse 4 the | that they do more g 
which is good. I for one do not care for effectiv =n bota | de tual contents бе th : r : y 309 E xg d 
imens in emonstration that, instead o: 
< E cp а зене jn а Rose Show | and grain, these little creatures lived chiefiy on "the MANAGEMENT OF APRICOT TREES IN POTS. 
Іт is perhaps 1 not generally known that es trees 
day. "The |boxes were, with one bacis Pa more or | The reasoning on the other side was s by no mea xd i be very firm. isthe 
less dressed with leaves. I observed to a gardener liege Gardens had been known full of birds, an КЕД they ода һе +ор- ws ed, Kurs Бау 
whose box was a “ wiggery of false hair,”—“ I domt like | yet full of caterpillars too, so that while the рыз soil removed and replaced with fresh, a 
your system of dressing up." He looked at me Toit e certain that birds ate fruit, 16 was M word or two of Ра may be useful. A ШАШ 
seriously and full'in [the face, and said, “ Why, Mr. | that he we grubs in any profitable proportion. Bat brownish or yellowish loam, if slightly calcareous 
Radelyffe, I am V qemi H you—a gentleman as | this ev at ves hoy Mc prove that in some | the better, and rich half decomposed manure, equal 
knows a Rose so well as У, Y m. hire entirely | season s ИТ plague of caterpillars co ould not Бе | ратів, form the best compost. Instead of removing 
* disappint" de "public. а. pr^ 2 ow!" I ially activity the soil from the pots to a depth of 4 or 5 incheg 
ghe. hearti. ne pun the year kw 2d Legal birds. di showed: E nir they T nothing, but that all as usual, the better mode is to remove but a small 
an extra T 0 collection of Ms Roses in Wer could ps insufficie o qui restion of of portion, т not more tha: n2in in ches i in depth, a and replace 
дерге ember; paid m pde ас on for another pue d is, w. ж have ned d t in in the 
like a шап; and withdrew, from ите `“ойгойтенева” | the birds lad od fis there, pes the presi iem had pota in the orchard ee ^a а wee M. that it в 
Nothing в rom pe fadded to a ; but I would | been ы та —- tiply undisturbed. partially dry, then ramming it доу mly 
allow disbuddin ome Roses, meh. as Duchese| Nop Td hg “Ке, "d the subject na possible till the surface i is as n MS as the бт, duet a 
d'Orleans and Bur de Anges, often cast five b any idis anci secure а full c n Apricot tree trained to 
e same age and size, four of £ which Should be of fruit SASEA geer. Mh What with diit blight, storms, | ign 
removed, or they would spoil each other, n. 11 do these t flourish in a firm soil that in 
жеты Же! ceres Agi see tro or ск tł ou hat districts wh i з loam Sexe prod A 
not expan 1 tt turb Фо in autumn 
ones, than less if ptis pair be put pee out giving them а ат g, but to allow ће pots d 
4. Rose Judges.—lt ів not every judge of florists ks a . In favour of the birds there is at ma remain in the orehard house from e end of October 
flowers that is fit for a Rob judge. None but extensive | presumption, if not proof. r roots undisturbed 
growers are ly fit for it; and for this reason : Roses | an nob a large ўса, of Ње when p blossom-buds begin 
alter so much in travel, that three Roses usually quite b» Me шш to destroy ; but фе it must "ive all the ES үз, 5 m pne ; and when the fruit has 
distinct may look like each other. I have seen and therefore of necessity eat fruit at a | sẹ andj is about the size of а small horse-bean, not 
Auguste Mie, Duchesse d'Orleans, and the H. P. Queen n p rate us Tod e strongest evidence іп | +11] then, to scrape off the loose surface soil and give 
of Denmark, look so like each other, that a non-|the case is to be drawn fiia the actual experience of | them а zi surface dressing of manure, saturated wi 
rosarian would have disqualified the box. On one | our French neighbours. In France the exterminators strong liquid manure, and mixed with a liberal portion 
occasion I saved a gentleman from this disgrace, had their way. Partly for the sake of DTO-| of supe корме of lime ; is compost should 
he got a и Ithink afourth prize. The Roses were | Fa their crops, and partly for the pla of eating be formed, 30 а basin add lie above the rim of 
rightly nam ir victims, the small farmers on the other side of |+ e pot 
. Pot Roses — Novelties PR ERORA IY aie Med ie Channel have long waged war against small birds, ро ho saw the fw of ғ tandard and half- 
toa currant twig, w ch r dox "d and the min ute subdivision of property has probably | Pici: м td standing i gets centre of the 
The ties should be c AM uf in сі Ton ko de vel for узы ор месе е Hess даны] large orchard house at ZO T Jur v 
| y i е had large dar! 
Scissors are better че а КА" аз you are [pest likely chirp or ing the flutter of a feather a along the er da syon ОК pode а zd n shone p^r the 
to bruise the unhardened wood, which looks liko ge. Put "that result has been attended with an bright golden fruit Hor nie thosa saantióned by 
i paragus Wires weeks old. If the дену | incident by no means satisfactory. What our naturalists | Mr, Cox, but full sized, and of the most exquisite 
arrives in the autumn take it out of the pot, and | have predi cted as a possible contingency in England |gavour, ^ The proper management of Apricot 
plant it in the Cucumber frame. Don’t water it, but | has actuall y occurred in France. Relieved from their | trees in pots is the most Erie o ES orchant 
put dry leaves over the surface. I 1056 none , the grubs and insects have multi- house culture, and has yet been 
t last year. If a pot plant arrives in summer | plied to such a dep iw be alarmingly numerous | tile in error. What culture can Е к A TR 
in clayey mould baked as hard as a brick, before you | and destructive. commission has been appointed to | than to be able to grow : fine description of fruit—in 
plant it out, soak it in а bucket of water till the ball is | sit on the Vals, ip d its report was decided] É t rich and delicious of all ens. 
wet t от you will never wet it, White fungus t the extermination of birds. An eminent French | 2 es vd aie fon е ecd рр. ie ofrapoiting i or top-dressing, 
д ensue, япа ше plani will taika ho KANN, has taken up the question as bearing vitally bur meri in May Sur ters to 
суч А — wet А —— on -— interests of Tis s country, and has TET give, say once a fortnigh ү: нфт: о det ssing а. as 8000, 
er you have wintered your novelties in the frame, | conclusion with striking sententiousness. “ Тће bir 7 
in fel pe ach as T iwi os ith their ball beim ys M. „Mi chelet, ^ oan live without man, but man АП ы: re IY»; wie, that PN теп 
on raised banks, such as Thorn hedg les aro plantec out the bird. fail jT TN А: lt t d s to 
planted out tł | ea ot. go all those leù ths in our decision, but | pricot culture in рош S E uy 
and no шо, erm established Roses, could "have it AN appe N to be peeing with as much m adheri ing, tothe. following en ма ш 
grown an ооше tter. Тһе banks are as such а we admits, that ** Bird Murder" i 
3 feet wide, with ditches between them. Theb | not conduce to that end for the sake of which md to s seed ү from tho end af October Hil 
run north and south, so that the rising sun heats one | alone it is perpetrated. Тһе wholesale massacre of mild бай in гаг 2 As soon ав the fruit is веб 
side, and the setting sun the other. Тһе top is heated | these little creatures brings no gain „eithe r to the commence ri ic РА е "* Мо тіп 
by the sun in the ascendant. After planting, I put on | farmer ‚от the gardener. Ifth dail only once а odi To hu off 
а heavy mulching of black dung battered down, and оће eatis saved, that fruit is ex ouod in conse- 
E the end of йу young shoot as soon as it has 
covered the шап 2 f burnt field ashes, | quence to worse attacks than before. 16 is not to to the len inch If Apricots can be grown at 
to protect the mulching; these were also battered | denied that they take toll of our crops, - they Fin. idge B orth after this simple РФ in ШЕН p per- 
down. Water, during the'torrid weather, was poured | repay us in kind by aiding in the tion of the : 
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on the centre copiously. Thirty-three plants, in equal | remainder. Тһе case against them is not established | ins $ ihe uni E e M T 
shares of 11, were Prince Camille de Rohan, Рис de | by showing that they eat а good deal of a yd r thai 
» Princesse Mathilde, and one Vulcain, all da wi they fail to eat up every caterpillar. Itis not pre- US деса 
овез. wW, où опе Dm at they do more than ны а гонан 
blooming, 80 good blooms i^ one time—a very f x t é ад from acquiri FISH AND и uu А 
i Many of these plants are now 4 feet high, and | formi: dable power. This much, however, there А. (5) How Gra 
that Eo - really HARE cna m (со чине чобан um ewm 
I Md induced to eee this article from the great теу yii fol y earn their living, ms Piscator ; But із it necessary, in support of the pro- 
number of flatterin encouragements which I have кесу not € aei o гл ншнен deir lives as evil- position, to prove that near every stream in which 
received from all all grades in Society, and from all parts | doers exclusi The old prov оа dwelt? Might not 
of this kingdom. The following gratefu ive" whol the fish have been transported into that part of the 
tleman at Middleton, in Teesdal. i utilitarian argument is atippiébiaitod by the pei from some other river, as the Teme, or the Clun in 
pw jte than it has :—“ Having ыз which the feathered tribes may be said to | Shropshire, for instance, by some lords of the soil, in 
от number Rd their | imitation of the h 
ck and vigorous growing: wing- da Dd 
- ded t indu cod t ask dus. ook RE : ve ' sums pum 
men Iam o tbis favour. Our|footing. They have ed considerabl in which - 
50 сч is mif må eme. and enl es EU growers | no К efforts 1 in endeavouring to чана ману T Tefihement, ie t ke тын door d сауу ан p Me " 
any use us. Séna m England ; but they have not sent over а down to us th i He 
LE yom has bloo med splendidly, ad is the most | for caterpillars slugs. The interest which may ied meni 
ificent тг that I ever saw." W. P. Radel муў, e en in ornitholgy is inexhaustible. The late 
иот, Oct. 1 Bishop Stanley has remarked that whereas i 
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BIRDS versus GARDENS, s —No. III. | paratively infinite variety. 16 would probably iniit then far di None 
oncelu калир e) не е ito reckon up the several ki sts | prescribes, fociiiyl Баар about 200 out of the 305 day 
HE Times and сол, in Britain, and to find how very тане he got | of the year, and now spere about 105 5 only, whilst some 
his шейш: ina lending article, of which the Perrin to "r4 end of the catalogue. But there are bi zem ОЁ | religious orders wer prohibi use я flesh. 
fresh kinds, fresh plumage, and different habita о be | meat altogether throughout the year. qurée ou are 
„т! fruits of E ihe earth are exposed to the depreda- | found along every p insomuch that ш отап an | aware that such thi merely rules of discipline, not 
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d insects, but birds, besides preying | €XP ente p а | of doctrine or of fait "Then, too, all Christians in Eng- 
yea insects too. It was obvious, | SPeCim: m d 
т ar ee Pes те posee be des Y ч EI mm. t а de : mere 
e шыша к жуй or the want of | tion. Then, agin, erem the grayling as a 
„than before, vem and our people generally as anxious as Austra- | |» br чен that when kings and 
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lians to see them once more. dei in those days, were invariably 
The controversy has not established the absolu | entertained with splendour by the Lond Abbot a the 
