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THE SARREOITS 
CHRONICLE. 
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Havin@ in a previous Sawer treated at length on fom 
ban SR of = ma culus, I n 
unica 
of experimen nt, ont the 
properly done, success is certain—provided the 
be let peos and nat beech or injured b 
sou 
which 
RANUNCULUS BED. s Edg 
4 is bed, at least in ic arate | 
and opens hardly in the e eye. 
y to suf 
1} 
now purpose 
cate some ortant facts, the result 
If krr a) 
aa imp 
af beret om a the bed. stiff mae 
e times t of ten 
= 
eptember o 
part o 
le 
I should ea that the soil ix — foals EP is 
much sa 
| naturally: light, and hea not disioaod to crack, my a 
booger will be "e, ne called for.— 
| M. D., Hull, Jan. 
WINTER NELIS PEAR. 
Synonyms.—Nelis d'Hiver, Bonne de Malines, Beurré d 
lines, La Bonne pait Milanaise Cuvelier, Etourneau. 
Am ongst the ous variet 
essity of u using £0 
jiis winter, and that the sisting of pruning co! 
then be ear perk with more sis savant the b 
bein ng at that iod i i state 
F. R. Hor 
Ma 
F 
sin 
SNe ow, it will b 
at tention, especially 
only generally, but alm ost universally. 
SUMIE the bes 
e admitted that these reasons are worl 
as they have been acted and n, no 
Let tus Ae re 
t d 
add 
ies of Pears accounted | 
in favour of autumn pruning, that the latter may be con n 
monly adopted. j 
fat th 
first-rate 
BX Sodas es 
aickly 
nder 
ich the roots are set, Bevo ith | 
one-third ora fourth, with this view, | as 
the expansion and size 
hen the bed becomes it. 
O | few with regard 
to om qualities of which 
op’ The Passe Cola: for ex- 
me t et 
| and because i itis so much like e sugar others do not pre efer er who Weve: heen 
Wk 
st be fore: or just as fl 
leaves are falling i 
evaporates, and the lo 
and de stro yed; hence in ve ry dry seasons the 
the Winter Nelis, for however frequently its quality may 
have been the subject of remark, the conclusions of all 
know that 
early i in autumn, success is beyon 
are delayed until late i in the season, o or Sn 8 
applied, 
nearly half an inch os 
preventing the evil, 
n the for 
nei quite effectual 
moe more ally 
oss. 
variety. 
and more benefial Mia ha k o 
e descending sap, Aan non oy 
sent ont, ‘and a plant | is es sta blished ; 
z 
ractic. al withers on the 
pr 
nunculus have again and gre ae 
It was raised by M. Nelis, of Malines, or Mechlin ; t may be 
ante ferred from oss that the wounds are re, hened by thi 
3 so 
Ra- 
ulcated the necessity 
florists out of six neglect the Rion i and 
l yet be found then the five and tates 
La Bina ag Ronee as well as that of Nite 4 d’ Hiver ; 
it was ascertained that these names belonged | p 
muc 
th ia 
no ai can result from ER eee is Snott 
capricious, and of impossible culture ! 
an individual who did not admire the Ranunculus ; 
who did n 
with m 
‘ae of the 
I never yet knew 
nay, 
mit on b d collec- 
ot ad a well bloome 
ied 
ess is ved 
r two as cough Ewald still a the 
eplan above poi ix weeks 
$ 
e Horticultural Society, first ser eries, 
under that of La Bonne Malinaise. 
me was set aside by the Horticultural Society, in Ses 
Gii tice to the raiser, M. Nelis, whose name it now bea 
he 
vol. v., p. 408, 
= Ha que realy, this 
favour of autumn prun 
the young wood of eh 
before planting time (i. e, St. Válentino's day) let Ahe | and the buds would a! ea pr 
soil of the bed be dug out, two feet in depth; put in four vigorous appearan m strongly 
inches of good pastare soil, and then prepare the follow- | autumn is decidedly the best time for pruning every kin 
ing shale n:—Fill with i soft water a large (or garden | of stone fruit, for the reasons I have advanced. 
cart, moving on wheels, which all should possess), p In almost all airh establish ments spri it 
to it two or three shovelfuls of fresh, quite fresh, cow double duty, besides ning and n ailing peadki trees, 
nure; stir it well up with a garden till it acquiri Green ax? brown, “alighted, even altbougt it inter. 
the consistenc: of Si e pour t < Sa ith a res at that season with other pressing and equally i in 
watering pan (the r taken off) u e four portant g ae operations. More t time, therefor, cal 
inches of svil till it is  isabeietety paint i “Whe en the PERA be spared in autumn fi t all 
liquid is absorbed, which will be in a few minutes, care- Hit thed tedious work, and it is, therefore, likely xe to be bet! 
fully remove from the surface of the soil any small lumps | ihc says done. I am anxious that this should 
of manure, straw, & ich may be left thereon; then those who have never pi heir Pe 
put on other foar inches of soil; saturate this as before, | alae AIE Ba spring, and shou have tried autumn-pruning, 
and pick off pieces of litter o nure, and so proceed eas would confer a kindness by giving the r 
with the rest of the bed, putti g on four inches of soil Finally, I ai e patan nt 
and saturating it with the liquid. Lastly, put on four Bark trinn Tate. autumn- that is, tl 
inches of soil mixed with sand, as explained at th ne eonihe r, compare 
beginning of this article, which must not receive any of piercing, shrivelling winds of haan and March; 
the liquid. I tried this plan two years; the first weather is much more fit for o ns 
year was with r of shy sorts, which had become so ene exercise. The conducting of operations 
small that I judged them incapable of blooming in the ather suitable to them, is a subj w 
; to urprise they preien ted the most} The fruit represented is of medium size, from a stand- , and a more intimate knowledge o 
t year I tried it/ard. The flesh is yellowish-white, melting, buttery, | control vegetable action will indubitably lead to this 
more ge nerally ; and ‘though this wan the most unpro-| and juicy, exceedingly rich and high-flavoured. In of us, comparatively, will then ha 
pitious season in the memory of man for Ranu a season —— and January; bu wn some nate catarrhs, which stick to us for m: ; 
k while the | soils, it ripens in November, whilst in other cases 3 | veterate rbeumatisms, which prostrate able-bodied mel 
rest of my bed was certainly ve ery much below w par. lát may be bet till the end of February. The tree bears | for their lives.—An Old Gardener. ; 
not your ee ers shake their heads at this ages 7 8 ‘a very well asa nbiodasd; et le ast in the so outhern counties SS r FE 
wise head, viz., Mr. Lightbody’s, was shaken at it, when | En gland ; but Home Corresponden 
first communiested him my intention of trying it. | other new eo have pro o. be 3 therefore, it Pot jtara- Picking off the Flowers. Core attentional 0 
shall this year adopt it with one-half of my valuable should not be denied a place Ha a a sonh m where Potato-growers is directed (p. 851, 1844) to the impor 
seedlings, that, come what weather it may. ay be sure | such can possibly be afforded. f destroying the fi | der that ti ish. 
pat ks N seo Sies fully aware of the danger of Pears are e better fla voured from s standards or A apatites ment required for the sta of the seeds might b 
A pee 3 for oe or by Priok: i re On such | supplied SZolhaigely to the tubers. From what I havi 
Fage  Ggehgeeod iad or o a es asf oo be : J be g z tae Bab te huis be myself se heard, I think that the subject is wel 
roots for the | fre quent observed that whet they gain in size they | wo rth e. attention of cultivators althou h the res t 
aires wed pr all roots for tireo ee bloo: aao and | ae basi Sec’ flavour. Th er en of the W : ‘ a : a 
e ot hesitate is b he The ia 
the baci catineat ipo i s tho “fr Pcs" “eroalea as regards flav It is, | circumstance I i arise gt 
tained in the fresh manure, being sa Fo te mela therefore, A a plant it against | a “tonth, east, or = EEE “fruit (apples) Man ‘ey ‘vil 
mately and equably dispersed through the soil, offer is isiat Re “acinar tga P 
fe Laky erel easily et atte and absorbab le ingredients tice, peo of them so narrow an ch resemble oa now: rte ecessary for the support of t 
prairie K of course this is altogether different pie willow, Petioles long and slender, with linear | and the oi are robbed in a corresponding degre 
o the mixin igging fresh manure en masse in the pule fi middl d, 
soil. Th ee Ranh P ome cM cnn S; flowers a e-size petals obovate, tapering whilst i in the la tter the tubers do not t suffer at t all. 
æ piece or fresh manure, but perish if ke et therefore; 
contact with it; an vd the he ne of using very Bes dels Mat to sto ee e the considerable advantage, borin the other thiarna non 
Pia manire DA ahe be aide Iaithe ordin otte as induce Aa supposition t that the | whatever. It would be well, in future, if those who 
oe Ligh ody’s sae; ind. ‘he is great kaiki cle to eee Uae eoeruntns again will noti particniarlp aa 
put ae i fuð of three or gh a " old manure eight | E wed THE PEACH-TREE. fie i have Rot ben hr oft ions ona 
5 arf remove mas Ber 
pori ee soil ab and belo low being} Ia duced w the tention u the readers of| The ralist’ s Alma anack.—Having waited twi 
l aea t rt Fanii be é Chroni om ie u pis eat ks, in d reply t 
e soil made | for many years, having been not odi an aeten b h 
Ske y sive, but | you Bee on the Somedia employed in 
sand—they pte ty oa cc a iog, my iden enltivator A this fruit. In regard to ct hart bs Naturalista END ” for a few a of Le 
; eral] tera, and no notice having been taken of them, I sh 
e a, g en 0 ’ 
va ries va ron with my practical brethren, viz., that the ie feel obliged Hy: your inserting the fol 
cipa essing, should t ake place in. the, ke ap of | was characterised as a g nae sd Mr. ipa in 
stay taag Ee wk ae al vol. iii. page 2 52, published 
z- Now de Phalæna psi: — of Fabricius rae its allies 
Saas that I el elà » seit waon, amounting, Anthoearis eni first used by Boisduv rah, for 
aw = raned. wre ow “ere oe ope th t argh g Kon ER rue Pont'æ in WN me 
morphoses, an Siders i ave o ly one example 
pai in Pe, Vhen bea the sap was i into | Britain, the commo bytes eropes is al 
n. My Masons for preferring this season | a genus of Boisiiuval’s (intes Methodicus, page 34), 
