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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
53 
early and car arefally ; 3 and FE pani of “on en panam in 
n | some Sa in a Grass meadow far removed from 
evolved to raise the thermometer a degree. In this strait, 
I was driven, whether I would or no, to act upon the 
disregarded advice of my friend 
plants in thes 
—hap- 
a pla 
thin nes —I mean the aar kerin of th 
me sfied now that bottom-heat 
pened to me aga in; e 
was a 
> 
my | 
Danainae the are Raisin on peni i e seen birds resort. rai 
ked fruit, m | nine ow as, each 53 feet long, I sole 
am a Vin d the foot-stalks of | not es a single dish ever cam a hrr wga Aage e bn 
the berries are also erria sa precio h thinned out with a | and other birds followed me, a ored holes in the 
pair. of scissors when very small, had many shanked 8 when about half formed, and extracted all the 
berries in it; one thinned out a second time when half | diminutive Peas ; and, in addition to this, actually 
grown, pro oduc ed a greater number of shanked berries | picked off wantonly a vast number of the blossom 
than the former; and a bunch which was -arra ranged so as It may be said, why did I not hire a bir, -keeper? 
not to r thinning, had not a ask this question is to ask why I did not put 
whereas, one imilarly arr ranged, with the shoulde s | myself to a weekly expense for nearly four months 
rather tome or turned short in tying, pad miye a he year; an ery asking it would be 
o 
in t 
pamenrigy that birds a a 
a ia is necessary fo a gardener’s me ection. 
st law of Nat „I 
the foot- 
one bad berry. Thus it appears that shanking is pro 
J 
As | Earl 
97 
Hoot my Melons Onee more these cold frame 
ia had excellent — both as to flavour, weight, and 
number of fruit. In other lights t 
arly Potatoes, I grew | Melons vee no other preparation 
Bhi PE we 
duced ale tho ip of the border ; anae 1D cig other 
| suet md nux vomica for the destraction of birds, inas- 
also, I had mtra success as to health 
1 her of 
plants, ia weight, and number of fruit; but I had given 
a fi dept 
produce ed very fine 
Whenever I finda vii 
jargo pene of sand ; but now that tanks for liqu idm 
e-border too rich, I work into va a 
m sag feet se P 
und i mall curse to a gardene I hay 
a | tually pami n obliged to request = farmera to iE R f 
Hik Pea y ead yet Thap r fields, as an raise none of m my | 
d yet 
J 
Liquid G 
her rich materials in formin 
l be found to be ag 
structed tanks here last summer for elein it, and 
am ha appy to say t that the exa as already been fol- 
lowed in this neighbourhood.— owers, Busbridge 
uae orresp enc 
—Thou ef r correspondent has 
ouldy di 
sease 
that the 
d 
ressin omy imm ediately on taking t —tha 
not cor ated me case Ga P.: 38), iti is highly probable | a 
pra v be 
have no | ane but some your reader 
irds agai ant all gardener ra 
merely because ‘these win ged en 
fering t like myself, 
oot’s depth of mould, and the flavour 
was injured by the roots mga J too ready access to 
the rich ee of rotten dun had 
ng t served for the 
Potatoes. In another light a w the Beechwood 
elon with bottom-heat just to start the a but 
there were no linings used he Vines were most 
with 
the fe of singing. ‘Your siha pae from Stow- 
8278; 
season to rem a leaf. I cut fine fruit of 3 lbs. 
market s 
keep them down, without the This 
peice is a decided fallacy. og teen at 
ve natu mye t a strong propensity to take ests, 
for aga 1 
light, 
weighing 4 Jon ., and several reaching to near rly 5 Ibs. 
saw a good many Melons under cultivation in differen’ 
gaan ns last year, and by far the ba ii in nae “eigtbou 
ithout 
on n the 20th of “June; ; Hi altogether my ep p averaged 
the 
i Pa the country insupportable, thou ugh “this 
same gentleman - considers their wig ite 
A 
g 
entirely erid g the stem and roots. 
them up— 
About an in seh ‘of 
very 8 sensible writer n your 
Paper, who signs his name ‘‘ Dodman,”’ 
artificial heat at all.— Thet 
ebi es and Rabbits Wi e have been much troubled 
rith an s years, and have tried tar, oil, soot, lime, 
the 
th 
super rabundant mois 
t ha ave a Goosebe erry, amy Pea, o or ‘Strawberry 
arred an nd oile d, , but all to no purpose. In 
zt the b 
wed have a on outlet by which to o escape, Then first 
my growing Tu lips, I c rset 
al +h 
Fsi n y other 
tee the error of 
th nets. 
No t trifling « 
pense this, to be subjected to, on 
g Apple -trees. 
destructive these creatures that we deter- 
spoiled i in one night, 
: 
harpies— as be d i Serie way as those which Virgil his 
fee 
due > precaution was taken in Tarraid. eme three- 
ourtrayed neid”? += This individual is | 
prudently prepared with ors of defence. I 
re 
mined upon having ii iferi plant of Crab and Apple re- 
mo oved into an nother gar rde en; but one of our men obser ya 
t your coke senate eschew salt i 
who appear to have about 
desired effect, we immediately set to wor k, and m 
fo , bruised Hemp-seed, and of the 
seeds of Sunflowers in A partivalàr, If some of these luxu- 
ade 
to. Le n his manage- | th em such trebly-distilled essence of tenderness, nor do | quantity = matches, like this used for “afolia 
ment of Tulips. A friend of mine, in Gasbelagonte. Lev them full eredit for I have known persons bees, and s uck them about the ground (the matches 
on sii » fine collections, value 1000/.,| who would have poh horrified at the bare idea not a leaf 
oy n enemy strewing salt on his beds, as was | Killing a robin, o , yet fee has bee o rabbits not eating Rhododen- 
B proved by analysis of the soil. I take the opportunity | y ing iled alive, or aria eels drons, we ave proof to the contrary, for on a piece of 
of giving a further hint. When the foliage of Tulips, | stri pped of their skin wh ite ali d left t wher sed matches, the Rhododen- 
just where it appears above ground, exhibits can i runing shears had 
- ed i ie soil be wholly removed, till the affected b 5 Disttahion mas Smail Bodies reply to se “Dedman” biba at work on them. | ts very te hee we rabbits 
co sont laid bare, S een undi stu rbed ; the enc ; 21), I of Stan- 
e stem 
We sid the miare in an irott pot, a 
pa top matches, which were made 
dard Roses. 
when hot oe 
efficacy ; t 
however, of its 
E; and a 
bt, 
only one; as might be os pete 
i = in the immediate vicinity, some m of th 
e tribe is sure 
to fall a victim to his curiosity ; for when the supply on 
ecomes ty, To om will most systema- 
windi ags, or anything we could lay hold at 
round | sticks. tna firmly pon al iton.—S. and J. Dilli- 
| stone, m prises S, Slurm 
_ Pro, opagation by Le A es —I have been in the habit vo 
more favouri te Sunflower-seed, 
F. R. Horner, M.D. 
in a large Tae cage, where = 
cellent effec 
PEKAR 
| Camellia pæoniflora bein 
nt | 
€| purpose. In March, with a sharp knife, = cut off as 
1 ates years of raising Camellia stocks fro 
ante and I consider the plan an excellent one. The 
the strongest growing s 
with which I am acquainted, is the one I select for the 
many I¢aves close to the branch as I wan 
ae ties of 
course, the buds off with them. “The lea 
| immedi iately i in 48-sized | pots, in e ara and sand, and are d the 
corer litical ec onomy” 
| til more Sarn is adduced to the contrary, that these 
- satire x 
hey are vroidi- with a ginie ers 
moderately mot, and shaded when Saeed 
and i 
young gentlemen do in tae more good than harm, for leaves strike root, grow vigorously, a 
they annihilate insects e they 
pons be allowed tl able doubt Cente stocks i 
e w-road, Hammer. rsmit 
ith. 
ery few years ago, when I first at- 
s very conven nient, for it i 
ocure leaves than goets Sisin the plan answers well 
8, that birds devour many insects, bu Melo s—Some v when Tea ing s are sent fr distanc: S a April, oho 
0 other evidence of my own eyes to be | tem mpisd: to grow Melons, I was quite impressed with the a blos of a new w do ouble Ca ame on 8 tom 
© to testify the frightful devastation these creatures | belief that their lled ry "dat 
uspect that rsons who profess such | able difficulty. x consulted, for instruction, I know not a pan not discover its colour ; hers vo; orete 
Breat regard for birds, are none of them market-gardeners, | how many books, and was at pains to converse = the Sone te eave a i = A it, one of which was 
r, in other words, me o gain their daily bread by ne with any gardener that fell in way, and I wasmet ted as abo ow fro pi very strong 
icultural produce. concl arket- | at every turn and in all quarters by similar direction | ant, 5 feet 6 tiv ere in height, producing nine flower- 
o possessed a Cherry orchard, not as to the se accion of a "regular ah and well-m: ned | buds ready to expand. The plant Sax been stopped 
defence of blackbirds that stole his Cherries, | high temperature. Indeed, it appeared to be a peery of | twice in order to cause it to throw xt branches, which 
merely one by one, but fied off with whole bunches pardaning, of a mquestioned authority, ami mats ge — iis oe now 11 in number; the circumference of the stem is 
Would he be vourable to n he saw on, was, 13 inch at the bottom. I likewise a ae stocks 
Now, mine isa =i ‘mall rene 
ripe, and thereby entire ely | 
“Or would he be so tender- 
em? OF and birds, which, 
eedful. 
urban ga eres nen altogether to the p ck window: ws of | 
the house ; and as the poe one th dirt att 
in a similar manner: the leaves are cu 
th ha 
n August, 
and are potte d but not t covered wit 
ae fee: The 
e linings won therefore be 
being strong growers, make excellent plants by ie fol 
were engaged in picking out every objectionable, I Pinia though rather hopeless of Dg summer, The Citrons, T imagine, got er be 
his standard Green nee, and EKA success, to try if 2 feet 6 inches or so of stable dung, much qn icker by putting in steht in 
Priving him of all hopes crop, but also | just to start the plants, might not answer the purpose Fe aries instead of in August. I have a ubt that 
ring the wood of his trees into the ba tale erably well. The first year my success was rather | the corm s will be sufficiently strong to be grafted Ai the 
productions our gardens are not the quivocal, or, indee ed, not ee at all; veer of my |end of July ae early in August.—J. Markham, The 
of British* birds, inasmuch as hard my a ardens well. 
an be named but what is exotic, and has | of of good. “Horticultural Society.—I beg to call the attention of 
ght over here from different parts of the world. | as there mpn to me no certain eriden? "i the the Council of the Horticultural Society to a subject 
irds are not satisfied with the plentiful provision failure _ being attributable to the want of renewe ll d sideration, embracing as it oe 
Which Nature has stoc the country during th try | the uma vey’ svi body—the exhibitors 
onths, but acquire an artificial taste for foreign | a a gardener Heid Man itera hard and } 
Y Poaching those commodities man, and ia a DNN as a suce on a Melon-grower. | tion, Aine + start at night, rivet Chis i 
i has introduced into this island. Birds | He said to me, ‘‘ Sir, if you want fruit early, that is, to | the day: 
rst of thieves, and, like all other st have 
olicy 
cut Melons i in May, why then to be sure, you mu 
m Stowmarket says, “Tt is quite 
tuit and Peas without w vests 
his It totally deny in my bres 
tche age be a the e la st | 
up; but if ya will be content 
mea a later crop, you may grow capital Melons witho 
on ttom-heai tat all. ja This heresy, as I then con nsidered 
t, I did n beds 
stable-dung. as before, But, behold ! — wo ei hs 
f ey may = a ls 
to get ou 
were sung 
| the pronat), or from what other cause I ps not, 
out of their reach, I broke up | 
| materials never fermented, and not heat enough 
