188 
) the worm than quick-grown 
ay often count as many as 20 o 
C an 
THE GARDENERS’ C HRONICLE. 
n timber. In mae Fir jon the 13th inst. registering 18° below freezing) the | After floods trout may bet 
frost penetr: ated my Vine- border, which was not covered 
by litter. 
[Mar. 22, : 
with smaller T tro out, min 
seis and bullheads A i in Minit throats, ik 
while the 
eHm a ee elt 
3 SE 
it is a vain expec- 
1 ever be equal i 
heads are pal rtially dig ested. 
i 
of sn pe În an early Vinery t to droop, 
J 
ng from aa e 
ammed to the Kei with bj 
ti ft d ha Sienka ; and 
+ 
ots 
tain a diameter 10 inches. My Tor might easily 
$ put to the test ot experiment. Ever brei ows s that 
he side branches of a Fir tree increase i in a diameter fl 
nore slowly than the main stem. Hence, if m 
re CO} correct, we should fin d in be 
o d eteo 
Ste 
vered the border wi rth 
with pailfuls of h ater. ectua 
medy, that in six or ‘ight kn afterwards the h 
be egan to Taise their peues 5, and I am happy to mention 
ry pra bri. w 
tree, t 
gorous | as pror, „presenting 
and cr: 
baien Awl &e- 
Laurel Leaves not injurious to Cows, —Your r cornea : 
pondent “ J.J.F.’ 
A 
pya” 
quality e the timber of the side branches should be 
equal in n darby to the foreign. A fe ai poe ae ch 
kind h 
being brown sd dead.—M. P. M. He 
The Upr ooting of Plants M Frost, Atos every 
sheep, o; will e 
with safety, but “if night laed hie 
death, Thi will pro s Mr. Burgess a 
into the ground, would be a suffici 
periment to teat Lined truth of the above opinion: i must 
observe t 
early spring, must have observed that many plants had 
igh’ 
summer cut Bia 30 or 40 ) faggots, : and after oor pee 
be. 
and lay 
Wh reat, Grass, Straw- 
siad kar ther EA are pare a liable to this | 
P vs 
m a New rage a tina them À to alicia, seas a ied 
ment are often porn omg in farms and merece. from this | 
cause, Alm most every one, also, to whom you pu ut the 
stion tell 
| from eatiog them in their withered state, — ie 
Woods, aed aan = yeh ed se NEG 4 F. 
both Lau and Yew a be eaten ; 
wded w + done this; ; but if p, or horses, 
will i g ich this uprooting is eed very likely | if the leaves are siightly. where. ay cause sp 
rapidly in Beige boskichi T. every one wil not be able to give an aaor Water i in death. Unfortunately for “ W. D.F.’s” belief, the fi 
4 True ee, Pine. —If I could ly zing enlarges very considerably in bul cow, is ex 
subscribe to energy; so ‘eck is this the 
I dong not b a delighted than “An pa to 
aiea 
that the Rp at cannon filled wit th water, pea 
d by her fr 
most tender pit were taken 
extensively introduced into E 
t. un 
Wale 
opinion, I A take | the liberty of making a few remarks on 
f the 
when exposed to frost, by the expans ive power o! 
All soils, particularly during winter, 
water within it. 
to suppose that there is a ‘a larger quantity of 
sap in the leaves in this state, than ore would be 
leaves a little withered, consequently they 
l tity of 2 ars acid. I do no 
the su That several forests in the Highlands of | contain ee hag the first‘act of frost is to sglidify t cid. t 
Scotl i n Gi the plants grow y t, but I 
Pine, of ble ch Erala ured by the pene i he fi 
but that d 3 it p o freeze the — ae prei epee and how it is some are ‘paisane 
timber-trees, equal i a nie “to oes ret which ate jacent stratum of s igen in d Vie of at stratum scape é 
seeds are collected, ig doubtful. Gentlemen of England | virtue of the water it Cae must enlarge, tbat is, Ms my ah ours have mentioned to me tat their 
d Wales, possessing a tracts of waste land, will do thicken, and consequently bear up on 7 aan the have eaten leaves vith im unity. Som acqui 
well to plant but sparingl = Se variety of Pine, until | surface layer; those plants which were red to y and physiology will probably decidi 
something more than meri ertions bors have been su urfac ce more strongly | than their Toots saheed to the | matter.— vizes. —— W. arks 
vanced to prove its superio rity over tha een and to a cer- | eight heifers, the property EEA 
y possess. Those fi f tryin, i exp tain extent eradicated; if the frost continue uninter- | shire, by accident got to a Yew hedge, from which 
ate Parone a few of th true and a few of “the ve e a considerable quantity of green Yew. The 
the 
opportunity of testing eed diferencos ; for my 
h 
ruptedly eo it man yields to the freshness of spring, 
ee ct schief will have taken place from this 
aly when frost and fresh follow each í other | 
ntil next morning, when they also dis 
one freezing can only raise a plant | 
, upwards d th 
plants is gna 
mentions that he has frequentl 
cattle die from the same cau It tisi 
pte Hgts Dy br 
eeds ‘of the Highland Pine 
very superior timber. It's 
an an extent as 
little lower down phen} _ another 
lift on so that 
t 
I, Pht a of 
In course 
they are taken, and even surpass | the Cedar of Lebanon, | 
how d 
the plant at Tost finds itself rings Aes ai 
and Scotland, of the ‘Scotch Pine, is so inferior, Tr, when it | plants w. 
be leg all the POE ns o of | the common Pine, as | 
It is clear from me 
e of sradioction airs tr ost 
wees Pp; 
intr 
ll be m ceptibl 
than Whats: for e axial, those with filiform Bet: like 
recen! tly Di Strawberry, will be m eadily 
oT ak 
e with impunity. 
ti ever, that this shr ubbery was u 
root ie the iat urels were thr the park, 
cart-loads were vases 
derable time befor 
oduc o Brit 
ither as Pines 0 or varieties, have some pain Titaros 
h y persons possesing 
rdinary powers of discrimination; 1; but in regard to the 
ne in quest. ion. 
Grasses ; also s as possess a slender neck a 
panding "head, ech as Wheat begun to tiller, mi ibe 
| more securely seized hold of and u ree ent the 
3 young or old state. I have carefully kaes some | 
ants of what have been introduced this season into 
ngland as the true Hi; — al ber of 
asped, a a Whe at 
i the sprout-blade. It is also evident that the wetter 
ill 
Pina 
ceive merely conjecture. 
Laur 
grow: er 
s p} ta oy is number o sien t by frost, as 8 nt in the els after the latter had been cut three weeks.— 
ose of common pinin it impossible to | process ; hence „it is that land well drained, or dry in | Tyro. 
— horizontalis from creeks: peh if o variety bottom, i is not nearly si o liable to mi poet a of crops| Pyrus (Cydonia) japonica.— Among hai ray § 
a ope) ramific ation than | the Oak an ition. Crops | which flower in spring, this is particularly wort 
: a yn’ ge th 1 1 ground, often | attention especially when planted in n the open 
T Sea perc nag ree Sylvestris ,, | Suffer severe Niy from the operation son the cause during | and trained as a sta If the plan 
ig: ine.—With regard to this, “ An “Arborist frosts in early spring ; while similar As on northern | for this purpose is one composed of a 
seems to doubt Mr. Forsyth’s =P declivities are , comparatively uninjured ; ; n the for rmer | ste besiege rising 5 from we base, clear t 
rooks in Scotland distributing = se bt the ll cept the one which you select for the 
The secda of Faer L» sin but i in ee: to og na “and io is thus a diurnal ena of | plant. "This should be fastened to a stake, si pE 
fth er ti d the p fe.— , the plant being of a pendent habit, will a 
tht som : ye = mbers cae + f the Conde family are rei a may Alnor. sin which g is ves ita neat app 
a vane that they an gig eeg oe sneng ine rest, | n Walls.—I would recommend “B.” (p. ER to | With — ct to ropagatio n, if a few roots, 
Sale thay Ae hee Sx ponies each shah ran f build he "18-inch hollow wall, (see P 389, 1844,) as this = of m nch to oan inch in circumference (or 
Kendall, when crossing the height of 
by 
a which singe oe waters that flow towards cane 
s Bay from e that fi 
than a 14 s also much cheaper; and 
jin a ase oa resi hatis wi be ie bare The coping | ri 
a a pea Paths Bs with something in is € a p 
sued by a number of his clamorous compani The 
bird being fired at SE EH the object of ouilhentibn n, 
which proved to be the of a chest. Mr. F. says 
that the rooks steal gas rh cones to bee wr paesi 
leave them with an y sends that r 
and 
be Pata down clo ose th 
ur- | inches over eac 
do 
) c me ted from the plant, let thew b bi 
into short lengis. of from 3 to 4 in che es., Ta sert t 
a pot, 
ket in a border under a south wall, in ieee 
. | apart, covering them slightly over with mou uld. 3 
requi 
pay the cost of building on ieuo hollow wall of tio 
same height.—James Roberts, 35, St. Paul’s-street 
North, Cheltenham, 
r3 ERR 
ants is wanted, this system isbel 
that of i rf es by suckers, as is generally 
in the case of the plant being over-luxurianly 
a great qua ntity of 
than 
and 
J6 
some of the roots from it will cause it to 
t 
more’ ” freely 
41 
lonely piso but take ad 
Sah 
y a trout, s did not know, rae cata any ot! ther 
pon 
Yee of se workings of a 
md ; bu ut, some months after, 
Ther 
5 + 
hace and the 
e were 
M È 1844) 17 gold-fis dded 
Quick Metod of Killing Insects.—The 
rie be at hand when the lover of Entomol y 
ing cones and them in mole-hills as a per- | largest) sod hak remaining. 
ae ander, mesm sp a whe: | th an of acqui- dead in the pond, at the bein this week, 
is 
+h 
here are now T oni 10 (of the 
insect, when fixed ona cork, shou e p 
atter being p 
It 
near the ventral fin, 
be disturbed, and ane qty although not in the best 
1 for vegetati 
and the tail was slightly injured, but the ‘Scales were not 
a bit of tin or plate. The ang shoe 
‘that th 
‘trees. If the squirrel bury an acorn that may 
penser na to a future Victoria of 120 guns, so 
cone buried by a rook in a mo olehill, may in time | 
e‘ ‘Clan pine 
ie 
"Preach eat sone fa fatur 
Set of Proton h, ris 
" Effect of Prost on Vine-root 
may 
y 
small fish th een tewi seized b 
‘ace 
g in Scotiead, a i par 
5 3 a 
} 
it will, vis drawing iit across 
` 
be taken not ‘unfrequently by a lerge trout. 
within be ented from chan 
ethereal tioi phers the insect will s 
having timet hurtits fo 
ve 
do 
tito Fi which ‘the pin is inserted wi 
dipped in ety mci of turpentine, and the 
leased fro! suffering]. t 
Char cid i years ago the one-shift sys‘¢™»” 
