TH 
14.—1845. } 
re subjected to the same opera- 
to draw 
ives other buds, whic oy 
g ful, in order the sap, to a 
Re eats uot ih stas hich a at a later period , if lefi 
i itself, forms a stronger 
we perce eive “iy the last cuttings of 
pga ave taken root, we place 
ust spoken 
oy Na wre mo aid these pots are placed i in the 
mn nhouse, in a spot the least exposed to currents o 
Es the young * plhaite will flag a Tittle, but they soo 
wh he When t ae ey have A ae to ee we take 
x enho use and put them in a half- 
ie it is firs = ie n DDE by 
ving autumn t eight o 
te in a soil suitable e Be its nature, 
ed. 
and has been sufficiently water 
VINES IN BOXES, 
e, Supposing | 
nt aM in’ the habit of growing . annually from six to ten | 
E GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 225 
flesh is buttery, and veryjrich ; it has been found to be | these varieties or spec species will be noticed by degrees by 
S0, even when wn in situations so unfavourable for | Mr. Berke ley. 
the production of Pears that the colour shall be Gen ee of Timber.—Ahbout a vag igen. ago you in- 
only green exte Y, not brownish, as it is when pro- | se rted a mmuni ma from me hich I ad vanced 
duced EtA more favourable circumstan th oe only reason Gin 
in the f October, ill | timber is ios in 
tl parae of Danha ‘The tree i is s vigorous, sheik alive is that u: 
f | yell ý whi eae he 
opinion by comparing the timber of = 
stem bt the Aper of the Side branche s of the 
tree. t shou 
and hard while the vl 
mber ca at is i ea and soft, m 
will ay ‘established bj sen w specimens- that 
marked ir 7 inches 
in diameter and of 30 years’ growth ; those bee A, 
C, a nd I were cut out of the side ik anc a sd another tree 
se that it is 
; more than 4 10, hover er, may be 
distinguished within the space of A} ine The co: ay As 
between 
tal 
in y 
ltt 
sible to doub t that there must be a era tflerens in 
their strength and durability, T 
5 
they are 
not cut from the same teis, which f kei ey an oppor- 
ozen of 
orn Grapes almost equal to any from border Vines. | 
tunity of doing.— Beobac 
Mal 
eh eat YE S| aii eg! e all stood well the 
coli, 
‘retrograde system” of the sap. 
vantage 0 of the ‘ Early 
n the Vine-eyes ean nd | grow the plants 
in spring I put in 
inter, as have my Brimstone ye 
pelos Cole ae of which I have a super- 
abundance as well as of t n and Pan. fies) 2 
Gre off.—B.D., 
Greenish brown, 
ing the w Tá the fi owing spring I select ie ‘best 
_ Vines, and transfer t akon to boxes ; but insten of cut- 
ting oe the we I leave them the entire len smga 
nearly of last year 
the Vines break, but theftwo lowermost ; thus :— 
pi 
When these have H to ee ength of about 1 Se | 
T select the best, and rub the other off, and by the latter 
verywhere else eet eg are cut 
ae 
Tank-heating.—Y our correspondent “ Dodman,” has 
only to go to Mr. _ Rivers a S i eh aah to see 
most 
is reem 
walk in Tihe three pits is heated by one i baile" of Bur- 
bidge and H 
Healy. He ere there i isa hotbed of 180 feet 
in length Reale a few barrels 
In remarking on this,and other varieties, Mr. Knight of com mpo, a wat TA under 5/. for the ‘boiler, This 
states that, “as a dessert Pear, the Althor rp Crassane is coupled with ¢ ce glass, and ho frames, will soon 
its pes 
ane, and the preceding year’ s wood up to A from B 
Bidal 
d Pine-apples “for the million.”— 
to my taste the best ; an rose-water flavour will 
please. where musk offen ads. 4 He adds, “the original 
ust n Gr rapes.— 
appearing on French Bean: 
stri 
—In yon y of red spider 
an early Vinery, I 
pr apg ag well i in the last six years, and I believe 
Belgic varie. 
ance of apiece o oB it 
now leave only aes wate ost See a its fall length 
and eve g isthen in Enar sin for commencing to 
e the Vines | 
via in the following spring, when I manage 
Neither the Marie- ‘Louise, the Forelle, nor Glout | 0n o 
Morceau, grown in my garden here (in Herefordshire), | near 
were tolerable. Ip a tr rees of the three | 
ioned 
tuation wher is Pea ar 
e 
ts highest state of perfection, Ea notie Af e had bee 
uired i 
them ynconaton sa all.” from aea - tons Pst: thas, ‘ose that pie art of the flue booky 
seasons, fro m differen of the | did not reach, were perfectly fresh, and 
AERE Does not t this p ve that the wash 
th- this tine ection a 
Fig. 2, carry with it in its ascent inn 
1 disbud alleyes as soon ag : can catch hold of them Prog: e Correspondence... |P A AR EA E a every pore of the 
with my and thumb, except those represen re for Onions —Being desirous to produce a Grapes might be restored to health by 
above; and when the wood is “completely es or ina of neh of Onions than my neighbours, I have pur-| | humid 
E a Eas the eS rs cut sued the e following plan as regards putting in the seed, Kbronted d, for in three ‘day ee 
shrunk branch off at C à 
average from = m heen | quinstiey ofni ight-soil with an equal portion of f good fine | force their w. way through the sickly green coat, which 
m eac 
10 nd a nee A; of Grapes, yii iiad] 
in the 
imagine that my success may safely be attribu 
faving the old wi 
ew; for much finer rods can 
than ar ne , -fashioned “vay of 
ted to | 
ood to be Epen te vel sap ‘ty the 
tained iby, ns 
anagin; 
krai the whole of which I had dug in when the ground 
bei mi I then collected all the abbii lying | **. 
vi remises, such as old shoes, leather, me 
aeo ; this I burned up, and drilled in 
sabe thereof rather mie with the seed. Pray i is 
oe e ethod likely to pro! a Bog crop è hm t 
or thi 
ae 
$ | Serta 
es.] 
is evil—P. Foy, Sandon Hall, 
{This on nothing to do with the rust of 
induced, by observations in the 
TOP | Chronic dole, te ietu PA myself, during. 1844, with a pair 
aM swans, Ae the purpose of c gad a apos of orna- 
meñtal water of rushes and weeds, used t o dis- 
figure it, j the 
embellishment of these noble birds. So ome Corres- 
pondents, some time ago, speaking of swans, had enjoined . 
clipping their wings to prevent them from flying awig H 
be advan a 
are not the only one who has miade | € 
p 
eyes ee the robably i it may be asked, why not cut out 
t the beiyleodien = cultivated Truffles— 
pie ea o 
“ “bloated promises an j| others did not ened that deprivation an adequate 
to b 
suspect yoi knowledge te aa part of the Truffle is » but strongly insisted on mu- 
“got from books” rather than practical Breet or 
in your “enunnér ration you would not have omitted the a 
kek 7 aer in the Dindon aux Truffes. [it was too 
Hedges aA ics erp ba ear feat - The lee of the 
was, however, I believe, in my case, q wr ailen d 
diminished, for the time, the graceful siec with whic’ 
THORP GRASS 
THORP CRASSANE 
i deri the eae Par Park 
ett tf and 
of my 
same a 
udless part of the Vine | Turin 
What do you think? |in 
| emp 
(p. £09), Fud sated 
the Althorp Crassane to be | crim 
‘the swt hard varieties he | ti 
the sw sailing on 
e the he packets of idence oy 
n of Inquiry into the 
| bag > with other ile such as Stracl 
particularly adapted. 
on a standard." The 
introduc to Car 
| | White Trufo. I believe it is never seen even in Paris 
T have call 
no 
mplish th Mon pa Jos Sf the fresh | I do pes expect that ye weil i "ake wing. Whatever 
way to be co as ‘KuKVOL depo bnk In 
orrectly described a 
KRAE the pond of weeds, they have done wonders. I 
expect t! 
ed your attention to this deli- 
if it were once introduced its bacil ex 
Hetk i4 al d be tittle ie = Dedman. t that in next year no vestige of these intruders 
