THE 
have, however, visited 
state- 
ts, that the statements made excellent prac 
0- cious observ ation, 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
tical gardener, r,and wri by 
cultivation of the Peach-tree, o 
t of surface is sufficient 
ter on horticulture, 
one fruit for | 
a very judi- | 
that, in the 
every Reinig 00 
resumed the war ng 
scious foe, digging and pecking at it with sw a 
in which I prm. se tmas Ír healthy and À | ar and violence, that had I _not interfered, nn utter i 
a bradawl. Hardly 
y sitti 
had E done so, before the — 
on the h head 
[Ocr. 18, 
pi iar 
z 
maA 
Te aal 
t, of course, wasn 
rse, ot renewed; _but tho ella 4 
hinf d 
n be 6 _ Nev ertheless, we sometim 
a he tated te me that the callest P 
flavour, be aW object in view, I thi nk n | 
wed to 
comp 
peon, Peere larger than the pia fruit cone ee ever 
reduced. It will give some idea 
be is season, when I mention that 
more above 6 ibs. tha an I h ave _ below 
have a 
can forward you at any tim tim: 
little to — i yet expect to prip a p 
be forme a from the 
I ted in A 
what my Queens |c 
-_ 
oF 
< 
© 
p 
o 
a 
4 
r=} 
Bd 
S 
f fruit; 
of the 
aire a ro and continued Seater his notes af 
ening.” 
nee even in rai shade 
z1 wT ue 
y 
T attribute this action ation in = our 
eane: 
bsence of solar heat, in aa e =b long- | 
anret i exeeasir ely ~~ weather. On old open 
34 
ike. perfection, wees ost nerd have ee oe d- 
some fruit, weighing from 5 lbs. 4.0z., to6 lbs. I hav 
rän that will weigh above 6 lbs., and some 
35 se 
ve |in size was very pareoptibh 
420 Peaches 
measured 
In the June ee 
_ (Visti), tovvarted D 
e|\3 fi ength 
t The ah 
I gu 
. | forcing, I very well recollect that a 
searce ly carry some of them 5 but of course there% 
para akin some of the roo 
not ae or I sould have sent ti 
taki n winter ofor: 
apee mE 
sev 
could 
; some of oe ingest mea- 
inches in circumference the flavour also was 
They were 
surin 
f e also A Eai earlier, 
th 
g 103 in 
A 
t order. 
aeae. sloma id era rack, I 
from 7 to 8 lbs-; they showed strongly enou o 
to produe fru fruit of 3 be weight, "seve not been 
the nag rir they have had = saamari 
ey h 
g the house and pi it m w roofed, 
the first having ripened the pes August, and the e 
on the er acreage 3 this year, I only got 
first x 1h ‘0d "the sre on — 8th Oc- | 
a ras arly three 
P. S., Nottin a 
The Ww vather seems a curious fact that while tl 
of — vaas of the frost ge 
oval ro 
d the freshness Se- 
nothi ing “3 
Jaai, &e.. 
to stand i in eee not at all congen t 
. Pine-growing is still pa pma of “ea im- 
ement; this requires no furthe moit itk 
uced at the —_ at exhibitions last summ: 
was 
m shat 
whe 
$ | La 
ese 
ner 
—W. Mason, Ne 
ape tanih Tree in ow Straits of 
splendour of vegetati 
of corr 
titude 5° 15’, For 
they all zipened w 
well, 
allo wed that 184 42 was 
xeighbour of min 
ih rincipal prizes, Even of the books e lished on 
very fë few contain a nything sim- 
re have 
+ 
papers rience oe oo a great number o: 
this 
+. 
rme to\mention that I have 
weight, and that > arag 
dbe 
cut many watag 
I should not b 
sare: tbs. 
them now considerably actin sl for 
but if it umi 
productiven 
t appear m nished in n health and vigour ; 
| | planted _— nine laeg ti The border, 
witb Strawberries. and flat 5 
y good y ear | in Amer! Am 
n | for it in —— being the hottest eine une sum- apeere s height ther ed somi 
rs. | back one which was an Pape of bpa and il 
as e by — nt peste 
n| hands o ts dimen 
which is planted | and 
is 10 0 fe atii in 2 of this pyri »” (jálutung, the Ar PaSa 
ong thousands 
and pith, t 
such by strangers. I 
on a a memorandum which giv 
Malacca, Ni 
I 
m the ground is 33 
liéved ; 
i hranici to to visi 
onset in time. be. com : 
ware that many are attempting to carry out my 
iiine ie of culture, and I eat assisted many by 
private corres 
| tion, p aaraa never been je 38 3 the nol is ot n 
cold and ¢ clayey, a is about T inches in de epth. The 
bsoil is clay— W. Boardman, Fallowfield, 
a 
Weight of a large Fruit anes in eet — 
| Bergamo’ 
74 
Rpts coar 
spo ran but i I 
th, 
’ 
0; 
es 38 Torin ez 
10 “fest, where i 
” 
Vitel 
and | Fern 
wees 
s entirel: y overturn 
he » vile ee ager imagine that = 
astray, na “coh haye-done bette: 
Tam glad to say, however, that I often 
satisfa actory account. I obser 
ore Sa 
leo 
i 
ve that a | Colman 
omsuch 
nin foen 
‘Golden Lh 
Royal Russe 
wH 
mite Ea 
retty ty good Pines on my principle, =e t he has a 
Gee — RA - 12 or 14 pips in in dept and 
racking, bove 
tated. I 
rtirar co-of this mat ioe sub- 
heat from flues or 
i 
ears | Thi hamaper;27 dws 16 grs.;230:— Grown by Mr. G. Crawford, 
Hai 
n 
I 5 
I 
sei (with the Prizes gained in 1845) :— 
Red. No. of aay 
‘London, 36 dwts. 16 grs. ; 395, —Grown by Mr. Elliott, Ounsdale. 
Yellow. 
Ca — 30 dwts, 4 grs.;182.—Grown by Mr. Hardware, B 
eee 
[ h. 
15 
3 
1, 
dwts. 8 
would on 155 loads o 
o 60 British Oaks of the:average size 0 
ae E€: 
jiti,” 8 
1829, and “ha ever since gradually i 
year takin ing a higher sta 
[This was, no doubt, 
t throws out its 
When ‘the bark 
PEERS a 
some Fig-tr 
ountry Sh 
ie egal Botanical a 
This Soci 
tand. 
pares 
Characteristics ta the Robin.—From time to 
me remarkable connected with the piken 
here onl. 
apen 
nd Eaei dope 
ani t Ti independent 
terial ; my crops are > and hia 
— of them furnished by are rt actual ‘observ a- 
tion 
J? 
readers would pes howev er, that v not 
yet ed ay ‘2 mg nowledge of this bird’s desperate 
character. “desperate,” although I love the 
ne al rogues with all thei eir faults, which are efe 
fully ‘all that can be brought against a one-sided view 
of their character. Still, as true biographers, we must 
een | speak How. 
we have 
pre = y the re refuse and me Te òf. the premises, and 
refuse vege ave Queen Pin ever been 
ia res His animosity ex- 
crowns about 2 or inches in 
I have | —— such at this time, some ri 
niches in 
ea tar 
ht ipe, 
; as to Envilles, Providences, 
and other black vari 
heig ? 
h him pect 
t Kyn it; nots satisfied with ret for ever lost | 
an — hag whe ould if i ower, kill 
aes a ubjoin e in the 
any weight.—James esa Bicton. { Mr. Barnes has 
been diameter seven lines higher up, but this is, we 
th 
very great, an nd ha 
ota as may be 
Me Gettin, oo 
| also some fine Heaths, a0 
time 
azine pe abovementioned ; I blush for my favourite 
while I transcribe it :—“ One y, hearing a 
to le o ina gas adjo ining my house, I was cipal 
, a slip e pen. 
P Edginge — think that Potentilla verna would form 
and much better edging than Box for oe i 
i never saw it, indeed, used used for a 
The 50 
the bird, in the hope that it a attract the atten- C 
pi of bis living brother ; nor was I disappointed. 
ng became louder ait in longer strains, and at gen 
w ee 
peak A ba he flew up from his Anja er of 
iole 
being in injured, and preserves the 
colour of ie beantifut leaves throughout the oe ae | dow 
algo prod a profusion of elegant flowers in May ;| 
attack on the stuffed specim 
ak height of two stories to the prams meag it 
even Prp falling, and continuing its violence when 
I then perched it on an empty box in the yard, 
e bird remaining within a few feet of me Jy bere 
ing summer months, “Vigorous Of | 
eourse it will not sul as an edging or ræki Iehen gardeny| "73 
but asa flower-garden edging, for neatness and beauty, 
equal it. Paigo some of your 
is rarely found in gar- 
sae little care-—G. L, 
Jt has ‘been stated by an} > 
te, and directly I had 
wed w 
with double vigour, a and 50 0 
the box, 
strut eB gt with an nexpas ded. weg esi attitude, | 
ae f clatain pee: uaap a nielo. Noti cing the | 
bird to be sil b viag shout the place, I replaced m 
tuifed specimen on the window-sill, securing the 
flowers; this pan 
should be in an yor eae ur 
exhibitio oi 
nor 80 numerous as 
the prizes 
‘oceras 
nd Hortic 
ciety was estal 
ji 
a 
*§ 
Fs 
on former 
‘were of avery liberal Rind. 
Hf 
p 
Ẹ 
At 
ni 
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