» THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
se that the method " tin mom ing I would|skinned as ^to think it necessary to make | was too 0 common at the beginnin — 
sche vss it) is ae sA) n referen ce | any fo reply, assured as we are from ors pag but happily 155 Bas "inii hite 
to the egoing, M A be the remarks themselves, that eve the p ar better hone mine 
the = T that my ps P on Nd fist iit tical n Ser: e are used our Pier the pes than the obe n A. 55 ad flo 
of ppears to have = = jap Az and arro of treating so slanderously and un- wn 
that * ze Ai e who award first- idet ves er ing to allow DA t there i is some den regret to announce the de ecease of “Polyar 
prize to the group; and in “the "second, t in the assertion that these complaints are | CHARLES MORREN at Lidge on 4M "d E 
that it was under th ngi. " he 52d year of nn age, after a very lo entit 
our conclusions is correet, at least in so far as m DA that it was only after a 10 years’ 55 5 s He the author of à ng aw 
English ractice and w n horticulture are cay tat te iuuenes z fungi i ih the produc- | number of ae ou ote vata "Hazel 
pona , that I co * wien — | subjest worthy of | tio e Pote murr. and Vine and Hop interest in Vegetable Physiology, but warf 
being recorded. t knowledge of the nce i } the Editor of the Annales de - 
French Tuia 5 bom as doubt whether mente men, pie t the — day they are Roya ale „ et de eka det M. 
[ understood ex e in tion given to me still sometimes ‘spoken of as the effect and not Belgian work of the same class as Paxton’s caly ; 
tion, but it was fi aw. 
The spurs on the parent tree on which t it 
buds were inserted were cut off together with the 
latter growing on them, and the fruit still attached, 
of which I ma e accompanying n sketch 
e ventilation of the ques- 
hs S S resulted in the amelioration of 
two Ad of disease at least, "n those of the Vine 
and Hop, and it is now universally acknowledged, 
he Soak d of experience, that when the parasite 
estroye 
mp 
J udging from the extracts you give 
. Bour 
We have not indeed at present any certain 
tree which terminated in 1849 with į 
JOTTINGS 1 TO THE PROVING zoo» 
CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND is 
AIN-wat the present time dro ropping iq nan 
Fes in quantities never before witnessed 
ury, t M 
ew & spur near — base. The first ear * | made 
subjects, and they are twig well attended ; peor 
N 
re an GEOIS' garden, 1 cons side er the|m of contending against such fungi as those | plains of Canter 
Padding with fruit buds 3 ien "xx iin wh vp cause such dinictious conseque ne AAI 115 d ella owe 105 rad sud T P ae. 
practice and effect to that in Im may also and Apples, iuf knowledg me | relating t m p infant community in this pron one 
refer to another French work xcu this method of il will in all probability e eden res N ur Town al which i 1 well a ed 
budding fruit buds is very pointedly alluded to, some remedy. It is foolis sneer at those m specióna edifice, built of the indigenous timber gf thir 
Si. M e pour tailler et con- indicate the cause, etal 1888 cause they are obliged | Zealand. The building is. 70 feet long by 35 fe, mor 
duire soi-méme les Poiriers, Pommiers, et autres out 35 feet high fi floor, | ceed 
Arbres Fruitiers, Sh ean Lachaume, Paris, timber employed consists mig whi 
Bouchard-Huzard, Rue de l'Eperon, No. 5. At otha "Daeryd ig Blo 
‘ T. lsum) e 
uana bad E work Bay cant az Pim s 2 Black Maior Matai” (h. . de E 
S i axifolium). The timbe f t t in v 
This re m of Eh 'employed at beginning | semble each other in quality m. the 
of August tor Apples, and at the end a the month 
"and pris penter's work is concerned; but of the She 
Sin giv —— the ane White is found to be the most adm hor 
" | our cottages, pla f % dir 
*This m is employed successfully on trees built of this; b x 7 Totatara F; odo HES 
which are o tel n; it ensures a crop Totara timber is now coming mi it. 
ies following year; and when once the fruit spu use, it Heit been found to be very dm ng 
5 on such trees, M eo ey bear 1 for out-door purposes. Our supply of fg on 
comple tely overcome the e PE of th. furnished by these three kinds of = 
stock, hasten the time ofr ripening.’ The fore- Coloni 105 eologists have not Ment ini 
g sub ascertain exactly w here 1 E 
ject, st, which I have no doubt can be fully explained ^e N) 
E acces uh X. b a Dut it into be hoped that their 7 
d Boulayes, pr d go urnan (Batasi Marta), or 5 TORN W be found. The 2 
his gardene dirus, who aocorditig to my P. oed orests within the distrid pe 
) ellington, however, afford as : 
notes are the’ parties who exhibited th i A di 
fire-wood which will last forn 
In er illustration " ud effect of spur- i T 
. h generations yet to come. Never ti 
grafting wo 1 vdd before us less coals are much ted. 4 
bran ; r 20 22 abundance of them woul 
thus treated at Trentham, where = with the high price which we s 
the nnd has — time to pay fi wood. P 
emp under the in- of wi consistii 
felligent — Mr. Fre One of Black and White Pine, 8 feet loi k 
these specimens had been a scion 5 5 long with placed 4 feet 1 in the dray which * it, "n 
a single spur eh ihe side. In the first season it 4 feet a in fine weather 3 T 
mede 3 inches * gr siani: ban w en wet weather p^ the roads are bai a> ant as 7 
per cor is enorm i this staple u 
magnificent Pears on 8 inches of wood, of household comfort draw — to ; 
province. . of 
father IE MT woud vi Tons In our Town Hall we ofte 
secon ee ae megma | 
four CL ear it um | 
r^ z 9» about 1 Mere nine oa capi 
important respect Mr. Frnume's method | 
dire dim 5 They August 
only, he grafts g an ce e 
2 | to use phrases and words which are not in general | 
England, 
therefore, who picture the life ef 
inty the T "I 
ty ‘Good chance of ie use, and because their explan ations do not accord | home, Renee of head or hands, will give him plenty 9 
cimi ior pons feared the Would d AN » | with popular notions. Such eed ridicul spare. If he only be industrious, and that {0 
ce howe o. No such js sure in the nd to lead to 1 7 ps of years, he be uni to obtain his o 
P eie appears however to have bee wei blie ini rivate loss, if it itage and hid own garden. All of us, whatever m 
: E chile aag The method of working moment when th Ln nod M HO = TOY Fb our trade or profession, when we have been here. 
Popin nl ly kind rye English side | in Kent pres CM is Toy grounds alone a time feel a great desire to possess these comto 
guit only t can be | conveniently | m any scoffers who had Ware ples id re E in the end we generally obtain our d I 
n c ow, b 
- That this process will come largely into. use and who tried in vain to excite a publie e prejudice Eyer d di 3 mis 
vay be doubted, for it enables the gardener Seo a ee of the H Hops produced in Wines á 
wall cas y to cover the old naked branches of his | van eus s air 2 " "es emet and if the | not all chop, np dig, dig, with us ; M Ad ith 
Saree Buk of um A wood not only of the same sulphur, though i ^ e disposed to try the die n here is of à 
y other variety—an immense | exco 1 ee istricts there wi ox trong i5 the E ri ountry. 
invigorates old trees in a | heen ; ered Sied 2 c the ridicule which ha some, set such is the fac 
diia of h of the abun- in r t A upholders of the Fungal Theor turalised early spring — plants on 
ce of new healthy wood, which these st espect of the to m lengt Wang of of eg o e in flower duri ring d i 
y organise all over the old alb = S bsided, Had the aede oe di month— —Cape Broom. Geiste cana ariensis) which 
num. For so complete is the juncti it is pretty certain that the Vine milde Met hen allowed to grow i iuto n 
stock and scion in thi e junction between | not hia y: would | 7, idl 
scion in this spur-gra that o free" Wena, ve been attacked success: grows rapidly, and mak e hoire 
fon. separate the two after the first year year We > rejoice therefore at any NR: of a dis- feral he year Pu pas as n Gold dd 
an ck 
DU 0 8 it wering it forms a 1 d 
short time since, information | latter l latter of es inr en Vii, y Lm fe S ag "Common Yellow Broom is 
de n be m ai 115 "ied to mention € personal EXT Mm Blood red ed single Wallflower. e Thie c m falh 
„ F in so small a mat as every cottager’s door. Double Blo 
to 1 x acrimonious tone is ill suited Or Wal lower is in flower here and there. a 
T ladies, which | arti eee eee * ire e i do p» 
os da p relin as of extracts from i » iit weather. Single Blue Hyacinth: This is as yet se 
[Now Yorker are expressed were to . T ght | Bulbs m me cete t time frol 
cognate Journal, it co ont ‘eat erat 3 d y on ther 
» We are not so thin | fe the suppo y dor. arrival The long sea-vi 3 The! 
