THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Mud 8, 1859, I 
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Soil, o keep plenty of sorts for the various tastes of eus- | these egt are as follows. A quantity 
ture, or the dryness or moisture of the atmosphere ; | tomers; and for the same reason to the — T fine Elm trees were eu d "c in the winter 
end the conflicting testimony to be met w rith so | exhibitions: number of sorts | 1855, and lay need 14 the weather for season 
abundantly ry — out of unappreciated 
differences of this For example, the 
trustw - information" e the United Sta‘ —＋ em 
— l ueless with us. Itis 
to the 
set no 
bit 
limit to the 
which may be exhibited. 
A FEW years since the destruction of ships by 
dryrot was one of the most form 
expen se in our dockyards. 
ere 8 
y 
useless to a that € the Tabla Gray flowers pro- | 
fusely at Bos 
sely a ; for owing 
between "Massachussetts and ‘England piane in the 
t 
former is not in antee of 
its atte wth in the lat 8 
oves, for, until, artificial hat 1a h he 
opes o iss Gray's ad ve, hitherto | 
e 
the wood adinin 
chemical premia d 
a" PY Y ^ 
idable items d in ever 
ff 
be quite sound, 
| more especially dan die: rest. Its s trunk was 3 
A. 
matters 0 
into the demir x quis 
Une yi 
Was 
base when felled. When however cane butt 
enough to condemn it, and the conde . 
eren 
by the 
me no a "hat it will jore. pr 
vit. n there is the vexed question about th 
value s that variety of Rosa alpina called Ma- 
nettii, a late able hortioulturist at Monza 
near Mi =: ow is that t settled ? - 
grower finds it admirable, dd ronounces 1 
worthless. We in - min heavy “Middlesex land, 
p purchasers of it for other . 
are 8 
lately come before us which 
Some facts have 
0 
trated from the bark deeply into the heart won 
In general it was easily 1 ug 12 inches into ti 
eu and to show tha was not the sap-wo 
nly which was affected, iti is sufficient to state th 
in one part it had 4 inches of f 
entre. This was however on the north side 
the tree, on MES e rings o h are usual] 
being asked for anopin isa very 
wi wisdom, 
Is it is 
wha t? We 
e want € information. 
f pec culiar ei ey 
the — ftn rees; he d p^ saw i out ith he 
con nsiders them silently seasone to make so 
ould settle the 
rs would e eg very 1 
various 
r1 jesus oc nr n that our Journal was 
* horticulture has been 
temperate discussion of an 
With regard to the questions proposed by our 
correspondent whose inquiry has Jed to im 
shall be —.— curious to kno 
eom 
€ | trees are eut up, ently | 
taking Te: Mich! is undermining all his 8 | 
f 
e 
15856 liable to age as is sure 
i 
undertaken, and the Munda rem ser- 
ts and opinions freely pub- |i 
t 
vork, and h or blocks what da cut 
out for two or three yea 
them 
He — 
which then 
c * —.— nee, his Elm | trees h 
ves 
eather ; fun, 
of | m edull 
heno Omem 
An enn, of the woo vy und e microscoy 
exhibited a quantity of e e delete spam 
d | threads, hich w h ntly eonfin 
the longitudinal tissue SE i 
ary rays. It is 
this wood atm bee pull 
weather, the spawn w o a 
matter of course, libe cause the decay ot d th 
or if the ex p xs was sufficiently long v 
tissues 
| de velope its proper fun 
It is vident then that the exposure of Win 
—— = ice refore —— that 
^ ers 
whenever it becom — pue may be a year or 
two after it has been fabricated, the spawn grows, 
is further dee omposed its strength and 
t 
UN ean 
m personal experien agree 
that at of ia First then as to “Aviat de AL 
LEN y — wer; we can make nothin 
—— we 
sf | ment 
and under erm 
re he eavy str rain thant toch the sk dee 
to the disgust — the ow inten and ge asto 
tention was to em = 
more 
deme and Jules Ter El 
w famonsly, and mak ce as g a balloon PA 
ver, on his own 
omer bed, whioh on light warm Hampshire land 
18 
7 0 
It is not always convenieg w 
cover, but where this ifpi 
Hatpossible it may be worth consideration whethe ! 
e | it might bs be 8 to remove the bark; 
would not 5 | 
be more rapidly se —— . 
n conclusion it may be Mrd that in add 
f t 
CES OF ES AND FOREST TREES IN NEW ZEAL 
PRI 
of the m ave seen, | TEE followi ut 8 notes n t a publie auction | Privets and 30 horn: 
What Louise 0 8 r we | for the sale of Nelson fruit an the | for planting and forest t 
— È she is a we — ere men tence ee ue larly fruit trees. The lar, 
weepers, for i ye agreat fancy for € consist of competition in bidding is owing to the great sc 
a Tea sort ealled which grows prodi Apple, E eek Filbert, Sweet | there is of such things, and Vue) how Dod 
on the common hedge stock; it has fine | desire is to possess trees and 
white blossoms, not very good in form, but — ‘and G The following table will ue English nurse 
abundant, and the kind is y. ine Ri sic) japonica, Dutch Honeysuckle ; 3000 some idea of the demand for fruit and forest trees hi 
is a hte m va a — Lg — Name. Height. Age. i Quantity. | Price dd Price e Reit 
nothing hard; e up a 
Respon seed dde much merit. We Frorr Trees, rok PIE EE 
nothing igneron, as i i 18 inches | 1 fted er . | { Good so 
des Beaux Arts, a ede sort undoubtedly, we | Plums 8 inches visi pem > : Es f Black. Heart, [x 
do not think it is much of — improvement on on Pears 2 feet Di y v md d re ae a 
General Jacqueminot, t; said to be its father. ou 15 beim Ditty "| fU. eee 
: ‘touching upon this subject there is erte . |1 | Ditto ea coeli alfa do eg «o aM tr gs 
another point on which we think it well to offer a Nate — De 1 year old i cuttings Onn doar bs 0 [0619 6 
F or two. No one has more . Ca oa Sweet Chemnuts . Ditto 1 bear din Ditto c» 2 - i 
selves urged the necessity of g the varieties | Peaches .. feet high| 1 d RAE. M M o eoe NN 
of cultivated plants. The seedsmen's lists of Peas | Dutch Medlars 1 foot high | 1 ye "ee -— 45 0) [Toyo George, vn 
and other esculents, ? of Hyacinths, | Mulberries ped i“ ae 12 0 15 0 to 19 0| Y 0 
i „ Geraniums, ded. by tho di are great | nuts high | . 6 years old One dos M 06 o 
= test ad-|  Fonrsr uses, &c. 
vantage to the buyer But with Roses it is quite | Euglish Oaks . high | Gyearsold one dozen 15 0 
different ; the more ; — to Ditto Ditto 10 0 HE. 
1 pe Ditto E 0 i 
2feet high | 2 year seedlings | Ditto T : 
1 Mp high | 1 year T Single plants 6 » 
ym N 918 
Ditto |1 year old pes epe a H ^ 
mm SLE 1000 plants 0 H 
The climate is yery ne nearly ti ae 12 0 | M 0 
ly that of this district, 
ie suits fruit and fi trees remarkably well xe ak hat, hgh bre Peart Sees 
tet Oaks ad Young shoots from $ to] of the fruit er priced, Two thousand at 
y;| in CT and tap roots of similar size. They The great 1 paesan have been App 
à CUN 1 or these I can 
i Acorns of the ] > but the high price we have to 
good En 8 are maling M high Peter ie. i dee 15 its ripe and state, 
and, since Roses in profusion are * vM 17s. i Apple promises well, an 
most wish to haves so * ample — vd. — field assisted dn. during this month and ^M iei e 5 — 
ves us the est opportunity of eld ning of at more than diffe “dere of fait. ite 15 80 With o 
desire. We for one therefo re say r pen; : en distribution in every part of this province twill à thal part of New Zealand, I may § 
ppies one year grafted are sold at 2. — 6d. each; two ; t ti y-and-bye, under attentive and scie 
ivation, become an increasing treasure both 
