Mann 26, 1859. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
Feat peel the whole of their contents, contents j wood where there are large plants of se: years on "on the exertions of this thrifty dame. Let us 
openings two sin aw a large packet d stauding can verify. Moisture and shade are the | word, guard our newly plant, rees against e i 
A day or h M: ch 1 the at indis bl nd wherever these condi- croachments of cattle, rabbits, h: 
the. À and at the time up yen ntm this (Marc 1) gre xb es. e, rabbits, hares, and shee 
collected, t y house use have I resent in combination, seeds being scat-|that I would advocate a persecution of these 
plants in fron em tered, “youn gp plan ts will spri ng up. We have seen|animals. No, A. = — I would merely prevent 
remaining — season for sowing, ! ks, shaded by | their coming i ith the trees by a d 
Spring b pe. E an N for raising ve s ege near 33 where ihe air is always cheap, and be mode of pie = also by n 
det 4 de n the open ground, in a cold frame t, and on the surface of gravel walks in woods t a sharp of a EA 
plants, whet t th the necessary conditions are em. red the sun never eL they often abound. ur mita 2 one 2 5 ur de pon s, a lazy old 
abet. P ccessfully raised in either ; the result to — v in such situations are presented, a d was | condemned by the gods to twist hay- 
— Me à merely a question of time. The whi ch are as indispens sable to the vegetation of our ropes in hell. ate = g by, which 
wever, in the infancy of tl Rhod à hey were made, and the man was 
— ese P roti to all cac d con- | artificial eulture, are equi relat indolent 
pu" d details, will most speedily produce the of Sikkim-Himalaya, as is chown Kur the bane pas- tke rete hints 8 suggestions in mind, let us 
r vay 3 ing blooming plants, or vigo- sage from Dr. Hooker’s N article in bá ci 7 of the | proceed to the formation of the avenue. 
— * the purposes of grafting, as the case Journal of the Horticultural Society, an cle by the t Dr rainage, etui kon i is a t py 2 be 
be as well to hint here, as 1 e requisite soi en the c 
may | be. n2 ‘caution to the amateur and the inex- dodendrons at a Ane the Sikkim [we 3 trees; and las astly, a word or 
Dr. Camp pors I 3 Where drainage i is yai p iy rk, soon 
nd skill necessary to insure e lear 3 “ther erpendicular bank | be egin n to = a corru p and unhealt Y ark ; and 
2 7 2 This is “equally true of 15 tet high, exposed to t dle and partly sheltered | their le: will ap though they ght the 
» every other series of operations in hi south-west by the house. R. Dalhousiæ has yellow | fever. You "might ss well expect to pe^ a hot 
ht are ny elements to suce l cuim ared on "^ the seeds being imported by | mutton chop from a panfull of ice as to see healthy 
ipit the assistance of -— can de obtained, sow winds or birds from e neighbouring forest. The ness where drainage is neglected. There ought to be 
n Remy o r March; if in a col owever, perished till within the last two no stagnant water ii 5 feet of es surface. Inan 
— in April or early in May. Wide shallow pans years, ‘since which time abundance of Lycopodium | avenue which I planted with my own hand, some 
boxes about 4 inches deep, and of a length and | clavatum x a Selaginella, with Marchantia, retain so 50 years ago, all went on UT HH W well, RE about 
sath to admit of their being readily moved about, are | constant a supply of moisture that the plants now|14 years from the date of this, one of the trees fell 
best to sow in; 3 feet long by 1 foot wide is a con- flourish and flower in quiin n." G. Lovell, Bagshot. sick, and continued in an unhealthy state. t last, 
venient size. Nea rly fill them wi (To be continued.) suspecting where the mischief lay, I probed the 
sift a portion thro ugh a coarse (three: quarter or inch — Ex found water at them. It was an English Elm, and 
mesh) sieve, place the r ough fibrous portions that re- NEW PEARS. f course it could bear a considerable and extra accu- 
main — ph drainage. Then pass fe eift soil rré Superfin—Scarcely a Pear of recent hae on of soil at the foot of the bole. So I ordered 
through a finer mesh, placing the rough pieces upon 3 equals this very fie variety. When |forty cartloads of earth to p Nt ally, the tupate- 
tbose already put in, repeating the Meroen with a ripened with a full arpoa to the sun, Tu skin is| This did the business most n p 4 
still finer cad filling EM box with the coarser pieces generally, covered h russet tinted on " sunny side | starved roots soon felt the conso itn an rs hey 
within an so, press nrm, and over all put a | with a — 11 generally precedes the Marie k an upward direction. I h 3 a 
x the fine e containin g a larger proportion of Louise in g and i is arn malang with a branches from the tree in the preceding autumn to 
snd; make this and smooth, place the boxes on a 3 riti ech clk aro’ eeds perfectly on | Within 2 feet of the stem. — due time a happy change 
level and c= a thorough watering from a pot | the Quince stock, and is a ed hari iain an abundant | took place, new me vigorous shoots struck out in all 
with a fine r A mere sprinkling on the surface is of 1 Ma d w the rane epar tree is | itself 
1 use; the whole must be thoroughly kgs d. When again. Dra — Y in this instan on 
ihe mper water has drai ittle more acount of the tre a a ig bad done the 
wil may be added to receive the NM previously damage. Charles Eus in akan Hall. 
making it 2 level. After sowing, the Seeds 
should f soil. m—————D 
This is best a lied E holding over them a fine sieve Home Correspondence. 
panig a li en of eum mpost a nd gently tapping Winter flowers—We are a to consider the 
o water is requi hen. The soil IS three winter months as dull and dreary in the out- E 
Wig th thoroughly moistened, S surface. will absorb rden. But I believe with very little tro = 
capi ttraction, an h indeed it ight render them gay with ers in most n. 
do daring the germination of the seeds land this without glass or fire-heat; and thus the r 
and earliest infancy of the plants, if shading be properly arden mi co; im a sou 
attended to and a sufficiently moist atmosphere supplied sure, and that at littl 
the earliest stages of the plants, indeed, water Bus of plants, and a kno wle edge as to soil 
ly be given directly a wat t and situation required for each, would 
gement and damage, and the | that would be necessa: Ladd a list of the 
2 gine 
hovers 4 have gathered from the open ground 
since 1 January to the present time, and 
be placed i in a house o or cpu 
mosphere, an. many efe be in 5 — in a week. 
ing a gentle heat or moist at 
screened from the sun’s rays. — 8 
s germination will rapidly ensue, and then t 
D[ ion — d necessary to ent the young plants 
f off; and, subsequently, in hardening 
- them to ber the transition to a cold frame. This last 
to: Aconite, C iri: , Gi 
Lm be, eff ted by gradually My m them to Helebere, genns ‘ops, two sorts; Scilla si- 
f and a aam air. tivators berica, Arbutus, Garrya, Laurustinus, Crocus 
hodod 
ey off the, seedlings immediately ag can be Pa 
semel tho form of a plant, and establish 
floribunda, Rhodora canadensis, a 
in heat; but this practice requires an amount o Hot “Cornelian Cherry, Prim las, eight ; 
dexterity and refinement of cultural skill which omphaloides, Polyan f 
wald only be successfully piene by the thoroughly various kinds, Double Daisy, Oxlips, Cowslips, 
: ie wou re likely to fail than ubr purpurea, Arabis ina, Geum 
meceed in a empting it. Sry from seed, Hyacinths of ious 
jp Melviong this, then, we will suppose the plants to > Grapa do., Jonquil, sig aro, various 
been ien and successfully removed ls 1 cod bearer while young. In the northern and eastern | Porivinkles, ‘Viele s of nica kinds, Crocus sati 
ee lr n February they will be Mad. t to counties it is quite hardy, and does not seem to re- 5 plants of Wallflower, Orobus ee Adonis 
$ kot in M May. » "Pre esuming 7 s = 80, pla quire Li ike _the Marie Louise and Winter Nelis vernalis, white and blue Forget set tee Hepaticas, 
t rt} t Dogs’-tooth 8 eg: Pear, Peach, Nectari 
Dudes sce of proper aoe well pulverised — ys Almond, tw * Dielx tra, pink Saxifrage, 
mould should pr dominate in this—and in it prick aT Ee ree Anemone apenni n 
"- x c FORMING AVENUES. nemone apennina, Do. coronaria, Doronicum, Auricula, 
: EL inches apart. Keep close till Corchorus japonica, ma two colours; Jasminum 
e gradually harden off to bear full PRIZE an avenue. t is the noblest arbore difl orsythia viridissima, Coroni eronica 
I proper attention to moisture during the | ornament in an ornamented English Park. They say | Andersoni ‘and ee s un (water), Ceanotl us 
fina. winter they will only xd ire in a straight one is most orthodox A but, to me, an Cerinthe aspera, three kinds of Berberi 
1 Ex ped eather. 75 In the following of fer tothe appearance has more attractions, and l | Helonias bullata, Ge (Wood ig "EO four 
] ) pen g d, pre- | to the other. sorts of Pulm 
Viously me mias Ta ny ofthe beers Under i In o part of Yorkshire, an avenue has been the Swansea, March 2 22. 
Firm? nt many ts will flower | cl ll biferum.—Mr. Sim wisely 
B a years old; with the bes t management by destroyers « of 2 wireworm) as a roostin 3 ; 
; g place time | put asers- on their guard b y expressing a hope 
: — hands they frequen tly reach p at stat is that any Priory. These birds ES that this es un odit edem ToU X 
ati enn, We hav e known instances dling ble t] x t ho ope — ss been à 
E si the ding. of 6 ie Be 3 from mid- d October to the 12th of March, without Ae EI ina appe ti 
of rmission of one paced wiary night. ste 
those ein . ‘ely 3 ee iin He who can afford to an aven re. 
hne] of and ady antage of heat. Such m to grudge a few extra DE en in the formation of it, 
following spri 2 r boxes till the nor a trifling expense in taking care of it afterwards. 
treated ag ed an d e off in frames and | Before he — ns i. Te the majestic ornament for |i 
E M adopted s mel Th d fact this is some- | his groun d do well to call up his trusty 
` Practice dei those raised in hi t, but the housekeeper, “ Pray, |i 
- the Loss of time, A eee ed. Independent of | good Mrs. Bru: aca, tell me, how do you contrive to 
| Matted mot; a s EE d plants and | keep our house in such Apple-pie order?” Methinks 
Th iared pag "Won n consequence, are much puer I hear her say, “This, dear sir, has been r I 
tt course which > removed from the seed pans. | have man ged by hook or by crook to annihilate every 
e e ene the least obstruetion Hanoverian rat whic po " th 
their natural e other hand 3 Pees I have suffocated every bug in ms—and by| G 
Moner to realise ^ pe e the one to adopt as like fhe help of our tom-cat, I have succeeded x throttling 1 di E 
: That seedling EN tier very mouse from the attics to the lowest cellar." | of the of satisfactory, 
used bene E endrons can suecessfully be | Tuosmapssahla housekeeper ! cha fully explained. Let 
sn every one who has examined a! Now, in preparing for an avenue, let ni darn an sme : 
