314 THE GARDENERS . AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
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in less time on the greener and more succulent portions. ) great gardener w e Grapes are always a shanking, ] 
And 
whose Chie uae ‘eine in his Ch erf Rouse. 
NF er r while grafte so j — a es Ims wil =e Whose Ca mellia 120455 ver or — he [wi 
hose — if ens graf. is | tuml "S UR . I wono erw oen i SE 
io d under Mr. Figg fire will be ady € By di ime 
sald give 1 work. He the d caret stirring it with thoi 0, Dour ig 
by name Reuben Hard- | boils up again. When it does so ha Spoon until i 
third 
rarely unite dide t 
ks wz ched to a rx Bh) 
when grafting i t 
artificial Lus altogettier, the hg abe 
deferred for a month or six ter was a S0; à - d i i 
hand, for his aunt was rs. G.’s and | a Vet it si me —— i 
af an nae T ould be at te ed à d. oe Pi a peus an industrious young man, I asked m facts if I -a pint, after which it must be — reduced to 
0 i take him on for a few weeks; 4 1 y Lady to free it from the scum. It is then red 
M À—— and if he is not "afraid of not at a the worse for a tablespoonful 2 
ON FORMING AVENUES. | work you may h n, for Pm afraid that poor| being added. ie may be eaten with toast, cri 
(Concluded page 289.) Robert—that was a Lie man ie: — his By browned. It is essential to 3 that these 
AxD now a word on the selection of the trees; and with an n ever be fit for gar arde en ork a should be attended S Ift Pee prise be pati 
another on the atm n — Before your plants are more" My us al o the peor =) bli adu en t 80 it i if the à 
bought 1 a sho ＋ the nursery where they | her. So one day ked R ut vinti vit managed 1 oa 
grow. If their last years sot are of sufficient length, | Mr. Pigg did zc aie eia k ; Clitheroe 
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admit them; if not, re out; and he n me that he kc in » the Fiera: im The dre § u il The 
The consciences of ode ser — en to the south may be with a dibble, sh ved them in and stampe ed the earth | Wednesday : std Thnreday "s C 
hard round 'em. š was singularly damaging, it may bei 
straight "mae for aught I know to the contrary bt 5 t night? Á pens says Reuben, | record what ‘early plants suffered ‘an A. md 
ised | “ hss id they were jets enough, and didn't want; and | fall of b 
en the foreman mentioned one day that the roots | the 30th ended in a pa = ial thaw v OF rain, and wa 
> all is em up in the holes he told him that it | lowed by at. least vii frost. The following 
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^ dodi fio brought them in waggon- -loads | 
e e to my labourer, who received them, yw cinths jedes o like Mr. Figg. 
n ^ yd for my master ine on a 1 ima, in full bloom, 
: e poor Fir tre rees from year to year des ene t Might if it Bn beti well Worked; Hast MT: injured ; its flowers must be the 
are not worth th nursery. On a cut as deep as your spade, drawing the ec well hardiest known. Early hy brid Rhodod enon he 
return home, — What bing had been 8 bod | forward, so as to leave a nice appo Meses to the d 
me, I ordered the greater lled | cut, slanting a little towards you. ady b R ee ei, badb und 
fr wood. i re mixed with a little E nid. Then wed, tough. Bot e R. ciliatum, in f 
à exorbitant 
— of ii 6 high, were obtained from à rumm a ow, whic vas m 
The f Wel 1 says T, “when you have to turn out Dielytra spectabilis was crushed to the gromd ai 
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As 130. ad ^an ‘due in the nurs ursery- | silver 
a him his choice, go down on your right knee, and with your left bloo “Dont od in full growth 
t to e d against me for 137, or to band lay the Hyacinth against the back, pressing it| were erushed to oe groun A and some — — 
ja — He Mie Wee eS Dad to forego | gently into the mould so as to give it a little hold; a by the weight of snow; but I cannot disover 
th i an al : Ps 
don' ith your rig gle b „ 
= the roots straight and comfortable, and put over them | were absolutely so encased in ice that it was pulled 
€ wi : i 
ys to a nurs 
your own MR and see it put into yo D double handful of the sand and mould; then put off with some difficulty from each individual bul 
‘eart. Then pay your bill: leave half a crown ^m that the border till every-| This applies to all Fortune’s rarer varieties, a$ 
beer money to the men, and order your man to depart. hing i s placed firm, so itas psi Hyacinth can't slip. as to the old Moutans, and I t| ink it ii 
Lastly, the atmosphere must be considered. If Go this manner till your roots are all planted. to note it, because from their appea 
vitriol works are in the neighbourhood never think of | Then dy ely. gently, wie Aes whole line the mould | morning after the frost I thought their recovery in. 
planting an avenue. Let me add, that I consider e border, mindin keep the top of the possible. One called Ida by ppp 
establi and gas works NM inches below us rface. Don't tread them | early white one, is the most tender, but even this 
eousis to vitriol works. They are all of them | dow of means; give them a good | uninj buds of ali forward, 
The climate of e emg th milk-warm water till the soil is a ani er. been 
d (just except at the sea side) has always been ; then draw a little loose br over the puddle | I suspect they would have suffered more. Apricots s 
le to the growth of trees. But now a m and the job 125 done. Afterwards yon must * big as Walnuts were totally estroyed, and the m 
i e has taken place in certain districts. | mething to por frost, “hoops covered wi th c pil one tly much injured, ning perfectly — 
an e towering ers of smoke and do very well, id T bro pe Yulan (conspicua) in , flowers 
—in what are termed the Seton eed. mat made ty soe forwards well over ihe 20015 or destroi H . Soulan brennt flowers just expanding, T 
p. e boast and the bane of f tl f that Only mind to give all the air somewhat i injured, but not destroyed; Laurstimus n 
el ben tibet fertile 2 that ever the eum | and sun you 3 ; J. N., Sevenoaks, April. — 
me upon. Steam, the grim promote: ont do harm.“ When R got Pla he did 3 ill prol ive from various } of the | 
spe a d sudden death, palaces and gode Seam 5 toa him, and his Hyacint} very good | 
7 — riba Lord — of Englan m 
is 8, Flora and Pomona 
dn tly pale. Th ition. better 5 "i Hom e Corres spondenc 
t of poor Po Mother n" n Phaéton, ash | Rainfall.—As Pus ave been favoured = the records | er 
1 set the world on fire Mos n driving. of Dalton's gauge up to Dec., 1858, I venture to send | hon 5 
called aloud to Jupiter for help, and said sh an abstract. The result is curious :— een shut up for 1 
e as ocated— z | Total mean rainfall xs years .; 26.01 Pereolation, 8.06 | made my first stroll over the ga 
: rao terius tolerare vaporem, » n essi 26.82. „ 11.20 tain what ‘mischief has been ri 
n pee en e * w 5 years, 1840 exposed to the north, and whew 
: tng aon Ù hea ao there vegetation pls oi hr her » » "ea d jim the pred EM "S 
= ” 6.88]. . te ‘ 
: du be , es ne of black; follow. „ i. s yenen, 1350) dim mI just where this draught is 
„eh. habitum temporis bujus habe.” 1854 .. » 86 | weathe: 2 m 
(qa Vales somo favourable change takes place, the lands gy ni o” ui MR REM CIL sa 
ha — 1 soon ae unto The bei t nn in the period and the minimum mich hangs. os Font rera Fue low 
nr province Seythia, described same 4:—Rainfall, 18.27; i 8 
“poet — ; Phe iiini 1662: Manta e Mean pe a 
tellus,” colation (1836), 17.75; last E rainfall, 20.50; A Mus he Chrrysanthem om 
21. pereo- of November ast, which settled the collect 
lation, 3:21. As fr what Mhi 
d you of rail m p 
any one who Knows anything “ra m cuttings in a niglit: ong ~~ caen ie ast, Le 
n $ 
Such + 
illo rho: eva la t E * in such a e nose made t ^" 
Vuleany Ceres and F TIS recollect that Flom and | and permanent, There can be no doubt that — tive poet LIT 17 i 
„ t been know e the stock 
do travel hand in hand: d here HÀ ud stock of — — v 
Waterton, Walton alton Hall, N ery V ald replaee it all. J. C. ©. | rather moist but d are Mae 
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MR. GLASSES GARDENING 9 n eee Lig, which hei unh 
j 27. More about faded — —— th in one Dictionary at least (Bailey's) bs 
how to rund e Kaen E venen rm told her | word what oai otherwi i bing in one 
have e been on aisit to the Mano sid she, “T| you Bailey's definition of the wor 
you. know there is 
erspoon, where | en 
ae d TE garden, and a eve i ok ae oras E 
3 And on id Me. Fig, the iden, | Samal i ett into d Bos is ^t seen A 
very sucessful s È 1 the Hpyacinths; simply "ihe putting oatmeal or flour i Hee ee 
but he said he had tried your 1 d and it would not im 5 * — it is 
to t 
! ‘oof 0! 
in the icd on't. Your Ladyship knows Viane eating oatmeal will fin t 
TU qua "i vadens a OPER jue, ere breakfast that can be prepared, and which 
ace 
m ET : y DEN: in my Lord's big one; oce ect igiene ja E — 2 Pe ae of peut order under s warnt d 
Figg ers pie éad of By Bit that he can't | grateful flavour. — make mil a r err | te pr gehen 
lasse, ls dy T Lady, and she v walked into ofA ap am nd witer it it is h " 8 
wa twas a not to follow lithing in the following manner: 
3 3 : i spootiful of ; : 
thinks I, that Mr. Figz is the, it a spoonfal - 4 " 
