THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULIURAL 
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GAZETTE: [Turn 25, 1809 
or 18% ie wá not ready when | there has been a gradually progressive increase valance may be maintained b 
our 1 of Soe rs left Melbo the number of acres br ought ‘under vültivati on for bris as e J Peach tree, Ria etween fruit 
The t table given + * r. ANDREWS, the Wheat—the great agricultural 3 of South with mere topping as s as thee not "m 
Editor, Mts the po ulation, number of acres Australia. The advance from 20 ushels in 1838 | flowers, and with pinching ofl here is plenty of 
under cultivation, and proportion of acreage for|to 175,865 in 1857 is mo sidere his is Their method ih apad als afterw, Wards, 
every 1 00 of the ‘population, fn the year 1836 |rather mor na bushel and a half per head, so | of flowers is visible they to h as a cluster 
to the year 1857 — Ds t ou ia is rapidly b a Tag e- to the cluster, so that the Pa 1 down 
Delos. iid ] 3 | Proportion. pendent of other countries for the staff of life. It the stem. The effect is that sap is i erminate 
b See j^ is moreover bser a large part of | impelled into the two buds next bel 7 immediately 
15 m 5 : 1 crops the colony now produces is | w ich immediately push stron ly p^. cluster, 
nd ed d | E n exporte ed, to the value i 857 of than ce another cluster of 15 "i presently 
d Pw 48 | 45 | 700, ( 700,0007., as is seen in the next Table oment these are visible the ach to Ai The 
£ 4,6 2087 in NC UE c RTT 
1841 No returns, 6722 } - | Ds ates, - Agricultural. | Horticultural: | Totals. belong is also topped down to thei ae ae 
19,790 | | -— [even RTE 5 — : ti x ed be 1 
23, | = ir out dwarf bushes not abo Lm 
29,007 | | | abus songs ig In order to prevent their falling 18 inches high 
| | vis 6 | 2568215 | string are stretched horizontally alon aan or 
| | A ; | 19 1 as to keep the plants tolerably right fis W8 $0 
| | 21 0 37,230 to this all laterals that have owers; 7 
| bs 33,205 1 the fifth topping all laterals whatsoever ae 
| vil 73,211 ff, In this way the ripe is directed i Ted 
ut g 216,006 fruit, which acquires a beauty, size Yd the 
3 etm b lence unattainable by Aes means, and — 
466 0 240,480 A— that 14 lbs. ripe Tomato : 
1674 0 558,415 is no ve 1 es per plant 
3299 0 704,781 Baws b I produce; ; even 16 Ibs. being 
thirds of an acre tovide d for ever m 1 ; 
d y T adeed Grand total during 15 2,729,777 4 bbs s t 
ot T salle d ation of the enormo Under the head of ** Agreultaral” are N our climat maj de dM: pec ^ bere 
pr T * ^ — m e t that time; but that | | dour, W n aped Oats, b n, pollard, ay, its pr inane. is es dispute. Five successi . 
as confort ur «à “ery P. head | Maize, a ind malt; under the head “ toppings are more our short summers will 
lation, nearly 236,0 edes «d bos he si a al fait mee wine, plante, roots, and re except in t ^h t dry places; three we 
d 490, s g either | seeds should consider quite enough; f } 
pa or ar igh, instead of acres and three What a tempting prospect is thus i to | fourth and fift 8 "ode dus b bx 
"t ^ a small Potato-field. | ever, sinu eene praetieal m whether | the spud of T EAS there is littl bility i 
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í e ,000 acres above 8000 were excelu- | husbandmen or gardene —who find it im ossible of s h Jate fru ittle probability 
SIN a. by garden stuff; as the next to pei i digka uz s it Erde | 
e explai 
[acini old countries. No do E that in S. vdd quantity of ‘the highest ‘als that 
Gar le i Au stalin are sources of f wealth s more important | our soil a sab li hi 
Dates. and ine- Other i than hol «p » cies which 
Orchards. | yards. Potatoes: | crops Totals. pit-holes,” and of gold, grows bes country where thet a heat 
E * raa mud. rises to 109 pee does not ti AY 50°, vit 
1897 4 5 m pol nd so will * be with British Columbia, E mean in the warmest month of 
- 25 : 20 " | 45 mineral wealth of which promises to exceed evi 
1840 +e M E n 2 the fabulous — f Californian Sessile: ON SOME 
1845 m = 456 456 wds are cking to the gold streams there, REMARKABLE PLANTS OF IVY 
ES 840 T 228 To during every possible hardship in the search for MEASURED AT MONTPELLIER, AND ON A NEW — 
1315 ToL: f 397 115 alth rady ade. But these crowds must be| METHOD OF EMPLOYING THIS SHRUB IN THE 
1846 $06 ad: — : 1090 | fed and clothed, and the purveyors of the neces- ORNAMENTATION OF GARDENS. 
15 e: an m : n saries of life follow clo: e miners’ footsteps ipm 
- - 219 596 à 2115 and easily share profits wi: em. . bome E CANDOLLE has described an Ivy which existed 
1850 1372 Le : m ; 2570 luxuries and the e mnes forms of imaginary uo near Montpellier, In 1814 its base was 
1858 »u 410 TS Do 1285 — for of what acl is gold Eod for -whce 6 feet in cir — MM proceeded two large 
1857 2501 NUR EH | = 8178 lit can procure? Fine clot thes, fi ses, fine iu — a ight vu 6 E , 
I 50 2 397 8084 rag eJ di deli i: es > square metres; its ATN eig as 6 metres. 
One of the most striking facts in this return dem — / en : 5 pat in | This Ivy was blown down by a hurricane in 182 s: 
the extension of Vite onilura. The Vin Men dn wilder as in the north :Pasi&o-oiti ne ad tun The climate and soil of Montpellier appear fa favourable 
1 in sep embraced only 112 acres, in ^e 7 with pad e m of "justico and of legislature that | i anr ood of — arden der 39 n 1 o ue ; 
ro bee vba fw a mE And in the opin not in 20 yea uro and in fen erence, but its age is " — this is not the ease i 
ys e will doubts. E : den ey. succeeding | | 2 à years mo will be talking of independence, with the one I am about to describe. On demolishing = 
tity. i4 argely to the qu — an mir vies “like South Australia of — ng | Some revious to building the choir of. 2 
— S "n n e wine is at pres millions worth of farm and garden produe thedral, an old wall was exposed, ich had fo 3 
Wélieved p European consumption ll be readily the ancient monastery of the Penn 
Ni xr t Vins EA nd Ay are perfectly WE are asked how the beautiful TOMATOS, 2 m e by, Urban Cs An ocenpied. b ybe en : 
the wine will mend with us i à Tit K dye 3 in the > French mar tkets and so o much fine e sesso de ot ‘planted 3 ue 3 ERE y 
Was poor at ; ear ike e 1 1 f the faculty. At Om. 30 
ie L „as regards its Sauce made pe m ti em is J ' 
Ras it it ane rank by the side of the The obvious answ E paraply betten At the the Ped geen ras rete 
80 in 
sare eins ater mem ee Fade eti Ge [ie t M b DET 
Tomatoes. ertai fait n f ne 
be SUE PAR — ati Bo mare e as 1 Me influence the quality nm dn . — The LB ceca over r the uie Ed 
steadily and rapidly in quantity is uantity : moreover climate itself is not the height ‘Of which is 10m. bu ; vii 
must m did. a that South Auetrülin | aboot beyond reach. Management has doubt- 3 with the top of the wie is n: 25 in length; 
colony. Nor are the — wine producing | ‘© oo a this as well as in other cases much to do | it Presents therefore a s of 126 square me 
WE ati ts pearch uf € behind A | P "ult. 3 space much larger than — eee by the Ivy 
; the i: rowing th ean. If the wall were h her, t 
8 y better suited to the Ats seem to re quie. o discretion) Bri ums 2" by the Ivy would be still more considerable ee: mir 
ok a “Bl E now talking |^ arly, RR a it in the hottest place that do the branches rise above the top of the wa in 
1 described as a magnifi- | and keeping it f p A. SAM. O04 thy he roof of the amphitheatre w 
cent sor seeping it from night cold and heavy | abu ime to time to 
5 5 to the rn 8 . ripening; these points are ts against it, and they are cut from fg posed to 
although it should i 5 understood by experienced men; altho ni well — their entirely covering it. It is 2 
bother side of our hro icle, yet ‘we prid in di the | be Abs ie that the i rien à A “oo pt to cipality of P Monty. pri . e. eh 
neglect the aj of Montpellier his projects 
(cm xime thie 1 IRE the the Horta in a pretty go Qe ow place dirais we ae Ailes 8 onis "enin most co cnet Vae 
jec ANDR from H e miles | Presa venerable, 
prepared the re following table : ee tola mer ad = they were stationed at the I had fancied this Ivy must be extremely vt 
x Ice und EE A wall, and left tosprawl over the when a lucky accident introduced me to an 0 d gardene 
—— M | Maize. | Hay, Ke. Totals. autumn s e wild things, with no pruning, and n —.— MM ard, 71 years ay who pi - the slowing 
—— — j n:—At the age of 8 or T 0 years e 
we English practice, in the b 4 — ‘his euh in planting a a Nut- to eo ot 
= — unobjectionable; nor indeed does it hen he noticed a young plant 
aterially differ from the French Be a it ivy doing o the vn all: he spared it, and it gradual 
agement, T in summer | increased in size. As the child became à man he to 
o nail t. to a wall, or to lead tmm in ighbouring gardens 
em over slates, is right ; Pat to th ead | pleasure, when cultivating the neigh Hasch tho 
on banks, although it answers peg ar down | in seeing his Ivy gradually d the wall, Tu wo E 
gardener in vary. Vieni dry 2 1 ä et e about 1833, and finally pass 5 D i 
not to be recommended in pri n E Resto E M most, 8 
quality is more i priva ens whe pom to be about 65 years old af mpoed — 
as the fruit of . ee inasmuch v arkable instance of the imee ri dee? iready d 
r. Is co to absorb animal matter 
ain or heavy rb = A. Which. i em rn Um 
e kept . 
8 were published in the i . during 
ka th sit ci er a that Ted tion th Soi are qui te particular cote jed there y bones and 
eir 
i Plants, so that as nice a} taken from some catacombs in the e neighbourhood 
