Jory 16, 1859.] 
— UG. A proper e overing ring for 
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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL 3 
abov re, and w ith the syringe, whic his the — 
as to the 
rs, “ zine sheeting or boards,” induces 
— Grape grower to offer some remarks upon 
in — fl precept NET inculeated,— 
“keep your Vine borders dry. s pr 
all trees, to tree s 
| in the orchard house, or to tree trained on rh ellises. 
When so — one operation w uh not kill all the 
aph ides, r in one of m uses full of Peach viel 
+} 7 R 
e 
in very many instances, to 
their utter failare 2 dee Four years ago 
eated b anted 
u were = Mace before the swarm o 
them or every was destroyed. For tt e oi diam or 
C 
605 
eous plant. The 
— the corpse ; thoi . 
— 2 the coffin at a 
The May Queen Si 
tion to petraa the 
raise a con ecting i 
tlemen of acknonla edged experience have given their 
e, hear presume, euployed 
y be su pasito to have 
Gisl 
on 
any other kid of ig ew on Vines the 
pound is 
I built a lean-to Vinery, flues, , and pla: nur remedy. Early i in J une some ie Vines own, | d feel constrained to make a few further — 
it with Muscats and Fr — The bo rder was | gro owing asa and first I should have em cet atany rate that bud 
— — the plan of the late Mr. Crawshay ; and I| in the y tinent, and which for pared extended — are ad of s uch m as Mr. — 
my operations in a decided state of hydro b 1 fG . Turner W ould ce ^ c farti er 
phobia I was much disappointed with the poor has been €— became covered with the oidium. The variety 
pro- 
ooked at them said they had not water enou gh. 
I cut rae down and the 
once 
summer I was devour spider. utumn 
I cut the Vines down half way, and washed the house 
= with sulphur. The eos being — inside, 
running — — —— llowi spring I watered 
the inside vedi, am d the outside 
twice a m 
spider, healthy foli age, and a fair E “of g 
I was 
general rule as y applied. T Rivers, 3 rth. 
keeping Vine epe — but it must in every cas Dipladenias.—I shall feel indebte d to any of your 
vary a the nature of the soil. „The Vine, ene seme or to any one who grows Dipladenias 
as much as nt for a few working hints. For two seasons 
d- | aat c, E are ovd of fruit. 
vere syringe d the — gered oz. to the 
gallon; the y see evere, as some of the 
| shoots spanat to be killed. The ey have now + ontio rely | t 
I should —— 
| only 3 the gallo 
es Ra aa ok wil, the oidium to 4 apply | it e 
— 2 the detriment of the raiser. y 
va zo experience tells me that it frequently requires 
r three seasons to devel he — fa 
— variety of Strawberry. Whe rst 
1.48 
instance, the 
The Vines 
were — 
sulphur failed . —— est i 
ba 
t almost aep I have never yet 
in preference to 4, and if o received Cuth ill's —.— of Wales, for 
v wi me, and the ere not 
berries on a — which were 
arret by the oidium us year, and . sour, sak had no good quality — 1 
progress, although years. d the 
and ben of the Com ly t im — 1 
| finest crop of handsomely shaped frui agi 
plant annually in well Konohe, well manured 
any p 
saying “ Keep your o v dry," it soa ner be 
“Let your ‘border be well drained; E vent wa ater 
or more mine "e$ tQ n up some half n: healthy 
ee begin ckly, the fo liage c implin ng a and 
ound, 
the Pu plenty of = m, and I have now 
ble 
ning yello spo! 
whereby they canker 
e shanking 
and all other evils; 
or rot, and so 
and if so, you need not be afraid of 
—— “and thay. are now leafless except at the tips, 
which are oe ing to die — 2 wish to know the 
degree of m he tempera- 
and t pe 
most . to their growth, 
crassinoda and ps geni An id why is it 
n " 
lthough i is not 
| discarded altogether from the dessert. 2 , the first 
season I cultiva r. Rivers's seedling Eliza, I was 
so much disappointed vit. it that had I not seen the 
variety and tasted the fruit on Mr. R.’s own und a 
S g 8 — t decidedly have dug it 
up. The ud year was little better, both as regards 
the first and second ; but ever since I 
have ha o difficulty whatever. I have always 
water. Istand — 3 feet of reddish loam, follow red proper soil, the 
by 9 fen 9 — of "dive 
my fruit be 
— they mus M »- * wean manured 
Having experimentally come to this conclusion, and single pitcher, and t 
observing that the roots of we ne are in operation | it right to 
during winter when beyon ch of frost, in a in — 
M - I procured a quantity of strong manure | A 
consisti t gud sewerage, pig and cowdung; and "Hihododendron 
adding s ^b short litter to make it hold together, I wA ofsoil for Rh 
ered my borders nm * out 18 inches thick. | a 
The winter being m mild Iw: — e, but it 
without a 
the Sarrace the same? And is 
grow the —ů— inoit a bell —— ; 
and smaller Australian Pitcher- — 
kept two years. 
s similar instanc 
Soil.—I am about to la — 
ododendrons, — have close at — 
ent bog that à Services consider — exellent for the 
mple I 
bottom ofthe roots. Icom — fires 
— — when — Vines had — y indies 
e borders etimesa week. The vult i — | 
that Lh I * as fine a cd as Was ever van € 1 dou | 
if 10 shanked a mode. ei: 
Hi 8 
U do I 
e wrong; bu a 
na 1 il was held to be highly —— 
belie 
on | season. 
ra- | ance witb Mr. Nicholson, but I can readily i imagine I he 
ces which w 
show that no grower, be who h 
I have not the pleasure of a personal scquaint- 
1 j 
tion, however, has led me to e to the 
of ns. 
" 
ul contrary 
the case 
po usly to , lumps of clay in 
ich ir 
I think I 
iy a say, — from my my ikram with him, t that he 
Us existed "b nda antly, seemin 
ent Pa 
bant if ho h 
good a titel ——— and the 
— vp his — be Ps WE Seyen he need not be 
gly 
soil which is a soapy bog, “devoid of |" 
"m Thos. Canson, re eee Ha ni. Noi bs rit e " 
July 8. [Bog earth is no us becaus se of 
man — 
The — Queen I find, repor' the s Cottage 
Gardener” of June 28, w: exhibited — Mr. Turner at 
the Pomological Society o — the 23d of j une, a either 
covering of sore Fern, or litter, 
— is all that is 
mmy p In ud Paper 
to be informed w 
asa protection: against | 
9, . 
We have here 
ears, but 
ened 
H. S. 
Paper of July 9, dor C. 
tree 
commotion. “The best soil à M Bun peat t from an e 
commo 
ant, w two years has 
ver qms may d p v» found in 2 ro 
any im mportance as as on the exhibitions. 
h produce 
is spring in v sandy loam, 
shaw have already e. their econd g 
Zinedon Hall, Northa pionshire 
i — of | 
rowth. G. Archer, 
stages o 
<j 2 tlie aye gre ‘a the year |t 
an especially 
a MonimoLy position, its 
green shining foliage blotched 
ing an excellent - effect. 
roun a it cannot be 
during winter, w 
bright 
yellow ha avi urnishes 
with a own. 
thus dee 
frui tmini have been 
oo or I must set the same j 
lor the British Queen breed „ amongst all its acknow- - 
good ; € à ds —— said to 
mà firm and solid fruit. Now, every one — ien 
this variety must have found that if — — any dra 
back it is that the fruit is soft and te: eran excellent 
y. ert an — its 
cockscomb shaped, 
ply furrowed, and bel but not € favored. 
it, will 
in | flowering plants in the ope 
: co 0 
scarce duri Whee mixed with 
rome ze ÁN a 
ring the rea months. 
fea n flow 
s an edging its effect is is d. striking, 
Er contrast with rivi Geranium 
xtremely a tive. When ever, large ute 
Mon ge Ta 9 as they soon "wil, it will form a first- 
rate v: ase plant, and placed. on balust trades, associated 
rege 
s it 1s | colour 
think Mr. Smith, the raiser of 
rts less fa — or 
an this. ere is 
2 "berry that presents a more even, 
uniform —— which with its beautiful "bright scarlet 
and I s — say rich piquant flavour, render 
trawberry so uniqu * 
srg: — MM a first early sort like the May Sam 
o posse the attributes of Sir Charles Napier, or 
sized 
following I found et all - bi 
bf Bo a few, —— were alive, a it nee as Eon e expe- 
with CO-W: ‘water I knew that they would i in 
e e 
with the liquid, mesos BE 
"Mack fiends 
highly 13 to the ock- 
work it thrives well, tof 
this kind ori gardening; and it rid ja me = X 
Th 
eye of of taste. On mounds ofr 
rhet Triv orders for a second d ipping at 
the proper time. On the 28th, ies more than usual 
— in my | Cherry trees, I looked over those that 
natural position for it. i 
vhich it fill, and which diio E 
ere is one other a 
induce its extensive pat ronage, a and that is as a hou 
sapat a. I have watched the proceedir gs of 
the Pomological closely and with great pleasure, and 
have 1 found — reports and its published 
ran — Ta as far as I can judge 
very ardin ing; if the May Qu ueen is pronounced 
at oncé (and d oet waiting for a further trial as in 
e of other kinds) a small coarse variety, 
e, and 
plant e for halls, vestibules, corridors, wi 
dra pss s Ke. It st he 
r 
+h 
aphis left, ' 
e diee vemm. 3 of last 
eg 
had 
as 
destitute of flavour, either = Sonet ety must 
een in error on this occasion, o: must have 
E two or te fags ad then die d; 
mbuel with the vu ced seemed fatal | 
diu mes du trees with the 
— Plum, and in my 
young 
to aphis life. 
ban shown which was grown — unfavourable $ cir- 
to soil or sian A r bot h. to its 
1 `} 
recap w 
J 
14 the 
9^ to 
| for five mo athe daring ü the winter, poe although = 
a degree of v 
blue aphis 
bardiest and — to kill of all the race, were 
n in the Cherry trees 
undeteriora ted 
ts are still there aF Bones vigour 
| by eight incarceration. This | 
seal cále whethe: e X five e 
r | able season, * at a 
St sabe — 
y een 
ut in a i 
are 
the same wa; 
pear “has survived. 8 Some Rose 
th Rose aphides (the uer young 
— m^ of sap, and I never remember to have seen 
at and thriving batch, w Mem sth: a 
mt. 
made to highly — — and secure it a 
slave 
in every mansion cy — cottager’s window. R. ^ 
Strawberries — 
that barat senw ii 
to suffer j 
of them 
ing pron and plump as 
IM shoo Hy — ve not been 
rown | you 
when 
the 
ay I know what et of — year is 
to apply it? J. B. H. [We sh cues y in the spring 
ust vues the Strawberry plan ie tepionia ng to 
w. 
| cUm of VE ar and Human Bones. —I send 
—€— € atter found adheri Seat 
eens’ 
— 
uffield Churchyard. The body had 
as the bones € m = 
re. 
tow 
lias — its appearance s pres 
Th before so tem ti seem 
out death. There are these — 8 th 
ompound: by dipping and the brush as described 
to 
modes of using the liquid | 
he stuffing — a pce 
used to doe dé € remains sub- 
He says, I was 
me short 
f| Mr. demning the May alter 
i eto atrial. I wonder that he “of m — a shoud 
not have known better t! than to plant a a firs y Stra 
ead steady. 
us consist of twigs of the Tree 
| leaves — to them, and roots of some kind of her- 
| that the reverse is required for such a purpose. Besides 
