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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 19, 1995 
absolute death to the plant, but nevertheless cripple 
the attac i 
shoots, and partial barking of the stem, throw the 
gro young tree back for several 
years, and where the same thing happens several 
= in succession, the plant may never become 
ore than a stunted bush. Such injuries sit all 
pw plantations are liable to on estates where 
game is preserved to even a slight er only. 
are many estates, it is true, on which rabbits 
n 
served, the rabbit usually succeeds in pa hg 
himself on a permanent footing, thanks en 
parative quietness o 
waged by gamekeepers against 
atoats and weasels, In all planting operations on 
game preserving s, protection from ground- 
me is consequently aP the first importance. The 
ordinary method of providing this protection is by 
ire-netting round the area to be planted, 
With netting of suficient width and smallness of 
mesh, and properly fixed in the ground, it proves 
sufficiently effective for areas of a few acres in extent, 
so long as the rabbits are kept within reasonable 
numbers. But where they are allowed to increase 
unchecked for any length of time, no fence with 
which we are acquainted is absolutely impassable by 
them, or succeeds in keeping them out of a piece of 
ground of any size, Like schoolboys, they manage to 
affact an 
or other, either by burrowing beneath or climbing 
over like cats, while holes in the netting make their 
places in which the netting cannot be properly 
placed in position, The great disadvantage con- 
nected with wire netting, however, is its cost 
acre of nd cannot be netted round for less iia 
£4, even when we only allow 4d. per yard for netting 
and labour, which is probably 2d. less than the 
average cost, ith a large area, the cost per acre 
could be reduced, but much would depend upon the 
shape of the ground. It may also be taken into con- 
sideration that the netting may do service for more 
than one piece of plantation. After, say, five years’ 
use, however, we usually find that the best netting 
eciated 
has depr 50 per cent. in value at the very 
least, unless special care has ‘been exercised in 
ing during erection and removal. Under such 
circumstances, 3 the use of netting in 
economic fi mes absolutely prohibitive, 
and we only find it . where game is considered 
neg deggie aim in view, and trees merely as the means 
end, Several mixtures or tree compositions 
— are offered by the trade share the same dra w- 
back as netting, Their initial application is less 
costly, perhaps, but anything gained in this way is 
lost by their r temporary efficiency, and — cannot 
be successfully a applied to small plants of less than a 
foot in height, 
With the above facts before us, we are forced to 
ink 
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planting practi- 
cal il men know this only | too we, bnt fe + from the occas 
perm favour benighted Albion with bn erg 
whose opinions on British h forestry are seized 
8 daily press as gems of erudition, the fact is 
not so patent to everyone. We do not assert for 
one moment that sport and good forestry are un- 
planted woods 
ct of ground-game during the Ta five or 
estate; that all or the majority of young woods lay 
close together, it would be possible to keep down 
rabbits in this vicinity without interfering with other 
portions of the estate. The absence of ground-game 
on, say, one-tenth of the total wooded area, would 
not be a great loss on an estate of average size, while 
it would permit replanting to be effected at one- 
third of the usual cost, and give far better results 
than is usual at present. 4, C. Forbes. 
THE WEEK’S W ORK: 
KITCHEN N GARDEN 
* . LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool, 
— During severe weather it will be = 
al RE, not well provided with plenty of pits 
protect the salads. Endive — Lettuce that ee 
put for use and were unprotected, I fear will = 
be useless, Lift Eadive of both sorts every w 
transplant them into boxes,and put them into “the 
-house, where, * not kept too moist, they 
will soon blanch and grow tender. Chicory and 
Dandelion should be Fh ah into this house also, — 
will be especially useful if Lettuce are scarce 
tuce in pits or under handlights should have liai 
p 
nclined to heart, they 
may be tied up for a week or — before use. Mus- 
tard and at should be sown every wee 
POTATOS.—The pits should be prepared for these 
at once, Tenis with a little stable-litter mixed 
th them are the materials generally used for a 
purpose, better if prepared beforehand by bei 
mixed and afterwards turned once or Dart 80 that 
when they are put into the pits the 
moderate, A depth of about 4 feet will 5 suficient, 
and when well trodden it should be le ft 
ready add about 9 inches 
of good rotten loam, aking in a litt 
e 
end in boxes in fine leaf-soil. ting may be done 
soon as the heat in the bed declines to 70% Kee 
the tops cool, and give them all the light possible, 
each year. The 
practice of sowing Radishes between Potatos I do 
not recommend. o be grown fairly 
well in pote, filling them rather Bito than half full 
of soil, placing one set in each pot, and earthing- up 
CARROT: 8 frame for these in a similar 
manner = doe get 1 Potatos, but the soil for t 
shou 
ty of light, and — 
pear thin them a little, and dust 
* to protect them — bem 
sie at ~~ ‘of 55° to 60° should be kept up, 
nog BEDS. 
d 
sed — 
, the mats will keep the ia icht sie d light 
m the 1 when sg work is bei 
ing it first and 
14 pee in 8 
Well to mix with the manure, to make it o furthe 
ut ripen lenty of d 1 
— e y good droppings is at hand, 
kvi AL WORK, —If ice-houses are filled 
seein — cart all manare (during frosty . 
on to v t ground ready for trenching or diggi ing. 
— Potatos for cooking purposes, and rub off 
all sprouts. Onions should 
PRR gar E be looked over for 
— 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. H. SITE, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester, 
TEPHANOTIS PLANTS which have been ke dy 
for a time, should now be taken down from the u, 
and all weak shoots removed and the stronger 
shortened bac Afterwards the shoots sho ad | $ 
thoroughly cleaned, and if infected with mealy-bug Í 
given a good dressing with Gishurst's compound or 
safe insecticide, Para 2 
2 oz. of er if carefull id 
be found — 1 etu his m y used, will 
tinuously m 
some sharp mid: 2 removing the 
from the roots. Afford a good watering with chi 
eis and ee on all favourable one 
Vat 
wished for, mor 
required, [Euchar these large 
properly treated, and the soil never so le PA 
are bes 1 rbed for four or T 
longer. 
nancies is a convenient time for 
ina — of cuttings. finest shoo 
put them singly into 60-pots, and plunge “4 
propagatin soon have strut 
place on a belt close to the glass, and grow on. 
BEGONIA.—A pinch of seed may now be 40" 
for early flowering. Use well-drained pans frt | 
urpose mpost 3 te! loam, 
peat, and play of sand, Pas 
sieve, and fill the pans to within "half an inch of tit 
E 
soaking with w When 80 
should be sprinkled over it, and covered with 1 
Should it be i 
necessary to water before the seeds germinate, i i 
pan should be placed to the rim in water, 80 that i 
ma epe 5 below upwar i 
CELOSIA.—Sow a small quantity 
now, in ollana hallow pans or pots, and oont 
the seed lightly with fine soil, Place the pans if 
the g a4 
have made their second leaves, prick ‘off into at 4 
pans about an inch apart. ot 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS.  — 1 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood, C Chichestet at 
FRUIT. EES IN POT trees 
plunged in ashes out of doors during the antun 
ill be well in the case of frost to 
some bracken, leaves, or other light m: 
pots, to protect the e ots and the ri 
pots. Where the 
protect py rae Ke. „ it should be t 
that the 
the borders wil 
ea should be ta 
dormant 
PINES.—If the. same stove used for 
is required for the summer ones, any P 
pr 
plants on W? 
