May 4, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 561 
remark may well be applied now. Gardeners are 
put human, and it is quite natural a they should 
have as much of the old Adam them as the 
members of any other profession. 
The grand old gardener and his wife, 
Smile at the claim of long descent,” 
Too often, owing od ‘an unhappy word” spoken 
a heat of temper, long years of faithful . 
been for an accompanied sometimes by 
eee regret. 
ur author, aſ er giving good advice on the rela- 
tion of gardene rs tu their employers, proceeds to lay 
p to = — of abou t 
much. o manure is to 
This is a point that ought to be well 
dressings, Canker and other ills which rm trees 
to may — ered be caused by roots 
—the gumming which datos or 
disfigures Apricot trees may be traced to the same 
cause as often ae unsuitable soils, Mr. Collin ns 
r as the very best month for 
ee Ha November late, and gives 
to the manner of planting. 
trees to be planted 44 yards asunder 
if a Vine is edn be . between r but 4 Scan 
only if there nes to be 28 7 to 8 
high was the height of 20 
Covering the roots of n 5 nted trees, he in- 
sisted upon, but could . of nothing better than 
sto be rem ape 5 — 
rial. 
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author was out in his reckoning in his Nr for 
nter pruning, it 2 did og Sh occur im 
that cutting the young wi k to 
must be cut down again, " leaving not above four or 
five shoots, which he says must be cut back to 6 or7 
inches. The third year there may be a great — 
shoots a yard in length, and now says he, you 
“begin to form your tree.” After the third — 
or four other growths, a year is gained. 
taking the Peach and 3 
trees down from the wall once a year or once in two 
years, * “ cutting out some great wood,” are pa 
lent. By this means and by judicious pruning of the 
other Rah he obtained good healthy trees well- — 
nish hed w with hearing mosa 8 He says, it 
the nature of either Peaches or Nectarines 
bour’s trees, but th tr 
produced were, he considered, uneatable. For gum- 
reason of this I take to be, that this tree 
being a free shooter, doth not strengthen in its root, 
nor thicken in its trunk, equal to the first head 1 
carries, therefore blasts for want of suffici 
but once cut down the root mighty 1 the 
trunk or body grows thicker, and better able 
protect a young top. I 
and blaste 
result of — — ven as such is worthy 
of attention. 
He next gives a chapter on “Summer Pruning of 
Stone-Fruit Trees,” which operation h 
begin with about the middle of June. 
The planting, pruning, and training of “ Pear trees 
ally considered. By this definition 
he means Anya mee The facut of the trellis- 
work trees, our 
sala arad shoud 2 pla shed 24 feet apart, and i 
will make a —_ 14 feet in 
lists of — are interesting. They are: — Of Peach 
, eee Ws ricots: 
„ erdrigon, —— ‘Meme 
Imperial, Orleans, Mussel, White Perdrigon, Violet, 
d'Or, Apricot, Cherries: Dake, Carnation, Black- 
h Red-hart, Amber, 
Orange Bergamot, Barre, Green Chisel, Black 
Worcester, Amadot, The list of fruits gives us an 
idea of what were cultivated at that time. 
Collins also writes learnedly upon Melons and 
8 his ideas being tinctured with the super- 
eo — lived a 
not free r re aai — fay nar aan aae 
intellects. will after 
being kept be years, as before sowing it must 
be steeped in some soft body, not corrosive, as milk 
or mead, eget seed should be imported at le 
once in three years, else the fruit will lose ‘wip of 
its colour, and aoe more of its taste; and he con- 
cludes by sagely observing, “ I know it is said the 
steeping of this seed in 2 sorts of wine wi 
meliorate the taste, but having made use of this 
experiment, I can assure the . — that it has no 
effect.” He tried at ia sorts of tee in the 
culture of his fruits, many of them interesting. H 
y choosing several Melons, 
set about the same time, — that ering some 
of them with what he terms “glazier’s glasses, 
evidently bell-glasses, and leaving 2 exposed 
ier by a fort- 
on tiles, those on the tiles ripened e 
night. Great pains were en in pro days to 
grow fruit well, and also vegetables. Mr, Collins 
had plenty to say on the culture of “ Colly-flowers,” 
but forbore, as it was the A B C of gardening. He 
had them re ford till within three weeks of 
Christmas, J. D 
HOME GORRESPONDENGE. 
THE CHISWICK VEGETABLE SHOW.—“ Kitchen 
Ge is vn kind to fire my m cri 
of the sc f this show so much notoriety. 
— — — ohne read wet I had written 
of n schedule’s ot Pome If he had 
bs pren have better und the nature of my 
isappoi t. Perhaps he is one of the persons 
1 to ‘aie Wi “two eminent gardeners” who 
framed the schedule, and 8 endure —— 
My critic * unkindly to the fact that, as 
member of the code judging 2 I have 
thought that those were esteemed w. 
occupy such a position, and and. specially en = age in 
oe 
frami — 
rmulated 
A . a body as the Royal "Horticaltaral Society, 
WHY EMIGRATE ?—The paragragh our cur- 
rent issue, about orp vege “A of e but I 
consid ad in any 
I ased 2 acres 10 poles of 
finely-timbe ent for £41 5s, At this 
price it is freehold, the sit n attractive for its 
ural acenery, e soil 8 * oor 
any cultivation. 8 its near 
t and the metropolis, I peg fi think the por 
ies could offer nah better e price, 
matter of great importa at gar- 
! | many 
very little capital, simply By enter ed application 
to the needs of the local demands, and there is 
certainly room in many di ns for expansion of 
home industry in cultivation, f: A, Notman, Forest 
Park, Windsor, 
LAXTON’S ROYAL SOVEREIGN STRAWBERRY.— 
awberries raised by the 
variety — notice bids fair 
to — them — Plants growing here 3 one 
year old are looking, after 1 — winter, marvel- 
— * and robust. his day . eight, 
ne, and in some instances 1 as ten, good 
bold 8 of flower on each plant. Of course, for 
flavour we must wait; still, forced fruit of it is good, 
Ie eee T 
at que. 
ee a misfortune,” Tah Ti = cay "sg plad fo 
oung man ee e tted fi or bette — 
mands success. 
far more practi 
18, Ladbroke 
N GARDENING.— —We must all 
gratefa o ie e. his — Of the 
value feat in 
to „have, as be 
p. 527), an no doubt — oe 
it was better 
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