t. 550 
PREPARING LAND FOR, AND 
PLANTING, FRUIT TREES. 
I RECOLLECT мч! a Fruit Conference at Chis- 
of Chilwell, in a Mn 
trees, while the cause 0 fai ure 
That non-success in fru 
In commencing 
everything — with it thoroughly 
well; and the nt points that must not 
be overlooked, bum moti: didi a suitable site, and 
r pare it; secondly, to purchase good trees 
of the best varieties ; and thirdly, to plant them well, 
is important subject, I 
cribe the ner in 
nec preparation does not always 
receive the attention it deserves. An instance 
is tice some years 
me у 
pple which were what was termed “ going 
— — а the nature of the soil, 
the e of the rd pt of bea pun 
drain 
spit being kept upon the — 
hard undertaking, for, as will be remembered 
soil was unusually hard. 
weather, however, had a beneficial influence upon 
the work, both by ae 2 soil m eni 
herbage; at the same tim t kept newly- 
cultivated land in a 3 d eae for 
planting, "i^ in order to counteract this evil, and 
also break the clods, a ee tar drawn by 
three oe was several times run rit. This 
done, another digging, this time one -— deep, was 
afforded, and as it proceeded, the turf well 
broken, and m the soil—thus a satis- 
factory site for planting fruit trees upon was 
prepared. 
: grass walks, the principal ones being 
10 feet wide, —PÓ 5 feet, divide the garden 
into six division 0 largest occupying upwards 
of half the Pris. “м paced on the highest ground, 
respectively with Pears a 
Cherries ; while the нике two, а are situated 
on the loweat ground, are occ by Carrants, 
Gooseberries, and Raspberries, The АР EN 
Pears, and Plums which are pyramidal and bus 
found to-day by measurement that man 
are 
. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
p e and bright red-coloured rind from 
(good indications of the p robable pro- 
rorem à abundance of fruit next Wr which could 
e the case if the rows were appreciably 
im 
г permanent quarters. 
this, the position of the rows had been previously 
marked out, with pegs at each end, and a line had 
being knotted to indicate 
n 
ny 
trees that required it were then staked, their bark 
being protected from injury from the ties by pieces 
f old indiarubber hose, and finally each tree was 
ul 
occupied by Currants, Gooseberries, and Raspberries, 
and these bad a dressing of decayed farmyard manure 
worked through the surface: soil, be men- 
tioned that tb e only losses that occurred in Bice: 
plantation, 
a few Raspberry canes, Thos, Coomber, The айе 
Garden 
Book NOTICE, 
THE GENUS MASDEVALLIA. D; the Marquess pt 
Lothian and Miss F, H. Woolward. (Porter 
London.) Part VIL Price £1 10s, 
es ч of this elegant „ are get- 
ting near the end of their did ord otice to sub- 
ton bara famed with the preaen tates that the 
mber (Part VIII.) vill, 99 1 is . be the 
will b 
it to say res with Part VII., the num 
and varieties depicted and рузай is 
to ewige the recent decade ee 
adi 
odytes, and M, vi 
exceptions, these are all species of the late Professor 
Reichenbach; and also, with two exceptions, were 
first described in the pages of the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle, Several are very rare; and in at least 
three cases, Miss Woolward ч been unable to 
obtain’ му record € the native habitat, which re- 
mains trade et—to the advantage of the 
importer, but seriously t to the disadvantage of 
в 
THE WEEK’S W ORK. 
THE тонни GARDEN. 
m JoHN LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool, 
ARAGUS ВЕ here As gro 
in in bed and the heads; are — in a green — 
„the soil above t not be more than 
3i inches in thickness. This "A p pow over very 
lightly and 3 so that no roots are broken, to 
break up the hard surface of the soil. The manure 
to be е should vary according to the mone sed 
нна : If inelined to be ntive of w 
-dung yn а small quant f ligh 
e$ 3 This СКУ pe x ч randy soi 
ches or: It the soil is smile raficeatl light, 
afford the beds a good dressing „. 
which will а the soi), and mid aff ord protection 
CHRONICLE. 
Nov n 9, 1895, m 
to the roots from very severe frost, Where a. 
surface of soil is kept a ps the 1 for 
of this may be 
Asparagus is grown on 
the raised mounds are apt to becom 
deep wil, 
dress 0 A 
thus grown will now be ready for lifting, Not may 
ens are provided with permanent forcing 
every alternate or every third year, and heated by 
hot-wates pipes or manure : ae athod it, no 
doubt, the beat, because the roots are not di 
the least, an bein g forced gently, they usually pron 
satisfactory. — on r hand, 
Asparagus - be org ре N ited planta pri 
they are stro t step in the preparation 
should be the ‘sizes — 2 wetting of frah 
atable manure and leaves. The m чег! ОШ 
or so. А pit of suitable size may be filled with 
or failing pits, such places as Cacamber «Т 
h le 
to rise too high, 75? is warm enough, b 
1 not harm them. sin 
afford what atmospheric heat m 
[1] grasa 
in abou € "o 
when pe is 
the latter affords a moist hea 
the bed, or the pipes are immersed in 
nderneath. Koop a stock of manure 
for refilling the pits. 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS 
est Park, 
LA LOWERING CHRYBANTHEMUMB.—" 
many — are required for cutting in 
ning, Lad ce, Ethel, col 
8 ; and the —— yellow 
