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lawyer tozwhom he wished to article his son, “ and 
yell find him an ig bear.“ Send him along, 
woods are expected to iei more than suffices 
for their maintenance as game oa и and any 
is can 
ev 8 Pen apii 
e yw this piss gained by skilful — 
ment can only be a slow business at the best, and a 
the present day, proprietors are generally ЕТ 
satiafi leave the 
as they found them ; under these circumstances, it 
is rather difficult to see where the asserte ted or 
Заррин demand for een foresters seca 
"Those who do want them are apparently under t 
impression that save rtising fos not pay, for ‘hey 
never express their needs through that medium, and 
those foresters who have had a little training in that 
e present, 
The 
e ESETE and the p 
ould never forget that he is still in the desert, 
ai no immediate prospect of getting out. When 
estate-owners want highly-trained foresters, they 
neither hesi 
of ktm Let him get as much — 
knowledge as he can, but he must not expect to fi 
utset. Such kn зоте 
proud of а well-finished protégé, but the latter will 
find that certificates and diplomas will not be 
ccepted as substitutes for a aes in as pem 
field of practical work. When an appointment has 
been secured, and he attempts to put his — 
ideas into practice, he may find obstacles in the 
way that he little suspected, and be compelled to 
tread in the empirical footsteps of his predecessor 
ter all til — regard t wooda 
them, or in 
-managed woods — add to the 
ahort of impossible, and the technical training of 
foresters pure and simple an unnecessary proceeding. 
Every now and then we 
on «concmie principles, 
but at present such are in а very small minority, 
A, C. Fos has. 
VARIORUM. 
= р APPLE. oo is what a 
THE GARDENERS’ 
planters in some parts of the States: — The Ben 
Davis ain't an eater. It's a cooker, and its crop 
never fails. Aud the Ben Davis never rots. 
with any such nonsense. Bruise it if you want to, 
but that bruise will simply dry up, and that's the 
end of it. The rest of the Apple will stay just as 
und as ever Ben Davis never freezes. 
Or, if it оа frecza it don't mind it, Freezing 
doesn’t affect it in the least. It is just as solid after 
it is cooked as it was before; it never falls to pieces 
and bec 
the dios von and the fruit canner. ве having a 
big, whole Apple placed before you, and, when you 
taste it, finding that its flavour is that of the most 
luscious Peach, or juicy Pear, or Apricot, or Orange 
or anything else the hostess has seen fit to make it! 
That’s where the queer Ben Davis Apple comes out 
strong and metaphorically =т= ка socks off all 
e Chicago 
an uck on this 
Apple and ii genus, and buy it at any 7 It will 
keep sound from one picking season to the next.“ 
THE Wzsx's W ORK: 
UITS er eee GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gar Goodwood, Chichester, 
PO Es. — Supposing Kis Mas the vinery has 
been 200 filo o 480588 order for the season, and 
everything is in readiness, a start should be made 
forthwith if ripe Grapes are required by the family 
about the end of the month of April. Before 2 
them in the vinery, wash the canes mar oap- 
suds made soap, to remove 8 EM 
— have collected in the crevi 
ully remove a little of the surface-soil 
t end of a potting-stick. 
It the ball of soil and roots be thoroughly moistened 
fore it is top-dressed, but little root moisture 
will be теи һу the Vines а they qe to 
grow. he plants should be nged in such а 
manner as to mm. up the pots гент the trellis, and 
t thi севвагу х ир 
over the bibis which 
will also allow of fermenting-material being placed 
between the лот The forcing іп the early stages 
must be very gradual, fire-heat being — only when 
the temperature of the house is ped to fall. below 
D0: I a great assistance in inducing Vines 
“ break ” майт, to place a bed of fermenting-dung 
and leaves inside the house, as it not only gives off a 
e bent down 
h & manner as to check the flow ef sap to the 
if once these get a s in growth, 
therefore very nece му to watch the development 
of the buds, and to take eans to ensure the whol 
of them “ breakin 
4 
should be i 
ventilation only at e p The canes M алу be 
twice a day, and if a nig ture o 
e house can be ‘kept from falling below т 505 with 
the use of the hot-water pipes, so much the better, 
for at least ten tas or thereabouts 
EARLY PEACHES,—The earliest of the pot trees 
which have been prepared 
teak N мү these ae than with Vines 
during the ges, as any great degree o 
excitement often ‘eauses ‘the buds to drop wholesale, 
must be carefully avoided, and the trees should not 
lack water at the roots, e trees should be 
syringed twice daily, and the does kept humid 
damping the paths, walks, Ke.  Draughts 
should be guarded against by affording air only at 
the top of the houses; and sunheat utili sed as much as 
v closing the house early in the afternoon, 
When fire-heat has to be E E should be of 
CHRONICLE 
[| NovgMBER 16, 1895, 
injury accruing to the 
forcing harder geting the days get — 
is more sunlight, 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By BAILEY Wapps. Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York, 
THE ROSES ee эр weath 
et 
ones, and thus а prem season of Roses 
BEOS OF BOURBON, CHINA, МО88, МОВ 
OR b e the r of which 
The stronger shoots may be pegg 
and the w ones removed, dee pru 
these Roses should wait till the spring. 
HYBRID = е —Most of ey 
vere frost, an 
ni ferred 
hard 8 much loss o 
Roses — always 
and the voil deep and rich, 
LLAR AND CLIMBING n 
ы: — Roses are the Ayrshin 
evergreen varieties, the Polyanthas, 
Banksian R 
planted against warm walls. 
should now have the weak and 
ts thinned out, half-a-dozen being 
away at the base 
a pillar Rose ought t 0 ‘shan 
RIAR ROSES,— The new Lord Fer 
hybrids should not be forgotten, a8 their 
colour, and form of ра 5 is 
chen as hedge plants, and as pillar Roses the 
The present season is the time to plant 
STOCKS FOR BUDDING ROSES NEXT m ) 
Dog Roses, Manetti, — Brian, эй 
pn should now be Yo The back 
of the Dog Rose should be 
— them. The — pes i: inl 
2 * standards of various heights, i 
fee 
THE HARDY ЕҤ UIT GP 
By W. Рорк, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Mes 
PLANTING FRUIT TREES. "e 
T now be — — with in am. 
dition of the lan when it is 
€ ‘ticking е 
In planting have some tarfy 1 
a barrowload or two in about — “roots й 
