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siart together ; and thus for the һе Tulips one must give | any other class of | plants, co uld be e grown in n pots. [The y ; | established in lands natura Пу “suited to the om or made 
cer a wide margin, while the Hyacinths and | might be shown with unripe froit,] Taking Vineries | suitable to them, should fail as I hear they have — 
Narcissi are more matters of calculation : agoodmonth|in general (at least in this neighbourhood), I|Ithink the failure has arisen from one or o other of th 
or six weeks їп the dark is generally а fair start for|think half are more or less failures every year; ollowing i eople do not procure sorts suitable 
(heir roots, an after that, another two months orso|no one a — to write against the cu alti vation | t to their localities and circumstances." Some sorts will 
without any forcing is likely to bring them out. They | of V nder gl admirably in pn locality, that "i ordinarily do 
ht be in a warm place otherwise, а few days at last, siena the sivo а зо, the mode of cultivation, is | noting in another ; sed this may be the case even in 
if backward ; and a friend told me the other day that blamed a o crop of Grapes. Orchard | the sa e pedon ‚ Some sorts се Дода e c clay or, 
фе forced hers successfully just to start the buds,|houses are new p ngs, heir management is under- | аз we say, loa alum s and properly speaking, this 
afterwards removing them to a much cooler place. ў f pidly | is the аа. soil for both Roses and Padus 
] write of these things however so very early just increase, and. he who cannot command a good av — whic hi n many respects аге converti ible terms ; some 
now, because of the great charm ofthe little miniature | crop will soon be considered a poor garden th 
Hyacinths, and ÉL I am myself very fall of plant- | present it is very unfair to severely m ame а ч for | this is what I m n by circumstances. 1 Кы how- 
ing white Roman a ink Parisian Hyacinths (dwarf itm. in a new mode of cultivation which he had no | ever, Dei in tis m: Yet terraqueous” оодо, the chief 
flowers of this had. o cribed as very fragrant an SOMME. ОР Mom during his Apprenti. m | reasor o be ese, —the rotting of the oots by th һе 
very early flowering, and the оге of which put up a Mr. Cox the first year his Peac d 
| great" many flower spikes. My own ambition is to|from Mr. Ev vers fruited well, but —- failed since; | which gave the frosts the power of biting the roots ai 
| fave these out in blossom the first week of December,|he is now convinced *'that Peaches n pots anuring and water- 
and if this is to be done it must be set about soon.|only for a year or чо his is E singular con- | ing the plants aar aae h after cropping las b yerr, во 
Т do not think that for growing early flowers anything | clusion to come to. e his trees dead or dying, ble tl f roots 
generally better than silver sand. I o|or unhealthy? Why ould they fail after а yea sary to fut cropping, which this cold wet 
nnm t pene any changes in their two? When he bought his trees Aeg) fruited, Because | |spring, ovon with een manuring, 16 was impossible 
subsequent arrangem We can » very easily wash they had been well grown the yea them to do. Mulching, this last cold spring, in 
off all the old; sand d let the roots twist down into | them—have they not failed since becanse i improperly | places where the sun does not rise and reign all day, 
some new shaped dish or vase tha we want to fill | managed during the previous season ? If his марко раси. off what little sun there was. Hence, аз І — 
with them. The bulbs should be b mis vd hs) dry | be correct, it proves ре Lear trees in pots can only | heavily immediately after cropping last year, ап nd а! 
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sand at first, or, in any case, in su elg fruit once and then rn out. In 509 r Musbet | get. no о diroot sun till it is over- -head, or going down Й 
1 the pots ог E. are porous an uis is a very ADM id tter fro A. Wheat 
floor they will in this way quite sufficient moisture, | Rood Ashton. #5 the bye е, where is Коой A Ahia E straw, in то that е gs might be warmed ; and 
and as they begin 3 grow they ш rf un watered;| What a pity the counties are д given by your por" |I AS $ observe, that no of the blis! 
and |I think that]|when grown p" und he bulbs z respondents; i it is not gau. e who knows where | of 
best uncovered till they are far ute ced. us Hendon or Rood Ashto are. No doubt the pipe ће | сго wns into their roots. 
not seem however to matter very ТК eithe у. mention dag be зай i - eras cases, but I think | у I will not даш аз буы are in ordinary гаад 
ht to be kept pu lo in - dark, "а һе сап similar weather whilst good sorts; every o e of the sorts, which, 2 fol din ng 
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E ht to the lightest place they can hare provided e where expense is an object. Mr. winter and spring rains, cropped hea vily. ^ The 
The Cyclamen работ іѕ апо! g sorts referred to Apoy wintered чарне Бу, сайат 
о те epotted i inn ce rich porous soll. This is | Orchard- im: trees with success; ; I hop et n » blo omed most pori А and forme d their fruit, 
st " ation carefully, failed vila: member what man has done man m y|! ut from inj to a 
as though. it likes regular eno d mp is quite fatal | do." ’ of Cambridge, d ees in four | t. The онн гену Strawberri ries, put Дуе 1 
io it Leaf soil and sand, ог a "5% of sandy loam, | years ; а as he not deny Mr. Rivers keeps|did not of course expec cb to do any Tk here 
sems to suit it well, M it is one of the most|his trees alive and байв Man also, still he has given|is also another reason why persons not only 
exquisite window plants we can have. Ithink it will| up the attempt. I really do » oit, if he has|this yenr, but in favourable years, have failed, 
be well adapted to the out-side window plant cases, as | managed them in such a way that у. were all dead p first take a crop of fruit and then allow 
it is not ж of much heat, ikonet "frost of course | in four years; they were Sardi th pl ants to “run,” and that without giving them 
would in its pretty flowers, as they come out so | their miserable tn I send y: ou а anure or water after cropping. 1Е а plant 
у. my house. paee tuinne troes ve most ot the m a that is M wenk i is so pu 16 will never more s worth 
The miniature Hyacinths, three of the | ѕіх or seven years in pots; they are many o m 6 to a farthing. At the spring i the year, disfruit all 
smallest size that holds them, Scilla Жа m 1 ne high, А Wo mos E рег c5 health and jme k pan новь and they will at 
planted in the sand, and Van Thol Tulip: «зыш ев ving int, шры а ача Es Mes nurser: m 1860 | once. by pah and r To you next еа а 
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er, would probably be beginning to dover there ME Be ау заед for а E etj eb "iy or bois d ash (the peer ыг: сеп of а Straw- 
; it seems sometimes too that гун ings as ing, and tl.ey wi wi rry: Cow рл ins more of it than e 
Auriculas and Anemones come on as if by | all last summer. We also up ае | manure) but їп 97 places out of HS where Straw- 
s in autumn if watered and looked [^ and | that had been planted in the open bor ders and p otted | berries ar е grown, such liberties cannot be taken 
us са if preserved from frost, and T see that firs ЕР ate cultivators 
el the result is we have „only half a crop of fine | with the best soils for Biota Шү by trusting to 
The pm "blue Lobelia i is one of the indoor Pat Peaches t this: year. Seven yea ears is con sidered апауегаде; | Ма теһ dressings, failed more or less. Whether your 
that we A - fail to 9 о keep к for autumn dress i Upon or Ж "iet бе take care to 
filled with sand а s, b i 
stuck all Es with its little inch. long gem will 1 10 and ke Mu жыз. Tanners off immediately 
perfect nurseries of beautiful ШЫ -piant "tos f the next 20 years if 1 live so d E» Peach qe cs eii pat I dress after c ropping, also in mid- 
we know where we are,and these eal be devoured by red spider every season, root| winter, and usually — at the spring ; but Án first is 
treasures for our autumnal window n. а г through the pots into the border for. months, and | the su: re ke ey o of t In nclusion, 
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plant or Verbena. ave found it myself do best in | o ing them, or зт: other i The Queen, зано сна Filbert 
silver sand, shaded, but with some air always. An old equally inel or injurious, and there is nothing | Pine, "€ Mt Pine Apple, are the best for flavour 
servant of ours used however to strike remarkably | surprising if the Sy gems irr m and die; but the | and шаны, n ut they cannot be grown even with able 
pub of A by planting the cuttings of half | person Tao has care of these unfortunate trees|treatment in more than mt gardens out of 100. In 
in s E and poran limes m y tha! Qui half dead, 
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a busby Condos еа m ts boughs. са lien Notts. [The photograph из ана а long | leaves v dense green. I merely “run” her there, as it 
This is one of the plants o edid ought, I think, £o | narrow house full of trees in EM health ; and pho- | is wpa uad s and birds. Тһе soil is rich black land 
well rammed soil to grow A: though of а a togas must tell the truth. |. xed with gravel and resting on gravel. She cared 
mndy шге. 1 In some „parts of Eng land where i it | urnum Pone —It is generally known that | m one кейп for the two last winters. I have just 
the seeds of Laburnum are dangerous to life, yet the | sent 170 s ue ndid plants to France, as they will have 
н towns however І do not | тее is a favourite with most people, and is cherished in | the Queen, though she is i у aa Put her into 
find it stands any exposure well, and the cuttings | pleasure grounds, and about nea She exem, m soil that e ps and the to all 
о best in a northern or western make their plays under the trees. In spring f four ds tl will ill be. ЫК ө 
bees Where they could moreover be shaded by lite while the flow wers are n pretty, but Enim crowns of. ашу, Малага will be. Ма: up Tt 
ресто glass. Ihave struck а great many in a | soon spot ils the green of the leaf, E autumn fills з the softens the wns and promotes premature niu, 
Жаы pe тате onas caeli ui ES уала нат. у ч | on ora е somos. Tho gents Pragati- 1s, 
е top, only the lower оп cut still play beneath; when at length one o them takes up | w desee “ hardy." 
of, without bruising the stem. E. А. M. Е pod, shells ont the seeds and дав with them as Abico Ch wel no gend aure wal at al timos, 
would pes with r four peas out of a Pump in hot weather ашу hot climes. 
iled from the gardener or the cook; in less than If fine fruit be your т aim и word 
ome Correspondence. a а dn hour it is sick unto death. I describe You Lope reg umbi! 
lad Mr. Cox has given a | what befel a little child of mine yesterday, who was Disappoint your hopes, and make your jaw drop. 
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Py f se results of his orchard-house ma management, | so nearly lost, that I have atoned for my own neglect Take this advice, and you will never « 
ject. caused others to write also on the same sub- | of knowledge hitherto, by sacrificing every Labürnum Alas ! alas ! I've got no d 
po If all all those 1 who have "| any experience in this | in my grounds to-day. Surely death is apt to be near W. F. Radcliffe, Rectory, Rushton, r Blandford. 
d ad cultivation would give as candid ап account enough to the children without providing a perch for Fruit Showing.—Being present "at i tbe York Horti- 
Уе management as some of your correspondents |him in the.branches over their heads. H. G. С. B.|cultural Е h Au was - 
done, we shal have a of in- [This warning i is well timed. The p oisonous quality of find in “the Collection of 10 varieties of fruits," to 
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wil E cultivation which has terminated in failure | one should invent a means of preventing the Blossoms | Grapes were admissible as five of the ties ; 
more {һап a history of successful | setting their pods.] also that only one moderate sized bunch constituted a 
"Ane nins t Strawberries.—There are three very good treatises on | dish, so that “ the Collection of 10 varieties of fruit, 
advocating the | mistakes ^ You, Mr. Editor, when | һе management of Strawberries, whi ре im the|consisted of five varieties of Grapes, опе m 
i i ember | order that I received them, viz., Mr. Underhill's, Mr. Melon, one dish of Peaches, one dish of Nectarines, 
a persons wrote and spoke against the possi- | McEwen’? " and Mr. Саі; "stil we are subject to one dish of Cherries; thus making the 10 varieties. 
^ their being so exhibited, and yet we have abnormal years, which, from the failure, as I hear, of | I shall feel extremely ob! or your opini 
Жолы вее wonderful rose trees in pots with 30 to 50 | Strawberries s this year, even ма er able hands, and in Bc varieties of one kind of fruit should be 
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jason the fruit falling off, peopl ыдан uld have no more | fail when no per established, or when mot proper], ens, South Kensington? five varietie 
dier Pepe this mode of cultivation, than of | treated, in such a year as this, does not surprise me; but | allowed, why not I entire colleetion of 10 or any 
|I cannot help asking the question, why Strawberries lother number be made up of one class of fruit? вау 
