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Jawvanv 1, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
19 
FORESTRY. 
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WOODLAND DRAINAGE, 
Pxnnars no department of the forester's work is 
20 feet, 
as the soil is damp or otherwise, The 
size of vm ditches may vary considerably, but in 
ordinary plantation drainage they should not be less 
than about 20 inches deep, 30 inches wide at the 
top, and of such a width at the bottom as to allow 
an ordinary etis shovel to be 
inage is beneficial in the case of established 
woods and plantations where the languishing appear- 
ance of the moss-clad trees tells but too plainly that 
the soil is sour and surcharged with moisture, and 
en twigs 
em, or flood- 
General scouring of ditches may 
likewise receive attention, but if it was done in the 
summer little work will now be required. 
Urnoorkp Tress. 
may be taken to the timber- 
yard or other convenient place. Also get rid of the 
once, Here we on : a wise policy to 
have in the home nursery a pecially prepared 
trees of large size for T in dons Ее їп the 
woodlands as are caused by overturned trees 
аге em 
ardor and second, by raising from spores and 
planting Them] out. 
‚ for even with the greatest attention, 
1 transplanting is the exception, In raisi 
the Bracken all t is necessary is to 
of removal to be outgrown. e thoroughly esta- 
blished Bracken spreads rapid 
The present is an СЕЕ time to make or 
renovate game coverts, the 
s are shot through, when d work ma 
taken in hand at any time, rgrown patches 
of Privet may be headed over iid [A otherwise 
within bounds, few things being more detested by 
game gene rally than such jungles of underwood. 
Laying or copsing of the Privet may be engaged in 
during mild weather, this being a cheap and efficient 
method of extending those cece and also of the 
Laurel, Rhododendron, and most other free-rooting 
shrubs. . It is performed by bending the outer 
branches over till they come in contact with the soil 
at. about half their length, nt which point they are 
firmly pegged down. A. D. Webster, Penrhyn Castle, 
Bangor, 
HEATHS. 
Tue late Mr. jk of the Tanne Place 
ieri who over thirty years ago—then a hale but 
man—was Бади n апа affectionately styled 
T ^ the father of propaga to say there was 
no more practical aint in poems out a full and 
well-rooted pot of hard-wooded Heaths than a pot of 
Pel iums from cuttings, erme: was the 
predominant feelin ч the mind of many who heard 
vh во, and the sententious remark, 
wing how to do it, my boy ; that's 
the difficulty," which usually followed, had the effect 
d intensifying rather than dispelling the feeling. 
must be said t 
to make on the 
ho happened to raise in his 
presence a question of difficulty in regard to pro- 
cas of this class. His intention was to 
induce men кы think and observe for themselves, 
knowing well,as he did from long experience, that 
unless they did so, any amount of talk about rules 
and methods of ce would be futile. 
My purpose in introducing to readers of the Gar- 
deners’ Chronicle the above dictum of Mr. Fancourt, 
practised the art in this or an; count 
emphasise the necessity for individual effort on the 
part of the beginner. must start, not with the 
to the propagator's art, which is the idea conveyed in 
the phrase “they are difficult,” but with the convic- 
tion, that if there is. any difficulty in the matter at 
in 
to be close to the дан во ав to enjoy the full benefit 
of subdued light. 
The bottom on, which t 
ifficulty from frequent 
is poin 
watering will be obviated by tga to this 
each pot will require to be 
+ covered separately 
with a эн other plants may be grown in the 
same h 
ouse and ventilated as they may require, 
without уча to the cuttings provided the 
tempera: 
тонон and draug 
re be cool and steady. Fluctuations are 
ts hot or cold should be 
prevented from No m the cutting pota, 
Tue SELECTION or CUTTINGS, 
This is unquestionably the most important point in 
connection with the propagation of Heaths, Nearly 
every other operation ma 
this 
a prac 
rightly, The foundation of success 
may be performed 
by order— 
requires experience and a 
tised eye to do it 
n Heath 
pagation really lies in the power to Ан when the 
cuttings should be taken. 
sees in the shape of patchy 
hard drop their leaves, causin 
of the ill results of bad 
Most of the failures one 
y pots or 
tributed to the circumstan 
& blank in either 
ng ^ 
which is the beginning, but not always the end, 
selection. ‘The evil is apt to 
spread if prompt daily attention be not given to the 
removal of every cutting that appears to be affected, 
It is necessary, t 
the 
Some 
herefore, to be extremely careful in 
selection of the cuttings. 
have attempted to fix a time for selection, 
i to 
of every variety of 
Heath are not all ready at one time, and even those 
deed aes АЙ эр to be taken 
When the 
= the same week 
shoots have ceased to إا ما‎ their points have 
acquired a tolerably 
to take the cuttings, They should neither be very 
hard nor ve 
the 
former, though they may under 
but 
firm texture, is the time 
ry soft nor herbaceous in texture, In 
latter case they will be apt to damp while in the 
shoots y proport rtions that 
well rie to p see z while dier — 
+ 
are the х ttings are 
this is a point t that must be determined by the 
All 
cles or variety, 
I desire to impress би the render ls that short 
xe vm 
Qu nud OF Nui Vie Msc a Trini 
should wea hegre ne вуче 
in 
che pramis 7 Ericas wimitiedly ae But it is д 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
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