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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 8, 1887, 
Mrs. Sinkins, have been i in the same way. 
The beds of whi te Pinks had 
ay 
Sab wel t 
last, and they ar are now m ng son 
pr hien nt snow is gon exam 
what effect the severe weutlier has had on the 
арос South Londo 
create a big tr in tre f in sui 
able kind, and as long as telegraph and telephone 
ires are carri ead poles must be employed ; 
but whilst it has been thought that iron offered, if 
st a more 
police-service wi yet d off e to the 
ground literally wholesale—in fact, far more so than 
did the ordinary d poles. Possibly the earth had 
somewhat corroded the iron, but if so, then it only 
shows the unfitness of the rial. It is worthy of 
ow Local Board insisted upon 
iron standards being eh as beir. more light 
and graceful than w hdi н sare. The danger of 
on 5 чуття by the side 
e of this storm, proved 
til the wires are carried 
rts will be resorted 
me considerable moment in the present 
D 
abl 
pre н» of the landed interest. 4. 
ASPARAGUS Forcinc.—If Asparagus roots be placed 
=з стам together in an ordinary three-light gerde en 
f upon a hotbed made of three parts leaves and 
one por long stable-dung (the latter being use a more 
to keep the former in position tha 
and then 
wt e fram 
ed by a lining of long dung or litter 
sort or other. Н. W. Ward, 
Heavy CROPS OF Tos.— The following аа апа 
the ts elicited f fiom our old corre to 
whom it was forwarded, will be found by or “readers 
o сонин #0 some valuable hints on Potato growin 
“In your issue mber 18, ulverwell, in 
writing ү ү yat ig cendi on the farm, states, же the 
roduced more than 
e bones are ыркы, 
кы ашы = o lie 
* In reply to = letter y b ым 
wi the 
the cause o 
. I have no knowledge о, và e were 
5 they were 
2. give the 
z omg in hi: a whic 
n REN ot r Newenstle 
wrote my | first 1 as I find it t has d done 
* (ue ней ا‎ ord to 
to stick at 10 tons to ‘the acre, 
nearer to to 17 tons. p cul- 
вой, is all that is 
i An E d " 
тыл усен will Soc tte look at my first letter he will 
e that the cowman here produced 10 tons to the 
ma and Mr. Towler 12 t i 
juin William Culverwell, Thorpe Perrow," 
STORING ICE IN SrAcK.— Those of your readers who 
are desirous of pé. а dens etd of ice throughout the 
year, can now do so at a trifling expense incurred in 
collecting, pounding it together, and stacking E ina 
shady place, either on the side of a slo 
nding 
ce proceeds, е — (heated 
i: stacking the i 
ose Be ould be 
ole. 
чї deu ee copper 
poured over it onsolidate ‘eee 
sufficient ташу of ice has been je to 
h 
vering 2 feet thick 
should be placed, and some of long 
к" litter, to prevent the зей from being blown 
way. This covering will prevent air from reaching 
the 3 ice, and so insure its preservation. У. W. 
EFFECTS OF THE The snowstorm of 
December 26, 1886, w gi te Tépilded as memorable 
in its ie dM ve effects in gardens. To this your 
columns have already borne жеөө: and I would add 
ms h 
a few item catalogue of disasters. In the 
rk of Chiswick House, Chiswick, considerable 
amage has been done. T ed ban 
a feature here—have been denuded of many large 
ches, as also have evergr Yews 
Many tall Hollies and Boxes have been broken righ 
tot ‚ as well as common Laurels, which, 
ver, are not of uch consequence. Th 
ughs, 
but those on the other side (the west) have lost low 
boughs by hundreds, 
bis storm. of December 26 will be regarded 
in its disastrous and damaging effect to trees and 
shrubs as one o e worst remembered by the 
неча race of кек old trees that have 
od for over entury о give way, tec 
to ; the weight of. snow and the pes bla st. Sno 
began n to fall here 
the 
valley, vy sheltered on all sides, made no difference. 
of large dimensions, together with Beech, 
Chestnuts, pots Firs, 
large Acacias, ore à 
storm. Conifers man of the finest in the country, 
ny cases nothing bu 
will. т. obliterate the dam 
mage done to grand and 
beautiful trees growing here, which the late 
storm 
dealt with so unmercifully. W. C. Leach, Albury 
Ta I 
The wreckage here and for miles round 
ds 
t yet; for whilst I write 
par: 4) the snow 3i falling i in large Me es, and 
ny of our roche ш, һа nage arcely as 
yet "ined their perpe r fro te previous 
storm, we have ووا‎ at hans wi long ere s, 
wooden rakes shake o: € 
to prevent тое reakage ; ебат С yas proe 
could not be followed in th 
elessness in not taking the 
۷ 
year 1886, and in which you will note that the snow: 
fall on the evening of the 26th amounts to 1:62 inch, 
e win 
from і the è south-west blew a gale, consequently we had 
are broken down, and lie Poe flat, and many of the 
bushes are destroved ; dard Pears and Plums 
have fared. the same ; неге Hollies, and Yews 
are flattened down, and until the sn ow disappears 
€: extent of the damage to these cannot be a. 
€ We had a grand line of Thuiopsis borealis 
—so wa dozen rti all except t three are 
wre nib in ext to th ' suffered 
- and em aaa ina lesser degree :—Crypto- 
eria japonica, 5 vus tag 
ай, сее маа 
be Pic 
ia йе, 
eaped m uni Tm of the extre s 
e Rhododendrons, Lilacs, and 
n 
of their wood ; lar 
of the 
same во as to be able to turn it to practical account ? 
W. Wildsmith, Heckfield, Hants. 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
PHOTINIA SERRULATA, 
We have a fine specimen of this ornamental shrub, 
20 feet in diameter, about the same in height. I do 
not think it is so generally known as it should be. 
posi 
fully for want of space, it would have m 
40 feet in diameter. It is seldom met with growing 
other than against a south wall, but our plant faces 
full north, and gets not a glimpse of sunshine through- 
out the winter months. It seldom blooms to perfec- 
tion on account of late spring frosts, although on 
much beaut d it as a garden shrub. 
W. Gillett, The Heath, Weybridge. 
WILLOWS rog ORNAMENT. 
Nothing in our home nursery is at present half so 
ornamenta] as large patches or breaks of the various 
Willows: one in particular, composed of the golden 
and sie varieties, is especially attractive, and at 
once rivets the attention of most visitors. For 
dampish реи alongside а pond or stream I know 
of few things in the shrub line that are more taking 
and effective in appearance, as well as easily grown, 
than these Willows. To form a series of clumps no 
plants are required; simply insert cuttings 
spring, and in less than a couple of years sheds bright 
colours will recall to your mind that you somewhere 
saw а note regarding the value of аё plants for 
ornamental purposes, and ems you strongly to 
give them a trial. 4. D. Web 
IRELAND. 
—— — —— 
анаа ROSES: АЛАКА, 
morni "eg post I send you blooms of two 
he stigma 
eae much darker, the bloom not so imbri 
and large, as you will notice, and the stems of both 
foliage and flowers, are spotted purple. They are 
both very fine sorts to cut from, and most most useful. 
just now, 
