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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jaxvany 29, 1887, | 
WILLOW GROWING. 
Formation AND MANAGEMENT OF Oster ВЕрз.— 
Not a few persons labour under the very erroneous 
and misleading notion that, in order to cultivate 
Osiers successfully, all that is required ма = — 
ttings i —Ü Fenes r mp, о 
d that is да тм 
зар such pede аге as absurd as 
cable is well known to every one 
who les did the matter ; in fact, the three great 
secrets of successful ранын сэр are—first, thorough 
preparation of the grou ond, planting with 
only the best kinds of ‘Willows, and such as are 
suitable for the — soil and e 
it remembered that 
etn 
ost NE. 
Tue GROUND AND ITS PREPARATION. 
Where choice of situation is to be had, as 
nature is le, more ри if this be a 
naturally moist, pes alluvial в . Again, although — 
it may not ty, ground that can ' 
be watered or kem 
over such аз cannot, ze dug e 
asional flooding of the Osier beds is 
productive of the very best t results, 
e situation, the nex 
retentive nature it will, therefo 
, and that to a less 
will soon be found out after a died of 
the ground h e, for no hard and fast Ii lines : 
can be laid down that re be applicable even . Close 
A to wem comme Amps as when allowed too 
' much and bushy; 
in a few cases. are to be recommended, 
these being of such a width мА depth and plis ak 
‘such distances apart as 
‘dry, sweet state even during the 
weather. Trenching the 
18 inches or so should next be engaged in, all ob- 
efull 
most unfavourable 
чну іс cked ; 
more particu larly those of the Couch-grass and 
Bindweed, or Wild Convolvulus 
` Tue Best Wirnrows ron BASKET-MAKING. 
When iti is stated, and that after careful computa- | 
tion, 
cultivated i in this country for basket-makin 
sie’: choice will seem 
eally valuable and preferable for 
profitable planting. The most generally cultivated 
most vigorous growing of basket Willow is 
other i 
and only 
and grou ülik 
m France an igi 
have vey E ka the 
profits of "Willow gx g in this country, and that 
even within the past Аг years, so t that at under exist- 
ing cire es it will be readily enough seen 
‘that not terials but the best syste 
t must be resorted to to make Willow 
ES 
growing э all: remunerative in this count 
present time, EET m 
rength | 
overcome the 
; is this, that a heavy coating of farmya 
will be | 
the case on most estates, that of a low-lying, level : 
П has special advantages : 
e dry summer | 
; & ton, or whatevi 
db 
, be apparent that 
complete drainage should take precedence of all other . 
A operations, or = row 
will preserve the ground in a · 
und to the depth of: 
enumerated, bu those given . 
e the best ` 
еза ! 
Maxine AND PLANTING THE SETS. 
nerally 
The cuttings, =й веїз аз {һеу аге more 
һе о inches to 
termed, may engths пое from 12 
18 inches, but a iram betw 
about to operate on, that of a 
rough, lumpy texture iate ery and stronger 
-— where the land is level of surface, as is likely 
о be the case if a crop of Peeves rim own on 
en ground previous to cropping it with Willows. 
It crags likewise be по — in passing, that we Tre 
i ste und preparation, by firs 
taking a ai of Potatos or » Turis Fais = ie 
good results on several small farms in the North of 
reland. e Potato crop, especially if Se free 
from weeds, leaves the ground in a nice, clean, and 
level state y receiving the Willow sets, and if pro- 
perly looked to айе rwards, d at the right time, 
ground so ева will cost but a tls to keep it in 
crop from it 
rd manure can 
better be applied, the good results of which will be 
apparent on fone succeeding crops of Osiers for a 
number of 
Good одаг sets ready for planting may be 
cured uem any respectable Willow grower at ‘bent 
10s. 000; we have known 208. per 1000 paid, 
but a tolus as well as cheaper, 
may be deemed sufficient for Ме 
г 
ground to be planted, of the Willow rods, and hav 
upwards in length —commence at the - ends ofthe 
r and wi e 
1 ds; while the vend sorts may be 
planted 10 inches, or even 8 inches 
ose planting in the case of es Osiers is 
space ng, 
bai the etim of мен as well as icular sort of 
Willow to be planted, сап alone летш the dis- 
tance apart which the individual cuttings should be 
placed. February nus: be considered as about the 
lan although in not too cold 
results rey followed the insertion of the 
cuttings even a couple of months sooner, A, D, W, 
(To be continued.) 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN, 
GOOSEBERRIES ON TRELLISES, 
THESE are in most fruit gardens a useful adjunct 
to the fruit. bushes in quarters, and are much appre- 
ciated for up ease with which the fruit 
hion prick up slightly 
d around single bushes, 
the rows an 
* 12. г 
ә 
Ост-оғ-роовз VINES, 
These should be most gardens, if for no 
other purpose than кы see es leaves for garnish- 
ing purposes, thereby relieving the Vines grown ce 
glass, which are frequently made to suffer from de- 
nudation of foliage. The Vines should now be 
pruned, young wood being left where there is suffi- 
cient space to lay it in, cutting out some ofthe oldest 
wood to make room for it. 
NEWLY PLANTED Tress. 
se on walls n т left loose for the present, 
the ttled down; leavi ving the 
le 
rees must be 
THE APIARY. 
FEEDING BEES. 
AT last there seems to be a break in the very 
severe frost, and on Jan 7 19 my bees went out for 
a cleansing flight. It may be that "Wee T pio 
running short of ing If t any ге 
to suppose that to be the case, do ү: fail to sui 
to them as soon as fine warm days set in. Do not 
on any account meddle with them on a cold day, and 
= е give them liquid food. I have frequently had 
f Mr. S, Simmi 
of Rottingdean. He keeps some hundreds of hives, 
and therefore his words must be weighty. In the 
last € of the British P» Journal he says, that 
if nece must be supplied the beat place 
to аб it is on the top of the cluster. Now, candy 
has hitherto been thought the only safe food at this 
Sime of the year, but, as н iend Simmins says, 
d |i XE cde танд to make. He 
therefore gives the pas. ммс which I shall 
try myself at the first opport :—Go to a hive in 
the middle of a fine warm ix. ce off the roof and 
aged but rapidly uncover the bees. Place a piece 
of newspaper over the frames, aud then lay 
itn pounds of Porto Rico sugar on the 
Pr 
sugar; but if the colony happens t 
Ме ы А advises that a slit be made in the 
pa sugar being pressed down 
air fi escapi. 
h Mr. 
mmi. o hard that it P s vpn the 
weight of a E stock of bees, This being the 
case, cook s and candy will no longer be 
«e 
ethod seems to be simplicity itself. Do 
not, wem , lose a stock of bees for the sake 
of a few pounds of s sugar. 
the North of Scotland, and my next articl 
on Scotch bee-keeping. Walter Chitty, Pewsey. 
Bers DECEIVED BY APPEARANCES. 
A correspondent, writing on bee-flowers, sends us 
the following at rn story, which we eprint asa 
test of the be ty of our younger г 
oh painter, when he was but 8 
уой. fell cdd: hand of the only 
