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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
amongst farmers and others about smoky chimneys, 
damp yards and paddocks, &c. 
VALUE or ExaLisH-GROWN TIMBER. 
The = of чке. timber from Canadian and 
Norwegi an port of late years considerably 
altered the prices та ieu for home-grown woods. 
Most foresters are now thankful to have the isa 
of disposing of their Oak at si over ls. per foot, 
the most акд 
grown, there being aha little difficulty in 
selling it for nearly three times that price—this no 
oubt accounting in a very satisfactory manner for 
proved in the case of some Canadian wood—notably 
Pinus. 
Ivy on TREES. 
Although Ivy is not so hurtful and injurious to 
Young planta- 
tions of Larch, and the generality of hardwoods, 
frequently suffer almost irre 
ty 
of good in preventing the dissemina- 
tion of i 
Wirrtow Hrpars 
A good deal might be said in favour of aed 
аз hedges for the cottage-garden and oy 
Willow is liarly useful, inasmuch as it thrives 
perfectly well either on the upraised mounds of 
drifted sand, or in the more hollow ground. 4, D. 
Webster, 
BEYAZ DAGH AND CASTLE 
OF ANASCHA. 
Тнк Номе or iin PARVIFLORUS, 
n we are enabled to 
5) from his great 
us Crocus, noticed at length in an 
give another illustration нац 
work on the 
earlier rmt 
rd discovered Crocus к. Viren 
ti ie spring of 1876 in Fir woods, 
plants were growing on 
ап earthy slope about one mile from the village 
AN OBLIQUE ESPALIER. 
Pnorzsson — ا‎ the rp ge im School 
extrac 
of which we now give 
| „тын... ес ата» system of double 
oblique (n to which the name “Contre espalier 
Griffon" has been given. The following are 
the directions given:—To secure this form tree 
must be planted at 1 m. 30 (—41 feet) apart, and 
left unpruned the first year, but pruned the secon 
ut 
year 
and where there are two eyes. Two stakes are then 
placed at Om, 35 (a little over 1 foot) to the right 
and left of the tree. During growth the two 7 
are trained on a rod placed on the inter 
at the base of the tree, and which runs to the 
stakes ots are inclined almost horizon- 
tally, then run out obliquely on the two conducting 
rods placed as before, at an angle °, so as to 
n 
U, Om. 70 (=2 feet 3 inches) wide. 
When the first branches from the base have attained 
a length of 1 m. 50 to 2 m. (=4} to 6 feet), take at 
ч rer ib E these two last two buds, which are 
rained vertically; when they are Ош. 60 (—1 foot 
9i inches) dim from the first branches bend them 
ata e of 0 m. 40 (=1 foot 2 inches), and at an 
angle of 45°, 
The leading branches are cut back at first about 
Ош. 60 to 0 m. 70 met veh 9 inches to 2 
inches) isch year, and as i 
of wpe vires pa Bienes branches from each 
30 (= 1 foot), and 0 m. 70 (—1 foot 3 наб 
= e E DN j WX J N Ў ay К 
асе ME SENS 
rupes =" 
== 
FIG. T4.—GRIFFON'S ESPALIER. 
internal space. This н free access of light and 
air, and therefore good cro 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
EW BENEFIT SCHEME FOR pec 
I А х 
that gardeners would refuse to pay dern ng towards 
, vegeta tables, 
&c., bringing his gms equal to the best paid of town 
desmen ; and the journey man’s 
week at the very least а that 
gardeners have been puzzlin ы over for 
ears, is how the el sai анн d kee 
the wolf from the door when they hap о be ou 
of a situation. Every oth of el skilled work- 
men its society, from which, by the paymen 
, һе T à 
the 
a or day is Suite: alive к the evil 
through his gardeners bein 
t ma under an 
igation to а nurseryman, The fast: jn, in in many 
[Marcu 12, 1887, 
cases at the d, cdm time the nurseryman not ont 
sells his se &c., pi о А Ше pote! 
Now, any 2 ement & gardeners may have in 
view to celebrate the jubilee year of Her М 
ajesty's 
d ought t o have a tendency to foster amon / ү 
ng the 
у, fore- 
зніч and independence ; and then it will бебе 
the heart ty approval and support of not only their 
ployers but also of all thou 
will be better able to judge as to its merits. Forester. 
vens BRED ROSES. —My attention m been 
called to an article Wild 
fication of Exhibition Roses " and on “ Raising New 
Roses," As I consider his oT likely to lead 
to leg sedips a “Wild Rose” scarcel 
touches on any Rose ex those of my raising, I 
think I SHURE فی‎ e к> Мег es Ay a few words on en 
think we are to 
f any raiser grin the e parentage 
&c 
secluded than it i 1 
goes on to say, “We hav ad in your columns 
recently an instance of this ‘ * delightful confusion ; 
to whom is the confusion due, if there is any? ў 
cannot be laid at my ; I think some must ue 
laid to the charge of “Wild Rose" himself. 
а controversy betwee 
asto whether the om. La dy Mary Fitzwilliam is a Hie 
or à hybrid perpetual, and it appeared as if the lai va 
endeavouring to convey pression t od 
Rose is a hybrid perpetual, at least it ap ases 
my mind, and al the of many ot te 
because in a previous statement he says :—“ In som 
cata es it is classed as a hybrid perpetuas uc 
t has the same sty as Barone 
child." It was se observations that com 
i that it was а 
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