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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[May 7, 1887. 
TRADE ANNOUNCEMENTS.—Mr. A. GRICE, for 
many years the trusted and respected manager 
of Mr. T. B. Тномѕох'ѕ seed riria at 20, High 
ZIE, "Schoo 
pool, and, in ar a to taking the j Journeys hitherto 
done b W. ВгАкЕ, the senior partner, he will 
е {аКе vig ‘of their "rete garda epartment, now 
ry important feature in the business. Mr. GRICE 
пега Birmingham amid the great regrets of a large 
circle of еі friends, whose best wishes 
follow him as he enters upon 'his ne i 
nurse 
tised Tor sale in our pagoa, гім : A e А а 
“а going concern" for r. R. 
TEGANS, of the Chad Valley Nurseries, Edgbaston, 
Birmingham 
_ PUBLICATIONS ae агч — = ni MM of 
т and i by H. B. F.G.S. 
dens : б. Рниллр & бох, 32, Ties Btreet, * C.). 
©) rysa anthem Annual, 1887, by Chrysanthe- 
mum Growe ( ттеу: L. CASTLE, 
t, Ho ouse) керв t “Walks y rh Bury St St, Edmund" $, 
(Bury St. Edmund's: 26, Hatter 
Street) onl «өөө by E. Honpax. (London 
MACMILLAN & Co.) 
NOTIGES OF Books, 
REPORTS ON THE COLONIAL SECTIONS OF THE 
LONIA j 
Issued "ecd the Supervision of the Council of 
the өөү f Arts, and edited by Н. Truema 
Wi ше cretary to the Society. (London: 
William ins & Sons, 1887.) 
` These long-looked-for reports, which form a volume 
of some 500 pages, are, we presume, the final 
records of! last year's Exhibition. The contents of 
n have been treated of in in twenty-three 
each a di e 
mes of some having been scarcely heard of before. 
Though th k will use я 
їп one handy volume, e of 
e British colonies, it is nelet арыс 
ing, eonsisting аз it does fo ы 
the issue of such descriptive catalogues and 
ks 1 of t 1 prepared 
during peri Exhibition the neces- 
with the names of certain gentlemen wh 
the Prince of Wales was “ pl 
not appa 
rent. ful per- 
of experts who might have been associated with him, 
or upon и mm tne or examination, such, 
instance t o oss on “ Miscellaneous 
Fibres," or the к sont on “ Timbers,” by Mr. 
Allen Ranso: 
. Several 2 УА reports are remarkably то» 
ums, Resins, and GM lagos 
rom the former 
—“ Myrica cordifolia yields an саа wax, 
for candl 
which is , 
while twenty er on, in the report on oils 
fats, and under the head of “ к Ie this 
ies 
of Myrica а serrata, quereifoli, &c. NES 
source o f this product is said to be North 
in this instance the exhibitors were 
Sb Hall ^y Zinn, of the Cape of Good Hope 
Why Myrica wax should be included in a report on 
кые it is difficult to understand, and the reporter 
oils and fats seems to 
еа idi i also 
discovery, the classifying of à Sapotaceous plant in 
the order Palmacez. 
Leaving “oils and fats,” with its other blunders, 
and the misspelling of botanical names, - find 
good start on the first page of the report on “ Gums, 
resins, &c.," for we are there told, under the head of 
New "South Wales, that "the hard brittle resin of 
the Xanthorrhea hastilis, a Tree X id чк nen 
known ordinarily as grass-tree r gre 
maccroides.” It is needless to say that the italics 
are our own. Referring to the Xanthorrhcea resin 
further on, however, under Western Australia, the 
writer alludes to the interesting nature of these 
resins, and rope that they may be more арры 
palm ie 
mbers are treated of in two separate reports, but 
as "er are arranged alphabetically, each under its 
own country, it follows that the same wood, where 
the tree is widely distributed, is described in each 
colony. In the consideration of Queensland woods 
the following paragraph occurs :—“ Cedrela australis, 
F. Muell, the Red Cedar or Toon tree, native name 
Mamin and Woota. A very large tree, yielding a 
beautifully grained, red- еи =, easy to work, 
and said to be very dur This will be found a 
valuable wood for bine purposes, and would be 
useful in many ways. It is in general use in the 
This individual paragraph would have been much 
more valuable had the information been attached to 
it that the tree, known now as the Cedrela Toona of 
Roxburgh is the same species that yields the ‘Toon 
wood of India, where the tree is found, as well as in 
Burmah. But why the same woods should be treated 
of separately in the two timber reports it is ындан 
to understand. ‘This is what the writer o 
No. 2 says:—“ Red (Cedar (Cedrela Too ы Thi 
resembles the wood last-mentioned (Dysoxylo п Fra- 
t is somewhat inferior. It is s 
rea dy known in 
the English market as Welat: Cedar.” 
If the two reporters on timber had worked together 
and combined their matter, such information would 
ауе been more easily available. We are Кың, 
hat к second report, being the 
result of actual practica 
very useful, 
l experiments, will be found 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
REMOVING PROTECTION, 
materials that have been in use for the pro- 
tection of various kinds of fruits on walls should 
now be partially dispensed with, if consisting of 
Fir 
may re e wrist milder 
venti | before finally di rediere with the 
SyRINGING AND WATERING. 
Advantage should be taken of mild weather to 
ply the syringe or garden engine among Apricots, 
Peaches, and Nectarines, taking care to perform the 
operation ‘early in the day, so that the trees will 
become dry before evening; this will greatly tend 
to keep greenfly and red-spider in epe and should 
, Peaches, and 
horough root- 
waterings, not forgetting all newly planted subjects, 
GooskBERRY BUSHES. 
These should be watched for the first appearance 
of the €— or the magpie-moth ; as soon as 
either is observed the trees should be dusted over 
with White Hellebore powder, which will grea*ly 
tend to keep i 
labour in — for when deferred until the 
fruit attains of the Hellebore powder 
T E, Wan rd, Hewell Gardens, Broms- 
grove, 
i 
FORESTRY. 
r 
BARKING OAK. 
Corp east winds prevailing during the greater 
part of April have retarded vegetation considerably, 
and barking is at least a fortnight later than usual. 
Everything should be held in readiness for beginning 
to bark the early Oak trees in a few days, the Oaks 
for removal marked and nien ed, the various squads 
of workmen arranged, tools ced out, сара 
and repaired, rick covers examined, and а ntity 
of rails carted to where the bark is to be arranged 
for drying, these being سای‎ in the байи. я 
trellises for supporting the bark 
'The proper time to commence barking is imme- 
diately after the sap begins to flow freely. The 
richest and best bark is then obtained, and with the 
least amount of labour—a matter 
tinent question, no b 
worthy of consideration, and not far from the truth. 
To obtain the best quality of bark requires the 
to bring about as regards getting the bark ша 
fitting condition for the final stacking. 
With everything in readiness, one man should be 
told off to strip off the stem of each tree to y felled 
for its bark for a distance of, say, 5 feet from the 
ground, this effecting a great saving of the bark 
otherwise lost or destroyed by the men in preparing 
the trees for fellin 
Following in the track of this рле is another 
with an axe the 
it should be scraped, or in 
all moss or other vegetable growths by too ls set . 
aside for this purpose. In our damp climate this 
removal of moss from the tree trunks has to be 
engaged in wherever Oak is felled for barking pur- 
am mount of 
laid down, the operator bod ы ed by his 
own judgment and knowledge, but wherever it 
is practicable by all means let it not be of 
and gently striking it with the wooden mallet until 
the bark becomes sufficiently loosened to remove 
readily by the hand or peeler. 
As the bark is removed from the trees it should 
be conveyed to where the drying stages are ег 
and spread out carefully, the pieces being 
parallel to each other. Place the smaller p of 
bark on the stages first, and the body portions 
ions on top - 
