Max 7, 1897.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
615 
4 аза protection from rain, should such come on while 
` the Be of barking is оп hand. In all cases keep 
ў or Вову side downwards. Тһе drying 
ted by procuring a few forked 
and driving these into the 
ef any kind should then be placed on the forked 
` stakes, which, with a few сгозз- ges laid trans- 
: heap erection for 
. drying the 
. front, and "d feet с back, and should always be placed 
in an open y portion of hs wood, or, better 
still, Gilde t di d altogethe 
Where Oak-ba rki ing is engag ed in annually we 
- being placed at 12 feet apart, and a few rails laid 
i kon m one to the E». on е to rest the bark. If 
- well made, and taken p the same set will last 
or nearly | a score of im 
When bark is MA w ips hammering, and 
J Baretany Ка during fine weather, no turning 
_ js required until it is ready for û remed ج‎ with 
_ ordinary iubes should be in about fourteen days 
_ А good test as to when the bark is ready "i stacking 
_ is by breaking several pieces ov 
ested. It is, however, 
Я quite аз necessary to guard eid dies ira sun- 
shine as it is against rain, for the former often 
| makes the bark that has been exposed to its rays for 
Я _ {оо great a len 
bark so o prev decomposition and 
| heating setting i in йы onesie ng at the same 
time to keep t pem eshy side генди" and the 
piece o as to run off the rain and guard 
the smaller and more re destroyed pieces from 
| ssive damage. ised bark rapidly deteriorates 
in wet weather, and should, ча erefore, гія 1 covered 
E shielded from the ra larger trud 
з, After being ены eam the bark 
| Should either be housed or stacked—the latter we 
responding Ed and any length requisite to con- 
. tain the bark to be stored. Keep the smaller pieces 
| of bark in the centre, and lay aside а ا‎ or нче 
- bak for the outside an g purpose 
ап in building the stack never la 5 À the pieces of 
| bark ho horizontally, but slightly inclined upwards from 
_ the outside oft = By covering the bark stack 
E ü ull 
out лыч п the ingress of damp is totally 
Oak а of the best quality, when properly 
was when removed from 
r second-rate bark, that is 
1 tter which the same 
Le of winter-cut bar he por F bark bs a 
бы т Of tons, cubic feet, or loads, varies 
E uch depending on the Pr of the trees, 
е: en and aspect in which th ue Er D, 
аз upon time of stripping. As wing 
x „aspec 
dredweight of bark for every ton of measurable 
timber may be considered as about the average yield 
of a healthy tree thirty-five years of age, and peeled 
down to branches 1 inch in diameter. This, ا‎ 
ever, refers to single or specimen We for thos 
growing closely together in a wood will produce thin 
bark, which is light, and with r2 dois pro 
ا‎ than such as is grown singly, and thicker 
> si owing the quantity in weight of bark to be 
got from ster has 
ber. 
edgerow timber, if grown in a suitable situation, 
often yields a greater quantity of bark to the ton of 
antation timber, and we have 
and would form no safe average for timber generally. 
А. D. Webster, Polok Castle 
THE BULB б GARDEN. 
DOUBLE abs SINGLE DAFFODIL FLOWERS 
ROM THE SAME BULB. 
Ani ost specimen, illustrative of the natural 
history of double Daffodils, w 
ве 0 
to me by Captain Dorrien Smith, of Tresco Abbey. 
It consisted of b of the Tenby Daffodil, having 
t 
vas а е flower, -— 
mon large double Daffodil 
The pir canes of the bulb were, it is true, separ- 
able, but it was easy to see by the way thy fitted 
together that ros had stent n out of one bulb since 
ct Captain Dorrien Smith told 
ast summer. 
me that th bulb. which produced these flowers 
was one of a set which had been exhibited 
as dry S cal а :1ое wer show 
last A Т оп а prize, and that he 
Tenby: these collec and sold as “double 
enby,” or “ Obvallaris,” n which the 
Tenby Daffodil is conventionally called by bulb 
dealers, and I ha n seen specimens of them 
corona of the same pond and w 
t, this META Tenby is not 
rous as the lar 
do cud dog the outer row are narrow and 
wisted, acute at the points, and quite free and unim- 
аай to ex bottom of the dividing lines, "These 
lines are open to the see of the pe Ее 1, which is 
elongated upwards so th seed pod 
and tube. Thi Агу is common AG mos eras 
Narcissi, the fruit and tube proper being obliterated 
and replaced by a pedicel. In this due "Tenby 
there is no trace of either style or filaments 
Perianth and corona are alternately repeated about 
three times, and the inmost corona has pe taloid 
ligules within. Double Бай 
of retaining the generative organs ; 
"con ntinue even in the v very double 
many cases produce fertile seed. I suppos 
botanist or experienced gardener doubts that TE 
Lid 
flowered plants often “sport” into a double form ; 
s the fact of single Daffodils producing double- 
ta А 
Smith suggests that this instance may prove that the 
Tenby Daffodils. 
se 
with the large and long-crowned single forms sold 
by dealers as “ King Umberto,” with which no doubt 
they are identical ; but they are also undistinguish- 
able from the do uble Tenby. So is the double form 
of pallidus praecox, the ike Pseudo-Narcissus of the 
Low DÀ ipt which becomes double in the gardens 
of the kae h of France, as well as in some English - 
garden With regard to the doubling of the com- 
em viia Daf of English meadows I hope to 
nce before the end of spring. C. 
Wo e Dod, Migs Hall, Malpas 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
CELERY 'Твкхснкз.—Ттепсһез must be prepared 
to receive the earliest wes in a single row, and 
foot deep and from 1 foot 
e, e, which, when manured and 
d be from 3 to 4 inches 
manner that the plants may stand on a level with 
the surface. Wider trenches, with space sufficient 
to plant double rows, may also with advantage be 
used for planting, а greater breadth betwee: 
rows being afforded. 
errs ^ planted 
d Radishes, which would be cleared off before 
raana time. Plants should be prepared for 
planting out by being gradually hardened оЁ, о so that 
W: 
ater 
and shading, if found нне iuit be afforded 
till pac P commence к ing. Where slugs abound 
the eart he ene should be 
and around 
dusted ا‎ E with quicklime in a powdery 
state; this precaution must be repeated several times 
during the Proving season, and is best LAM 
the early morning and evening. Prick o 
ng plants for الفا‎ om 
rich compost of 4 japani in thickness 
resting on a hard firm bottom is the best form of 
bed, and — must be left rad ‘the plants to 
prevent crowd 
Vegetable к, —Those plants that have Md 
own on in l pots—for fruiting under 
now be in a bearing state, and will 
root by means of a top-dressing of 
rich soil, fish, ог other suitable manures in а liquid 
frames, wherein these Жы 
in 
on 
covere red at night, so that the requisite temperature 
is maintained. From the middle to the end of Afr 
Vegeta ble ws ma ted outside, so 
ind of protection, however, being afforded ibn 
for а time. 
General Work.—The quarters which have been 
cropped with winter stuffs should be dug over and 
unners, 
ones will now be makin ro 
be benefi eing hoed through, and afterw 
earthed-up sufficiently high to give a slight support 
to the stems 
