К ренин 6, 1919.] 
O SERES 
Bosire win da 
fronds may | should be p 
ў v Los EOD roots and crowns of 
plants a e damaged. 
. Pruning Evergreens.—In most g: Sin ns, where 
| - soil is dign e, зуе gro 
1 t 
g nay be c nc 
ed Br. un bt late in s ep: 
No hard dna f fast rules we be laid down as to 
er 
a ae ae 8 е that a 
on the kinds. mmon 
Laurels when neglected ДОР ee 8 1 years 
t th tom and unsightly. Such 
shrubs should ‘be cut down almost to the ground 
will quickly grow from the 
a produce bin. healt! tops. In 
ens where there a e man „Таше ls, а рон tion 
- of the plant may b ach 
year till all have beu. veris. in this way. 
THE FRUIT GARDEN. 
_ By James E. HarHawar, Gardener to JOHN BRENNAND, 
4 Esq., Baldersby Park, Thirsk, Yorkshire. 
Black Currants.—Advantage should be taken 
. of mild weather to pick the swollen buds 
on Black Currant hes affected with ‘‘ big 
bud.” If а is че the cot - y be kept 
in check i of d are not 
badly infested, but pla Plante paving rast big р 
should be bed u 
- sulph iled in one gallon er, kept well 
stirr with the soap 
solutio; dd 20 gallons of warm wa the 
_ 18 still 18 
3 t trees 
destruction of d marie ados! the hens are 
Sprayed, dust them liber with quicklim 
Scale cts on Fruit p ubi ous infestcd 
these pests should be cleansed of them, 
or if they are all to remain they will spoil 
the fruit and eventually У m tree. Musse 
Ө d White e on Pears—the 
Р 
"e be destroyed by syringing 
lb. caustic — and 1 lb. 
of wa If time 
3 in wa day the trees 
po ш ringed ‘Springing with hob water is also 
: mended 
| hn Vines. Haas vines should be 
_ pruned, МП, if infested with insect perit 
"cleansed. The d then be trained i 
Position, retaining those essa. feat ол 
gth. If the trees are free from insect: 
ес th e hay a 
of bone- meal and a to 
essing 
resh soila; m shing with a thick 
yard m 
Slag. thle! р: cellent = 
rees, and es iren fecun on hea 
t is very m ing, and in orchards 
: Nailing an —The work of nailing and 
me fruit mgr should be done when 
ы Weather permits. Wai + the 
о Mie ether clips or string, are not 
Ing t k. 
en 
bar 
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CHRONICLE. 
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TREES AND SHRUBS. 
THE PENDENT SI Е LIME. 
ing into the frui g stage. I was 
by the size of the tree at the ише, 
in {ЗИЛ it was about 50 ft. hi gh ын 
also the best specimen Ih 
because the br on all sides, Arm 
from the of the tree to the grass, on which 
the lower branches were lying. Tilia petio- 
laris is one of ost distinct of the Lim 
ere is a large in a garden at Maidston 
but it has been lopped at a height of 40-45 feet 
because it was даг vs J dows or other- 
wise encroaching on elling house. I can also 
testify to the Баара ot this tree; for a fine 
35 and 45 feet high, with a trunk 8-9 inches 
diameter. These are ue р est trees is 
een or heard of, and s be amongst the 
oldest in this coun пош trees at Molesey 
are the best,and they are furnish cea ba ches 
right down to the a fen e de 
in habit and very a the o larger 
ranches ae а кур те ot like = 
ing tree but — de easy Eid of the. 
ME form. in 
idly-growing j^ ee 
ege mk utin. Tul it is younger 
tall as those already ned. 
Whe en rie graft ted this golden Elm gro 
slowly, but MEA more rapidly afterwards. °F. 
THE WEEPING AT 
lan tree of Cedrus atlantica 
pinetum 
ME lied j'y Sir "Frederici Moore; 
e learn tha Е" ib was originally obtained by his 
Fic. 134.—cEDRUS ATLANTICA PENDULA 
30 feet high, occurs at Killin, 
ighlands, at 411 fe oo sri ad sea 
du ust 
specimen, about 
in the Central H 
level, m UM erature during w 
often be at zi r below it. 
ULMUS VIMINALIS AUREA 
THER e three or e Elm ith yellow 
leav p but ‘the above is by ar the ipn а 
tha e ra" notice. 16 
h, 
the "London Horticultural Socie om 5 
r by boobed лут рр. 914 
$ year. was 7 
MS Тена тшеу m two fi 
. viminalis 
be aires to Ealing. “They des been 
e for a number of years past and, csi um 
from memory, they may be anywhere between 
ne 
THE GLASNEVIN BOTANIC GARDENS. 
IN 
father, and that in 1879, when Sir Frederick 
many 
uite uncommon | and is 
€ 
es, 
ar чы other from Mr. Py чт 
Wore: yz nap Hill. 
