THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JuLY 3, 1875. 
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unfits them for performing their functions Тан с allowed to cumber the ground. There are many the мий care. When the apes: are lange 
Immediately aes the larger branches and frequently | duties requiring im mmediate — and we will ein рад they may be pricked off into other pan 
the trunk of the tree are covered with pear apes proceed to point out a few of them pm s allow noe. M 5, and grown on "ull 
from bnds hitherto d he springing to life, hd x Mas Pn о po n gem) 5 
so to speak, of the dormant buds is, in all probability, 1 b pos EL m No à АРА, Аа OSES. — Despite e the frequent and heavy rains, the 
caused by the sudden che ich the active flow AM ecn соте у з Б у leading 3i pns sae im^ e becoming much affected 
1 е . r is this al nation 
large roots are found to be thickly covered with young 
ets. ence it would appear that isa наваи 
sap had also been in its flow tre 
ties of the roots, owing probably to the injuries t they 
received duri e storm, or perhaps fro of 
y so, th 
extraordinary endeavour on their part n 
repair the i xr a inflicted on the e but at once to 
ts former healthy condition. 
gar a hurricane 
causes some eariy ring trees flower twice 
during the same season, On examining some of these 
it was noted that the — as well - the pang 
branches m which ea wer 
€ had 
ofa "mde 
The loss of the young branches, Mire should дә 
bo 
rne flowers this season, doubtless caused s 
the early flowering trees—such as de oan 
Poinciana regia—to flower later than they usually 
do. The hurricane yed the young 
their buds so as to pro 
Fourcroya Pee. —This plant ме the pnm 
plant 
Aloe fibre, or Mauritius Hem 
most any i re коби оп чэй аѕ 
a plant that will successfully replace he Sugar-cane 
on estates where the droughts of late Vei have bee 
the cause of unrem — crops Ro ade from 
— 
ut Tre VEES. нм have been affected by а 
р? 
species di coccus, a scale insect, which proves very 
destructiv: Ж 
ugar- —Here we find it noted that of recent 
е нб the New Caledonian kinds are considered 
the best. It is also stated = the Fiji ribbon and 
another оа cane from New Caledonia mis aser d 
produce ribbon and bie one e ud. 
As the Sugar-cane is not i и Peli this 
edem of — is very interesting, as showing 
that, in this at any rate, e hybrid theory of 
‘paces ts not tenable. 
FALLS OF TECHUNDAMA. 
HEREWITH I send you a pores (see fig. 2, р. 
15), taken by M. Parédes, of B 
fall of Techundama, which is о feet above sea pese 
in the eastern Andes, South America, The fall is 
600 feet in depth, and is situated only a short distance 
from Santa Fe de Bogota, and is one of the most mag- 
nificent natural objects in New Granada. ere are, 
however, many other met: waterfalls to admire, and 
to fear, I lea from experience whilst 
recently travelling “ Мт. Bull Crossing the n: 
below these falls often extremely danger 
especially after hay LZ when the small mci 
speedily become transfor чен into immense ач 
whi re them, any man or 
"n + 
would probably be gto ‘away an and da 
j rocks and imme 
of 
are from IO to 13 tons in weight, and as tand 
in the middle of the stream, where they dure — 
en from the earliest times. The fierce, musk- 
w. 
his fishy repast, w 
fellow traveller and е знам нр shot, excellently 
directed at the brute, of the alligato or and 
fish at once. Æ. Анда 
E Silla Eme. 
WO пачс IACI 
air a wonderful rieti influence on vegeta- 
tion, and an unceasing activity is now the order of the 
day in the garden ; and while plants grow and flowers 
unfold weeds are not less active, and they must not be 
and do the earthing-up with a 
e row and working 
turbed done is to cast. some soi 
up to the haulm on either side of the row, leaving the 
soil ni: loose in ey middle. This mode is also to 
u 
good plan to pull Дуу some of the w 
leaving five or six 
it will lessen 
individual quality, and s 
exhibition samples will 
| WINTER Sturr.—Under this general heading is 
comprehended ag wp Cog м эре ам and Curled 
Gre as fas haulm arly Peas is 
cleared aw 7 the places should be filed with any of 
ese just named, and advantage should be taken of a 
iud to get them into ВА round. The London 
e system of gardening is well 
market gardener, 
nigh perfect, always manures highly, and gets out his 
plants, s күн s Cabbage, etg xt жор se above 
named, when s shower rs are falli pe s a week's 
is жола ше 
anured gro No sooner is one сор ына 
the nother. pt ts place. The a gardener 
should imitate him in p partic Messi. d 2 
and Savo 
w a "T vani 
haulm of Peas be cleared a before winter stuff is 
paces out, the ground sho ud The dug, the plants put 
tween the Tons occupied by the Peas, ai the 
Wu gea firmly against the roots by treading it 
—As poe hazel pea-sticks will last a 
m be cleared of all haulm e 
for they cannot be preserved they мч 
least сап to account fo fuel for the 
seats fire. 
TUR —This uch a delicious and justly 
ШОГ pee tha a small patch should be re- 
€ Or ras Е Sow if possible when rain is immi- 
ent, — i 
a good xs te Turnip nothing can surpass Beck s Im 
Six-w is of fin 
medium size, has «o к. 
rapidly. There is a str yellow- 
fleshed J SETAE, but cya ча > much to be preferred in 
point of flavo: ing we so k 
Golden Stone, which i is of as fine quality as any white- 
fleshed Turnip in cultivation, and of excellent flavour. 
сЕ 
тян — — of Primulas, Due" 
lar ary Cin oul w be sown, so as to 
iie: strong suy plants t м em through the fmt 
ell as flow These see eds can be 
e 
e of common clay, as are pots, wi 
r е, be used for the 
rpo the bottom of each place a layer of 
broken er , so as to e just above the holes for 
drain 
decayed turf or m 
soil, and -= up with fine soil Sie d leaf- 
mou шй, а d loam, all finely sifted. Жы 
аде. жуз then scatter the seed thinly over 
it, and add of soil. Give a very 
M че ч aig put qo pans on a shelf in the green- 
— place 
per 
difficulty at all in Varie these see 
ineraria seed is easily raised at 
heresi тт семетей over the soil at the bot 
cold frame, will grow as readily as und 
| tom of a 
y. apidl 
these cues es а and w i 
influence they exert on the growth. One simple pl 
is to 5 off with a rather stiff camel's- 
hair brush, an nd them flying off into space, 
t they are not necessarily destroyed; and w 
owths, ause interminable anxieties. 
always keep by us that true friend to the Villa 
gardener—a bo of Fowlers Insecticide. V 
mix a of it, according to directions set 
forth, and then by gently bending over the shoots, 
insert them inthe mixture, De ant and com 
plete—is the result, and if the shoots again 
become A seg it is by means of a new army of 
invaders. 
ve mulched our Rowan all dwarfs on 
good generous manure, 
Houtte, M 
s, of a pale : 
e, Marie йа Richard Wallace, Pre- 
t Thiers Frangois Mi 
sil lema fine, and we hope to 
show pres Ou 
this di iin ia for 
growe rticular, 
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something pores ishing. But our experience may yet 
e partial, and not general. 
Forestry. 
THE forester’s attention should now be closely 
om 
and ats ds rough herbage of every kind. Not that dither 
usually do after the third or fourth year ; but as 
Б plants most noxious to forest trees are generally 
i which they are found grow- 
ing, and, moreover, have their roots long and well- 
established in the ground, therefore, inei closely 
cut over, burnt, or even grubbed previous to planting. 
they will spring up fresh and vigorous, me unles mita 
m 
to render the crop ever afterwards sickly and profitless. 
To enable the young forest trees to devel 
l ope every 
member in due ior is a branch of forestry of 
first importance, and when it is borne in cori 
that the spread and ates of the roots 
almost entirely upon the health and vigour ot. the 
lower side branches, the clearing. away and relieving 
them of everything that — in any way obstruct 
their growth is a work the importance of — 
— ja ы over-estimated. It is not enough, a: 
usly suppose, that the top leader of "ihe 
eei uh Е M sodo pen, for unless the lateral 
branches have eq e plant w 
well for any considerable length of a 
the si branches are unduly confined, or in any wa 
injured so tage in: 
top shoots 
Spruce os p years planted, if proper 
Ук branches, frequen ^ make t sir > ice озн 
experiments upon Pine and Fir trees, with a vie 
discovering how much and how far the top p. was 
and carried them s o far at least as to leave no "доа 
as to the vital im рома of the lateral bra nches in 
the ссомишу both of р d root growth. 
branches, specially 
the sap that supplies and nourishes t 
roofs have 
in as perfect possi branch. 
and leaf upon the lower part of the pee of re € 
The necessity and importance o the lower 
side branches of young forest trees is here chiefly 
enjoined upon foresters, but as no small amount of 
injury is sometimes inflicted before the plants come 
Se ee ee ee pute rura teme 
